The Grammys

I taped the Grammy Awards on Sunday, and watched them yesterday and today. After watching a particularly boring Grammy a few years ago, and on finding out that they gave the Song of the Year Award to "My Humps" last year (who would do that? Who in their right mind would award that song??), I haven't been to thrilled with the Grammys.

I must say, though, that this years show was very good. I guess that since it's their 50th show, they had a lot of performances of older songs, and a lot of older performers singing, which was a lot of fun. Tina Turner and Beyonce performed "Proud Mary", which might have been my favorite part of the whole thing, and Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richy preformed, which was also fun. No Police, but since they performed last year, that's not surprising.

Amy Winehouse won a lot, which surprised me. I hadn't expected her to win much. Rihanna got an award (her acceptance speech was adorable), which made me happy, and Paramore didn't, which made me sad.

I actually enjoyed Alicia Keys performance of "No One", which is surprising, since I hate the song. I think it works better as a performance, when you can watch her sing.

I did not enjoy Brad Paisleys performance. I thought it was boring and skipped it.

Andrea Bocelli and Josh Grobans performance was gorgeous. Their voices sound wonderful together.


Although they didn't show it, Maroon 5 won Best Pop Performance by a group for their song "Makes Me Wonder", one of my favorite songs that came out last year, and Ne-yo also won for his new album. This makes me extremely pleased. The Foo Fighters also won a few awards, which made me happy.

So now I can't wait for next years show, which is unusual.

Favorite Harry Potter videos

There is no song of the week this week because I can't think of one. So instead I'm going to post my favorite Harry Potter videos, because I feel like it.

This one is one of the first ones I found, and it goes along with the words really well.

Snape: I'm too Sexy



This one is about the attractive, evil men of Slytherin.

Extra Smooth Slytherin


This one's just for fun.

Professional Pirate


This one's just sweet, and has one of my favorite couples set to one of my favorite songs.

Every Little Thing She Does is Magic



I heard this song recently, and it was a candidate for Song of the Week. However, the music video was to off color, so I found this instead. Unfortunately, it doesn't use all of the song.

Cold Hearted Snape



This one's just cute, although not very accurate. Hermione's much nicer than this.

She Bangs



I just found this one this morning. This song is one of my favorites at the moment (it's by Depeche Mode, surprise, surprise), and this video goes along with it perfectly.

People are People

Song of the Week #20, and The Argument Clinic

Since I started listening to the radio a year and a half ago, I've steadily been liking hip-hop more and more. I'll never like it as much as rock and broadway musicals, but there are some artists and songs that I really like. This was the first hip-hop song I really liked.
It is a hip-hop video, so there's a lot of slightly suggestive dancing, but nothing really off color.

Crazy in Love - Beyonce



What I love about hip-hop videos is that you get completely random things in them, like exploding cars, fur coats, and giant wind tunnels (if you want more random music videos, look no further then Britney Spears Toxic video, which is also very random).


And now for my favorite Monty Python sketch. It's not as well known as the Spam sketch, or the Spanish Inquisition sketch, but I like it more.

Argument Clinic



And here's a version of it set to Kingdom Hearts. You don't need to watch the whole thing, but you should watch the area around 3:22

Song of the Week #19 - Love Song

The last time I had a sleep over with my friends, they were both obsessed with some song they'd heard on the radio. I found it on youtube for them, and to my surprise, it was marvelous! I had expected a good song, but not one like this.

To my surprise and delight, the radio stations I listen to have started playing it, although not enough.

It's also one of the best music videos I've seen in awhile.

Love Song - Sara Bareilles
Video

Unfortunately, embedding is disabled, and there's only one music video loaded on youtube, so you'll just have to follow the link.

Song of the Week #18 - See You Again

I was listening to the radio, as usual, yesterday, and wondering what I was going to put up for song of the week. I've run out of new, unusual songs, since I've been listening to a lot of albums lately, not the radio as much.
So I had no idea of what I was going to do, and than this song came on. It's by Miley Cyrus, from Hannah Montana. I've heard another song by her, Best of Both Worlds, and it was good, but more country-ish than I wanted.
This song is more pop and rock than country, and I liked it immediately. Now I'll go look into the rest of this album.

See You Again - Miley Cyrus




And for a bonus song, a blend of two songs. I don't usually care for blends of songs, they normally just sounds weird, but this one's gorgeous.

Every Car You Chase - Snow Police

Songs of the Week # 14, #15, #16, and #17

I've missed a few weeks, so there are four songs in this post.

First up is a new song by Foo Fighters. I first ran into them two years ago, when one of my favorite dollers mentioned that they were her favorite band. I listened to some of their stuff then, but didn't like it.

This song was released on the radio about two months ago, and I really liked it. Apparently their new album is slightly different than their older ones.

Since starting this post, I found out that this song and band are up for some Grammy nominations! I hope they win something.

The Pretender - Foo Fighters


The next song I found by accident, while looking for a song called "What are you Waiting for" by No Secrets, which is a sweet, girlish song.
This song is not. This is a very weird song.
There may be some language in it, just to warn you, and the video is very weird. The song starts about three minutes in, but I recommend watching the whole thing.

What You Waiting For - Gwen Stefani



This song I thought was by Simple Plan, but it's actually by the All American Rejects. Upon finding that out, I got their CD out of the library, and it's actually very good!
Again, a slightly bizarre video.

Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects



There's a program on one of the radio stations I listen to, where they'll play the top forty songs of the week on Sunday morning. They also have information about upcoming movies and albums, as well as interviews with actors and singers, so I tape it and listen to it. I was very surprised, to find this song on the mid 30s. It's one of the best songs to come out this year, and it's by an artist I don't know!
The video is again, weird, but not as weird as the Gwen Stefani one.

Misery Business - Paramore

Music Meme

Yes, I know I do to many Memes, so hush.

Music Meme

What is the first music album you remember owning?

That pink one with "Complicated" on it.

If not the same, what is the first music album you purchased for yourself?

I think it might have been the same one. If not, maybe the Joss Stone album?

What artist currently occupies the most space either in terms of shelf space or megabytes on your hard drive?

The Police.

How many different types of music media (vinyl, cassette, CD, etc) have you owned in your lifetime?
Cassettes, cds, and mp3s.

Who or what has had the biggest effect on your music taste?

For rock, my father, for broadway, my mother. For pop and hip-hop, the radio.

How do you currently prefer to listen to music?
Either on cds on my cd player, or the radio on my cd player.

In terms of music memorabilia, what is your most prized possession?

I don't have any.

Have you ever “swapped headsets” with a complete stranger (meaning have you ever unplugged the earphones from your listening device and plugged them into someone else’s player and had them do the same)?

No, although it sounds fun.

Have you ever been completely obsessed with a particular artist? Who and to what level did your fandom go?

I've been obsessed with several artists. The one I was obsessed with the most was The Police, though. I listened to "Synchronicity" over and over again.

What is the farthest you’ve ever traveled for a concert?

One in another state.

Who have you seen in concert the most?

I've never seen anyone more than twice.


Performers I would most like to see that I haven't seen yet?

Either The Police or Fall Out Boy.

Most male-intimidating concert?

Saffire.

Most anticipated concert?
It wasn't a concert, but a student production of Les Miserables, directed by Terrence Mann.