Freddie Mercury Google Doodle

Best Google Doodle so far in my opinion. They need to make more musical tributes!

Ain't got no... I've got life

Sorry, I know this is totally random and not even MJ-related, but I'm loving this song! <3<3

I ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, Ain't got no class
Ain't got no skirts, Ain't got no sweater
Ain't got no perfume Ain't got no bed
Ain't got no mind,

Ain't got no mother Ain't got no culture
Ain't got no friends, aint got no schoolin'
Ain't got no love, Ain't got no name
Ain't got no ticket, Ain't got no token
Ain't got no god

and what have i got?
why am i alive anyway?
yeah what have i got?
nobody can take away?...

Got my hair. Got my head
Got my brains, Got my ears
Got my eyes, Got my nose
Got my mouth, I got my smile

I got my tongue, Got my chin
Got my neck, Got my boobies
Got my heart, Got my soul
Got my back, I got my sex

I got my arms, got my hands, got my fingers,
got my legs, got my feet, got my toes,
got my liver, got my blood..

I've got life,
i've got my freedom
i've got life
I've got life
and I am gonna keep it
I've got life
and nobody's gonna take it away
I've got life!

Soundtrack to my Scandinavia Adventure

Disclaimer: The music I am about to put up here may not be very good, but I'm sharing these because they remind me of various portions of my trip to Scandinavia, and it's nice to keep the memories.

Alexander Rybak - Fairytale

Alexander Rybak from Oslo won the Eurovision 2009 with this folksy-pop song called Fairytale. Our prof showed us this video in class just before we left for the trip and it already left a bit of an impression on me. He's pretty huge in Scandinavia. I saw his posters everywhere in shopping malls and music stores...and heard the instantly recognisable Fairytale in many places. Personally, I prefer his other songs, like Kiss and Tell or Funny Little World.

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

Ciccy and I got a big kick out of singing and gesturing this song during our ride on the Flam railway. I went a bit ballistic when I heard this song on the radio while grocery shopping in the supermarket at Geilo (Yay-low), and then again while buying non-fat yoghurt ice-cream at a 7-11 store in Bergen.

The Rasmus - In the Shadows

This song is on the list because of Rifai's amazing story about how his friend went to a Rasmus concert in KL. (The Rasmus is Finnish). She had front row tickets...one thing led to the next...and somehow she managed to hook up with the lead guitarist. 6 months later, his friend got married to the band member and had a baby. This ALL happens while she's still in uni...It IS possible to marry a rockstar. Haha.

Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl

This song is here because the American guy, who we bumped into at the Stockholm hostel AND the Helsinki hostel kept humming this song. 3 days after returning home, the song is STILL stuck in my head. (One thing I've learnt thru staying at the hostels is that you can ALWAYS recognise an American just by the sheer amount of noise he/she makes. Americans are loud and obnoxious.)

Random Country Music

They played some good ol' American country music at the ultra-hip and funk Beyond Retro at Stockholm's Södermalm district (one of my favourite places for this trip). 

Village People - Y.M.C.A.

Karaoke Hour at Tallink Silja's Club Bali. It was painful.

LFO - Summer Girls

This song came up on my playlist during one of the long bus rides (i think it was the 3 hour ride from Heddal Stave Church to the mountain cabin on Geilo. Christine went into a fit when she heard this.

Edit: I was just wiki-ing the band LFO and saw this...

On June 3, 2009, LFO posted a blog entitled "LFO IS BACK" on their official MySpace page which announced that they have reunited and are going on tour starting on July 9, 2009, with Rookie of the Year, Go Crash Audio, and Kiernan McMullan.^[4] At the moment, they only have east-coast tour dates, but they are working on getting to the west-coast too. A new song was posted in a bulletin called Summer Of My Life.

Like wtf? 

Priscilla Ahn - Dream

One of those songs that makes me just stop, listen and pay attention.

Priscilla Ahn - Dream

I was a little girl alone in my little world who dreamed of a little home for me.
I played pretend between the trees, and fed my houseguests bark and leaves, and laughed in my pretty bed of green.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest swing.
I had a dream.

Long walks in the dark through woods grown behind the park, I asked God who I'm supposed to be.
The stars smiled down on me, God answered in silent reverie. I said a prayer and fell asleep.

I had a dream
That I could fly from the highest tree.
I had a dream.

Now I'm old and feeling grey. I don't know what's left to say about this life I'm willing to leave.
I lived it full and I lived it well, there's many tales I've lived to tell. I'm ready now, I'm ready now, I'm ready now to fly from the highest wing.

I had a dream.

And apparently, she keeps a blog.

Weekly Fix

Adam Lambert - Born to be Wild 

Check out the scream from like 2:20 onward O_O

Mad World

Rushed home just in time to catch Adam on tv today (yes, i actually rushed home to catch a tv show). I think the song Mad World is grossly overplayed, but Adam manages to put his magic into everything. So here goes!

Incredible!! It's really worth the load. I've never really appreciated singing as an art...like I usually listen to music for lyrical genius, for an infectious melody, for a catchy beat, for nice vibes, or for heart-bursting emotion. But this guy's mastery of his voice is the real deal. This guy is like...a born singer. And he seems so humble about everything too.

Play That Funky Music!

Check out the Presley hairdo and his last note (superb vocal gymnastics)!!!

412 '04

I found the class video that jiching was telling me about today! Such a pity that the sound was taken off!

