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I’m not really a fan of Korean music, but somehow this Nobody craze has really caught on and I wanted to share this video that my sister showed me that features three robots programmed to dance like the Wonder Girls in the Nobody video:

I watched the actual video for the first time tonight, and while [...]

Yet another hattip to the girlfriend for recommending that I check out various videos from the UC Men’s Octet. I”m not a fan of choir performances, but when they’re done differently, as it has been here, it can really add a totally new dimension to a song.

The best part is that this video is nearly [...]

Full credit to the girlfriend for referring this video to me. I’m not as hot on the song as I am on the choreography, musical collaboration and the technology involved such as the camera and the lights. The video claims this was all taken and recorded in one take, and if it was, it’s pretty [...]

So I really don’t know what to make of David Archuleta. Despite the terrible “popness” of his music, they’re catchy and the guy can sing.
Case in point? “Touch My Hand”

For the most part, the song is pretty good, except for the chorus, which is cheesy as hell:
Trying to reach out to you, touch my hand
Reach [...]

Special triple x edition of Music Mondays featuring yet another song I just heard once on the radio, but fell in love with instantly: The Show by Lenka. From the slow, melodic start to the rhythmic finish, it really captures your attention and doesn’t let go. I haven’t heard much else from Lenka, but The [...]

Another YouTube musician, and this time, the term “musician” is actually valid. Watch this video (a cover of 4 Minutes by Madonna, Justin Timberlake and Timbaland) and you’ll see why!

I think it’s one thing to sing, it’s another to really make music, which is what she did here.
Thanks to Jo for the heads up!

I realise it’s 28 weeks in (just over half a year) that I’ve been blogging these Music Mondays segments, and I haven’t shared my favourite song of all time, by my favourite band of all time.
I referenced Something Corporate in Music Mondays IX (the one with Jack’s Mannequin), and I just thought I’d share this [...]

Since today’s our fourth month together, I thought I’d go with an awesome love song that I heard just once while driving home, but it grabbed me immediately: Last Train Home by Ryan Star (not to be confused with the other song with the same name by the Lostprophets).
There’s no official music video yet, so [...]

One of the first songs the girlfriend sent me, a catchy tune, fun lyrics and awesome vocals. Very 80’s, if you ask me!

I don’ think I was ever a fan of Alanis Morissette. Sure I listened to Hands Over Feet and Ironic and Hand In My Pocket growing up just like everyone else, but I always felt her music was a little angsty and not for me.
Fast forward to early this year when Chloe and I were [...]