willow_25 | Entries tagged with music

I was out so sad to hear the news of Whitney Houston's death. Her first album was the first album I ever bought with my own money. It was Christmas gift money, but still. I played it non-stop, and I thought that she was the greatest singer ever. I was 7, so I could be forgiven my hero worship, but even as an adult I found her voice incredible. It's so sad that talented people with the full backing of their families and friends can be dragged down by addiction and personal demons. I wish she'd been able to overcome and stage the comeback that seemed to be in the offing. I hope she's found peace.

Two very good things going on; I landed in the final round of interviews for a job at an events company which does not even involve a pay cut (!!!), and I'm going to see the Barenaked Ladies next week. Super exciting. I'll keep everyone posted, think good thoughts on my behalf, please. I'd really like a new job; as much as I'm enjoying the temp office, there doesn't seem to be a permanant position open here, and I miss knowing I'll have a job to go to every day.

Current Mood: chipper

I have some questions about Radio in/around London; anyone willing to answer them, or refer me to a web resource?

What I want to know is: What do you call a radio station that plays older music such as early Rolling Stones and the Beatles, would that still be classic rock like we call it in the states, or is there another term? What radio station in London would be most likely to play The Smiths? Which station would play the newest pop or dance music? Is radio in London mainly 'genre' radio like we have here (classic rock, new music, r&b, easy listening/light pop, dance/techno, etc) or do you have what we call independent or 'format-free' radio stations? Also, I assume that radio stations everywhere hold contests for concert tickets and/or sponsor music festivals, but would any of the stations be likely to encourage community activity or charity work?

Thanks in advance.

Loaded all the Christmas music back onto my iPod for CHRISTMAS IN JULY!!!

Yeah, you knew I was a dork, right?

One of the guys at work graciously offered to augment the insanity by loaning me his James Brown Christmas album. I don't have any James Brown Christmas songs (I may not have any James Brown songs, come to think of it) so this should be good.

Latah!

Current Mood: ecstatic

From Azerbaijan, my Eurovision-expected level of quality in music videos. In a strange way, I feel better now...

Current Mood: blank

But, Malta's entry is dedicated to my favorite alcohol, so it deserves a shout-out, I guess. The worst I can say for this, is that it has no discernable point.

Current Mood: contemplative

I can only imagine what an actual video for this song would have looked like. The stage performance is really quite enough...

Oh, it's fromLatvia, btw. I almost forgot to mention that.

Current Mood: enthralled

Yes, it's that time of year again. Time for me to post random strange videos from this year's Eurovision European Pop Song contest.

This year's first ~~horrible drek~~ example comes to us from France.

Enjoy! ~~If you dare.~~

Current Mood: confused

A couple of years ago for Christmas, I made up a CD of not-exactly Christmas music. Songs that were 'wintery' or 'december-y' or 'joyful and giving' without mentioning trees or religion or Santa.

So, when I was working on playlists for

mymagritte's birthday/Halloween/Day of the Dead party, I started thinking about not-exactly Halloween music. There are some really great songs with gory or violent lyrics, supernatural imagery, etc.; it's almost too easy to pick. I started out with almost 200 songs for the party, and it took me a good long while to get the number down low enough to fit on 2 CD's.

So now I'm wondering of my flist; when you get sick of hearing "The Monster Mash" or "White Christmas", what do you listen to? Or, do you not believe that there are alternatives? Just listen to lots of Goth stuff?

My 'alternative' Halloween/Day of the Dead choices:
Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Beatles
I Can't Decide - Scissor Sisters
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels
Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus & Pliers
Metro - The Vincent Black Shadow

Current Mood: curious

Blame

pepperlandgirl4 for this.

1. Open your music library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc.).
2. Put it on shuffle and press play.
3. For every question, type the song that's playing. When you go to a new question, go to the next song.
4. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.

