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| 31 songs that changed my life (Nick Hornby list) | | The writer Nick Hornby (31 Songs, How To Be Good, About A Boy, High Fidelity and Fever Pitch) reveals the 31 songs that are the soundtrack of his life. Have your personal list? Nick Hornby's 31 songs:1. Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
2. Teenage Fanclub - Your Love is the Place That I Come From
3. Nelly Furtado - I'm Like a Bird
4. Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
5. Rufus Wainwright - One Man Guy
6. Santana - Samba Pa Ti
7. Rod Stewart - Mama Been on My Mind
8. Bob Dylan - Can You Please Crawl Out of Your Window?
9. The Beatles - Rain
10. Ani DiFranco - You Had Time
11. Aimee Mann - I've Had It
12. Paul Westerberg - Born For Me
13. Suicide - Frankie Teardrop
14. Teenage Fanclub - Ain't That Enough
15. J. Geils Band - First I Look at the Purse
16. ben folds five - Smoke
17. Badly Drawn Boy - A Minor Incident
18. The Bible - Glorybound
19. Van Morrison -Caravan
20. Butch Hancock & Marce LaCouture - So I'll Run
21. Gregory Isaacs - Puff the Magic Dragon
22. Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Reasons to be Cheerful, Part3
23. Richard and Linda Thompson - The Calvary Cross
24. Jackson Brownee - Late For... | |
| | Do you know Weir Al Yankovic? | | "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since receiving his first accordion lesson a day before his seventh birthday, he has recorded more than 150 parody and original songs and sold more comedy albums than any other artist. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards amongst nine nominations, three gold and five platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first Top 10 Billboard album and single were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own movie and television show, directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds and Hanson, and had guest appearances in television shows such as The Simpsons and Behind the Music. | |
| | "Weird Al" Yankovic is a musician, anybody knows him? | | "Weird Al" Yankovic is an American musician, satirist, parodist, accordionist, and television producer. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since receiving his first accordion lesson a day before his seventh birthday, he has recorded more than 150 parody and original songs and sold more comedy albums than any other artist. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards amongst nine nominations, three gold and five platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first Top 10 Billboard album and single were both released in 2006, nearly three decades into his career. In addition to recording his albums, Yankovic has written and starred in his own movie and television show, directed music videos for himself and other artists including Ben Folds and Hanson, and had guest appearances in television shows such as The Simpsons and Behind the Music. | |
| | Top Five Sad B@stard Music | | Okay, so basically anyone who's seen this movie will know the deal here.
Here's mine:
1) Jens Lekman - Department of Forgotten Love Songs
2) Bright Eyes - We Are Nowhere and It's Now (listen to the lyrics, man)
3) Ben Folds Five - Brick (classic b@stard music)
4) Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine (two words: sad jazz!)
5) Elliott Smith - any song 'coz his music is guaranteed to make you mope.
