So it's been awhile since I recced covers - I don't usually do this because I tend to be partial to the original since that is the truest delivery of the songwriter's original emotions.

That said, these are probably two of the best covers ever for a single song. The original is by Bob Dylan, who is a legend in his own right, and definitely has to ( Read more... )

So for the past two days I've pretty much vegetated in front of my computer reading fic, reorganizing my music collection, and tinkering with my shiny new tumblr. Of course I also found the time to shop (and get extremely broke) on black friday *winces* That said I may have found the ultimate sweet spot for black friday shopping - one must hit the ( Read more... )

Just heard this on my ipod today while driving home, and was reminded about why I like the scissor sisters so much. They sound very... glam-pop, maybe? I like the sound, it reminds me of suede crossed with david bowie and with a bit of bee gees even. Slightly campy, but very fun, and incidentally excellent for jogging XD What makes them special to ( Read more... )

Was browsing through my youtube faves before bed, and thought i'd rec one of my current fave pop artists, kobukuro. They are a japanese band, made of two guys. The music tends to be mid tempo tunes or ballads, and generally characterized by a lot of harmony, which I am a sucker for (hence my corresponding love for dong bang shin ki because of their ( Read more... )

so it's almost christmas. houston is COLD. foggy, cloudy, and COLD. i'd really rather it snow or rain or something. This fog deal is so notcool. ^^;;;

need to get off my ass and change this layout into something more respectable that I actually made myself, so I don't appear like a crazy fangirl.

Putting up a list of todos here so I can scratch them ( Read more... )

Was really depressed just now because all the tickets home are sold out and i'm forced to take a FORCED vacation due to the economy, and worse still, they're forcing me to spend it in houston. So i was depressed.

But this made me feel better:

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omg so cute. and i love the acapella arrangement. <3 <3 <3

Pimping some classic J-Pop to get my mind off the DBSK fiasco. Chances are you might have heard these before, back when you were a kid. At least I did. At least one has been re-sung in chinese too. =) Very very good songs, so please do give them a listen. Finally able to give names to them after DBSK did some covers. LOL

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Sakura by Moriyama ( Read more... )

Post up youtube vids of five songs in your music collection which have the same title but are sung by different artists. (i so totally made this up XD)

Title: Shine

1. The campy ghei that is Luna Sea. Sugizo's rather...divaesque performance is pretty memorable.

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2. Take That's version. Embedding disabled, so please click here. Love the MV =)

3. Mr Big ( Read more... )

1. As a child, what music did you always hear playing in the background?
Hm. Beatles. Anything beatles. In particular, Hey Jude, Yesterday, and When I'm 64.

2. What was the first cassette you ever bought?
First CD i assume LOLOL. *thinks* I think it was this tacky Now4 english pop compilation. Either that or Backstreet boys' 2nd album *LOLOL*

3. What ( Read more... )

This is the post-that-started-as-a-meme which ended up becoming a post-to-pimp-comforting-music. Was in a funk the past few days because of too much work, too tight deadlines, and, to top it off, -that- time of the month. *sighs* Which resulted in me listening to said playlist on loop. And then PL suggested I pimp it so here you go. Alot of these ( Read more... )