To kick off the week, I felt like a video was in order. Mumford & Sons came out with their new album, Babel, about a month ago. Adore! I definitely recommend it! I love the video to the first single, I Will Wait. Filmed in the beautiful Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado, the band's performance somehow manages to feel intimate despite its grandiose setting.
This song is just one example of why I love Mumford & Sons. It's sincere and hopeful and melancholy all at once. Have a great Monday!
As a teenager, I didn't have cable, which means I didn't get MTV, MuchMusic or Music Plus. It was pretty brutal to be in high school and not get to watch all the awesome new videos. Really, it was the minimum you needed to get through those angsty years. What I got instead? What came with basic TV sat, you ask?
I, my friends, had all-you-can-watch CMT - Country Music Television.
I actually got pretty hooked. It's fine to admit that today, mistake admitting it in high school. I actually discovered some really great songs. Please Remember Me by Tim McGraw, The Way You Love Me by Faith Hill, Love, Pain, the Whole Damn Thing by Amy Sky and, of course, we can't forget about Shania.
Secret Garden meets True Blood fairies
You've Got a Way, the song from the Notting Hill soundtrack is good, but I've always been completely enamoured of the music video. I think it might have the most romantic, enchanting and magical imagery of any video.
The dress is not at all my style, but there something absolutely beautiful about it.
I love everything about it! The picturesque backdrop, Shania's fairylike flower dress, the soft colours. It's like a dream. I had forgotten until just the other day, when I saw Hugh Grant in Love Actually (great movie!), and was randomly reminded of Notting Hill - which he also stars in. I YouTubed the video and fell in love all over again. Long story short (short being used very loosely), I thought I would share.
If this is my happy food and this is my happy spot (one of many tbh), then this is my happy song. It's so full of optimism and hope. Perks me right up, whenever I'm feeling down.
Work was giving box tickets away for Bon Jovi this week. 6 tickets to be exact. I didn't win. A friend did and gave her ticket to someone else (someone who isn't even a fan, but just "enjoys a show"- no comment)
Then a last minute ticket was made available. We were three in the draw and I was absolutely positive that this ticket was mine. I was bummed to have missed out and all of a sudden, as if a message from the PTB, BOOM! TICKET!! This was my good karma coming back. We were three in the draw. At four o'clock, I was waiting at my desk for someone to come bring me my ticket, around 4:20, I started thinking they forgot about me.
Clearly, the PTB have quite the sense of humor and my ticket went to another friend; quite the girl's night out. But I'm not here to complain. I'm here to pay homage to Bon Jovi.
It's tough picking just one song, so I'll pick two.
Always
This song brings me back to high school and my silly (yet quite obssessive) crush
and the world-shattering heartbreak that I was suffering.
Livin' on a Prayer
Because it IS the most fun to sing. Definitely my karaoke song (if I did karaoke).
I'll settle for belting it out on Rockband.
So here's to classics that will never go out of style!
Cheers!
I'm really loving this Adele. Her performance of Someone Like You at the Brit Awards blew me away (which was the first I heard her sing). I quickly got 21 and lo and behold! She's better live! How many singers can you say that about today? But that's not to say that the album is good. Rolling in the Deep is enjoying a permanent spot on my ipod playlist.
Do yourself a favour and check her other tracks out.
