Just Plain Rough

Its been a rough couple days (weeks? months?) and I know they’re not going to get any easier . Time has literally flown, and I’m not the only person who’s said that. This year has passed like a couple weeks…I’m seriously beginning to wonder if there isn’t a strange phenomenon….global speeding up or something? I’m really not sure how I’m supposed to pull everything together in a couple weeks, amongst interviews and travelling, but clearly I have no choice. So I can just work at it.

Couple things to cheer me up/bring me up some:

1. Ingrid Michaelson (I discovered she’s the one behind that really neat Old Navy commercial tune, apparently i’m way behind thousands of others who found her the same way…”if you are chilly…here take my sweater…cause I love the way you call me baby” …and discovering a new artist is like opening a Christmas present)

2. Regina Spektor ( on the same note, though she’s not really new, just new to me, again thanks to a JC Penney commercial which plays Music Box…and her music is now coming up everywhere…eccentric and strange in a good way. I recommend watching her very neat videos on youtube. Fidelity is a great song to start off with, listen to it 1-2 times and you’ll be hooked. Also, side note, very intriguing accent)

3. The rain today which does wonders to calm me after a rough time.

4. Also Javabeans post on Tablo/Epik High, a subject that is always great to read/talk about:  freakin’ amazing intelligent rappers with great music, whats not to love? (check out www.dramabeans.com)

5. Ben Stiller’s new comedy The Heartbreak Kid, which is some crude, silly, stupid and often vulgar humor (kind of like the humor of Knocked Up), but a darn funny movie with no thinking or sense involved and without any connection to reality (as was Knocked Up, watch it if you haven’t). A good pick-me-up for dire times, when you just need to laugh it up. But then I’m a Ben Stiller fan so I’m pretty biased (Zoolander: Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking? PUAHAHHAHA…GOLD!) Interestingly, the blond actress (Malin Akerman) is very, very much like Cameron Diaz acting/behavior wise. Or was it just me? I kept thinking it was her.

If you’re going through the blues like me or super duper stressed out like me or just overwhelmed with life right now, like me again, then I recommend some lavender or similarly calm smelling lotion, a cool pleasant drink you love, and some speakers to tune into Ingrid Michaelson’s The Way I Am. I promise her voice and music does wonders. Or you could feed into the melancholiness (sometimes thats the way that helps) with Keep Breathing (available on ITunes, on the OST of Grey’s Anatomy). Check out her MySpace page:

http://www.myspace.com/ingridmichaelson
(check out an interesting discussion on her blog about her ‘selling-out.’ I really don’t believe artists ever sell out unless they start changing up their music and style for business, but I know many people hate when indie artists start getting famous…fans of DMB, for example…its very cool of her to ask her fans, and there is some neat dialogue there about the subject)

And if you like what you hear: buy her music by picking up her CD Girls and Boys or purchasing through ITunes. I’ve purchased several, and no regrets. Each song is amazing in melody, arrangement, lyrics and her soothing unique voice. 

The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson. Girls and Boys)

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Lee Seung Yeol (이승열)

I was amazed that I’ve yet to write a post on Lee Seung Yeol (also romanized, Yi Sung Yol, the Lee in Korean is pronounced as “ee,” there is no L in the hangul form: 이), an amazing musician, one of my favorites, whose voice had me spell-bound from the first time I stumbled upon him on youtube, while searching for “…Ing” videos.

Gi Da Rim/기다림 (Waiting)

Credit: Fluxus Music Website, and Smarie7

I fell in love. I looked everywhere for more information, more videos, songs, anything…all in vain. He is scandalously underrated in the international korean music scene, from what I can tell. I don’t have much information about his popularity in Korea itself (I’m hoping he’s a legend there), but I was disappointed how little he’s known outside, with the burgeoning Korean pop/rock/music industry which is blossoming each day and spreading across the world. Perhaps its the younger generations who haven’t woken up to his work, or the mainstream k-pop is taking up all the waves. While groups like Loveholic are slowly making their way to the forefront and gaining widespread popularity, I guess it’ll take time before the indie scene is truly appreciated and equally well promoted worldwide, as it deserves to be (there are some amazing indie artists in Korea).

