L'il Red Riding Hood

L'il Red Riding Hood

Amanda Seyfried

For the Love that don't fit in the mold.
For the Love that strives to exist.
For Love. For Love.

Hypocrates

Hypocrates

Marina & The Diamonds

Electra Heart

Indestructible

Indestructible (Acoustic Version)

Robyn

Body Talk

Say Goodbye

Say Goodbye

Katharine McPhee

Unbroken

World of Chances

World of Chances

Demi Lovato

Here We Go Again

This is the beauty of listening to material not released as singles. There is a certain quality of truth hidden in them. And last night when I listened to this particular song, I instantly wanted to put it on replay. This is a collaboration between John Mayer and Demi Lovato and it tells about untaken chances and how you know they'll regret it one day. Enjoy!

[Photo from a tagged photo in facebook]

Paper Airplanes

Paper Airplanes

JoJo

Strong Enough

Strong Enough

Stacie Orrico

Stacie Orrico

P.S. I haven't blogged for a week. Why? I took a break to realize some things and immersing myself knee-deep into music. And The latest revelation came through this song, which I just heard yesterday, sent by a friend. Thank you so much. It's been a while since I listened to Stacie Orrico, and now, I see her in a different light. 

Anybody's Heart

Anybody's Heart

Katharine McPhee

Unbroken

P.S. I have finally found the song to sum every single pain, reflecting just enough of me to fit to a T. Childish croo-ing to the excruciating lyrics in simple band-aid words. I have found the song of the week in an album I shunned. Make you reconsider, no?

Wild Horses

Wild Horses

Natasha Bedingfield

Unwritten

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Florence + The Machines

Ceremonials

I present to you my current obsession: Never Let Me Go by Florence + The Machines. Off the whole album, this one struck me the most. Even through crappy speakers, I could feel the song pulling me into the deep, losing my mind for a moment.

On the song, I guess I haven't delved quite deep into indie music, but I do appreciate the band even the lead, Florence Welsh. Her voice isn't what you normally hear in "bands", which is great! The band is something different and the music they do is so ethereal in their current album, which for me is a take on religion and its whole she-bang. The track featured today is no exception. From it, I could feel like I have been eaten by a big wave, dives underwater and just drowned though still alive. Her vocals have the calming effect most especially felt when they get stretched to a near falsetto. The echoing choir, piano, and drums also help in the effect of the undersea and the rain. The lyrics have also the addiction of water and just letting yourself go into the deep even when you keep on saying to someone else never let you go.

The point has been driven further by the video, which need not to be explained much, because at times, even I couldn't understand. But from what I see, it would just simulate the feeling of the song. The possible plot would be the woman the lead plays is a ghost of a drowned victim revisiting a lover, which is in itself a reminder to never let her memory go. Even that is heartbreaking.

Weak

Weak

JoJo

JoJo

I'll Never Forget You

I'll Never Forget You

Birdy

Birdy

Don't You Remember

Don't You Remember
Adele
21

Bound to You

Bound To You

Christina Aguilera

There is something very eerily beautiful with Bound To You. The richness of Aguilera's voice to the sincerity of each word in the composition. And by some things I could not grasp, I fell in love with this song above all others from the same movie.

Starting with the composition, I could really tell the honesty of every word. The emotions of a woman too strong for too long, needing nobody, now finding herself falling for someone for the first time. The fears of a first love and the greatness of giving in to it, forgetting your past, forgetting your fears and diving in head first to the murky future, with your love leading you and guiding you through. This battle of letting go and clamming up is a timeless beauty.

Then with the sounds, Aguilera's voice is perfect for this song, nearly tailor-made for her and her now-whole and rich tone. Each word and note comes out clean and heavy, thus making you feel her pain and struggle, which is furthermore expressed in her strains in her high notes. In the song you don't hear much layers in the vocals, just a few background vocals here and there, but there is none to be found post-bridge, unlike most pop songs, thus focusing on the seriousness and singularity of the ballad. The composition of the instrumental is phenomenal, with its chorus cadences, and an after chorus return to the simple beat, a classic Sia work of art. By doing this, it makes you pay more attention to the words better with the simple violin-accompanied piano, and come the chorus again, there is a surge of complexity which continues to the bridge and the final chorus which finishes off beautifully with an note signifying an enlightenment.

The music video come from the movie itself, which is a beautiful production, a green draping dress and a white flower in bunched up hair, with a light behind and just you on stage - one of Xtina's finest looks.

End note: Let it go. Let it go. Beautiful. Give in. Let it go.

Heaven

Heaven

Natalia Kills

Perfectionist

Happy Birthday, Daddy. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, I hope you're happy somehow. Hoping this song sums up what we all feel.

A Song for You

A Song for You

Herbie Hancock ft. Christina Aguilera

Possibilities

You can't have a heartbreak without a heart.

You can't feel the pain if you can't relate, if you do not have a heart in you yourself.