Thread: Music: Cutting Edge and What You Are Listening To?

I didn't watch the clip properly earlier. Just noticed it was an Army choir so immediately lost interest, and I am already familiar with the Kalinka song...

But I looked properly again, after reading Rockzmom's comment. Basil77 is right, it's awesome!

Very well done, mixing folk music with patriotic and pop.... ! A lot of people in Europe will probably remember having seen that choir on TV some time or another (I do) and it was fun to see them "with a twist".

Like I said - this was the coolest Eurovision I've ever seen, in terms of arrangement. The thing with the water in the ceiling was very cool and the athmosphere seemed fantastic. It was just when I had decided to start studying Russian again.

There is no way Norway is going to be able to match it in 2010 even though I am sure they'll do a great job. Next year I really hope Portugal wins. Apparently they've been in the competition every year from the start and never ever won.

Originally Posted by Johanna

..mixing folk music with patriotic and pop...

Patriotic? May be you mean "Katyusha" song? But this song is about LOVE. There is only a couple of lines in the lyrics that can be count as "patriotic". Katysha is diminutive from Yekaterina (Catherine), it's a girl's name, It's funny how much people abroad think that this song is about rocket launcher . And if you think that it's weird to name a rocket launcher with a girl name I'll tell you that it's not more weird than to name a howitzer "Big Bertha" or to name nuclear bombs "Little boy" and "Fat man".

Originally Posted by Johanna

Is it just me, or isn't it a bit strange that Azerbaijan & co are in Eurovision? Are they actually located in Europe per se? Israel was always a sort of honourable exception.
I think it's great that they participate, but personally I would never have said that they were European countries. Or? They are East of Turkey right --- and most of Turkey is in Asia!

I don't count Caucasian republics as European too but there are the oficial borders of Europe:

I didn't realise the Russian army was still called the Red Army - or is it just this group that has kept it's old name?

It's just this choir.

Thanks! A correction:

I don't count Caucasian republics as European [s:gfz1st55]too[/s:gfz1st55] EITHER but [s:gfz1st55]t[/s:gfz1st55]here are the official borders of Europe:

Hmmm... they might request to join the EU then. According to its' own criteria, any country that is geographically in Europe and meets certain criteria is entitled to join...

EU is already in an awkward situation about Ukraine. The USSR area was not even considered at the time when the ECC was first created....

Originally Posted by Johanna

Hmmm... they might request to join the EU then. According to its' own criteria, any country that is geographically in Europe and meets certain criteria is entitled to join...

Some of them already requested to join, Georgia in particular. Their president even always has a EU flag standing behind him:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqSIXIwGLhI

Yeah, I've noticed the EU flag before actually, and wondered what that was about...! That is a bit silly. (He's chewing on his tie in the vid, lol)

EU doesn't allow countries that have ongoing border-conflicts to join. So before Saakashvili even thinks about joining the EU, he needs to solve the situation with Abchazia and South Ossetia in a democratic way... (His last "attempt" does not qualify!) Btw, I think the EU is also beginning to see that the Georgia-war was not quite as "black and white" as was first reported.

In reality, the EU is a bit paranoid about the ex-USSR countries, particuarly Ukraine which is really big by European standards. If Ukraine joined the EU, it would seriously shift the balance of power Eastwards, something which many long term members really don't want. Anyway it's many years off, if it ever happens.

Originally Posted by Johanna

He's chewing on his tie in the vid, lol

I like how Putin joked about it lately:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/exp...an-leader.html

P.S. Rockzmom, sorry for these off-top posts.

Originally Posted by Basil77

P.S. Rockzmom, sorry for these off-top posts.

Actually, your map was WAY cool and I may of course steal it for helping with my girls!

A while back I posted about Sia and her new version of the song "You've Changed"... well today she released the video for that song... here is the link to it on YouTube...

My dance music fans... please let me know what you think of the song!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLPPlRDOZx0

How far away in mood can we get from Sia's You've Changed...hmmm...

