Thursday, February 26, 2009

taking a break here for a bit...

what with packing...and the big ol' move...and nobody coming here anyway? i'm taking a break for a bit. maybe i'll pick it back up again. and maybe i won't. we'll see. it was fun while it lasted though!

read me here: mrstjshelby.blogspot.com

Thursday, February 19, 2009

one of hannah's...


i'm not a huge punk fan, however, i do enjoy a few songs by social distortion.
it seems like my children are following more closely in my husband's musical shoes than mine. my 6yr old daughter loves this cover, as well as the original by johnny cash. whenever we drive someplace together we put this song on - and sing together.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

caleb's favorite song


he's seven months old. and for some crazy reason this song mellows him out. tj told me - to my skepticism. then i witnessed the remarkable phenomenom. he quiets down to hear ozzy sing. and is enthralled with the video. weird.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

my funny valentine...

rufus wainwright - my funny valentine

Monday, February 9, 2009

best days of my life...

here's one dedicated to TJ (no cmas - just sappiness from me too!):

matt white. "best days"
"...oh, i never want to be without you
so just stay with me
i will love you endlessly
oh darling, darling
those are the best days of my life..."

Taylor Swift "The Best Day"
"...And I didn't know if you knew
So I'm takin this chance to say
I had the best day with you today..."

Jesse McCartney "Best Day of my Life"
",,,I guess it goes to show
You never really know when
Everything's about to change
The best day of my like
Started out like any other..."

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

junior high...


for part of PE in junior high (8th grade?), we had to break into groups and choreograph a dance number. my friends and i created a routine to this: pump up the jam by technotronic.

Sunday, January 25, 2009

what kind of nostalgia kick would it be without the cure? i still listen to this today...and i probably like it more now...

love cats - one of my faves
just like heaven - as is this one
friday i'm in love - tj and i always listen to this together, on fridays, when we drive to visit family...and wesing along of course
lovesong
close to me
let's go to bed - check out that guy's moves
in between days

The Cure's Legacy:
"The Cure were one of the first alternative bands to have chart and commercial success in an era before alternative rock had broken into the mainstream. In 1992 the NME declared The Cure had during the 1980s become "a goth hit machine (19 to date), an international phenomenon and, yep, the most successful alternative band that ever shuffled disconsolately about the earth".

"Several references to The Cure and their music have been made in popular culture. A number of films have used the title of a Cure song as the film's title, including Boys Don't Cry (1999) and Just Like Heaven (2005). The Cure's gloomy image has been the subject of parody at times. In series two of The Mighty Boosh, The Moon sings the chorus to 'The Lovecats'. At another point in the series, a powerful gothic hairspray, Goth Juice, is said to be "The most powerful hairspray known to man. Made from the tears of Robert Smith." The Mary Whitehouse Experience often featured brief clips of the stars of the show performing comical songs and nursery rhymes as The Cure in a morose style. Robert Smith appeared in the final episode of the first series of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, punching the character Ray (played by Robert Newman) whilst uttering Ray's catch-phrase "Oh no what a personal disaster". Robert Smith was also portrayed on an episode of South Park where he transforms into the form of Mothra and battles Mecha-Streisand to save the day and Kyle shouts "Disintegration is the best album ever!"."

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Finally, a new Song from U2!!



Get on your Boots!

this is dedicated to my sister heidi...

the promise


nothing like a good 80's/early 90's band...in the vein of erasure and depeche mode. luckily, i skipped boyz 2 men and new kids on the block - and listened to stuff like this!

Friday, January 23, 2009

the proclaimers...

still feeling nostalgic! this was quite a favorite around my childhood home when it came out. i don't know if my sisters remember - but i remember singing along at the top of our voices and taking those overdone steps around the house...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

nostalgia...

massive points for anyone who can sing along to bohemian rhapsody - all words, and all parts

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

i will follow you into the dark...



looks like someone let dwight shrute form a band...

still a good song.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

my gateway to swing...

glenn miller. i had "pure gold" and listened to it all the time. even now, decades later, it has such a vibrancy and energy and freshness that's difficult to find.