I was frustrated at first with the apparent lack of popularity. Sadly, I’ve only met a couple people who share my complete fascination with his music and his voice. I finally decided that was a good thing. This man should rightfully be known all over the world, and perhaps one day he will, but till then I’m just glad to know about his music and relish it. 이 might never become mainstream or a big k-star (something tells me he doesn’t want that either), but I think the low-profile and mysterious quality allows him to maintain the originality of his music. And I’ve also realized that the few who do cherish him have a fine taste in music, and their appreciation is not affected by any other factor but their genuine admiration of what he brings to music, and the rock scene. And then, isn’t it said that the water from the most remote of springs is the sweetest?

I do wish I could learn more about who he is and what drives him as a musician, which is always fascinating to me. Until I can investigate it further (and perhaps a better hold on Korean and Hangul would help), I’m satisfied with understanding his music. His more popular songs are “Gi Da Rim” from the movie …Ing, “Be My Love” from the hit k-drama My Lovely Samsoon where he sang for Clazziquai, and the song on the OST of the recent k-drama Que Sera Sera–”우리는 (Urinun: Us),” which will without fail be listed on my list of lifetime favorites. His second album, In Exchange, is a wonderful collection of modern rock. Its rock with a twist of something else, an indescribable quality. I have yet to listen to the first one (haven’t been able to order it yet), but the second one has me mesmerized. I know I’m using all these big words, just trying to find more synonyms, but simple words don’t seem to do any justice.

It is his voice that I love most. It is deep, masculine, and rich with emotion. I’ve always been a fan of singers who were able to bring emotion to their voice, and 이 does that to the extent that even though I don’t understand a lot of the lyrics, I can feel the meaning of the songs by the raw emotion in his tone. His voice is melodious, but not in the typical way. I think there would be many who’d be turned off because its not the conventional voice. It has a mellowness to it, but at the same time it conveys strong feelings, a passionate tone, perhaps a tragic one at times when the lyrics demand it. Each time I listen to a song, especially the very beginning of my favorite, Urinun, I get this strange rush. My mood can immediately change when the song comes on my ipod and I’ll be too caught up with his voice, the energy, the passion and feeling in the song to think about my own silly conflicts or worries.

이 is daring with his music. It traverses very different grounds. Just like indie groups like My Aunt Mary, or Loveholic, 이 stands on his own, completely different and incomparable. The music matches his voice…sometimes conveying a desperate urgency, sometimes a mellow calm, sometimes an adventurous energy. Its definitely has the alternative rock quality, but it never gets loud or exhausting to hear, never plays havoc on your eardrums. The beats are always rhythmic, the instruments play in perfect harmony. I especially love the guitar in several of his songs (please note this is my completely amateur opinion). He has been compared to Bono by several people, but I personally dislike drawing comparisons between musicians, especially legendary musicians. The following song is from an anime OST, Wonderful Days: 비상 BiSang (Fly High).

 

Credit: waseline21

이 often crosses over into English, using phrases and words as several other Korean musicians do, but it never sounds forced in or unnatural, and is not marred by any strange accent or mispronunciation. He incorporates that cross-language style in this next song, another favorite, 기억할게 | Gieokhalke (I will Remember). The MV is really neat and very well conceptualized, and this is the first time I finally saw the man behind the voice, though still shrouded in shadows. He’s a true rockstar.

(I especially love the entrance and the final, soft, end (어디에: audhiye, which means where are you)).

Credit: Smarie7

And in this song, 시간의 끝 (Shigane kkut-Last Time), which also blows me away each time.

 But I can’t let you get away….

I could rave about 이 for another couple pages at the least, and if you ever ask me in person I could take you song by song and tell you the little details which have led me to admire and be awed by his music. I’m not a musician, and by no means do I have any kind of professional expertise, but as a music lover (understatement), I support 이 with complete confidence and devotion. There are musicians whom I’ll rave about initially, and then I’ll begin noticing flaws, certain inconsistencies, perhaps forced styles that take away from the true rhythm, or their music will just stop speaking to me. But from the first time I heard his music, I knew I’d always be a fan. Lovers of fine music, especially rock, deserve to hear 이, on an international level. I hope one day he reaches that zenith. For now I continue to hope that he’ll keep growing and developing his work, expanding his horizons and maintaining his originality, and I’ll keep being mesmerized by his voice.

[If you enjoyed the songs posted and felt a little bit of the magic, then you'll definitely love and cherish the albums. Support this amazing musician by buying his albums here:
http://global.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-k/section-music/pid-1004787256/
.  I've always had great, quick service from YesAsia.]

