...ever wondered what happened to the UK POP Band BLUE... wel, they are back in a BIG WAY... gracing the cover of ATTITUDE magazine... yep, teh bois are taking it all off for the mag like fellow BRIT POPSTERS, McFly & Robbie Williams - both have shed clothings for the mags annual NAKED ISSUE...
The issue came out last month btw, July of 2011... if you do not have access in getting yourself a copy, check out the vid of the actual photoshoot.... just as JUICY...and my all time FAVE BLUE ditty, GUILTY:
"The scars of your love remind me of us They keep me thinking that we almost had it all The scars of your love, they leave me breathless I can't help feeling..."
just one of those nights.... feeling like a walking wounded.... now just loving the smooth voice of John Legend... =================================== GREENLIGHTSAVE ROOM FOR MY LOVEP.D.A.
Loving this very HEARTFELT COVER by Boyce Avenueof a Bruno Mars song, GRENADE. Totally made me LISTEN to the words for the very first time....
BOYCE Avenue is quite a POPULAR Band on YOU TUBE - they have some of the HOTTEST & BEST Covers of Today's Hits of late.... with this one being one of the latest....
Loving Anthony Neely'sNewest MV from his debut album.... love the styling and designs of it all.... the GOTH feel to it.... and just about all the graphics... take a look...
am so sad, just learned thatAnthony Neely will be one of the stars giving a concert for the Holidays in Taiwan.... am sad as I will be totally missing him singing live... as always, I will be in Manila for the Holidays....
Since the release of the album, he has been gaining more popularity.. appearing in Talk Shows, Music Shows, and of course magazine, such as this newest ESQUIRE cover story.... he has also been making the rounds appearing live at various Malls and venues to promote his CD, "Lesson One"... and soon the much talked about, Holiday Concert....
would really love to see and hear him sing "The Blower's Daughter" live - from the movie, Closer... his version on the CD is quite emotional....
so for now I will just keep playing this You Tube - from one of his appearances late last year in One Million Star:
And a COUPLE OF PHOTOS from the CURRENT ISSUE of MEN's UNO magazine:
Just recently, after seeing his photos on taxis and Billboards hawking something for a Phone company, it got me wondering when his CD is coming out.... Actually, i have been waiting for the CD to come out ever since I have seen him sing and get discovered in the Popular Taiwan singing show, 1 Million Star... and of course, ever since I ran into him at IKEA back in November of 2009- where I got to talk with him and even take a photo with him.
Lo, and Behold, it IS out!!! Anthony Neely'sfirst CD, Lesson One - with a couple of Music Videosto boot!!! It came out middle of November while I was away - reason why i did not even noticed all the hoopla.... and not having a TV at home (by choice) - i do not get updated with new music videos - but his videos have been popular - I have been told...
Anthony Lee looks and sounds in top form with this CD... he has lost a few KGS from the time I ran into him... looking even more fit... and his voice even more refined.... one thing did not change, much to my delight - his Lovely Smile... can TRULY BRIGHTEN UP ANY ROOM.... Makes him a Total Hunk to me.....
Do check out his 2 Brand New MVs - an English song and another a Chinese song.
Dec 1st, 2010 - today marks World AIDS Day and so I thought it would be fitting to post this fave KD Lang song of mine: "So In Love"... of course, it is really a Cole Porter song - the songwriter who wrote this beautiful haunting song for the musical. "Kiss Me Kate"... and this song was also used for the movie on the life of Cole Porter, himself: "De Lovely" - which has a great soundtrack and a wonderful cast btw - so try and see it if you can....
Anyway, this song was recorded by KD Lang for the "Red, Hot & Blue" Compilation Album - with various artists doing Cole Porter Songs... every single song done and recorded beautifully... but i remember being taken by this song the most, from the very first time I played the CD... and once I saw this video, I was even more blown away, affected, touched, haunted...
Do take a listen and watch, in my opinion, it is one of those great timeless songs that gets a modern treatment via a great voice (so much feelings in the delivery) and a really touching music video to boot...
