This year at the country music awards Taylor Swift won Entertainer of the Year Award, Female Vocalist of the Year and more.  

At the recent American Music Awards she won artist of the year, favorite female artist in the pop/rock and country categories, favorite adult contemporary artist and more!

Whoohooo! Life rocks for Taylor!

Only a few years ago she was living a middle class life and annoying high school friends. She probably still is annoying some of them, but for many fans, she is their new celebrity.

The transition is startling. Not that long ago, she knew only a few chords and had only a handful of hopeful songs.  At the CMA awards, surrounded by her fans, playing the guitar and singing, the world adored her and sang her love songs with her.

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone.
I’ll be waiting all there’s left to do is run.
You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess.
It’s a love story baby just say yes.

It’s a love story for sure, but there is still a lot left to be negotiated. In real life she doesn’t yet have the ring or the,“Yes.” What happens to Taylor over the next few years will be interesting to watch. I hope she gets loved and keeps singing well.

Which brings up the question: What lasts? Who ends up loved?

One thing is for certain, a humble start is typical for many love stories.  Perhaps there is hope for us on the lower rungs.

Young girls looking for love — history is full of them. Think Mary, the mother of Jesus.

It is hugely significant that when God chose a mother for his son, God didn’t chose a Jewish beauty queen; God didn’t chose a rich, female Roman patrician , God didn’t choose a brilliant Greek woman-scholar. God chose a little thirteen year old servant girl with dark skin and no money from a third world country to carry a baby that would turn the world upside down.

And when he did, Mary got out her guitar and sang her own song.

In the Bible, Luke recorded it, Luke 1:46-47.

Mary sang:

I’m bursting with God news.

I’m dancing the song of my Savior God.

God took one good look at me,

And look what happened –

I’m the most fortunate woman on earth!

Mary made it! Big time! And she clapped inside over the annoucement that God let her, a humble servant,  play a special role in history. She sings over this, and her song is exuberant,  bold, spicy, festive, romantic —  a crazy happiness that she has been chosen as the helper of God.

And she sang well, for the song she sung has become a classic, international, universal winner.

Google “Magnificat.” That is the official name of Mary’s song.  The 2,000-year-old lyrics are still popular!

Conclusions can be drawn.

We want to be loved.

Figuring out our love song matters.

The best, most lastling tune we can sing, is our response to what God does for us.   

P.S.

Check out Psalm 119:76 in the Message version. It’s a prayer.

 Oh, love me – and right now! – hold me tight! Just the way you promised.

There are so many modes of transportation in India viz foot, bullock cart, tonga, car, bus, trains,etc. And Bollywood movies have songs picturised on all these modes of transportation. In fact, Bollywood movies have songs on some unusual modes of transportations as well. For example, there have been songs where hero is seen riding an elephant and singing away.

But I have noticed one thing, that one of the ubiquitous mode of transportation has been grossly underrepresented. Yes, I am talking about the humble cycle rickshaw. Bahut nainsaafi hai.

Recently I found a cycle rickshaw song picturised on Madhubala and Shammi Kapoor from “Boyfriend” and I posted that song.

I have discovered another cycle rickshaw song. This song is the kind of song that I love to post here. It is as rare as they come. Apart from the singers (Talat Mehmood and Asha Bhonsle), others involved in this song are quite unknown to most people. For instance, this song is written by Prem Saxena and the music director is Nashaad (not Naushad). The song is picturised on Ameeta and Anant Marathe. Now, tell me , my dear readers, out of these names, how many names are familiar with you !

The song is as unknown as the people behind this song. But is it just another song ? Not at all. Right from the time I stumbled upon this song, I have bbeen absolutely mesmerised by this song. I liked this song so much that I decided that I will post this song on a special occasion for the blog. And those special occasions come when the blog is completing a century of songs. And that time has come again.

Yes, my dear readers of this blog. This song is the 2200 th song of this blog, and I proudly present this rare gem from this movie called “Badaa Bhai” (1957). The picturisation shows the hero Anant Marathe hauling a cycle rickshaw where his beloved Ameeta is seated. And the song that commences is a song that deserves to be known to all the music lovers of Bollywood movie songs.

And I take this occasion to thank all my readers and well wishers for their continued patronage and encouragement. The blog has recently clocked 5,00,000 hits. Half a million hits in just over one year is an indication of the fact that the blog has found favour with the lovers of classic Bollywood music in a big way. Please keep up showering your love and affection, and I promise many more great songs and many more features that I am sure you will find useful.

Once again, I thank one and all.

song-Chori chori dil ka lagaana buri baat hai (Badaa Bhai) (1957) Singers-Asha Bhonsle,Talat Mehmood, Lyrics-Prem Saxena, ,MD-Nashaad

Lyrics

hmm hmm hmm hmm
chori chori dil kaa
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
dil ko lagaake pachtaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai

ho ho ho
dil se dil jab takraataa hai
pyaar nazar mein sharmaataa hai,
sharmaataa hai
pyaar mein dekho sharmaanaa buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
dil ko lagaake pachtaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai

ho ho ho
teer nazar ke jab chalte hain
dil mein shole se jalte hain
haay jalte hain
dil ki aag dabaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
dil ko lagaake pachtaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai

ho ho ho
hanste hain jab chaand sitaare
lut jaate hain dil ke maare
dil ke maare
dil ke maaron ko tadpaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
dil ko lagaake pachtaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai

hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
hmm hmm hmm
ho ho
chhuptaa hai jab koyi nazar se
uthti hai ek aah jigar se
aah jigar se
aahon se dil ko jalaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
dil ko lagaake pachtaana buri baat hai
chori chori dil kaa lagaana buri baat hai
hmm hmm hmm
aa haa haa hmm
hmm hmm hmm
aa haa haa haa

