I’m a bit of an Idol junkie, for the drama and Simon and what-not. Who knew it (actually) could be a place to discover good songs too! Kris Allen for his top seven performance performed such a delicious song that I had to research up the original. I ended up falling insanely in love with the original song. Which judging from all the YouTube comments, got majorly re-thrust into the public limelight because of Kris’ performance. Most YouTube comments are such trash, but they’re so much fun to read sometimes xD
And don’t get me wrong. I like Kris Allen – although I like Adam Lambert more xD – but I just find the original dude’s voice more soulful. Sorry Kris. Thanks for bringing such a great song to my attention though I’ll have to check out the movie where this song came from too – “Once.”
I first tried watching Samurai Champloo in college and I remember not liking it very much then. At that time I thought it had too much blood and violence, which just goes to show how squeamish I used to be xD; Randomly, what got me over my squeamishness was this strangely grotesque dream involving several Harry Potter characters. Not going to go into too much details there…
Anyways, my Champloo watching attempt #1 involved me skipping from episode 1 or 2 straight to the last episode because again, I thought this series was just going to end up being very repetitive (and again, too violent for my general tastes back then). I started on my Champloo attempt #2 recently and of course, completely reversed my opinion. I’m in the middle of indulging in massive adoration of this series right now. Just goes to show that there usually are very good reasons why popular shows are popular.
So I had Pandora on at work as I often do, and this song came up on my radio and made me almost jump out of my seat. Because this was one of my favorite songs in college but I haven’t listened to it since. That was just a freaking awesome moment that totally made my day -
The past two weeks have been the longest and probably the most miserable of my life so far due to a family medical emergency. I don’t feel particularly inclined to go into details, but it’s been insane. All of a sudden though I’ve found myself nearing the end of the tunnel with a bright light at the end. Things can only get better from here! I spent most of the day walking around being deliriously happy and just appreciating some of the little things I do on a day-to-day basis, but have just completely ignored and/or haven’t been able to enjoy. Like listening to music on my iPod or singing while I’m walking. The ordeal isn’t completely over, but I think my family have come out stronger and better, if not wholly in body (yet) then at least in spirit.
Two days ago Ilaria Graziano’s “I Do” came up on my Pandora station and I found myself clinging it like second skin. I’ve loved this song ever since crap gave it to me, not only because it’s beautiful, but also because I thought Ilaria Graziano just sounded like an angel singing this song. Senior year in college whenever I got stressed I’d put on this song and another PlanetES song that crap gave me, and I’d immediately feel calmer and somehow soothed. Listening to “I Do” two days ago had the same effect on me if not more, just thinking about the lyrics and such… I’ve been looping it uncontrollably since. I ended up MySpace-stalking Ilaria yesterday, and I seriously hope that she does more collaborations with Yoko Kanno because that combination is just pure win.
I deleted Joni Mitchell’s “Blue” off my ipod today. I like her melodies, but I’m not a huge fan of her voice – I generally prefer female vocalists with sweeter tones. My favorite song from her is probably “River,” again because the tune is great, but also mostly because one of my college friends sang the song with her acappella group every year for the Christmas organ concert, and she had the sweetest voice. I did like parts of the lyrics to “Blue” though.
Blue songs are like tattoos
You know I’ve been to sea before
Crown and anchor me
Or let me sail away
Hey Blue, here is a song for you
Ink on a pin
Underneath the skin
An empty space to fill in
Well there’re so many sinking now
You’ve got to keep thinking
You can make it thru these waves…
…Blue here is a shell for you
Inside you’ll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
There is your song from me
I’ll have to check out the movie where this song came from too – “Once.”