Much More Music: KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See (2006)

Here's a real fun tune to strum along to on guitar. I was getting ready for my flight back to the Philippines when this song started playing on Pandora.

Sorta wished I had my guitar with me at the time so I could've played along with it.

Anyway, here's Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall for ya, who broke into the music scene with "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" in 2005.

As for this song we have featured today- "Suddenly I See"- it's been featured prominently on film and TV- most notably, on the opening scenes of The Devil Wears Prada, as well as on Grey's Anatomy, The Hills, So You Think You Can Dance, Ugly Betty and even Cold Case.

Personally though, I associate "Suddenly I See" with Grey's Anatomy the most.

Anyway, here we have KT Tunstall, with a very fun video that's posted up on YouTube for you to play along to. Plus some lyrics and chords for your enjoyment. Have fun!


KT Tunstall
"Suddenly I See" (2006)

Intro:
D   C   D   C G
D   C   D   C G
D   C   D   C G

D                    C
Her face is a map of the world
          D        C  G
Is a map of the world
  D                     C
You can see she's a beautiful girl
            D           C  G
She's a beautiful girl
Em          A              F#             D
And everything around her is a silver pool of light
Em           A                   F#         D
The people who surround her feel the benefit of it
       G
It makes you calm
Em             G7           D
She holds you captivated in her palm

---CHORUS---
     B7         F#
Suddenly I see
    (Suddenly I see)
  G            D
This is what I wanna be
     B7         F#
Suddenly I see
    (Suddenly I see)
G               C                B7        F#
Why the hell it means so much to me
                        (Suddenly I see)
  G            D
This is what I wanna be
     B7         F#
Suddenly I see
    (Suddenly I see)
G               C                (D)
Why the hell it means so much to me

C   D   C G
D   C   D   C G

D                     C
I feel like walking the world
           D      C  G
Like walking the world
  D                      C
You can hear she's a beautiful girl
            D     C  G
She's a beautiful girl
Em             A                 F#                D
She fills up every corner like she's born in black and white
Em              A                  F#          D
Makes you fe-el warmer when you're trying to remember
   G
What you heard
Em                 G7           D
She likes to leave you hanging on a wire

CHORUS

D             C
And she's taller than most
D             C          G
And she's looking at me
D                 C                   D             C  G
I can see her eyes looking from a page of a magazine
D                   C                      D         C
Oh she makes me feel like I could be a tower - A big strong tower yeah

|D                      C
|   She got the power to be, the power to give,
|       D                 C           G
|   The power to see yeah yeah (Suddenly I...
---x4

CHORUS x2

Visit KT Tunstall's official website for a lot of great stuff- exclusive pictures, tour schedules, wallpaper, and other fan-friendly downloads, or you could also check out her entry on Wikipedia.

Check out more of the Much More Music Project- this blog's attempt to put together my personal views on favorite songs, along with lyrics to sing by, embedded music videos, and even guitar chords, if you feel like playing along with it.

Cheers, everyone!

Last Song Syndrome: Andy Taylor - "Take It Easy" (1986)

Probably one of the most underappreciated pop-rock songs of the 1980's, "Take It Easy" is arguably Andy Taylor's best work outside The Power Station and Duran Duran.

The song was featured on the OST of the 1986 movie American Anthem (which I never got to see- but still probably worth checking out), and featured Andy's preference for a more rock-oriented sound, versus the more synth-pop sound of Duran Duran at the height of their popularity- one of the reasons he left the band just after laying down some guitar tracks for the 1987 album Notorious.

In any case, he was able to take some time off his gig with The Power Station to work on this particular solo project, something he'd work on with ex-Missing Persons drummer Terry Bozzio and bassist Patrick O'Hearn, and ex-Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.

Found this music video the other day on YouTube- definitely something worth listening to and watching after a long time.


Andy Taylor
"Take It Easy" (1986)

People say I'm crazy, just a fool
But I'm the pigeon and baby, you're the stool

I always dug the color your hair
I always loved the clothes you wear
I can't say that you turn me on
But why'd I stay all night long

Take it easy - on yourself
Take it easy - there ain't no one else
Don't give me reasons
And I won't ask for nothin'

Take it easy - on yourself
Take it easy - there ain't no one else
Don't give me reasons
And I won't ask for nothin'

Rich girls, they run after me
They break my heart, you know I fall in love so easily
I always dug the color your hair
I always loved the clothes you wear
I can't say that you turn me on
But why'd I stay all night long

Take it easy - on yourself
Take it easy - there ain't no one else
Don't give me reasons
And I won't ask for nothin'

Take it easy - on yourself
Take it easy - there ain't no one else
Don't give me reasons
And I won't ask for nothin'
Yeah!

