Category: Music

  • UK MVA > VMA

    Enough said, and we don’t get a broadcast…

    The UK Music Video Awards just made their announcement in London… !! *excitement!!*

    The Video of the Year was… Bjork with Wanderlust! – I said it could easily be THE best video of the year… – Bjork also won Best Art Direction, and Best Indie/Alternative Video.

    Nominees and winners were more up to my likings… which makes me wonder? WTH is wrong on this side of the world?? I’m talking about America as a continent… O_o

    For the list of winners, go here. And here are some of my faves…

    • Badly Drawn Boy
    • The Ting Tings
    • Klaxons
    • KT Tunstall
    • CSS
    • Nine Black Alps
    • Mark Ronson
    • Kate Nash
    • Sigur Ros

    etc… xD

  • The WB’s Popular Music?

    If you were a fan of The WB’s Popular, you were probably a fan of its music… or at least a couple of the tunes. Anyway, back in the day… I was probably a big BIG fan of the show, proven by this:

    The WB\'s Popular - Fan-made - OST

    Looks pretty darn good, non? I made it, actually… this backcover looks much better than the cover, because obviously I spend 3-times more hours on it. I even took the trouble to find the Warner, Sony Music (why?), Columbia (why?) logos, and the text I got from some Warner Music albums I own.

    This is the tracklist I made in 2001, I probably have a whole bunch of other tracks, so now it will likely be a double-disc. Shall I work on a Vol. 2? xD

    1. Kendall Payne – Supermodels (Popular’s Main Theme)
    2. Tyrese Lately
    3. Wiseguys – Ooh La La
    4. Dido – Honestly OK
    5. Groove Armada – I See You Baby
    6. David Bowie – Changes
    7. Youngstown – Will You Marry Me? (Cheesy Boy Band Song)
    8. Vitamin C – Not that Kind of Girl
    9. SisQo – Thong Song
    10. Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’s Delight
    11. Spandau Ballet – True
    12. Sir Mix-a-Lot – Baby Got Back
    13. Falco – Rock Me Amadeus
    14. Sydney Forest – High School Highway (Popular’s End Theme)

    Will You Marry Me? is the only poorly ripped from TV track. Care to add other tracks in the show that were on the original broadcast? I know of some… Actually, take that back. I found the post back up~ Will post that up later…

    **EDIT**
    I think I have most of the tracks, but Season 2 information is very lackin’ – If you’ve got song info from the original broadcast that is missing, please post away~~~ xD
    The WB’s Popular Track List by Episode PDF (99Kb)

    I am pretty sure I’m better designing now, so maybe I should re-make this album xD. It’s not like there are the best hi-res Popular stills out there… someone help? ^^

  • Are You Ready for The Chase?

    Today ends the round of Marit Larsen postings, as Oct. 13th (eh… unlucky number!) marks the release of Marit’s sophomore album. Did you buy her debut? Under the Surface is one of my favorite albums, mustered by the pretty penny I paid to get it. LOL’

    Anyway… if you were a bad blogger, or a bad internet user the past week and missed Marit’s music posting, I’m gonna have all the tracks to listen to until next week… so THIS POST will be modified on Sunday 19th. In the meantime, try to enjoy Marit’s music… though it’s a pretty crappy rip, but it’s good enough to savour it… and doesn’t spend much of my bandwith.

    So here it is! Here it goes~~~ xD The Chase!!

    DELETED

    1. The Chase (3.33)
    2. If A Song Could Get Me you (3.30)
    3. This Is Me, This Is You (4.07)
    4. Ten Steps (3.31)
    5. Steal My Heart (3.48)
    6. Is It Love (4.51)
    7. Fuel (2.07)
    8. Addicted (3.43)
    9. I’ve Heard Your Love Songs (3.38)
    10. Fences (4.44)

  • MixTape – Osen-a-Mix

    I noticed some of you have been looking for the soundtrack for Osen, I’ve blogged more about this soundtrack than other JDramas, so I thought it fair to get a sample for you to listen! The OST contains 22 tracks, not including the song of the intro (Odore, by Micro) or the closing song (Koi Uta, by Tackey & Tsubasa), but it IS a good Original Soundtrack with pieces by Yugo Kanno.

    So I got 6 of my favorite tracks, and put them together with the opening and closing songs… for Osen’s MixTape!! xD

    1. Micro – Odore! – “Dance!”
    2. Yugo Kanno – Osen Main Theme
    3. Yugo Kanno – Tema wo Oshimazu – Effort is Valuable
    4. Yugo Kanno – Omotenashi no Kokoro – Heart’s Hospitality
    5. Yugo Kanno – Honmono wo Mirume – Discerning Eye for the Genuine
    6. Yugo Kanno – Noren wo Mamoru – Protect Reputation
    7. Yugo Kanno – Osen Main Theme (Ballad)
    8. Tackey & Tsubasa – Koi Uta – “Love Song”

  • Late Music for the Month!

