SONG OF THE WEEK!!!

“I Am the Wrecking Ball” by ilyAimy. This is track 4 off their album Between Lover and Twilight released in 2007. While the entire album is outstanding, this particular track has always been a cut above the rest, at least for me (along with track 7 Trouble but I digress). The lyrics are unlike anything I’ve ever heard. This song is beautiful beyond words and deeply poetic while softly swaying you like a gentle ocean wave. The instrumentals are soul worthy with equally moving vocals courtesy of the vastly talented Heather Lloyd. The guitar sends you under with a sweet undulation that whispers to your heart. The song has the “old” feel to it which I mean in the best possible way. Oh sweet and tasty tid-bits of folk rock, how do I love thee, let me count the ways.

Check this out!!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLFA26_Qmjs

~C

Due to her unique vocal style some people may find some lyrics to be unintelligible (hard to understand) so here are those captivatingly poetic lyrics:

I am not mortar, I am mortal
A force of destruction
about as cordial as a wrecking ball.
A kiss like breaking brick
that sickening feeling in your stomach.
Came seeking shelter and found
a splintered white picket.

A product of my raising,
build it and they will come praying
for restoration,
but I am no cathedral.
Just broken and stained glass,
they say have faith and refuse to panic.
I don't want to be faithless! I don't want to be.

You dug this foundation by hand,
But it will be your grave if you let it.
You can still leave this place,
Let this hole just fill up with rain
until there's nothing left of it all
No, I am not the home you hoped for -
I am the wrecking ball.

You said the ground was solid here,
I felt sand beneath me slipping,
And even as you lost your footing
You still promised spires
And strong stone arches, columns of marble,
But I swear it's most beautiful
when it's on fire.

You dug this foundation by hand,
But it will be your grave if you let it.
You can still leave this place,
Let this hole just fill up with rain
until there's nothing left of it all
No, I am not the home you hoped for -
I am the wrecking ball.

How lovely the façade,
Such beautiful artistry.
And isn't a passionate lie
Kind of like honesty?
And I want to believe.
So tell me again
It's not settling. It's not settling

You dug this foundation by hand,
But it will be your grave if you let it.
You can still leave this place,
Let this hole just fill up with rain
until there's nothing left of it all
No, I am not the home you hoped for
I am the wrecking ball

Check out the official site:

www.ilyaimy.com

Info on the wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IlyAIMY

CD’s available for purchase at:

www.amazon.com

www.cdbaby.com

http://www.dfjamsstore.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=231

For more on ilyAimy check out the Feature of the Month post on ilyAimy here:

http://c-versemusicreview.blogspot.com/2011/08/introducing-first-of-what-i-hope-is-to.html

Enjoy!

The Times They Are A-Changin'

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SONG OF THE WEEK!!!

“Let’s Get it Started” by The Black Eyed Peas. Originally titled “Let’s Get Retarded,” it is the fourth single from the 2003 album Elephunk. The 2004 single release of the song was remixed differing in lyrics and beats. The song was remixed for The Black Eyed Peas' fifth studio album The E.N.D. released in 2009 as "Let's Get Re-Started". "Let's Get it Started." The song won Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2005 Grammy Awards and was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rap Song. It peaked the charts at positions such as #8 on Billboard Digital Songs, #4 on Billboard Pop Songs, and #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was included on the soundtrack for the 2006 romantic comedy It's a Boy Girl Thing. The Black Eyed Peas are Will.i.am, Apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. 

While the lyrics are essentially nonsensical and without meaning, this song still has a club hopping, booty-shakin’ beat. Yea, booty-shakin’. I said it. What!? It starts out slow and gradually builds up until suddenly your head starts bobbing and you didn’t even realize it. The harmonies are complex and sweet as candy. The riffs are smooth and funky. Beats thump hard, fast, and hit you right in the throat with highly emphasized bass drums. The synth has throttle, torque and all else that implies. If you haven’t heard it yet then you simply must. Let’s remedy that right now. “The feeling’s irresistible and that’s how we’re moving” it coo-coo and keeps running. Get some!!!

www.youtube.com/watchv?v=IKqV7DB8Iwg
(actual video to be posted later)

~C

Check out their website:

www.blackeyedpeas.com
Listen to track, purchase cd’s and merchandise, view band bio’s tour dates, etc.

Also available on Myspace, Facebook, Last FM, and MTV site.

www.myspace.com/blackeyedpeas
www.facebook.com/blackeyedpeas
www.lastfm.com/music/Black+Eyed+Peas

http://www.mtv.com/music/artist/black_eyed_peas/artist.jhtml

Other band info also on:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Eyed_Peas
http://www.8notes.com/biographies/black_eyed_peas.asp

Soundtrack to Love

“The Boat That Rocked” retitled “Pirate Radio” in North America is film starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Rhys Darby, Kenneth Branagh, and Jack Davenport and Emma Thompson, released in 2009. This film is a mildly dramatic period comedy about an unlikely and diverse collection of individuals broadcasting their radio station to the U.K. from a ship anchored in the North Sea, all the while having the British Government trying to shut them down and unsuccessful at doing so.









Here are all those 1960’s groovy gravy sound waves you’ve been missing. Both up-beat, sentimental, you can relax or kick off your party with this in your stereo. This is the time machine you’ve been looking for in a two-disc set. Could you ask for more? Well yes you could but let’s not push it. Rock n Roll, soft rock, love songs, party songs, something for everyone. This is your crash course in music history so consider this part of your musical education. These are the musicians who started in all, a revolutionary revelation you can hold in your hands and pour into your ears. Recommended for your music collection as a must-have.

~C

Soundtrack available for purchase on AMAZON.com
 

Track List (Disk One):

   1.      Duffy

“Stay With Me”

  

2.      The Kinks

“All Day and All of the Night”

 

3.      The Turtles

“Elenore”

 

4. John Fred & His Playboy Band

“Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)”

 

5. Martha Reeves & The Vandellas

“Dancing In the Street”

6. The Beach Boys

“Wouldn’t It Be Nice”

 

7.  Smokey Robinson

“Ooo Baby Baby”

 

8. Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

“This Guy’s In Love with You”

 
9.  Jeff Beck

“Hi Ho Silver Lining”

 

10.  The Who

“I Can See For Miles”

 

11.  The Troggs

“With a Girl like You”

 

12.  The Hollies

“I’m Alive”

 

13.  Chris Andrews

“Yesterday Man”

 

14.  Paul Jones

“I’ve Been a Bad Boy”

 

15.  The Tremeloes

“Silence Is Golden”

 
Track List (Disk Two): 

1.      The Easybeats

  “Friday on My Mind”
 
      2.      The Who

“My Generation”

3.      Cream

“I Feel Free”

4.      Jimi Hendrix

“The Wind Cries Mary”

5.      Procol Harum

“A Winter Shade of Pale”

6.      Otis Redding

“These Arms of Mine”

7.      The Supremes

“The Happening”

8.      Jr. Walker & The All Stars

“Cleo’s Mood”

9.      The Turtles

“She’d Rather Be with Me”

10.  The Bystanders

“98.6”

11.  The Kinks

“Sunny Afternoon”

12.  Cat Stevens

  “Father And Son”

13.  The Moody Blues

“Nights in White Satin”

14.  Dusty Springfield

“You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”

15.  Lorraine Ellison

“Stay With Me (Baby)”

16.  The Isley Brothers
“This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak For You)”

17.  David Bowie

“Let’s Dance”