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not that excited about this year's Euro b/c of the host country but out of habit listened to some songs from the natioal selections & wow Im happy I did

its absolutely epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OnRxfhbHB4

the winner of this year's San Remo is going from Italy:bow:
NAMASTE!!:rofl: ALE!
the stage performance is hilar with the orchestra screaming ALE:laugh2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpc3fcrNJQ
& the meaning is actually pretty deep! evolution & all
I hope he wins! some of his songs are very good as well:agree:
Italian is such a beautiful language srsly
 
Mrs. P said:
Listening to George Michael's Fast Love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHAQlFq6TFg
(And also the Adele cover. I love that she chose this song for her tribute!)
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yes, I love original, but Adele really did justice to the song in her own way I feel...I really see her signature shining through, but still feel a lot of George in that version, at the end I was really moved.

Speaking of Grammys this year - all tributes were fantastic for me, I just love Bruno Mars version of 'Let's get crazy' by Prince and Bee Gees mash-up (Tori Kelly!:love:)
 
Sugarpova said:
not that excited about this year's Euro b/c of the host country but out of habit listened to some songs from the natioal selections & wow Im happy I did

its absolutely epic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OnRxfhbHB4

the winner of this year's San Remo is going from Italy:bow:
NAMASTE!!:rofl: ALE!
the stage performance is hilar with the orchestra screaming ALE:laugh2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpc3fcrNJQ
& the meaning is actually pretty deep! evolution & all
I hope he wins! some of his songs are very good as well:agree:
Italian is such a beautiful language srsly
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Oh, I love it when the contestants sing in their own language. That's what I didn't like about last year's contest - nearly all the songs were in English. Only 3 of the 42 songs weren't. That is ridiculous. :mad:

And I still say Il Volo should have won 2 years ago... :disapp:

I always make a point of not listening to any Eurovision songs beforehand, so that I can get the full impact of them come the Semis.

I used to watch the Geman music channels a lot. And a few years ago, they played "Satellite" by Lena Meyer-Landrut a lot. And I really did not like the song (well, if I am totally honest, the song wasn't too bad. I just thought Lena couldn't sing!) And it was only a week or so before the contest that I found out that that was the German entry. So, come the night of the Final, I couldn't get into the performance, because I already knew the song.

And that is also why I don't like the Final. Because I have heard nearly all the songs already in the Semis. And it is boring seeing the exact same performances all over again. (At least with figure skating, you may see a routine 10 times a season, but every performance is different. Because ice is slippery...)

The Semis are the best part of Eurovision. Because you get to hear songs that you don't hear on the Final. Plus, a lot of the songs that don't get through to the Final are a lot better than quite a few of the songs that do get through...!

During the voting for each Semi, I mark my 4 favourite songs from that Semi. And quite often, only one of them would get through to the Final. :mad: And more often than not, the song I put at the top is one of the ones that doesn't go through! :mad:

Sorry, I'm ranting. I'll shut up now.

CaroLiza_fan


P.S. There was only one song in the second of last year's Semis that I didn't like. It was awful! :drama: So, you can imagine my shock when it was one of the ones that got through to the Final. And you can imagine my even bigger shock when it then went on to win the title...
 
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NoNameFace said:
yes, I love original, but Adele really did justice to the song in her own way I feel...I really see her signature shining through, but still feel a lot of George in that version, at the end I was really moved.

Speaking of Grammys this year - all tributes were fantastic for me, I just love Bruno Mars version of 'Let's get crazy' by Prince and Bee Gees mash-up (Tori Kelly!:love:)
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I agree! Adele really put her mark on that song. I think she really showed the underlying deepness of that song. Fast Love was from George Michael's "Older" and I felt all the songs had more depth than the much really revealed on its face.
 
New JENS LEKMAN. :love:

ETA: My favorite track is "How We Met, The Long Version" a disco-style number that's part love story and part evolutionary explanation.



Nothing became something
Turned itself inside out
Subatomic particles became atoms, became stars, became galaxies
The earth's crust became solidified
The planets became perfectly aligned
Jupiter blinked with its little red eye

.....

And one day I asked if I could borrow your bass guitar
Not that I needed one
But I didn't know where to start

One magic night in an empty backyard
You grabbed my arm and kissed me quick
Under a heaven full of stars

And that's the story of how we met
The long version
And you can call it fate or chance
But we made it happen
We made it happen, we made it happen
 
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Still loving and listening to Jens Lekman's new album nonstop.
Now listening to "Evening Prayer"


At Babak's school, there is a 3D printer
And he prints out a model of the tumor
That was surgically removed from his back this winter
And it's rugged gray plastic, it looks lunar
He puts the tumor in his breast pocket
As we head out for a beer
It's been a long, hard year
For a friend who's not sure if he's close enough
To be allowed to care or just be there
To include you in his evening prayer



And now, "To Know Your Mission"

A Mormon missionary walks through Vasa lane
Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning
Removing his suit jacket, loosening his tie
Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes
It's 1997, the last morning of August
At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast
Another saint is lost, Lady Di's returned to stardust
He listens to the tragic news, followed by the Top 10 tunes
 
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Peter Silberman - "New York" (2017)

When my nerve wore down
I was assailed by simple little sounds:
Hammer clangs, sirens in the park
Like I never heard New York

Blaring brakes, trapped trucks
Honking horns, hissing buses stuck
Shrieking trains barreling berserk
Like I never heard New York
Like I never heard New York

When the room grew loud
I learned to stand in back
Behind the crowd
Dam canals with cork
Like I never heard New York

But when the walls gave way
I had to flee, I had to back away
As the whole town barked
Like I never heard New York
Like I never heard New York

https://genius.com/Peter-silberman-new-york-lyrics
 
I've been doing a ton of yoga lately to ward off a few personal demons. Emancipator has been beneficial in reaching my maximum comfort level and this album has really been my everything the last few months.

https://youtu.be/S4g7mPUskW8
 
Still on my Jens Lekman kick. Spent sometime with my Swedish singer-songwriter on my nighttime run.

More specifically, songs from his "Oh, You're So Silent Jens" album, which is actually a compilation of his EPs.

A Sweet Summer's Night on Hammer Hill is perfect for the final kick on a run.

Oh, I still remember "Regulate" with Warren G
Could that have been back in the sweet summer of 1993?
It was a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill

Oh, the sound of distant carnival drums
The Spanish guitar someone strums
It's a sweet summer's night on Hammer Hill

[Chorus]

My heart goes like:
Bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp!
Can you hear the beat of my heart?
Bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp!
Can you hear the beat of my heart?
Bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp-a-bomp!

"Regulate" actually came out in 1994, LOL. But "G" and "4" doesn't rhyme all that well. :laugh:
 
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