Some days, no matter how you look at it, you just feel DEFEATED.... you can go over everything any which way you want, think of other ways to go around it, improve it, change it -- but it stays the same... there is no changing the feeling.... so you just give in, let it take it's course and hopefully, move on...
and what better music to accompany you with these feelings of defeat - God Give Me Strength - Sung by Elvis Costello/Written by Burt Bacharach:
LYRICS: (Words sung by the character in the movie given in brackets) Now I have nothing, so God give me strength 'Cause I'm weak in her [his] wake And if I'm strong I might still break And I don't have anything to share That I won't throw away into the air
That song is sung out This bell is rung out [This belle is wrung out] [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, God give me strength
I can't hold onto [him] her, God give me strength When the phone doesn't ring And I'm lost in imagining Everything that kind of love is worth As I tumble back down to the earth
That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength,
God if [he'd] she'd grant me [his] her indulgence and decline I might as well wipe [him] her from my memory Fracture the spell as [he] she becomes my enemy Maybe I was washed out like a lip-print on his shirt See, I'm only human, I want him to hurt I want him I want him to hurt
[instrumental] Since I lost the power to pretend That there could ever be a happy ending
That song is sung out This bell is rung out [He] She was the light that I'd bless [He] She took my last chance at happiness So God give me strength, God give me strength
If he sings this to me - am sure I will fall to pieces, get up, and forever be his love slave... hahahahaha
Jericho Rosales: "Beautiful In M Eyes"
-this music video came out back in early 2009... but I discovered it only a couple of months back... and am still loving it...
Jericho Rosales is one of Philippine's most bankable and talented actors for the last decade and a half I believe.... he endorses a lot of the local brands so you will see his BILLBOARDS all over... have seen him in a few TV SERIES plus at least a couple of movies and he always manages to WOW me with his acting... not your typical, pretty boy/handsome, matinee idol - but he is HANDSOME and very charming.... especially in person - as I have seen him a couple times all over the city... once at Louis Vuitton - Greenbelt, shopping with his then girlfriend, Heart Evangelista; and another time by himself shopping at Hush Puppies @ Eastwood Mall...
Some of my family and friends are with me when it comes to his acting chops... but not quite with me when it comes to his singing... i would not say he is the BEST out there but something about his voice and delivery that still wins me over.... besides, knowing the fact that he took a sabbatical from doing movies, at the height of his career, to pursue his love of music is very much commendible in my book... so , that makes me a FAN - through and through....
After a marathon viewing of Heroes Season 4 - what a waste of my time! - I needed something else to get the bad taste of my mouth and my mind.... needed to hear/listen to something soothing and calming.... so I was going through the stacks of CDs in the house (swear to GOD I need to get through all of them and recycle or burn some already!)... came across the many, and I mean many, George Michael CDs i have accumulated over the years....
So I stated playing them one at a time - and playing my FAVE songs from each album at least twice.... Brought back many memories.... Not only did I "woke everybody up before I go go" each and every morning... I did the whole WHAM white and neon & feathered hair look in the 80's.... and by the time FAITH came out - I was already wearing the ripped jeans and leather jacket with the fringes... and rocked them all.... hahahahahaha maybe I will be able to find photos still - SCARY!!!
But most of all, made me remember how much I TRULY LOVE his voice -- one of the most Talented singers/songwriters ever!!!
Forget that he stopped making all those cheesy music videos that made him popular to the masses... forget all the hoopla with that Public Toilet incident.... forget the drug use news.... forget all the facial hair he loves to grow - some fashionably trendy/some downright scary.... forget the fact that he is as big as a house nowadays... the MAN still has THE VOICE & THE TALENT...
Sad that all the negative aspects of his life has overshadowed his achievements of late.... hence, hindering some of his late recordings.... sad for most of the people really - as a lot of his greater stuff did not get enough airplay or exposure.... his duets with Mary J Blige & Mutya Buena are perfect examples... I feel that minus the negative news - they could have reached the TOP of the CHARTS all over the world...