PS: If you’ve heard 이 before and are already a fan, or heard him here and like what you heard, please share your thoughts! And if anyone knows more about 이 I would be grateful if you’d share (you can email me or leave a comment)! If his work just isn’t your cup of tea, I’d be happy to hear your opinion, though I guess we’ll never be the soul sharing, music loving, bosom buddies.

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Slipping through your fingers…

As I often do, especially each time I come to this blog (see quote under title), I was thinking about one of my favorite songs: Slipping through your fingers, by the British-Indo band Trickbaby. In America, Trickbaby has probably not been heard of (a big loss, in my opinion, and drives me crazy because I can’t get their CDs), but I believe they have a fair amount of popularity in Britain, probably more in the Indo community, since their music is a fusion….better described here on their official website (
http://www.trickbabymusic.co.uk
 : read all abt ‘em!)

“Based around the song writing partnership of Saira Hussain and Steve Ager and the musicianship of Jeevan Rihal   (harmonium/keyboards and additional vocals), Vikaash Sankadecha (percussion) and Emre Ramazanoglu (drums), Trickbaby has evolved into a genuinely unique band. Described as an East/West soundclash, Saira cites influences from modern Western music through to Bollywood movie classics. It is this unique blend of inspiration, and contemporary use of classic Indian instruments alongside modern production values that provide the basis of the Trickbaby sound”

It is unique. It is very original, very different, unpredictable, and their fusion really, really works well. I first heard their music on the soundtrack of Hyderabad Blues II by Nagesh Kukunoor, who has a tendency to pick up some really cool music and find awesome artistes. They became famous in India with the very popular soundtrack of Bluffmaster, with Tadbeer Se and the remake of Sabse Bada Rupaiya, though I prefer their other original music. Apart from Slipping, the music video of which is filmed on the GB synchronized swimming team, and is beautiful, my favorites are One Man and Sea of Stories very eclectic and quirky and wonderful.

All of these songs are on the OST of Hyderabad Blues II, and can be listened to here:
http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/hindi_bollywood/s/movie_name.6966
 if you want to get a taste….

Other clips are on their official site, along with a video of Slipping.

Unfortunately, since I can’t buy songs off the UK iTunes I only have one old, and not so beloved-by-me song, called Neelaa which I’ll post up to give a small sense of what their music is like. I think their CD is extremely good and a great buy, if it was only sold in the US….like so many of my favorite artists, I’ll just have to wait and try to get it imported….

Neelaa, by Trickbaby

Now that I’ve derailed enough from the main point of this post–the song–let me try to get back to it. Slipping is simple, inspirational, very positive and at the same time not one of those grating “the world is shiny and pretty and you should be happy” positive, which I hate. It acknowledges the complications, the anxiety and weight of the world and living, and then simply states what we all know…to relish life, to find happiness, to live fulfilled and free, one has to believe. One has to have faith that things can change for the better, that life will take the right path, that we can get on “that comet” and do something different, something that tastes and feels fresh and hopeful. Saira’s slightly hoarse and melodic voice adds to the effect…she sounds like she’s smiling, in a dreamy haze, looking at brighter, hopeful times.

Here are the lyrics, from the official site, where you can find lyrics to all their songs from the CD “Hanging Around.”

Slipping Through Your Fingers 

Hurrying to catch my comet
No destination shown – I wanna get on it
Taking a day trip from this tragic kingdom
Give myself a small safe taste of freedom

To live forever is my new fascination
Coming back’s my inspiration

A two-way choice. A cynic or believer
Make the wrong decision watch life slipping through your fingers

Worrying about my reputation
How I’m gonna get out this situation
Faith in control of my destiny
Nobody’s gonna get the better of me

To live forever is my new fascination
Coming back’s my inspiration

A two-way choice. A cynic or believer
Make the wrong decision watch life slipping through your fingers

There’s so much left to explore, to come across, to find on my way to wherever I’m going. I’m inspired to experience, to live it, to believe that I can change my destiny to fulfill my needs and desires and hopes.

A two way choice, and I’m a believer

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Bulla, Ki Jaana?

So I am sufficiently satisfied with my PS right now (emphasis on sufficiently, I could never, ever be completely satisfied in a billion years), to take it a little easy on myself (emphasis on little, the 31st is too close). Easy as in I thought I’d hover on to my blog and write something nice and non-MCAT.

