'Once' Soundtrack

This album is pretty dern good in my opinion. Furthermore, so is the film, but I haven't experienced it more than once (LAWL SEE WHUT I DID THERE?) and I'm more acquainted with the soundtrack currently.


It's damn right these guys won the Oscar. They bleedin' deserved it. The song 'Falling Slowly' is just plain well-written and these two are fortunate enough to have the perfect voices for the song. And, honestly, that can be said about most of the songs on the album.

--'If You Want Me' : I won't lie, I love her voice. She sounds simply gentle and has a real Emelie Simon quality about it, and I like her music a lot anyway. Plus, the scene it went with was great and appropriate.

--'Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy' : Just plain funny. I like funny.

--'Fallen From the Sky' : This song is a nice change of pace from the rest of the album, what with the addition of the synth. It's quaint.

--'Say it to Me Now' : Can someone say 'pathos'? Because this is pretty much that in a nutshell. Good stuff.

--'Lies' : Very clearly the best effing song on the entire album, and I mean that. It's a simple, well-written song that repeats itself but it far from overstays its welcome. Her voice in the background is prevalent, but not overpowering and, oddly enough, neither is his. This is one of the greatest songs ever, and I would honestly buy this album if only for this song.

Overall, this album gets my seal of approval. It's quirky at times, it's comforting at others, it's independent as all get-out, and, as the crown jewel, the guy's Irish.

IRISH.

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD THAT'S AWESOME.

Oh, and see the film, too. It's not half bad.