Saturday, October 22, 2011

Liran Danino - Lalechet

It's not often I get to post good Israeli music, but now I do. Here's a fantastic guitar based little ballad in Hebrew by Liran Danino. I think this is just such a pretty song. Lalechet means "To walk".

Liran Danino - Lalechet

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Rihanna - We found love (Feat. Calvin Harris)

Rihanna has collaborated with Calvin Harris on her brand new single. The song is called "We found love" and feels like an natural progression from "Only Girl", with a dash of more house to it in the vain of David Guetta or Avicii. I found it that Rihanna's voice fit these kinda tracks like a glove. Since she has collaborated with a British producer, the video is very British aswell, in a Street kinda way. And it's also got speeding and move effects like the dance music videos in the 90's had.

Rihanna - We found love (Feat. Calvin Harris)

Giorgia - E' L'Amore Che Conta

Giorgia is back with another great song. This time a beautiful ballad called "E' L'Amore Che Conta", "And the love that counts". And what place better to film a music video for an Italian song about love than Venice??

Giorgia - E' L'Amore Che Conta

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Britney Spears - Criminal

Hi guys, sorry for being so absent this month, but been having a crazy work schedule, but I'm gonna try to make up for it. Today we start off with Britney Spears new music video for her latest single "Criminal" off her "Femme Fatale" album. It's the only ballad on the album, and it's written by Shellback and Max Martin, with additional writing by Tiffany Amber.

The song differentiates itself from anything Britney has sung on before since the song is a guitar-driven midtempo ballad, which incorporates a folk-style flute melody. The songs lyrics works very well with the just released accompanying music video directed by Chris Marrs Piliero. Chris also directed the video for "I Wanna Go" and he's got a very movie plot/photography-like style in this video as well, but while "I Wanna Go" was humorous, "Criminal" got a more mature and serious tone.

In the verses Britney sings about being in love with a bad boy/criminal with lyrics like "He is a hustler / He's no good at all / He is a loser, he's a bum, bum, bum, bum" and "He is a bad boy with a tainted heart / And even I know this ain't smart". In the chorus she pleads to her mother not to worry in lines such as "But mama im in love with a criminal" and "Mama please don't cry / I will be alright", comparable to the lyrics in Madonna's "Papa, don't preach". And in the video Britney runs away with a guy that saves her from a creep at a fancy happening, then the video is giving us shorts snippets of Britney's new life together with this guy that clearly is a criminal. All of this mixed up with various hot sex scenes that fit well with the ending of all choruses: "And this type of love isn't rational / It's physical". Only Britney can make flutes sexy. 

Britney Spears - Criminal

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Video Update: Enrique Iglesias - I like how it feels (feat. Pitbull)

Here's the video for Enrique's latest single which is taken from the upcoming re-release of his album "Euphoria". The video is made up of random concert and backstage footage, but it at least succeed in bringing out that party feeling. The single is available Oct. 4 (US) & Nov. 6 (UK).

Enrique Iglesias - I like how it feels (feat. Pitbull)

Jessie J - Who you are

"Who you are" are a self-empowering song in the same vain as Christina Aguilera's "Beautiful" and Lady Gaga's "Born this way". It's the first song that I heard with Jessie J and also my favorite of hers. It's a slow ballad with heartfelt vocals. The song was written by Jessie J along with Toby Gad and Shelly Peiken.

"Sometimes it's hard, to follow your heart.
Tears don't mean you're losing, everybody's bruising,
Just be true to who you are!"


Jessie J - Who you are

Adele - Someone like you

The long awaited video for Adele's "Someone like you" is here. And like the song it's a scaled down beautiful and sad affair -in black and white.The video was shot in the beautiful streets of Paris. 

Adele - Someone like you