"in the mood"


"moonlight serenade"

"stardust"

Saturday, January 10, 2009

getting some fun out of life.

madeleine peyroux. i just heard this song 2 minutes ago. and loved it. thought i'd share. enjoy.

Friday, January 9, 2009

he needed his own post...

Gene Krupa. man can that guy wale:


Jungle Madness

Drum Boogie


with Buddy Rich


and because you can't listen to "sing, sing, sing" without pointing out krupa:

Thursday, January 8, 2009

fever...

sung by peggy lee


sung by michael buble

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

satchmo...

i adore the raspy ragged happy singing of louis armstrong

hello dolly with barbara streisand

what a wonderful world


bare necessities


a kiss to build a dream on


i can't give you anything but love

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

jason mraz is always good

wordplay


sleeping to dream


rainbow connection


you and i both


geek in the pink


blitzkrieg bop

Monday, January 5, 2009

covers of "somewhere over the rainbow"...

judy garland - the wizard of oz


norah jones


jimi hendrix


eric clapton


ella fitzgerald


ted's band (scrubs)


doris day


israel kamakawiwo'ole


aselin debison


connie talbot - britain's got talent


punk cover


celtic woman


eva cassidy


jewel


marusha - the worst ever

Sunday, January 4, 2009

what a voice...

"the scientist"


i love a good voice. no need for screaming, or effects, or heavy instrumentals. no weird vocal affectations. no funky theatrical costuming. just sing a good tune, surrounded by a little piano. thanks coldplay.

Friday, January 2, 2009

original...

since my brother chris pointed our some new weezer on the horizon for us (huzzah!). i thought i'd reminisce just a little bit.

"in the garage"


"surf wax america"


i've loved weezer for years now. i remember hearing the blue album at my friend tandi's house many many moons ago. we were up all night tp'ing and laughing. i must have listened to this whole album five times that night. and then, buying it for myself the very next day. thank you tandi. i've been a fan ever since.

some bands get stale. or i grow out of them. or they fade. but, not weezer. the blue album still rocks. the recent red album rocks. the stuff in between rocks.

but, i brought up naming caleb "rivers cuomo" after the lead singer quite a few times. tj never took me seriously - that's probably for the best.

i can picture it already. listening to an oldie's radio station (or will radio be passe by then?) with hannah and adam and caleb when they are teenagers. and weezer will come on. and i'll smile and sing along. and they'll roll their eyes and be so embarassed that they have my blood in 'em. and i'll shake my head and tell them that they must have inner ear degeneration (it's a generational thing) and so they can't be trusted to have valid musical opinions. and they'll stick me in an old folk's home. and dad will ask what happened to me. and they'll shrug and say "don't know".

i better begin better and more thorough brainwashing now! yikes!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

isn't benny goodman the best?

sing, sing, sing


as seen in the movie "Hollywood Hotel" 1937 (don't they just look like they are having a good old time? particularly the drummer - Gene Krupa - i could watch a good drummer all day)


bugle call rag:


"i sat on the soft upholstered couch and closed my eyes, trying to drown out the muted sounds rafting up from the crowded bar below. above me, the floorboards creaked as i heard pudge walk across his room and turn on the record player. he slid a benny goodman album on the turntable, rested the needle on the third cut, "sing, sing, sing," and turned the volume on high, knowing i was downstairs and wanting me to hear it. i sat back on the couch and smiled, my eyes still closed as i listed to gene krupa's ground-swelling drum solo mix with goodman's magical clarinet. almost every career criminal i've ever met has a song of choice they play before they go out on a job. it is an important part of their ritual. "sing, sing, sing" was pudge's favorite song and it could always be heard blasting out of his stereo system whenever he and angelo needed to attend to a crucial and often deadly piece of business. by playing it now, he was confirming the importance of my first job and his confidence that i would not fail in my task. it was also a way of handing his song down to me. from now on, it would be what i would play whenever i prepared to head out to help quench a gangster's insatiable thirst for blood and money." - lorenzo carcaterra, "gangster," p 270.

why don't you do right? sung by peggy lee (and yes, that's benny on the clarinet)


from movie, a song is born: "stealin apples" with lionel hampton


from same movie: "history of jazz"