Starlight

Recently I went to the American Idols Live! Tour concert in Washington, DC. I have a full review of that coming up, but during the concert I was introduced to some gorgeous songs, one of them being Starlight by Muse. When Adam Lambert sang Starlight, I was BLOWN AWAY. I was really scared to get the original because often when Adam covers songs, his version of it and his voice is just so superior to those of the original artists. I was (and am) happy to report that Muse absolutely NAILS it!

Starlight is a song about missing someone. Anyone. Anyone who cares about you and anyone who you care about in return. Lead singer for Muse, Matthew Bellamy, said that he first wrote the song on a ship in bad weather, but I think the ship in the song can have many different meanings.

A journey, literal or figurative. A journey that makes you sacrifice things and explore new things, and build and break your expectations. Find new revelations, despairs and celebrations.

But the song has fear, desperation. Fear that your loved one will disappear while you take your journey. Fear that he/she will become a memory, and that memory will fade away. Desperation to hold on to them. To chase them and love them no matter what, to never let them go.

It also has hope. Hope and love towards that person, something that person brings out inside of you, something you want to bring out in other. Something you want to share with and show the world, with your loved one by your side.

This song is about love, hope, togetherness, ambition and desperation. It's life.

The lyrics are so inspiring and the song is so well put together with Mr.Bellamy's vocals and the guitar, drums and piano used. I love the emotional strength portrayed through the piano and drums. It's powerful, but beautiful. Matthew Bellamy does an especially amazing job during the chorus (hold you in my arms...etc.). He has such emotion, but still maintains his voice and uses it so effectively when switching to the higher notes. It's altogether gorgeous.

I hope you are inspired <3

Starlight-*****

Starlight- Muse

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

The starlight
I will be chasing your starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to re-ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

But I'll never let you go
If you promised not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms
I just wanted to hold

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And for the sake of loving him... Here's Adam performing Starlight in Newark (thank you TheAdamBombs!:

Happy Birthday to a Legend

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JACKSON <3

1958-2009

YOU WERE LOVED AND CELEBRATED, YOU ARE LOVED AND CELEBRATED, AND YOU WILL BE LOVED AND CELEBRATED THROUGH THE HEARTS OF MANY.

TO YOUR IMMORTALITY: MAY IT INSPIRE MORE GENERATIONS TO COME

Elizabeth & The Catapult- Taller Children

Elizabeth and the Catapult is a really amazing band. It is a trio of Elizabeth Ziman (vocals), Pete Lalish (guitar), and Dan Molad (drums). Ziman is a Young People's Chorus of New York City alumni and I discovered her when we (the chorus) were doing a concert at Carnegie Hall and she performed her single Devil's Calling. I absolutely fell in love with her (you know what I mean). So, of course, I ended up getting her three singles and devouring them. They didn't really have a good website set up and there was virtually no information on them anywhere so I didn't post about her band on this blog. One day I was looking in the music section in Border's and I saw her album! I was so excited! They also have a great website at www.elizabethandthecatapult.com where you can also find their Twitter, MySpace and Facebook pages.

Their debut album, Taller Children, was released this year and has a beautiful blend of jazz, pop, indie, and rock using lots of different instruments that most bands don't use or at least not in that style. There's a lot of simplicity in her lyrics, but there's also a lot of deep emotion to them and sometimes they're very metaphorical in their simplicity.... that make sense? Her songs suck you into another world. It feels like they're washing away all your stress and, as my friend said after she listened to them, "It's different. It's a nice break from all the crap in the world.". I completely agree. Her songs are full of wonder and hope and they put life in perspective, in a way. All her songs just make you feel good. Some make you want to skip in the rain or run as fast and as far as you can or swing under the sun or just sit down by a window and watch the world. I hope you enjoy :D

Taller Children: ****

Tracks:

[*=single]

1. *Momma's Boy- *****

2. Taller Children- ****

3. Rainiest Day of Summer- *****

4. Race You- *****

5. Apathy- ****

6. The Hang Up- ***1/2

7. Hit The Wall- *****

8. Right Next To You- **

9. Everybody Knows- ***1/2

10. Complimentary Me- ***1/2

11. *Golden Ink- *****

12. Just In Time- *****

Momma's Boy is one of my favorite songs on this album. It has a kind of retro feel to it and I like the keyboard and guitar, it's very cool. I like the words; they're not complicated but they send a very obvious message without being cheesy or mediocre.

