3 posts tagged “favorites”

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   The Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited

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    Cesaria Evora - Besame Mucho. Cesaria Evora captured my heart with this song. I've heard countless versions of this beautiful song, but to me this version is the best one. she has this amazing voice, and sings with such intensity it's hard not to be touched.
2. Sarah McLachlan - I love you. I love McLachlan's voice too. Sappy Love song, but oh so beautiful. And nothing is better to listen to than sappy love songs when you are in love.
3. REM - drive. REM is one of my favorite bands, and I've listened to them a lot for the better part of 15 years. I like the older stuff best, pre "Automatic for the people" preferably, but AFTP is the best album I think. And Drive has always been one of my absolute favorite songs.
4. Madrugada - Shine. Madrugada never escapes my lists I think. Shine is from the first album "Industrial Silence", and was one of the first songs I fell in love with. First time I heard that album I was stunned. Hooked. and have been ever since.
5. Joss Stone - I've fallen in love with you. Joss Stone is one of the BIG voices of our time. Only 16 she totally blew me away with her voice and interpretations of old Soul Classics on the album "Soul Sessions", which still remain one of my all time favorite soul albums. Right up there with Aretha Franklin - and that's saying something about her voice on that album. She has later developed a "post Mariah syndrome" though not too prominent luckily. Let's hope she manages to stay away from that.
6. Paulo Nutini - These Streets. Up and coming young Scottish artist with Italian roots. This song is straight forward man with guitar pop song, but it is catchy - at least to me.
7. Oscar Lopez - Loving you. I have been listening a lot to guitar classics at Sky.fm lately. I love that radio. I listen to it while being on line. It is a good alternative sometimes to listen to music I don't have in my own library. And to get to know new music I want to buy. Like this song. I also have listened to some of the other radios at Sky.fm
8. Pointer Sisters - I'm so Excited. Classic happy-song. And since I am very happy these days - this song fits me. I feel like dancing whenever I hear this one.
9. Bach's Air. I have also had a classical music period in February. I get those once in a while, and I love Bach. Air is perhaps one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
10. Lighthouse Family - Happy. Another good happy, feel-good song.

Luz Casal - 02 Un Ano De Amor

these are tracks I'v been listening a lot to this month.

1. Luz Casal - Un ano de amor. I just find this song very haunting in a way. Very romantic. And I have good memories to this song.

2. Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars. Another romantic song. I've come to really like Snow Patrol's album "Eyes Open" and have made me more curious of their other albums. It's one of the bands I want to listen more to.

3. Damien Rice - Amie. straight forward pop I guess, and not to complicated song. I'm learning to play it on my guitar, so it's not complicated at all... lol It's the kind of music I don't expect I'll remember in a year or two, but for now it's good. I could also have mentioned his song Cannonball for this list.

4. Madrugada - Step into this room and dance for me. Now Madrugada. Where to start. Those of you who have read my blog a while knows my relationship to Madrugada. I love them. Pure and simple. I love the voice of Sivert Høyem, the vokalist. The sound of Madrugada is melancholy rock, and some of their songs are really haunting.

5. Grandadbob - mmmnn. A very sexy song to me. I haven't heard anything else by this band, but this song is kind of Triphop/dance category, and I think that's the category they operate in in general.

6. Incubus - drive. Incubus is an alternative rock band, and might be a well known band to y'all. I love this song.

7. Gotan Project - Celos. Gotan Project is another favorite band of mine. The first album - "La revancha del Tango" is absolutely brilliant. Celos is from their third album released last year called "lunatico". They're a french band playing electronica tango. "La Revancha Del Tango" album is easily in my top ten list of best albums.

8. Stan Getz & jose Gilberto - Corcovado. Bossanova classic. I love listening to Stan Getz - I also have an album he made with Bill Evans I've been playing a lot lately. I've actually been listening a lot to Jazz in general this month, but this is the one I've been repeating most. So that's why it made my list.

9. Vangelis - losing sleep (be still my heart). Now Vangelis should be well known - his music to the films Blade Runner and 1493 - Conquest of Paradise are both brilliant (Blade runner the best one in my opinion. Didn't really like the film all that much, but the music is brilliant). It's quiet, slow music that's good to play in the background. This song I've played a lot, because I have too been losing a lot of sleep too this month.

10. Edit Piaf - sous le ciel de Paris. "the sparrow". I love the intensity and rawness of her singing. And this song has haunted me this month.

All very sappy, romantic songs. Most of them anyways. I must be in a romantic mood I guess? ;)

I went to a concert last night. It was a charity concert for children in Afghanistan, and one of my absolute favorite

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bands played. Madrugada. Did I need to tell you that was the band, Laura?? Lol

Two other bands played too, so I didn't get a full Madrugada experience, but boy the wait was worth while. It is soo cool that they dont' do anything half hearted. When they're on that stage it's all or nothing. Even if they're only playing for 45 minutes. They ended the concert with my absolute favorite song called "Majesty" - an accoustic version which totally blew me away. I love the accoustic versions of this song!

here is the original version. I like this version too ofcourse...

(Madrugada) - Majesty

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Oh - and Sivert Høyem - the vocalist of Madrugada is releasing his second solo album today. I really look forward to listening to it. They're playing one of the songs on the radio these days, and I really like it. I love his voice..