Take it easy - on yourself
Take it easy - there ain't no one else
Don't give me reasons
And I won't ask for nothin'


Check out Andy Taylor's official website here, or his entry on Wikipedia, here.

Can't get that song out of your head? Then check out more of Renzie's Last Song Syndrome Project, the only blog service dedicated to getting that persistent tune out of your system- by giving you lots more of it!

Cheers, everyone!

Last Song Syndrome: Peter, Bjorn and John - "Young Folks" (2006)

Frack it. Couldn't get the damn thing out of my head. See, my girlfriend and I have been catching up on our Gossip Girl episodes. Which is a really swell show- it's like this season's The O.C., Dawson's Creek, Beverly Hills 90210, Dynasty or Falcon Crest, depending on what year you were born.

In fact, TV.com hailed it as 2007's Best Guilty Pleasure- and, yeah, the title seems very deserving. In any case, I've recently compiled some songs from a soundtrack listing I posted another time, and loaded it into my player. And this song just goes on and on in my head.

I've been whistling the damn thing all week, and I hope I can get it out of my system by blogging about it. Not that it's a bad song- it's actually a very cool song- it's just that it drives some people crazy because some of my colleagues are now whistling the thing without even knowing the song.

Yeah, it's that catchy.

"Young Folks" was the very first song used on the very first Gossip Girl episode- where it sets the scene in the Upper East Side train station and Serena comes back into town, and Dan and her sister meets up with their Dad, etc. I didn't care much for the lyrics until about my third listen- and then everything just made sense for the whole show- the song being so appropriate just made it all the more cool.

So here we are, from me to all you fellow Gossip Girl fans: Peter, Bjorn and John's "Young Folks", plus the accompanying YouTube vid from not too long ago (2006).

Peter, Bjorn and John
featuring Victoria Bergsman of The Concretes.
"Young Folks" (2006)

If I told you things I did before
Told you how I used to be
Would you go along with someone like me ?
If you knew my story word for word
Had all of my history
Would you go along with someone like me?

I did before and had my share
It didn't lead nowhere
I would go along with someone like you
It doesn't matter what you did
Who you were hanging with
We could stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

Usually when things has gone this far
People tend to disappear
No one would surprise me unless you do
I can tell there's something goin' on
Hours seem to disappear
Everyone is leaving I'm still with you

It doesn't matter what we do
Where we are going to
We can stick around and see this night through

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

And we don't care about the young folks
Talkin' bout the young style
And we don't care about the old folks
Talkin' 'bout the old style too
And we don't care about our own folks
Talkin' 'bout our own stuff
All we care about is talking
Talking only me and you

(repeat)

Talking only me and you

Talking only me and you
Talking only me and you


Can't get that song out of your head? Then check out more of Renzie's Last Song Syndrome Project, the only blog service dedicated to getting that persistent tune out of your system- by giving you lots more of it!

Cheers, everyone!

Was Your Favorite Tune Played on Gossip Girl?

Hey everyone.

Just thought I'd do just another bit of public service. You see, since my last post on Gossip Girl (on another blog, "Too Much TV"), I've actually received quite a number of requests for help: mostly asking me if I knew which song played on what scene, and so on so forth.

So I've actually gone one step further to give you all a listing of the songs featured on the hit CW drama. Ah, so much drama. And in case you didn't know- they'll be back on April 25 with 5 new episodes!

Until then, you can watch your 13 episodes over and over again with your Gossip Girl-lovin' buddies. And work on getting your favorite songs together- here's the listing without any further ado. Enjoy!

