You really got to watch these. You’re going to love it for sure.

Little Gal 1

Little Gal 2

Steve Jobs by Antony Hare (check out others from the uploader too)

Thanks Jason and Vince for sharing.

This week pick is a 21 years old young artist named Lily Allen. A young girl with cute little voice and a dolly style. Her songs are quite amusing and fun to listen. She has a long name, don’t you think?

Lily Rose Beatrice Allen(born May 2, 1985) is an English pop artist, currently signed to Regal/Parlophone (EMI), and known for songs such as “Smile” and “LDN”. She is the daughter of actor/comedian/musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. Her single “Smile” reached #1 on the UK singles charts in July 2006.

I picked the following five as my favorites from her album – Alright, Still.

Alfie – I like Alfie very much, it has this marching kind of music and the lyric is also very funny. It’s about her brother and shows the usual bro-sis relationships such as pulling hair and swearing each other. Just like me and my bro except that mine doesn’t smoke weed and need no help from me. My bro is quite a smart one (NOT!).

Oh I only say it cos I care,
So please can you stop pulling my hair.
Now, now there’s no need to swear,
Please don’t despair my dear, Mon frere.

[ Lyrics ]

Smile – is kinda like a revange on her ex. The lyric doesn’t tell much but you got to watch the video and see her cruel little act to get back at her ex.

At first when I see you cry,
yeah it makes me smile, yeah it makes my smile
At worst I feel bad for a while,
but then I just smile I go ahead and smile

[ Lyrics + YouTube ]

Littlest Things – It’s sad yet sweet.

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but its so true
I know its not right, but it seems unfair
That the things are reminding me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if for only one weekend
So come on, Tell me
Is this the end?

[ Lyrics ]

LDN – Her experience on roaming around London town.

Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
Sun is in the sky oh why oh why?
Would I wanna be anywhere else
When you look with your eyes
Everything seems nice
But if you look twice
you can see it’s all lies

[ Lyrics ]

Friday Night – I like the chorus from this one. About Friday night clubbing and cat fight.

Don’t try and test me cos you’ll get reaction,
Another drink and I’m ready for action,
I don’t know who you think you are,
But making people scared wont get you very far.

[ Lyrics ]

There you have it, enjoy.

This week music pick got to be Nelly Furtado’s Loose album cos’ I’ve been listening this album for weeks and it’s growing on me. Every single song in there is unique in its own way. The beats have never been repeated. Just love her vocal, style and the music. Well ofcos I can’t share the whole album with you but I picked out some I like. Quite hard to pick since I like it all. I guess the followings touched me quite intensely so here they are.

Thanks Forlani for the album.

I bet most of you already got the two most hit songs – [ YouTube ] Promiscuous and [ YouTube ] Maneater so I won’t add mp3 for that.

All Good Things – A slow and nice song. The chorus will grow on you. “Flames to dust, Lovers to friends, Why do all good things come to an end…” Love the dog barking moon bit too.

Well the dogs were barking at a new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon
And the sun was wondering if it should stay away for a day til the feeling went away
And the sky was falling on the clouds were dropping and
the rain forgot how to bring salvation
the dogs were barking at the new moon
Whistling a new tune
Hoping it would come soon so that they could die.

[ Lyrics + YouTube ]

Glow – Just glow yarrh!

Make me glow glow glow glow
How far can you go
Make me glow glow glow glow
How far can you go
You make me glow glow glow glow
Only you know how to make me
Glow glow glow glow
I wanna go and go and go and go

[ Lyrics + YouTube ]

Say It Right – Check out the YouTube video, she looks cute in there. Mumbling at the guy’s ear haha.

Oh you don’t mean nothing at all to me
No you don’t mean nothing at all to me
Do you got what it takes to set me free
Oh you could mean everything to me

[ Lyrics + YouTube ]

Afraid – Pretty fast beats.

So afraid of what people might say
But that’s okay cuz you’re only human
So afraid of what people might say
But that’s okay you’ll soon get strong enough
So afraid of what people might say
But that’s okay cuz you’re only human
So afraid of what people might say you’re going to break
so please don’t do it

[ Lyrics ]

Wait For You – I like the starting beat from this one very much and also at the end there is this drum (indian kind) beats is interesting. Pretty cool.