Curt Smith (I've posted about him before, he's from "Tears for Fears") has released a version of Silent Night. As with his past songs, it is available as a free download from his site http://www.curtsmithofficial.com/ or thesixtyone http://www.thesixtyone.com/curtsmith...t/HtpizQ9OM4P/

We only had one album of Christmas music in our household growing up, it was A Music Box Christmas http://www.amazon.com/Music-Box-Chri.../dp/B0000024R5

While this is not from that album, this video is very informative, has some great music box Christmas songs and reminded me of that album.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBtO9JzRuoQ

Here is one more Christmas favorite of mine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxH3ZbMUiVc

The Twelve Days AFTER Christmas
By Frederick Silver

The first day after Christmas, my true love and I had a fight
And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite
Then with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partirdge
my true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The second day after Christmas, I pulled on the old rubber gloves
and very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The third day after Christmas, my Mother caught the croup
I had to use the three French Hens to make some chicken soup
The four calling birds were a big mistake for their language was obscene
The five golden rings were completely fake and they turned my fingers green

The sixth day after Christmas, the six laying geese wouldn't lay
I gave the whole darn gaggle to the A.S.P.C.A
On the seventh day, what a mess I found
all seven of the swimming swans had drowned
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The eighth day after Christmas, before they could suspect
I bundled up the eight maids a milking, nine pipers piping, ten ladies
dancing, eleven lords a leaping, twelve drummers drumming (Spoken: "Well,
actually, I kept ONE of the drummers" ) and sent them back collect
I wrote my true love, "We are through, love!"
And I said in so many words,
"Furthermore your Christmas gifts were for the birds! "

I've stumbled upon this video on accident, and I think that I love this little girl. So unbelievably cute, and such a nice voice too. I checked Wiki, and she is the youngest person ever to score commercial success as a singer - at age 3.
I'm almost williing to learn Romanian to sing along.

Watch it (she sings in English and Romanian):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJe1qNM8XTQ
or watch original Romanian version (voice is not digitaly improved here) at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmyo3uXYTcI

Ps. Her name is Cleopatra Stratan.

Originally Posted by gRomoZeka

I've stumbled upon this video on accident, and I think that I love this little girl. So unbelievably cute, and such a nice voice too. I checked Wiki, and she is the youngest person ever to score commercial success as a singer - at age 3.
I'm almost williing to learn Romanian to sing along.

gRomoZeka! She is just way too cute. You just want to pick her up and squeeze her! I even added her to our Playlist!

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Here is one more Christmas favorite of mine...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxH3ZbMUiVc

The Twelve Days AFTER Christmas
By Frederick Silver

The first day after Christmas, my true love and I had a fight
And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite
Then with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partirdge
my true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The second day after Christmas, I pulled on the old rubber gloves
and very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The third day after Christmas, my Mother caught the croup
I had to use the three French Hens to make some chicken soup
The four calling birds were a big mistake for their language was obscene
The five golden rings were completely fake and they turned my fingers green

The sixth day after Christmas, the six laying geese wouldn't lay
I gave the whole darn gaggle to the A.S.P.C.A
On the seventh day, what a mess I found
all seven of the swimming swans had drowned
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me

The eighth day after Christmas, before they could suspect
I bundled up the eight maids a milking, nine pipers piping, ten ladies
dancing, eleven lords a leaping, twelve drummers drumming (Spoken: "Well,
actually, I kept ONE of the drummers" ) and sent them back collect
I wrote my true love, "We are through, love!"
And I said in so many words,
"Furthermore your Christmas gifts were for the birds! "

So, it’s a parody of a Christmas carol most of us never heard of.
The Twelve days of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
A Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the third day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the sixth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the eighth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the ninth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the tenth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the eleventh day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree

On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
12 Drummers Drumming
Eleven Pipers Piping
Ten Lords a Leaping
Nine Ladies Dancing
Eight Maids a Milking
Seven Swans a Swimming
Six Geese a Laying
Five Golden Rings
Four Calling Birds
Three French Hens
Two Turtle Doves
and a Partridge in a Pear Tree.

