Music Findings

[sekiharatae]

Cloud is giving me issues and it's sending me to the 'net for distractions.  Yesterday I looked up Eurovision 2010 to see what new tunes came out of it.  (Here in America, we don't seem to get a lot of European music, which is sad as there's so much great stuff out there...)

And I found the winner.  My first thought on first listen was that my husband would really like it.  He likes Lily Allen and Bjork and Ane Brun and other voices that I have teasingly lumped together under the description "drunken little girls singing'.  (No offense intended.  They're all just a bit... thin and piping, and sort of... wander.  Gah!  Anyone else know what I mean?)  Whereas the only songs I like by said artists are all throwbacks to an older style of music.  

Hmmm....

In any event, the winning song -- Satellite as performed by Lena -- has several things in common with these other vocalists I know he likes.  Her voice has that little-girl quality to it, for starters, and her accent is exaggerated (as per Lily Allen and Bjork -- as a side note, this is actually a bit strange, as accent disappears when singing.   Maybe it's an effect of their 'singing' verging more on talking in places?  Or because they're not native English speakers, so there's more accent to overcome?  That doesn't explain Lily Allen, though...)

Um...where was I?

So I played it for him when he came home.  (He liked it a lot.) 

And I found that it was growing on me with repetition.  I think part of it is that she looks like she's having so much fun in the video -- which is just her singing and bopping around -- and it's infectious. 

So here it is for you to listen and see what you think.  I'm also linking a little thing she did about her accent -- which, whether you like the winning song or not, the little accent ditty is great -- because she has apparently received a lot of flack for it.  (It definitely has some quirks, but I'm starting to think that's what makes the song particularly unique.)

Comments

[nekohooch]

The song is a very happy song. I think it would be a good one to listen to on a sad day when you want to be happy ^-^
and the little accent thing made me laugh a lot :D

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

I think she's spunky and adorable. =) And it's definitely catchy. I like the voice of the Irish singer better -- it's fuller and richer -- but this song is more fun.

The Irish entry in case you'd like to listen... as I think you are possibly more addicted to music than I am (and that's saying something!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH5XorOdx0w&feature=related

[nekohooch]

Oh My Goodness. That is amazingly beautiful. I am going to have to replay that song over and over again :3 Thank you for showing me that ^____^
And, I think you are right...i am addicted to music...at least I admitted my problem :D

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

Which is a big step in accepting and feeding it regularly. ;)

I love love love music.

You may also like Iceland's entry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6dpooV4tlQ&NR=1

(will share more if I find them and you're interested)

[nekohooch]

Very true. The music obsession must be fed regulurly or it gets cranky.
That one is pretty too! :D

Me Too! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

But I think I like Ireland's better...hmm...

YES. I am always interested in new music. always. just like books. always. XD thank you ^____^

[(Anonymous)]

It's a cute song. And her voice definitely reminded me of Bjork, but with better articulation. I think her accent gave that song a certain flair and eccentricity, like the effect of southern accent on country songs.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

It's definitely unique, and it does make the song so, too. =)

[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

Oh, I do like this song. I hear it fairly frequently, because my default radio station for work is the Internet streaming broadcast for a German radio station. *grin* Great way to hear a bunch of stuff I otherwise wouldn't, among other things.

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

That's different! Do you speak German? (Or understand German, maybe I should say?)

[http://users.livejournal.com/jane_drew_/]

Wow, it is so tempting to just respond with a line from a Monty Python sketch about a guy interviewing for a position with the Secret Service ("Can you keep a secret?" "...yes?" "Right, then you're in!") where they ask him (in German) if he speaks German, and he replies with, "Jawohl, mein Herr, ich koennte auf diese weise ein billiges Nachthemd bekommen"-- ("Yes, sir, in this way I could get a cheap nightshirt")

Shorter answer is: "Yup!" *grin* (there's a longer answer, which is probably too long for comments)

ps-- did you want me to send you the link for the radio station?

[sekiharatae.livejournal.com]

LOL. That's cool. =) My grandmother-in-law is German, as was my father's family (his great grandfather I think).

But no thank you. I'm addicted to Japanese music already, and that's enough music I can't understand. ;)