This is for those affected by the terrible incident in Boston yesterday. That's all!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
Music
Music, makes the people, come together....
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...Madonna
Well it didn't take too long for me to get behind on the A-Z Challenge. As of the moment, I'm only a day behind, but I will catch up and finish when all is said and done. I've been having a little trouble with the letter 'M' these past couple of days. The first thing that came to mind was Madonna, but I've done that already. Then, I don't know, nothing was really coming to me until...I heard the song.
Of course, music, you dummy! Music is my life! Music is a lot of people's lives. It gives us so much. Whether we realize it or not, music is the one thing that triggers our memory banks like nothing else, even more-so than photos because it's more readily available. It feeds our enthusiasm for life, it comforts us in times when we're down, and yes, it makes people come together.
Songs are poems set to music, and they tell us stories, give us advice, and they sometimes validate what we're feeling, that we're not alone. They bring us warm summer breezes and cold lonely nights. They bring out a rise in us at a concert hall or on the dance floor. No matter what your flavor of music, I'm sure that the songs in your realm do all of these things and more. Music is the soundtrack of our lives, and how it works. Holla if you love music as much as I do!
Song of the Day - Telephone - Lady Gaga, featuring Beyonce
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Here's a mini-movie of sorts, as Beyonce helps Lady Gaga out of a jam....love it when she gives her a bite of the sandwich! Happy Monday!
Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé - Telephone - Extended Music Video from Feel Creative on Vimeo.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Lily Allen
Lily Rose Beatrice Cooper is better known by her stage name, Lily Allen. The British singer first came onto my radar about five or six years ago, not long after her debut album, Alright Still, was released. I remember seeing posters advertising the record in stores and at first I thought to myself, "who is this cheeky-looking girl?" Then her first single, the pleasant but irresistibly sarcastic Smile came out and my interest was piqued.
Some of my favorite songs off that first album include the amusingly ironic LDN, the brash Not Big, the hilarious and expletive-filled Friday Night, Alfie, with a little older sister to younger brother reprimand, and this one, a fun, quirky, excuse-laden song about avoiding a dude trying to hit on ya. Check out a live version of Knock Me Out:
Lily's second album, It's Not Me, It's You, is not as good as the first, but it's got a few good ones on it, too. Of course, the most popular song off that one was a big old F**k You sendoff to George Bush when he left office (no wonder I love her!). Like many of her other songs, this one's sugary sounding, musically, but downright dirty lyrically.
Two other such songs off of It's Not Me, It's You include the tangoesque Never Gonna Happen, and my personal favorite off the record, the countryish, dirty Not Fair:
Other good stuff on this one include the dramatic opener Everyone's At It, the tender and sad 22, the serious, lead single The Fear and another of my personal favorites, the vintage sound of He Wasn't There:
Unfortunately for us, Lily Allen has not made any new music since starting a family a couple of years ago. She did do a guest vocal on one of my favorite P!nk songs, True Love, but other than that, nothing, and that's too bad because I really really like her!
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