Dead Man's Bones - Lose Your Soul

Yes folks, that's Ryan Gosling singing his heart out on this one. The dude is already a brilliant actor (see Drive, Half Nelson, and Lars & The Real Girl) and is now an accomplished musician with major indie hipster cred for actually being quite good. This song is my fave from the album Dead Man's Bones. It chugs along to cool percussion and piano before erupting via the foot-stomping chorus sung by Ryan and a demonic children's choir. Try not to listen to it at full volume...

Children's choirs have always been cool additions in popular music. From Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall Part II" to Jay-Z's "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)" the kids can turn a mediocre song instantly epic with their innocent, youthful presence. One of my personal favourites using kids comes from the video for Canadian band Fucked Up's song "Queen of Hearts". They replace the vocalist (who really isn't that great in my opinion) with the chants of boys and girls squaring off against each other in class. The guitar at the end is awesome too. Here's the link to the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syg6XGbdUkM&ob=av2e

Some thoughts:

- Best movies that revolve around kids (not sports): Super 8, Slappy & The Stinkers, The Hunger Games.

- The Toronto Blue Jays beat the best-in-baseball Texas Rangers for a second straight time today. Way to go boys... too bad you're still 4th in the division :(

- RIP Junior Seau