I'm seeing Mika tonight with a bunch of other screaming, screeching, silly psychos--I mean, pop fans. Didn't want to include him in the falsetto list below, because I wanted an entire post for him. Tons of his songs have vids, official and fan-made. Here is a sampling:
His first hit Grace Kelly. I was hooked from the first listen. Little did I know I would be caught in a downward (maybe upward) spiral into pop-delirium.
Some fan made a vid with pictures of lollipops for his song Lollipop. Brilliant concept, no?
Love Today! Triptastic!! (to use the word of a Metro article) Love, love me!
Relax, Take it Easy has excellent falsetto to scare--I mean, delight my budgies.
"Diet coke, I'm on my knees" is a great line. What? How about "You take your girl and multiply her by four"? He is so great. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) fan vid, just audio:
e premte, 15 qershor 2007
e enjte, 14 qershor 2007
Let no one sleep
I couldn't hold off on the aria I mentioned before, because I saw the below vid and just had to make a post on opera, with what little I know of it.
Meet Paul Potts, a mobile phone salesman from Wales. Just... watch:
Just. Wow. Paul Potts, you are my new hero. Also, that exhalation the female judge gives at 1:57, yes yes, that's the awe of being in the presence of greatness.
Here is Pavarotti doing Nessun Dorma, the same aria:
That piece sounds so much like a Phantom song... but I digress. Isn't opera great? ^_^ Sis took me and our parents to see Juan Diego Flórez, a great tenor from Peru, in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (with a bang and a boom and a catchy little tune by Rossini ;) at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Now, for the ladies, with the famous Queen of the Night aria. Here it is sung by Diana Damrau (begins at 2:10 in the video below)
German <3 Is she not absolutely fabulous? *flails* Those notes!!! INHUMAN! *flails some more*
Last, but not least, let me present Florence Foster Jenkins! She was a socialite who wanted to be a great opera singer, just like our Mr. Potts. Except she was umm...not so good at it. But she had money to throw around and persisted and persisted--and didn't get any better, but society thought her crazy and funny and she sold out Carnegie Hall. Here is an audio sample of her rendition of the Queen of the Night aria:
Yeah her voice is like a dying bird.. but this is what raises her to awesomeness: she once said "People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing." THAT IS SO PUNK! LOVE YOU FLORENCE <3 <3 <3
edited to add: I was just reading up on Diana Damrau and found this snippet in her wiki page: "Both Damrau and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez revealed in a joint interview on New York Radio Station WNYC, November 2006 during their run in Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera..."
WE SAW THE BARBER OF SEVILLE IN NOVEMBER 2006 SO I PROBABLY SAW HER AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT. WHOA. *brain explodes*
Okay, I lied, one more vid. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen:
Love is a Rebellious Bird :)
Meet Paul Potts, a mobile phone salesman from Wales. Just... watch:
Just. Wow. Paul Potts, you are my new hero. Also, that exhalation the female judge gives at 1:57, yes yes, that's the awe of being in the presence of greatness.
Here is Pavarotti doing Nessun Dorma, the same aria:
That piece sounds so much like a Phantom song... but I digress. Isn't opera great? ^_^ Sis took me and our parents to see Juan Diego Flórez, a great tenor from Peru, in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (with a bang and a boom and a catchy little tune by Rossini ;) at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Now, for the ladies, with the famous Queen of the Night aria. Here it is sung by Diana Damrau (begins at 2:10 in the video below)
German <3 Is she not absolutely fabulous? *flails* Those notes!!! INHUMAN! *flails some more*
Last, but not least, let me present Florence Foster Jenkins! She was a socialite who wanted to be a great opera singer, just like our Mr. Potts. Except she was umm...not so good at it. But she had money to throw around and persisted and persisted--and didn't get any better, but society thought her crazy and funny and she sold out Carnegie Hall. Here is an audio sample of her rendition of the Queen of the Night aria:
Yeah her voice is like a dying bird.. but this is what raises her to awesomeness: she once said "People may say I can't sing, but no one can ever say I didn't sing." THAT IS SO PUNK! LOVE YOU FLORENCE <3 <3 <3
edited to add: I was just reading up on Diana Damrau and found this snippet in her wiki page: "Both Damrau and Peruvian tenor Juan Diego Florez revealed in a joint interview on New York Radio Station WNYC, November 2006 during their run in Gioachino Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Metropolitan Opera..."
