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I went to see The Greatest Showman today and it's a great movie. I loved it. It's a musical and their big song (which was nominated for an Oscar but didn't win) is in my head right now and I had to listen to it when I came home. The soundtrack is great, but this one really stood out. It totally made me cry during the movie because it's awesome. :)

This Is Me

Alison wrote: "I went to see The Greatest Showman today and it's a great movie. I loved it. It's a musical and their big song (which was nominated for an Oscar but didn't win) is in my head right now and I had to..."

Love this.

Alison wrote: "The soundtrack is great, but this one really stood out. It totally made me cry during the movie because it's awesome. :)

This Is Me
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Wow, thank you.
And it was seen almost 18 and a half million times!

Antonella wrote: "Alison wrote: "The soundtrack is great, but this one really stood out. It totally made me cry during the movie because it's awesome. :)

This Is Me
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Wow, thank you.
And it was seen almost 18 and a half million times!..."

Oh yes. The soundtrack has been a number one all over the world, which makes me happy. I believe it is still number one in the UK and has been for some time.

And I just learned that this song did win a Golden Globe for Best Song.

I keep finding by chance Peter Hollens' interpretations. Prepare your hanky (or at least this is the effect on me):


NB: Seen almost 3 millions times!

Antonella wrote: "I keep finding by chance Peter Hollens' interpretations. Prepare your hanky (or at least this is the effect on me):
Loch Lomond

NB: Seen almost 3 millions times!"

wow!

Antonella wrote: "JFYI: the audiobook version of His Quiet Agent is available, see
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Okay. Purchased. You guys have been quite persuasive on the topic of that one. ;-)

OMG, I still haven’t listened to it yet! I’ve been very slowly making my way through Skin After Skin, which is a very slow read compared to the regular Psycop books, but I guess I’m determined to finish it before I move on.

Do you know the singer and songwriter ? I didn't till now, but an Italian writer mentioned him, so I checked him out.

Judging from his music videos he is quite popular:
has over half a million visualisations. The quite happy has been seen over 600 000 times. 1 100 000 times and 1 300 000 times. Basically I'm the only one who didn't know him ;-).

Here an from 2009, in which he also talks about homophobic bullying and the fact that «''Equal rights, once established, have to be protected.'' To this end, whenever he employs people, he positively discriminates, so that even his roadies are not white, straight males, which is some achievement».

Antonella wrote: "Do you know the singer and songwriter Patrick Wolf? I didn't till now, but an Italian writer mentioned him, so I checked him out.

Judging from his music videos he is quite popular:
Wind In The Wir..."

Interesting! And no, I didn't know him.

Here's something for you Eurovision Song Contest fans. ;-) Finland will take part in with a song called Monsters performed by Saara Aalto (who is from my town, I have to brag, LOL). Here's Saara singing Monsters live in 34 languages (languages from all the Eurovision countries). Can you spot your language? :-)

Johanna wrote: "Here's something for you Eurovision Song Contest fans. ;-) Finland will take part in with a song called Monsters performed by Saara Aalto (who is from my town, I have to brag, LOL). Here's Saara si..."

Oh, is it that time of year again?! :D

Antonella wrote: "Do you know the singer and songwriter Patrick Wolf? I didn't till now, but an Italian writer mentioned him, so I checked him out.

Judging from his music videos he is quite popular:
Wind In The Wir..."

I don't believe I've ever heard of him. Thank you for the links.

Johanna wrote: "Here's something for you Eurovision Song Contest fans. ;-) Finland will take part in with a song called Monsters performed by Saara Aalto (who is from my town, I have to brag, LOL). Here's Saara si..."

Oh! Cool! :-D

Guardians of the Galaxy 2 soundtrack. So good.

Speaking of soundtracks... Person of Interest. OMG. LOVE. In the first CD pamphlet they said "we didn't need a composer. We needed a brilliant composer." Well, they got one! It's Ramin Djawadi, who's done the Game of Thrones soundtrack and others.

Murder Takes the High Road as I re-read. Gary Furlong does a great job. :)

Currently listening to I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara. The amount of details in this is nuts. The book also is not as scary since they reportedly caught the Golden state killer.

I've just found out that the DJ and music producer Avicii committed suicide, he was 28 years old. That's so sad!

Here my favourite song:

That's so sad.

Karen wrote: "Murder Takes the High Road as I re-read. Gary Furlong does a great job. :)"

So glad! I haven't had a chance to listen yet.

Listening to Mahu and enjoying it a lot!

A great old dame of the guitar, (1893-1987) playing .

I'm glad that a twist of fate put her in contact with the Seeger family, if not she would have been forgotten.

Antonella wrote: "A great old dame of the guitar, Elizabeth Cotten (1893-1987) playing
Vestapol.

I'm glad that a twist of fate put her in contact with the Seeger family, if not she would have been forgotten."

That's one of those happy accidents.

Hubby seems to listen to Script's all the time, so also I am now addicted to it. :-)

I didn't know that a rapper musician had won a Pulitzer!


