Alicia Keys - As I Am

I’ve never wanted to be a piano so much, just to have those incredibly talented fingers touch me repeatedly...ok, now I realize this is an odd start and I promise to be much less creepy from now on..

It’s just that it’s so…damn good!! I’m not only referring to how brilliant it is musically, with the funky grooves, epic piano work and soulful ballads, nor am I referring to one of the strongest female vocals possessing mind blowing range and oozing originality and naked honesty. All these elements are fantastic, but what takes it to another level and earns my respect is the honest approach it takes to covering what it is to be in love, a topic that has been covered to death yet rarely escapes the world of cliché. I usually have a problem with albums that lack variety of topic, yet I’m very much willing to make an exception and accept this as a complete and touching ode to love; the first times (Teenage Love Affair), the steamy times (Prelude to a Kiss), the bitter times (Go Ahead), the aftermath (Lesson Learned) and everything in between (The Thing about Love). You cannot produce an album like without having been through it all, and Alicia Keys is one of the few modern artists that can bare it all and burn pure love to a CD ‘as she is’.

Love. It’s a beautiful thing and everyone should experience true love at least once; to find another soul in the blur of confusion and fear in this mad world and just enjoy the beautiful unity. If not...this album is the next best thing.

No Heaven - DJ Champion

Nothing to say about this song, I really enjoy listening to it a lot.

No Heaven - DJ Champion

No Heaven lyrics

Oh lord (oh lord)...

Oh boy I thought I told you
Well I told you but I thought you know
There ain't no heaven
Oh lord, there ain't no heaven
There ain't no heaven
On the county road

Don't talk about it
Boy oh boy, don't talk about it
Don't talk about it
If you do, I'll cry
Don't come around me
Oh lord, don't come around me
Don't come around me
If you do, I'll die

Oh lord, there ain't no heaven
Oh lord, there ain't no heaven

Down at the station stood my dear old mother
She keep on, keep on screamin' and cryin'
"Oh lord I wonder what my son has done"

Oh lord, there ain't no heaven
Oh lord, there ain't no heaven
Oh lord

Did you bring me, bring me any silver
He didn't bring me, bring me any gold
Oh did you see me, workin' on South Carolina
Just to see me work on the county road

Oh lord (oh lord), there ain't no heaven
Oh lord (oh lord), there ain't no heaven
(Oh lord, oh lord)

There ain't no heaven (there ain't no heaven)
(Oh lord, there ain't no heaven)
Oh lord (oh lord), there ain't no heaven

Bipolar tendencies - Nickelback vs. Des'ree

From goofy fun to melancholy !
I wonder how many people can you name in that video ? I think am up to 13 now ...



Oh and Crocs RoX ! even though they're fugly they still RoX But then to bring you down ...



ENJOY!
ps. should I go back to playlists ?

The Billboard Top 10 songs 2007-11-22

Number 1:
Alicia Keys - No One

I really really like this song. Her voice is just great.
By the way, the first time i heard her talk I was shocked, she sounds like a girl from da hood and it was a shock cos she looked so dainty and beautiful singing fallin on the piano.




Number 2:
Chris Brown Featuring T-Pain - Kiss kiss



Number 3:
Timbaland Featuring OneRepublic - Apologize

Nice! I really like the video too.



Number 4:
Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain - Low



Number 5:
Colbie Caillat - Bubbly

I really like this song, and her voice is so velvety. It's on the radio all the time.



Number 6:
Soulja Boy Tell'em - Crank That (Soulja Boy)



Number 7:
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain - Good Life

Kanye irritates me.




number 8:
Fergie - Clumsy



Number 9:
Baby Bash Featuring T-Pain - Cyclone



Number 10:
Kanye West - Stronger

The song is not bad.



So did you notice how T-Pain is like almost in all the songs? what's up with that?

Broadway Theater: The Rent Song

I'm a big theater person, especially high-energy musical shows! I actually don't get the opportunity to see them that often but last night I drove 3 hours to see the traveling production of Rent the musical which I absolutely loved! Every song was a good song and Seasons of Love has become the signature Rent song, Enjoy!

Good Charlotte - Dance Floor Anthem

The punk band, Good Charlotte, recently released their fourth album entitled Good Morning Revival. One of the more popular songs from the album, "Dance Floor Anthem", is garnering a lot of airtime with its arena rock sound.

The music video is intensely hyped with its never-ending hospital hallway and dancing nurses. Front man Joel Madden doesn't quite have the moves as other more seasoned rockers, but the voice is there. Speculation is that the song was written after Madden's split with pop princess Hilary Duff.

The energetic song and punchy base sounds great if played through a good set of speakers (which excludes the weenie ones on your computer). You'll need to play this one on some decent equipment to really get the full rockin' effect.

