Buzz, STING!

Okay, so I completely forgot about random playlist Monday, WHOOPS! So that’s what today is going to be. And here it is.

1. You Can Always Come Home (feat. Serena Ryder) – Jason Castro (how many times has this song come up on shuffle)

2. Driven To Tears – Sting (not sure why I have this, but a classic all the same)

3. Shout It – Mitchell Musso (not at all embarrassing that I have this…)

4. One Of Those Days – Joshua Radin

5. Stranded – Hope For Haiti Now Version (a somewhat bearable version)

6. Make The Most – Brett Dennen

7. Walcott – Vampire Weekend

8. Rosie – Chubby Checker (apparently every week, we continue my old guy music thing)

9. Lonely – Tom Waits (I don’t know what is up with Tom and my playlists, but he’s always there)

10. Don’t You Fall – The Be Good Tanyas (this always makes me think of my mom)

That was incredibly strange. Sting to Mitchell Musso (a very sappy Disney guy), than Vampire Weekend to Chubby Checker. Goes to show how strange my iPod is. Anyways, I’m thinking Sting, because it’s one of the only things on that playlist I haven’t talked about or atleast mentioned, which is what I love about random playlsits, I always find something new.

So I’m not entirely sure what to write about, on the topic of Sting. The song came from the Hope For Haiti Now CD, which is superb, but I can’t say I’m a huge Sting fan, although I actually quite like the song. I just went and downloaded a few more and may becoming more of a fan. I think the name may have been a bit of a turn-off, seems more rockier (nice word) than he is. Anways thank you playlist for introducing me to this song, that I didn’t even know I had. Below is Sting singing Driven To Tears, which is a fantastic song, the lyrics are very interesting too. Enjoy the video, the show he played this for really was awesome, a great fundraiser, I advise you to go buy the CD and check out the telethon at youtube.

I can’t believe I may have just become a Sting fan. One day I talk about the Zac Brown Band, the next Sting. This was a fantastic discovery, hope you enjoyed it, and have been taking more advantage of Sting than I have over the years.

My final conclusion: never jugde a band by it’s name!

P.S. Lee won American Idol, YEAH!!! Check out his version of Beatiful Day by U2, although nothing could compare, it’s pretty well done.

La-Di-Da-Di-Da

Once again it’s a headache day, but I’m going to fight through the pain and still write my post. To warn you, I’m on tylenol and at the moment I’m in a happy la-di-da-di-da (is that how you spell it)  mood so that may influence my music choice for the day. I was going through my music collection figuring out what to talk about and all of a sudden I came across it. Brett Dennen, I mean he’s pretty la-di-da-di-da and happy.

I first came across Brett Dennen a few years ago by discovering his song The One Who Loves You The Most (which I actually used in English class for a song analysis, and my teacher loved it).  Anyways, I discovered him a few years ago and actually wasn’t sure how much I liked it. A few more listens later and the song made it onto a few of my playlists (which are always the same). About a year later I re-discovered it and this time completely fell in love with it. I went out and bought more CD’s by him. These days Brett is still a music staple in my collection.

He has this happy, believing, you can do anything vibe in his music that’s actually been really good for me lately. As CD’s go, my favourite has to be So Much More which was his second album. His songs, Ain’t No Reason and The One Who Loves You The Most are my favourite, both from So Much More. All 3 of his CD’s are great though. Hope for the Hopeless also has pretty great songs. He also did this song with Jason Mraz for a charity, it wasn’t the best, but they both have such strong voices so it was kind of enjoyable to listen to both of them.

He’s also really interesting looking — I mean that hair is really something (think that’s his natural colour?). He doesn’t really look like what I first pictured but I think it works in a weird, crazy hair kind of way (Robert Pattinson, that’s how you do wacky hair). In my opinion he sounds nothing like Bob Dylan nor anyone else, but I know he’s been compared to him many times. I mean his voice is really something else, somewhat annoying at some times, but not really.

Please, enjoy the video, stare at his hair for awhile and take in his whole image, it’s really something else. Oh, listen to the music as well, it’s pretty great too. He’s awesome at songwriting (if he writes his own songs, but I think he does).