No wonder she shot the blasted partridges and wrung the necks of all them turtles hearing about them one hundred and fifty times in a row in one song only

EVERYONE!!!!
Take 4 minutes and 45 seconds and WATCH and LISTEN to the AMAZING mashup video of the top 25 songs of 2009!!! This song and video was just released on the 27th and is already on the radios here!

UPDATE: If you like the song, DJ Earworm has made the song available for free download on his Website: http://djearworm.com/united-state-of...on-the-pop.htm Also, over a million hits on YouTube now in less than 3 days!

DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) - Mashup of Top 25 Billboard Hits
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNzrwh2Z2hQ

United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop)
A Mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2009, according to Billboard.

The Black Eyed Peas - BOOM BOOM POW
Lady Gaga - POKER FACE
Lady Gaga Featuring Colby O'Donis - JUST DANCE
The Black Eyed Peas - I GOTTA FEELING
Taylor Swift - LOVE STORY
Flo Rida - RIGHT ROUND
Jason Mraz - I'M YOURS
Beyonce - SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)
Kanye West - HEARTLESS
The All-American Rejects - GIVES YOU HELL
Taylor Swift - YOU BELONG WITH ME
T.I. Featuring Justin Timberlake - DEAD AND GONE
The Fray - YOU FOUND ME
Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY
Keri Hilson Featuring Kanye West & Ne-Yo - KNOCK YOU DOWN
Jamie Foxx Featuring T-Pain - BLAME IT
Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)
T.I. Featuring Rihanna - LIVE YOUR LIFE
Soulja Boy Tell 'em Featuring Sammie - KISS ME THRU THE PHONE
Jay Sean Featuring Lil Wayne - DOWN
Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB
Drake - BEST I EVER HAD
Kelly Clarkson - MY LIFE WOULD SUCK WITHOUT YOU
Beyonce - HALO
Katy Perry - HOT N COLD

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB

That's the girl who plays Hannah Montana, right? I know about this tv series (?) because we had books about her in the bookshop where I worked. I also learned about "Bratz" this way -- god, what ugliness.

Today I have extracted somewhere from the depths of my cupboard a super old audiocassette (!) of Natalia Oreiro's songs and did my workout to them (just some sit-ups and random exercises -- I've made a New Year resolution of losing a few kilos! ).

Natalia Oreiro is an Uruguay/Argentine actress and singer and was incredibly popular in Russia around 2002 -- owing to the telenovela "Muneca Brava" (or "Wild Angel" as it was re-named in Russia). I too used to watch it and I still love her songs very much -- they're so positive and never fail to lift my mood and make my day. Spanish is really beautiful (in her voice at least). I know some words from those times of watching soap operas, like mijo/mija (or is it miho?) and some words I can understand because they are so similar to French... But I've no idea when I'll get round to learning it -- I've German next on the list.

I've also recently listened to Al Bano and Romina Power who were great favourites in Russia a couple decades ago with their "Felicita". In fact, a lot of Italian singers were (and still are) very popular, like Adriano Celentano. So listening to those songs, one gets the feeling that Italian is very beautiful as well but I've even less idea when I'll get round to learning it.

Originally Posted by starrysky

Originally Posted by rockzmom

Miley Cyrus - THE CLIMB

That's the girl who plays Hannah Montana, right?

YES! very good and the way he blended Miley and Beyonce, was really very impressive!

If you go to his Web site he has all the Lyrics color coded so you can see which lyrics come from which song. It took him a MONTH to edit the song and make the video!

