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OH MY GOSH.

Posted by Dana at 06:44 PM on January 26, 2009

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKanbidzvUQ

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?

FULL ORCHESTRA??

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!

45 Days: Part 6

Posted by Dana at 06:28 PM on January 26, 2009

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PART 6: BUTTERFLY

We all know I was going to have to get around to it eventually. Yes, this is the perverted We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. song. But it's LATIN JAZZ, and we all know what a sucker I am for latin jazz<33. It's a rockin song. Dancy, dancy, perverted song. God only knows why he wrote this one...

I'll post the youtube, but not the lyrics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBlfs7ntovQ

Enjoy!

Neato Find

Posted by Dana at 06:40 PM on January 25, 2009

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6_0ORdkcP4&feature=rec-HM-rev-rn

I lvoe it when he dives off the boat. I'm sorry, but that's just cool. Also, I like how he mentions the hip hop guitar thing. I was like, dude, yes, you are a guitar virtuoso. Don't be so humble =] But yeah, I love how his songs post a challenge- to be memorized. It's fun. It's not just music, it's a game.

45 Days: Part 5

Posted by Dana at 06:23 PM on January 25, 2009

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PART FIVE: IF IT KILLS ME

This one's off of We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. It was the second one I got really hooked to off the album. The lyrics are all too appropriate for the Eave/ Me situation. It's kind of an anthem- Succeed or die trying. I don't think I have much to say about this one. I listen to it over and over, much like the rest. He plays it on a ukelele in concert. It's just him, no features.

A bright note- JASON MRAZ IS PLAYING I'M YOURS AND LUCKY ON SNL ON JANUARY 31!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7JVyoaGQNE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utVN4B5MWj0

[^That's actually one of him at PITT!!]

Hello, tell me you know
Yeah, you figured me out
Something gave it away
And it would be such a beautiful moment
To see the look on your face
To know that I know that you know now

And baby that’s a case of my wishful thinking
You know nothing
Cause you and I
Why, we go carrying on for hours on end
We get along much better
Than you and your boyfriend

Well all I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
But I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me

Well how long, can I go on like this,
Wishing to kiss you,
Before I rightly explode?
This double life I lead isn’t healthy for me
In fact it makes me nervous
If I get caught I could be risking it all

Baby there’s a lot that I miss
In case I’m wrong

Well all I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
But I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me

If I should be so bold
I’d ask you to hold my heart in your hand
Tell you from the start how I’ve longed to be your man
But I never said a word
I guess I’m gonna miss my chance again

All I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
But I still can’t say it after all we’ve been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
If it kills me
I think it might kill me

And all I really want from you is to feel me
It’s a feeling inside that keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
If it kills me
It might kill me

45 Days: Part 4

Posted by Dana at 02:31 PM on January 22, 2009

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PART 4: WORDPLAY

This was the second Mraz song I got obsessive with. Even now, when I listen to it, I can’t do it just once. I’m still obsessed. And I can proudly sing all the words =]

The music video for this song is STRANGE. He’s playing guitar and singing (barefooted)… sitting on a log on a hillside. It ends with blood and village people (not the band) and rocks. I’m NOT posting this music video.

The song is like his lyrical anthem. I’ll post the lyrics and let you interpret what I mean.

I've been all around the world/ I've been a new sensation/ But it doesn't really matter/ In this regeneration/ The sophomore slump is an uphill battle/ And someone said that ain't my scene/ 'Cause they need a new song/ Like a new religion/ Music for the television/ I can't do the long division/ Someone do the math/ For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer/ Gotta find another way to live the life of leisure/ So I drop my top/ Mix and I mingle/ Is everybody ready for the single and it goes/

Ha La La La La/ Listen closer to the verse I lay/ Ha La La La La/ It's all about the wordplay/ Ha La La La love/ The wonderful thing it does/ Because, because/ I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's/ Yeah The Mr. A to Z/ They say I'm all about the wordplay/

And it's time to get ill, I got your remedy/ For those who don't remember me/ Well let me introduce you to my style/ I try to keep a jumble in the lyrics never mumble/ When the music's makin' people tongue-tied/ You want a new song/ Like a new religion/ Music for the television/ I can't do the long division/ Someone do the math/ For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder/ Gotta find another way to keep from goin' under/ Pull out the stops/ Got your attention/ I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay/

Ha La La La La/ Listen closely to the verse I lay/ Ha La La La La/ It's all about the wordplay/ Ha La La La love/ The wonderful thing it does/ Because, because/ I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's/ Yeah The Mr. A to Z/ They say I'm all about the wordplay/

I built a bridge across the stream of consciousness/It always seems to be a flowin'/ But I don't know/ Which way my brain is goin'/ Oh the rhymin' and the timin'/ Keeps the melodies inside of me/ And they're coming/ 'Till I'm running out of air/ Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head/ Are you listening to a single word I've said?/

Ha La La La La/ Listen closer to the words I say/ Ha La La La La/ I'm Stickin' to the wordplay/ Ha La La La Love/ The wonderful thing it does Because/ because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's/ Yeah the Mr. A to Z/ They say I'm all about the wordplay

Ha La La La La/ I'm all about the wordplay/ Ha La La La La/ I'm stickin' with the wordplay/ Ha La La La Love/ I love the wonderful thing it does/ Because, because/ The ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love/ For the Mr. A to Z they say is all about the wordplay

Long song, but a wonderful one. And those lyrics rip FAST, man! But it's so impossibly great. My favorite parts are "Because because the oohs and ahhs and fa la la's fall back in love" and the vibrato at the end of "Are you listening to a single word I've said?".