And watch the ending of Grey’s, which let me tell you was pretty freaking shocking and unnerving. Left a lot of people unhappy. Not me so much, because I found out I didn’t care about it as much after all, especially in this state of mind, but netizens are going crazy over it. I really got more of it when it was a roomie activity that we could bond over I miss my roomies I was sad that the wedding didn’t work out, though, because we really thought they Christina and Burke really complemented each other in a nice way (we as in the AGO girls I hope you weren’t too disappointed, O!). Seriously, they were good together, but the rumor of Isiah leaving has been going around for a while so I guess this makes it happen. Sandra Oh I really like, she’s a great actress, the scene where she finally breaks down was pretty heart wrenching, even though I wasn’t feeling anything else, she did a good job of showing how broken she was that everything was just gone, just like that, in a couple hours. “I’m free” was a strange thing to say, but I liked the “Damn it.” Do we really all want to be free? I think as strong she was, I think a part of her was happy that she would be ‘tied’ down, so to speak, because she loved Burke. *Sighs* Sad. I also liked George, and I’m sad he failed the intern exam. It also scares me–so you basically have no other option than leaving? Wow. Intense. I missed the last couple eps, so I’m not sure who Lexi is but apparently its all the buzz. I think it’d be weird if they just started from scratch with new interns, I seriously don’t think that would work.

Its good to be home. Its unbelievable to be pampered by your parents and have no chores (since i’m working sooo hard ) and its good to be with my soul sister (even though I miss the other ones!). She’s the most inspiring individual in the world and I’m overstuffed with pride when I’m with her. She’s a strong one and she’ll make it through this, and I’m glad I can be a little help. I’m sure she’ll kick ass on this exam. Its good to chit-chat and gossip while we study, its not so bad with her around, otherwise I was simply miserable and not getting anything done.

It is still very overwhelming though–everything that I’ve worked for in my life and everything that is still to come all seems to be lying on a very precarious cliff this month. ALL in this month. That idea is a little (understatement) scary. Anyway, lets quickly move off topic, as fast as possible…..*stops thinking* *brain comments sarcastically: yeah, right!*

So another thanks is in order to everyone who’s been a lifesaver in giving me feedback on my PS copies. I’m so grateful. I wish I could name my first born child after all of you, but then I’d feel sorry for the kid with so many names. So I’ll just say: THANKS! You already know you rock my world. Everyone’s feedback has really, really been very helpful because I’ve got so many different perspectives.

All this deep introspection and literally vomitting my soul out to write this PS has led me to ask the eternal question again and again: Who am I after all? I can’t describe myself to a group of adcoms who’ve never met me in a 5300 character limit. I’m so much, and yet so little. I’m filled with complexities and yet can be so simple. I’m everything I love and everything I hate. How do you really tell someone who you are?

And that thought brings me to one of my favorite songs. Rabbi Shergill’s adaptation of the Sufi Saint Bulla Shah’s Kafi. I find Rabbi Shergill to be one of my generation’s best musical artistes. He is different, yet very earthy, very bold, and his music is exhilarating, pulsating and touching at the same time (I mean his debut album, Rabbi, I also like some of the tracks on his debut music director attempt-Delhi Heights). This song was all the crazy a couple years back, and I think it speaks a lot for the artist if he could bring a song from the 18th century and make it the talk of the town in the 21st century, with everybody looking up the lyrics. {***From the album Rabbi by Rabbi Shergill. Sample it on www.musicindiaonline.com***}

Bulla Ki Jaana Main Koun?

(Bulla! I know not what I am) 

Bulla ki Jaana main kaun
Bulla ki Jaana main kaun 

Na main moman² vich maseetan³
Na main vich kufar⁴ dian reetan⁵
Na main pakan⁶ vich paleetan⁷

(Nor am I the believer in mosque)
(Nor am I in the rituals of the infidel)
(Nor am I the pure in the impure)

Na main andar bed-kitiban⁸
Na main rehnda bhang-sharaban⁹
Na main rehnda mast-kharaban

(Nor am I inherent in the Vedas)
(Nor am I present in intoxicants)
(Nor am I lost nor the corrupt)

Na main shadi na gamnaki
Na main vich paleetan pakeen
Na main aabi na main khaki

(Nor am I union nor grief)
(Nor am I intrinsic in the pure/impure)
(Nor am I of the water nor of the land)

Na main aatish na main paun
Bulla ki Jaana main kaun

(Nor am I fire nor air)
(Bulla! I know not what I am)

