Thursday, 15 January 2009

Top 50- 22: Was it all that easy to just put aside your feelings?



Leona Lewis- Better in Time

I got Leona's album for Christmas not last year but the year before,but as with most new CDs I get,it takes me forever to get round to listening to them.So I actually discovered this song from seeing the video in summer.I love it.Because of the lyrics.For a change.

Top 50- 23: I was the life of that nation



Monica Naranjo- Europa

Monica is the most fabulous diva of our time I think.The TarĂ¡ntula album is one of my favourites of last year,and I've recently been getting into it again bigtime.It's so varied,from the chilled out El Descanso,to the hyper Kambalaya to the shouty but wonderful second single Amor y Lujo- all of the songs are great.But none more so than Europa- Monica's first single for a few years.I really think it's a modern day masterpiece.Wonderfully dramatic and slightly operatic at the beginning,going into turning into a funky modern dance beat after a few minutes- it shouldn't work but it really does.Monica has such an interesting,versatile voice too,it's hard to imagine anyone else singing this song.

Monday, 12 January 2009

Top 50- 24: Give me what I want, give me what I need



Aleksei Vorobyov- Desire/Etoi Nochyu


This is so sexy.So damn sexy.Well,Aleksei's version anyway- I wasn't keen on Darin's from the Austrian/German Idol performance I saw a while back.And of course,everything in Russian is a pleasure for the ears.You could sing the Medway phone book in Russian and it would be sexy.*Goes off for a lie down*.

Top 50- 25: I want to mean more to you,be someone to you



Karpatenhund- Zusammen Verschwinden


One of the best songs my Flensburger friend has sent me this year.I don't normally like girl singers in the pop-rock genre,but Claire (or is it Stefanie?),I think is rather good.As always,I love the lyrics to this song too,and those of all the other songs from the album that I've heard.I have concluded Karpatenhund are a very good band (with a cool name) and should probably be more popular than they are :)

Top 50- 26: And I know now who I am



Newton Faulkner- Dream Catch Me

Just a kick arse song that reminds me of the best year of my life.That's all I have to say about that :)

Saturday, 10 January 2009

OK maybe tomorrow

I'm watching Casualty on BBC1- in Germany! It's an exciting thing,I don't know how long the link will last for so I want to make the most of it...

I'm back...

So without further ado,let's finish the top 50 songs of last year but they become the top 50 songs of the year before last ;)