The Best of My ITUNES :)

Erm. So...The side of me that is insanely passionate about music has been, i dno, AWAKENED(momentarily) by some of the songs I've been listening to lately on my iPod...as usual. I get phases, 'kay??? Yeah so I'm here to share some with ya'll :)

And I shall sidetrack before I even begin. LOL!

I've been suuuuper duper hooked on the song "Nature Boy" and i thought I'd do a little comparison between the two versions that I'd downloaded.

So it's NAT KING COLE's version of Nature Boy VS. DAVID BOWIE's version (as heard in Moulin Rouge).

I'll start with the one i favour, personally lah. haha. which is david bowie's. His version is slower to that of Cole's, and he did it in a totally different key as well.

But what makes it SO SUPERB is the musicality. He sets this...slightly eery and melancholic feel which is so awesome. Uses mostly violins which come in two different parts but which blend perfectly well together, accompanying the melody so, so, so, so well. When i listen to this song, i tend to close my eyes and listen closely in to the orchestral parts...just to listen to how greatly the instruments and the voice infuse together. The best part is how the song pans out. Very very clever how the song builds up to this amazing climax with just the use of orchestra instruments. And the climax is not the ending part la, it's somewhere in the middle (for me) and...do i hear a GONG? hahaha.

I LOVE THIS SONG. must go listen okay.

Anyhoos. So, Nat King Cole's one probably sticks to the lyrics of the song a little bit more. His also incorporates a lot of orchestral instruments...not only using string instruments, but woodwind as well (think i heard the flute? clarinet?...not so sure but yeah i think so la) and ZOMG, the HARP. like, i've nv heard anyone use the harp before in their songs :S
But it was kinda cool :) Its mood is more...i dno. storybook-like i guess. Focuses more on the adventure part of things and it's cool cause u can just easily gather that from listening to it. It's definitely more mellow and takes a little bit of patience to appreciate it LOL. Howeverrrr, it's really nice after a while and i especially looove the very short violin & piano solo in the middle.

Oookay. So...there's no point to saying this la. HAHAHA. zomg. i'm such an NPG :( :( lol just in case if people were interested in this song la but dno which one to listen to or smt. altho there are a gazillion other versions i think but which i didn't bother to dwnld.

Yap, SO. getting a little lazy here, so i'd just skip the whole itunes thing la -_-" HAHAHAHAHAHA. i'd just recommend something for if y'all wna listen to smt MELLOW for you chillax-ed mood.
kla so this is not purely from me la. a lot of ppl have recommended me PRISCILLA AHN. she is SERIOUSLY awesome. just (Finally) listened to her album "A Good Day" but you really need to listen to it on a good day la. haha. need loads of patience and mood to listen one loh. but that's just me, maybe. the ultimate best song is "Dream". might've heard it on grey's anatomy n wondered hrrmmm wht's that song??? cos i know i did!! this song is mostly guitar & cello (my fav!) based. n the part where her awesome possum voice was just accompanied so simply by 3 piano notes and a few pulls of the cello is SUPER AWESOME TO THE MAX it makes me swoon. on the bus. in the morning.
...but then i will soon get sick of it...the song, i mean. :S


Okay. these people, i nv knew existed. hahaha. stole them off my sister's itunes! they're called AZURE RAY btw. didn't really listen to their whole album, but kinda screened them to find which i should add. i know i used to love "we are mice" SOOO much but i'm kinda over it hehe. "Sleep", "Don't Make a Sound", "Displaced", "Rise" and "For No One" are the ones i'd chosen out of the screen lol. very nice la all.

Yeap so that's about it....im su're another one of these types of post will be coming soon...when i start having my bouts of insanity again. or, as many people call it, "passion". i just think i damn weird la.