One Fine Life, Good Music, and then Some..

Meaningful Sunday

anyaking — Mon, 19 May 2008 02:52:06 +0000

I love listening to Pastor H’s every sunday at Church, it’s like watching a “moral” comedy show.

Not so long ago when my ultra righteous, hardcore Christian amigas setup a prayer meeting to ask the heavens to “enlighten” some of the Church members’ (including myself) about their perennial use of internet and excessive downloading of music from Limewire. Such acts are condemned by God they said. WTF?! oh i mean.. ohmygod, really? I love them nonetheless.

So this is what they do… wait all day listening to the radio to chance upon their favorite song, which should be played twice or thrice. Sounds fun huh. FYI, they don’t buy records as well.. it’s sinful to overspend, the bible condemns worldly people!

Now what better way to convince them to at least consider 2MuchMuzik but to upload their fave Christian songs! So that’s exactly what I did for them. I should post the exact links once they’re up. Hillsong United, Chris Tomlin and Leeland’s are pretty cool hey.

Meanwhile, I will listen to more music @ 2MuchMuzik.

Ciao.

Cruisin…

anyaking — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:44:39 +0000

The weather sucks and it leaves me no choice but stay home. Found these amazing tracks in 2MuchMuzik anyways. Jason Mraz’ The Dynamo of Volition rocks! I love Marie Digby’s Stupid For You and Ryan Cabrera’s as well. Check them out at www.2MuchMuzik.com.

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/88581-Jason-Mraz-The-Dynamo-Of-Volition

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/88699-Death-Cab-For-Cutie-I-Will-Possess-Your-Heart

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/52289-Marie-Digby-Stupid-for-You

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/84220-Ryan-Cabrera-Say

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/70823-Band-Of-Horses-No-One-s-Gonna-Love-You

Meanwhile, 2MuchLyricz predicts David Cook and David Archuleta on the final 2. Great! Those 2 are my favorites!

David Archuleta and More Lyrics @ 2MuchLyricz

anyaking — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:20:02 +0000

Hey, I read the news from 2MuchMuzik‘s 2MuchLyricz about David Archuleta’s dad’s boot from the American Idol backstage, ouch! That’s ok though, I still am die hard Team Archuleta. =)

2MuchMuzik‘s Lyricz has also been updated with hot new lyricz! Alicia Key’s Like You’ll Never See Me Again and Jordin Sparks’ No Air feat Chris Brown. I love it! Been listening to the songs from 2MuchMuzik over and over.. and over!

Here are the links:

David Archuleta’s Dad:

http://2muchlyricz.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/idol-update-archuleta-dad-out/

Alicia Keys:

http://2muchlyricz.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/alicia-keys-like-youll-never-see-me-again-lyrics/

Jordin Sparks:

http://2muchlyricz.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/jordin-sparks-feat-chris-brown-no-air-lyrics/

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful moms out there!

2MuchMuzik’s Lyricz Updated

anyaking — Sat, 10 May 2008 03:41:25 +0000

2MuchMuzik’s 2MuchLyricz blog has been updated with chart topping songs! Mariah Carey’s Bye Bye, Leona Lewis’ Bleeding Love, Rihanna’s Don’t Stop The Music and more! Now you can sing along while listening to your favorite music at 2MuchMuzik!

Here are some links:

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/7082-Rihanna-Don-t-Stop-The-Music

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/16118-Mariah-Carey-Bye-Bye

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/50342-Leona-Lewis-Bleeding-Love

Ciao!

2MuchMuzik Launches 2MuchLyricz

anyaking — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:53:52 +0000

Now here’s something to look forward to from 2MuchMuzik. 2MuchMuzik has started a blog exclusively for music lyrics, news and 2MuchMuzik updates! Check it out at http://2MuchLyricz.wordpress.com! It’s new though but 2MuchMuzik is currently uploading tons of lyrics on the blog, so just have to check back from time to time until its fully operational. Meanwhile, we can enjoy listening to music at 2MuchMuzik!

Thanks 2MuchMuzik!

www.2MuchMuzik.com

Weezer @ 2MuchMuzik

anyaking — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:37:27 +0000

2MuchMuzik has a long list of Weezer’s hits. I’m surprised to see that their new album Pork & Beans are already in 2MuchMuzik! Isn’t that amazing? 2MuchMuzik doesn’t only have a huge database of music, but they make sure they’re also update. I’ve been listening to Weezer’s new songs through 2MuchMuzik the whole day! Because of this, I am convinced that I’ll buy Weezer’s new album. Weezer should thank 2MuchMuzik.

