It's a typical Thursday night around 8 p.m. Where are you? If you're like many college students (and adults) these days, you're probably in front of a TV watching one of ABC's biggest hits, the hospital drama Grey's Anatomy."" And if you're not - Have you been living under a rock for the past three years?
Many things make ""Grey's"" a hit: one, of course, being all of the attractive doctors (McDreamy, McSteamy or McSatan?) and all of the sex that they're having with each other. However, one thing has made more of an impact than anything else on the show: the music.
Many indie bands made it big because their song was playing in the background during a scene of the show. Examples include The Fray, Tegan and Sara, The Postal Service and Rilo Kiley. While none of these bands appear on the third volume of the official ""Grey's Anatomy"" soundtrack, many others do. Though the bands on the new album aren't as well known, their songs fit the reoccurring theme of sex in the show - especially season three - all too well.
To those not familiar with many indie bands or the music on the show, the only recognizable band on the soundtrack might be Peter, Bjorn and John, whose hit MTV single ""Young Folks"" is the first song on the soundtrack. To anyone, however, the song doesn't seem like it ""fits"" on the show, especially with the ever-familiar whistling in the background. Despite this, lyrics like ""If I told you things I did before, told you how I used to be / would you go along with someone like me? / It doesn't matter what you did, who you were hanging with / We could stick around and see this night through"" reveal that ""Young Folks"" starts off the chain of sexual innuendos that are literally in every song, despite the welcoming variety of slow and fast songs.
The slower songs include Bill Ricchini's ""A Cold Wind Blows Through Your Door,"" Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' ""Falling or Flying,"" Paolo Nutini's ""Million Faces,"" Mat Kearney's ""Breathe In Breathe Out,"" Ingrid Michaelson's ""Keep Breathing"" and Brandi Carlile's ""The Story.""
Though the first four songs don't sound sexual on the first listen, listeners have to pay close attention to the lyrics to find their sexual innuendos. An example of this in ""A Cold Wind Blows Through Your Door"" is a reoccurring lyric: ""Remember to keep warm / take shelter from the storm / the night will not last for much more."" Also, ""Million Faces"" sounds like it could be a slow song a romantic couple could dance to before they became interested in sex, but the lyrics say differently.
Though ""Keep Breathing"" and ""The Story"" have to do with relationships like the rest of the songs and the show, the songs have to do with the depressing part of ""Grey's,"" which is a nice break from the constant songs about sex.
The faster songs include the Bird and the Bee's ""Again and Again,"" The Jealous Girlfriends' ""Something In The Water,"" Feist's ""Sealion Woman,"" Koop's ""Come To Me,"" Jesus Jackson's ""Running On Sunshine,"" Robert Randolph and the Family Band's ""Ain't Nothin' Wrong With That,"" Gomez's ""Moon and Sun,"" and John Legend's ""Sun Comes Up.""
These songs are also chockfull of sexual innuendos. One key example of this is in ""Running on Sunshine,"" when Jackson sings ""Ooh I got this rocket / Right in my left pocket / Ready to Explode Like a Bomb.""
Despite the reoccuring theme of sex in the songs, one song, ""Sun Comes Up,"" talks about more than just a one-night stand when Legend sings ""I intend to spend more than one night with you.""
Though the songs on the Grey's Anatomy Official Soundtrack: Volume 3 seem to talk about sex more than some college students at UW-Madison do, they are a welcoming break from many of the songs that seem to get stuck in our heads because they're severely overplayed on the radio (not that there's anything wrong with that, but we all need a break sometime).
This CD is good for both avid fans of the show who will remember which point each song comes up in which episode, and newcomers of the show who will appreciate the music. Seriously.