The next song, after whom the album is named, is a really cool blend of jazz and pop with a few rock elements. I like the message: "In the end, we're all just taller children." And at first I thought it was going to be about how we never really grow up, but now I see it as "We're just taller children. We still need to relax and play. Stop acting so grown up!"

The Rainiest Day Of Summer is a beautiful calming song that makes you just want to sit by a window while it's raining or walk down the street in a downpour, spinning and splashing and skipping or simply sitting, "melancholy, melancholy...". It's a wonderful combination of strings, piano and drums. It has a good combination of styles.

Race You is so much fun! You just wanna get up and run! It sort of makes you forget about life. Or better yet, enjoy it! It's just so mundane about racing someone back home, your dinner's getting cold and your family's waiting to greet you. And you're sure you're going to win! It's just so enjoyable in it's simplicity.

Apathy is a gorgeous ballad. It's wonderfully written and though it doesn't vary much, it keeps you interested. It's very emotional about the fear of losing the chance for love and not being understood for it.

The Hang Up is really funny because it has happy music and it's sung pretty upbeat but it's about how she'd rather be doing ANYTHING than putting up with this guy lol. It's a fun little break up song XD

Hit The Wall is a great song. It's very interesting and I love the suspenseful feeling mixed with darker emotions like recklessness and determination. I love the style and the use of guitars, drums, strings and backing vocals. I also love the free style she does near the end of the song; very well put together.

I may have to go as far as to say that Right Next To You is my least favorite song of the bunch. It seems very cheesy and lounge-like. And the synthesizing in the middle is very weird... But the verses are nice. I just think the chorus gets very slow and monotonic. The backing vocals also just don't work.... By the end I just tend to be kind of bored.

Everybody Knows has a very intriguing beginning starting with just Elizabeth and drums, building up with percussion. The verses are very interesting with the jazzy, dark feeling. E&TC's use of strings is just brilliant. I don't like the chorus as much, it tends to be repetitive. It doesn't change. But I still think the lyrics are great <3

Another song with great lyrics is Complimentary Me. The chorus isn't my favorite, I especially like the beginning. The lyrics and what the song is written about is interesting, though.

Golden Ink is another beautifully written song that sort of puts you into a surreal world of golden skies and sliver breeze. It sweet. To me it's about writing an amazing fantasy and running out of thoughts and sort of getting stuck in this make-believe world you've created. It's nice.

One of the most beautiful and touching love songs of all time: Just In Time. I fall for very few love songs. Most of them are cheesy or boring or over processed or just plain annoying, but this song is so organic, so pure. The lyrics are absolutely raw and filled with emotion and just brilliant. It's like someone's heart described in music. It's. Just. Brilliant.

Bass B'Day

Timothy Lucas McCord was born in California and he is turning 30! He's the bassist for Evanescence. Happy B'day Tim!

More Adam

So I have been really busy and kind of neglecting this blog, so I missed out on a lot of things Adam Lambert has done. So I'm going to brush up on his American Idol performances.

If I Can't Have You (Top 7, song by Yvonne Elliman)

This is one of my favorite performances from Adam. He puts a lot of feeling into the words and the finesse he uses in his voice fits perfectly with the words. You can tell he's really into the song and he just makes you feel so deeply. Add that with his flawless technique, amazing voice and stunning stage presence (again, I apologize for the quality of the videos) and you have an absolute five star performance.

