I am Your Sunshine

Love this song

WPvideo 1.10

The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
Download!

i'm gonna fight 'em off
a seven nation army couldn't hold me back
they're gonna rip it off
taking their time right behind my back
and i'm talking to myself at night
because I can't forget
back and forth through my mind
behind a cigarette
and the message coming from my eyes
says leave it [...]

我真是愛死這首歌了!

嘿, 別急著把自己cancel掉, 被排擠 被看不起 都是你自己想像出來的
試著盡你所能吧! 他們在你背後嚼什麼舌根都別管~

hey
don't write yourself off yet
it's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on
just try your best
try everything you can
and don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away
hey you know they're all the same
you know you're doing better on your own so don't buy [...]

I love this song!

WPvideo 1.10

the postal service - such great heights High Rez
Download!

I am thinking it's a sign that the freckles
In our eyes are mirror images and when
We kiss they're perfectly aligned
And I have to speculate that God himself
Did make us into corresponding shapes like
Puzzle pieces from the clay
And true, it may seem like a [...]

很喜歡這首歌的前奏

WPvideo 1.10

White Wedding - Billy Idol (HQ Audio)
Download!

Hey little sister what have you done?
Hey little sister who's the only one?
Hey little sister who's your superman?
Hey little sister who's the one you want?
Hey little sister shot gun!
It's a nice day to start again.
It's a nice day for a white wedding.
It's a nice [...]

WPvideo 1.10

Plain White Ts - Hey There Delilah
Download!

Hey there Delilah
What's it like in New York City
I'm a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Time Square cant shine as bright as you
I swear it's true
Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close [...]

前面寫到的這場球賽中, 球迷除了 Blue is the Colour, Jose Mourinho 等歌之外還唱了 Que Sera, Sera (Whatever will be, will be.) 英格蘭球迷在球隊邁向 Wembley 時 (足總盃決賽) 常會把歌詞改成, "Que Sera Sera, Whatever Will Be Will Be, We're Going to Wembley, Que Sera Sera!"
關於 Que Sera, Sera 還有一些趣事.
Fans of the Swedish football club AIK sing this song when AIK is about [...]

最近常貼歌, 因為已經變成 the spoiled and unhappy, 至今也只有音樂, 只願被音樂
擁抱撫慰

WPvideo 1.10

Dashboard Confessional-Vindicated
Download!

Hope dangles on a string
Like slow spinning redemption
Winding in and winding out
The shine of it has caught my eye
And roped me in
So mesmerizing, so hypnotizing
I am captivated
[Chorus]
I am Vindicated
I am selfish
I am wrong
I am right
I swear I'm right
I swear I knew it all along
And I am [...]

[originally posted in July 2006]
一首輕快的歌, 其實很感傷啊...

Debbie just hit the wall
She never had it all
One Prozac a day
Husband's a CPA
Her dreams went out the door
When she turned 24.
Only been with one man
What happened to her plan?
She was gonna be an actress
She was gonna be a star
She was gonna shake her ass
On the hood of White Snake's [...]

前奏響起, 瞬間有被救贖的感覺, 我終於了解 Muse 的偉大之處.
聽音樂的天時地利人和, 或是天不時地不利人不和... 在脆弱而最不在預料中的時候
它就是硬生生敲入心扉, 也許沒有治癒, 至少安慰了
板起臉來沉默 拒絕的眼神 這冷冷冷的世界,
Muse 用歌聲輕柔環繞, 先是吃了一驚 眼眶卻不受控制的濕潤了
My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

WPvideo 1.10

MUSE - Starlight
Download!

Far away
This ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die
Starlight
I will be [...]

some songs are meant to make you smile.
Jet is coming to the Bay Area, pity that there are only a couple songs I like, or it'd be great to meet them in person.

WPvideo 1.10

Jet - "Are You Gonna Be My Girl"
Download!

Go!!
So 1, 2, 3, take my hand and come with me
because you look so [...]

WPvideo 1.10

Everclear - Father Of Mine
Download!

Father of mine
Tell me where have you been
You know I just closed my eyes
My whole world disappeared
Father of mine
Take me back to the day
Yeah when I was still your golden boy
Back before you went away
I remember the blue skies
Walking the block
I loved it when you held me high
I loved to [...]

終於找到這首歌, 很有意思.

WPvideo 1.10

Download!

Mikey got with Sharon, Sharon got Cherise
She was sharin' Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease
Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a racist
They were all in love dying they were doin' it in Texas
Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain
then he lost his leg in Dallas
He was [...]

awesome, strange song! :)

A cloud hangs over
This city by the sea
I watch the ships pass
And wonder if she might be
Out there and sober
As a well for loneliness
Please do persist girl
It's time we met and made, a mess.
I picture your face
In the back of my eyes
A fire in the attic
A proof of the prize
Anna Molly, Anna [...]

