a song from way back but it sounds soooo amazing i keep listening to it.
a lot of of great aussie musicians are getting enough recognition for their awesome music, which is quite sad. i've discovered loads of them while studying/"working" in perth. you probably heard one hit from them playing on our singapore radio and then never heard their name again. like how i never knew eskimo joe was aussie until only last year! ok, that was a bad example since eskimo joe is well-known. sia is aussie too and she's amazing!
now i've found silverchair and i think they're great. pity they are playing together anymore... ): i actually heard this song on a qantas flight so i guess aussies are supporting aussies.. well done! when i first heard the chorus, i was drawn. it's been so long since i heard any music like that, why don't they make good music anymore?
i never considered myself a fan of taylor swift because she is somewhat bimbotic and perhaps a little too hyper. her songs are catchy and nice, and i've definitely enjoyed listening to her albums. i'm just saying i was never really a fan, not like with jay chou.
BUT, recently i heard her new single on radio and i've really been loving this song. and when i saw the music video for it, i fell in love with her. her look was totally different from the usual big hair, cat-eye eyeliner and red lips. she looked so elegant and for the first time, absolutely stunning! yes, she's always looked good.. but it isn't the type of look i appreciate. if this is taylor swift grown up, i will probably convert and be a fan. her voice is amazing, there's no doubt about it. her live performances are really good and to me, that's very important if you want to call yourself a singer.
i really love her new look! hair, makeup, everything. i think she looks less slutty without the thick eyeliner.. haha! i'm not trying to be mean.. i'm just saying. (: and this is just such a beautiful song.. great harmonies with joy and john paul of the civil wars. somebody please teach me the tabs to this song. i promise to practice plucking!
here's the official music video for safe & sound.. enjoy!
i remember tears streaming down your face
when i said i'll never let you go
when all those shadows almost killed your light
i remember you said don't leave me here alone
but all that's dead and gone and passed tonight
just close your eyes, the sun is going down
you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
come morning light, you and i'll be safe and sound
don't you dare look out your window
darling, everything's on fire
the war outside our door keeps raging on
hold on to this lullaby
even when the music's gone
just close your eyes, the sun is going down
you'll be alright, no one can hurt you now
come morning light, you and i'll be safe and sound
to all the loving couples out there... happy valentine's day! to those who can't appreciate it, happy tuesday.
anyway, this entry is dedicated to pow. last valentine i recorded a cover of 'valentine' by kina grannis but didn't have the courage to upload it online. but i did still show pow the video and he loved it. this year, i decided to let the writers sing their own song.. haha. it is coincidence that it's another song by kina grannis but i really do like her music. enjoy!
for all that we have been through, i hope it will be forever. the year ahead will not be easy and i hope we both will come out of it well. "i love you not only for who you are, but for who i am when i am with you."
so i'm finally back in touch with technology and the internet. oh how i've missed you! watching youtube on my iphone is no fun at all. anyway, HAPPY 2012 everybody! i didn't get to celebrate christmas and new years which made me a little down. december is my favourite time of the year because of all the celebrations and time that i get to spend with loved ones. well, i guess there's always next year right.
so beside watching a million and one movies on HBO and US dramas on FOX, i started reading twilight. before you say anything, yes i know. how slow can i be?! i've never really caught the twilight craze even after watching the movie. in the first place, i only watched the movie because of robert pattinson. but as the story progresses, questions started coming up because i didn't read the book. i think it's a little too much for my sister so she lent me the whole series to read. i'm still halfway through the first book and i will say that i am enjoying it much more than i expected to. now i just want to quickly finish reading all the books and re-watch the movies again. maybe i'll have a better appreciation for the movie second time round.
people kept talking about the 'twilight song' and i've always thought they meant "it will rain" by bruno mars. i only went to google "a thousand years" when i saw a tweet about it being the 'twilight song'.. and it's a really nice song. honestly, i'd think this song is so much more appropriate as the theme song for breaking dawn than the bruno mars one. i know we've all watched it before, but here it is so enjoy.
i've been so dead when it comes to blogging this year. it used to be so much fun and i always finding myself writing entries even when i'm tired. i have no idea where all that energy went. maybe into my new hobby... makeup! (:
but anyway, i do feel like i want to start up my blog again. (although i don't think i will bother to change the layout and all just yet) i miss penning down my thoughts and going around with my camera snapping things i want to blog about. i realised i've missed out on alot of 'me' time lately. well, more like even since i came back to singapore. which partially explains why i haven't been blogging. it's definitely good to be back home but the pace of life here is really crazy fast! about 1-2 months ago, i started missing australia. i miss it so much that i seriously thought i could stay there forever. yea.. not very realistic i know. then hopefully i can at least get another 2 years there.. *fingers crossed*
here's a new favourite song of mine to kickstart this new entry...