Feeling Good (Top 6, song by Sammy Davis, Jr., version by Muse)

Surprisingly enough, this performance landed Adam in the bottom two. I think it was because his use of the stairs gave him a very haughty self-indulgent air about him, but I think he was brilliant. It felt like a real show watching him swing his hips as he very sassily(???) walked down Ryan Seacrest's stair case at the beginning of his song. I love the lyrics and the song itself is great. He did Muse's version of it and I thought it was good, even if it wasn't his strongest performance (he didn't deserve to be in the bottom).

Whole Lotta Love (Top 5, song by Led Zeppelin)

YES! LED ZEPPELIN! This was SO perfect for him, and he totally nailed it! I was super excited about him doing Rock Week and he definitely pulled it off. He worked with Slash (from Guns N' Roses) this week and he took his advice to stay in his lower range, which was brilliant since he shows off his high range a lot. The pure rock sound and sexual feeling that the song has came out wonderfully in his voice and he was the rock star of the night. Yeah!

Slow Ride (Duet with Allison Iraheta, Top 5, song by Foghat)

The perfect pair! Allison and Adam have been my two favorites throughout the whole competition and I was SOOO excited to hear their duet. It was great! Adam held back a little as to not show off in front of Allison and he two of them had great chemistry on stage, they gave a great performance. Allison is amazing, too, and at 16 I think she has an amazingly advanced voice for her age (and in general).

One (Simon Cowell's choice, Top 4, song by U2)

I do have to say that Adam has an amazingly talent for suspension in a song and building up to the climax. He keeps the song moving even if it has a tendency to get boring (as this one does). I thought he sang it well and kept us pulled in, and I loved how he arranged it. Flawless as Adam always is :).

Cryin' (Top 3, song by Aerosmith)

"...someone I can't resist..." didn't that make you feel like you were really struggling to resist something that you just couldn't? Great. Flawless. Amazing.

Mad World (Favorite performance, Top 2, song by Tears For Fears)

Adam got to do his favorite performance of the season and he picked Mad World. Last time he sang in a plain jacket with a chair and blue light. Very "subtle" (as subtle as Adam can be), quiet and showed a different side of Mr. Lambert. This time, though, I loved how he made it very theater/Broadway

with the AWESOME trench coat and the even sexier fog. The song showed one side of him while the stage showed another. Beautiful ;).

A Change Is Gonna Come (producer Simon Fuller's choice, Top 2, song by Sam Cooke)

Simon Fuller is a brilliant man. I have to say, this is DEFINITELY one of Adam's top 3 performances. The slow quiet with the strong blasting sides of his voice mixed with such powerful lyrics, amazing music, an A suit and the most eye-catching stage presence EVER this song was absolutely stunning. I mean, your whole heart and soul is pulled into it, especially when he holds that one note and then slides into the next and you can feel yourself holding your breath. This is absolutely one of my favorites.

Adam had actually performed this song at The Zodiac Show. You can hear how much better his technique is now, but I like the Zodiac one because you can really see him put a lot of feeling into the song and really be himself without the pressure of AI and the media. You can see the video (and it's a real video) at the bottom of this post.

No Boundaries (mandatory, Top 2, co-written by Kara DioGuordi and premiered on the show)

This was my least favorite performance, more so because I didn't particularly like the song. It was a little too cheesy, predictable, and stereo-typically pop for me. It did not suit Adam's voice. He pulled it off, though :).

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A Change Is Gonna Come (performing at The Zodiac Show)

Check out his bio! Go to www.zodiacshow.com, click "Bios", click "Leads" and then click his pic at the bottom of the screen.

A Beatles B'Day

James Paul McCartney was the bassist for The Beatles and vocalist, too. He was born today in 1942 in Liverpool, England and is turning 67. Happy Birthday Paul!!!

Pete's B'day!

Peter Lewis Kingston Wentz III is now 30!!! Happy birthday Pete! :P

More FOB B'days!

Andrew John Hurley is turning 29 today! Woot woot!

Birthdays!

Patrick Vaughn Stump has a birthday today! He is 25 now! Happy birthday Patrick!