[originally posted on Dec 12 2006]
Heard this on the radio. At first, I didn't think it would be good. The beginning sounded so lame, but then as the song went along, I realized what it's about. I sat in my car and smirked. Guess it's many girls' biggest nightmare.
[updated]
So one day we were in the [...]

[originally posted on Mar 8 '07]
Heard this song again on Channel 1049 this morning. It was still powerful even though the music was not aggressive or loud or whatever, it's the quiet kind of powerful. It's sometimes like that, isn't it? Words that come out mildly are the ones shatter you. Turning and walking away [...]

Blind 可說是 Lifehouse 所有歌中我最喜歡的一首. Jason Wade 的有點低有點沙的嗓音吼著 A part of me died when I let you go, 套 Hyde 的說法, 我想就是很對我的"痛"吧!

I was young but I wasn't naive
I watched helpless as he turned around to leave
And still I have the pain I have to carry
A past so deep that even you could not bury if you [...]

為什麼總是在演唱會過後才喜歡上某樂團呢? (為了省錢...)

Now I know,
That I can't make you stay.
But where's, your heart?
But where's, your heart?
But where's, your,
And I know.
There's nothing I can say.
To change, that part.
To change, that part.
To change.
So many,
Bright lights they cast a shadow,
But can I speak?
Well is it hard understanding,
I'm incomplete?
A life that's so demanding,
I get so weak.
A love that's so demanding,
I [...]

my blog was filled with football posts, so I decided to post something I wanted to write about for quite a while.
My review on Blue October's latest album [Foiled] was still in labor. It's been over 6 months since I started that article. I can't seem to finish it and now that I have [...]

This was the first time I listened to the lyrics carefully and I found it interesting. I didn't realized it's sung by Suzanne Vega, the singer/songwriter who wrote Luka.
this is not the original version but a quite popular one.

I am sitting In the morning
At the diner On the corner
I am waiting At the [...]

Somewhere beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing;
Somewhere beyond the sea,
He's there watching for me.
If I could fly like birds on high,
Then straight to his arms I'd go sailing.
It's far beyond a star,
It's near beyond the moon,
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me [...]

lovely

I, I was a game he would play
He brought the clouds to my day
Then like a ray of light
You came my way one night
Just one look and I knew
You would make everything clear
Make all the clouds disappear
Don't you know, don't you know
You got it all over him
You got me over him
Honey it's true
There's just [...]

Love love love this song.

Oh, well imagine; as I'm pacing the pews in a church corridor,
and I can't help but to hear, no I can't help but to hear an exchanging of words.
"What a beautiful wedding!, What a beautiful wedding!" says a bridesmaid to a waiter.
"Ah yes, but what a shame, what a shame, the [...]

The song was written by Mordern English, there were many other people/bands covered this lovely song in different style, such as Bowling for Soup, Jason Marz, Save the Day, Mest, and so on and so forth.
I love Sugarcult's version the best, but unfortunately I cannot find their vid on YouTube. So here's Modern [...]

Now Listening: Travis [The Invisible Band] so many beautiful songs!
check it out. It's a cute song.

When I first held you I was cold
A melting snowman I was told
But now there was no one left to hold
Before I swore that I would be alone forever more
Wow look at you now
Flowers in the window
It's such a lovely [...]

Heard the song this morning on my way to work. After listening to Sarah & No Name's curious TC interview. The very first 2 lines of lyrics caught my ears, and the rest... check it out yourself

Baby we can talk all night
But that ain't gettin us nowhere
I told you everything I possibly can
There's nothing left [...]

這首歌忽然大量地出現在我身邊.
(Written by Bart Howard)
Fly me to the moon And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words darling kiss me
Fill my life with song And let me sing forevermore
You are all I hope for All I worship and adore
In [...]

It's gonna be my second favorite Travis song though the MV is kinda silly. (My fav is Why Does It Always Rain on Me. The MV is sorta quirky as well.) Some parts of the song reminded me of 9 Crimes of Damien Rice.

If I told you a secret
You won't tell a soul
Will you hold [...]

[updated with video. originally post on Oct 18 2005]

So, here we are in the same old spot
Knowing something needs to happen
But our mouths are locked, toung-tied, closed tight, sealed shut, yup
I tried hard but it just wouldn't come up
It's on the tip of my tounge
It's in the front of my mind
Yet the words were still [...]