Opening Credits: Moonshadow, by Cat Stevens
Waking Up: One Week, by Barenaked Ladies
Falling in Love: CT Catholic, by Ranier Maria
Fight Song: Trust Me, by Barenaked Ladies
Breaking Up: Mister Bad Example, by Warren Zevon (snicker)
Prom: Let 'Er Rip, by The Dixie Chicks
Life is Good: Who Needs Sleep, by Barenaked Ladies
Mental Breakdown: Cruel To Be Kind, by Nick Lowe
Driving: Welcome To The Working Week, by Elvis Costello
Flashback: The Search is Over, by Survivor (shut up)
Getting Back Together: Everything About You, by Ugly Kid Joe
Wedding: Brick House, by The Commodores
Night Before the War: Clint Eastwood, by Gorillaz
Final Battle: Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand, by Primitive Radio Gods
Moment of Triumph: Freek '04, by George Michael
Death Scene: Beer For My Horses, by Toby Kieth & Willie Nelson
Funeral Song: No Myth, by Michael Penn
End credits: Two Out Of Three Aint Bad, by Meatloaf

I think perhaps I have too many BNL songs on my itunes.

As I have nothing interesting to share, I'm gonna do a (sorta)meme. Because I don't want any of you to think I don't love you, even if I haven't been writing/commenting as much as I usually do. This one comes from

kristinewithak, otherwise known as roomie1, who wrote today about 10 songs that evoke memories, good feelings, or just plain rock.

In no particular order:

10: Blackbird, by The Beatles. For some reason I've never thought too much about, this song reminds me intensely of my maternal grandmother, who died when I was 7. She was an awesome lady, had been sick as long as I can remember, and being reminded of her always makes me happy and sad at the same time.

9: Hazy Shade of Winter, by Simon & Garfunkel. The first time I heard this song was right after the remake came out (by The Bangles, in the 1980's). I was so excited to play my new favorite song for my Dad, because even then music was a huge part of our relationship. He sat me down immediately with headphones and forced me to listen to the original. Because he's awesome.

8: It's All Been Done, by Barenaked Ladies. It's sweet, it's funny, it's damn catchy; in short, it's everything I love about a certain type of pop-rock song. Plus, time travel! Or something like it, anyway.

7: Anything She Does, By Phil Collins/Genesis. For no good reason I can think of, really. Once I start listening to it, I play it 50 times in a row. It makes me giddy.

6: Hurdy Gurdy Man, by Donovan. Reminds me of what an outspoken idealistic communist hippie freak I used to be. And how my parents used to shake their heads at me and how naive I was. And how, even though I've grown up, part of me will always believe there is no problem that can't be solved by peaceful negotiation and quiet reflection. Plus, huge opportunity for air guitar.

5: Mountain Music, by Alabama. My mom is a huge country music fan. And until I was about 20, I couldn't stand any of it. Now, it just brings back good memories; especially this song, which is great for summer parties and spring cleaning.

4: Smells Like Teen Spirit, by Nirvana. Reminds me of high school, and of sitting in the rain with my then-boyfriend and hearing that Kurt Cobain had just died. Frantic energy, with an acerbic wit.

3: Possession, by Sarah McLachlan. My first concert without family chaperoning was a date on the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy tour. There were 4 of us; girls from out of town, who had little clue how to responsibly ride public transportation, and only a vague idea where we were going. It still qualifies as one of the best concert-going experiences I've ever had.

2: Tapestry, by Carol King. When I split from my ex-fiance, I listened to this album over and over. The title track is still one of my favorite songs. Something about the instrumentals, her voice, and those lyrics gets me right here *clutches chest*.

So...Can there be a 30-way tie for number 1? Drat, this is hard...*sits on log next to Pooh for a good think*

1: Volare, by Dean Martin. Back in the day when my paternal grandparents spent the winter in Florida, and the rest of the year helping my divorced parents shuttle me back and forth, there was no better place to be than lying on the back seat of their car, listening to my grandfather sing along with this, while my grandmother yelled at him to be quiet so she could hear, and turned up the volume.

Current Mood: contemplative

Everyone seems to be traveling these days. One friend just returned from 3 weeks gone, another is moving away today, another considering an extended vacation, and I'm leaving soon for a vacation of my own with a possible long weekend later in September.

It's nice to shake things up once in a while, and I'll be glad for the chance to see my fam and get some rest, but it still feels like too much change for poor little me. I'm not a fan of the change...Or any change, really. An excellent week is one where I go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, make the same bus or train every morning and afternoon, eat the same number of meal in roughly the same quantity every day...I'm sure you see where I'm going with this. No matter how excited I am for a new thing to begin, it still means a change, which unnerves me. It's something I try to work on a lot, without a great deal of success.

