purple hums, purple strums

2011-12-21T06:19:00.001-08:00

Whoever made that Beatles video for Apple, I salute you.

Somebody I used to know

2011-11-29T22:15:00.001-08:00

One of the few songs I saw performed on the 2011 Arias. The power of the song is in its simple melody, and the pleasant surprise of a female voice (Kimbra) cutting Gotye's 'monotone' (not a bad thing) completes the tune.Get a preview here.This song will be part of my usual list :)

Ahoy, rise up purple humstrum :)

2011-11-29T02:23:00.001-08:00

Bump! Time to relive this blog. I miss being a music geek. Let's see what I discover from here on. I suppose today is a good day to start, after I watched a brief segment of a replay of the 2011 Arias.

Reminiscing the 90s: More than words

2010-02-21T02:30:00.000-08:00

http://drop.io/ardwh1w/asset/20100221-203847-m4a

There is a light that never goes out

2010-02-20T17:23:00.000-08:00

Alan Jackson: Remember When

2007-04-11T17:49:00.001-07:00

Click play button to listen.

Country-sounding =) Guitar-plucking is lovely.

Marvin Gaye: Sexual Healing

2007-03-29T04:51:00.000-07:00

on DailyMotion

KT Tunstall: I Want You Back

2007-03-28T07:36:00.000-07:00

Featured Artist: KT Tunstall
Original Artist: Jackson 5

Beautiful. She is f*ckin amazing.

KT on YouTube performing this song

Jackson 5 version:

Amos Lee: Colors

2007-03-14T00:37:00.001-07:00

UPDATE: Amos Lee is coming to perform live at the Basement in Circulay Quay on Wednesday, 28 March 2007!

Artist: Amos Lee
Collaborator: Norah Jones

A very cool, crisp and light song.

I read that Amos Lee opens for Norah Jones in her concerts. Since 2005 he has taken his own claim to fame.

This song was used as soundtrack to Grey's Anatomy (season 2 finale), House (episode 7 season 2; title: Hunting) and the movie Just Like Heaven (Reese W and Mark R).

Amos Lee performs in LA, video taken by concertgoer.
Fan video using Colors for House.
Penny's take on Colors.

In the Deep

2007-03-14T00:24:00.000-07:00

Featured Artist: Bird York (Wicked Little High, 2004)
Noted: Billboard #64 (2006 March)
Performed in 78th Academy Awards

I heard about this film "Crash" that I found out later is an Academy-award winner. I haven't seen it yet, but I got interested after seeing a video which showcased this song by Bird (Kathleen) York.

Then later I found this fan video using the same song for the film North and South. It reminded me a lot of Pride and Prejudice. Now I'm also curious to see this film as well.

All because of this song. I love it, it's beautiful.

In North and South (TV) fan video

Penny's take on In The Deep.

Beautiful

2007-03-13T23:33:00.001-07:00

Artist: Elvis Costello
Notes: Unreleased
Original Artist: Christina Aguilera

I'd be lying if I said I didn't like the song when Christina A sang it. I did. Though after a while it becomes too poppy in some way that when I heard this version by Elvis Costello played in House, I thought it was marvelous.

It was that scene when Greg was looking at motorcycles while listening to this song on his iPod, full blast, muffling the salesman's pitches. Then he takes a bike for a test ride.

See it here: (German dubbed)
Autopsy

I wonder if this Costello version will ever be released.

Teardrop

2007-03-10T14:26:00.000-08:00

Featured artist: Massive Attack
Featured song: Teardrop (1998, Mezzanine)
Collaborating artist: Elizabeth Fraser on vocals
Genre: trip-hop
Used as soundtrack in:
House (Instrumental, opening credits)
Prison Break (Season 1, Episode 20 "Tonight")
[An emotionally charged episode may I say.]
Charmed [link to Charmed fan video]
[I can't trace which episode/season, but I'm very sure it was used.
CSI Miami (Episode: "MIA/NYC Non-Stop")
Cold Case (Episode: "Sanctuary")

Another House-introduced tune. It became so familiar that I'd pick it up very quickly when used in other shows, like Prison Break and Charmed. Hypnotic!

Lyrics of "Teardrop"
Music video
Live from Abbey Road, Massive Attack with Liz Fraser
Piano playing of "Teardrop" by 10milesfromnowhere
Fan video of Cowboy Bebop by obzcure
Post Credits:
YouTube.com
azlyrics.com
Ultimate Guitar

Time is on my side.

2007-03-10T12:30:00.000-08:00

Purplepenelope in music frenzy! What better way to start up this series of posts than with (drum roll) the Stones!

Featured Artist: The Rolling Stones
Featured Song: Time is on my side (1965, Rolling Stones No. 2)
Original Artist: Kai Winding (1963)
Used as soundtrack in: Fallen (movie, 1998, with Denzel Washington)
Other Artists who covered this song: Michael Bolton, Cat Power, Hattie Littles, Wilson Pickett, Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, The Pretty Things, Paul Revere and the Raiders, Kim Wilson, Tracy Nelson, Andres Calamaro, Vanessa Carlton

The Stones was in their first ever TV appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show (yes, the same show the Beatles first came out in, at least in the US that is) playing "Time is on my side".

The moment after seeing the movie Fallen (almost a decade ago now, wow) this song was difficult to shake off. It was infectious (very apt for the movie's theme) with its hypnotic repetition of the phrase "time is on my side, yes it is". There were two Stones songs in that movie, there was also "Sympathy for the Devil" which played in the beginning [not sure? have to go check] and end credits. For some surreal reason I developed an interest in the Stones after this movie.

Credits:
Lyrics from lyricsfreak.com.
Chords from azchords.com.
Ed Sullivan's Show Appearance: Video from YouTube
Vanessa Carlton plays and sings her cover of the song.
Also posted here.