Adam Lambert

This is a man I have been closely following on American Idol. He is by far my favorite contestant and he is such an amazing musician and an amazing performer that the only way you could NOT like him is out of jealousy ;) I should have been tracking him on this blog, but I haven't been so I am going to make up for it by posting the longest post ever about him :D

Well let's see, Adam was born January 29, 1282 in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in San Diego and has been performing since he was 10. He was cast as Linus in San Diego's Lyceum Theater's production of You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown. he played a part in The Ten Commandments in the Kodak Theater and he was the understudy for Fiyero in the touring and Los Angeles casts of Wicked. He is now one of the Top 7 on American Idol and, as I said, my FAVORITE contestant. Here's a video of him singing "Dancing Through Life" from Wicked as Fiyero.

Dancing Through Life

Isn't he great? He can dance and sing and act like CRAZY! Like, can you say triple threat?! Here is the Adam Lambert chronicles on American Idol:

(okay as much as I tried, I could NOT find any videos! These "videos" are only his pictures with the song playing. Sorry because he's amazing to watch. Okay wait, I lied, some of these are videos but they're very low quality)

Bohemian Rhapsody (San Francisco auditions, song by Queen)

Believe (Hollywood week 3, song by Cher)

(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Top 36, song by The Rolling Stones)


Black Or White (Top 13, song by Michael Jackson)

Ring Of Fire (Top 11, song by Johnny Cash)

The Tracks Of My Tears (Top 10, song by The Miracles)

Play That Funky Music (Top 9, song by Wild Cherry)

(this one is the only video I could find that has the full song, but it plays some other weird song at the end so sorry about that)(oh and if you can find the performance video, please watch it! He dances in it! lol)

Mad World (Top 8, song by Tears for Fears)

Born To Be Wild (Top 7, song by Steppenwolf)

click here

Do you see why he is my favorite? Every week he has been consistently flawless and he has chords of steel. He also has a great technique and when he sings he uses every color and every tool to his voice to completely draw you in and transport you into a completely different place. It's like your on your own world with you and Adam when he sings. On top of all this, he is a pro at performing. He brings everyone in, the band, the judges, the audience and the people watching at home. His energy is absolutely contagious! I am so glad that American Idol has finally discovered some fresh new talent worth buying an album from! We can just pray that he doesn't get sucked into the pop genre like everyone else...

Adam is also a great person. He's so sincere in everything he does and I think his reason for winning American Idol- to be a role model- is wonderful and I know he's going to be great no matter what he does in music. So here is Adam on what he thinks about American Idol and please vote, Vote, VOTE! :P

click here!

Birthday At The Disco! Woot woot! (lol)

Brendon's turning 22! Brendon Boyd Urie was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and is (as we all know) the lead singer for Panic At The Disco. Happy b'day Brendon! 

Second Chance

This is a song I caught a video of on Fuse. Second Chance is a song about finding yourself and following your dreams even if other people don't understand or try to pull you down. It's about knowing who you are and taking chances for your dreams and embracing your passion even if everyone around you seems to be pulling you in the opposite direction.

I love the video even more than the song. In fact, if it weren't for the video I probably wouldn't have even been posting about this song. It depicts a story of a girl who loves to dance and she practices alone in her basement. She gets really good all by herself and she wants to go to a dance audition, but her parents want her to stay and work for money because of the bills they have to pay. So she runs away at night and leaves the life she has with her friends and boyfriend and her family to chase her dreams.

I think this song has a powerful message and I also love "sometimes goodbye is a second chance" because it gave her a chance at greatness and happiness and it also gave her family a second chance to be more united over her leaving and get along better. So please enjoy the video and the song! Even if the lead singer can be a little melodramatic in the video lol.

