[Michelle]

Another from the Michelle Archives...

From one my favorite Austin, TX music scene groups.....Los Lonely Boys...and their 2005 hit......"Heaven"...

This tune rocks and so do da Boys...

Los Lonely Boys is an American Chicano rock power trio from San Angelo, Texas. They play a style of music they call "Texican Rock n' Roll," combining elements of rock and roll, Texas blues, brown eyed soul, country, and Tejano.

The band consists of three brothers: Henry (guitar, vocals), Jojo (bass, vocals), and Ringo (drums, vocals) Garza. They follow the tradition of their father, Ringo Garza, Sr., who formed a band with his brothers called the Falcones. The Falcones played conjunto music in southern Texas during the 1970s and 1980s. To date, Los Lonely Boys have released three studio albums and a live album, all on the Epic Records label. Their debut single, "Heaven," was a number one hit on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004.

The group's first single, "Heaven", reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart, and No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100, also crossing over even to the Hot Country Songs chart, where it peaked at No. 46. "Heaven" was featured in Guitar Hero: On Tour. In 2005 the song won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. Other songs nominated for Grammys include "More Than Love" and "Onda," both in 2006.

So here we go.....from 2005.....one of my fav groups....Los Lonely Boys.....and its........"Heaven"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkzoqQ5Oak

You'll like this....these guys are awesome!...check em out

[RedEnforcer]

"Dear Daily Mail"

This is a classically brilliant song by Amanda Palmer....I admit it, I never heard of her until now but I totally LOVE her now!!! I guess she was giving a concert in the UK 'n she had a wardrobe malfunction, a 'nip slip', for a few seconds. Well, one of those derfwad rag sheets The Daily Mail (never heard of it either until now) did a whole article just on her nip slip, ignoring the concert, the songs, the performance.     

Well, in a live concert a few days later, Amanda Palmer had her own answer to the dipsticks at the Daily Mail....this brilliant song where she bares her soul along with, ummmm, watch the video, you'll find out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiAffX0x04k

xoxo

~Laurie~

So I'm catching up on this thread and found this post. Wow. This is outstanding!  Full props to her and Neil Gaiman is a very lucky guy.

[RedEnforcer]

Another from the Michelle Archives....a replay because its so AWESOME!

As everyone knows.....I love Justin Timberlake....

This is one of my favorites by him and very recent....it is one that moves me like no other.....its "Mirrors"......its from this 2013 album..."20/20 Experience"

The song was released on February 11, 2013 as the album's second single, following his performance at the 2013 Grammy Awards.  "Mirrors" lyrics discuss a lover's "other half" after having taken a break in their relationship. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, who complimented its production and lyrical content. It debuted at 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and later became a Top 5 hit, peaking at number 2 and at number one in the United Kingdom and within the top ten in several countries internationally.

Some sources say the inspiration for "Mirrors" was JT's wife....the gorgeous Jessica Biel........the song is very clearly a loving ode to his recent bride Jessica Biel, down to an extended outro repeatedly proclaiming “You are, you are / The love of my life” and JT explaining “You’re the inspiration for this precious song.”  But another authority on the matter or romance—Jerry Seinfeld, or the fictional version of himself he played on his eponymous sitcom—had another discovery about romance, at least briefly, after falling in love with a woman who shares a virtually identical personality to himself, down to sharing the same initials. “Now I know what I’ve been looking for all these years—myself!” he rhapsodizes to Kramer after their first encounter. “I’ve been waiting for me to come along, and now I’ve swept myself off my feet!”

Perhaps most tellingly—and perhaps somewhat ironically—having his love as his mirror allows JT to change and become a better man, Timberlake singing “I can’t ever change without you” and later “So now I say goodbye to the old me, it’s already gone.” Having a mirror put up to himself allows JT to see his imperfections, and gives him reason to want to change them.

In the end, it’s actually a very sweet and thoughtful love song, and one that even a famous person like Biel would probably be flattered to have written about them. And hell, not even Seinfeld viewed the notion of finding love through your exact replica as a sustainable formula—by the end of the episode, Jerry turns against his female equivalent, realizing “I can’t be with someone like me.. I hate myself!! If anything, I need to get the exact opposite of me!”

If Biel is the inspiration.....that is probably more than enough inspiration for anyone...

So here we go...its new for 2013......give it a listen...I promise you'll like it.....