I had heard his name, but I didn't know how popular he is. For ex. has been seen/heard almost 600 million times (!).

Antonella wrote: "I didn't know that a rapper musician had won a Pulitzer!
Kendrick Lamar Wins Pulitzer Prize for ‘Damn�

I had heard his name, but I didn't know how popular he is. For ex. HUMBLE has been seen/heard..."

How very cool!

David Sedaris reading from his new book, Calypso, at my local indie bookstore (Tuesday night).

Karen wrote: "David Sedaris reading from his new book, Calypso, at my local indie bookstore (Tuesday night)."

Awesome! :-)

Harper Fox shared this crazy scottish traditional indian punjabi song ;-). Wonderful!

Antonella wrote: "Harper Fox shared this crazy scottish traditional indian punjabi song ;-). Wonderful!

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OMG, that's AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kind of flash-mob singing the traditional neapolitan folk song «Funiculì Funiculà»* in a London supermarket (3'):



* written to celebrate the opening of the first Vesuvius funicular cable car

Here an hommage to Snow Patrol with
- and
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now that their excellent new album «Wildness» is out, after a silence of 7 years and Gary Lightbody fighting with alcoholism and depression.

Here a bit of the title song and the last song of the album .

Antonella wrote: "Here an hommage to Snow Patrol with
- Chasing Cars and
- You Could Be Happy
now that their excellent new album «Wildness» is out, after a silence of 7 years and Gary Lightbody fighting with alcohol..."

Thank you so much for sharing that. I was such a fan of Snow Patron's music.

I love this topic and it's been a little quiet lately, so I thought I'd ask: anybody want to share music they're really into right now? Or just something that's neat? I'm being selfish because I love listening to all the cool music you folk post and I want more. :)

Alison wrote: "I love this topic and it's been a little quiet lately, so I thought I'd ask: anybody want to share music they're really into right now? Or just something that's neat? I'm being selfish because I lo..."

Sons of the Pioneers.

DON'T LAUGH AT ME!!!

I'm not even sure why but it sort of reminds me of summers as a kid. The harmony is terrific and a lot of the lyrics are actually really beautiful and poetic. If you don't mind cowboys. ;-)

Excellent! Ghost Riders in the Sky! That's an awesome song! Here, I'll post it for you:

Ghost Riders in the Sky by Sons of the Pioneers

I saw the Fratellis a few months ago and it was a great show. Very low key and fun. Here's a couple of their newer tunes:

Medusa in Chains


Starcrossed Losers

Alison wrote: "Excellent! Ghost Riders in the Sky! That's an awesome song! Here, I'll post it for you:

Ghost Riders in the Sky by Sons of the Pioneers
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:-D :-D :-D

My favorite is a called "Slow Moving Cattle." I can't find it anywhere though. It's frequently confused with something called "Lazy Moving Cattle" which is QUITE different. ;-D

One Republic.

I just bought three of their earlier CDs. I find them very much in tune with my characters right now...

Here's a sweet song by one of my favourite bands that came up on my computer this morning:

When All Else Fails by The Modern Electric


(song starts about a minute in)

Alison wrote: "Here's a sweet song by one of my favourite bands that came up on my computer this morning:

When All Else Fails by The Modern Electric


(song starts abou..."

That's a really nice song--and also a sweet vid.

So my Dad went searching the internet for the newest Piano Guys album and The Browne Sisters popped up in his search results. He ended up buying both for my Mom for Christmas, and now I’m listening to Josh sing in my parents living room on Christmas, which was totally unexpected. :-)

Jordan wrote: "So my Dad went searching the internet for the newest Piano Guys album and The Browne Sisters popped up in his search results. He ended up buying both for my Mom for Christmas, and now I’m listening..."

This gave me a huge smile! :-)
Do they know?

That's funny, and lovely. :)

Yeah, they know. I played some of their CDs over Thanksgiving when my parents were here, because I knew they’d appreciate the good music. I just didn’t think my a Dad would then buy some himself. :-)

Jordan wrote: "So my Dad went searching the internet for the newest Piano Guys album and The Browne Sisters popped up in his search results. He ended up buying both for my Mom for Christmas, and now I’m listening..."

LOL

I was doing some ironing last night and this beautiful song came on and I had to repeat it a few times and it's still in my head. It's one of my favourites by arguably my favourite musician.

I'm Not the Man by Ben Folds

Alison wrote: "I was doing some ironing last night and this beautiful song came on and I had to repeat it a few times and it's still in my head. It's one of my favourites by arguably my favourite musician.

I'm ..."

That IS beautiful, Alison. And the lyrics—wow.

Johanna wrote: "Alison wrote: "I was doing some ironing last night and this beautiful song came on and I had to repeat it a few times and it's still in my head. It's one of my favourites by arguably my favourite m..."

Ben Folds' lyrics tend to be quite raw and/or insightful and he's a gifted musician. I've seen him live several times and puts on a hell of good show. I absolutely love his music.