WE SAW THE BARBER OF SEVILLE IN NOVEMBER 2006 SO I PROBABLY SAW HER AND DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT. WHOA. *brain explodes*
Okay, I lied, one more vid. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle from Carmen:
Love is a Rebellious Bird :)
strutting songs
Poptart agreed with my comment below on the KT Tunstall song re: strutting :)
I admit it. I start staring people down in the street when certain songs come on. I start strutting, walking like I own the streets -- I usually do that anyway, but even moreso :P
The background beat plus the message + the incredible Mary J and the kickass Eve: "Not Today" is a total strut song. Don't ever waste your time girl.
Missy Elliott! The song title says it all "I'm Really Hot." The boasting themes of rap lend themselves to songs that make you feel good just repeating their words. "I lick my lips like I'm LL, and i'm doing it and doing it and doing it well" <3 Great dance vid too.
"I'll serve your ass like John MacEnroe
If your girl steps up, I'm smacking the ho"
!!!! Coming from a House of Pain, yeah whatever. Coming from me = :D
One last rap song before I move onto struttable rock songs. Like the House of Pain lyrics above, they come off even better when I'm saying "i got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one." Instant 'tude. Love it.
My fav lyric in Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" is "I'm worth a million in prizes." I feel it every time :D
From the very moment that crazy laugh and the slamming jaildoors and the guitars hit in the first second of Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout", I totally imagine a great sprint over backyards away from the police, ala that scene in Billy Elliot. I eat up that whole bravado. Nevermind that it almost comes off as a love song "Now I'm nearly home nearly back for you", it just rules as a these streets are ours kind of way. Haha look at that crowd. People all smashed up at the front. Haha I laugh at you in a i've-been-there sort of way. HA.
Okay, those are just off the top of my head, but I stop now :D Feel free to leave comments with your own strut-inducing music.
I admit it. I start staring people down in the street when certain songs come on. I start strutting, walking like I own the streets -- I usually do that anyway, but even moreso :P
The background beat plus the message + the incredible Mary J and the kickass Eve: "Not Today" is a total strut song. Don't ever waste your time girl.
Missy Elliott! The song title says it all "I'm Really Hot." The boasting themes of rap lend themselves to songs that make you feel good just repeating their words. "I lick my lips like I'm LL, and i'm doing it and doing it and doing it well" <3 Great dance vid too.
"I'll serve your ass like John MacEnroe
If your girl steps up, I'm smacking the ho"
!!!! Coming from a House of Pain, yeah whatever. Coming from me = :D
One last rap song before I move onto struttable rock songs. Like the House of Pain lyrics above, they come off even better when I'm saying "i got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one." Instant 'tude. Love it.
My fav lyric in Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" is "I'm worth a million in prizes." I feel it every time :D
From the very moment that crazy laugh and the slamming jaildoors and the guitars hit in the first second of Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout", I totally imagine a great sprint over backyards away from the police, ala that scene in Billy Elliot. I eat up that whole bravado. Nevermind that it almost comes off as a love song "Now I'm nearly home nearly back for you", it just rules as a these streets are ours kind of way. Haha look at that crowd. People all smashed up at the front. Haha I laugh at you in a i've-been-there sort of way. HA.
Okay, those are just off the top of my head, but I stop now :D Feel free to leave comments with your own strut-inducing music.
On a high note...
It is under great duress that I write this post (actually i'm just rushing)
When I was pondering a theme for my last mix, I considered briefly a falsetto mix. I <3 falsetto. Here is a bunch of falsetto (or at least hi-note containing) songs that are fun to sing along to. By men. I'll have a high-note ladies post another time (I'll include my favorite Mozart aria too).