Tomorrow's song: DID YOU GET MY MESSAGE, in honor of He's Just Not That Into You.

45 Days- Parts 3

Posted by Dana at 02:24 PM on January 20, 2009

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PART 3: SHE’S MINE

I first heard this song on YouTube, and idk what vid, but I downloaded it and have loved it ever since. It’s today’s song because of the concert vid I found. It’s my favorite concert of his on YouTube, and when I watched the vid I found that the song I have is the audio from that concert! I am going to do all album songs first, even though this one’s out of order.

The song is very whimsical and windy-dindy (and yes, I did just make dindy up). It gets a little monotonous, but it’s fine if you listen to the lyrics and get yourself into it. My favorite parts are where he sings, “So it may come as no surprise why I’m the perfect guy for her” and “I pretend I’m Gilligan and she’s Mary Ann and Ginger combined” (just because of my gingerness [which is another word I made up c= ] ).

44 Days

Posted by Dana at 03:51 PM on January 19, 2009

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Today's song, as promised is Geek in the Pink.

This is, by far, Jason Mraz's best song (penultimated by I'm Yours). It's the first Mraz song I ever heard. It was introduced to me by Tina, and it wasn't even the song we were infatuated by. It was Greg Sanders. And yes, I tried to post the vid itself here, but Webs hates me, so I'll try to embed and if that doesn't work, I'll link it.

But, yes, after watching the vid also my first GS youtube viewed) and declaring it the Greg Sanders anthem, I noticed how amazing the song was. I downloaded it and listened to it alone for 2 weeks- it was before I had my Zune, and I could put my Samsung on repeat one, so I listened to it every day to and from school for 2 weeks straight. My earbuds broke after that (no lie). The lyrics were memorized exactly in three days. I later noticed how fabulous the singer's voice was, and that was when the obsession was born. But that's a whole other Oprah.

The song is amazing. The lyrics are fantastic and creative- I love "My shot to mock you kinda puts me in a tight spot"- I used it in Starstruck and is often true for real life. It's a feel-good song. I just fricking adore it!!!!

I just realized that in the beginning, when Jason says, "Yo, wassup B?" he's adressing Bushwalla. God, I'm dumb...

So there's your 44th song.

The list:

45. I'm Yours

44. Geek in the Pink

Enjoy!!

[Kay pause. Teehee smile So there's this Plane live vid I adore [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHFlUVe5SMo&feature=related ], and this one was reccomended for me on my youtube, and I noticed the setting- it's the same concert! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0lz06iPWTo&feature=rec-fresh+div And I just realized that guitar has a third fret marker. grrrr...]

[Teehee. More! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH7um-dAQ-Y&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilfh0buzmbc&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfftL5Hm6a8&feature=PlayList&p=CDE3FB5478A47841&playnext=1&index=7 (AHHHHH!!!!!!! SQUEAL!!! I have this one as She's Mine, and I knew that when I opened the vid. But when he talked, I realized- the mp3 I have of him singing it is AT THIS CONCERT!!!!!!!!) Can't you just sit and WATCH him sing??? I pretty much blew my speakers at the last 30 seconds or so of warming up.]

On the positive side, it is still 44 days today because I, uh, added another song to the list- Warming Up... smile

44 Days

Posted by Dana at 08:57 PM on January 18, 2009

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Today's Jason Jam-

I'm Yours (album version).

It's fitting, seeing how popular it is. It was nominated for 3 Grammys (which will be on CBS on February 8th!). Mraz and crew were very surprised with it's success. It crept up on them out of nowhere. It was written by Mraz and has chords that are impossible for me to play without a capo smile

In my personal opinion, the song is amazing. I first became obsessed with it when I acquired the leaked demo version (which is just as popular as the album version, but isn't played publicly) in August of 08. I may have actually blogged about it- I'll get back to you on that. I prefer the album version to the demo version for a few reasons:

1. The song clarity. As soon as you hear the opening chords, you can tell the difference.

2. The scatting in the middle (and the end, if listening on the album, not the radio). Do ja do do but do ja? Hahah smile

3. Near the end, when it splits into dual melodies, I prefer Jason against the choir to Jason against himself. It sounds nicer.