The video’s cool if not a little strange for the song, but I more wanted you to get the visual of him. The song is probably my favourite as well. I love the line “I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same” — not sure what it means but it’s great. If you don’t know about him than check it out, I promise you won’t be disappointed. Last.fm has a great radio for him too.

P.S. it’s Shania Twain night on American Idol. One word (many syllables), BAAAAAAD!

P.P.S. I had something to say here but I can’t remember. I remember, I was thinking about changing the layout of my blog, any suggestions? comments? anything? I’m open for suggestions, don’t be scared I don’t bite (most of the time, I’ve put my vampire ways behind me, they got way to popular for my liking).

Blue Eyed Saturday

I’m not in the mood to write today due to the fact that I have way to much writing to do in my homework so, I’ll quickly talk to you about Jason Castro.

To continue my undying love for Jason Castro, today’s post is entirely dedicated to him. Jason, my American Idol Love, who is incredibly socially awkward, but whose piercing blue eyes could melt anyone’s heart (cheeeeesy, I know). I was extremely excited when I found out he was releasing a CD. It made me even happier when I heard the single he released called Let’s Just Fall In Love Again. A quirky, poppy, song about love (but aren’t they all these days?). His EP the Love Uncompromised quickly followed and left me even happier. I also discovered his brother Michael Castro but since this post is entirely dedicated to Jason I can’t talk about him, but do check out his music. So, to put some sunshine in your cloudy day here’s Jason Castro with Let’s Just Fall In Love Again.

American Idol Fail

Anybody watch American Idol last night? Lucky you. It was AWFUL! First they had David Cook come in, and in my opinion that’s never good (and really wasn’t good), then they had Orianthi, who in my opinion looked like Avril Lavigne, sounded like Avril Lavigne and dressed like Avril Lavigne. But the cherry on top had to be Ke$ha. Her performance was one of the worst I’ve ever seen. She was really bad. First her outfit was really bad, it really looked like something Lady Gaga would wear or has already worn (and that is not a compliment), then she opened her mouth which I really wish she hadn’t done. But the cherry on top was the offensive native head piece she was wearing. It really wasn’t necessary at all, and was incredibly offensive to everyone. The videos below, tell me how awful you think it is. It really was Blah, Blah, Blah!

American Idol Tuesday

I know what you’re thinking, she’s an American Idol fan there goes her music credibility, but hey everyone has their guilty pleasures and American Idol is mine. A lot of it is really annoying like Kara DioGuardi (but my rant on her will come later) and Ryan and Simon’s annoying catty banter thing but without it I never would have found Jason Castro *sighs* or my new favourite, Lilly Scott. Jason, the weird, bumbly guy with the dreads who seemed incredibly socially awkward, but who may have one of the coolest voices. I bought almost all of his American Idol songs and then his whole CD, The Love Uncompromised EP. He’s one of those people who made it after American Idol (in my opinion anyways). The show actually has started a lot of music careers like Kelly Clarkson and Daughtry, and some that shouldn’t have been started *cough Clay Aiken and Danny Gokey cough*(although Danny Gokey is hardly making it and Clay Aiken has disappeared from the world). This show has also introduced me to Lilly Scott, the awesome sandwich maker, who has a fantastic voice. Ella Fitzgerald meets MoZella. She shouldn’t already be gone but she is, and I really hope to hear something from her soon (since she isn’t signed to an American Idol contract). The show has made some very bad decisions, like getting rid of Paula Abdul and adding Kara (Ugh, Kara. I don’t quite now what it is about her, but I truly can’t stand her at ALL!), and having Lilly Scott and Alex Lambert leave but I guess that’s not the shows fault, it’s America’s fault. On top of all that though, I will continue to be a faithful watcher (even if America is making some bad decisions) and will keep you posted. Tonight’s highlights feature Lee Dewyze and Crystal Bowersox (our only hopes for season 9 except maybe Andrew Garcia if he gets his act together and Siobhan Magnus). For now, check out Idolatry at ew.com, they always get it right. And featured below is Lilly Scott’s Lullaby of Birdland by Ella Fitzgerald during Hollywood Week.