Pick of the Day:Beyonce’s ‘Halo’

 

 

clip from the new beyonce video

 

 

“I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You’re the only one that I want
Think I’m addicted to your light”

‘Halo’ by Beyonce Knowles

Echoing off the walls of  heavenly white apartment walls and its too-good-to-be true dark brown wooden floors–Beyonce croons to her man in her new song called ‘Halo’.   Songwriters, Evan Kidd Bogart, Ryan Benjamin Tedder and the singer herself, Beyonce, pulled off a fairly tricky analogy in this single–and made it work. There was a chance that the reference to an almost divine, angelic lover would sound tacky–but  the allusions to light and even the halo are tastefully done.  What the listener does get is another opportunity to sample Beyonce’s incredible range and the softly sensual spirit of the track.

These days I listen to the song at least 3 times a day!

Pick of the Day:Tere Naina

softly softly…the back beat carries you away…twirling your senses into a flurry of glitter and spring breeze…you are now moving faster and slower all at once..and your feet cannot stop tapping.

 This description brought to you by the musical experience that is ”Tere Naina” by Shankar Mahadevan and Shreya Ghosal.  It was one of the songs I missed while watching the rather annoying ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ movie.

Pick of the Day: Winehouse’s ‘Love is a Losing Game’

Amy Winehouse’s soulful crooning of ‘Love is a Losing Game‘ gives me goosebumps all over.  Each listen brings forth another dimension of pain, affection, and disappointment.

 

Self professed, profound

Till the chips were down

Know you’re a gambling man

Love is a losing hand…

                                                  ‘Love is a Losing Game’ by Amy Winehouse

A choice verse from my current favorite song.

Pick of the Day: Holiday’s ‘I’ll be seeing you’

Billie Holiday’s ‘I’ll be seeing you’ is my pick of the day.  Yesterday, when bored of all the pop songs I had downloaded from Limewire, I thought to try some of the old school jazz favorites again. Seconds after tapping in ‘Billie Holiday’, up came what seemed quite a number of matches with her gems such as ‘Strange Fruit’, and ‘Summer Time’.  I was delighted!  I really enjoyed listening to Holiday’s haunting rendition of  ‘I’ll be seeing you’ and thought I’d introduce my readers to this golden throated jazz songstress.  I, myself, was introduced to Billie Holiday and Louie Armstrong (to name a few)  sophomore year in ‘Art and Contemporary Society’ class in high school.  I can’t tell you how often I benefit from the wide range of exposure we all recieved in those few months in class.  Go on now, click the link and let the music take you away!

Weekly Music Fix

I fell in love with ‘No Air’ by Chris Brown and Jordin Sparks the very first time I heard on the radio. Its a soulful blend of the new and old ballad-style crooning, enchanced by sincere lyrics.

Tell me how I’m supposed to breathe with no air
If I should die before I wake
It’s ’cause you took my breath away
Losing you is like living in a world with no air
Ohh

What About Us  by Brandy

4 in the Morning by Gwen Stefani

Comfortable by John Mayer

Take a Bow by Rihanna (a saucy number…check out the video, her hair looks amazing!)

How to Save a Life by The Fray (this one is the super-famous theme song from Grey’s Anatomy)

 

music that makes my fingers go tappity tap..

lauryn hill’s ‘mr. intentional’

mutya’s ‘real girl’

Pick of the day:’One More Trip Around the Sun’

Re-heard some musicians from my high school days on BlogMusik recently, and these two songs I knew all the words to. I was definately surprised, since its been (what feels like) ages since I sampled them.

Tim McGraw’s  “One More Trip Around the Sun”

&

India.Arie’s  “I Am Not My Hair”.