The obvious: Bee Gees. I don't know what "more than a woman" means, except that it cracks my sis and me up for no reason. Kind of like Dress Barn Woman. WTF! Also I confess that I have not seen the last half of Saturday Night Fever. Watch the haair!
They had the Jersey Boys perform "What a Night" at the Tonys, but really, my favoritest Four Seasons song is "Dawn (Go Away)." I vividly recall hearing the lyrics on the radio, and turning it louder and putting my ear to the speaker to catch it and going omg ;_; such a sad song. Now think what the future would be with a poor boy like me:
I'm skipping around, forgive for the order. Ted Leo uses some falsetto to great effect in lots of his songs. In fact, the first time I heard an interview I was surprised at how low his speaking voice is! "Oooh to that two-tone beat!"
Ah, the Darkness. Going with "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" would be too obvious, and besides, I like lots of their songs. Here is "Growing on Me" with super high notes dotted through out (first at 2:02)
More metal! Pantera's Cementary Gates!!! <3 The high notes start at 4:55 and go increasingly higher. It's TEH AWESOME. There's a longer version, but we'll just have to make do with this vid:
Speaking of cut-off vids, the Isley Brothers' "Shout" has a second part, which contains more high-note goodness, but this shorter version has some good WOOOOs at the end, around 1:44
If I wrote you a symphony... oh but you did Justin! HEE. I mean, what? I don't get your sex appeal, but i do <3 this song lots.
Sylvester had a classic with "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)." This is awesome awesome awesome. Note that he was a drag performer, and in drag circles "real" means passing, but of course it works just on the level of being so in love that you feel complete. So yeah, gay love song = YAY!!
Here is Jimmy Somerville's cover of the above song. It's even campier, if possible. Oh Jimmy i loves you! I think my sis has possession of our only Somerville CD which we bought for a superhigh price at Virgin as an import. I also have an album of his on cassette, must get on CD!!! *Dances* Also, best video ever, right? HEE!
Here is Jimmy Somerville's band in the 80s, Bronski Beat with their hit "Smalltown Boy." Glorious falsetto you have there Jimmy.
I saved the best for last :) The song starts at 2:34. TROGDOR!!!!!!!
When I was pondering a theme for my last mix, I considered briefly a falsetto mix. I <3 falsetto. Here is a bunch of falsetto (or at least hi-note containing) songs that are fun to sing along to. By men. I'll have a high-note ladies post another time (I'll include my favorite Mozart aria too).
The obvious: Bee Gees. I don't know what "more than a woman" means, except that it cracks my sis and me up for no reason. Kind of like Dress Barn Woman. WTF! Also I confess that I have not seen the last half of Saturday Night Fever. Watch the haair!
They had the Jersey Boys perform "What a Night" at the Tonys, but really, my favoritest Four Seasons song is "Dawn (Go Away)." I vividly recall hearing the lyrics on the radio, and turning it louder and putting my ear to the speaker to catch it and going omg ;_; such a sad song. Now think what the future would be with a poor boy like me:
I'm skipping around, forgive for the order. Ted Leo uses some falsetto to great effect in lots of his songs. In fact, the first time I heard an interview I was surprised at how low his speaking voice is! "Oooh to that two-tone beat!"
Ah, the Darkness. Going with "I Believe In A Thing Called Love" would be too obvious, and besides, I like lots of their songs. Here is "Growing on Me" with super high notes dotted through out (first at 2:02)
More metal! Pantera's Cementary Gates!!! <3 The high notes start at 4:55 and go increasingly higher. It's TEH AWESOME. There's a longer version, but we'll just have to make do with this vid:
Speaking of cut-off vids, the Isley Brothers' "Shout" has a second part, which contains more high-note goodness, but this shorter version has some good WOOOOs at the end, around 1:44
If I wrote you a symphony... oh but you did Justin! HEE. I mean, what? I don't get your sex appeal, but i do <3 this song lots.
