For sternel - it's finally done!
sternel passed on this music meme, where she assigns a letter, and you pick ten songs, and explain what they are and why you picked them. Since I just finished organizing the CDs I managed to bring with me to South Carolina, I now present this list. Sorry it's so late lieb, but better late than never. :)
Music in the key of A
1. Anniemal by Annie She's a cute bubbly Norweigian DJ/pop singer. I picked this track, because it's the title track from her debut album. Her boyfriend/lover at the time suggested the name of the album, and she decided to honor his request. The whole album was her way of working out of the depression of her lover's sudden death at the age of 23 - heart complications. I find her music beautiful and lively and I have both of her albums.
2. Aknot! Wot? from The Fifth Element soundtrack I picked this track, because it is the bonus track from the album. Eric Serra did the music for this whole album, yet for this track, Luc Besson helped with the lyrics. He did a great job directing the movie, as he did with Leon (aka The Professional), a go-to film in my DVD collection.
3. The Apl Song by The Black Eyed Peas Usually, I can take listening to this group with a grain of salt. However, I heard that the track of this song went #1 in the Philippines, and one of my cousins asked if I could vote for the music video for this song to go on TRL. Apparently, there was this viral campaign that attempted to bring the video to #1 to pay homage to Filipino soldiers who fought in WWII. The video is one of the few music videos to make me cry, especially when the song breaks into it's Tagalog chorus.
4. Ain't It Funny by Buckshot Lefonque This is the R&B track off of Branford Marsalis' music project, Buckshot Lefonque. In fact, this is the only track that has singing. The rest of the album is this funky blend of Jazz and Hip-hop, and Buckshot Lefonque was a staple in my days of DJing at the 'H.
5. Admiral Ackbar Please from the Star Wars Breakbeats albums by Supergenius/Sucklord66 This track is a strange blend of Star Wars Original Trilogy dialogue, hip hop beats and innovative DJing. In fact, that pretty much describes the whole album, which was a staple in my days of DJing at the 'H. Yet the meaning of the album has gotten to a whole new level since I met Supergenius on the NYLine...Morgan is a nice guy. :)
6. Anatoly & Molokov/Where I Want To Be from the musical Chess (Complete Cast Album) I LOVE this musical, like you wouldn't believe. The album version I have is from the the 2001 Danish Tour. This particular track is amazing since after the musical recitative between the two characters, there is this AMAZING version of the song "Where I Want To Be" with a supporting chorus singing along. It's a very good rendition of the song.
7. Ain't Too Proud To Beg by Rick Astley I know nothing beats the original by The Temptations, yet it wouldn't be a list of songs I composed if I didn't drop a Rick Astley song in some way or another. Personally, I think Mr. Astley does this song justice, and that's why I STILL like listening to him. My Rick Astley love knows no bounds. In fact, before doing his thing on American Idol, Ian danced to Rick Astley's song because of how much dancing he and I did to this song the last time he was over my house.
8. Atomic by Blondie This track is off my Best of Blondie Album. It's the only mostly instrumental track in the whole album. I say mostly instrumental, because the truncated lyrics of the song only go, "Make me tonight/Make it right/Make it magnificent/Oh your hair is beautiful/Atomic" Believe me, the song sounds much better than it reads. One can almost envision Deborah Harry thrashing about on stage.
9. All Through The Night by Mae Robertson and Don Jackson This track is the title track off a album of lullabies recommended to me from the independent bookseller from whom I bought nearly all of my HP books from. His mother loved this album. Whenever I walked Duke in my neighborhood, she would come of the store, pet him and give him a Milkbone she saved in her pocket the whole week, waiting to see him. When she slowly lost her battle from cancer, her son continually played a track off the album, "Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell" (A wonderful Van Morrision) as she lay dying. When I stopped working at the bookstore, he gave me this album to thank me for holding off my job search until he recovered from his grief. I later found out that Mae Robertson won many an award for her lullabies and anything the ALA deems as "Notable" is worth paying attention to, in my opinion.
10. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone by Al Greene Sean has made me two CD mixes of music as present. This track is off his second CD mix to me, which Sean complied when he and I took a brief hiatus in our then long-distance relationship. He mailed me this CD, I listened to it, and then we decided to give it another try. I think you know the rest of the story at this point.