Na main arabi na lahouri
Na main hindi shahar nagouri
Na hindu na turk pashouri

(Nor am I Arabic nor from Lahore)
(Nor am I the Indian City of Nagaur)
(Nor a Hindu nor a Peshawri turk)

Na main bhet mazhab da paya
Na main aadam-havva jaya
Na koi apna naam dharaya

(Nor did I create the difference of faith)
(Nor did I create Adam-Eve)
(Nor did I name myself)

Avval-akhar aap nu Jaana
Na koi duja hor pachhana
Maithon na koi har syana

(Beginning or end I know just the self)
(Do not acknowledge duality)
(There’s none wiser than I) 

Bulla ki Jaana main Kaun

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Yoon Mi Rae “T”

http://reikanorakuen.wordpress.com/2007/02/27/yoon-mi-rae-aka-tasha-returns-to-her-roots/
 

I really love this artist–considered to be one of the most influential and best female rappers in Korea (I say arguably in the world, how many talented female rappers in any music industry can one name?). Her voice is amazing in both R&B and in hip-hop…it takes a completely different form each time. Its strong and powerful, and rich with emotion, in both styles. She is half African American and half Korean, and is fluent in both languages (raised in Korea). I just recently got hooked onto the single 잊었니 (Eehjuhnee, Did You Forget?) from her comeback 3rd album (after a 4 year hiatus). I can actually pick up a lot of the lyrics (yay me !), so I really do enjoy this song a lot, for its musical arrangement, T’s really great voice, and the honesty of the emotion in the words…”Did you forget? Did you forget our happiness? Did you forget? Did you forget our love?”

MV of the song, a little more confusing to me than the song itself.

And I really love this performance of one of her rap songs from the 3rd album, “KumEun Haengbok” (haengbok is happiness, but i don’t know what kumeun is ). edit: Thanks to Lauren, I do know what KumEun is–Black. So the song is “black happiness.”

 Its a really energetic performance, and there’s a voice over (in English) by her dad….and I love these words

“Sometimes its hard to see all the good things in your life/And I know it hurts sometimes but you got to be willing to try/Sometimes its hard to see all the good things in your life/But you got to be strong and you got to hold on and LOVE YOURSELF!”

Well its Friday night (saturday morning) and I don’t really have much to say. I’m almost done reading Little Dorrit. Charles Dickens was a genius, unparalleled, incomparable. Read Little Dorrit if you haven’t. You won’t regret it. Its not only a book with hundreds of life lessons, but its also extremely funny, comedy at its very best.

And so….Aja Aja! Coz I got to be strong and I got to hold on and love myself…. 

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Friday

So its Friday! Thank the Lord for the end of a very long, very hard week. This weekend will fly by like every freaking weekend, but I’m so grateful for the 4 hour nap today (i have been constantly cold and shivering for like 3 days now, and i think its the tiredness. Finally warm again!). Managed to go to the gym thanks to P’s encouragement (this week required some outside motivation), spent some quality time chitchatting with P, which is always wonderful I miss her!

And Music Web Town is back up! And to celebrate the weekend, I’ll play one of my favorite, powerful, jazzy songs, by the wonderful group “Big Mama” (also discussed previously under Break Away). The video for this is pretty neat….there’s four skinny, pretty women singing on a stage and everyone’s jamming, but then you go backstage and you see the amazing voices are actually from these curvy, big, yet still gorgeous (in my opinion) women. These four ladies have amazing talent (I love all three of their albums), though they haven’t recieved the publicity they should have got. I read that it stated in their contracts when the group was brought together that none of them could get plastic surgery or the band would disband. Thats pretty interesting. I think its great that they came out and were courageous to be unconventional in the Korean music industry, where most female singers have the typical pop star look.

Recently, the singers of Big Mama have lost a lot of weight and look truly gorgeous, and have come under a lot of flak for trying to “fit in.” But I really think that their whole point all along is that its not about how they look, its about their music. Their voices and their talent and their ability to make truly rich music. They haven’t “sold out,” they’ve just tried to look better for themselves, its every woman’s decision to be who she wants and how she wants to look. Every woman must come to love herself, her own body, and embrace it. If they worked out and lost weight, and became healthier, how is that a bad thing? And who is anyone else to judge? The important thing is that they have never compromised on their music, or compromised with their talent. Their voices have always been true to their songs. The “BIG” in Big Mama isn’t their physical size, but the abstract size of their talent and their vocal power, in my opinion.