Sylvester had a classic with "You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)." This is awesome awesome awesome. Note that he was a drag performer, and in drag circles "real" means passing, but of course it works just on the level of being so in love that you feel complete. So yeah, gay love song = YAY!!
Here is Jimmy Somerville's cover of the above song. It's even campier, if possible. Oh Jimmy i loves you! I think my sis has possession of our only Somerville CD which we bought for a superhigh price at Virgin as an import. I also have an album of his on cassette, must get on CD!!! *Dances* Also, best video ever, right? HEE!
Here is Jimmy Somerville's band in the 80s, Bronski Beat with their hit "Smalltown Boy." Glorious falsetto you have there Jimmy.
I saved the best for last :) The song starts at 2:34. TROGDOR!!!!!!!
e martë, 12 qershor 2007
football songs!
Another youtube post! About footie-related songs.
Okay, I know I should probably put a Liverpool version of this, but this Celtic one is fantastic, in tribute to the recent Spain bombings, what glorious condolences! The Adicts also sing this on their tours, sing-alongs are fun!!
This is probably the best official world cup song yet! From 1998, Ricky Martin, aww yeah!! <3 Kill and I did this song mucho justice in karaoke once. Allez allez allez!
Shakira performing at the 2006 World Cup. Love this version of the song. Heck, I love any version of this song. Shakira, Shakira!
Here is a rap song by the only US player to score in the 2006 World Cup. Love ya Deuce!! Call me crazy, but I think this song is GREAT. I made the game ferocious!
Now here's some fans singing at a stadium. Turkish fans are cah-razy! What are they saying I wonder.. something nice, i am sure :)
Youtube kinda sucks because it doesn't have Madix's Keepah, this awesome soca dance song made about the Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop! However I found a post on this World Cup Blog where you can listen or download. Yay! Jump and wave!
Lastly, here is the youtube clip of the Arash song for Iran's 2006 World Cup. Love love love this. Drums rule!
Okay, I know I should probably put a Liverpool version of this, but this Celtic one is fantastic, in tribute to the recent Spain bombings, what glorious condolences! The Adicts also sing this on their tours, sing-alongs are fun!!
This is probably the best official world cup song yet! From 1998, Ricky Martin, aww yeah!! <3 Kill and I did this song mucho justice in karaoke once. Allez allez allez!
Shakira performing at the 2006 World Cup. Love this version of the song. Heck, I love any version of this song. Shakira, Shakira!
Here is a rap song by the only US player to score in the 2006 World Cup. Love ya Deuce!! Call me crazy, but I think this song is GREAT. I made the game ferocious!
Now here's some fans singing at a stadium. Turkish fans are cah-razy! What are they saying I wonder.. something nice, i am sure :)
Youtube kinda sucks because it doesn't have Madix's Keepah, this awesome soca dance song made about the Trinidad & Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop! However I found a post on this World Cup Blog where you can listen or download. Yay! Jump and wave!
Lastly, here is the youtube clip of the Arash song for Iran's 2006 World Cup. Love love love this. Drums rule!
I <3 Musical Theatre
On Sunday, after a failed attempt to reach the Puerto Rican Day parade and screech at Ricky Martin (who wasn't singing anyway, so I guess we didn't miss much), Kill and I made our way to the Broadhurst Theatre to catch Les Miz. Sure it's overly dramatic -- that is the whole point! They're miserable!! Kill never weeps, but this got her and the hulking dood next to me all misty:
Marius <3 ! "Oh my friends, my friends!!!" <-- gets me every time
In honor of the Tonys (which I watched on Sunday as well--i love me some awards shows, man!) here are some of my favorite musical songs:
Jennifer Holliday schools you all!!! I get the shakes watching this.
Idina Menzel!! In your face, Oz!
Christine Ebersole PWNS the leading actress category! Amazing role. I want to be like Edie, til Kill reminded me we are dressing like that already. HA! And that's the revolutionary costume for today! The NYTimes review said it best:
"Da-da-da-da-dum." Not exactly a phrase that gleams with Shakespearean eloquence, is it? But once you’ve heard Christine Ebersole sing it — and believe me, this is an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss — "da-da-da-da-dum" is guaranteed to enter your personal memory bank of cherished quotations, the kind you summon when you’re feeling down and thwarted and need to smile.