拿到我的車, 拿到我的 CD. 拚命地聽 BDB, 一次又一次. 除了快節奏的 Born in the U.K. 之外, 最後一首 One Last Dance 也讓我非常喜愛. 尤其是歌詞, 前半段 deja vu, 後半段卻是路遙歸夢難成的 "I want that too."
chorus 說 I'll be your Troy Donahue If you’ll be my Sandra Dee, 我一直有點困惑. 明明清純甜美的 Sandra Dee 只跟 Bobby Darin 有過一段短暫的婚姻關係, 怎麼又跟 Troy Donahue 扯上關係了. 結果原來是因為 Troy Donahue 跟 Sandra [...]

昨天翻到這首歌又重聽了一次, 還是一樣好笑.

Folks
I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream
About me
About you
About the way our American hearts beat way down in the bottoms of our chests
About that special feeling we get in the cockles of our hearts
Or maybe below the cockles
Maybe in the sub-cockle area
Maybe in the liver
Maybe in the kidneys
Maybe even in the [...]

HL mentioned the song to me the other day, it was used in ST:DS9. He was complaining about why good persons always suffer and how Charly declared this song as the ultimate "Good Men" song.
The clip is kindly provided by Locutus (okay, I stole the link from HL) from a scene in ST:DS9 Tears [...]

[updated, originally posted on Nov 16 2005] Kylie Minogue 的版本還不錯, 不過好像是對嘴. (one of my fav Xmas song)
第一次聽到這首歌是在布法羅的時候，
那陣子我當成鬧鐘的廣播總是播著聖誕歌，就像現在的 Koit 96.5 一樣。
某一個還賴在Creekside舒服的雙人床上的早晨，
聖誕歌一首一首在耳邊響起，我卻還不想起來，
直到它開始放起了這首 Santa Baby
Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue
I'll wait up for you dear
Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight
Santa baby, Santa honey, Santa cutie...
可愛的讓我逼自己清醒好聽清楚她在唱什麼。
最近KOIT也放了幾次這首歌，好像是 Madonna 唱的
不是我不喜歡 Madonna，但說真的她唱的比我之前聽到的版本遜多了
可惜我不知道是誰唱的...

Buh-bum.. buh-bum...
Santa baby, just slip a [...]

[updated] 找到 video
好聽! 好笑名字的新人~

Well youre the closest thing I have
To bring up in a conversation
About a love that didnt last
But I could never call you mine
Cause I could never call myself yours
And if we were really meant to be
Well then we justify destiny
Its not that our love died
Just never really bloomed
Well I cant let [...]

I was on my way to work when I first heard this song. It touched me, you know one of the reasons I love country is because of its down to earth stories. As I was driving on N 880, I switched to KRTY cos RadioAlice was too funky for this morning. After Aaron Trippin's [...]

Great, 現在我搞不清楚我當初想要找的歌究竟是 Sheryl Crow 的還是 Coldplay 的了.
我寧願相信是 Sheryl Crow.
No one said it would be easy
But no one said itd be this hard
這首歌在她第一張專輯 Tuesday Night Music Club,
1993 年發行, 至今都十三年了. 想當初我買的時候還是買錄音帶的呢!
有時候, 新東西帶給我們不同的感受, 但老東西總是有回憶的甜, 而累年不膩.

Its obvious the trouble were in
When your father pulls up in a mercedes benz
He says he just happened to be in the [...]

A very powerful song. It caught me at prelude. Can't help but listening to it over and over.

Seems like it was yesterday when I saw your face
You told me how proud you were, but I walked away
If only I knew what I know today
Ooh, ooh
I would hold you in my arms
I would take the [...]

[updated]Finally, someone upload it on Youtube, so I'm able to share the song with y'all. This was originally posted on Feb 10 2006)
今早上班路上在 KRTY 聽到了這首歌，
"What she called a Chevy was a sixty-six Corvette"
讓我忍不住仔細聽他究竟在唱些什麼。
在 880 上我認真地聽著他的歌詞，聽到最後覺得心都脹得滿滿的，是個動人的故事。
這也是我喜愛 country 的原因，我很喜歡聽故事。
下面的故事很好聽，歌也很好聽, enjoy (ps. 其實有一點點像鬼故事 XD)

I was just out of the service
Thumbin' through the classifieds
When an ad that said "Old [...]

It just touches.
you can find some live vid on YouTube, if interested.

To the bitter end I have fought alone,
Now this cavalry is coming home,
Like a motorcade lost in tickertape,
I have felt my way to you again,
On any other day there’d be a marching band,
But I stole away before they cut me down,
What say we go, [...]