Second Chance

watch it here

Second Chance- Shinedown

My eyes are open wide
And by the way, I made it 
Through the day
I watched the world outside
By the way, I'm leaving out Today

Well I just saw Hayley's comet, shooting
Said "why you always running in place?
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere"

Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye 
Is a second chance

Please don't cry
One tear for me
I'm not afraid of
What I have to say
This is my one and
Only voice
So listen close, it's
Only for today

Well I just saw Hayley's comet, shooting
Said "why you always running in place?
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere"

Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye 
Is a second chance

Here's my chance
This is my chance

Tell my mother,
Tell my father
I've done the best I can
To make them realize
This is my life
I hope they understand
I'm not angry, I'm just saying...
Sometimes goodbye 
Is a second chance

Sometimes goodbye 
Is a second chance [x2]

Happy B'day Gee!

Gerard Arthur Way. We all know who that is! He is the lead singer of My Chemical Romance. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and today he turns 32! Happy birthday Gee!!!

Birthday

George Harold Harrison, born on February 25, 1943, was the lead guitarist for The Beatles. He was born in Liverpool, England and today he would have turned 66.

Happy Birthday George <3

The Poison

Ah, yes. Bullet For My Valentine's The Poison. I just picked up this album, along with Scream Aim Fire, at FYE. So here is their album's review:

Tracks (US reissue version):

[~=single, **=tracks on reissue version not on standard version]

1. Intro

2. Her Voice Resides

3. ~4 Words (To Choke Upon)

4. ~Tears Don't Fall

5. ~Suffocating Under Words Of Sorrow (What Can I Do)

6. Hit The Floor

7. ~All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)

8. Room 409

9. The Poison

10. 10 Years Today

11. Cries In Vain

12. Spit You Out

13. The End

14. **7 Days

15. **My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars

16. **Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

17. **Tears Don't Fall (acoustic)

I'm a fan of BFMV. I have to give props to Matt Tuck for having some scream! Really, he can scream like no one I've ever heard and he still has a voice. I think that's pretty impressive.

My favorite part about BFMV songs have always been the guitar. I think they have really great guitar parts and great solos. I also love how they start their songs, with just enough energy to get you interested, but building up so you keep listening.

By themselves, each song is pretty good, but put together in an album it starts to get..... boring. They're not unique to eachother. It's just the same technique over and over. The same intro, the same build up, the same bridge, etc.

I also feel like Matt covers up his voice with his screaming. He has a powerful scream, we can all agree on that. But when it comes to singing straight, he really builds himself up to be more than he is. And he ALWAYS resorts back to screaming. It's always the climax in all of the songs.

I do have to say that all the repetitiveness does give BFMV a uniqueness over all. If their song is playing I know it's them even if I don't actually recognize the song.

The End stuck out to me because it's so different. I like how we can hear Matt sing straight out and I actually like the use of all the screaming and guitars in that song.

I also like 7 Days because I think the chorus and bridge are kinda catchy :P

I actually like all the songs that are in addition to the standard version. I love My Fist, Your Mouth, Her Scars. I do admit that BFMV has a good sound. It's the kind of music you want to blast when your parents aren't home, lol!

Eh, all in all I rate this album a 3 1/2 stars. It's tiring to listen to straight through, but each individual song is pretty good :)

Desolation Row (cover)

Am I nuts???!!!! How could I forget to review My Chemical Romance's cover of Desolation Row? MCR (as you should all know) covered Bob Dylan's Desolation Row for the end credits of the upcoming movie Watchmen. The cover was released on January 26 and became available in vinyl the next day. The video just came out on February 3rd and I completely forgot to post about it!

It's so good to see MCR back onstage (even of it is in a video). It's like, 'The boys are back!". I thought that everyone looked good in the video. It was great to see Gee put on the amazing performance he always does.

I thought his voice was really good and my favorite thing about him is how much energy and emotion he puts into his singing.

I DEFINITLY like My Chem's cover of Desolation Row much better than the original. I know that's probably outlawed in the world of music or something (lol) but it's true!