I can only wish that he would go back to writing songs, ballads especially and start recording again.... I still will buy them... A FAN FOR LIFE!!! For now I leave you with my Most FAVE Ballad by Mr Michael: A Different Corner
well, am still in 7th Heaven from seeing Mark Bautista perform LIVE yesterday at the 112th Philippine Independence Day Celebration in Taipei.... have already processed all the photos... UPLOADED them on FLICKER.... BLOGGED about the EVENT.... the only thing missing are the videos I shot of him and the other performers singing live.... my internet provider is sooooo slow that a 3 minute video is to take 15 HRS - lols..... so all will have to wait another day - when I can actually go elsewhere, where the connection is much faster and I can UPLOAD with no troubles at all...
So for now I will just leave you with a couple of YOU TUBE music videos of Mark, one in English and another in Tagalog, that I like a lot... so you can get a TASTE of his singing style....
Here he sings a cover of the ballad - manly voice and yet full of emotion: "Break It To Me Gently":
and and in this one, Mark sings one of my all time fave Filipino song classic: "Ngayon at Kailanman" - this is from the Grand Finals of Star of the Night, Philippine's version of American Idol... he came in first runner up back in the early 2000's... been a fan of his ever since!!!
When the rain is blowing in your face, and the whole world is on your case, I could offer you a warm embrace to make you feel my love.
When the evening shadows and the stars appear, and there is no one there to dry your tears, I could hold you for a million years to make you feel my love.
I know you haven't made your mi...nd up yet, but I would never do you wrong. I've known it from the moment that we met, no doubt in my mind where you belong.
I'd go hungry; I'd go black and blue, I'd go crawling down the avenue. No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do to make you feel my love.
The storms are raging on the rolling sea and on the highway of regret. Though winds of change are throwing wild and free, you ain't seen nothing like me yet.
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true. Nothing that I wouldn't do. Go to the ends of the Earth for you, to make you feel my love
Like I had nothing else better to do - I searched for my latest STAR GAZINGencounter on You Tube... and VOILA... found them (not too easy as I cannot type or read Chinese - LOLs.. so here they are... am sharing:
-am sooo HAPPY to have found this first one as one of my FAVE Chinese actresses, Shu Qi, is even in the video!!!She made watching the video worth it, for me...
This 2nd one - I realized the Group's name is AK not WOW... WOW is their song and album title, i believe.... and AK stand for their names: Andy & Kris... but am still convinced, Kris used to be called Kenji... oh well... their singing does not do anything for me... but they can surely dance....
LOVE LOVE LOVE this TIMBALAND song - catchy... kicky... and the VIDEO with Justin Timberlakedancing and singing about - SIZZLING!!! this is one "carry out" I would love to take home... hahahahahahaha
"Number one, I take two number threes ...
That's a whole lotta you and a side of me....
Now is a fool of myself to want you full of me....
As I have mentioned in my preceding blog, SIEMENDING is the place to be for stars/celebrities to showcase/promote what they have coming out... and yesterday was not any different.... not just one but two Taiwan Acts were out and about, giving all their best, in promoting their newly released CDs...
First one is a popular Idol Drama (soap operas made with and geared for the Young Ones!)/Movie actor already, not sure but I think his first name is Mike (NOTE: have since found out his name is EDDIE.).... and also not sure but this might be his frist CD out.... I happen upon him when he was already done with his show and was already in the autographed signing and picture taking portion already... He seemed really nice and gracious... smiling and really talking with his fans.... and very touchy, too... not shy....
(He was GRACIOUS enough and posed the way his fans wanted him to..)
the other act I happen upon to was WOW, a two member boy band.... these two I have seen guesting in different things before.... one i believe is named Kenji.... and another one rose to fame because his mother posted his photos on the Internet and gained him popularity online - which caught the attentions of some showbiz people..... so, someone put the two of them together to form this boy band.... i got to see them do a couple of songs.... nice enough, cute bois singing catchy POP songs... am sure the young girls (and bois) of Taiwan will like them enough.... everyone at Siemending seems to like them already.... their CDs SOLD OUT fast... not sure if it was because of their talents, looks or both... or maybe because the boy who was in charge of selling their CDs a=is even hotter than they are!!! He should also be in SHOWBIZ.... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
New POP Duo: AK (Andy & Kris)
So that's my latest Star Gazing moment... alas, no photos with them were taken, as you would need to buy their CDs in order to do so... and i did not have CASH to do so... hahahahahaha More Photos Here
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