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One of my fave songs and videos of all time, Saint Etienne's "Heart Failed in the Back of a Taxi". Lead singer/lyricist Sarah Cracknell trained as an architect prior to becoming the frontwoman of the band and her love of architecture (along with that of her two band-mates) has fueled a lot of the lyrics and videos they've produced, including ( Read more... )

I just found this on Youtube, the GREAT Oleta Adams in a remixed live performance of her song "Cirle of One" in 1991. Simply amazing: perfect vocals and a really nice groove to this too . . . plus, check out her dancing at the end of the video!

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Such an awesome artist!

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Two middle-aged country-western singers (with an emphasis on the "western": think Becky Hobbs and Conway Twitty) covering "My Humps" . . . and sync'd to the original video. Too amazing: not just way funny as all but really amazing recording and voicing.

I just found this on YouTube: The great Lisa Stansfield performing "Never Gonna Give You Up" live!

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She's amazing, isn't she? Why don't we see and hear more of truly talented musicians like her and Jamiroquai in American pop instead of people like we have on the top of the charts? I mean seriously ( Read more... )

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This is a song by the country singer Anne Murray from waaaay back in 1986. Amazingly, aside from a slightly slow beat, it sounds like it could be a dance hit today . . . the use of synths in it is very 1980s but also a little more cutting-edge and foreshadowing of today's retro-inspired electro than most 80s music. Anne, who is best known for ( Read more... )

freakin' in awe of the Mexican singer Lucero

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her live version of "La Camisa Negra" is breathtaking . . . and her command of ranchera style is just like woah. There has simply not been so talented a singer in the sphere of Mexican music since the late, great, Rocío Dúrcal.

"I Don't Want to Get Over You" by The Magnetic Fields is one of my all-time fave songs and one that so perfectly embodies the emoness we go through at the end of a relationship when we're really in love. Some of the lyrics are so choice too . . . just perfect. In example ( Read more... )

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God, I love this kid.

And I love Scriabin . . . and his wild, fast, broad, interpertation thereof.

You should see him play "Summertime" too . . . and his funny magic videos . . . this boy makes me smile. Lots.

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Mylène Farmer in concert in 2006 doing one of her greatest songs, and a great performance too at that. I <3 her, she's such an inspiration and I love her tasteful and coy use of sexuality in her work. Who needs Ms. Spears when we have this?

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I have always been a huge fan of Lou Christie's song "Lightning Striking Again" and sung it once for karaoke (mind you, only once . . . it's very difficult . . . I really need to get up the gumption to sing it again). This performance is so good in a kinda campy way: Christie's voice is in decent shape for a man his age, but the lyrics and irony ( Read more... )