This is a very touching concert ever, Adele live at Roayl Albert Hall. I cried for most of the songs, and that was so ridiculous. Album version may have some arrangements afterwards, which make all become so perfect; but her voice is so perfect. She is young, but her music is very experienced. And every breathe she took and the lyrics she sang is heartshaking, I felt the same pain of some of songs which she wrote it when she was down. “Someone Like You“, yes as always my top favorite, but I need to recommend you “I can’t make you love me“, “Set to Fire the Rain” and “Turning Table”.
Ok this is the song I am listening now, “Show me the money” by Petey Pablo. This song has chosen as one of the background music for Step Up 1, a movie talking about a girl pursuing her dancer dream by her final year project at art school; and how she met Tyler the dancing talent at school when he was giving the community service.
I think as a song for dance, the arrangement is pretty important; massive violin backups pushes the song as the perfect one for a group of dancers gathered on stage and doing the group dance. And this is quite a special song because how a rap song like this would have such orchestra ?
Brian Littrell, Kevin Richardson, Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, AJ McLean (Fromt left to right)
Going back to the early 90’s, boybands becam the hottest issue. Singers appeared in groups like my favorite Backstreet Boys, formed in 1993, and officially introduced in Florida, US. “We’ve Got It Going On” was their first ever single. They did not get a quick success in their home country, but among the Europe and Asia. They came to be the top number one boyband after they returned to their home. The band had not received the first success which encouraged the band to be more hard-working in their home country market.
In 1999, “Millennium” the third album made them a huge reward after; not only the number of the No. 1s on the Billboard, but a real stardom to their band, let’s check out the music video of the 1st single of “Millennium” as “I Want It That Way“.
Kevin Richardson, the eldest member left the band for his own pursuit 3 years after another member AJ McLean came to public for his drug abuse problem in 2003. “Never Gone” was the last album that Kevin involved. Take a look at the 1st single “Incomplete” of ““Never Gone”.
“Fly me to the Moon” has been used for thousand times for TVC themes, tracks for movies etc. I always feel like that this song should match with a chocolate TVC, it tastes the same. A melody written by Mr Bart Howard in 1954 becomes the frequent melody people now use for any circumstances. The song indicates the abstract love between a couple, and no matter what, a couple would do whatever they can to please their partners.
“Come fly with me” by Frank Sinatra reminds me of the dance of Waltz. It is very lively, happy and time for dance moment. Imagine that in a ballroom, a lady is sitting alone, a gentlement invites the lady as “come fly with me, on the dance floor?”. Lolz
Traditional alternative rock band from America, Red Hot Chili Peppers (a.k.a RHCP), 6-Grammy winner, they are still really hot with new single release as “Look Around“. The RHCP was formed in 1983, which I was not even born (I am not young anymore though). They are still active with powerful funk rock music, the leading vocalist Anthony Kiedis is 50 this year, but you can see how energetic he is still. I took few times to watch their latest video to confirm the half naked man singing referring to Anthony. Hints: the tattoo never gone.
If you do not like heavy metal rock like Marilyn Manson, the RHCP is a good choice. Some may like new bands as Simple Plan, Snow Patrol, but some prefer to the old with modern style band like RHCP. Then, my friend recommended me “Otherside” by them. And this is close to my type of song, so I took it as the first rock song ever in my playlist.
P.S: They are hot, why? See what color was used for the video title??
Remarks: Very stupid calculation mistake made on Anthony’s age, he is turning to be only 50. Thanks to Dean’s reminder.
I love country music. It is just too easy to remember, easy to sing along, easy to understand and always write peoples’ hearts like. Country Music is basically from the southern or southeasten part of the America, for example, like where Mr. George Bush comes from, Texas; Carrie Underwood the winner of American Idol comes from, Oklahoma, Kentucky where Brian Littrell @ Backstreet Boys comes from etc. The most obvious characteristic of Country Music is to play with guitars and the violin. Grammy winner Faith Hill “What’s in it for me” is a typical example. Please listen carefully to the beginning of the song – guitar and violin. Recently, Bon Jovi, original rock band for smash hit No. 1 single “It’s my life” and “Have a nice day” included some elements of country music to their album released in 2007 “Lost Highway”. The song “Lost Highway” contains the basic instruments as guitar and violin too.