Music For A Rainy Day

As the cold, winter season in Jordan approaches and the days become more dreary, I find myself lapsing into "moodier" tunes, songs that might be apropos coming out of the speakers at Starbucks. Perhaps such songs appeal to my desire to be sitting in a snug corner of some quaint coffee house, sipping a hot drink and reading a good book on a cold, rainy day. Who knows.

But for those of you feel the need to get in touch with your "moodier" side as the clouds roll in, here are some of my favorites:

• James Blunt's All the Lost Souls album


• John Mayer's Continuum album


• A few delicious songs from KT Tunstall's album, Eye to the Telescope (namely "Other Side of the World", "Under the Weather", "Universe & U" and "Stoppin' the Love")


• Any song by Nora Jones (including one sung with Ray Charles entitled "Here We Go Again" from the Genius Loves Company album)


• "Wicked Game" by Chris Isaak


• "Hearbeats" by Jose Gonzalez


• "Chasing Cars" by Snow Patrol


• "Sparks" by Coldplay

I hope this gets you started. Please feel free to share your own personal recommendations as I'm still building my "Coffee House Tunes" playlist to last me throughout the winter.

K-OS: "Sunday Morning"

It's almost Saturday night here, but I am not really looking forward to Sunday morning, that means that my weekend is almost over.

But enjoy this song, it's pretty good, whenever it comes on the radio in the car I find myself singing along and tapping the steering wheel.

K-OS - Sunday Morning



Sunday Morning Lyrics

Grey's Anatomy Song: Damien Rice- Nine Crimes

This song is most commonly known as that awesome song that played on Grey's Anatomy during the emotional scene where Dr.Yang is standing side by side with her boyfriend Dr. Burk in the OR and is secretly performing the surgery in place of him since his hands are injured. Damien Rice likes to leave his songs open to interpretation but to me this song is about someone who has cheated on their significant other and is coming in terms with the guilt and sorry. This is the version sung with Lisa Hannigan who has a beautiful voice.

Warning: tears maybe induced




Damien Rice Lyrics

Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)

Flamboyant crooner Mika (pronounced Mee-ka) pranced onto the music scene last year with his debut album Life in Cartoon Motion and a number one single "Grace Kelly". His kaleidoscopic music has been compared with artists such as Freddy Mercury (of Queen fame), Elton John, Sister Scissors and David Bowie.

For some, Mika's magpie sound and tight jeans may be an acquired taste. Others may instantly be drawn to his campy, over-the-top melodies.

One of the "bouncier" songs off of Mika's debut album, "Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)", is a kickback to Queen's "Fat Bottom Girls". The video was shot candid and low budget and features curvaceous women running down Croydon High Street and Surrey Street Market in Croydon, Surrey, England.

Scorpions - Wind of Change

One of the best songs of the 20th century ... and a must have on every best-of list ... this song talks about the changes in eastern Europe in the late 80's and 1990 ... especially in Germany and Russia ... its still very popular in Germany ... and the brits use it like some sort of a military tune ... very beautiful song ... i remember VirginKiller (local band) does a really good cover for it ... i listened to it last time in Wakalat Street this summer ...

Enjoy !

Original Version (1990)

Acoustic Version (Portugal , 2001) =Awesome=

I follow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change
An August summer night
Soldiers passing by
Listening to the wind of change

The world closing in
Did you ever think
That we could be so close,like brothers
The future's in the air
I can feel it everywhere
Blowing with the wind of change

Chorus:
Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

Walking down the street
Distant memories
Are buried in the past forever

I fallow the Moskva
Down to Gorky Park
Listening to the wind of change

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

The wind of change blows straight
Into the face of time
Like a stormwind that will ring
The freedom bell for peace of mind
Let your balalaika sing
What my guitar wants to say

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow share their dreams
With you and me

Take me to the magic of the moment
On a glory night
Where the children of tomorrow dream away
In the wind of change

"Next Stop-Vegas Please"-Sara Bareilles

I've blogged about this artist previously on my blog and I was a fan of hers before her name was really known. The first time I heard her name mentioned on the radio I had already had half of her songs memorized on her debut album titled "little voices" which was number 1 on itunes recently. I've classified her as the feminine younger version of tracy chapman or the optimistic version of fiona apple. She sings her own words and plays her own instruments (some of them), I'm talking about Sara Bareilles (pronounced Burellis)! This is my favorite song of hers titled Vegas which is (I think) inspired by an old bad relationship of hers. Enjoy my debut post (and be nice to me)!

