Donkeyboy makes it all the way this week as “Ambitions” claims the top spot on the Swedish singles chart. The track climbs 3-1 and pushes former chart-topper Owl City to No.3. Meanwhile, the album Caught in a Life races 16-6. Play returns to the charts this week with “Famous.” The group broke in the early 2000’s, and climbed the US charts with “Us Against the World.” Today, it has reformed thanks to the docu-soap Made in Sweden. A new career has been forged by demon producers Anders Bagge and Andreas Carlsson, and this week “Famous” is the highest new entry at No.5.
“We Are the World 25: For Haiti” debuts at No.17 this week, still ahead of Simon Cowell’s charity project Helping Haiti which moves 36-25 this week. Sade shoots to No.1 on the album chart with Soldier of Love.
The Funk Brothers is another name for the Motown Record Company house band from Detroit, Michigan. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, the Funk Brothers provided an understated, swinging backing for the many famous singing artists who gained fame with Motown. The list is long, and the Funk Brothers may be featured on more 1960s hit songs than any other band.
The Funk Brothers on Wikipedia
There are few household names in the band, though bassist James Jamerson has gained a great deal of posthumous respect. There’s a great documentary about the band called Standing In The Shadows Of Motown. I highly recommend it. Here are two videos from this great movie:
Here’s Joan Osborne one more time with “(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave”. Wow she sings this well!
Originally I had twelve Funk Brothers instrumentals from the soundtracks, but whittled it down to six. Here they are:
For Once In My Life, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
I Was Made To Love Her, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
It’s A Shame, The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
Don’t Mess With Bill (Live), The Funk Brothers ✭✭✭
Bernadette, The Funk Brothers ✭✭
My Girl, The Funk Brothers ✭✭
Related songs:
For Once In My Life, Stevie Wonder ✭✭✭✭✭
I Was Made To Love Her, Stevie Wonder ✭✭✭✭
It’s A Shame, The Spinners ✭✭✭
Don’t Mess With Bill, The Marvelettes ✭✭✭
Bernadette, The Four Tops ✭✭
My Girl, The Temptations ✭✭✭✭
And of course, almost all of the great Motown songs between 1959 and 1972.
I shit thee not. In related news the pope is coming to britain and tax payers are footing the bill. Meanwhile bankers are still getting phat bonuses whilst I have to survive on half-empty bags of coffee grounds found in skips behind the local starbucks.
Nah, i’m kidding. There’s no starbucks in this fucking town. Small mercies, huh?
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The Vatican has previously denounced rock music as the devil’s work but in a surprise change of tune on Sunday the Holy See’s official newspaper, L’ Osservatore Romano, published what it called “a semiserious guide” to the top ten rock and pop albums of all time.
The list included The Beatles’ “Revolver,” which was given the top slot, Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of The Moon”, Oasis’ 1995 bestseller “(What’s the Story) Morning Glory?” and Michael Jackson’s blockbuster “Thriller.”
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Other records that made the top ten include U2’s “Achtung Baby”, Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours”, Donald Fagen’s “The Nightfly,” Carlos Santana’s “Supernatural,” Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and David Crosby’s “If I Could Only Remember My Name.”
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No Dylan though.
The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and U2 Make Vatican Newspaper’s List of Best Albums; Bob Dylan Snubbed – Speakeasy – WSJ.
Title: สิ่งมีชีวิตที่เรียกว่าหัวใจ / Sing Mee Cheewit Tee Riak Wah Hua Jai (The Living Thing Called the Heart)
Artist: ETC
Album: Bring It Back
Year: 2008
เธอ เธอจำได้รึเปล่า
Tur Tur jum dai reu pblao You, do you remember?