Soooo here we go...its JT.....the great JT....and......"Mirrors"...........enjoy....I know I will

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXtEnURrlBY

The video is from the 2013 BRIT awards

This is for Ewa......and she knows why....so while she's gone.....she's always with me

I have to say I really love Justin Timberlake and I'm not afraid to say so. His music is influenced by a lot of the music I enjoyed growing up. The lyrics for this song are just way superior to a lot of the pop hits out there.  I've always been a lyric guy and I love intelligent, thoughtful lyrics.


Of course, that being said, I'm a silly kinda guy. So to mix things up here's a cover of one of my favorite Guns n Roses songs by Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine.  Nick the Lounge Singer would be proud.

[Michelle]

To say what JT's ....."Mirrors" ....does to me......would take volumes...

It simply gets to me....all you have to do is read the lyrics....

And I'm not afraid to say I cry every time I listen to it...

[RedEnforcer]

To say what JT's ....."Mirrors" ....does to me......would take volumes...

It simply gets to me....all you have to do is read the lyrics....

And I'm not afraid to say I cry every time I listen to it...

Here's the Michelle I know and see when others don't. 

[RedEnforcer]

My absolute favorite song in the world right now - "Song of Zulu" by Phosphorescent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IYEWeo3mGs

I'll dedicate this to Red and Michelle. Because I like to share what's mine with the ones I love.

*is glad he's wearing a mask right now*

[laurie breeze]

"Angels In Everything" by Blue October

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iti-m78Uly8

This song became very very special for me on Friday night. Grant was playing it when he asked me a question. I think you can guess my answer.  

hugggzzz 'n xoxo

~Laurie~


I've sat at the back of the line for years,
Wishing the world wouldn't spin,
I give in, alone again it appears.
There were pieces of me that lived in corners on a hard wood floor.
Until an Angel walked in through my door.

Time stopped, the arch of her back grew wings.
And pulling me further from a devil to a heaven, she said "Believe."
True peace as she looked into my soul.
She said "I'm here to show you faith, and to help you when you fall."

Can you feel my heart,
Beating underneath these stars?
You're the Angel that came, and took these clouds away.
You made me believe!
Never be weak, be strong.
Live every moment like an Angel
Flies...

I'll whisper in your ear,
You are mine, and you will never have to be alone.
And when I pull you near,
You'll know I love you like I never loved anyone.
So let me be the one to lift you up,
I'll carry you home.
'Cause now I'm here to keep you safe,
And to catch you when you fall.
 
Can you feel my heart,
Beating underneath these stars?
You're the Angel that came, and took these clouds away.
You made me believe!
Never be weak, be strong.
Live every moment like an Angel
Flies.

Only you can see the true me,
Through all the right, and wrong.
Take hold, the best has yet to come.
Yeah
You've given me the strength to believe in my heart again!
And now we're here to share this faith.
Stand together through it all.

Can you feel my heart,
Beating underneath these stars?
You're the Angel that came, and took these clouds away.
You made me believe!
Never be weak, be strong.
Live every moment like an Angel
Flies...

Oh, oh, oh, oh,
Oh, oh, oh.

That's who you are!
You're the Angel that came, and took these clouds away.
You made me believe!
Never be weak, be strong.
So really strong!

That's who you are,
You're the Angel that came,
And took these clouds away...

[Jebediah Morningside]

Congratulations and best wishes, Laurie.

-JM

[Michelle]

Congratulations Laurie!

I'm assuming you said.....YES!......

I don't know you but I'm extremely happy for you....

Going thru the opposite currently of what you are,.......I love to see others happy when they start that journey......makes my failed one seem not so important..

I wish you all the luck in the world

And thank you Sadie.....I needed that today

You too my oh so favorite Red man

[Gaelle]

I'm very happy for you Laurie   I wish you all the best.

[Michelle]

Oh btw Laurie....

The song is awesome too

Thanks so very much ...your choice in music matches your wonderful writing

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true love ways   by buddy holly
ok i know buddy holly was well before my time...but for anyone my age that appreciates the history of rock/pop...i highly recommend to do a search on youtube ."true love ways" is a ballad..and my favorite of all his songs

also check out  reminscing   very cool  as are his other songs

[Jebediah Morningside]

true love ways   by buddy holly
ok i know buddy holly was well before my time...but for anyone my age that appreciates the history of rock/pop...i highly recommend to do a search on youtube ."true love ways" is a ballad..and my favorite of all his songs

also check out  reminscing   very cool  as are his other songs

Of all the 50's stars, I think Buddy was the one who would have been most likely to have successfully made the transition from early rock and roll to the more complex sounds that developed in the 60's and beyond. His songwriting seemed simple but was deceptively sophisticated, and of all his peers he was the one who really understood the potential of studio recording techniques. His death was one of the true tragedies in the history of recorded popular music.