Thieves by She & Him
zooey deschanel is my new idol.. ok, not exactly. but i really envy her (because her husband is DCFC's frontman). and who don't like pretty girls.. c'mon.
korean girl bands are the in-things now it seems. hmm.. actually come to think of it, even the boy bands are doing well. BUT.. the dance is the part that gets my attention. 'nobody' was a great hit, and now there's after school. the choreography for this is song is damn sexy la. that was perhaps why i wanted to learn dancing in the first place...
it's empty in the valley of your heart the sun it rises slowly as you walk away from all the fears and all the faults you've left behind
the harvest left no food for you to eat you cannibal, you meat-eater, you see but i have seen the same i know the shame in your defeat
but i will hold on hope and i won't let you choke on the noose around your neck
and i'll find strength in pain and i will change my ways i'll know my name as it's called again
cause i have other things to fill my time you take what is yours and i'll take mine now let me at the truth which will refresh my broken mind
so tie me to a post and block my ears i can see widows and orphans through my tears i know my call despite my faults and despite my growing fears
but i will hold on hope and i won't let you choke on the noose around your neck and i'll find strength in pain and i will change my ways i'll know my name as it's called again
so come out of your cave walking on your hands and see the world hanging upside down you can understand dependence when you know the maker's hand
so make your siren's call and sing all you want i will not hear what you have to say
cause i need freedom now and i need to know how to live my life as it's meant to be
but i will hold on hope
and i won't let you choke on the noose around your neck and i'll find strength in pain and i will change my ways i'll know my name as it's called again
my current favourite band. because they're talented and make great music. seriously, i was seriously worried that our radio will be taken over by 'singers' singing 'songs' like billionaire. oh, and ke$ha is guilty of that too. here's to all the real musicians out there.
white blank page
can you lie next to her and give her your heart, your heart as well as your body and can you lie next to her and confess your love, your love as well as your folly and can you kneel before this king and say i'm clean, i'm clean
but tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart oh tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart
a white blank page and a swelling rage, rage you did not think when you sent me to the brink, the brink you desired my attention but denied my affections, my affections
but tell me now where was my fault in loving you with my whole heart oh tell me now where was my fault
in loving you with my whole heart
lead me to the truth and i will follow you with my whole life lead me to the truth and i will follow you with my whole life
but tell me now where was my fault, in loving you with my whole heart.
what a totally cool advertisment! it's a real master piece i must say. makes me want to buy a bottle of johnnie walker.. erm, but i still probably won't drink it. saw it when the commercials were rolling before 'inception' started. and my gosh, that show is even more awesome. haven't seen anything so clever in a pretty long time.
i like joseph gordon-levitt. he's really cute.
anyway, new term has began and that's not the only change. no, i didn't move house again! i just moved room. haha. and i apologise for the late holiday entry+pictures.. but i still want to post them so bare with me. (:
my final written papers are over!! (technically speaking) there's only a practical exam next tues so it's time to take a short break. finally finished watching season 5 of House MD.. and i can't wait to start season 6. the last episode, cameron and chase got married and this song was playing in the background. very nice scene, except that they were also showing house checking into a psychiatric hospital.
this live version isn't as romantic la.. but it's still nice.
new single by usher.. featuring (and produced by) will.i.am. have i mentioned that i think will.i.am is a music genius? omg... will.i.am is really brilliant la! if i could, i will get him to write my future wedding song.. well, you get the idea that i REALLY fancy his music.
the most beautiful song ever. heard it on "so you think you can dance (australia)".. it was used in a contemporary routine. when i heard the song as the dancers danced to it, it was super magical. i couldn't find a clear video of the duet by celion dion and andrea bocelli.. but josh groban sounds just as good.
i pray you'll be our eyes and watch us where we go
and help us to be wise, in times when we don't know
let this be our prayer when we lose our way
lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
to a place where we'll be safe
i pray we'll find your light
and hold it in our hearts
when stars go out each night
let this be our prayer
when shadows fill our day
lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
give us faith so we'll be safe
we ask that life be kind
and watch us from above
we hope each soul will find
another soul to love
let this be our prayer (let this be our prayer)
just like every child (just like every child)
need to find a place, guide us with your grace
give us faith so we'll be safe
my internet is recently up. yea, i've moved again. but my new house is pretty awesome, especially my room. only down side is that it's in the suburb.. well, goodbye city life. anyway, back to my room.. it's huge! like really huge.. it's bigger than any of my previous rooms and the rent is so much cheaper! it's huge to the extent that i can even put a mini fridge and tv if i wanted to.. besides the king-size bed and table that's already there. oh.. and i have a walk-in wardrobe. see! i told you my room is awesome. (:
3rd year is slightly more hectic than 2nd, hence my lack of updates. there's less contact time but now we have prac hours to clock. and i think by now, i'm pretty used to not having internet.. so it'll take a while before my habit of blogging gets back on track. i'll post pictures up soon.. there's tons of them but i'm a little lazy right now.
on another note, i miss my friends (you know who you are). wish i can be there for them when they need me.. i just hope i'm not forgotten.
never knew ashley cole had such a pretty singer wife.. well, and he is a really stupid man to cheat on his wife (don't worry, i'm not going to mention jack neo). my latest favourite song.. parachute. very addicitve.. her new single also very nice. i think will.i.am is a music genius.
