Soot and Stars
I AM SOOT!
SOUTHFM
(2/18/2002-10/28/2006)
I can't put this off any longer! Honestly the only reason these guys have not had a thread made by me yet is the regrettably lack of certain essentials to display and that is one thing I try to do in my threads is to give the band justice! Aside from the Smashing Pumpkins, with just two official albums made, this is my favorite group and definitely the best band that came out of the 2,000's for me. These guys are a band that mixes pop and hard rock with progressive elements and an amazing vocalist. In my perfect band it wouldn't be Billy Corgan as lead vocalist! Shocked?
It would be lead vocalist of SouthFM:
Paco Estrada
I've never heard a vocalist before that had that perfect blend of melody and range without being screechy and having the weight to fit the heaviest material that the band would throw out! Paco could sing the phone book! If Paco doesn't break out of the glass ceiling he's been under whether it be through rock, pop or even R&b and soul than there's something wrong with the world!
The first song I ever heard from SouthFM was from corresponding with a girl during my first experience on any board/forum. The board happened to be the official MTV message board and this girl knew her way around finding a variety of new bands and also in the diversity of her selections. I had prided myself on being great at finding new artist on my own but the internet opened up a new world and this girl in particular introduced me too many of the artist I still listen to today. The following song she told me to check out was her biggest gift though!
Dear Claudia was a pop rock song that just got embedded in my head and introduced me to the smooth vocals of Paco and the blend of dark subject matter that South FM that the band intriguingly made go down so easy! The song was about an empty soul that gave herself away to anyone devoid of self worth or any sense of self worth! The song could have easily and should have been a radio hit but I believe the subject matter held it back from the top 40 stations. Anyway here's the ear candy that gave me the thirst for this band:
Dear Claudia
Dear Claudia, you should try not to sleep with your best friends boyfriend
you've come so far since that time when you let your first boy in
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
I will let you in before you break yourself
It's true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
Dear Claudia, you leave pieces of you in each bed you lay in
and when you're done there will be somebody else wearing your skin
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
I will let you in before you break yourself
Its true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
I will lay your fears right here next to mine
and when we close our eyes we'll be entwined
Dear Claudia, you should try not to sleep with your best friends boyfriend
you've come so far since that time when you let your first boy in
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
Little Claudia
you must find another way
you must forgive yourself
cause its not your fault I killed myself
I will let you in before you break yourself
It's true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
Little Claudia
I will forgive you
(2/18/2002-10/28/2006)
I can't put this off any longer! Honestly the only reason these guys have not had a thread made by me yet is the regrettably lack of certain essentials to display and that is one thing I try to do in my threads is to give the band justice! Aside from the Smashing Pumpkins, with just two official albums made, this is my favorite group and definitely the best band that came out of the 2,000's for me. These guys are a band that mixes pop and hard rock with progressive elements and an amazing vocalist. In my perfect band it wouldn't be Billy Corgan as lead vocalist! Shocked?
It would be lead vocalist of SouthFM:Paco Estrada
I've never heard a vocalist before that had that perfect blend of melody and range without being screechy and having the weight to fit the heaviest material that the band would throw out! Paco could sing the phone book! If Paco doesn't break out of the glass ceiling he's been under whether it be through rock, pop or even R&b and soul than there's something wrong with the world!
The first song I ever heard from SouthFM was from corresponding with a girl during my first experience on any board/forum. The board happened to be the official MTV message board and this girl knew her way around finding a variety of new bands and also in the diversity of her selections. I had prided myself on being great at finding new artist on my own but the internet opened up a new world and this girl in particular introduced me too many of the artist I still listen to today. The following song she told me to check out was her biggest gift though!
Dear Claudia was a pop rock song that just got embedded in my head and introduced me to the smooth vocals of Paco and the blend of dark subject matter that South FM that the band intriguingly made go down so easy! The song was about an empty soul that gave herself away to anyone devoid of self worth or any sense of self worth! The song could have easily and should have been a radio hit but I believe the subject matter held it back from the top 40 stations. Anyway here's the ear candy that gave me the thirst for this band:
Dear Claudia
Dear Claudia, you should try not to sleep with your best friends boyfriend
you've come so far since that time when you let your first boy in
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
I will let you in before you break yourself
It's true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
Dear Claudia, you leave pieces of you in each bed you lay in
and when you're done there will be somebody else wearing your skin
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
I will let you in before you break yourself
Its true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
I will lay your fears right here next to mine
and when we close our eyes we'll be entwined
Dear Claudia, you should try not to sleep with your best friends boyfriend
you've come so far since that time when you let your first boy in
and you do it so carelessly
as if you had no self esteem
a victim of apathy but you don't care what people say about you
Little Claudia
you must find another way
you must forgive yourself
cause its not your fault I killed myself
I will let you in before you break yourself
It's true that you like to sleep around
enjoy it with your backside on the ground
but you should know that its not your fault
your father killed himself
Little Claudia
I will forgive you
