I love music and I love to write, put two and two together and we get a blog full of reviews and picks on my favorite musical artists and albums. Who knows you may discover your own new favorite group! Any suggestions on groups I should check out is greatly welcomed, just leave a comment!
"Boredom kills" is something we are all to familiar with. So to entertain myself and brighten your day I am going to fill out this music related facebook game (are these things considered games?). Basically, pick an artist and answer each question with a song title. Repeats are forbidden. And lastly, have fun!
Pick your Artist: Victoria Beckham
Are you a male or female: That Kind of Girl (Victoria Beckham)
Describe yourself: Not Such an Innocent Girl (Victoria Beckham)
How do you feel: Bittersweet (Open Your Eyes)
Describe where you currently live: In Your Dreams (Not Such an Innocent Girl-Single)
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Right Back To You (Open Your Eyes)
Your favourite form of transportation: Whatcha Talkin' About ?? (Victoria Beckham)
Your best friend is: That Dude (The Real Beckhams)
You and your best friends are: Like That (Victoria Beckham)
What's the weather like: Feels So Good (Mind of its Own-Single)
Favourite time of day: 25 Minutes (Open Your Eyes)
If your life was a TV show, what would it be called: Out of Your Mind(Single)
What is life to you: Open Your Eyes (Open Your Eyes)
Your relationship: My Love is for Real (Demo)
Your fear: Every Little Thing (Open Your Eyes)
What is the best advice you have to give: Should Have Known Better (Open Your Eyes)
Thought for the Day: I.O.U. (Victoria Beckham)
How I would like to die: No Trix No Games (Victoria Beckham)
My soul's present condition: A Mind of its Own (Victoria Beckham)
edit//Okay this month is going to be a two parter since I've failed to upload the July pick. Yeah blame Dragon Ball Z...
We've seen these girls already and I "Just Can't Get Enough" of their latest single! The Saturdays and their latest single, Work. Their recent tour they have just finished up has been appropriately been called the Work Tour. Good job girls on finishing up your first tour, lets hope for many more tours in the future possibly hitting up the US of A. Anyway, off of their album Chasing Lights this has got to be my favorite song. It's HOT. Like I've said in my May pick, something I really can dance to. This has got to be their sexy breakthrough single, like how "Say You'll Be There" was for the Spice Girls. Refresher for those of you who do not remember the Spices is below:
(David Beckham swears he watched this music video and he fell in love with Victoria aka Posh Spice!)
Work Music Video
Back to July's pick. Not only do I love this song to pieces the music video really got me going. HOTHOTHOTHOT! I believe I watched the music video about 10 times the day and the hour it came out. FYI: I'm also talking in terms of UK time. Yes, I am that devoted. Una is just *drool*. You'll see if you watch it. Not only do I absolutely love "Work" as a song, I love the B-side that comes with it, it is titled "Unofficial". It is a beautiful ballad and yes a song The Saturdays wrote so it comes from the heart. I have to say out of all the B-sides it is definetly one of the best, it should have been on the album to replace "Keep Her" or something. Although I do think this song needs some cleaning up but still very pleasant. I have two versions I would like to share one is the rough but is a really great example of how wonderfully talented Vanessa White is vocally and the second is the version that is available on the single.
Unofficial - Band Version
Unoffical - Vanessa White Version
Unfortunately, these girls are UK exclusive. So for us state side folks that means we cannot get our grubby hands on these European delights for now. It has been announced in interviews that The Saturdays do have an interest in pursueing breaking it in America! GO GIRLS! WORK WORK! Do I hear some Girl Power? Well folks, until next month see you! Now leave me while I listen to my low quality version. My wonderful friend Minerva Tran who is currently in England has my copy of the single in her possession!! Go import yours! http://thesaturdays.co.uk/
edit// Okay this month is going to be a two parter since I've failed to upload the July pick. Yeah blame Dragon Ball Z...
(June)
Hello everyone! This month I have decided upon The Fareast* Movement! These guys are awesome and really know how to keep rocking! Shocked by my choice? I know I know, if you know me I am an ultimate metal head and rock faniatic. But I just can stray away from good hip hop sometimes. I've been listening to these guys for a few months actually and their beats and lyrics never get old for a casual hip hop listener. Their newest album "Animal" has been featured on a few radio stations in the SoCal region actually. "Girls on the Dance Floor" and "Fetish" has hit the airways. "Animal" is one of those albums that cover almost everything and suits any mood you are in. From fast paced club tracks like "Girls on the Dance Floor" to my personal favorite "Wonderful Day" which I love listening to while cruising down the road in beautiful sunny Cal. Their album is a little bit harder to get a hold of, I still do not have a hard copy of it and unfortunately iTunes has removed it for some unholy reason. ): If you are interested in aquiring this awesome album check out their website. http://www.fareastmovement.com/st/
Here's some of their music videos, who knew Asian guys could be so cool? Dance Like Michael Jackson
Taking a break from studying and I've decided I wanted to blog more. And I figure with summer coming along doing something constructive like this will help me with my writing and prevent my brain from turning into mush over a period of 3 months.
Okay here is the task I would like to try to complete for one year, I will pick an album I like for the month and write about it. Not only I will get a little brain boost, I will also be discussing something i really enjoy and discovering new and old artists. So, if you guys have any suggestions for bands/artists I'm up for it.