Great cover, great video, need I say more? Enjoy ;)

Desolation Row (cover by MCR)

My Chemical Romance - Desolation Row


Desolation Row (cover version)- My Chemical Romance

They're
Selling postcards
Of the hanging
Well they're painting
The passports brown
And the beauty parlor
Is filled with sailors
The circus is in town
And now here comes
The blind commissioner
Well they got him in a trance
One hand is tied
To the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad
They're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady
And I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Cinderella
She seems so easy
"Well it takes one to know one"
She smiles
And she puts her hands
In her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And now in comes Romeo
Moaning
"You Belong to Me I Believe"
And someone says
"You're in the wrong place
My friend
You better leave"
And then the only sound that's left
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now at midnight all the agents
And superhuman crew
Go out and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
They're gonna bring them to the factory
Where the heart-attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Check to see
That no one is escaping
To Desolation Row


'Cause right now I can't read too good
Don't send me no more letters no
Not unless you gonna mail them
From Desolation Row

Fidelity

This is a song by Regina Spektor. I really like this song, because I love the simple lyrics that mean so much. I can really relate to the first line :) I like how she admits that she's hurt herself by protecting herself. That sometimes you need to let your heart go to be truly happy.

I think she has a gorgeous voice and I like that you can tell she has technique behind her singing and she's not just singing because she thinks she can. I also like that she doesn't get really loud, but she still has different levels of emotion in her voice.

The song is very deep and yet light. If I say nothing else, I will say that it's different. New. So I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do. Here is Fidelity.

Fidelity

Fidelity- Regina Spektor

(Shake it up) 
I never loved nobody fully 
Always one foot on the ground 
And by protecting my heart truly 
I got lost in the sounds 
I hear in my mind 
All these voices 
I hear in my mind all these words 
I hear in my mind all this music 

And it breaks my heart 
And it breaks my heart 
And it breaks my heart 
It breaks my heart 

And suppose I never met you 
Suppose we never fell in love 
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me so sweet and so soft 
Suppose I never ever saw you 
Suppose we never ever called 
Suppose I kept on singing love songs just to break my own fall 
Just to break my fall 
Just to break my fall 
Break my fall 
Break my fall 

All my friends say that of course its gonna get better 
Gonna get better 
Better better better better 
Better better better 

I never love nobody fully 
Always one foot on the ground 
And by protecting my heart truly 
I got lost 
In the sounds 
I hear in my mind 
All these voices 
I hear in my mind all these words 
I hear in my mind 
All this music 
And it breaks my heart 
It breaks my heart 
Breaks my 
Heart 
Breaks my heart 

A New Widget

I have discovered a way to keep myself from posting about the same artists over and over! I now have a spot on my sidebar for songs I like by artists I've already reviewed. I will still post about new stuff that old artists come out with, but any songs that haven't come out in the current year that I really like, I will post on my sidebar.

Feel Good Drag

So this song is Feel Good Drag by Anberlin. I discovered them on Fuse (like most of the artists I post about) and I really fell in love with this song.

I love the introduction to the song, because it's exciting enough to interest you, but it has that tinge of suspense that leads into the first verse. The verses are very cool and story like while the chorus is more of the emotional part. I like the strain Stephen Christian has to his voice, it really pulls you in to the chorus.

But I have a pet peeve: repetitiveness. I think Christian gave it all at the first chorus and so past that, there wasn't anything exciting. I was disappointed that he didn't change his voice with the different chorus sections and/or didn't play around with any notes or rhythms. The vocals also seemed to be quite dynamically impaired.

Guitar, guitar. I liked the guitar part in this song including the solo.

All in all, this is a pretty good song and I am giving it 4 stars :) Enjoy!

Feel Good Drag- ****

Feel Good Drag- Anberlin

"I'm here for you," she said
and we can stay for awhile,
my boyfriend's gone
we can just pretend.
Lips that need no introduction
Now who's the greater sin
Your drab eyes seem to invite
(tell me darling) Where do we begin.

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Everyone in this town
is seeing somebody else
Everybody's tired of someone
our eyes wander for help
Prayers that need no answer now
I'm tired of who I am
You were my greatest mistake
I fell in love with your sin
Your littlest sin

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Failure is your disease
You want my outline drawn
You were my greatest failure
Discourse your saving song

Was this over before...
before it ever began?
Your kiss, your calls, your crutch
Like the devil's got your hand
This was over before
Before it ever began
Your lips, your lies, your lust
Like the devil's in your hands

Idol is back!

