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Ik heb al een hoop steunbetuigingen zien passeren voor tennissterren Yanina Wickmayer en Xavier Malisse. Maar dit is toch wel een originele:

Ene Monkeyboy maakte ‘een steunsong’ voor Wickmayer op het liedje Hey There Delilah van The Plain White T’s.
Op zich al leuk, nog leuker als je de tekst hoort, en gewoon super als je de foto’s bij de song ziet… Zeker eens checken.

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Brandi Carlile: Hey there Delilah

Brandi spricht über Ihr neues Album: Give Up The Ghost (Da hat der Rubin die Finger drin)

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Hey There Delilah by Plain White T

Hey there Delilah
What’s it like in New York City?
I’m a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can’t shine as bright as you
I swear it’s true

This one by Kaiser Chiefs is nice too – Ruby
Due to lack of interest
Tomorrow is canceled…

Hey there Delilah what’s it like in New York City
I’m a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty, yes you do
Times Square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it’s true

Hey there Delilah don’t you worry about the distance
I’m right there if you get lonely give this song another listen
Close your eyes, listen to my voice it’s my disguise
I’m by your side

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah, I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl, someday I’ll pay the bills with this guitar
We’ll have it good, we’ll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah, I’ve got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away, I’d write it all
Even more in love with me you’d fall, we’d have it all

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
And we’ll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way

Delilah I can promise you
That by the time that we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you’re to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don’t you miss me
Two more years and you’ll be done with school
And I’ll be making history like I do

You’ll know it’s all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here’s to you
This one’s for you

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

…. gonna be stronger in the places that are broken…like Hemingway said.

I am currently in love with two songs: Bright Eyes’ First Day of My Life and The Format’s On Your Porch. My speakers are burning with ‘em songs.

Anyway, here’s my playlist for the week with those two songs plus four more for the sentimental junkies. They’re short and sweet.

On Your Porch Playlist

Hey there Delilah
I’ve got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I’d write it all
Even more in love with me you’d fall
We’d have it all

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we’ll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you’re to blame

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Year: 2006

It’s out! Just Breathe is out in paperback and I’m so excited. All month long, I’ll be giving away cool stuff to people who comment on this blog–copies of the book of course. And things to pamper yourself with. And books by my friends, and ARCs (advance reading copies) of books I’ve been sent for endorsement. So check in early and often, readers!

Here’s my sophomore attempt at a musical slideshow. The images are from a magical trip we took to the Point Reyes National Seashore for our 25th wedding anniversary. Enjoy!  

Today’s drawing question–Where in the world do you go to just breathe? I’ll pick the winner using www.random.org. 

Today’s prize–a copy of Just Breathe and a sweet basket of ginger white tea bath & body products. Perfect for reading in the tub!

“A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we’ll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way”

-Geoffrey M. Gottlieb

I accidentally stumbled across Eleanor Hardwick at the end of last week on one of my regularly-viewed blogs (can’t remember which one though!!! Sorry whoever you are if you see this!!!).

Having been made feel thoroughly inadequate after looking through her pictures, I was made feel even worse when I realised she’s only 15.

At this point, I obviously had to email my New Yorking Bestie to tell her of the wonders of this photographer I’d found, at which point she dryly informed me she’d blogged about her back in January.

I’d even commented on the post.

Oh well, my only consolation in this Fish Memory Episode is that our great minds still think alike, despite the millions of miles between us.

This songs for you, McGregor ….but not in a lesbian way cos I like you, but I don’t ‘like you-like you’, k?

Plain White T’s, the people who brought you that song “Here there Delilah”, will be coming to Louisville’s Headliner’s on May 7th.  Here is a picture of Delilah:

Other than a pic of Delilah, there isn’t much more I can add to the preview of the show.  Would you be going anyway?