Runner-ups:
Morrissey - There's A Light That Never Goes Out
Don McLean - Vincent
Death Cab for Cutie - Tiny Vessels | |
| | ben folds concert | | i just bought tickets to see ben folds! i am really excited. have you ever seen him in concert before? what are some of your favorite ben folds songs? i love "the luckiest" and a lot of ben folds five stuff. | |
| | How did you become a Guster fan? | | I first saw Guster when they opened for john Mayer in 2004. I'd never heard of them until I read on the ticket that they were the opening band. Went onto their website and listened to some of their songs and thought, hmmm, they're not bad. When I went to the show, I couldn't believe how much I loved their music! Ended up becoming a bigger fan of theirs than I was of John Mayer's. A few months later, I went to another show where they were playing with Rufus Wainwright and Ben Folds. Again, it was great. Afterwards I waited to meet them where their tour bus was parked, along with a small group of fans. Adam and Joe came out to sign autographs and allow us to take pictures. They couldn't have been nicer. Rufus came out too, and he was brilliant also. One more chance to see Guster live came after I moved to the UK. They played in a very small club in Manchester where I was able to get right up to the front of the stage! It was amazing. A real treat came before the show began when I spotted Brian sitting on a pinball game waiting to do the sound checks. Got my courage up and introduced myself. He was very nice as well. All in all it was a... | |
| | Wedding Songs | | So for those of you who are married, you know how important that first dance is. The first song we danced to was "She's My Kind of Rain" by Tim McGraw, so I thought that should be our wedding song. Then one night, my b-friend/husband said to me "what do we do if one of us has an idea for our wedding song?" and he told me he wanted "Wonderful Tongight." So after many years of thinking "Wonderful Tonight" would be our wedding song, I randomly downloaded "The Luckiest" by Ben Folds. As soon as I heard it, I told my b-friend/husband, and we immediately changed it. I wanted to share the lyrics of this song, because they are just awesome.The Luckiest, Ben Foldsi dont get many things right the first time
in fact, i am told that a lot
now i know all the wrong turns, stumbles and falls
brought me here
and where i was i before the day
that i first saw your lovely face
now i see it, every dayand i am, i am,
i am, the luckiestwhat if i'd, been born, fifty years before you
in a house, on the street, where you lived
maybe i'd be outside as you passed on your bike
would i know?
and in a wide sea of eyes
i see one pair that i
recognize
and i knowthat i am, i... | |
| | name at least 5 of your fave songs saved in your cellphone? | | [i]I was actually planning of changing my playlist and will download new set of mp3 songs.I just want to have an idea what songs are saved in your cellphone.I can name a few of my faves:1. Deep inside of You by Third Eye Blind
2. I Could Not Ask for More by Edwin McCain
3. Brick by Ben Folds Down
4. Always Be My Baby by David Cook
5. And my fave[b]Bad Day by The Chipmunks.[/b]The[b]Bad Day song by the chipmunks is my alarm music.[em]lol[/em][/b][/i] | |
| | I AM SAM - Best movie soundtrack | | I believe that this movie 'I AM SAM' was the best movie that Sean Penn had ever portrayed. Actually this is my favorite drama movie of all time. Plus the fact that the characters on this movie are based on the songs of my favorite band 'The Beatles'.
It had great tracks from different artists and different genre with of course songs written by The Beatles being covered by those artists. The tracks are as follows:1.: Two Of Us - Aimee Mann/Michael Penn
2.: Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan
3.: Across The Universe - Rufus Wainwright
4.: I'm Looking Through You - The Wallflowers
5.: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away - Eddie Vedder
6.: Strawberry Fields - Ben Harper
7.: Mother Nature's Son - Sheryl Crow
8.: Golden Slumbers - Ben Folds
9.: I'm Only Sleeping - The Vines
10.: Don't Let Me Down - Stereophonics
11.: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - The Black Crowes
12.: Julia - Chocolate Genius
13.: We Can Work It Out - Heather Nova
14.: Help - Howie Day
15.: Nowhere Man - Paul Westerberg
16.: Revolution - Grandaddy
17.: Let It Be - Nick Cave
My personal favorite was 'Two of Us' and 'Blackbird'. I recommend this CD to all beatles fanatic and listen to a different kind of Beatles... | |
| | do you sing/dedicate songs for your partner? if you do what are they and why? | |
i have been watching The Wedding Singer, and I really love how Adam Sandler was singing I Wanna Grow Old With You. He acted really good on that part. I liked how he was forcing himself not to smile too wide, so as not to ruin the scene and it really pulled it off. then i was also looking for some sweet songs that i could listen to, just for kicks, prolly to inspire me, despite not having a partner. lol. and then i found the song 'the luckiest' by ben folds, and i read on the caption on the video that i watched on youtube, it says that he made the video for his wife. some dedicated that song for their girlfriends after making doing something they terribly regretful, that've hurt their partner. i liked it.:)i think it's really sweet when men or women expresses their love through music. it sets the mood, and it explain the words you couldn't say. so how about you do you dedicate songs to the person/people you love?:> | |
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