And finally, off-Broadway, I've seen this twice and this is my fav song:
Boy, am I a sucker for musicals. I wish they had some Guys & Dolls clips from the movie online, I'd link that too. I'm too lazy to dig up some Phantom now, but man, do we love our Phantom. Mlebot did a crazygood rendition of Phantom of the Opera at karaoke!!! :)
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Marius <3 ! "Oh my friends, my friends!!!" <-- gets me every time
In honor of the Tonys (which I watched on Sunday as well--i love me some awards shows, man!) here are some of my favorite musical songs:
Jennifer Holliday schools you all!!! I get the shakes watching this.
Idina Menzel!! In your face, Oz!
Christine Ebersole PWNS the leading actress category! Amazing role. I want to be like Edie, til Kill reminded me we are dressing like that already. HA! And that's the revolutionary costume for today! The NYTimes review said it best:
"Da-da-da-da-dum." Not exactly a phrase that gleams with Shakespearean eloquence, is it? But once you’ve heard Christine Ebersole sing it — and believe me, this is an experience no passionate theatergoer should miss — "da-da-da-da-dum" is guaranteed to enter your personal memory bank of cherished quotations, the kind you summon when you’re feeling down and thwarted and need to smile.
And finally, off-Broadway, I've seen this twice and this is my fav song:
Boy, am I a sucker for musicals. I wish they had some Guys & Dolls clips from the movie online, I'd link that too. I'm too lazy to dig up some Phantom now, but man, do we love our Phantom. Mlebot did a crazygood rendition of Phantom of the Opera at karaoke!!! :)
I like writing pwn!
My Spring 2007 Mix!
I made a spring-themed mix for my peeps. I drew a cute cover (must scan to put here) and had a track listing of course. I had planned on making liner notes, but I ran out of time and it would have involved weird printing out techniques to print on the inside of my cd booklet and i am lazy! So I think I'll just put it here:
01. Volver intro
I snagged this from the trailer for Almodóvar's Volver. The translation goes as follows: Penelope Cruz's character confronts her sister, asking "Is there something I don't know which I should?" Her sister replies "A ton."
02. Lesley Gore - Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows
I was working on this mix for over a month, agonizing on the order of songs, none of them were quite right, til this song came into place. Perfect! I love it!
03. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - A Bottle of Buckie
Not many people write good friendship songs. This is a great one :) This is off his latest "Living with the Living."
04. Lily Allen - LDN
This came out last year and I guess is more of a summer song, but who cares? I love me some britpop, especially ska-tinged. Ah, what a perfect ode to a city. You love it despite its madness. Maybe you love it for that reason. I do :) Her whole album "Alright, Still" has that same feel: sounds cute and fun, but lyrically is darker, snarkier, jaded.
05. Mika - Love Today
More britpop, but campier! Mika is pure pop crack. It also makes me practice my falsetto which can only be a good thing. The songs on his album "Life In Cartoon Motion" are either wheeee or aww ;_;
06. The Knife - Heartbeats
Mlebot and me have waxed poetic on this song. It's just so good. It's nostalgic and heartbreaking and heartswelling and all this good stuff. The way she sings "we had a promise made, we were in love" is just about the perfectest thing ever!! <3 (Haha I am like the worst describer ever! Also a proud member of the hyperbole club :)
07. M - Close To Me (the Cure cover, in French)
I snagged this off a music blog and unfortunately don't know much about them. The original is quite possibly my favorite Cure song. One of my mix recipients said she was dancing around the room when she heard this. Yes yes yes, that's exactly the response I was looking for!!! My suggested dance move for this track: elbows at sides, with forearms at 90 degree angles, fingers pointing out, going up and down a few inches, while you shake your shoulders and swivel your hips to the beat. HAHA!!
*update* Info on M on wiki!
