Michael Jackson: Give In To Me

I dunno why, but this track from MJ's Dangerous album (far better than Bad in my opinion) keeps going around and around my head.

Have a listen and a look:

Michael Jackson: Morphine

MICHAEL JACKSON: MORPHINE
... this ain't bad .....

Contains the line: Demerol, he's on Demerol. Ironic considering Michael was on more than just Demerol (pethidine) when he died ...

Celine Dion vs Mariah Carey vs Leona Lewis

I TEND TO MIX THESE SONGS UP BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH ABOUT BEING LONELY:
Incidentally I think Whitney Houston knocks Carey out of the ballpark, and Barbra Streisand has a far nicer timbre than Dion. But there ya go...

As for Leona Lewis ~ how a girl with a voice like this ~ hear below ~ can record such average material that just does not show off her voice at all. I do not understand.

She performed these songs on the X-factor. Then they let her co-write her albums. Which makes her and her managers more money (a lot more), but that's all. The songs are nowhere near as good. But again, there you go...

But there you go...

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS BEST?

CELINE DION: ALL BY MYSELF



MARIAH CAREY: WITHOUT YOU



LEONA LEWIS: ALL BY MYSELF



LEONA LEWIS: WITHOUT YOU

Michael Jackson: Bad (full version)

FULL 16-MINUTE VERSION OF THE FULL VIDEO:

Part 1



Part 2



8 min shortened version:

GLEE TV SHOW ~ LIKE A PRAYER!

GLEE Club ~ there is no such thing as a Glee club here in the UK. I mean, I didn't even know "Glee" was a generic name for theatre groups till I accidentally fell across a passage in a Bette Davis biography that mentioned her own schooltime Glee associations... Here, "Glee" Club would be called the School Drama Society... Anyway, the TV show has been running here since late last year. I think the actress who plays Sue is amazing... some of the musical performances are pretty good too...





Glee cast: Like a Prayer (sound only) ...

50 Cent: A Baltimore Love Thing

THIS is a track about heroin. You can read the words at Muddy Waters' blog (click here)

Madonna: Live to Tell

I had never seen this vid till today, though I love the song...

Liza Minnelli: Losing My Mind

Here's the official promo video for this Pet Shop Boys-produced track:

Wiley: Wearing My Rolex

I really like this tune but think it might sound better without words...

Leona Lewis: Better in Time (Jason Nevins Mix)

Oasis: The Importance of Being Idle

This is by far my favourite Oasis track:

Lost Tribe ~ Gamemaster (Original Mix)

I purloined this tune from Crushed ...

Goa Trance

THIS ONE HAS (relatively) good music (and you'd not believe how much crap I had to wade through to find it...)

When I was on this "vibe" I literally felt trance-energy welling through the pavements.

So imagine how surprised I was, feeling the vibe was dead (to me) to find footage of parties like this from just 2 years ago.

Some of this looks suspiciously more like Thailand than Goa, and one of the parties is patently on African soil!




This is one vibed-up party. Japanese girls on Eeeeeeeeee were the very best...

BBC Stars/Lou Reed: Perfect Day

I CHALLENGE YOU to watch this through three times then try not to go through the rest of the day humming it...

Stars of the video are (lines indicate verse breaks):
Lou Reed
Bono
Skye Edwards (from Morcheeba)

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David Bowie
Suzanne Vega
Elton John
Sir Andrew Davis

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Boyzone
Lesley Garrett
Lou Reed
Burning Spear
Bono
Sir Thomas Allen
Brodsky Quartet

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Heather Small (from M People)
Emmylou Harris
Tammy Wynette
Shane MacGowan
Sheona White (tenor horn player)

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Dr. John
David Bowie
Robert Cray
Huey (from Fun Lovin' Criminals)

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Ian Broudie (from The Lightning Seeds)
Gabrielle
Dr. John
Evan Dando (from The Lemonheads)
Emmylou Harris

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Courtney Pine (soprano saxophone player)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis
Bono

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Brett Anderson (from Suede)
Visual Ministry Choir
Joan Armatrading
Laurie Anderson
Heather Small
Tom Jones
Heather Small
Lou Reed



Here's the famous scene from Trainspotting...



I THINK THIS IS A BETTER EXCERPT FROM TRAINSPOTTING; IT STARTS LATER IN THE DEALER'S FLAT AND DOESN'T CUT OFF PREMATURELY LIKE THE ABOVE...

Peter Kay ft Ken & Deidre etc etc: Amarillo

THIS WERE ONE O'T BIGGEST HITS O'T 21ST CENTURI. I saw't documentary onnit yesterdi naarght and bloodi Northern Accent went raaght insaad mi hed agairn. This is track wot put bloodi parrot parroting inside me head again!

Queen: Days of Our Lives

THIS is such a shame: one of their best songs, yet already we see poor emaciated Freddie on the way out...

Sometimes I feel this one tells the story of my own life ... (somehow..)..?...

Queen: It's a Kind of Magic

2-mins "making of" type intro followed by official promo video...



Here it is without intro:

Queen: Bohemian Rhapsody

I've been looking everywhere for this video; the official promo version (as opposed to live performance) wasn't online for ages...

Queen: I'm Going Slightly Mad

I think this proves what a charming voice Mercury had...



Making of I'm Going Slightly Mad...

Freddie Mercury: Living On My Own

THIS is the version that charted here. Most of the footage comes from 1985 and his 39th birthday party, thrown in Hamburg, Germany or Ottolandia in the Netherlands, depending whom you believe...

Well it looks like one hell of a party to me:



I reckon this version's more posed, but hey you get to see more debaucherie...