Renaissance 2.0
The recording industry bible, Billboard Magazine, has recently launched an entirely overhauled website with Billboard.com that sports a fresh new look and loaded with social media goodness. For example, they’ve added the ability to join via facebook connect which means you can share your musical taste with your friends on Facebook. Their twitter name is…
It’s so amazing how a single piece of music can become so powerful in so many different versions. That’s the case with “This Woman’s Work” by the great Kate Bush which was released over 20 years ago and still going strong! She had success with it in 1988 when John Hughes used it in a…
We all know about Irene Cara from FAME as Coco and from the wonderful “What a Feeling” song from FlashDance. However, not too many might remember or even know about this gem called “The Dream (Hold on to Your Dream” from an obscure movie called “DC CAB” which I’ve always liked a lot. Yes, it’s…
Here’s the first time most of us ever heard or saw Josh Groban many years ago when he performed in Allie McBeal as this nerdy guy who sings at the prom. No one listens at first but then they hear that voice and everyone stops and becomes spellbound. It’s such a great scene. It was…
The Black Eyed Peas were amazing on this week’s So You Think You Can Dance performing their new number one song on Billboard’s Hot 100, “I Gotta Feeling”. By the way, they replaced their own song at number one by breaking a 12-week run at the summit for “Boom Boom Pow”. They are the hottest…
This is such a moving song with a powerful message. Despite the lyrics describing making a difference with your own two hands the true message is that if enough of us get involved we can change the world. Simply beautiful. "With My Own Two Hands" (feat. Ben Harper) I can change the world With…
I was mesmerized by this song “BROKEN” by Lifehouse during a Fox promo for upcoming TV shows. I’ve always been a fan of Lifehouse and I know this isn’t a new song because I’ve heard it before but for some reason it got to me in a special way tonight. The music, the words and…
Here’s the classic “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash. The original video of him singing this on the streets of Washington DC is no longer on Youtube or anywhere else for some reason. This video is from the Mightnight Special from 1973. It’s hard to not feel good after hearing this song. It…
I love this music used in an old Prego spaghetti sauce commercial. The mp3 was on their website for a long time but sadly not anymore. The music was composed by David Horowitz and the violin solo was done by Regis Landiorio. It’s so Italian and makes me feel so at home. I can smell…
The Last of the Mohicans is a thrilling motion picture with plenty of action and romantic scenes to please men and women equally. There are some memorable moments that I still think about from time to time such as this waterfall scene. The speech Daniel Day-Lewis gives Madeleine Stowe is powerfully moving. “You stay alive!…