Okay so for May 2009, my pick of the month is....The Saturdays (haha no surprise huh Minerva?)
Frankie, Rochelle, Una, Vanessa, Mollie
You thought Girl Power was dead?? Well its not! Now introducing you to The Saturdays: Una, Mollie, Vanessa, Rochelle, and Frankie! The Saturdays are an all female pop group hailing from England AND Ireland (Una is Irish). These five young women are fresh faced, sexy, personable, and talented just what the music scene needs. The British media has even said they could be the next Spice Girls which I am just over the moon excited about! So you know something great is brewing below. (Throughout this post you will notice I will be referencing back and forth between The Saturdays and Spice Girls, this is only because I can see a great simliarity in them both internally and externally.) The Saturdays are ready to conquer the world just like the Spices have. The US music market needs a break from R&B and Hiphop, pure pop has been extinct since the beginning of the millennium. To me listening to something like The Saturdays is just refreshing like a drink of a tall glass of ice cold water. Soulja Boy move outta the way! The Saturdays are a modern version of all successive pop acts of yesterday!
The self titled album itself is just great, I find myself dancing around at 2 am to "Up" and once again visualizing dance routines like I'm 8 years old again. And it doesn't end there The Saturdays deliver with their fast tracks like "Just Can't Get Enough", a rendition of the 80's classic and "Work" a hot dance track that is just begging to be played in the club or at least in my mom's Jazzercise class. They also have great ballads like "Issues" and "Chasing Lights" that any sad sob could definitely get into. If that is not enough for you, all their singles have been in the top 10 in the UK charts! And surprise surprise, they all can sing! But even though some girls have stronger vocals than others they all sound decent. The harmonization is beautiful in all songs but are very few since mostly all I can hear is Vanessa's powerful vocals. I think the most impressive singer out of The Saturdays would have to be Vanessa White, that girl can sing! She has a very wide vocal range and to the rest of the girls she is the Christina Aguilera/Beyonce/Emma Bunton of the group. The second girl to have impressed me would be Una Healy, her raspy cool tones bring out the Geri/Mel B of the group, but she sounds better than Geri. haha Una just knows how to use her voice well. A few times Rochelle has impressed me, bottom line they are decent singers live. Unfortunately they aren't all trained dancers which means we don't see as much dancing around on stage. But give or take I think I would rather have more talent in singing than dancing.
Now its not just their music that has gotten me all excited it's the total vibe they are giving me right now, its like reliving 97-98 all over again! The excitement I get from seeing The Saturdays being on the exact same shows the Spice Girls were on 10 years ago really brings me back. It was an exciting time, here the world has this one hot item, what is going to happen next? Who knows? And that's how I feel about The Saturdays, they have such great potential to be something great worldwide who knows what is going to happen next? According to Perez, the girls will try to break the US which I am desperately praying for. How cool would it be to see these girls over here?? With their personalities and good looks I think they will go far, they are cute and funny. But not as outragous and crazy as the Spices were, bummer. ): Watching The Saturdays in interviews and in their own private videos brings such joy to my life. Since the Return of the Spice Girls, every once and awhile I get really down because I miss seeing them all together in interviews and having fun. And I have been dying to find an alternative, I'm really glad to have found The Saturdays, I love how they take around their little flip video camera and make silly nonsense videos of themselves. My favorite video clips are of "Mochelle" (Mollie and Rochelle) and "Fierceness" (Una and Vanessa). Poor Frankie is left alone with I think Nic the hairdresser but they form the awesome Manik Franik. And I really appreciate how hard they are to promoting their music, good old fashion meet and greets around the country. It is hard work and not every artist still does that today.
The Saturdays are definitely something else but I just can't help comparing them to the Spice Girls with their personalities and vocals. Like how Vanessa is the youngest and has the best voice is like the Emma Bunton of the group, but she can be a bit air headed like Victoria is. Or how Mollie is a doll like Melanie C. And Una being the oldest with a raspy voice like Geri but can pull out some sexy tones like Victoria. I don't want to jinx it but I can see Una pulling a Geri leaving first hahahaha. I mean she's already got her own EP out and is a wicked guitarist! Shes so pretty, I can't stop looking at her eyes. No wonder she was voted one of the hottest females in this one magazine! And Rochelle is the Mel B with her great bass range and of course my personal favorite, the underdog, Frankie. She doesn't sing much nor has a very strong voice but she is sweet as hell, dresses a bit differently as the others (not posh though ): ), has a bob/shortish hair, and gorgeous too. Shes like the Victoria of the group. I've always rooted for the underdog. haha But overall I think they are a hybrid group of the Spices they have a little bit of everyone. They don't have that total personal uniqueness that the Spice Girls had. Nor do I feel the same bond they have toward each other like the Spice Girls had, that was the one thing that drew me to them. The bond the Spice Girls had made me feel like I was one of them. But it is still early for The Saturdays, they have plenty of time.
Even though they are no Spice Girls but if you are a huge fan of the Spice Force 5, give them a try. I think they are more closely linked to the Spice Girls than the other very popular female group Girls Aloud (boooo), I don't know what it is about them I don't like. Girls Aloud is more of a PCD to me. PCD and Girls Aloud don't really seem to capture the fun and excitement that I love about The Saturdays and Spice Girls.