Besides guitar and violin, banjo is the key. On Canadian Country Diva, Shania Twain “Up“, there are some sounds like bubbles. They are actually played by banjo. The rhythm of the banjo can be very quick, which is the music that the cowboys always dance with.
The shape of the banjo is like the Chinese instrument ruan.
Most of the singers of Country Music are Christian, and they all can really sing, because they usually sing in the chruch. For example, LeAnn Rimes, she is still record holder of the youngest winner of Grammy Awards at age 14. She starts singing when she was only 3. Carrie Underwood, she definitely raised in a Christian family, singing along with the brothers and sisters. Her talented was found and voted in the 4th season of the American Idol, and became a winner of 49th Grammy Awards too.
All females here, let me introduce a male country singer – Blake Shelton. He performs the very typical cowboy style, and this is where Country Music is from. He sings as telling a story of how he likes a woman. Country Music is very straight forward to the feeling of the song-writer, or the singer. And “love” appears in the lyrics very frequently.
We always hear the competitors from a singing contest saying that why they like to sing this song or that song with this and that reasons. It’s true, I perfectly agree as, songs write people’s thoughts. Topics are numerous,
– Man got crush on woman
– Woman got crush on man
– Man ask a woman out
– Woman ask a man out
– Tell you how much I love you
– Tell you how much I don’t love you
-Flirting
– Break up
– After break up
– Regret to break up with you
– You deserve to be broken up with
– Commeting how bad an ex-boyfriend/ ex-husband was
– Commenting how bad an ex-girlfriend/ ex-wife was
– Proposing
– How difficult my life is to live without/ with you
– How good my life is to live without/ with you
– A tribute to someone alive/ someone dead
– Dream a dream
– Thanks to her or him or them or you
– Encouraging
– Politics
– Sarcastic to anything
– To family
– Express one-self feeling to anything
– Tell a secret
– Apology to someone
etc.
There are always some meanings delivering to the audiences, and a song becoming popular is always due to the soul of the song, which is meaning of it. For few times I have been to some weddings, and the couples loved playing the songs in very soft melody, or some songs they like; but sometimes, I could not keep laughing, because some specially-selected songs are definitely not the right ones. The common case happens to Kelly Clarkson 4th single “Because of You” from her 2nd album “Breakaway“. People just like the power of the song, and the way Clarkson sang, but the meaning of the song is totally neglected. Couples should never play this song to their weddings. “Because of You“, was written by Clarkson when she was only 16 to heal her unsteady emotions with her father. It never ever meant to be a song about “because of you, I live better” or “because of you, I devote for you”. The music video indicates the actual background of the song quite clear, and encourage people to think of others’ feeling seriously; and do not do anything hurting the family.
If you really want to do music or pick a song expressing yourself completely, rap music tends to fit all the topics above. And usually, this is how Rap music is like; say whatever you want – good or bad. Just shoot. Sarcastic to the music industry, famous work – Eminem “The Real Slim Shady“, “Without Me“
Another one talks about the country, “Zombie” by The Cranberries in 1994
Commenting the violence in Northern Ireland and complainning the death of two innocent kids under the guns.
This is my favorite one, very encouraging; it makes me cry. They can say, anything they want to say, “Can’t take that away” (Theme) by Mariah Carey in 1999
Don’t get the song wrong, listen to them, feel it.
Fans of Westlife are saying goodbye with the group tonight, for their music contribution and so many love songs ever. Another group memory is lasting to all the fans. Not really allowed to do the video-taping, but just a little short live sharing should not be a problem. Yea? Not a veryl close seat to the stage, but still, please enjoy the atmosphere!
Remark 1: This post was supposed to be posted by the mobile application, using the video function on the application, but it seems the size of the video is too big. Youtube becomes the best tool again =)!
Remark 2: L’Arc-en-Ciel the rock band from Japan had a concert on the same place and same night as well!
ICAC takes action to investigate the huge lot of Lady Gaga’s concert tickets. Three-day concerts’ tickets are sold out. I did try few times at HK Ticketing, but for most of the time, like in that one hour after 10 am, I received a boring navy background with white wordings – system busy.
Friends asked me if I really like her that much. Well, I don’t dislike her, but she is very creative and talented. No matter how gross that raw beef gown was, but she dared to try, took the challenge. Like the egg costume, she made the news.
Her music may be, for some people is a copycat from Madonna, becoming a new pop queen; but she is telling us – if you want it successful, please dare to try.
High Pitch or Low Pitch? 