Episode 1: Pilot

- "Young Folks" by Peter, Bjorn and John
- "If It's Lovin' That You Want" by Rihanna
- "What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
- "Diamond Hipster Boy" by Washington Social Club
- "Concerto in G" by Antonio Vivaldi & Brian Reitzell
- "99%" by The Mooney Suzuki
- "Bounce With Me" by Kreesha Turner
- "Back to Black" by Amy Winehouse
- "Space For Rent" by WhoMadeWho
- "Send You Back" by Matthew Dear
- "Photograph" by Air
- "Joyful Waltz" by Zdenek Bartak
- "Hang Me Up to Dry" by Cold War Kids
- "Time Won't Let Me Go" by The Bravery
- "Hard to Live in the City" by Albert Hammond Jr.
- "The Way I Are" by Timbaland Feat. Keri Hilson and D.O.E.
- "Go" by Hanson
- "Don't Matter" by Akon
- "Knock Knock" by Lyrics Born
- "The Gift" by Angels & Airwaves

Episode 2: The Wild Brunch

- "Hit Me Up" by Gia Farell
- "Shut Up And Drive" by Rihanna
- "When Did Your Heart Go Missing" by Rooney
- "Ballad of Gus and Sam" by Ferraby Lionheart
- "Tell Me About It" by Joss Stone
- "The Queen And I" by Gym Class Heroes
- "Believe" by The Bravery

Episode 3: Poison Ivy

- "Glamorous" Constance Billard Choir
- "I Got It From My Momma" by Will.I.Am
- "Can't Be Happening" by The Marlows
- "Raise Your Hand" by The Lights
- "I Feel It All" by Feist
- "Dusk Till Dawn" by Ladyhawke

Episode 4: Bad News Blair

- "Moon River" by Henry Mancini
- "Make It Bounce" by Invisible Men
- "The Focus" by X5
- "Tambourine" by Eve
- "Candy Store" by Miss Eighty 6
- "Till The Sun Comes Up" by Miss Eighty6
- "Until You Can't" by Alana D
- "Bounce Back" by Miss Eighty 6
- "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston

Episode 5: Dare Devil

- "There's a Pot Brewin" by Little Ones
- "Rockstar LP" by Prima J
- "Came to Dance" by Candence Blaze
- "Ringing in my Ears" by Two Hours Traffic
- "Whine Up" by Kat Deluna
- "I'm doing it Again" by All Wrong and the Plans Change
- "Mama I'm Comin' Home" by Ozzy Osbourne
- "Get Ur Party On" by Zooland

Episode 6: The Handmaiden's Tale

- "Timebomb" by Beck
- "Happy Ending" by Mika
- "Guess Who (Parov Stelar Remix)" by Nekta
- "Kiss, Kiss" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Take It to the Top" by 5 Alarm Music
- "A Taste" by Sofia J
- "Nasty Funky Crazy" by Becca Styles
- "Ring A Ling" by Miss Eighty 6

Episode 7: Victor, Victrola

- "Stripper" By Soho Dolls
- "So the say" By Classic
- "Ballad of an easy..." By David McConnel
- "Release" By Miss Eighty 6
- "Second Hand Lovers" By John Ralston
- "Just Love" By Warren
- "Photograph" By Air
- "Girl I Told Ya" By Valeria ft Aria
- "Whatever" by Elliot Smith
- "With Me" By Sum 41

Episode 8: Seventeen Candles

- "One Week of Danger" by The Virgins
- "Your Birthday" by The Shapes
- "Love is Colder Than..." by The Virgins
- "Rich Girls" by The Virgins
- "Feathers" by Two Hours Traffic
- "Nice Buddy" by Puffy Ami Yumi
- "How We Breathe" by Pinback
- "Fernando Pando" by The Virgins
- "Freebird" by CAST
- "Inside Out" by Miss Eighy 6
- "How Does it Feel" by Eskimo Joe
- "Kissing Song" by Dawn Landes
- "Radio Christine" by The Virgins

Episode 9: Blair Waldorf Must Pie!

- "Grand Opening" by Will Dailey
- "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado
- "Here It Goes Again" by Ok Go
- "La Ritournelle" by Sebastian Tellier
- "Nolita Fairytale" by Vanessa Carlton
- "Recurring" by Bonobo
- "Today" by Stickboy

Episode 10: Hi, Society
- "Comin' Home Baby" by The Torme
- "Secret (Piano Version)" by The Pierces
- "You're A Wolf" by Sea Wolf (not High Society)
- "Pretty Please" by Lissa
- "What For" by Rooney
- "Secret" by The Pierces
- "Three Wishes" by The Pierces
- "Apologize" by One Republic ft. Timbaland