Here are the lyrics for United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop).
I know you want pop, you want dance, you want rock and roll
You wanted boom boom? This year’s remix got symphonic soul
I got pop, I got dance, I got rockin’ electronic club beats,
I got hip-hop music with the future flow,
So don’t worry, even if the sky is falling down, down, down
Gonna be ok when it knocks you down, down, down,
So baby don’t worry, it’s alright, a-alright when it knocks you down
When you go down, when you go down down
No need to worry, just pick back up when you’re tumbling down, down, down (down, down)
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Every step I’m taking
Every rule I had you breaking
Every move I’m making
The risk that I’m taking
The chances I’m taking
With a big smile on my face
And it never seems out of place
Blame it on the pop, blame it on the dance, blame it on the rock and roll
Blame it on the rumba, so in sync with the symphonic soul
I like that pop, I like that bass, I like them rockin’ electronic club beats
Blame it on the hip-hop music with the future flow
Baby, don’t worry, it’s alright, a-alright when it knocks you down
Somewhere far along this road,
Stressed out, I wanna let it go, I feel down, down, down (baby are you down, down, down, down, down)
And oh, (hey) I’ve been traveling on this road too long (too long)
Just trying to find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
I gotta feeling
Woo hoo
I found God
Blame it on the pop, blame it on the dance, blame it on the rock and roll
Blame it on the feeling of the music deep insi-i-i-ide your soul
We got the pop, we got the dance, we got the rockin’ electronic club beats
We got the hip-hop music with the future flow
People in the place
Put your put your hands in the air
Now put your hands up, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Forever united here,
Blame it on the po-po-po-po-poker face po-po-poker face
So live your life (hey!)
Let’s live it up (Ho!)
If you wanna get down (Hey!)
down (Ho!) down (Hey!)
Muh muh muh muh (Ho!)
I wanna get down, (hey!) down, down (Ho!)
So baby, don’t worry, it’s alright, a-alright when it knocks you down
When you go down, when you go down down
No need to worry, just pick back up when you’re tumbling down, down, down (down, down)
Blame it on the pop, blame it on the dance, blame it on the boom boom boom
Gotta get that rumba, blame it on the 808 with the boom boom boom
Gotta get that pop, gotta get that dance, gotta get that boom boom pow
I gotta get, I gotta get this year’s remix with the future sound.
I gotta feeling,
But I never really had a doubt,
that tonight’s gonna be a good night,
that tonight’s gonna be a good night,
and I say the same thing every single time
you know that I could use somebody, (woo hoo)
Open up your plans and damn your free (Hey!)
Look into your heart and you’ll find love, love, love
Stop stop stop feeling down, down, down
Can’t you see love, love love?
Isn’t this easy feeling love, love love?
Down down down,
It’s like I’ve been awakened
Can’t you see every step I’m taking
Don’t be afraid
The risk that I’m taking
Can’t you see, I’ve had a little too much feeling down, down, down
Can’t you see every move I’m making
Every rule I had you breaking
Isn’t this easy feeling love, love, love
We’ll make it out of this mess.
Change your mind
Baby just say yes,
Da da da da da da da da da da..……

Take 4 minutes and 45 seconds and WATCH and LISTEN to the AMAZING mashup video of the top 25 songs of 2009!!! This song and video was just released on the 27th and is already on the radios here!

I don't get it =) It's probably becouse I realy don't know neither any of the people in the video nor any of their songs

Originally Posted by Waterlaz

Take 4 minutes and 45 seconds and WATCH and LISTEN to the AMAZING mashup video of the top 25 songs of 2009!!! This song and video was just released on the 27th and is already on the radios here!

I don't get it =) It's probably because I really don't know [s:3cl86q8q]neither[/s:3cl86q8q] any of the people in the videos [s:3cl86q8q]n[/s:3cl86q8q]or any of their songs

Ohhhhh Waterlaz... that just means you have not been following this thread very well! Three of the songs we have talked about here and are on the MasterRussian playlist!
Jason Mraz - I'M YOURS
Kings Of Leon - USE SOMEBODY
Pitbull - I KNOW YOU WANT ME (CALLE OCHO)

We have also talked about Black Eyed Peas & Lady GaGa but we did not post the songs they have in this mashup.

So, stick with us here on this thread... we have cutting edge taste!

Besides that, just the idea of taking 25 songs and 25 videos and remixing them into one brand new song and video that actually makes sense and flows is a very cool thing, no?