จำวันคืนที่เรามีให้กันได้ไหม เราผ่านอะไรมากมาย
Jum wun keun tee rao mee hai gun dai mai rao pahn arai mahk mai Do you remember the days we had for each other? We’ve been through so much
ทุกๆสิ่งดีร้ายล้วนมีความสำคัญ
Took took sing dee rai luan mee kwahm sumkun Everything good and bad are all important
วันคืนที่เราเรียนรู้กัน ส่งให้เธอกับฉันก้าวมาขั้นสุดท้าย
Wun keun tee rao rian roo gun sing hai tur gup chun gao mah chun soot tai The days and nights we’ll experience, I send to you by stepping to the next level
(*)ก็มันเป็นรักที่เกิดจากความใกล้ชิด
Gor mun pben ruk tee gert jahk kwahm glai chit It’s love that happened from our getting so close
ผ่านสิ่งที่มีชีวิตที่เรียกว่าหัวใจ
Pahn sing tee mee cheewit tee riak wah hua jai Through this living thing called the heart
ก็แค่เราสานต่อแบบไม่ต้องหยุดพักบ่อย
Gor kae rao sahn dtor baep mai dtong yoot puk boy Just taking control, we don’t have to rest often
สิ่งที่เรียกว่ารักก้าวไป ต่อไป อย่างที่ใจต้องการ
Sing tee riak wah ruk gao pbai dtor pbai yahng tee jai dtong gahn This thing called love continues on and on like the heart wants
เธออาจจะลืมสังเกต
Tur aht ja leum sung get You might forget to notice
มีอารมณ์พิเศษเกิดกับเธอและฉัน เกินกว่าจะเป็นเพื่อนกัน
Mee arom piset gert gup tur lae chun gern gwah ja pben peuan gun The special feelings that happened between you and me, more than being friends
เพราะคำตอบเหล่านั้นฉันรู้มันด้วยใจ
Pror kum dtop lao nun chun roo mun duay jai Because those answers I know from my heart
มีคนดีๆอีกนับร้อยพัน แต่อย่างเธอกับฉันจะไปหาที่ไหน
Mee kon dee dee eek nup roy pun dtae yahng tur gup chun ja pbai hah tee nai There’s so many other hundreds of good people, but like you and me, where else can you look?
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หากว่าฉันต้องการคู่คิดสักคน
Hahk wah chun dtong gahn koo kit suk kon If I need one soulmate
ผ่านชีวิตร้อนหนาว ผ่านน้ำและฝน ก็อยากให้เธออยุ่กับฉัน…
Pahn cheewit rong nao pahn num lae fon gor yahk hai tur yoo gup chun… To spend life, through hot and cold, through water and rain, I want you to be with me
Bennicassim, Barcelona Festival. Huge names, for a 3 day festival.
15th – 18th July, 2010
Beach festivals in Barcelona, I love ‘em! At Bennicassim there’s some HUGE bands playing for this festival, [just see the list below] . It’s no surprise as Vince Power, of ex Mean Fiddler fame is behind the organising!
The prices are not so great when you convert it to euros, but, there’s a very impressive line up at the Benicassim Festival.
It’s cheaper for us locals mind, but the 4 day ticket includes camping for the week… so how better to chill out, near a beach, sangria, sun and tapas!
It looks huge with camping they say for 35,000 people.
Here’s the damage: four-day ticket (16th-19th July): £160; one-day ticket (Thursday or Friday): £67.50. Camping not included.
Book online here:
The Benicassim Festival Line Up!
The Killers
Maxïmo Park
Kings of Leon
Elbow
Oasis
Franz Ferdinand
Lily Allen
Paul Weller
Lykke Li
The Psychedelic Furs
TV on the Radio
White Lies
Aldo Linares
Anni B Sweet
The Bishops
The Coronas
Glasvegas
Mystery Jets
Naive New Beaters
No Reply
The Walkmen
We Are Standard
Boys Noize
Fight Like Apes
The Horrors
Joe Crepúsculo
Magazine
Nacho Vegas
Nudozurdo
Yuksek
Aeroplane
Bell X1
Gui Boratto
Josele Santiago
The Mighty Stef
Peaches
Ratolines
Steve Aoki
Tadeo
CatPeople
Friendly Fires
Klaus & Kinski
Late Of The Pier
Laurent Garnier
He finally did it! After reaching #3 with “We Are Golden”, then #2 with “Blame It On The Girls”, British vocalist Mika goes all the way with the joyous “Rain”. It should easily stay atop the chart into March while other songs make headway.
“Rain” knocks Simon Curtis’ “Delusional” to #2 after 4 charts (8 weeks) at the top. Once Simon’s mixtape 8Bit Heart is released though when he gets to 8,000 followers on Twitter – he’s now over 7,500 – watch for an influx of new Simon songs on the chart! The free download of “Delusional” is still available right here (as well as in my chart).
Lifehouse’s “Halfway Gone” moves up to #3, while Pet Shop Boys have their biggest hit on this chart in its 11 1/2 year history – of course the chart would have been generously filled with PSB songs in the 80’s and 90’s – with their cover of “Viva La Vida” mixed with dashes of “Domino Dancing” at #4. Lady GaGa’s set to have her biggest hit on this chart with “Speechless” moving from 10-5, as “Bad Romance” tumbles to #7. Nelson Clemente’s slick and mysterious “90 Days” and Crystal Method/Emily Haines’ “Come Back Clean” each enter the Top 10 for the first time.
Despite mixed public reaction to the Fixin’ To Thrill CD, the blogverse is steadily promoting the CD as Canadian band Dragonette’s latest single “Pick Up The Phone” is picking up believers. The song is the Fastest Riser on the chart this week, up 23-15. Other songs bowing in the last few weeks are no slouches either, such as those by Lady GaGa (check out the bottom heavy King5kat remix of “Teeth”), Blake Lewis (check out the LA Riots radio edit of ”Heartbreak on Vinyl”, Justin Timberlake/Matt Morris/Charlie Sexton, John Mayer (oh despite the self-induced bad publicity, his songs will get him through), and Jason Derulo.