Episode 11: Roman Holiday

- "Santa Baby" by The Constance Billard Choir
- "O Come All Ye Faithful" (jazzy instrumental)
- "O Christmas Tree" by The Plush Interiors
- "Stuck For The Summer" by Two Hours - Traffic
- "Christmas Alphabet" by The McGuire Sisters
- "Christmakwanzakah" by The Dan Band
- "Deck The Halls" by The Republic Tigers
- "Jingle Bells" (instrumental)
- "Joy To The World" (instrumental)
- "The General Specific" by Band Of Horses
- "All That I Want" by The Weepies

Episode 12: School Lies

- "Last Night (Oh Yeah)" by Moby
- "Someone Great" by LCD Soundsystem
- "Come Flash All Your Ladies" by The Filthy Youth
- "Orange" by The Filthy Youth
- "Autumn Pink" by Harry Warren
- "Breakfast In NYC" by Oppenheimer
- "Come Home" by One Republic
- "Four Romantic Pieces, Opus 75" by Dvorak
- "Piano Quartet in G Minor" by Mozart
- "Cross The River" by La Rocca

Episode 13: A Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate
- "Got Ur Number" by Nadia Oh
- "The Dark Side Of Indoor Track Meets" by Falling Up
- "You'll Change" by Machine Translations
- "Where There's Gold" by Dashboard Confessional
- "The Air We Breathe" by Figurines
- "Goodbye" by Dan Cray Trio
- "Happily Never After" by Nicole Scherzinger

So go check em out while the new episodes aren't out yet: Gossip Girl- Mondays 8/7 Central on The CW. Head on over to the official website here.

Much More Music: Whitesnake - "Here I Go Again" (1987)

"This is just like in the Whitesnake video!" - Ricky Bobby, "Talladega Nights", 2006.

It wasn't the first time "Here I Go Again" was referenced in a Will Ferrell movie. The first time, if you would recall, was in the 2003 comedy "Old School".

"Here I Go Again" was a massive hit for Whitesnake in 1987. It was first released in the UK in 1982- David Coverdale just left Deep Purple at the time, and decided to form the band (while he was still popular, I suppose- and it did make a lot of sense). As opposed to the original release, the 1987 US version sounded more slick- mixed with better production elements and backing vocals, giving it that more radio-friendly sound.

The video was particularly memorable because it featured a rather scantily-clad (well, for its time, at least anyway) Tawny Kitaen prancing on the hood, and inside two Jaguars (one belonged to David, and the other belonged to director Marty Callner). It was a huge hit for the MTV-viewing audience, and somehow set the trend for rock bands to use more sexy women in their videos from that point onwards.

Aside from the two Will Ferrell movies, "Here I Go Again" was also referenced in an episode of "American Dad", the "1985" music video of Bowling For Soup, alluded to in "Death Proof", and more recently, in the modern-warfare-themed PC real-time strategy game, "World In Conflict".

Here's Whitesnake with "Here I Go Again". Enjoy!

Whitesnake
"Here I Go Again" (1987)

Intro  :        G   D   C       G   D   C


G       D              C     D
I don't know where I'm going,
G       D                    C    D
but I sure know where I've been.
G                D           C                    G Am
Hanging on the promises in songs of yesterday.
                  D
And I've made up my mind.
Am                        D
I ain't wasting no more time,
         Em
here I go again.
Am            G     Em Am C D
Here I go again.

G             D                C       D
Though I keep searching for an answer,
G                  D                     C   D
I never seem to find what I'm looking for.
G           D                 C                    G Am
Oh Lord I pray you give me strength to carry on,
                     D
'cause I know what it means,
Am                                       D   C   D
to walk along the lonely streets of dreams.

                  G          C           D   C   D
CHORUS :        And here I go again on my own,
                    G              C               D   C   D
              going down the only road I've ever known.
                       G             C           D     C 
              Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.
            Am7                     D 
              And I've made up my mind,
            Am7                         D    C    D
              I ain't wasting no more time.

    G                  D                C        D
      I'm just another heart in need of rescue,
    G            D                 C      D
      waiting on love's sweet charity.
    G               D               C                  G  Am7
      And I'm gonna hold on for the rest of my days,
                              D
      'cause I know what it means,
         Am7                                D       C   D
      to walk along the lonely street of dreams.

                
                  G          C           D   C   D
CHORUS :        And here I go again on my own,
                    G              C               D   C   D
              going down the only road I've ever known.
                       G             C           D   C 
              Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.
            Am7                     D 
              And I've made up my mind,
            Am7                         D
              I ain't wasting no more time.
                  C      D   Em  Am             Em
              but here I go again,  here I go again.
           Am             Em  Am           Em   Am  C  D
              Here I go again,  here I go.


