Fantasy - Mariah Carey

 

Oh, when you walk by every night

Talking sweet and looking fine

I get kind of hectic inside

Mmm, baby, I'm so into you

Darling, if you only knew

All the things that flow through my mind

But it's just a sweet, sweet fantasy, baby

Feels - Calvin Harris

And do you mind if I steal a kiss?

A little souvenir, can I steal it from you?

Candy - Mandy Moore

I'm so addicted to the loving that you're feeding to me

Can't do without it

This feeling's got me weak in the knees

Body's in withdrawal, every time you take it away

Can't you hear me calling? Begging you to come out and play

ME - Inikah Cinta

Ingin daku menyapanya

Menyapa dirinya

Bercanda tawa dengan dirinya

Namun apa yang kurasa

Aku tak kuasa

Aku tak tau harus berkata apa?

Not Over You - Tessa Violet

You try but you can't shake me

I think we're going crazy

Keep saying that we're through,
but baby, I'm not over you

We're quick to go attack, 

but when we split, I need you back and

I tell myself we're through, 

but baby, I'm not over you

You and I Both - Jason Mraz

And it's okay if you had to go away

Oh, just remember the telephones

well, they work in both ways

But if I never ever hear them ring

If nothing else I'll think the bells inside

Have finally found you someone else and that's okay

Cause I'll remember everything you sang

Miami Sound Machine - Words Get In The Way

But I know when you've got something on your mind

You've been trying to tell me for the longest time

But before you break my heart in two

There's something I've been trying to say to you

Baha Men - Dancing In The Moonlight

Dancing in the moonlight

Everybody

Feeling warm and right

It's such a warm and natural sight

Everybody's dancing in the moonlight

Kings of Leon - Dancing on My Own

I'm in the corner, watching you kiss her, ohh

I'm right over here, why can't you see me, ohh

I'm giving it my all, 

but I'm not the girl you're taking home

I keep dancing on my own

Tété - À la faveur de l'automne

Posté devant la fenêtre,

Je regrette

De n'y avoir songé,

Maintenant que tu abandonnes.

À la faveur de l'automne

Revient cette douce mélancolie.

Danity Kane - Damaged

Do, do you got a first aid kit handy?

Do, do you know how to patch up a wound?

Carly Rose Sonenclar - Brokenhearted

Upon hearing "Feeling Good" on my playlist, I suddenly remembered little miss Carly Rose's auditon for X-Factor USA. I only saw that performance on Youtube, and I can still remember how absolutely floored I was with what I heard the second she opened her mouth. I start to wonder, hmm, whatever happened to her? Late in game, I know.

One Google search later, I found out she went pretty far in the competition; dude 1st runner-up! A bajillion Youtube searches later led me from one performance to another and she's always so consistently good! Damn, if only I could have her sense of musicality at that age, and her tooone!

This here particular performance of hers is a easy favorite for me. (it even tops her audition piece! which I so loved.) I have massive respect for singers who write their own songs, but next to that are the singers who can interpret any song into their own. It takes more than just having a new arrangement; we all know that doesn't always work.

Take this one for example. 'Brokenhearted' is a song by Karmin, whose original arrangement is incredibly upbeat and fun. I do enjoy Karmin and all, but even when I first heard it, I was a bit confused with the song. A happy song about a heartache? Bipolar much?

Then I heard THIS. Now this sounds like a broken heart!

In a daze, going crazy, I can barely think 
You're replaying in my brain, find it hard to sleep, 
Waiting for my phone to blow

Bummer the whole song wasn't aired, because I totally prefer this slow version over the original. I did find another youtuber, Michala Todd, covering the entire song in the same style: alternate here! :)

Sara Bareilles - Brave

Nicole Cross - Stay

I threw my hands in the air, said, "Show me something,"
He said, "If you dare come a little closer."

Stooshe - See Me Like This

P!nk - Try

Ever worried that it might be ruined
And does it make you wanna cry?
When you're out there doing what you're doing
Are you just getting by?
Tell me are you just getting by?

Stooshe - Black Heart

Ben Howard - Call Me Maybe

It was May 20 when I first heard this song; I was in a resort hotel room in Catarman, Northern Samar.  It was the first time in a week that we actually had a cable TV, but nothing really interesting was on, so me and my roommates ended up watching MYX, listening to songs, fixing my clothes and other stuff, trying to fit them all in my bag.

Carly Rae Jaspen comes up, and although I've not heard of the song before that day, she looked quite familiar, then I remembered her in an episode of Ellen, where Justin Bieber was introducing her as his newly signed singer under his label. I'm no Bieber-hater, but I'm not a big fan either. So admittedly I was quick to judge her.

Before the music video played though, the VJ did hint on a funny ending to the music video that we should look out for. Good thing she mentioned that, because I might have not cared to finish watching it. I was slightly irritated at her character in the video; I didn't really approve of the whole "look-at-me,-I'm-being-sexy-washing-a-car", but I couldn't deny, the song was extremely catchy, and I really did like the chorus. The refrain though I disliked, (well i think it's the refrain, okay I'm not sure...) the one that goes, "Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad." It just really doesn't make any sense. Then, the twist in the end happens, and all of us just laughed, and that really won me over somehow. I was singing the chorus a few times that afternoon, but when we got busy again, I had forgotten about it.

Fast forward a few days later, I had gone back home to Bacolod, and I just start to hear it EVERYWHERE. (Along with that song by One Direction, and another song by Nicki Minaj) Over and over and over again. By that time, the song had successfully embedded itself deep in my head. And now that I've flown back to Manila, I can't get away from it. There's not a day that I don't see a mention of that song in at least one Facebook wall post. A lot of it are parodies or maybe people lip-singing to it, but the most wonderful post about it is this guy's cover. 

It's not as catchy, true. But I think it's a pretty awesome cover. Had I heard him first, I would have never imagined it as a pop song. I think I'll be looking more into Ben Howard now.

*Although I thought CRJ looked kind of old for a girl in her late teens, I'm surprised to find out she's actually 26! I also found out that she actually did sing this song when she was on Ellen. I had flipped channels before I got to see her perform it. I guess I just wasn't really interested in her then. Well, I am now.

Ed Sheeran - You Need Me, I Don't Need You

"You Need Me, I Don't Need You"

Ed Sheeran 
Written by Ed Sheeran
+ (September 2011)

http://edsheeran.com/

Had the great fortune of catching a friend's post on my facebook news feed about a certain Ed Sheeran. He described this song's style as a mix of Jason Mraz and Jamie Foxx. (If you ever get to read this post, yes Jaybie, I got this from you. thanks for the awesome introduction! XD) I got intrigued by how that mix of styles could sound like.

And I concur, this Ed Sheeran song is a Mraz-Foxx lovechild!

What I really like about this though, isn't actually the song, but the music video. It stars 17 year old Matthew Morgan, sign-singing the song. or sign-rapping. either one, SWAG.

You need me, I don't need you.

You need me, I don't need you.

You need me, I don't need you.

You need me, I don't need you.

This LSS is dedicated to, but not pertaining to my roommate. Repeat the chorus until you believe it! and I know who you should be singing it to. ;)

Kimbra - Settle Down

"Settle Down"

Kimbra

Written by Francois Tetaz, Kimbra Johnson

Vows (August 2011)

Single (June 2010)

*I intend to write something about this, and I sort of have, but I don't feel like editing it yet (because it's not coherent for anybody other than myself.) But as a treat for whoever is reading this right now, here's the most recent song that's stuck in my head. It's not just the song that's awesome. Kimbra herself is amazing!

If you don't know her yet, now is the time to get yourself acquainted.