Anyway, here’s a list of all my Weezer favorites, taken from 2MuchMuzik.. from Weezer’s old albums to the new one. Enjoy!

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/3881-Weezer-Buddy-Holly – Buddy Holly at 2MuchMuzik

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/3886-Weezer-Island-In-The-Sun - Island In The Sun at 2MuchMuzik

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/13386-Weezer-Mrs-Robinson – Mrs Robinson at 2MuchMuzik

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/3880-Weezer-Say-It-Ain-t-So – Say It Ain’t So at 2MuchMuzik

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/3884-Weezer-Smile – Smile at 2MuchMuzik

Top POP Picks For The Day

anyaking — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:47:11 +0000

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/16118-Mariah-Carey-Bye-Bye

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/16122-Mariah-Carey-Touch-My-Body

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/71125-David-Cook-Always-Be-My-Baby

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/7082-Rihanna-Don-t-Stop-The-Music

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/68899-Original-Soundtrack-24-Hour-Party-People–Happy-Mondays

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/51812-Jordin-Sparks-Chris-Brown-No-Air

http://www.2muchmuzik.com/songs/70603-Ray-J-Sexy-Can-I-feat-Yung-Berg

Leona Lewis Tops Billboard Top 10 For The Week

anyaking — Sun, 04 May 2008 18:05:47 +0000

For the nth time, Leona Lewis’s Bleeding Love yet again stood out and topped the Billboard charts this week. For how many consecutive weeks it’s been there, I couldn’t count anymore. Lil Wayne and Jordin Sparks came in at number 2 and 3 respectively. Madonna’s 4 Minutes featuring Justin Timberlake also made it to Top 4.

I listen to all these songs at 2MuchMuzik. What I love about this site is that I don’t need to download, OR pay for the songs just to hear them. Just type in the name of the artist or song, or just simply browse through 2MuchMuzik‘s wide collection. In an instant, you should be able to listen to your favorite! How cool is that? You can also help 2MuchMuzik’s library of songs grow by uploading mp3′s from your computer to their database.

Having mentioned the Billboard Top 10, I conveniently listen to all of them through 2MuchMuzik.

Just click on www.2muchmuzik.com and experience easy music listening!

Mariah’s New Album

anyaking — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:52:27 +0000

I love Mariah Carey’s new album!

Mariah Carey Album Preview: E=MC2 Is Focused On Fun, But Mimi Is At Her Best When She’s Keeping It Real

By Jennifer Vineyard (MTV.com)

Mariah Carey’s last album, the multiplatinum Emancipation of Mimi, brought her back from a career slump of bad movies, dud albums, marital collapse and emotional meltdowns. It proved she still had the goods. So what is there left to prove with her new record, E=MC2? Answer: Nothing.

Which may be why Jermaine Dupri, the man behind so many of the Emancipation hits, plays a more muted role this time out, providing the occasional “uh-huh,” “yeah” and “nope,” among other things, on four of the album’s 14 tracks. Has he worn out his welcome like the on-again, off-again lover Mariah sings about in the bulk of his tracks?

JD was a delight on Emancipation, acting less like a producer and more like a friend, bolstering Mariah’s confidence and giving her someone to riff with (“It’s Like That,” “Get Your Number” and “Shake It Off”), ultimately helping her get to the point where she could do the breakout track “We Belong Together.” But JD and Mariah don’t belong together anymore. Now that Mariah’s finally free, her producers need to help her spread her wings – otherwise, all we get is redux.

JD comes closest to showing that he still can do something new on “Thanx for Nothin’,” which, like the Scott Storch track “Side Effects,” finally reveals a side of Mariah we don’t see that often – her true self. The Mariah we usually see and hear is a glossy one. Psychologists might say her affect is “off” – meaning her gestures and facial expressions don’t match her mood. There’s a reason for that, as she explains on “Side Effects,” which is the emotional abuse she says she suffered during her marriage to music mogul Tommy Mottola. Mariah, who is usually quite guarded, has alluded to the subject in songs like “Petals,” but never has she gone into such detail as she does on “Side Effects,” in which she refers to the marriage as a “private hell that we built.” Even though it’s been 11 years since they split up, she sings in a lower register that she’s still “wakin’ up scared some nights … dreaming about the violent times.” Her emotional scars left her “a little protective … a little defensive … a little depressed,” which makes her “fake a smile” as she “deal[s] with the side effects.”