I’ll wait for you until the heavens fall
I’ll wait for you until the end of the world
I’ll wait for you until I no longer breathe
I know that it’s not impossible
I’ll wait for you until you finish your fight
I’ll wait for you until the timing is right
I’ll wait for you until you knock on my door
Cuz right now it’s feeling just like a movie yeah yeah…

[ Lyrics ]

In God’s Hands – This is slow one and quite meaningful too. So just added it as a bonus.

Now our love’s floating out the window
Our love’s floating out the back door
Our love’s floating up in the sky in heaven
Where it began back in God’s hands

[ Lyrics ]

Love this spanish song – Te Busque, which I think also included in her previous album. There are two version (English and Spanish), I prefer the Spanish version though I don’t understand a single word. Dig through the following chorus translation for my own amusment.

Spanish Version
Yo te busque de bajo de las piedras y no te encontré
En la mañana fría y en la noche te busque
Hasta enloquecer
Pero tu llegaste a mi vida como una luz
Sanando las heridas de mi corazon
Haciendo me-sentir vivo otra vez”

English Translation
I looked for you under the stones but I could not find you
In the cold morning and in the night I looked for you
until it drove me mad
But you arrived into my life like a ray of light
you healed the hurts in my heart
and you made me feel alive once more.

Okie, there you have it. Enjoy, Ta Tar!

Have you guys notice about this feature on Google Reader?
There is this “Original audio source” link with flash-based audio player showing up for some posts that have audio links. I saw that on a few posts but I thought it was the blogger’s doing. But now I just saw that on my own music pick post and realised that it was actually one of Greader features.

Pretty cool huh? You can play all the mp3 the first mp3 source on the page directly without the need of downloading. Sweet!

I’ve been listening to Gwen Stefani’s “The Sweet Escape” this week. I don’t like some of the songs from there but overall it was alrite. I picked up a few songs (I like) from the album to share with you.

If I could escape and recreate a place that’s my own world
And I could be your favorite girl (forever) perfectly together
Tell me boy now wouldn’t that be sweet? (sweet escape)

Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Wind it up
Odl lay odl lay odl lay hey!
[ YouTube ] Wind It Up

I’m feeling yummy head to toe (you see me)
Ain’t got no patience so let’s go (you see me)
Look, I’m diet drama wanna spend the night? don’t bring pajamas
Man, there’s so much heat beneath these clothes (you see me)

Don’t get it twisted, don’t get clever
This is the most craziest **** ever
Uh oh, whoa

You were the first to want me
The first to love me
The first to need me
Who was the last to know you?
The last to love you?
The last to hold you?

A part from her extreme blondness, she’s one of my favorite female singers and love her songs.
Check out more of Gwen Stefani here.

Wishing you all a Happy and a Prosperous New Year 2007 from mayvelous.com

Happy New Year 2007

If it didn’t bring you joy
just leave it behind
Let’s ring in the new year
with good things in mind

Let every bad memory
that brought heartache and pain
And let’s turn a new leaf
with the smell of new rain

Let’s forget past mistakes
making amends for this year
Sending you these greetings
to bring you hope and cheer

Happy New Year!

Anonymous

Here are a few New Year noises.

[ MP3 ] U2 – “New Year’s Day”
[ MP3 ] Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – “New Year’s Kiss”
[ MP3 ] Asobi Seksu – “New Years”
[ MP3 ] Azure Ray – “The New Year”
[ MP3 ] The Lonelyhearts – “Next Year is Shaping Up to Be Real Awesome”
[ MP3 ] Jeremy Enigk – “A New Beginning”
[ MP3 ] Death Cab For Cutie – “The New Year”
[ MP3 ] The Robot Ate Me – “Celebration Time”

Via: plague of angels

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Season’s Greetings from mayvelous.com.

Wishing you all a joyful Christmas, be happy and safe.

Some of my favorite songs for Christmas:
# Last Christmas – George Micheal
# All I Want for Christmas is You – Mariah Carey
# Happy Xmas – Sarah McLachlan