    Oops! Took longer to post about the music of the month this time because I wanted to go through most of the music I had on my “to listen” list. Finally did, JUST this second!

    So without further ado, the list

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  • Interesting Fave Album Find!

    Amy seems to be quite the TuneSocial application user on Facebook… if you’ve no idea what is this, it’s an application that sort of works as a ‘virtual’ CD shelf… you can add the albums you own, or the one’s you’ve heard, etc…

    I was browsing through ‘my collection’ and noticed that I’ve never given a 5/5 score to any of the albums on my collection, HA! Talk about picky, eh? I also noticed a few glitches, but won’t report because in order to do so, I’ve got to open an account with THEM. DUMB! The main glitch is that when I wanted to find out which CDs had the best rating, and wanted to organize the albums by rating, some of the albums didn’t show up… so in order to verify my list, I had to go through the +600 albums on my list. SUCKY!

    Anyway, over the +600 albums… only 30 reach the 4.5 mark. ONLY 30!! Over +200 reach the 4/5 – so AM pretty confident about my choices of stars per albums and artists…

    So here it is! Amy’s Top Rated TuneSocial Albums! (more…)

  • Bibi Chow – WOW

    So I was looking around the web for lyrics of WOW, the 2nd part of the 2-disc album by Bibi Chow, because I was listening to it last night, and on my search for it I ended up finding my own posts wondering about Bibi’s music. How lame is that? So I’ve decided to put that finding to good use and work on the lyrics of the album~ and if people seem to be interested in it, I might work on NOW (the 1st part of the 2-disc album) and her other lyrics…

    Okay, so because I don’t speak or understand Chinese, please don’t ask for a translation… it takes enough time (20min if it’s easy) to figure out the right pinyin. Also, no automated-web translation postings… if you think of posting a translation in the comments, I hope it’s a translation job done by a person, otherwise it won’t get approved.

    If you are posting the lyrics, please proper credit is appreciated, as well as a link back.

    And if you’ve got corrections, please point them out… some of the songs are too fast for my ear… Here’s the link to the CHINESE lyrics.

    1. WOW [added Oct. 5th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    2. Quan Nian Wu Xiu – No Rest for the Whole Year [added Oct. 8th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    3. Fan Fu – Repeat [added Oct. 8th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    4. Wei Le Ren Shi Ni – Just to Meet You [added Oct. 12th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    5. Sha Mo Ye Zhao Dao Bali – The Desert Can Also Find Paris [added Oct. 12th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    6. Sha Gua de Tian Cai – Silly Genius [added Oct. 13th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    7. Mao de Mao Xian – Cat’s Adventure [added Oct. 13th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    8. Zen Yang – How [added Oct. 13th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    9. Oh Yes!! [added Oct. 13th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]
    10. Han – Sweat [added Oct. 13th 2008 – credit amy-wong.com]

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  • Ten Steps…

    The upload of the day! xD Marit sure does know how to tease listeners…

    Just listened to it a minute ago… a bit later than I intended (it showed already 200 plays), but I was listening to the soundtrack of Kiraware Matsuko no Issho (Memories of Matsuko) – Man, that film gets me each time in the final “Okaeri”. Even the OST makes me mush inside…

    Anyway, back on Ten Steps… of the 4 tracks released already, this is by far the more country-ish that I’ve listened I think. At first, I thought I was hearing a Dixie Chicks intro xD – But Marit’s got a talent for sounding sweet about not so sweet things… ha! “I’m about to break your heart,” she says… but she’s so chirpy! It’s scary x’D

  • I’ve Heard your Love Songs,

    Marit… but I want more. xD

    Are you listening to Marit’s songs? She just released This is Me, This is You on her MySpace, and there’s a new video…  Marit Larsen!! Sin nya singel!! xD “I’ve Heard your Love Songs”

    Kawaii desuNE! xD

  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – RIRI SHUSHU no Subete – All About Lily Chou Chou

    This is the first film I saw with Yu Aoi, without knowing who Yu Aoi was~~ I didn’t even know who Shunji Iwai was. I only decided to watch this because I liked the poster. Yes, I can be shallow like that because I didn’t even bother to read the synopsis… which I have found to be, most of the times, better than knowing what the film is about.

    Here’s a bit about the film:
    (from Wikipedia)
    This 2001 film directed and written by Shunji Iwai, stars Hayato Ichihara (Yuichi) and Shugo Oshinari (Hoshino), as two childhood friends that go through changes between their time in Junior High, and High School.

    Genre: Drama (Some disturbing situations involving young people.)
    Starring: Hayato Ichihara, Shugo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Yu Aoi
    Written and directed by: Shunji Iwai
    Duration: +2hr

    You can watch the film in 17 parts on YouTube.

    Spoilers ahead~ You’ve been warned~

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