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Eurovision 2010.

June 4th 2010 08:50

Last weekend, the annual Eurovision Song Contest took place in Oslo, Norway.

Now, I've let everything sink in for a week, and I've decided that as far as my musical tastes, this year's bunch of entrants ranged from "indifferent" to "yeah, I quite like that!"

From the moment Germany's Lena was declared the winner with her indie-Brit-pop sounding song "Satellite", there was an immediate split down the middle of the likers and the haters. I fell into the 'likers', and really, what's not to like? It's different, modern, quirky, some rather questionable lyrics, all sung by a German reminiscent of Ellen Page with a cockney accent.

Other honourable mentions include the French entrant sounding like they hailed from Spain, the Spanish entrant who's "indifferent" song became more exciting by way of a serial pest-stage invasion, Lithuania who took delight in the element of a "costume-reveal", but ripping off their pants to show off sparkly shorts, and Azerbaijian who not only lit up the stage with her song, her dress lit up as well!

By the way, did you see Alexander Rybak sneakily kiss Lena on the lips, when she moved in to kiss his cheek????

Eurovision 2011 Germany, here we come!

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Parlez-vous Francais? No, but I like the sound of it!

November 16th 2009 10:11

I like fun.

Fun is always good. It makes you feel happy and carefree, relaxed and at ease, whilst you're having fun. Who needs to know if you've got narky people breathing down your necks to get the work done...I'm gonna rock out and have fun for approximately 4 mins. Then we'll talk.

Art Vs Science are an Australian electronic dance act that have been steadily gaining a fan base through their rock blended dance music, always played live through the use of guitars, drums keyboards and synthesisers (have I mentioned I love synthesisers?) Add in insanely catchy riffs and quirky lyrics, well my friends, fun times to be had!

So please. Have fun!

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Please listen to this: Soon we'll be found

October 4th 2009 04:12

So you spend your time on the internet, reading blogs, YouTube-ing videos and hearing what people have to say about music. And really, it can be a bit much, as there is just so much out there, in many diverse styles. Music is such a beautiful art, only to people who can hear it.

What of the hearing impaired?

They say the music is a universal language, which must mean that those hard of hearing must live in a very isolated world if they cannot hear this language. Artistic expression should be available to all those who seek it out, shouldn't it?

Although the melody may not be possible to convey in its entirety, the lyrics can be expressed in way that allows the hearing impaired to appreciate (and I"m not just talking about sing along words with a bouncy ball appearing on the screen).

Australia artist Sia released the song "Soon We'll Be Found" in 2008. Although she hasn't got the widespread recognition of other artists, those that know her music recognise her art, and her talent in it. She has an unique approach and discourse, and boy, can she sing.

Her music video for "Soon We'll Be Found" showed her singing and signing the song in American Sign Language. In an interview, Sia offered this explaination: "I’ve always been obsessed with the beauty of sign language. ... To ignorant hearing me, the movement and expression appears as a dance — a beautiful, emotive dance. But the real beauty is the communication hidden within these perfect shapes."

Her interest in how different people view the world influences her music, and truly makes it something everyone can relate to, or just enjoy.

So please, enjoy this live performance from Letterman (it's just as good, if not better, than the studio version).

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Oldie but a goodie: Shattered dreams.

September 6th 2009 12:34

They say that you can take a person out of a place, but you can't take that place out of that person.

Well, I like to listen to different types of music. Nothing too posh or progressive. We all know that I love Paramore and Delta Goodrem, but apart from the singers being of the same gender and writing their own songs, the similarity ends there. I've recently discovered new artists that makes music that appeals to me, like Metric, Sia, Lupe Fiasco....I could name drop forever

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OMG! Remember Glen Medieros??

August 14th 2009 13:13

I was in the unfortunate position of working a late shift one night, stuck listening to a radio station that no one really wanted to listen to, but had to because a) We didn't have time to change it, and b) No one could be bothered really.

So it was around 9pm, listening to Melbourne station MIX 101.1, where the name of the game is love songs. Being an unashamedly typical gal, I love a good love song as much as the next unashamedly typical gal. After having a good sing along to Total Eclipse of the Heart (Nikki French unfortunately, not Bonnie Tyler) and You're Still the One from Shania Twain, I froze in what I was doing as my ears recognised the intro to the next song. The piano, the saxophone...do mein ears deceive me? Could it be Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

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A rose by any other name...or no name at all would still smell just as sweet

August 2nd 2009 08:37

...the song with no title - Snob Scrilla, from the album Day One

Needs no introduction. No preface. Just let yourself experience what the artist is asking you to

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Finally...sweet dreams to be had

July 22nd 2009 12:54

Ok. It's finally happened.

Beyonce has finally released a song that I like

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When songs "stay" with you

May 24th 2009 05:55

For the few people who read my posts, it would be rather obvious to them that there are heaps of old songs that I love. Rock songs, dance songs, love songs...yep, many many songs.

Funnily enough, a song simply entitled "Stay" has in fact, stayed with me throughout the years. Released in 1992, the song was the biggest hit for The Shakespears Sisters. A dark, ethereal yet twisted ballad, that builds and builds to a simple plea for a lover to stay

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Melodic Punk

April 3rd 2009 11:24

I hate being repetitive, but it is one of those things were repetition aids retention of knowledge. Besides, if there is a chance that you are reading this post, but have never read my posts before, it won’t feel repetitive at all.

I am a lover of pop music. I like to extend the word pop, and say popular music, as the word pop has certain connotations with it. Not altogether untrue, those connotations. However, I feel they do not convey the whole story in my case. Popular music, no matter what genre they come from, is always associated with a degree of commercialism. Something that your lover of, say, punk music will reject with as much disenchantment as possible

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