There's no way back

So once again, I've been introduced to a popular (for lack of a better term) artist by a very roundabout path. First, it was Evanescence. I'd heard of them, but only as a name of a band, didn't know what they played, had never heard any of their stuff, whatever. So I was downloading stuff, and came across a dance remix of My Immortal. Yeah, kind of a weird song to remix, but whatever. Eventually, I got interested in the song, so I tracked down the original. Found a complete discography - they use that song a lot. I mean, it's on my master playlist something like seven times.

More recently, I was checking out Divide and Kreate's homepage. Awesome stuff - takes vocals from one song, background music from another. Most of them turn out really well, often as good if not better than the original. So there was one song, "I'm Talking About L.O.V.E.", which features a Van Halen guitar backing from a similarly named song, and the vocals from some girl. I eventually checked it out, and sure enough, it was Ashlee Simpson, of Jessica Simpson's little sister fame. I originally hated her, but that wasn't based on anything, other than just, hey, it's Ashlee Simpson. But I've downloaded both her albums, and they're, well, alright. I wouldn't really call it a guilty pleasure, since I've always liked girly bubblegum pop.

This is also where I found Lily Allen, one of whose songs I posted earlier - it wasn't necessarily directed at anybody - I mean, it could have been at Lilie, like a year ago, but not anymore - I just like the song. And the whole thing changes so much when you change the backgrounds. Good stuff.


Ashlee Simpson -- Beautifully Broken