08. April March - Laisse Tomber les Filles (written by Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall cover)
I read somewhere that the English version of this song "Chick Habit" was used in the credits of Grindhouse. I've heard it, but it does no justice to the French version, which I have no idea what it's talking about, but goddamn, do I care? No way, total bopfest. You dance to this one like a 60s yeye girl! Bonus points for using your faux French to sing along.
09. Pirates of the Caribbean - He's A Pirate (soundtrack)
Thanks for TJ for this track! It's spectacularly swashbuckling fun. Arrr! I have piratey fight fantasies in my head when i'm in the subway.
10. Lupe Fiasco ft Jill Scott - Daydreaming
I love me some Lupe Fiasco. The chorus "I fell asleep beneath the flowers, for a couple of hours" is so great. Is that not what spring makes you feel like? Then of course there's powerful social commentary in the song. Can't get too comfortable ;)
11. Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
What a great sunny song! I am especially partial to the "Another day in June, we’ll pick eleven for football / We’re playing for our lives, the referee gives us fuck all" Hee hee, brilliant!
12. KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Also a last summer song, but man, does this not rock? And make you walk down the street like a strutting rooster? No, just me? -_-
13. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plan Pour Moi
More French songs! A version of this was used in a Pepsi commercial, but you don't need to know that! Wham-bam, French new wave classic! This is also really good for fake-singing along to. Not that I do that, you know.
14. Goat Explosion - Come On, Make Me Feel
Goat Explosion is great. All their songs are great. Electropop is still alive! Thank God!
15. Amelie - La Valse d'Amelie (soundtrack)
OMG! I caught this movie on tv not too long ago and that last scene, her and her love scooting around Paris to this instrumental song! Gah! <-- i am very succinct
16. Maneja Beto - Ciudadano
Ciudadano is Spanish for city dweller. But it sounds semi-laid back, and yet the lyrics decry the city, with the singer lamenting "oh God, oh God."
17. Arash - Iran Iran
My sis sent me this youtube song. World Cup songs are fantastic! I'm gonna make a future post all about them. I love me some world music (to use that odd term... western music is not part of the world?). This song is in Farsi/Persian, but lord if i don't try to sing along too. Iran Iran Iran! :)
18. Bjork - Declare Independence
Raise your flag!
19. Neil Armstrong - Lunar Landing 1969
I love including quotes in my mixes. I thought this fit great after Bjork.
20. Inca Son - Viaje a la Montaña
Lovely instrumental piece by this Andean musical group. The song title translates as Trip/Voyage to the Mountain. Nothing reminds me more of mountains than the pan pipes, this sort of eternal whisper.
More fun posts to come! So many ideas, I write them down now: musical theatre, world cup songs, hopefully with youtube clips.
01. Volver intro
I snagged this from the trailer for Almodóvar's Volver. The translation goes as follows: Penelope Cruz's character confronts her sister, asking "Is there something I don't know which I should?" Her sister replies "A ton."
02. Lesley Gore - Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows
I was working on this mix for over a month, agonizing on the order of songs, none of them were quite right, til this song came into place. Perfect! I love it!
03. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - A Bottle of Buckie
Not many people write good friendship songs. This is a great one :) This is off his latest "Living with the Living."
04. Lily Allen - LDN
This came out last year and I guess is more of a summer song, but who cares? I love me some britpop, especially ska-tinged. Ah, what a perfect ode to a city. You love it despite its madness. Maybe you love it for that reason. I do :) Her whole album "Alright, Still" has that same feel: sounds cute and fun, but lyrically is darker, snarkier, jaded.
