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My iPod #398: 30 Seconds to Mars – From Yesterday

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The song doesn’t properly start until two minutes in. If you’re here just for that, then skip to that time. Otherwise, enjoy the seven and a half music video.

Though I’m not the biggest fan of 30 Seconds to Mars, I do think all of the singles released from “A Beautiful Lie” are great. Around the time that their music videos started appearing on TV, I was just starting my first year of secondary school. There never seemed to be a moment when one of their videos wasn’t showing on MTV. If, let’s say, “The Kill”‘s music video stopped playing because the single was getting old and didn’t need to get into the charts then the band’s newer video would start playing instead. It was mad stuff, though they had to be heavily edited due to the band’s tendency to make their videos as short films. “From Yesterday”‘s video did not differ from this, as you can see. Apparently there’s a thirteen minute version.

The track is the seventh on the band’s second album, and from looking at it’s lyrics I can only suggest that it’s about….. the President?…. maybe? You can contest me on that one. Generally, hearing it nearly every day either after coming home from school, or in the mornings when getting ready pretty much forced me to remember its melody and  everything else. Though it wasn’t a song that I found annoying or repetitive, so I wasn’t bothered. Still, doesn’t bother me today. Nice to hear it when it pops up on the iPod now and again. Reminds me of being in year 7.

My iPod #53: 30 Seconds to Mars – Attack

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So, 30 Seconds to Mars.

I don’t like them so much, I am not a big fan.

Let me just tell you a bit about them.

In 1998 Jared Leto, known for his role as ‘Angel Face’ in Fight Club, and Harry Goldfarb in ‘Requiem for a Dream’ teamed up with his older brother Shannon. The bassist, Matt Wachter joined and the other guitarist Tomo Miličević auditioned to complete the line-up. The band released its eponymous first album in 2002, but it was the following album ‘A Beautiful Lie’ that rose the band’s popularity.

Although it was originally released in 2005, no one in England knew who they were until it was released again in 2007. ‘Attack’ was the first single, and is the opening track of the album.

My recollection of ‘Attack’ is quite hazy. I can’t remember whether I saw it in a 30 Seconds to Mars advert, or whether the music video was on MTV2 at the time. Either way, there must have been something that got me liking it otherwise I wouldn’t be typing this right now.

It’s just a really energetic song. It starts off quietly with the keyboard, but after four repeats of that melody the song explodes into life. The chorus is my favourite part of the song, filled with abrasive guitars and a passionate vocal delivered with great conviction. You get the feeling Leto really does want to attack someone, particularly when he doesn’t finish the last repeat of the phrase ‘I’ll attack’ which ends up as ‘I’ll a-WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA’.

It’s one of three songs of theirs that I have.

To summarise, 30 Seconds are alright… their just not my kind of thing. They do have good songs though. Attack is one of them.

Until next time.

Jamie.