Plain White T’s – Hey There Delilah

Melodiile care-mi gadila timpanul, cer a fi ascultate in timp ce le citesc versurile. In primul rand ca, daca sunt melodii straine, mai sunt cuvinte pe care nu le inteleg. In al doilea rand, mi se pare foarte tare sa asculti o melodie si in acelasi timp sa-i citesti versurile. O intelegi mai bine. Te pui in pielea personajului mai bine. So…

Hey there Delilah
What’s it like in New York City?
I’m a thousand miles away
But girl tonight you look so pretty
Yes you do
Times Square can’t shine as bright as you
I swear it’s true

Hey there Delilah
Don’t you worry about the distance
I’m right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice it’s my disguise
I’m by your side

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
What you do to me

Hey there Delilah
I know times are getting hard
But just believe me girl
Someday I’ll pay the bills with this guitar
We’ll have it good
We’ll have the life we knew we would
My word is good

Hey there Delilah
I’ve got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I’d write it all
Even more in love with me you’d fall
We’d have it all

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me

A thousand miles seems pretty far
But they’ve got planes and trains and cars
I’d walk to you if I had no other way
Our friends would all make fun of us
and we’ll just laugh along because we know
That none of them have felt this way
Delilah I can promise you
That by the time we get through
The world will never ever be the same
And you’re to blame

Hey there Delilah
You be good and don’t you miss me
Two more years and you’ll be done with school
And I’ll be making history like I do
You’ll know it’s all because of you
We can do whatever we want to
Hey there Delilah here’s to you
This ones for you

Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh it’s what you do to me
Oh ït’s what you do to me
What you do to me.

( www.versuri.ro )

We used this video last weekend to introduce the story of Samson. I laughed every time!!!

This week’s music video is for the song “Hey There, Rihanna,” a parody of Plain White T’s “Hey There, Delilah!”

FREE Song Download – Click HERE: http://www.zshare.net/audio/56714580ccf85022/

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INSIGHT INTO A SONG:

On February 8, Chris Brown and Rihanna, two R&B/Pop starlets with a lot of radio hits on their hands, had other kinds of hits going on whilst en route from a Grammy party at Clive Davis’ house.  Details are still coming out about the incident a month later, but the short version goes like this: they got into a fight over Rihanna reading a text message from another woman off of Chris’ phone, which lead to a verbal argument, which lead to Mr. Brown punching, biting, and badly beating down Rihanna.  After almost choking her to death, police were called by listeners who heard Rihanna’s cries for help, and yada yada yada…

This past week, Chris Brown went to court and was formally charged with the attack, as well as making possible death threats towards Rihanna (i.e. “I’ll kill you when we get home!”)  It should be noted that Chris Brown grew up in a home where he saw his step-dad beat on his mom regularly, so it’s not too much of a surprise that he had the ability to go off like he did.

What IS surprising – though, apparently, it’s really NOT all that surprising to psychologist – is that, despite the very, very harsh beating Rihanna took from Chris… she still wants him back!  According to all the news I’ve seen on this story, he contacted her 9 days after the assult to apologize, and tell her that he (a) was going to get help to deal with his problems, and (b) that he still loved her.  (Really, Chris?  Were you feeling the same way when you were screwing other girls behind her back??)

I had so much info in my head about the incident that I couldn’t believe she’d actually go back to him!  At the same time, this kind of thing happens all the time, and, since I don’t know Rihanna (we don’t exactly run in the same circles, what with me having had ONE hit song, and her having had… gee, I’ve lost count), I couldn’t exactly meet up to talk to her about her decision.

But I COULD put it into musical form and hope she hears it!

It just so happens that, in my quest for songs, I parodied the words “Hey there, Rihanna,” a LOOONG time ago.  It’s what I do whenever a hit song comes out – I take the words and occasionally bastardize them for fun.  It doesn’t mean I’ll make a full song out of it (a la “Obama Milli”), but it does stick in my mind.  With the Rihanna idea, I never made a full song out of it because, while it sounded catchy for the first 3 words, I didn’t really have a song to go behind it.

And then this incident happened.  And suddenly, I had material!