REPEAT AND FADE:
                  G          C           D   C   D
CHORUS :        And here I go again on my own,
                    G              C               D   C   D
              going down the only road I've ever known.
                       G             C           D   C 
              Like a drifter I was born to walk alone.
            Am7                     D 
              And I've made up my mind,
            Am7                         D
              I ain't wasting no more time.

I hope you liked this one. Here are a couple of factoids about Whitesnake:

Did You Know?

1. Whitesnake featured an ever-changing roster of musicians ever since they started out in 1977, but the one constant in the line-up to this day has been lead singer David Coverdale himself.

2. Tawny Kitaen appeared in at least three other Whitesnake videos, including "Is This Love" in 1987.

3. David Coverdale and Tawny Kitaen actually ended up getting married in 1989, but divorced two years later in 1991.

4. The name "Whitesnake" was actually a euphemism for male genitalia.

So there you have it. Also cool from Whitesnake: "Is This Love" (1987). Check out the band's official website here.

Cheers!

Did You Know? Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (1983)

You'll probably never listen to this song the same way ever again.

Did you know that "Total Eclipse of the Heart", the massive 1983 radio hit by Bonnie Tyler may actually have pedophilia elements?

True, the song sounds harmless enough- heck, the listening public loved it, and continues to play on hundreds of radio stations and mp3 players all over the world.

The song is completely overplayed in the Philippines, though, but the fact that Max Weinberg (music director on Late Night with Conan o'Brien, band leader for the Max Weinberg 7 and resident drummer for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band) played the drum tracks on "Total Eclipse of the Heart" just made it awesome for me once again.

But check this out: watch the video closely, and look at the various elements in it. It would seem that Bonnie Tyler (the singer) is floating around in a dream, going through a hallway with rooms- lots of rooms, with lots of boys- in a classroom, some with bright orbs for eyes ("bright eyes", indeed), others dancing around, etc.

As the song goes on, everybody is worked up to a dancing frenzy (at least some form of intetpretative dance, anyway), and then a teenage boy in underpants with giant wings growing out of his back (an angel, apparently), wraps his arms around a crying Bonnie Tyler.

Video concludes with a scene on the steps of a private school, and we see Bonnie Tyler's character is, apparently, a school teacher. She gets introduced to the boys in her class- seemingly harmless enough- until one of them grabs hold of her hand and looks at her with...bright orbs for eyes- "Bright Eyes" Boy from the dream!

So the dream was probably all about the schoolteacher's fantasies about her students- and that the events that transpired the night before probably wasn't even a dream after all!

Read more about "Total Eclipse of the Heart" on Wikipedia, here. In the meantime, check out the video provided below, and watch for yourself. Lyrics provided if you want to sing along- just in case. Of course, you'll probably want to read them all over again and you might actually find some hidden meaning behind the lyrics, now that you know what the video was all about. Again, that's Max Weinberg on drums.

Cheers everyone!

Bonnie Tyler
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" (1983)

(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit lonely
and you're never coming around
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit tired
of listening to the sound of my tears
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit nervous
that the best of all the years have gone by
(Turn around) Every now and then I get a
little bit terrified
and then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart



(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit restless
and I dream of something wild
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit helpless
and I'm lying like a child in your arms
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit angry
and I know I've got to get out and cry
(Turn around) Every now and then
I get a little bit terrified
but then I see the look in your eyes

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart

(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart
(Turn around bright eyes)
Every now and then I fall apart

And I need you now tonight
And I need you more than ever
And if you'll only hold me tight
We'll be holding on forever
And we'll only be making it right
Cause we'll never be wrong
Together we can take it to the end of the line
Your love is like a shadow on me all of the time
(All of the time)
I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark
We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
I really need you tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight
Forever's gonna start tonight

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart
A total eclipse of the heart
(Turn around bright eyes)
(Turn around bright eyes, turn around)

Other "Total Eclipse of the Heart" trivia you might want to know:

1. This song was written by Jim Steinman- same dude behind a lot of Meatloaf's songs, including the power ballad "I'll Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)." Notice the tendency for surreal imagery, elaborate production, and a comparatively long running time- the song clocks in at 6:51.

2. The radio edit of the song takes away the third verse and fades the ending out earlier, chopping the song to a more radio-friendly 4:28.

