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Tag Archives: song
For Anyone Who Has Felt They Don’t Fit In
That’s me all the time. That I don’t fit in or don’t measure up in this world. That no one recognises your value. A value you doubt yourself on a daily basis. Perhaps there’s a planet out there where I … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged alone, confidence, dejected, depressed, low self-esteem, Mindy Gledhill, music video, personal, Pocketful of Poetry, rejected, sad, song, thoughts
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Full Lyrics: It’s a Beautiful Day
I find the graphics of the official lyric video so cute. I find this song so empowering and the melody is just so upbeat. Love it. Seriously can’t wait for the new album and the next official music video. Michael … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged break up, empowering, It's A Beautiful Day, Michael Buble, song, Video
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Jennifer Hudson’s Moving Tribute to Whitney Houston at the 2012 Grammys
I was incredibly moved by Jennifer Hudson’s tribute to Whitney Houston. She definitely understands the pain of loss. [youtube]z-mMDIbKqgQ&feature=related[/youtube] Watched this video so many times as a teenager when it came out. Thought Whitney was so cute and beautiful in … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged 2012, Bobbi Kristina, daughter, Grammy Awards, Grammys, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, I will always love you, Jennifer Hudson, song, tribute, Video, Whitney Houston
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80’s Rock Ballads: Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse
I was a teen of the 80’s and I think there’s nothing sweeter than an 80’s rock ballad. So many incredible ballads and it was all about the melodies. The music video was deliciously cheesy but back then it was … Continue reading
Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros (& Little Alexa on Ellen)
This blog is about Singapore, but I do often feel compelled to talk about things that move me, that come from outside this tiny island. Lately I have been moved by the song Home by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic … Continue reading
Sweet Gen X Music: They Don’t Make ’em Like they Used to
Just three songs that were playing in my head today and just had to go hunt out on YouTube. Sorry to sound like an old fogie, Gen Y, but I’m truly Gen X and I just can’t get with the … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged 1984, 1990, 80's, Adam Ant, Alvin Stardust, Annie Lennox, Art, Baby Boomers, beautiful, catchy, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, Gen X, Gen Y, Generation, happiness, happy, Hugh Laurie, I Feel Like Buddy Holly, John Malkovich, Life, melody, music, music video, Nostalgia, personal, pretty, song, sweet, teenager, upbeat, Video, YouTube
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What do Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan have in Common?
The sad fact about life is that when you get to a certain age, you would have had the misfortune to encounter at least one really mean people. If not, then you’re really lucky. As I was trawling the … Continue reading
Evil Bunny Videos: Funny Singapore Cartoons (Satire)
Brilliant satire and I wish there was more. [youtube]14tPmbq1WGE[/youtube] For me nothing beats Singlish when it comes to humour. [youtube]wMszYyoUJHE[/youtube] This one is a classic – touched on the choping seats with tissue packets situation. [youtube]bPTC-KdJeGs[/youtube] And this one makes … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 2011, chope, comedy, culture, food court, funny, hawker centre, humour, Life, Living, Malay, music, NS, people, reserve, seats, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans, Singlish, song, tissue packets
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Singapore Comedians are the Best
If you can understand every reference in this video then you must be Singaporean. [youtube]HDuxb_8Z1SY[/youtube]
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged comedian, entertainer, funny, Hossan Leong, Life, Living, Singapore, Singaporean, Singaporeans, song
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Scout Willis and Stepdad Ashton Wrote a Song About Coffee
It’s called My Sober and I think it’s cute. Shows what a great relationship they have. For the first time Ashton actually seems fatherly. Middle child, Scout has a surprisingly lovely voice. I must confess – I didn’t expect it … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged ashton kutcher, celeb, Celebrities, celebs, coffee, cute, music, scout willis, sober, song, sweet, Video, YouTube
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Blogging is Art
This video made me understand why I started blogging and why I love reading blogs. It’s art. It’s a form of art just like painting or poetry is. It might be bold of me to make that statement, because often … Continue reading
Posted in Lovely Ideas
Tagged Andrea Dorfman, Art, blog, blogging, Life, Living, painting, personal, poetry, song, Tanya Davis, Video, women, YouTube
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Doesn’t Feel like Christmas
Sigh….no singer’s voice today can match the beauty of Karen’s Carpenter’s alto tone…. It stopped feeling like truly Christmas when I lost my father, so this song reminds me of him. I am not feeling particularly depressed, because B cheered … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged beautiful, childhood, Christmas, dad, father, Glee, grief, Karen Carpenter, Life, Living, loss, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas Darling, papa, personal, Santa, Santa Claus, song, Video
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James Taylor
Of all the solo male singers, James Taylor has a voice I could listen to a million times over. It was a time when it was all about the music. Singers did not have to dance or perform or use … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Tagged 70's, beautiful, beauty, explanation, Fire and Rain, James Taylor, music, Nostalgia, personal, song, You've Got a Friend
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You are My Sunshine
Lost my cousin recently and I sang this song softly to him when I was deeply missing him, but couldn’t continue each time, because it always choked me up. When I think of him, I think of yellow and the … Continue reading
Posted in Midlife Musings
Tagged Anne Murray, beautiful, childhood, Cousin, cry, death, Elizabeth Mitchell, family, grief, happy, Healing, Life, Missing, music, sad, song, sunshine, sweet, women, you are my sunshine
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Train is Coming Song on the MRT
This is the first time I am hearing this jingle announcing the MRT train’s arrival. Many people have commented that it is annoying. Since I have heard it just once, on YouTube, it’s not too bad. But if I have … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged culture, jingle, Life, Living, MRT, Singapore, song, train, train is coming, travel, Video, YouTube
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NDP 2010 Song and Mr Brown’s Version About His Xiao Char Bor
I had never heard the National Day Parade Song before, but first saw Mr Brown’s (Singapore’s most famous blogger apart from Wendy Cheng) spoof which was pretty darn good as usual. He can actually sing! Xiao Char Bor means crazy … Continue reading
Posted in Singapore Living
Tagged 2010, blogger, comedy, Corrine May, funny, Life, Mr Brown, music, National Day, NDP, parody, Singapore, song, spoof, Video, videos, YouTube
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I Love Antoine Dodson
Update: 2 August 2010 So this is how Auto-tune works on most professional singers. I love this song. Very catchy. Antoine should be getting proceedings once this is on iTunes. That would be so great! I think many people, the … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Antoine Dodson, funny, Life, music, people, sensation, song, viral, YouTube
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Trololo – The Happiest Song on Youtube
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYU7oG2V7uc] Conan O-Brien reveals that this is one of his favourite youtube videos and I am not surprised. It was recorded in 1966 and the Russian gentleman, Eduard Khil, who sang it is now a sensation. In a strange way … Continue reading
Posted in My Celebrity Addiction
Tagged Eduard Khil, happiness, song, trololo, YouTube
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