Before I made the song, I checked on YouTube to see if anyone else had made a song parody using the same beat.  BTW, the song parodies The Plain White T’s 2006(7?) hit “Hey There, Delilah,” and it had the perfect melody to go along with the sentiments I wanted to say in the song.  Anyway, someone on YouTube had actually made a parody with the same title (booooo!), but it was about how much Rihanna sucked, and not about this incident (um… yay?).

Amazingly, there are a LOT of parodies for this particular tune, so I feel kinda late making a song to it.  Still, as Weird Al has proven time and time again, if your parody is good, it doesn’t matter how much distance is between the original and your version!

I was going to re-make the beat from scratch, and was about half-way through doing so… but it was taking up too much of my time.  So, I found a karaoke version of the beat, downloaded it, placed it into my Garage Band program, and viola!

As for the song itself, I mentioned all things associated (so far) with the case: Rihanna shacking up in Miami, her face being black and blue, mentioning the text message incident that started this whole thing… not to mention the references to Chris Brown being like Mike Tyson, O.J., and how his career is over (though, as R. Kelly has proven, I could be wrong on this assumption as well).  Once I was done recording it, I sent a few copies out to close friends just to get their take on it.  So far, it’s been pretty good!

Some Interesting Song Tidbits:

1. I mention her being in Miami because, at the time I started thinking of this song, she had been hiding out there in one of Diddy’s houses for a while.  I think she’s actually in L.A. now with her boy-toy Chris, but “Miami” and “Grammy” rhymed better.

2. Even though this song is about a serious subject, I wanted to inject some humor into some of the lines. Thus, I mention her covering her bruises with “Cover Girl” mascara (since she does ads for them) and the line about Chris being a biter and this “not being Street Fighter.”

3. There’s a line where I say to Rihanna, “Your giant 5-head must be cracked.”  She has a big forehead, and people joke that a person with big foreheads have “five-” heads.  Get it?

4. At the end of the song, I beg Rihanna to “please come be with me.” In reality, I couldn’t date her – I’ve heard how needy and/or bossy she can be and… well, let’s just say, if the rumors of her starting this whole thing are true, I definitely couldn’t date a woman ready to start an argument about dumb stuff!  Still, it sounds good in song-form!

5. This is the first song I’ve posted up where I recorded it using my BRAND NEW studio mic.  As you can hear, the clarity of my words is MUCH better, and everything sounds so crisp.  I love it!!

INSIGHT INTO A VIDEO SHOOT:

The basic idea was to do a mocking of The Plain White T’s video – all the guy did was sit in one place and play the song on his guitar while split-screen action was going on in other panels on the screen.  2 problems: I don’t know how to do the split screen thing yet, and I don’t have a guitar.

Oh well!  It’s called “making due with what you have.”

What I had on hand was an umbrella.  I decided to use it as my guitar because Rihanna had a number one song called “Umbrella,” so I knew people would get the joke.  I also have a MAC computer now, and, because it has a built-in mic and I was recording the video in my room, I decided to use it to shoot the video!  The result is picture clarity unlike any I’ve had in my videos (except for the “Fly Chick” video, where my friend’s footage was clear because – duh – she filmed her parts using a MAC!).

I shot the “guitar” footage from two angles: first, the front angle, with the computer directly in front of me; and second, from the side angle, where I’d still be facing forward and not looking directly into the camera.  Why?  I dunno – it’s what they do in all those other videos where guys are playing guitars, so I needed one of those shots, too!

After I shot the footage, I got on the internet and looked for pictures and/or footage of Chris/Rihanna that I could use.  I found some nice pics of them both (relatively speaking) and some pretty cool footage from news stories and other entertaining things.  Once I did that, I left my aparmtent and took a walk down the block to Wal-greens, where I went to buy condoms (don’t ask) and use my Kodak camera to film myself “reading” a magazine article about Rihanna going back to Chris Brown.  It was the PERFECT magazine to use, too, since I have lines in the song that pertain to her going back to him!

