Hi there ladies and gentlemen, because Ron wants to enjoy his life a little better and concentrate on other things for a little while, he has asked me to fill in for him for Dtunes for the week. So, hopefully I will be able to at least, do a satisfactory job of this and, fingers crossed, provide a great community service.


The theme for this week I originally intended was music you, the community, thought can be classified as art. However, due to a massive, unfortunate event in my life, the result being the person I loved the most walking out of my life, I felt it needed to change.

No, this week is not Emo songs, rather the theme for this week is songs that helped you in your darkest hour. With the economic crisis, rising gas and electricity bills, higher fuel costs, crappy weather, increasing living costs and the fact that the world we live in will probably end before our children die, it’s not hard to feel very ’down’ all of the time. So, this week will concentrate on songs that helped you get over, or through, very difficult period(s) of your life. Be it break ups, loss of a loved one or loved object, failure, heart break, or even, a song(s) that reminds of the happiest times of your life, I’ll leave the decisions in the safest hands possible, your’s!

Do note that if I am able, I will use as many suggestions as possible, so fire as many as you want. This is a community service, and I will try my utmost best to make sure your time spent reading this is worth it.


Now for this week first band and song.:





Today’s song is ‘Just a phase‘, (album Morning view) , from Incubus. Incubus was first formed in the early 1990’s, with three of the current members all meeting in each other in high school which were the years between 1991- 95. So it could be said that they were ’born’, as a band, during the grunge phase in rock. Though adhering to this style for a number of years, they successfully managed to ‘shed’ that music image and pushed themselves firmly into the musical styles of metal/heavy rock band. In fact, the band is well-known for their ability to evolve there musical styling’s after each album release. The wikipedia article states them as having an ‘eclectic sound’. Most of the early songs could be seen as non conformist and focused of the style of metal/heavy rock.




So, after a number of years performing songs and making albums such as ‘Make yourself’, Incubus again decided that their music style needed to be changed, so out went the harsher tones and a softer, more mature sound was born. It seems that 2001 was the year in which Incubus decided to reveal their current, if not best, music style. In one album alone they managed not only to change what music they did, but also to change their entire musical style. Arguably, they became the most ‘sensitive’ rock band on this earth, employing an emotional, heartfelt and intelligent angle to their songs. As, In 2001 we saw Morning view, an very optimistic album which gave the first indication of their new found sound. Then A Crow Left To The Murder, a slightly more darker, but nevertheless optimistic album, in 2004. In 2005, not only did they release their only album that reached number 1 in the US, but my favourite Incubus album to date, Light grenades. I won’t talk about the album, just suggest that those of you that have not listened to it, please do so.




‘Where are they now?’ You may ask, well it is reported that they will work on new material this year and, hopefully, we’ll see a new album next year.

So, without further ado, the song that helped me though one of the worst weeks of my life:


Incubus- Just a phase




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P.S: Yup the inspiration for the theme title came from the song, also, what do you guys think of the post?