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Dancing Around The House

to this:

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)

me more
more than ever

so you are my love and…
you just can’t wait till the morning
though I stall and studder
tonight we won’t wait any longer

you say you try to love with any heart you’ve had
but does it matter?
does it matter?

Oh…
oh oh oh oh…
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love…me in the morning laughter

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love…me more
more than ever

Let me
Let me
be your star
Let me be your sun

so you’re shining waiting
to put your arms around me

now we’re dancing daylight
and we will awake in the starlight

so you try to love with any heart you have
but does it matter?
does it matter?

oh
oh oh oh oh
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
me more
more than ever

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
me more
more than ever

Let me…
let me…
be your star
let me be your sun

so you try and love with any heart you have
more than ever

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
me more
more than ever

Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
Love… (Lu-ah-uh-uve)
me more
more than ever

Let me
Let me
be your star

Let me
Let me
be your star

Defending Justin Bieber

I know, where did this come from, right?

Just hear me out.

Justin Bieber, if you did not know, is a teenaged pop star whose high-pitched vocals frequently grace the air waves against electronic and R&B backgrounds. He’s a huge hit with the tweens right now and it’s kind of hard to avoid him if you’re not a fan. The obsession means his picture is just as prevalent as his music and he has an interesting look. His long, side combed bangs and fashion sense owe more than a nod to some subculture that I never understand.

With that said, I don’t get why everyone hates him.

His voice is decent. Not amazing but pretty enough to listen to. Easy enough for me to sing along to, for the most part, which is a bit amusing in itself. The music is listenable and danceable. If you take it at face value, it’s marketable. Nothing more, nothing less.

Now, the fact that he only sings about love? It’s annoying. I get it. It’s why I don’t own any Taylor Swift CDs and, I must admit, even Taylor is a better lyricist than this guy and their ages are similar. But I don’t expect all musicians to be wonderful wordsmiths. In fact, many of the artists I listen to had some pretty awful lyrics, at one time or another.

Sometimes the R&B (cultural) influence are over the top. I hate the word “shawty” but, then again, if JayZ wanted to hook me up in the music business, I’d probably just go along with it, too, even if it meant I might be a little mass produced and less than original.

Ultimately, it’s more power to him. Sure, he may have had a helping hand in breaking out but that’s how the Internet has changed the music industry. I doubt he’ll be around forever but I can’t hate on a kid who is just enjoying himself and soaking up the glory.

And I think that’s exactly why people hate him. He’s not the best looking or most talented or smartest musician out there but he’s still rocking it and having fun in the mean time and people are just jealous. Age old story.

But c’mon people! Are you really going to be jealous of Justin Bieber?

I Second that Emotion

There are just some times when you listen to the lyrics of a song and you wonder how someone could possibly be writing the very things which you are thinking and feeling yourself. In some ways, I can take parts of many songs and apply them to me and I always have been able to. When I was a teenager, I felt such a deep connection to music and the enjoyment I derived from listening to it was emotionally based. Over time, I became less angsty, angry and broken hearted and I found that I just couldn’t feel music the way I used to. On the one hand, I knew this was because I was feeling better but part of me couldn’t help but wonder if I wasn’t somehow feeling less, instead. I did begin to enjoy music in a different way, however; I began to enjoy music for its sound and its beats. I developed an appreciation for music which is good to move to but it just wasn’t the same. I felt a little bit like I’d lost a part of myself.

Now that my life has spiraled out of control, I find myself feeling music in a way I hadn’t in years.. but I wish it weren’t the case. I wish I couldn’t feel the lyrics quite so easily. I wish those sentiments didn’t apply to me. Call it a case of not appreciating what you have when you have it. Maybe I was just caught up in thinking the grass was greener in the past-ure (haha, bad joke). So I know it won’t help to repeat that attitude now but I cannot help but feel a tinge of regret.

It’s Pink

And not just my sister’s favourite colour. It’s my newest musical obsession, I guess. I happened to catch a concert of hers on TV the other day and I was really impressed with how she treated her audience and her show was simply amazing. She puts a lot of effort into it and it’s very entertaining. She also comes off as a very real person.

I remember liking her when she first came out. I liked her brand of “girl power” which, while feminine, has never been.. well, girly. And her songs are just so anthemic of my life right now; so many of them portray my feelings to a T. I guess I never realized how much I like her as an artist.

You know what else? She’s hot. Like, seriously. I’d do her.

Musically Inclined

I have felt.. moved my music more and have wanted to move to music more lately. I listen to it and it strikes a deeper chord than it’s done with years. I’ve never been one of those people who could just give or take music, never much thought about it. It’s always had some importance in my life and that importance has changed over time, of course. I noticed I hadn’t been feeling music the same way I once had and it made me a little sad. I think I wasn’t feeling much of anything for a while but now I just kind of want to, sing along and loud.. and maybe find something else to sing or move along with.

So give me a band and/or song suggestion? Recommend me a song that’s just great to feel or something that is lyrically significant. And I’ll let you know what I think.

Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are

There’s a new song available for download “Hike and Seek” by Imogen Heap. It’s a few years old and apparently got some attention when it was used in The OC which may be where I first heard it. I’ve been hearing it lately as it’s been sampled into a new song by Jason Derulo called “Watcha Say”. Every time I heard it, I kept trying to put my finger on what song it was sampling but came up short. I finally Googled it and downloaded “Hide and Seek” for myself. The part which is sampler is definitely my favourite part as it’s so melodic and catchy but I love the ethereal sound of the rest of the song, too. I hope you enjoy it.

Like the movies

Sometimes I wish my life were like the movies. Sometimes I wish things were perfectly beautiful or eve perfectly tragic. I script things out in my head but, of course, real life is never like that. Occasionally I hear songs that have a nostalgic feel, that talk of the good ol’ days and I wish they applied to me. I wish I could look bad and replay my memories to music. I wish I felt as though my life were worthy enough for a soundtrack. But it’s not, or maybe I just don’t view it that way.