**Comments:
- Our board was so full of rubbishy things! Like the hangman game where we trying to guess mrs bala's real name. And teachers' quotes, "when you get to university, one eye on the book and the other eye roaming around" (yeah, back when university was still a very far-away thought). And Miss Ting's funnel, thistle, pipette-shaped population graphs.
- I realized how ancient this video was when I saw my handphone in the scene at waffle town. It's like the first nokia handphone mobile that came to singapore (the dark blue one, not sure of the model number, i'm not good with things like that)

Chris Jordan Photography

A thought-provoking lecture video by photographer Chris Jordan from TED.

Extreme Sheep LED Art

This video is nuts!! You guys SO have to watch this. I had no idea you could train sheep to do this kinda thing. It's seriously like ??!?! these people boggle the mind!

This video has to be seen to be believed. Some guys strapped LED covered vests on sheep and then had the dogs herd them in specific patterns to create ridiculous art on a hillside in Wales. They even play a game of Pong and recreate the Mona Lisa using different colored LEDs on sheep in a pen. You just have to watch it to understand. Then, I think we'll all agree, sheep: not just for sex anymore.

Youtube
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Sheep-Powered LED Display Lights Up Welsh Hillside [gizmodo]

Thanks to Grey and Kim, who have never gotten tender with sheep. OR SO THEY SAY!
-- Geekologie

Adam Lambert

I've never really been a big fan of American Idol. Good idol participants come and go. Some are really good, but I usually don't like their style or voice. People like Clay Aiken or Carrie Underwood or David Archuleta. But this season...there is the greatness, GREATNESS, that is Adam Lambert. (I think the last time I ever liked a reality show star so much was Lukas Rossi from Rockstar Supernova. But Adam owns Lukas, no question about it).

Adam Lambert auditioned for American Idol in San Francisco, and made an insane risk by singing one of the world's greatest songs, Bohemian Rhapsody. It's such a waste that the judges stop him when he's only about 20 seconds into the song. Nonetheless...it's an amazing rendition. And you've definitely gotta give props to anyone who chooses Bohemian Rhapsody as his audition piece. 

Then 2 weeks ago, he decided to sing Rolling Stones' Satisfaction on stage. Which is ALSO amazing, considering it's only like their first week in Hollywood. His ending note is O_O. Whoa.

And in the latest episode of American Idol, he sings Michael Jackson's Black and White. Sexy mindblowing stuff. And his confidence on stage is amazing.

His vocal range is nuts. He dresses nice and from what I see on screen, he has a really nice personality too. I hope he goes really far...like not just in American Idol, but that he stays in the music industry for the long haul (instead of fizzle out like some other idols).

Also, I think he looks a bit like Elvis Presley...it's the eyes! 

Make love with the lights on baby

Lights On by the Pierces
Addictive song!

Eh, don't bother watching the video, just listen. It was the best version i could find on youtube, cos the person who videoed the only live performance was really REALLY annoying.

Bizkit the Sleep Walking Dog

LOL I have no idea why, but this, this is super funny! Had no idea this could happen to dogs. Love the part where he knocks himself awake on the wall then walks around pretending it didn't just happen.

All i want is you

Loving this song right now, it came up when i was playing my entire collection of music on shuffle. It's from the Juno soundtrack, by Barry Louis Polisar.

If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honey bee.
And if I was a tree growing tall and greeen
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water would be my call.
If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow
Just as long as you were with me, when the cold winds blow.

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were a wink, I'd be a nod
If you were a seed, well I'd be a pod.
If you were the floor, I'd wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire.
If you were the love, I'd be the desire.
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat,
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float.

All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.

Alice in Wonderland - The Walrus and the Carpenter

I came across this video while surfing youtube...It's the walrus and the carpenter from the disney's alice in wonderland! I remember watching this movie decades ago and being genuinely deeply disturbed by the eerie scene at the dining table with the walrus and the oyster babies. After my first traumatic experience, every time they replay this movie on TV, I will refuse to watch the Walrus and the Carpenter scene. (Every thing else is fine). This movie is so dark!



But of course...I'm still all game for the upcoming version with Mr Johnny Depp!

You can call me at 10:59 but don't call me at 11 cos that's my rule now

Happened once, it happened twice, it happened three times, maybe four times, maybe five times, maybe... maybe it happened six times, but it won't happen a seventh time, no no no.

Munchausen by Proxy's song from the movie Yes Man.

And the girl singing, Zooey Deschanel, is from She & Him btw!!! =D=D=D Love her voice!! I had no idea she was in the movie!!! =D=D=D=D

Merry Christmas Everyone

Natalie Merchant - My Skin

I am currently totally lovin' ryan's choreography, and preachy inspirational monologues.

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Sigur Ros

Talking about HMV purchases, I am totally loving my new cd. Sigur Ros' new album Með suð í eyrum við spilum end , translated as "with a buzz in our ears we play endlessly". Indecipherable icelandic lyrics but totally magical and beautiful nonetheless. They really nail that bittersweet thing that I like, sorrowful melodies that are strangely uplifting. Perfect soundtrack for some kind of discovery channel documentary with graceful birds gliding across open skies, wild animals galloping across wide plains, schools of exotic fish swimming in the ocean...you know, a magnificent mother earth type thing. The video above is for the song Ára bátur which is pretty classic. It gets really heart-bursting from about 7:00 onward. They oddly kinda remind me of a more ethereal, subdued, less angsty Muse. I think it's the falsetto.

I just found a full stream of their band documentary Heima on google videos. Will watch it soon...right after my last 2 exams. (Theory application: Self-reinforcement occurs whenever someone has control over a reinforcer but delays it until a self-set goal has been completed)