4. I love it when he goes, " Dis oh dis oh dis is our fate. I'm yours." Hehe- idk, I'm just obsessed with that part.

I'm one of those people who, every time they hear the song, at the same part, turns to the nearest window and draws a smiley face in time. smile I just love the song to death.

And guess what I just found out??

Guess who's gonna be on SNL on January 31??

THAT'S RIGHT!!!!!

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1452197124?bctid=1452199675

And I'm sorry, but as much as I tried to find the music vid on YouTube, it's just not there. This vid has WAYYY better picture quality too!!!! And it's official- right from www.jasonmraz.com smile (WHICH I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU ALL CHECK OUT!!!)

Next song on 44 Days?

GEEK IN THE PINK

An Exact Email to Fina

Posted by Dana at 04:19 PM on January 18, 2009

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i was watching the third episode

and i was reading the hiding place

and i was messing with my hair,

combing through it with my hands

and just thinking

and the scene came on where catherine announces that lindsey doesn't want a party

even though she has a cake

and nick and griss get her the same chem set

and sara asks when it's okay for her to start getting gifts

because of course

lindsey is in the lab all the time

and she's bffs with everyone

i remember the one episode where cath was real busy

and lindsey had to stay at the lab

and it was much longer whan cath came back

and asked for lindsey

and warrick said that she was playing with greg in the dna lab

and i had seen this 3rd episode before

not knowing how early it was

so i was sitting there

reading and thinking of all of this

and i saw the love that the csis have for each other

they're a family

a close knit, loving, protective family

and i was suddenly nostalgic

i wanted that love

i remembered being surrounded by friends and family

at all kinds of different times in my life

and i remember the warmth and love i felt

especially from my friends

and just like that

my csi world was restored

but suddenly

i was seeing it through a window

and not from the inside

these episodes were filmed in 2000

when we were in kindergarten

when we were 5

when eric szmanda was 25

when my parents didn't fight

when my family had 4 members

when i didn't know that abuse was abuse

when i had no idea you existed

when i was the smartest kid in the class

when i was special in school because my mom was involved

and my sister had my teacher the year before me

when i was just learning piano and didn't know what music would bring to the table

when i probably didn't know what a saxophone was

when my favorite memory was disney world

when my biggest problem was what to do on a weekend

when i had girl scouts on monday, bible club on wednesday, and kinderjaz and gymnastics on saturday

when i had never taken baton

when our mac was a wondermachine

when i had never heard of csi

when i had never met eave, jtd, or nigel

when i had no clue that music would change my life

when the coolest thing in the world was the pocket on my backpack because it was hidden- it's seam was concealed by feathers

when my profession choice had been clear as crystal- art teacher

when my sister was the meanest person i knew

when i had a babysitter and my mom worked every night, so i saw mom about 4 hours a week

when the elementary school was huge, and i couldn't imagine not going everywhere as a group

when hanging upside down from the crescent steps and doing flips on those two handlebars on the playground was the shiz

when i only wished i could memorize the songs the girls in the back of the bus sand

when those songs were by b*witched, n*sync, the backstreet boys, avril lavigne, and aaron carter

when an insanely high amount of bands had astricks in their names

when... when there was no list here

see love struck Romeo hit the street on a serenade
and he’s laying everybody low with a love song that he made
he finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
says something like "you and me baby how about it?"
Juliet’s gonna say "hey it's Romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack"
he's underneath my window she's singing "hey la my boyfriend's back"
you shouldn't come around here singing up to people like that
well anyway what you gonna do about it?

Juliet, when we made love you used to cry
you said you love me like the stars above you’d love me till you died
Well there's a place for us and you know the movie song
when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?

we both came up on different streets they both were streets of shame
both dirty both mean and the dream was just the same
and I dreamed your dream for you and now your dream is real
how can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
Oh no you can fall for chains of silver you can fall for chains of gold
you can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
you promised me everything you know you promised me thick and thin
Now you say "oh Romeo yeah I used to have a scene with him"

Oh Juliet when we made love you used to cry
used to swear like the stars above well you’d love me till the day that we died

Well there's a place for us you know the movie song
when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?

I can't do the talk like they talk on TV
and I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything but I'd do anything for you
Juliet all I can do is be in love with you
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
all I do is keep the beat in this rock n roll company
all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet I'd do the stars with you any time

Oh Juliet when we made love you used to cry
you said you loved me like the stars above well you’d love me till the day that we died
there's a place for us you know the movie song
when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?

See a love struck Romeo hit the street on a serenade
laying everybody low with a love song that he made
finds a streetlight steps out of the shade
says something like "you and me baby how about it?
You and me baby, now how about it?
You and me baby, now how about it?"

well Juliet the dice were loaded from the start
and I bet and you exploded through my heart
well there's a place for us you know the movie song
when you gonna realize it was just that the time was wrong?
yeah now Juliet the time was wrong
oh I know the time was wrong yeah
the time was wrong
yea and I know the time was wrong yeah

-Romeo and Juliet

Edwin McCain

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