I did get a great souvenir/gift from

mymagritteafter her long trip; one of those 'choose your own adventure' books that I used to like so much when I was a kid. I read it last night on the Metro while I traveled home from the going away party for Naomi. So silly, so PG, such fun. None of the stories made a whole lot of sense, but so what.

I've finished one of my large pile of books, and begun a second. Sadly, two of the 4 pairs of shoes had to go back. I also ordered some clothes last week, which were supposed to be cruisewear for my trip, in wrinkle-resistant travel-friendly fabrics. Not only did all 3 garments come out of their packages wrinkled, but none of them worked out, and all 3 went back. No more internet purchases for the cruise; anything else I get will be in person, if I get anything else.

Tonight, I'm heading off to an 80's mania dance party with some friends, then I'll be spending the rest of the weekend laying low. I have serious laundry to do, to make sure the rest of the potentially itch-contaminated fabrics are clean, and I have things to pack. Hopefully I can get my ipod working again, and get over my writer's block as well.

Possibly, more later.

Current Mood: cheerful
Current Location: The Front Desk

Happy Friday, everybody. On the schedule for this weekend:

-lawn mowing, if the ground dries out enough
-possible trip out tonight
-getting the pictures off my phone, and at very least onto a computer. Some need to be posted on LJ.
-possibly stopping by the office to get some work done I haven't gotten to this week (see how responsible I can be when I'm not being harassed and hatin' my job).
-working on FAA 14, which has been sitting on my laptop with less than two pages completed, as RL stuff took up lots of time
-defragging the laptop
-getting some old poetry up here and at thisisby.us, for comments etc.

In other news, went to see Aubriot last night at 'The Red & The Black'. Great show, they did a very cool mash-up type cover of The Beatles' Tomorrow Never Knows. Also, I'm thinking about adopting the bar cat, Knuckles. I have to meet one of the barbacks next week and discuss. I have a few pics from this show, and video from past appearances that I may post.

Current Mood: determined

With all of the Music Video Posting this week, I thought I'd dig out an old-ish fave from my X-Files fangirl days. Robot Pornish-ness and Gillian Anderson in her nightgown...Happy Friday indeed.

Current Mood: thankful
Current Location: The Front Desk

How you can tell Irene Cara's career is long over.

Ice Hockey ninjas! I swear. The mixed imagery is just...No words. My brain is dribbling out my ears. The viking on horseback is kinda neat, though.

Current Mood: confused
Current Location: The Front Desk

This is a party song, that makes the party going on.

Word.

I wish I'd seen these during Blogahon, they'd have kept me ranting for hours.

The first is England's Entry, the second Switzerland's. Which is more awful? You decide. As a Buffy fan, though, I have a special place in my heart for the Swiss Vid.

Current Mood: crazy

Bob Dylan would have worked better this morning. Needs must find other song.

*runs off*

You don't usually get a chance to really see how the drummer plays, because they're stuffed all the way in the back of the stage, most commonly behind someone more attractive than them who can sing. Since the White Stripes are just the two of them, Meg was very clearly visible on the stage.

I don't know anything about playing the drums, let me say that first. But, I did notice that Meg seemed to be holding her arms and torso in such a way as to push her chest out and her arms back as much as possible. Is this a common drumming technique, something female drummers are forced to do so they can play around their breasts, or simply an affectation of hers...I don't know. But I did find myself watching her quite a lot, trying to figure it out. It looked very stylized and affected, more so the more I looked at it.

Another little Meg White note: her voice sounded better in person than I've heard it on CD. Or, maybe that's just me.

Current Mood: curious

That's right; its own iTunes playlist.

I'll get right on that.

Current Mood: curious
Current Location: Sunny Alcove
Current Music: 'Get Gone' - Fiona Apple

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Entries tagged with music

RIP Whitney Houston

I'm so excited

Fic Research

Oh yes, I did it!

Ahh, there it is!

This actually isn't bad enough to make an example of...

I have no words...

Oh, Dear Lord!

Holiday Music Quiz (kind of)

Oh, happy weekend, it's a meme!

I am Slacker

Up, up and away...

Hi! waves

Happy Friday!

Oh. My. God.

Sickly Fascinated

Eurovision Song Compitition 2007...Oh, the Humanity

Bad musical decisions

Drummers

You know what a day in front of the computer needs?