Once I got all the footage I needed, I loaded it up onto the MAC, made myself some soup, and edited the heck outta this thing!  The result is a video that I feel very proud of!

Some Interesting Video Shoot Tidbits:

1. For the part of the song where I talk about this not being Street Fighter, I recorded footage from a video made by… 50 Cent?!? He’s been going back and forth with Rick Ross lately, and posted up cartoons of Rick Ross as “Officer Ricky.”  Cartoon #3 dealt with the Officer going after Chris Brown, and has hilarious footage of Chris Brown and Rihanna in Street Fighter mode.  I HAD to get it!

2. The thing I’m sitting on in the video is my BRAND NEW FUTON, which I just got a few days ago!

3. Shout outs to TMZ, who provided the WORLD with the pics of Rihanna’s badly beaten face.  Also, I forget which site I got them at, but those blood splatters really are from the fight – her blood splattered on the car AND on her outfit?!? And she STILL wants to be with this dude???

4. For the shot of me in Wal-Greens, I simply placed my camera on top of a product box that was sitting right next to the magazine section.  Like I’ve said before, I ALWAYS GET THE SHOT I WANT.

5. Estimated Time for editing: I’d say 7 hours, but my friend Daren kept calling me, and I’d end up talking to him for 30 to 40 minutes at a time.  So, I’d say about 3 to 4 solid hours.

That’s all for now – download the song/video, re-post it up, and request it at radio!  Only 8 more videos left to go – see ya next Sunday!

-A.P.T.

E-mail: APTsongs@hotmail.com
MySpace: www.MySpace.com/NotoriousAPT

Find my latest American Idol article here.

For the most part, last night’s American Idol presentation was pretty good.  It was nice to see the contestants singing songs that were more well known, and, for the most part, they sang them well.  There was, however, little greatness seen on the night.

Vaughn Smith- “You’re All I Need to Get By”- I thought he produced the best lead-off performance of the three shows.  That probably says more about the other two shows than it does about Vaughn, however.  He hit his notes, and it sounded good, but the whole thing came off a little like Wham does Marvin Gaye.  It just did not seem right, but he really sang pretty well.

Randy thought it was very hot.

Kara said that he was coming into his own.

Paula loved it.

Simon thought he reminded him of Clay Aiken (in a good way).  He thought that he sang the song well, but was dressed badly.

Taylor VaiFanua- “If I Ain’t Got You”- The first thing I thought was, “Why is she wearing an inner-tube on her legs?”  I thought that the beginning was a little low for her.  She hit the notes, but her tone on that part was not great.  In the end, I thought it was OK.

Kara thought that she hit her notes well, but the performance was cold.

Paula criticized her because she already had sung the song in Hollywood.

Simon thought it was very generic and bland.

Randy found it to be boring.

Alex Wagner-Trugman- “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues.”- This guy made the most of his off-stage moments by showing that he has a great personality.  As far as his performance went, it was too affected, too low for him in the beginning, and came off like a guy singing karaoke after a few too many beers.

Paula found him entertaining.

Simon thought that the growling was ridiculous, and likened him to a “hamster trying to be a tiger.”

Randy thought it was wild and that he screamed it.

Kara thought that he was a fun guy.

Arrianna Afsar- “The Winner Takes it All”- For a while it was hard to tell if she was on pitch or not, but something was obviously wrong.  Then, she was definitely off pitch.  For the most part, it was a ‘runny’ mess, but she ended it strong.

Simon said that most of it was terrible, and that it was too big and dreary.

Randy said that she tried to do too much, and that vocally, it was not good.

Kara found it to be dark, depressing, old and serious.

Paula also thought that the song was too old-fashioned.

Ju’not Joyner- “Hey There Delilah”- I liked it overall.  I thought that he sang it well, and his tone was good.  However, I don’t know how memorable it was.

Randy loved it.

Kara thought it was smooth.

Paula was glad that he changed it up from Hollywood week.