實在很想知道 HOTS 的這首歌到底跟 Cormac McCarthy 的小說 Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West 有沒有關係. 尋遍網路沒找到相關資料. (全都在跟我說這張專輯的銷售量...-_-) 不過我想是沒有. HOTS 是 Chichester 的英國團, 而 Cormac McCarthy 是美國人. Cormac McCarthy 在 1985 年出版這本"西部"小說, 評論家 Steven Shaviro 認為美國文學中只有 Moby Dick 可與其相提並論, 而本書也被 Harold Bloom 選在 "How to read and why" 中. How to Read and Why 似乎是本很有用的書, [...]

Fell in love with this song in the summer of 1999. We were in Jasper, lying in bed, watching MuchMusic. The MV mezmerized me somehow and the image of the pot plant imprinted in my brain for years. I have always had a thing for Canadian Rock. Prozzak, Simple Plan... and I Mother Earth. I [...]

beautiful song I heard on my way to work. (yes, I love country music.)

He works hard to give her all he thinks she wants
Three car garage, her own credit cards
He pulls in late to wake her up with a kiss goodnight
If he could only read her mind She'd say:
Buy me a rose
Call me from work
Open [...]

It's always nice to get back to Virgin UK. It's been quite a while. But it's like a faithful friend. Whenever I turn it on, it can always refresh my spirit.
Adorable song by Fratellis, active since 2005.

Well it's a big big city and it's always the same
Can never be too pretty tell me you [...]

The season's here.
(playing Anthony Callea & Sylvie Paldino live version)

Do you remember me
I sat upon your knee
I wrote to you
With childhood fantasies
Well, I'm all grown up now
And still need help somehow
I'm not a child
But my heart still can dream
So here's my lifelong wish
My grown up christmas list
Not for myself
But for a world in need
No more [...]

[updated w/ video]
Russ Lorenson performs

(originally posted on Nov 13 2005)
KOIT開始全天放著聖誕音樂，舊金山的聖誕節，what a lovely place to be。
有人可能要大搖其頭不同意，或著撇撇嘴翻翻白眼。
所以我也沒辦法說，
It's the closest thing to heaven. How I wish that you were here.
於是又變得很矛盾且彆扭奇怪了。

Christmas in San Francisco
What a lovely place to be
Seeing the hills being all lit up
Like a diamond Christmas tree
Hearing children singing carols
People come from everywhere
To sing along with [...]

This morning, the sweet voice of Angie Hart visited my brain unexpectedly. (Dec 1 2006)

Mommy told me something
A little kid should know
It's all about the devil
And I learned to hate him so
She said he causes trouble when you let him in your room
He'll never ever leave you if your heart is
filled with gloom
Chorus:
So let the [...]

本來以為是講感情的歌, 聽一聽發現應該是在發洩因為她們公開反 Bush 而幾乎變成全民公敵的心情. 前陣子看到幾部電影/紀錄片的預告, 都是跟音樂界的人有關. 一部是 The U.S. vs. John Lennon, 另一部就是 Dixie Chicks 的 Shut Up And Sing. 兩部紀錄片攜手釋出, 也許是要藉著 Lennon 挺一下 Dixie Chicks? 無論如何, 兩部我都蠻想看的.

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting
I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a [...]

這首歌讓我想去聽 DR 的演唱會了 (Moni 會嫉妒死)

Leave me out with the waste
This is not what I do
It's the wrong kind of place
To be thinking of you
It's the wrong time
For somebody new
It's a small crime
And I've got no excuse
Is that alright? Yeah...
Give my gun away when it's loaded
that alright with? Yeah..
If you don't shoot it how am I [...]

For those who cannot make up their minds

WPvideo 1.10

Download!

Darling you gotta let me know
Should I stay or should I go?
If you say that you are mine
Ill be here til the end of time
So you got to let know
Should I stay or should I go?
Always tease tease tease
Siempre - coqetiando y enganyando
Youre happy when Im on [...]

Heard this song on the radio and somehow it touched me in a funny way
enjoy~

I've been waiting, pacing along the halls ever since you left here
I've been cleaning, scrubbing the plates and weeding out the garden dear
I can't fall asleep to your mystery slowly blowing from the shore
I have not failed to be what you'd [...]

一直都很喜歡這首乍聽之下很甜美, 歌詞就滿溢無奈悲傷的歌.
直到最近才發現, 原來 Frente! 不是原唱, New Order 像是 re-mix 舞曲的版本才是.
好驚訝啊. 因為常常聽到慢歌被翻成舞曲, 卻沒想到也有從像 New Order 這樣的一首歌改成 Frente! 那樣甜甜的歌. 兩個都很好聽就是了.
New Order

Frente!