quirky.. but very entertaining music video. a new one from the lady gaga. not exactly the most sexy dance moves.. but it's very her style. her costumes.. well, need i say more, they're my favourite part of her. i like her look in the silver net thingy with her hair down and the black outfit with the bling-blings and floating crystals all around her (check out her heels with this outfit). she looks abit like gwen stefani don't you think? it's good that she writes her own music.. because i think only she can pull it off. oh, and the last scene.. that one is a 'thumbs up'.
new song by pink. this is my favourite song so far from her 'funhouse' album. she's really quite an amazing singer.
i don’t mind it, i don’t mind at all it’s like you’re the swing set
and i’m the kid that falls it’s like the way we fight the times i’ve cried
we come to blows
and every night the passion is there
so it’s got to be right right?
no i don’t believe you when you say don’t come around here no more i won’t remind you you said we wouldn’t be apart no i don’t believe you when you say you don’t need me anymore so don’t pretend to not love me at all
i don’t mind it, i still don’t mind at all it’s like one of those bad dreams when you can’t wake up it looks like you’ve given up you’ve had enough but i want more, no i won't stop because i just know you’ll come around right?
no i don’t believe you when you say don’t come around here no more i won’t remind you you said we wouldn’t be apart no i don’t believe you when you say you don’t need me anymore so don’t pretend to not love me at all just don’t stand there and watch me fall because i, because i still don’t mind at all
it’s like the way we fight the times i’ve cried we come to blows and every night the passion is there so it’s got to be right right?
no i don’t believe you when you say don’t come around here no more i won’t remind you you said we wouldn’t be apart no i don’t believe you when you say you don’t need me anymore so don’t pretend to not love me at all i don’t believe you
by taylor swift, from her 'fearless' album. very sad break-up song.. alot of feelings in it. i can imagine how painful it is to be going through one. but for my case, i know my worry is completely uncalled for. (:
now i'm listening to taylor swift's whole album. ha! i couldn't find the official music video but this live performance was pretty good.. it's just missing the 2nd stenza. oh.. er you can start watching from 1:30 to go straight to the song.
all this time i was wasting, hoping you would come around i've been giving out chances every time and all you do is let me down and it's taking me this long baby but i figured you out and you're thinking we'll be fine again but not this time around
you don't have to call anymore i won't pick up the phone this is the last straw don't want to hurt anymore and you can say that you're sorry but i don't believe you baby like i did before you're not sorry, no no no
looking so innocent i might believe you if i didn't know could've loved you all my life if you hadn't left me waiting in the cold and you got your share of secrets and i'm tired of being last to know and now you're asking me to listen cause it's worked each time before
but you don't have to call anymore i won't pick up the phone this is the last straw don't want to hurt anymore and you can tell me that you're sorry but i don't believe you baby like i did before you're not sorry, no no you're not sorry, no no
you had me falling for you honey and it never would've gone away, no you used to shine so bright but i watched all of it fade
so you don't have to call anymore i won't pick up the phone this is the last straw there's nothing left to beg for and you can tell me that you're sorry but i don't believe you baby like i did before you're not sorry, no no you're not sorry, no no
sun's new single..! it's been a while since china wine.. thought she did awesome with that. the sound of fancy free is different, pretty addictive if you ask me. and can i add that.. THE MUSIC VIDEO IS TREMENDOUSLY FANTASTIC! that's what i call a smashing video (i recently saw beyonce's 'sweet dreams'.. uhhh, it's really not good. you can go see for yourself). my favourite scene is the one on the carousel and with the train. sleek, tight outfit.. so hot la! and i really want her black furry umbrella.
nice happy song.. very cute video. it's going to be on my current playlist for weeks.
by marit larsen
i could try with a waltz i could try rock’n'roll i could try with the blues if a song would do
i could sing it high or low when i let you go, you know i thought it was for the best now it is so obvious
so here it is, here it goes i could try it, rock’n'roll
change-your-life-forever-tune if a song could get me you i could make it high or low sing it on the radio if that is what i need to do if a song could get me you
i could run for miles and miles i’d take off and i’d start flying i could cross land and sea if you’d just believe me
i should not have hurt you so this old house is not a home
without you here, there’s no use
i’ve got no time left to lose
so here it is, here it goes i could try it, rock’n'roll change-your-life-forever-tune if a song could get me you i could make it high or low sing it on the radio if that is what i need to do if a song could get me you
if a song could get me through i’d sing my way right back to you tell me how to make it right tell me now, i’ll start tonight
i know i could make it last
i swear to you that if i knew what i was getting myself into i wouldn’t answer to my fears i’d never leave you standing there
just look at me
if you’d only see me i would prove my love for you i could swallow half the moon just tell me where, tell me when i will have you back again
yeah, here it is, here it goes i could try it, rock’n'roll change-your-life-forever-tune if a song could get me you i could make it high or low sing it on the radio if that is what i need to do if a song could get me you