Simon said that it was better than he thought it would be.

Kristen McNamara- “Give Me One Reason”- I was surprised that the song was not too low for her, and she sang it well, but it was really, really safe and did nothing to show off her voice.

Kara thought that she was a great singer, but did not choose the best song.

Paul thought that it was safe and did not show her range.

Simon said that he does not know who she is, and that, though the song choice was poor, she sang it well.

Randy thought it was an easy song, and that she tried to do too much with it.

Nathaniel Marshall- “I Would Do Anything For Love”- My first thought was, “He is going to sing that?  Oh, my.”  Then, I thought he was leading an aerobics class.  It was not badly sung, but it was no where close to being as good as MeatLoaf.  I also found it a little dry.

Simon thought it was excruciating.  He said that it was a weird song, and he had a weird look, but he was memorable and fun.

Randy found the song choice to be curious, and could not imagine making a record with him.

Kara encouraged him to pick a more serious song.

Paula thought that it was the Boy George version of the song, and that was not cool.

Felicia Barton- “No One”- I thought it was very, very good, and perhaps the best of the night up to that point.  It started well, she showed good inflection.  Her voice broke in a good way, and she looked like she belonged on stage.

Paula thought it was unbelievable.

Simon thought that the first part was better than the second part.

Randy thought she had an amazing voice and was hot.

Kara said it was good, and that she noticed her for the first time.

Scott MacIntyre- “Mandolin Rain”- I thought he had a nice tone to his voice.  He had a nice voice-break and inflection.  He was good on the strong notes also.

Randy thought he was passionate, and that the parts that were great, were really great.

Kara said that he moves mountains and sings from the heart.

Paula felt that he had blessed her with his gift.

Simon did not like the song, but said that Scott was growing on him.

Kendall Beard- “This One’s For the Girls”- I was worried that it might be too low for her, but she smartly moved the key up a little.  She was a little pitchy, but overall she sang it well.  She sounded, and looked pretty good as a country singer.

Kara thought that she had a big personality.  She also said that it was the right song, but was flat part of the time.

Paula thought that she had the best outfit.

Simon agreed that it was the right song, but was a little shrilly toward the end.

Randy thought it was a good song choice, but not her best vocal.

Jorge Nunez- “Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me”- The accent was weird in an Elton John song, but this guy has a really good voice.  He was the best of the night so far, and endeared himself even more with his humility at the end.

Paula said that he has worked hard, and sounds good.

Simon likes his accent, and agreed that he is a very good singer.

Randy said that it was not the perfect vocal, but it was really, really good.

Kara told him that he was a singer with a gift for touching people.

Lil Rounds- “Be Without You”- I thought she had the most professional sound and look of the group.  She was a little pitchy on the “oohs”, but her voice has a nice smoky tone to it.

Simon thought it was brilliant, but a little too close to the original.

Randy thought she was one of the best, and was glad that she kept her swagger.

Kara said she was great, and a powerhouse.

Paula called her first class.

If I had to choose who I thought would go on it would be: Jorge, Lil, and Scott or Felicia.

Can someone please tell me what is going on with American Idol?  How can four judges with so much years of experience in the music industry get it so damn wrong?  Last night Jamar Rogers was kicked off by the judges, and if that isn’t bad enough they had the nerve to tell him he just did not stand out.  WTF? Simon, Randy you it is starting to look as though you should be taking some of Paula’s medication.

Hey There Delilah – Jamar Rogers

Jamar Rogers – American idol season 8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLJoqXMidLo&feature=related

Jamar has one of the greatest voice I have heard on that competition for sometime, it is unique and can sing anything without effort it seems.  Not only can the bo sing his ass off but he has that star appeal thing going on, I am not gay or anything but the boy was the whole package.  He was actually in shape, had a great personality and was too clean cut, he had a little edge to him.  I can think of at least ten contestants who made it to the final 36 who are far less talented and have way less appeal.

Jamar Rogers Song “Jasmine”

Keep your head up Jamar