SundaySongs

This week’s song is suggested by special guest Susan!  You’ll probably know her as Susan in TX – one of most beloved members of the blog-reading community, I’m sure you’ll agree.  Here is a song her family have been listening to, Kicking and Screaming by Third Day.

This is a rather lovely little song called ‘Concrete Wall’ by Zee Avi. Innovative ‘percussion’!

Happy Sunday, folks.  Bridget Jones’s Diary is one of only three films that I have seen twice at the cinema, and it has a pretty fab soundtrack (once you let Geri Halliwell quietly out the back door).  Here’s Rosey and ‘Love’.

Most of you probably know Natalie Imbruglia’s song ‘Torn’, and thought her something of a one-hit wonder.  Well, I’ve always rather liked her second album, White Lilies Island, and especially the track ‘Do You Love?’  I don’t know if this is an official video or made by the Youtube uploader, but… well, have a great Sunday!

Compare and contrast this week, ladies and gentlemen.  I was browsing through various nations’ The Voice videos (as you do) and really enjoyed the winner of Australian The Voice – Karise Eden.  Unlike the winners of the US and UK series, she actually seems to have become a success after the show – and she has a really great voice.  Her first single was ‘You Won’t Let Me’ – and I was delighted that they’d chosen a cover of an artist I love, Rachael Yamagata.  So here is Rachael Yamagata’s version (first), and Karise Eden’s version.  Which do you prefer?

Love this song… that is all!  Over to Paolo Nutini and ‘Candy’.  Let it wash over you, and forget that it’s only one month til Christmas…

A lovely song that I first heard in the wonderful series Gavin and Stacey – ‘You and Me’ by Lifehouse.  This is another band that I think is quite well known in the US, but not in the UK.

Enjoy!

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Onto the Sunday Song – The Dixie Chicks and ‘Not Ready To Make Nice’.  It’s a great song, but it also has a rather amusing (but not entirely PC) MadTV spoof, which I’ve included too.  (You do need to know the background to the song, I think… which you can learn here.)

Well, I couldn’t pick anything else this week, could I?  Adele is back with a Bond theme!  It’s in classic Bond theme territory, but still definitely got the feel of an Adele track.  Over to Adele and ‘Skyfall’:

Not many singers come out of The X Factor (or similar shows) with great records – mostly because they’re shoved through Simon Cowell’s song-making factory, or because they’re good singers but not good songwriters.  The only brilliant album from X Factor (that I can think of) is Rebecca Ferguson’s ‘Heaven’.  I haven’t heard Aiden Grimshaw’s album yet, but I rather loved ‘Curtain Call’ – enjoy!