Corinne Bailey Rae - Closer

Don't make me responsible/ for something that you can't find./
I don't mind us to build tension/ but we've got to move in the same direction./
Lay down what's impeding you/ 'Cause I want to get closer to you./

Corinne Bailey Rae - Paris Nights/ New York Mornings

Breakfast at Mickey's, make-up still on 
Elbows on the greasy table cloth 
One more coffee and one last cigarette 

Smiling at the rain cause you hold me close 
My best dress on underneath this old coat 
Walking down Bleecker no one is awake yet 

Still, seven hours 
Nothing but clouds 
It's enough to make your heart sigh 
We should try 
So pick me up and take me out 

Oo we crash into love-filled nights 
(Paris nights and New York mornings) 
Oo we race till we're out of time 
(Paris nights and New York mornings) 
And now that you've taken me up so high 
(Paris nights and New York mornings) 
Don't let me down 
Don't let me down 

I could see the lights from the restaurant 
I couldn't quite perfect that nonchalance 
Paris and champagne with one brown sugar cube 

And we danced while the band played "She's not there" 
Kissed me in the rain by the Rue Voltaire 
It's a perfectly good way to ruin those silk shoes 

Still, seven hours 
Nothing but clouds 
It's enough to make your heart sigh
We should try
For each other and for the lovers 


You change and you grow
But we were young
We were young and we didn't know
We didn't know

Oo we crash into love-filled nights
(Paris nights and New York mornings)
Oo we race till we're out of time
(Paris nights and New York mornings)
And now that you've taken me up so high
(Paris nights and New York mornings)
Don't let me down
Don't let me down 

Bill Evans-My Foolish Heart

B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L !!!

Funny Girl

A girl ought to have a sense of humor 
That's one thing you really need for sure 
-Fanny Brice, "Funny Girl"-

Trip lang. hee

from YouTube

Shut Your Eyes (Snow Patrol)

Shut your eyes and think of somewhere
Somewhere cold and caked in snow
By the fire we break the quiet
Learn to wear each other well

And when the worrying starts to hurt
and the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
you can imagine this place, yeah, our secret space at will

Shut your eyes, I spin the big chair
And you'll feel dizzy, light, and free
And falling gently on the cushion
You can come and sing to me

And when the worrying starts to hurt
and the world feels like graves of dirt
Just close your eyes until
you can imagine this place, yeah, our secret space at will

Shut your eyes
Shut your eyes and sing to me
Shut your eyes and sing to me


*video

Ted Neeley, 27 years after JCS

A friend shared this video on his facebook.



"Gethsemane" is my favorite song from "Jesus Christ, Superstar" (1973).

One word for dear ol' Ted: amazing.

from youtube

The beautiful and the odd

...and i knew then it would be
a life long thing
but i didn't know that we
we could break a silver lining

and i'm so sad
like a good book
i can't put this day back
a sorta fairytale
with you

*vid from youtube

The Way I Am (Ingrid Michaelson)

If you were falling, then I would catch you
You need a light, I'd find a match

Cuz I love the way you say good morning
And you take me the way I am

If you are chilly, here take my sweater
Your head is aching; I'll make it better

Cuz I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I am

I'd buy you Rogaine when you start losing all your hair
Sew on patches to all you tear

Cuz I love you more than I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am
You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am

*vid from youtube

Broadway Frenzy via YouTube

Some lasting impressions:

1. Bernadette Peters has this amazing performance of "Being Alive" from Sondheim's Company at the "Hey, Mr. Producer" concert. She is one feisty redhead! Click here to watch.

2. Robert Cuccioli is hysterically wonderful as Dr. Jekyll/Mr Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde. Click here for his moment in "This is the Moment."

3. Lea Salonga awes as Fantine in Les Miserables. Is there anything this girl cannot do? Watch her here.

4. I love this clip of Mandy Patinkin singing "Children Will Listen" from Into The Woods. Here, he sings a medley of "Loving You" from Passion and one of my all-time favorite Broadway songs "If I Loved You" from Carousel.

5. In this clip, Michael Ball sings "I Only Want To Say" from Jesus Christ Superstar with such aplomb that I played it over and over when I bought the Andrew Lloyd Webber 50th Birthday Concert DVD. Il est magnifique!

6. Michele Marsh, as Hodel, sings "Far From the Home I Love," perhaps one of the saddest songs from The Fiddler on the Roof. And, of course, "Matchmaker"!

7. I read somewhere that Vanessa Redgrave, by far, overshadowed Julie Andrews in the Guinevere role (Camelot) and I couldn't agree more. In "The Lusty Month of May" and "Take Me To The Fair," she delights as the slightly bored, inwardly playful, scheming, perpetually singing queen.

8. Here, Lea sings the Gershwins' "Someone To Watch Over Me" from Crazy For You in a beautifully laid-back way. And, without a doubt, here is the most beautiful version of "I've Never Been in Love Before" (from Guys and Dolls) I have ever heard.

I could go on and on.

Some other time, perhaps.
=)

"Beautiful Flower" (India Arie)

This is a song for every girl who's
Ever been through something
She thought she couldn't make it through, yeah
I sing these words because I was that girl, too
Wanting something better than this
But who do I turn to?

Now we're moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives

Cause you're beautiful like a flower
More valuable than a diamond
You are powerful like a fire
You can heal the world with your mind and
There is nothing in the world that you cannot do
When you believe in you
Who are beautiful (yeah you)
Who are brilliant (yeah you)
Who are powerful (yeah you)
Who are resilient

This is a song for every girl who
Feels that she is not special
Cause she don't look like a supermodel Coke bottle
The next time the radio tells you
To shake your money-maker
Shake your head and tell them
Tell them you're a leader

Now we're moving from the darkness into the light
This is the defining moment of our lives

This song is for you (Yeah you)
This song is for you (Yeah you)
This song is for you (Yeah you)
Yeah you
You are brilliant...



video from youtube.

Lovin' Aaradhna

Thanks to my friend, Nico, for introducing me to this wonderful singer from New Zealand. Check out her album (released in February of this year) "Sweet Soul Music." Here, she puts her own spin on soul classics like "Natural Woman" by Aretha Franklin, "I Want You back" by the Jackson 5, "Let's Stay Together" by Al Green, "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" by The Temptations, "Betcha By Golly Wow" by the Stylistics and, one of my favorites, "Didn’t I Blow Your Mind" by The Delfonics.

You probably get the idea of what you're getting into, by now.

The whole album kicks butt so if you're interested, click here for the track listing.



video from youtube

Repeat Performance

Yesterday, October 4th, we represented HSBC GSC Manila 1 in the All-Star Games for M1 and M2. We had to re-block (we missed you, Celine, LJ and Honey!) and make some adjustments, but it came out just as good.

Here are some pictures and, of course, the video (from Daryl's Youtube account).

32 Flavors (Ani Difranco)

Squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you're going to get hungry
And eat most of the words you just said

Both my parents taught me about good will
And I have done well by their names
Just the kindness Ive lavished on strangers
Is more than I can explain
Still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
Just so I would think they were not home
And hid in the dark of their windows
Til Id passed and left them alone

And God help you if you are an ugly girl
Course too pretty is also your doom
Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
For the prettiest girl in the room
And God help you if you are a pheonix
And you dare to rise up from the ash
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
While you are just flying back

I'm not trying to give my life meaning
By demeaning you
And I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
No, I will never be a saint
But I will always say

Squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
And eating all of the words you said.

Click here to view the video.
Alana Davis has a very nice version, as well. Click here for the video.