Leaving The House

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Tracklisting

Seven Nation Army – The White Stripes (Glitch Mob Remix)

Count In Fives – The Horrors

 If You Wanna – The Vaccines

Futures – Jimmy Eat World

Time To Pretend – MGMT

Knights Of Cydonia -  Muse

Help, I’m Alive – Metric

Makedamnsure – Taking Back Sunday

Not Gonna Get Us – t.A.T.u.

Postcards From A Young Man – Manic Street Preachers

I brought you a present. It’s for those days when it’s hard to put on your shoes, turn the key in the door, and progress to the subway. It’s for those days when you only have the energy to stand right, not to walk left on the escalator. It’s for those days when there just isn’t enough caffeine in the world. 

It’s a playlist to help you leave the house. 

We’ll start off with The Glitch Mob’s remix of The White Stripes’ Seven Nation Army. Yes, I know I just started you off with a remix of a classic. Hear me out. The song in its original form is pretty much perfect.  The opening lyrics – I’m gonna fight ‘em off, a seven nation army couldn’t hold me back – are rousing, and the guitar riffs carry that spirit throughout the song.  It’s been used as an anthem at sporting events, notably by Italy during the World Cup(s), and as a protest song in Egypt. Vastly different groups have gone to Seven Nation Army in search of that motivating factor, and have found it and taken it for their own purpose. That’s magical. The Glitch Mob’s remix keeps the essence of the song and just makes it fucking dirty, for lack of a more appropriate word. 2:20 and you’ll see.

Continuing the dirty trend, I bring you Count In Fives by The Horrors, off of their album Strange House. It’s not dirty in the same electronic way, but you’ll want to continue moshing, headbanging, or rocking out in the manner of your choosing. When Faris Badwan growls that and if another number confronts me, I will cut you in half, you’ll want to join in the cutting. Watch the video and see him lose his mind, dancing. Join him. Who knew that a song that’s essentially about maths could be so hardcore? HEY!

From there, we tone it down a little to The Vaccines’ If You Wanna. Come for well I don’t wanna wake up in the morning, but I’ve got to face the day, that’s what all the friends I do not like as much as you say, air-drum throughout the song, leave to the strange looks you’ll get as you pogo to this down a subway platform that you thought was deserted. Oops. JUST DANCE, YOU KNOW YOU WANNA.

We get a little more mellow with Jimmy Eat World’s Futures, but we’re probably still dancing. Say hello to good times, trade up for the fast rides. This song is here purely to make you feel good, make you feel hopeful. The riffs will rock you from the very beginning.

Moving into MGMT’s Time To Pretend, we are certainly dancing, now. Not headbanging, not moshing, just fucking dancing. This is our decision, to live fast and die young, we’ve got the vision, now let’s have some fun. And yes, that is the sole reason for this song’s inclusion. FOR FUN! We don’t just want to leave you feeling agitated enough to Leave The House, we want you fucking enjoying it. I SAID YEAH YEAH YEAH.

Knights Of Cydonia by Muse is here to give you strength. It’s here to be FUCKING EPIC. It's here because there's fucking horses whinnying at the beginning. It’s here because NO ONE’S GONNA TAKE ME ALIVE, THE TIME HAS COME TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT, YOU AND I MUST FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS, YOU AND I MUST FIGHT TO SURIVIVE. This song is here to give you fight. 

Now that you’re feeling thoroughly roused again…well, maybe it’s more help I’m alive, my heart keeps beating like a hammer. That’s why Metric’s Help, I’m Alive is here. Sure you’re out and moving around now, you’ve done what you set out to do, but do you feel really alive? Emily Haines' purity of voice will make you feel that way.

We need a little aggression again. MakeDamnSure by Taking Back Sunday gives us a little bit of edge again. I just wanna break you down so badly in the worst way. Yes. Just yes. I have headbanged screamed-along lost my shit to this song so many times. Because sometimes you just need the spirit of destruction. 

I threw in Not Gonna Get Us by t.A.T.u. in case you wanted to dance again. It’s a guilty pleasure, what can I say? Nothing can stop this, not now I love you, they're not gonna get us, they're not gonna get us.

We close this playlist with Postcards From A Young Man by The Manic Street Preachers. This song is the entire reason that I created a playlist for Leaving The House. It just starts  so epically!This WORLD WILL NOT IMPOSE ITS WILL! I WILL NOT GIVE UP AND I WILL NOT GIVE IN! And nor should you.