05. Mika - Love Today
More britpop, but campier! Mika is pure pop crack. It also makes me practice my falsetto which can only be a good thing. The songs on his album "Life In Cartoon Motion" are either wheeee or aww ;_;
06. The Knife - Heartbeats
Mlebot and me have waxed poetic on this song. It's just so good. It's nostalgic and heartbreaking and heartswelling and all this good stuff. The way she sings "we had a promise made, we were in love" is just about the perfectest thing ever!! <3 (Haha I am like the worst describer ever! Also a proud member of the hyperbole club :)
07. M - Close To Me (the Cure cover, in French)
I snagged this off a music blog and unfortunately don't know much about them. The original is quite possibly my favorite Cure song. One of my mix recipients said she was dancing around the room when she heard this. Yes yes yes, that's exactly the response I was looking for!!! My suggested dance move for this track: elbows at sides, with forearms at 90 degree angles, fingers pointing out, going up and down a few inches, while you shake your shoulders and swivel your hips to the beat. HAHA!!
*update* Info on M on wiki!
08. April March - Laisse Tomber les Filles (written by Serge Gainsbourg, France Gall cover)
I read somewhere that the English version of this song "Chick Habit" was used in the credits of Grindhouse. I've heard it, but it does no justice to the French version, which I have no idea what it's talking about, but goddamn, do I care? No way, total bopfest. You dance to this one like a 60s yeye girl! Bonus points for using your faux French to sing along.
09. Pirates of the Caribbean - He's A Pirate (soundtrack)
Thanks for TJ for this track! It's spectacularly swashbuckling fun. Arrr! I have piratey fight fantasies in my head when i'm in the subway.
10. Lupe Fiasco ft Jill Scott - Daydreaming
I love me some Lupe Fiasco. The chorus "I fell asleep beneath the flowers, for a couple of hours" is so great. Is that not what spring makes you feel like? Then of course there's powerful social commentary in the song. Can't get too comfortable ;)
11. Belle & Sebastian - Another Sunny Day
What a great sunny song! I am especially partial to the "Another day in June, we’ll pick eleven for football / We’re playing for our lives, the referee gives us fuck all" Hee hee, brilliant!
12. KT Tunstall - Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
Also a last summer song, but man, does this not rock? And make you walk down the street like a strutting rooster? No, just me? -_-
13. Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plan Pour Moi
More French songs! A version of this was used in a Pepsi commercial, but you don't need to know that! Wham-bam, French new wave classic! This is also really good for fake-singing along to. Not that I do that, you know.
14. Goat Explosion - Come On, Make Me Feel
Goat Explosion is great. All their songs are great. Electropop is still alive! Thank God!
15. Amelie - La Valse d'Amelie (soundtrack)
OMG! I caught this movie on tv not too long ago and that last scene, her and her love scooting around Paris to this instrumental song! Gah! <-- i am very succinct
16. Maneja Beto - Ciudadano
Ciudadano is Spanish for city dweller. But it sounds semi-laid back, and yet the lyrics decry the city, with the singer lamenting "oh God, oh God."
17. Arash - Iran Iran
My sis sent me this youtube song. World Cup songs are fantastic! I'm gonna make a future post all about them. I love me some world music (to use that odd term... western music is not part of the world?). This song is in Farsi/Persian, but lord if i don't try to sing along too. Iran Iran Iran! :)
18. Bjork - Declare Independence
Raise your flag!
19. Neil Armstrong - Lunar Landing 1969
I love including quotes in my mixes. I thought this fit great after Bjork.
20. Inca Son - Viaje a la Montaña
Lovely instrumental piece by this Andean musical group. The song title translates as Trip/Voyage to the Mountain. Nothing reminds me more of mountains than the pan pipes, this sort of eternal whisper.
More fun posts to come! So many ideas, I write them down now: musical theatre, world cup songs, hopefully with youtube clips.
e hënë, 11 qershor 2007
ME TOO ME TOO ZOMG
Me start a music blog too :) Cuz I see monkey do and I do it too
Mlebot got me to sign up to last.fm too: http://www.last.fm/user/shimmerot/
Man, I am easily influenced!! :PMeep, all my sentences are starting with the letter M.
Which is funny cuz Kill and I are seeing Mika this Friday and Morrissey later this month.
This month's letter is M, kids!
Man I love music!! In fact, I am listening to "Mad World" by Gary Jules right now. Ahahahaha. Worst first post EVER!
Abonohu te:
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