 This song, when it first came out, mesmerized people across the world, literally, from what I’ve heard/read about it (check out reviews online). It was played on MTV Asia. I love the beat and the music and the emotion in their voices. “Break Away/No I can’t wait/I’ll make my way/I’ll throw my pain/I can live without you now” are some of my all time favorite lines, though I don’t like the rest of the lyrics as much. 

Break Away, Big Mama, from Volume 1-Like the Bible

Leave me now..
Forget everything now
Throw me away and live..
Return my love that you took

If you left, if you died
Then I would hold it in forcefully
But to take it like this, its too hard

I hope just once that you will see me
That you will tell me
Just like the past times, just once..
I waited and loved you so much..

*Break away…. no I can’t wait
I’ll let you go comfortably
I’ll make my way I throw my pain
I can live without you now

I left you so my heart is comfortable
I left you so I am happy
I threw you out of my heart
For you, I erased the hard days

Even if you see me accidently
Then please just pass by
For me who is trying to forget you
And if you talk to me
I will pretend I dont know you

repeat *

Suddenly I think of you
When I forgot that you left..
Even if I find you,
You pretend that you dont know saying “who is this..”
And you make me turn back again

I’ll make my way I throw my pain
I cant live again looking at you
Break Away….no I can’t wait
Now throw all of me away and leave

I’ll make my way I throw my pain
So say that you werent there since the beginning
Break Away

(Translation credited to gyool, from http://www.aheeyah.com)

PS: Its Friday the 13th!

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Inspiration Isn’t Hard to Find :)

Tablo, lead rapper of Epik High. 

Here’s a guy who followed his dreams and made it happen….its inspiring enough, and consider how brave he was to leave Stanford and struggle for years. He never knew if it would work out or not, and all odds were against him, but he kept trying and trying and trying. And he made it! Musicians have the most inspiring stories, don’t you think?
Music always speaks to me, makes me think it’ll all be okay. I have a song for every mood (more than one), and when I’m in that mood that song speaks straight to me, lifts me up or brings me down or makes me happy/angry/insecure/satisfied….no matter what, it gives me support, so I get what Tablo is saying. It gives me support to follow my own dreams, no matter how far they lie, and no matter how much I have to fight to get there. Aja Aja!

On a side note, David Choi is the new kid on the block and his voice/music is amazing. The singer/songwriter was recently signed by Warren Chappell (yup, huge label) and was featured on YouTube, where his music first started going out. Get on the wave, because this guy will get famous soon. I think he’s worked hard too, and he does have some great talent.
http://www.myspace.com/davidchoimusic

Feb 19 was the one day for music downloads, and I got them!

And Corinne Bailey Rae is quickly becoming one of my favorites. Breathtaking voice, and beautiful music. Calms me down and makes me smile. Check out this phenomenal performance by 3 of my favorites: John Legend, John Mayer, and Corinne Bailey Rae at the Grammys.



****Put Your Records On****
Three little birds, sat on my window.
And they told me I don’t need to worry.
Summer came like cinnamon
So sweet,
Little girls double-dutch on the concrete.
Maybe sometimes, we’ve got it wrong, but it’s alright
The more things seem to change, the more they stay the same
Oh, don’t you hesitate.

*Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
Blue as the sky, sunburnt and lonely,
Sipping tea in the bar by the roadside, (just relax, just relax)
Don’t you let those other boys fool you,
Got to love that afro hair do.
Maybe sometimes, we feel afraid, but it’s alright
The more you stay the same, the more they seem to change.
Don’t you think it’s strange?

*Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

You’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow.
‘Twas more than I could take, pity for pity’s sake
Some nights kept me awake, I thought that I was stronger
When you gonna realise, that you don’t even have to try any longer?
Do what you want to.

*Girl, put your records on, tell me your favourite song
You go ahead, let your hair down
Sapphire and faded jeans, I hope you get your dreams,
Just go ahead, let your hair down.

Oh, you’re gonna find yourself somewhere, somehow

What I’m Listening To: Like a Star, Corinne Bailey Rae

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Break Away

Break Away….
No I can’t wait….
I’ll let you go comfortably
I’ll make my way
I’ll throw my pain
I can live without you now.

Break Away….


Powerful singing. Four beautiful women. Amazing voices.

Another reason to pick up that Hangul.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mama_%28group%29

What I’m listening to: Woman, by Big Mama

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