Music That Currently Makes Me Happy (Part 4)-Miscellaneous

Before we get to the final post in the "Music That Currently Makes Me Happy" series, did anyone see the GOP debate last night? I was unable to, though I was encouraged by an article that said that Ron Paul "was the crowd favorite."
Oh, the joys of being able to vote in the next election!! I can't wait.

We wrap up with miscellaneous music: two alternative songs and a soundtrack song.

First, Under the Milky Way by the Church. This guy's voice....oh...my...gosh. I love it. Just the title of the song makes me happy thinking about it. These Aussies are pretty awesome.




Next, Elephant Love Medley from Moulin Rouge. This song is SO BRILLIANT on so many levels. Baz Luhrmann took what on their own are sappy love pop songs and combined them into the medley, which is PERFECT for Christian and Satine in the movie. I hadn't even liked most of these songs on their own, but combined, they rock.



On a side note, this is a very cool video that someone made of the original songs in the medley against pictures of Satine and Christian.


Finally, Wonderwall by Oasis. You'll remember I've been obsessed with this song for quite a long time.
Still love it.




Honorable Mentions: Where the Streets Have No Name, (Pet Shop Boys version) Nara, (E.S. Posthumous) Test Drive, (How to Train Your Dragon soundtrack) Lucky, (Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat) In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel) and Come What May and Your Song. (from Moulin Rouge)

Music That Currently Makes Me Happy (Part 3)-Celtic Woman

I could include most of the songs from their album Songs from the Heart, particularly Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears; Galway Bay; You'll Be In My Heart; and Amazing Grace; but my current favorite is their version of Fields of Gold, originally by Sting.



Another song that I was until recently unaware of that I love is Newgrange. It's about, well, Newgrange, which is actually the oldest surviving man-made structure in the world. It's older than the pyramids and Stonehenge. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Orla's voice in this song.



Finally, I'm so irritated because they don't have a recording of this song. It's such a wonderful song, but there is NO RECORDING OF IT!!!!

At the Ceili



Honorable Mentions of Celtic Woman songs that make me happy other than aforementioned songs: Orinoco Flow; the Sky, the Dawn, and the Sun; Chloe's Starry, Starry Night; Walking in the Air; Siull A Run; Dulaman; and the Soft Goodbye.

I must remember to post about the (somewhat) recent discovery of my love for my (what little I have) Irish heritage...

Music That Currently Makes Me Happy (Part 2)-Rebellious and/or Irish Sounding Songs

Insomnia strikes again, so here we go with Part 2!!

First, the main theme from Firefly. I could listen to this song over and over and over without getting sick of it.

"Take my love, take my land. Take me where I cannot stand.
I don't care; I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me.
Take me out to the black. Tell them I ain't coming back.
Burn the land and boil the sea. You can't take the sky from me."




Next, Bonnie Blue Flag. This is the 2nd South Carolina String Band performing in the movie Gods and Generals.



Finally, A Prayer for Me In Silence by Flogging Molly. I wish this song was LONGER because it's so awesome. And I couldn't find a version of them actually performing it, just the audio.

Music That Currently Makes Me Happy (Part 1)-Musical Theatre Songs

Despite my griping and complaining that this musical even existed, I really love this one song. Someone in my vocal studio sang it during our recital, and I fell in love with it.
Which makes it really irritating that I don't have the vocal type or range to sing this song, ha ha.

The Title Song from Love Never Dies




Next, another piece that was performed at my vocal recital, though again not by me. This song is from the musical Side Show, which is about a set of conjoined twins. In my recital, it was performed by non-identical twin sisters, so it was very appropriate for them.

I actually liked our vocal recital staging better, but this video works. Just skip the jabbering at the beginning.

Who Will Love Me As I Am from Side Show

Sunset Boulevard

One of my favorite actors sings one of my favorite songs from what is becoming one of my favorite musicals based on one of my favorite movies.

Eponine Angst

I LOVE these videos, and would watch more Les Mis, but that my internet can only take so much youtube before dying on me. So...enjoy these two, and if you have good internet, find the other ones related to these. I'm sure they rock too.

Walk the Line

First thing I will say about this movie: the acting is amazing. Having seen Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon in completely different roles and voices, I was blown away. Witherspoon in my mind went from the head in the clouds English girl Cecily from the Importance of Being Earnest to the sassafrass country gal June Carter. Phoenix went from Merill Hess and Lucius Hunt (from Signs and the Village) to the Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash. His voice...oh my gosh....when he sang Walk the Line and Ring of Fire shivers went up my spine, he sounded so much like Cash.

I loved this movie, but I wonder how much of it is completely true to Johnny Cash's life. Mom said someone told her they made him out worse than he actually was. To rectify the situation, I have on order a copy of Cash: the Autobiography. When I read it, I'll be sure to give my thoughts on it.

To close, here's a quote from Sam Philips in the movie.

"Bring... bring it home? All right, let's bring it home. If you was hit by a truck and you was lying out there in that gutter dying, and you had one time to sing one song. Huh? One song that people would remember before you're dirt. One song that would let God know how you felt about your time here on Earth. One song that would sum you up. You tellin' me that's the song you'd sing? That same Jimmy Davis tune we hear on the radio all day, about your peace within, and how it's real, and how you're gonna shout it? Or... would you sing somethin' different. Somethin' real. Somethin' you felt. Cause I'm telling you right now, that's the kind of song that truly saves people."

Interesting Voices and Accents!

Ok, I stole this from Miss Erin's blog, and I thought it was amazing. Unfortunately, I'm having issues with embedding a youtube video properly, so here it is, 21 Accents!

For someone who doesn't have the knack for it, learning accents is HARD. I got a cd to learn a standard British accent, and it hasn't been easy at all. I'm probably just too southern to sound refined, ha ha.

Isn't it amazing what people can do with their voices??? Consider such cartoon star voices such as Jess Harnell. He is most notably known (in this family) for Wakko Warner on Animaniacs, but he's been voices in SOOOO many notable movies it's absurd! Also, he was the voice of Wooten on Adventures in Odyssey. If you listen to his interview on the Adventures in Odyssey podcast, you'll hear him do the voices of each of the Beatles which was fascinating. (by the way, I do NOT love the Beatles, just to clear that up. I know just enough about them to laugh at the parody of them on Pinky and the Brain)
Then consider Joaquin Phoenix....he sounded almost exactly like Johnny Cash in Walk the Line it was scary...yet in the Village or Signs he sounds completely different.

Amazing Voices....Part 3

Annie Lennox singing Into the West

Amazing Voices....Part 2

Next, Josh Groban and Charlotte Church, singing the same song, the Prayer.

Amazing Voices....Part 1

First in my amazing voices series is Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion.