ROLLING IN THE DEEP

MY NEW LSS ditty...

"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..."

WEI DAO*味道*Taste

at last nite's concert - i was reminded of this FAVE Chinese song:
Wei Dao*味道*Taste -such LYRICS!!!

Originally, beautifully sung by a woman, Winnie Hsin, but it works for Men as well - as sung here by HK Pop Star Jacky Cheung.... :)

Loving This Song Right now....

"To Make You Feel My Love" I actually heard it the first time from watching "When in Rome" with Kristen Bell & Josh Duhamel... the movie was OK enough but this song captured me in an instant... Adele's voice is soooo raw and sooo special... every note hits you....
Both Versions.... Such an EMOTIONAL song...
Adele's Version: Was re watching "When In Rome" again tonite, as I work around the house, and was reminded of the song again.... so I searched it on You Tube and also found Kris Allen's version.... never seen of heard of this version before so I was pleasantly surprised... his take had a bit of a Country Flavour to it - but nonetheless, Emotional and worked it's magic on me, too...
Kris Allen's Version

Bound To You

One of this year's BIIIG Oscar omission - for sure.... am sooo PUZZLED why it did not, at least, get a nomination for Best Original Song...

Bound To You" from the movie, Burlesque...

knocks me off my feet

Newly Rediscovered Song.... Just Beautiful!

missed opportunity...

am so sad, just learned that Anthony 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:

"So In Love"

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...

SMILE (*__*)

This trip I was able to find Complete 1st Season of GLEE on DVD - everyone's Fave TV Show of the moment.... so needless to say, I have been playing it over and over.... even to just have it in the background as I work is such a stress reliever... truly makes me wanna sing and dance with the rest of the cast... the show, the stars, the songs... they all put a SMILE on my face each and every number.... one gets to hear a GREAT MIX of so many songs one grew up plus what is Popular and being overplayed now... (^_*) really something for everyone... not just Broadway Tunes and POP songs, but also Rap, Rock, Funk, etc.....

Could not help but single out this Charlie Chaplin tune - simple and breathtaking... it simple verses can still get to you - and the casts' delivery is a fresh & beautiful take on this old time classic...

beautiful in my eyes

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....

LSS X 2 : sap sap sappiness

Sappy Songs am LOVING RIGHT NOW!

Take a Listen - you'll LOVE THEM, too... am sure of it....

Alicia Keys: "Try Sleeping With a Broken Heart"

Christina Aguilera: "You Lost Me"

Rediscovering George Michael

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

"grateful... duly grateful, I am..."

now and again, the feeling of loneliness gets the BEST of US... yes myself included... and when we let this DEPRESSION get the BEST of US - we go deeper and deeper... lower and lower - till we feel so LOST, ALONE and worst, WITHOUT HOPE...

been seeing a lot of POSTS lately about being SAD, feelings of Emptiness and of ALONEness.... I cannot help but be affected by it... especially from those whom I consider friends... family... love ones... after all, we are all CONNECTED one way or another... I wish that there is something I could do or say to CHEER YOU UP.... to GIVE YOU HOPE.... to MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.... to MAKE YOU FEEL THAT THERE REALLY ARE MANY THINGS IN LIFE TO STILL BE GRATEFUL FOR...

Alas, am not well versed in such matters.... now am I ARTICULATE enough to spread Words of Wisdom... instead, I will SHARE with you a song written by John Bucchino - it is touching and sentimental... cheesy and corny... but it will remind you of all the LITTLE THINGS IN LIFE THAT MAKES IT WORTHWHILE TO GET UP EACH & EVERY MORNING.....

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I first heard this many years ago from Australia's David Campbell CD.. and loved it ever since.... now and again, I play it just to be reminded of all the things I have to be GRATEFUL for....

GRATEFUL

I've got a roof over my head,
I've got a warm place to sleep.
Some nights I lie awake counting gifts
Instead of counting sheep.
I've got a heart that can hold love,
I've got a mind that can think.
There may be times when I lose the light
And let my spirits sink,
But I can't stay depressed
When I remember how I'm blessed

Grateful, grateful,
Truly grateful I am.
Grateful, grateful,
Truly blessed
And duly grateful.
In a city of strangers,
I've got a family of friends.
No matter what rocks and brambles fill the way,
I know that they will stay until the end.
I feel a hand holding my hand --
It's not a hand you can see
But, on the road to the promised land,
This hand will shepherd me
Through delight and despair,
Holding tight and always there.
Grateful, grateful,
Truly grateful I am.
Grateful, grateful,
Truly blessed
And duly grateful.
It's not that I don't want a lot
Or hope for more, or dream of more,
But giving thanks for what I've got
Makes me so much happier than keeping score.
In a world that can bring pain,
I will still take each chance --
For I believe that, whatever the terrain,
Our feet can learn to dance.
Whatever stone life may sling,
We can moan or we can sing.
Grateful, grateful,
Truly grateful I am.
Grateful, grateful.
Truly blessed
And duly grateful.

mark bautista!

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!!!

♫♪Make You Feel My Love♫♪

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

found them on YOU TUBE

Like I had nothing else better to do - I searched for my latest STAR GAZING encounter 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....

"Carry Out" anyone?

LOVE LOVE LOVE this TIMBALAND song - catchy... kicky... and the VIDEO with Justin Timberlake dancing 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....

And if its room for dessert then I want a piece"

DELICIOUS!!!!

"Come 1st of May"

woke up with this song running through my mind... hmmmmmm..... whatever could it mean??? I do not even really know this song.... maybe heard it a couple of times in my life only.... LOL...

HAPPY MAY 1St All!!!

Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time

A Morrissey/The Smiths song that is a fave of mine that recently got another turn in the spotlight via the movie 500 Days (Of Summer, "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want This Time"

This version is by TINDERBOX from last year.... just came across the video again - and I love the animation video - so am sharing....

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and here's Morrissey's Original from the SOUNDTRACK of 500 Days - TIMELESS!!!

we are the world : you tube-ers style....

another video that caught my fancy this week is this version of We Are The World - broguht to us by lisalavie1, and it is a collaboration with so many of the talented undiscovered YOU TUBE STAR SINGERS...

Made as a FUNDRAISER to help HAITIAN VICTIMS - just a GREAT way to help a GREAT CAUSE... Visit the official "We Are The World" foundation and do what you can to help.

Finally: A New Justin Timberlake Song

well, it is actually a TIMBALAND tune but JT is featured all throughout... nice and catchy.... just wish Justin Timberlake would come out with a new album already....

..and of course, he is the spokesperson for the new Givenchy Cologne, PLAY... here's the making of the advert...