Even though “Side Effects” features Young Jeezy, it sounds like a rock power ballad, as if Mariah had been listening to a lot of Bonnie Tyler and Pat Benatar and decided that to capture her emotions, the music needed to share her pain. This turns out to be a good thing, because when she’s not focused on vocal gymnastics, Mariah can really sing – as in, letting us really feel what she feels. Nowhere else on the album does Mariah get quite so emotionally naked, and it makes you wonder: What would Mariah have sounded like if she ventured out of her comfort zones of pop and R&B? (Not withstanding her ill-advised Def Leppard cover, of course.)

While “Side Effects” is about her ex-husband, her second single, “Bye Bye,” appears to be about her late father, Alfred Roy, who died of cancer in 2002. Mariah reminisces about the too-little time she shared with her mostly absent father and regrets how as a child, she didn’t understand why he failed to show up sometimes to see her after he and her mother divorced when she was 3. But mostly Mariah regrets that he “never got a chance to see how good I’ve done/ And you never got to see me back at #1.” This confessional moment doesn’t last long, since she extends this song about death to be for anybody “who just lost somebody.”

But for most of E=MC2, Mariah doesn’t want to feel any pain – she wants to party the night away. So on the club-thumping “Migrate,” she hops from “my car into the club … from the bar to VIP … from the party to the afterparty … afterparty to hotel” with T-Pain, who urges her to “bounce, bounce, bounce.” Like most MC albums, every guest star seems required to check her name at the door, and this is no exception. “Migrate,” which was co-produced by Nate “Danjahandz” Hills, has Mariah in full diva mode as she leaves a club once they start “playing my jam.”

Just in case there was a question of which jam that might be, she name-checks them herself in “For the Record,” a play on words in which she incorporates past song titles into a verse after she asks her lover, “Give me one reason one we can’t just press rewind?”

“I’m That Chick” ups the ego ante, but as she demonstrates with some silly lyrics (“la da da ooowee”) and a funky disco beat (benefiting from an “Off the Wall” melody sample), she’s not taking any of it seriously. At least we hope she’s not serious when she compares herself to Tupac and Biggie, then ice cream and the lottery, as she softly taunts, “You’re fiending to blaze up and taste me.” As if this weren’t already destined for the ’80s time-warp roller-disco crowd, she serves up the joyful romp “I’ll Be Lovin’ You Long Time,” which borrows from the chorus of DeBarge’s “Stay With Me” (as well as a phrase uttered by a Vietnamese hooker in “Full Metal Jacket” and then sampled by 2 Live Crew and other hip-hop acts). At least on the reggae-inflected “Cruise Control” (featuring Damian Marley), she exhibits a sense of humor, singing in a Jamaican patois during the second verse: “When tha door open, de gals on de block they be hopin’ to rob tha clock.” She’s not joking, or as she puts it, “Tink I’m joking?”

But for all the jokes, silliness and absurdities, Mariah is at her best when she keeps it simple, as she does in the closing track, “I Wish You Well,” a piano ballad with gospel overtones (even including Bible verses from the books Proverbs, John, Philippians and Psalms). The song is a turning-of-the-cheek to anyone who mistreated her or doubted her. Older and wiser, she realizes on E=MC2, that she needed them all along to make her who she is now, and thanks them for it. Because if she can be square with them, she’s truly set free – squared.

Listen to the music at 2MuchMuzik

www.2MuchMuzik.com

Tori Amos – Sleeps With Butterflies

anyaking — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:49:14 +0000

“Sleeps With Butterflies”

Airplanes
Take you away again
Are you flying
Above where we live
Then I look up a glare in my eyes
Are you having regrets about last night
I’m not but I like rivers that rush in
So then I dove in
Is there trouble ahead
For you the acrobat
I won’t push you unless you have a net

You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don’t mind
I don’t hold on
To the tail of your kite
I’m not like the girls that you’ve known
But I believe I’m worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy

Balloons
Look good from on the ground
I fear with pins and needles around
We may fall then stumble
Upon a carousel
It could take us anywhere

I’m not like the girls that you’ve known
But I believe I’m worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly boy

Listen to this song at 2MuchMuzik