so, in the last couple of weeks i’ve been inundated with a mass of new music to listen to.  admittedly, this is both really great and bad.

on the one hand, new music is always a good thing and i’ll take it whenever it’s offered or suggested.  as it stand now, i’ve got roughly two dozen bands and 300-400 songs to listen to.  some of it is new albums of bands of which i’m already a fan, others i’ve either never heard of or have only heard mentioned in passing.  so far i’ve liked everything i’ve listened to, but some of it i’ve really liked.

let me explain to you how i listen to music, how i’ve listened to music ever since my sister got me excited about it….  when i find something i really like, i listen to it over and over and over and over again, until i’ve fully absorbed it, until know every note, every beat, and every lyric.  out of those 300-400 songs, i’ve maybe listed to 25.

one of the reasons i’m saying this is because, if you look at my last.fm list on this page, you’ll notice i’ve been listening to the same song on repeat.  i can’t help it.  the song, in case you haven’t looked, is an all angels cover of ‘the scientist’ by coldplay.  the original is one of my absolute favorite coldplay songs and when i first bought that album, i listed to their version over and over again (the video is one of my favorite also).

this version i actually heard while visiting my family in london over the holidays.  since then i’ve been looking for it back here in the states.  i finally found it yesterday and have pretty much been listening to this one song since then.

their cover is, i think, completely mesmerizing; i can’t get over the beauty of the song, the melody, and the harmony of their voices.  some might see it as sappy, or childish (especially when you see their picture), but i think its great.

eventually, i will have had my fill of this song and move on to the plethora of new music i have.  in the meantime, i’m thoroughly enjoying this.