I Heart Twilight

16 posted on July 16, 2010

Just to clarify before my attention-grabbing headline creates an Internet rumor, I was meeting someone at Starbucks a couple of weeks ago and glanced at the albums for sale at the counter where you check out. Starbucks normally has a pretty good reputation for picking out and highlighting great new music and artists. Imagine my shock then when I saw the soundtrack to the latest Twilight movie prominently displayed right next to Jack Johnson! Oh the horror!

I playfully harassed the barista behind the counter about what Starbucks was coming to selling crap music like that. Then I flipped the album over and started looking at some of the artists. Sia…I liked her…Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Muse, The Dead Weather. Wow, there were some great artists with some new music that I wanted to hear.

I pretended I wasn’t interested and then went straight home and picked up the album on Amazon MP3. It’s been on heavy rotation ever since. It’s one of those albums that I wouldn’t normally admit to owning but hey, good music is good music, right? I just might change the cover art in iTunes to something a little less embarrassing like The Shins.

So what music do you have a hard time admitting that you own?

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July 16, 2010

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1 Steven Shattuck said:

One of my favorite bands is called ‘The New Pornographers.’
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July 16, 2010

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2 DK Snyder said:

Enrique Iglesias… I have all his albums.

Can’t believe this is now proof in writing.

Im going to go shred my man card now.
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July 16, 2010

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3 DK Snyder said:

Oh, while I’m coming clean…

My favorite song of all time is “Time after Time” by Cindy Lauper.

LOVE those lyrics.

Matchbox 20 did a pretty killer cover of it back in the late 90’s.
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July 16, 2010

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4 Brad Ruggles said:

Wow…and I thought MY admission was bad!
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July 18, 2010

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5 Ricky Potts said:

I own a lot of music. And while I am not necessarily embarrassed by anything that I own and listen to, I might be afraid of how certain people would look at me when listening to the stuff I enjoy. For instance, right now I am listening to a lot of Jeffree Star and the Semi Precious Weapons. They are pretty intense, and nothing short of over the top, but I really enjoy the music. But you are right, the Twilight soundtracks are incredible. They have to do something to get adults to like that terrible film!
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July 20, 2010

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6 Marie said:

The film composer was Carter Burwell, who has worked with the Coen brothers on all of their films and on many other excellent projects. I was surprised when I heard he had agreed to do the project, but he did a really good job. Good enough that, when the trombone/music in new media professor at my college heard some students criticizing the movie, he said that it was good ONLY because of the score.
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July 20, 2010

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7 Marie said:

Sorry, to amend that last post, the first movie was Carter Burwell. They changed composers after that, switching to a collection of bands under a music supervisor (bigger budget and author’s wishes I think). Anyways, they found amazing bands. I wouldn’t be ashamed of owning any of the music. Just don’t buy a poster, and you’ll be fine.
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July 21, 2010

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8 hannah t said:

i dont really care bout the sound track i care bout Jacob/Taylor’s sexy as hell, rockin abbs!!!!!!!!