Mis-heard (or 'Your bus will take me there')

I got a bit of a chuckle reading Hani's comment on the Madonna post. You can read it for yourself, but to recap:

I remember in school everyone had to pick any song and try to explain what the lyrics mean, and I picked (Like a prayer). Only when I wrote the lyrics, instead of writing (your voice can take me there). It sounded to me like (your bus can take me there), and I explained how the song is about her boyfriend the bus driver, and the whole class laughed, as I died of embarrassment.

The reason it was so funny to me was because I've also mis-heard (or misinterpreted) hundreds of lyrics. And I'm even willing to share one of mine.

In the song "Flashdance...What a Feeling" (by Irene Cara), I used to think that the line "take your passion and make it happen" was "take your pants down and make it happen". A Freudian slip, perhaps, but I know I'm not the first person to hear it that way. I still sing it like that from time to time. In the car, when no one is listening. Don't tell anyone.

Mis-hearing lyrics is such a common thing that there have been several funny books addressing the subject, including 'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy and When a Man Loves a Walnut.

So who out there is brave enough to share their mis-heard lyrics? Do tell.

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

If there's one band who has withstood the test of time, it's Aerosmith. They have sold 150 million albums worldwide, 65.5 million albums in the United States alone, making them the bestselling American hard rock band of all time. Their musical evolution over the years has made them major innovators in American hard rock, pop, glam, blues, and rap, and has inspired legions of rock artists that came after them.

Aerosmith has become well known for their ability to create slightly veiled, double entendre-laced, innocent-sounding raunch. And what better way to illustrate than to showcase their first Top 40 hit, "Sweet Emotion".

I remember first watching the "Sweet Emotion" video back in the 80's. I was fascinated by frontman Steven Tyler's brash moves and fancy footwork. I loved the concept of a 1-900 midnight phone chat (which would never work in today's internet culture). But the best part of the video is the twist ending (which probably contains more truth than we realize).

Madonna - Secret

Now of the top of your head there is no one that can't atleast name 3 songs for Madonna (describing the video qualifies as a song name too :P).

For my by far I prefer the mystic and darker version of her of the early nighties. By far this song is my favorite for her .



Secret Lyrics


Also help us welcome Asoom who joined this blog and we hope to hear from her play list soon.
Just in, Dave is going to be joining us too.

So welcome to both Dave and Asoom and we hope that you will make us look like utter slackers here and keep this blog alive :)
Best of Wishes & Enjoy!

ps. this is just to make up for the niche song post before although i think i didn't like MIA at first but she grew on me, plus we didn't have a single Madonna song here :)

M.I.A. - Jimmy .... Adja

I just love M.I.A., beside the point that i get a kick out of me loving a bollywood sounding song but in general what i like about her is that she brings a fresh new breeze to rap. Plus it helps that her lyrics carry a strong political message so
ENJOY ! adja...



Jimmy Lyrics




Come Around Lyrics

incase you are wondering she is from Sri lanka :P

The meaning of American Pie

I am not sure if this is accurate but it is very interesting. I also never knew that the song killing me softly is about Don McLean!

Don McLean - American Pie

American Pie - Don McLean

A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.

I started singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lennon read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.

We were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?

We started singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.

And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."

Blind Melon - No Rain

This song has been always one of my favourites, year 93 is when I started getting obsessed with music, and I have to tell you , years 93- 94 had SO MANY amazing songs and this is one of them.

Now, why are all talented artists troubled either they OD or kill themselves or something.

Do you need to have a tortured soul to produce good music?

Blind Melon - No Rain

Blind Melon - No Rain

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain

And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
and speak my point of view
But it's not sane, It's not sane

I just want someone to say to me oh, oh, oh, oh
I'll always be there when you wake yea, yea
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey
So stay with me and I'll have it made

And I don't understand why I sleep all day
And I start to complain that there's no rain

And all I can do is read a book to stay awake
And it rips my life away, but it's a great escape
escape......escape......escape......

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
ya don't like my point of view
ya think I'm insane
Its not sane......it's not sane.

I just want someone to say to me oh, oh, oh, oh
I'll always be there when you wake yea, yea
Ya know I'd like to keep my cheeks dry today, hey
So stay with me and I'll have it made

(I'll have it made
I'll have it made
You know we're really gonna, really gonna have it made
Gonna have it made
ahhh,ahhh, ahhh, ahhh)

We Are Back After a 2 Month Hiatus

Isam was away on summer vacation then the poor guys blog got hacked.

Everybody knows what happened to poor who-Sane and his family , his dad is doing much better now so I hope he gets back in the groove of blogging by contributing here at least ... hint hint :D .

I 7aki have been busy with life and work and stuff so I couldn't really post anything ... OK and lazy too.

And Bambam? I think he is just a lazy bum bum, lol ...

So now we are back and as BamBam would say ... ENJOY!