Good new songs

Here I am again with my own personal song recs:

How far we've come - Matchbox 20: great energetic song, excellent for turning up loud and singing along to in your car.

About you now - Sugababes: Pure pop, very catchy, a good mood song.

La vida es un ratico - Juanes: Not a single release (yet), but the title track of his new album which was released last Friday. Very good album on the whole. There's even a duet with a German singer on it (Campino from the band Die Toten Hosen). Yay.

Grand Avenue and Jennifer Garner

First thing: just discovered a Danish band called Grand Avenue. Their song "The Outside" was on Bremen Vier (a radio station from Bremen, a town in the north of Germany) and I was almost 100% sure this was the new Coldplay single. Which of course it wasn't. Guess Chris Martin is too busy with his private life (you know, wife Gwyneth and 2 kids). Too bad. Anyway, go check out http://www.grandavenue.dk/ for some sound bites if you need something if you're on Coldplay withdrawal. Hm, hope that sentence means what I want it to mean. What do you call a Lückenfüller in English? If it was a person, I'd say a rebound guy/girl. Hm. Anyway, they sound very much like Coldplay or Keane. Not that that's bad, but a little bit of your own style is a good thing, too.

Second thing: Jennifer Garner will be live on German TV the coming Saturday! She and Jamie Foxx will be promoting Operation: Kingdom or whatever that film's called. The show they will be on is one of Europe's biggest Saturday night shows Wetten, dass ... All sorts of stars have been there as guests (Madonna, Michael Jackson, Hugh Grant, etc.) before and the show always gets a share of 40% and about 12 million viewers (which is a lot for Germany). It's also broadcast live in Switzerland and Austria. The host is a guy called Thomas Gottschalk. Used to like him a lot but I now think his interviews completely lack any kind of substance. Anyway, I still like Jennifer Garner (I was a huge fan of her show Alias and still enjoy watching it) even though I don't understand what she (or anybody, for that matter) sees in Ben Affleck. She's beautiful and seems like a sweet and fun person. So I'm looking forward to Saturday. Even though I might have to tape the show cos my sister wants to go see the new Pixar film Ratatouille that night.

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Hm. Interesting. Weird list of artists to chose from, though. Of course the music styles we use in our studies are much better : )

Still alive, don't worry

Wow, long time no new post ... I think I wanted to post another "songs I like/new song recs" entry 2 weeks ago but forgot about it. I even made a list for that already. Hm, let me see, what were the songs ....

H-Blockx - Countdown to insanity: They're a German band who've been away for awhile. Now they're back and I love the song. Great for playing loud in your car.

Plain White T's - Hey there Delilah: Ah, so nice ... the band is from Chicago and the song is to a former girlfriend who moved away or something. Bittersweet. Love it.

Colbie Caillat - Bubbly: She's like the female Jack Johnson. Or Jack Johnson meets Norah Jones or something. Very mellow. Apparently became popular through myspace.

Juanes - Me enamora: Yay, been waiting for his new stuff! The first single sounds very much like La Camisa Negra from the last album Mi Sangre. I don't mind.

Crowded House - Don't stop now: Saw them perform this at Live Earth. Wasn't sure if it was a new song or an old one I hadn't heard before. Turned out it is new. Sadly, only one station here plays it at all, although I find it quite catchy.

Hm, well, that is not the list as it was 2 weeks ago, but I can't help that now.

What else? I'm still very obssessed with Prison Break / Wentworth Miller. Saw an interview he did for Dutch TV. When he mentioned he'll come to Germany in October, the interviewer - a guy called Robert Jensen - dissed us. Can't remember exactly what he said except for the fact that he mentioned David Hasselhoff. Argh. Yes, Hasselhoff had a hit here with the awful song I've been looking for freedom, but that was 20 years ago. We're not into him anymore, thank you very much. Someone should have told Wentworth there's a rivalry between Germany and Holland. Now he'll be all confused. Haha, I'm just kidding. He's been here before and he's smarter than that.

Okey dokey, that's all for now. Gotta get back to work for a little while before I go home.

Songs I like at the moment

Linkin Park - What I've done: Totally love Linkin Park, especially in my car. Still haven't got any of their albums. But the anger and pain in their music kinda fit my recent mood. Okay, that sounds very dark. I don't know, I just relate to their music right now somehow. Not that I've been abused or anything ... I don't know ... I just like it. And not just What I've done, but also older stuff like Breaking the habit, Numb, etc.

Melanie C - Carolyna: Sounds like a Red Hot Chili Peppers song with a female vocal. I'm not a huge RHCP fan but Carolyna is good. Also love the lyrics of the chorus: "Carolyna, you've traveled so far, trying to escape the pain, start again where you are" or something along those lines.

Natasha Bedingfield - Soulmate: Okay, this is becoming a deeper and darker post than intended ... it's a beautiful song and I have to try hard not to start crying when I hear it. Again, the lyrics speak to me, and her voice sounds so frail or something. Chorus: "Who doesn't long for someone to hold, who knows how to love you without being told. Somebody tell me why I'm on my own if there's a soulmate for everyone." 'Nuff said, I guess.

Maximo Park - Books from Boxes: Band from Newcastle, England, and you can totally hear the singer's northern English accent, which I love. Nice song.

Can't think of any more songs now. It's 5:30 p.m. and there's nothing urgent to finish at work, so I'll go home now. Bye!