3. The song was featured prominently in the 2001 movie Bandits. Cate Blanchett's character loves the song, describing it as "The ultimate haiku to the complexity of love." She soon finds out that Bruce Willis' character also loves the song, and so now they have a relationship of sorts going on, much to the dismay of Billy Bob Thornton's character.

4. In addition to Max Weinberg, another E Street Band member- Roy Bittan- also played on the song. Roy played the keyboards.

5. From Songfacts: A wedding band sings a surprisingly vulgar version of this in the movie Old School. It was performed by The Dan Band, which is a real group specializing in obscene versions of songs made popular by female singers. Here's a video of The Dan Band in action- their version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".



Did You Know? is a continuing project of "My Thoughts In Stereo" to educate the music-listening radio audience. There's a lot more to your songs than you might actually know. And with more stories about your favorite songs, you might actually appreciate them more.

Cheers once again!

Much More Music: The Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love (1977)

Yeah well, so I got myself a mellow side too :). I'm not exactly a huge fan of the Bee Gees, but I believe that "How Deep Is Your Love" is probably one of the best love songs ever written.

The song was written in 1977, and was supposed to be for Yvonne Elliman (another successful 70's performer). I'm not sure if it was the producers, or if it were the Gibbs brothers themselves that made the call, the song eventually ended up as part of the original motion picture soundtrack for Saturday Night Fever.

Good call- since the success of the movie fueled the song's success, making it stay at the Top 10 for 17 weeks (quite the record back then). "How Deep Is Your Love" is considered by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

"How Deep Is Your Love" has been remade by several artists, including Take That, and was, more recently, featured on American Idol Season 7 as one of the more favorite audition pieces, as the show was touring Philadelphia (just before Christmas, I think). In any case, here it is- along with a video, and some chord patterns should you wish to play along.

Enjoy!

The Bee Gees
"How Deep Is Your Love" (1977)

Intro:
D Dmaj7 Gmaj7 Asus4

D  F#m Em Bm
I know your eyes in the morning sun

Em     Bm    Asus4
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain

D  F#m     Em F#m
And the moment that you wander far from me

Em        F#m   Asus4
I wanna feel you in my arms again

G  F#m
And you come to me on a summer breeze

Em      Em6
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em  Bm
I believe in you

Em     Bm    Asus4
You know the door to my very soul

D  F#m     Em F#m
You're the light in my deepest darkest hour

Em        F#m   Asus4
You're my saviour when I fall

G  F#m
And you may not think


I care for you

Em      Em6
When you know down inside


That I really do

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me


BREAK:
D    F#m      Em  Bm
La La La

Em     Bm    Asus4

D  F#m     Em F#m

Em        F#m   Asus4

G  F#m
And you come to me on a summer breeze

Em      Em6
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave

F#m  Asus4
And it's me you need to show

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em

CHORUS:

D
How deep is your love

Dmaj7
How deep is your love

Gmaj7    Gm6
I really need to learn

 D     Amaj7
'cause we're living in a world of fools

B7
Breaking us down

B7      Em
When they all should let us be

Gm
We belong to you and me

D    F#m      Em

D

-Fade-

CHORDS USED (Relative to capo)
EADGBe
D XX0232
G       320003 or 320033 or 3X0033
Amaj7 X02120
Dmaj7 XX0222
Gmaj7 320002
Asus4 X00230
F#m 244222
Bm X24432
Em 022000
Em6 022020
B7 X21202
Gm6 310030 or 310330

end

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Last Song Syndrome: Technotronic - Move This (1989)

OK, so I saw the Bob Odenkirk-directed "Let's Go To Prison" last night on HBO. Yeah it was a little half-baked, but still, I'm a huge fan of Will Arnett- the dude who played Gob (pronounced Jobe) on the brilliant comedy series, "Arrested Development".

The end credits showed the three lead actors- Will Arnett, Dax Shepard (from "Without A Paddle") and Chi McBride (the principal from "Boston Public")- all crammed into a car singing to this trippy Technotronic song.

"Move This" came out on the same Technotronic album that spawned the massive hit "Pump Up The Jam". Later on, it was featured on one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies (no big loss, if you didn't watch it).

Technotronic almost pulled off a Milli Vanilli: Belgian producer Jo Bogaert and Manuela Kamosi came up with the album, but needed an "image model" to push them commercially- so they got Zairian-born fashion model Felly to serve the purpose (that's her on the album cover).