Whew. That's 10. Yay. :)
In other news, things are going well as they can be here. Congrats to the_corruption and his bunnygrrl on their new bundle of joy. Hope all is well with everyone. :)
Music in the key of A
1. Anniemal by Annie She's a cute bubbly Norweigian DJ/pop singer. I picked this track, because it's the title track from her debut album. Her boyfriend/lover at the time suggested the name of the album, and she decided to honor his request. The whole album was her way of working out of the depression of her lover's sudden death at the age of 23 - heart complications. I find her music beautiful and lively and I have both of her albums.
2. Aknot! Wot? from The Fifth Element soundtrack I picked this track, because it is the bonus track from the album. Eric Serra did the music for this whole album, yet for this track, Luc Besson helped with the lyrics. He did a great job directing the movie, as he did with Leon (aka The Professional), a go-to film in my DVD collection.
3. The Apl Song by The Black Eyed Peas Usually, I can take listening to this group with a grain of salt. However, I heard that the track of this song went #1 in the Philippines, and one of my cousins asked if I could vote for the music video for this song to go on TRL. Apparently, there was this viral campaign that attempted to bring the video to #1 to pay homage to Filipino soldiers who fought in WWII. The video is one of the few music videos to make me cry, especially when the song breaks into it's Tagalog chorus.
4. Ain't It Funny by Buckshot Lefonque This is the R&B track off of Branford Marsalis' music project, Buckshot Lefonque. In fact, this is the only track that has singing. The rest of the album is this funky blend of Jazz and Hip-hop, and Buckshot Lefonque was a staple in my days of DJing at the 'H.
5. Admiral Ackbar Please from the Star Wars Breakbeats albums by Supergenius/Sucklord66 This track is a strange blend of Star Wars Original Trilogy dialogue, hip hop beats and innovative DJing. In fact, that pretty much describes the whole album, which was a staple in my days of DJing at the 'H. Yet the meaning of the album has gotten to a whole new level since I met Supergenius on the NYLine...Morgan is a nice guy. :)
6. Anatoly & Molokov/Where I Want To Be from the musical Chess (Complete Cast Album) I LOVE this musical, like you wouldn't believe. The album version I have is from the the 2001 Danish Tour. This particular track is amazing since after the musical recitative between the two characters, there is this AMAZING version of the song "Where I Want To Be" with a supporting chorus singing along. It's a very good rendition of the song.
7. Ain't Too Proud To Beg by Rick Astley I know nothing beats the original by The Temptations, yet it wouldn't be a list of songs I composed if I didn't drop a Rick Astley song in some way or another. Personally, I think Mr. Astley does this song justice, and that's why I STILL like listening to him. My Rick Astley love knows no bounds. In fact, before doing his thing on American Idol, Ian danced to Rick Astley's song because of how much dancing he and I did to this song the last time he was over my house.
8. Atomic by Blondie This track is off my Best of Blondie Album. It's the only mostly instrumental track in the whole album. I say mostly instrumental, because the truncated lyrics of the song only go, "Make me tonight/Make it right/Make it magnificent/Oh your hair is beautiful/Atomic" Believe me, the song sounds much better than it reads. One can almost envision Deborah Harry thrashing about on stage.
9. All Through The Night by Mae Robertson and Don Jackson This track is the title track off a album of lullabies recommended to me from the independent bookseller from whom I bought nearly all of my HP books from. His mother loved this album. Whenever I walked Duke in my neighborhood, she would come of the store, pet him and give him a Milkbone she saved in her pocket the whole week, waiting to see him. When she slowly lost her battle from cancer, her son continually played a track off the album, "Across the Bridge Where Angels Dwell" (A wonderful Van Morrision) as she lay dying. When I stopped working at the bookstore, he gave me this album to thank me for holding off my job search until he recovered from his grief. I later found out that Mae Robertson won many an award for her lullabies and anything the ALA deems as "Notable" is worth paying attention to, in my opinion.
10. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone by Al Greene Sean has made me two CD mixes of music as present. This track is off his second CD mix to me, which Sean complied when he and I took a brief hiatus in our then long-distance relationship. He mailed me this CD, I listened to it, and then we decided to give it another try. I think you know the rest of the story at this point.
Whew. That's 10. Yay. :)
In other news, things are going well as they can be here. Congrats to the_corruption and his bunnygrrl on their new bundle of joy. Hope all is well with everyone. :)