I have been super busy and even though I haven't had time to read people's blogs and comment and what not, I finally found a video of someone's audition from American Idol who I really liked and I just wanted you all to hear him.

I think this guy has an amazing voice. It's so powerful and it completely takes up the whole room! I love what he did with Somewhere Over The Rainbow and let me tell you- he sang the CRAP out of that song! He also just looks like a really nice, fun guy that I would love to hang out with <3>
lol

So here is the link to Von Smith singing Somewhere Over The Rainbow for his American Idol audition: (click here!)

I will post ASAP! I have a lot of music to review :)

Feliz Cumpleanos, Domingo!

Today is the birthday of Placido Domingo! Jose Placido Domingo Embil was born in 1941 in Spain. He is a very well known tenor and he made is debut in the Metropolitan Opera (where my dad sings!). Today he turns 68 :)

Rabbit In Your Headlights

This is a video/song by Unkle. I found out about it while I was looking up Panic At The Disco interviews (I have no life) and I found their "video lineup" for Rage so I looked up all the videos they mentioned and this one really stuck with me (if you don't want the whole Rage thing and want to skip to the part about Rabbit In Your Headlights click here)(but it's really fun to watch so I suggest you watch the whole thing)(in fact, maybe I'll just post all their videos in one post, what do you think?)

So this this is Rabbit In Your Headlights by U-N-K-L-E (lol) and I just really love the video because it could mean so many things. I feel like the coat represents his boundaries and his insecurities and the cars are like all the obstacles that face him in life. Even the two guys that slow down to help him because I think that shows that when your too obsessed in your own faults and you hide in your own insecurities, opportunities can pass you by.

I really love the video and I hope you do too!

Rabbit In Your Headlights

Rabbit In Your Headlights- Unkle

Im a rabbit in your headlights
Scared of the spotlight
You dont come to visit
Im stuck in this bed

Thin rubber gloves
She laughs when shes crying
She cries when shes laughing

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away...
(away....away....away....)

Im a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
Washed down the toliet
Money to burn

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away...

Sample from movie jacobs ladder :
If youre frightened of dyin and youre holding on...
Youll see devils tearing your life away.
But...if youve made your peace,
Then the devila are really angels
Freeing you from the earth.....from the earth....from the earth

Rotworms on the underground
Caught between stations
Butterfingers
Im losing my patience

Im a rabbit in your headlights
Christian suburbanite
You got money to burn....

Fat bloody fingers are sucking your soul away.....
Away, away, away,
Away, away, away.

Sex On Fire

Happy New Year everybody! I have a bunch of new songs and videos that I bought over winter break so I will be posting a lot.

My first post is about a song called Sex On Fire by Kings Of Leon. I first heard this song while I was watching Fuse and I couldn't get it out of my head. Whenever that happens I know I have to buy it.

I really do love this guy's voice and I especially like when he sings "You" because his voice cracks and I just love listening to it :P

I'm not so sure about the lyrics. You can make your own interpretation, but I'm mostly posting about this song for the sound of it which is not something I always do. So enjoy!

Sex On Fire (official video, sorry, but the embedding is disabled)

Sex On Fire- Kings Of Leon

Lay where you're laying
Don't make a sound
I know they're watching
They're watching

All the commotion
The kiddie like play
Has people talking
Talking

You
Your sex is on fire

Dark of the alley
The breaking of day
Head while I'm driving
I'm driving

Soft lips are open
Them nuckles is pale
Feels like you're dying
Your dying

You
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire

Hot as a fever
Rattling bones
I could just taste it
Taste it

But it's not forever
But it's just tonight
Oh we're still the greatest
The greatest
The greatest

You
Your sex is on fire
You
Your sex is on fire

And so
Were the words to transpire

And you
Your sex is on fire
And so
Were the words to transpire