I’m not going to re-blog about the many pleasures of Dan Black’s Weird Science mixtape – “Pass That Head Noize” charts at #23 – or Evan Taubenfeld’s “Starbucks Girl” (debuting at #25). After a six year absence from my chart, it’s great to have producer/songwriter extraordinaire BT back on the scene. After a few years of critical acclaim with more experimental offerings such as This Binary Universe, BT is back in 2010 in more accessible dance territory with songs from his latest CD These Hopeful Machines. His first single, including vocals by The Bleach Works singer Christian Burns (also ex-BBMak – you heard Christian a few years back on Tiesto’s “In The Dark”), is “Suddenly”. As much as we like to get caught up in fun, lightweight dance music of the moment, the immaculately detailed layers in BT’s production and the vibrancy of the melody make “Suddenly” more than worthy of your attention.
View the full chart using the link under ***BILL’S PERSONAL CHART*** to the right, or click right here.
This is the first of the Valentine Playlists that I would be posting today! This playlist was done by Gem. You may have seen her Glee: The Music Volume 2 review (Click the link to read it: HERE) already in the blog. This time around, she contributes by sending in her Valentine Playlist.
1. Daughters – John Mayer
They say girls tend to like guys who are like their fathers. Deep and poignant, this John Mayer ballad tells us why this is so, and how parental love is the foundation of a person’s concept of the emotion.
2. Haven’t Met You Yet – Michael Buble
For the man who works hard to find the girl of his dreams, this song is for you. Plus it’s really fun and catchy.
3. The Bird and the Worm – Owl City
Owl City songs are so cutesy and metaphorical that listeners tend to get lost in the song, but singer-songwriter Adam Young managed to make a great mix of melody and content to become this really gleeful song about the exhilaration of being with your special someone.
4. The Only Exception – Paramore
This song stands out in Paramore latest album, Brand New Eyes, because of its relatively slower tempo, but that’s not all that makes this song good. It has a great story and most anyone who experienced the healing power of love will attest to that.
5. Love Today – Mika
Someone should make this the official theme song of Valentine’s Day, nuff said.
6. Naman Kasi – Nicole Hyala
OPM love songs tend to go towards the cheesy side, but this song…well, it’s just so ridiculously cheesy that it’s tons of fun to listen to. Come on, who aren’t guilty of loving such lines as “Bangin ka ba kasi nahuhulog na ako sa yo?”.
7. Out of My League – Stephen Speaks
There’s something about this song that’s so enchanting. Perhaps it’s because it’s every girl’s fantasy to have a guy like her as much as this guy in the song does; for guys, fall in love with a girl that’s totes out of reach. Beautiful.
8. I’ll Cover You – Rent
A sweet and simple duet that went on to become one of the most memorable Broadway love songs.
9. What A Good Boy – The Barenaked Ladies
A really cool song about the triumph of love over pressure and problems in life.
10. You and I Both – Jason Mraz
I just love happy breakup songs, and Jason Mraz makes the best ones. If only all guys were as un-bitter as this one.
11. My Junk – Spring Awakening
Because “Crush” just doesn’t cut it anymore these days.
12. Sunday Morning – Maroon 5
With its feel good tone and Adam’s pretty lovable voice, this song is a perfect accompaniment to a walk in the park with your loved ones or a karaoke party with your friends.
13. 1234 – Feist
Love can get very strange and unpredictable and it can’t work out for the best for everyone. The childlike quirkiness of this song share that feeling in the the most lighthearted way possible. And the music video is so cool.
14. These Words – Natasha Bedingfield
“I love you”, sometimes there are just no others words to say it. This song is a testament to the strange phenomenon of the power of those three words.
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These songs were contributed by Gem Carpio aka VitaminGem. Gem is 16 years old and currently a BS Electronics and Communications Engineering freshman in the University of the Philippines – Diliman. She enjoys music more than anything and if engineering doesn’t work out for her, she’d really like to be a performer. Her favorite song is Yellow and her favorite color is orange. She enjoys listening to fun songs from fun artists like Mika, Lady GaGa, Panic! At The Disco, Paramore, Lily Allen, Kate Nash, and The Beatles. She also really likes Broadway musicals and ball games that involve knocking things over.
This is the first of the Valentine Playlists that I would be posting today! This playlist was done by Gem. You may have seen her Glee: The Music Volume 2 review (Click the link to read it: HERE) already in the blog. This time around, she contributes by sending in her Valentine Playlist.