You actually get to see Felly singing on the video of "Pump Up The Jam", but when the album became an unexpected hit, Technotronic suddenly found themselves booked for live performances and guest TV appearances. It was a smart move on the group's part to reveal Ya Kid K as the real singer of Technotronic- and it's Ya Kid K you now see on the video of "Move This"

So here we have it- Ya Kid K and Technotronic with "Move This". Enjoy!

Technotronic
"Move This" (1989)

Yo, come on move this

Shake that body
Shake that body

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time?
Can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste a piece of mine
Many different flavors
And the spice is strong
Get into the hot stuff
Let me pour a little song

Baby lemme show you how to do this
You gotta move this
You're doin' fine
There's nothin' to it
You gotta groove it
Come on and move this
Shake that body for me...



People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time?
Can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste a piece of mine
Many different flavors
And the spice is strong
Get into the hot stuff
Let me pour a little song

Baby lemme show you how to do this
You gotta move this
You're doin' fine
There's nothin' to it
You gotta groove it
Come on and move this
Shake that body for me...

Shake that body for me
Shake that body

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time?
Can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste a piece of mine
Can you feel the mellow crawlin' fast
Drum on baby, rhythm blast
Pump it, pump it, pump, pump it up
Nothin' can make this one stop

Oh yeah
You gotta move this, groove this, move this on
Shake your body for me

Shake that body
Shake that body for hmm
Shake that body for me
Shake that body

People don't you know, don't you know
It's about time?
Can't you hear the jam is pumpin'
While you taste a piece of mine
Can you feel the mellow crawlin' fast
Drum on baby, rhythm blast
Pump it, pump it, pump, pump it up
Nothin' can make this one stop

Toes be tappin'
Fingers snappin'
Hands clappin' and my mouth rappin'
Talkin' 'bout how cold lappin'
Shut up and do the walk
Use what you got show me
You're on the floor so let me see
Don't say nothin' 'less i saw
And remember I like it raw

You gotta move this
You gotta move this
Oh yeah, you gotta move this
Aw, aw shake that body for me

Baby lemme show you how to do this
You gotta move this
You're doin' fine
There's nothin' to it
You gotta groove it
Come on and move this
Shake that body for me...

Much More Music: Regina Spektor - Fidelity (2006)

I love "Fidelity". Here's a song I've been singing over and over again in early 2007. I remember hearing it first at the tail-end of an episode of Veronica Mars (at the start of Season 3, I think), and then once again, later on, in an episode of Grey's Anatomy.

Regina Spektor came up with a light, playful song with "Fidelity", which she wrote while watching the John Cusack movie "High Fidelity"- which was based on the Nick Hornby bestseller.

Side Note: Annoyingly enough, one of the Solar channels had decided to use the intro of "Fidelity" on one of its TV promos. It was a simple matter to loop the first few bars (so you won't have Regina singing, and so they can lop their own voice-over on it, presumably), but it's hard to notice how it skips a beat- which happens at least 3 times within said promo. Shoddy worksmanship, Solar- shame on you. Now please send a memo to whatever editor was working on that promo.

In any case, "Fidelity" has been Regina Spektor's most commercially successful single to date. Of course I'm rooting for her, but in the meantime, this song will be a mainstay on my various music players. Enjoy!

Regina Spektor
"Fidelity" (2006)

(Shake it up)

C F
I never loved nobody fully
C F
Always one foot on the ground
F Bb
And by protecting my heart truly
Dm C
I got lost in the sounds
F Bb
I hear in my mind all these voices
Dm C
I hear in my mind all these words
F Bb
I hear in my mind all this music

Dm
And it breaks my heart
C
And it breaks my heart
F C
And it breaks my heart
F Bb C
It breaks my heart





And suppose I never met you
Suppose we never fell in love
Suppose I never ever let you kiss me
so sweet and so soft
Suppose I never ever saw you
Suppose we never ever called
Suppose I kept on singing love songs

Just to break
My own fall
Just to break my fall
Just to break my fall
F
Break my fall
Bb C
Break my fall

Dm
All my friends say that of course its
G
gonna get better, gonna get better
C Bb
Better better better better
C F
Better better better

I never love nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting by heart truly
I got lost in the sounds

I hear in my mind all these voices
I hear in my mind all these words
I hear in my mind all this music
And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart


Check out more on Regina Spektor on her official website. Cheers, everyone :)