-JM

[Michelle]

Holly was that bridge from the 50's to the 60's I think...or at least one of them...

He was that bridge we often look for...between Elvis...and the Beatles.....

He gave us the beginnings of modern Rock and Roll.....and showed what performing really was all about..

For Holly.....I wonder if happiness was truly seeing Lubbock in his rear view mirror?  He never seemed to lose his roots..

He's greatly missed...

[Michelle]

Another from the Michelle Archives.....and one that was maybe the hardest to write about...

Its a Madonna song....and I will be the first to say I am not a big Madonna fan...but this one....has always been special to me...and its one she is not well known for although it was her longest running #1 hit.  Its one I first heard at the end of a previous personal relationship long ago....and I was about to begin another.

Its called...."Take a Bow"......and its from 1995....and its beautiful.  I thought about it this weekend when earlier in this thread...Laurie Breeze...announced she had said....."Yes"...to a significant other in her life.  I was so happy..as I told her...because I was ending a long relationship in my own life...and to see someone begin one...lessened the pain...especially for someone I have liked and respected from afar.

"Take a Bow" is from Madonna's sixth studio album "Bedtime Stories". Released as the second single from Bedtime Stories in December 6, 1994, the song appears on her compilation albums "Something to Remember" (1995), GHV2 (2001) and Celebration (2009). It was written and produced by Madonna and R&B singer-songwriter Babyface and became her longest-running number-one hit in the United States. It was her first single to reach number-one in the United States after "This Used to Be My Playground" (1992), and it was her last number-one song in the United States in the 1990s.

The music video for "Take a Bow" was directed by Michael Haussman in Ronda and the bullring of Antequera, Spain. The plot sees Madonna as a bullfighter's neglected lover, played by real-life Spanish bullfighter Emilio Muñoz, yearning for his presence. The video won Best Female Video honors at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards. Madonna performed "Take a Bow" live with Babyface at the 1995 American Music Awards and at the 1995 San Remo Festival in Italy.

After Rihanna hit number 1 on the Hot 100 in 2008 with her own unrelated song titled "Take a Bow", the two songs became one of the rare pairs of songs with the same title to both hit number 1.

Lyrics

Take a bow, the night is over
This masquerade is getting older
Light are low, the curtains down
There's no one here
(There's no one here, there's no one in the crowd)
Say your lines but do you feel them
Do you mean what you say when there's no one around (no one around)
Watching you, watching me, one lonely star
(One lonely star you don't know who you are)

I've always been in love with you (always with you)
I guess you've always known it's true (you know it's true)
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye

Make them laugh, it comes so easy
When you get to the part
Where you're breaking my heart (breaking my heart)
Hide behind your smile, all the world loves a clown
(Just make 'em smile the whole world loves a clown)
Wish you well, I cannot stay
You deserve an award for the role that you played (role that you played)
No more masquerade, you're one lonely star
(One lonely star and you don't know who you are)

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye

All the world is a stage (world is a stage)
And everyone has their part (has their part)
But how was I to know which way the story'd go
How was I to know you'd break
(You'd break, you'd break, you'd break)
You'd break my heart

I've always been in love with you
(I've always been in love with you)
Guess you've always known its true
You took my love for granted, why oh why
The show is over, say good-bye

Say good-bye (bye bye), say good-bye
Say good-bye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDeiovnCv1o&list=PLAA99C6653F751C8A

There is an extended version I highly recommend too but the one above is the original

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiChwhPbwTc

So here we go....from 1995.....and ...Madonna.....its......."Take A Bow"

Its hard to turn your back on 11 years....but its also fun to see another door open for someone......congratulations again Laurie.....take a Bow...the show is just beginning for you .  As for me.....I can only try and turn a page and keep trying to be that girl I have always wanted to become.....as the song says....."The Show is Over...Take a Bow"........and simply say...."The Show Is Over......Good Bye".........