Hi pals, this is another post by me, I don’t know whether the lines posted below is a tiny song, a poetry, all I know is that these are the lines that I have pen down many days ago, and today I have just typed them down. These came to me as random thoughts and here it is in the same form as it came to my mind, after writing it; it looked like praise of a gal by his lover- so I named it praise of love. Please have a look and do tell me how it was. And if possible do comment on it, it will be appreciated. Thank you all

Godly eyes with mercy in ‘em

Always forgives me, for my wrong things done,

You told me- you love me- every time I am down,

You made me smile- when the tension made me frown,

Your words were the magic- that bounds me,

When you are around- there’s nothing else I wanna see,

You ignite the flame of love- every time you laugh,

Your care is heavenly- that makes the moment stop,

When you are with me- I can see my life through,

Darling! I can’t imagine my life without you.

I was freshly reminded today of one of my favorite worship songs by Third Day called “Love Song.” I thought it’d be nice to post the great lyrics here for you to read.

I’ve heard it said that a man would climb a mountain just to be with the one he loves.
How many times has he broken that promise? It has never been done.
I’ve never climbed the highest mountain, but I walked the hill of Calvary

Just to be with you, I will do anything
There’s no price I would not pay no
Just to be with you, I would give everything
I would give my life away

I’ve heard it said that a man would swim the ocean just to be with the one he loves
All of those dreams are an empty motion; It can never be done.
I’ve never swam the deepest ocean, but I walked upon the raging sea

Just to be with you, I will do anything
There’s no price I would not pay no
Just to be with you, I would give everything
I would give my life away

I know that you don’t understand the fullness of My love
How I died upon the cross for your sins
And I know that you don’t realize how much that I give you
But I promise, I would do it all again

Just to be with you, I’ve done everything
There’s no price I did not pay no
Just to be with you, I gave everything
Yes, I gave my life away
Just to be with you

I heard “A Page Is Turned” by Bebo Norman for the first time the other day and just loved it. It’s such a sweet love song! Enjoy. (Click the play button by song #10.)

A page is turned by the wind to a boy in curly grin
with a world to conquer at the age of ten..
But as history unfolds and the storybook is told
he finds salvation, but not at the hands of man.

And the God of second chance
picked him up and He let him dance
through a world that is not kind.
And all this time, preparing him, the one
to hold him up when he comes undone.
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun
and now a man, here you stand -
your day has come.

A page is turned in this world to reveal a little girl
with a heart that’s bigger, as it is unfurled
by the language in her soul, that’s teaching her to grow
with a careful cover of love that will not fail.

And the God of second chance
picked her up and He let her dance
through a world that is not kind.
And all this time, preparing her the one
to hold her up when she comes undone.
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun
and grown up tall, here you are -
your day has come.

Beneath the air of autumn, she took him by his hand
and warm within the ardor, she took his heart instead
and high upon the mountain, he asked her for her hand…
Just for her hand.

A page is turned in this life, he’s making her his wife.
And there is no secret to the source of this much life.
When the grace that falls like rain is washing them again,
just a chance to somehow rise above this land.

Where the God of second chance
will pick them up and he’ll let them dance
through a world that is not kind.
And all this time, they’re sharing with the One
that holds them up when they come undone.
Beneath the storm, beneath the sun…
and once again, here you stand;
and once again, here you stand…
your day has come.

I love reading embedded critiques of “hipsters” and this so-called movement you can’t avoid if you’re 20-something and in a major North American city. (For the record, I’m not discrediting the rest of the world, I’m just admitting solidarity with Portland, OR.) Hipsters have been called nihilists, shamelessly turning inward and backward and not creating anything new. I would like to argue with and support this at the same time by pointing out that the music hipsters love, Independant Rock, is doing something magnificently new! They’re writing love song after love song set during or after the apocalypse!

That’s kind of twisted, isn’t it? It seems like I might be exaggerating a little, doesn’t it? Well, I’m hardly an expert, but here are a few for the record. (Please feel free to link me to more examples or arguments in the comments, I do believe that’s what they’re for.)

I had to include the Postal Service to prove to you that it’s not just the Canadians falling in love with the apocalypse like this.

So what do we call this syndrome? Apocophilia? Erotipocalypse? Armageddiniton?

..I’m sorry for that last one, I had to. Any other suggestions?

 Welcome Back by Love Song

2009 (14 tracks, 57:46)

pop

[Verse 1]

It’s always a game
Of robbers and cops
You walk by me up those stairs
Clueless, my heart stops
No wonder, when I turn around
The sky just drops
Its raining down on me again
When has it not?

You don’t understand
The situation I’m in
With a flick of your fingers
My lungs stop breathing
I’m hopeless, you should know
But your heart is cold as steel
Much thicker than the snow

And this path I see
This road I tread upon
Always leads back to you
When did I turn wrong?
If you stop to analyze
The world around you
You’ll begin to realize
This aint de—javu

[Chorus]

Fire burns down, my deliberation
Ice slows down, my consideration
And yet you fail to understand,
My single proclamation

This hearts so cold
These eyes so blind
My spirits long gone
Now I’ve lost my mind

The feelings numb
This life aint mine
Both success and misery
At the same time

[Verse 2]

Its on the average day
When I get to see you most
There’s barely communication
Even when you’re so close
Then we’re eye to eye
But never hand in hand
You look away briefly
Then I understand

That there’s no way
And there’s no chance
You cannot be mine
I’m in a broken trance
You gave me the sign
Of a plain dejection
No point in following now
I can’t cope with rejection

I’ll always remember
How we used to play
A game of chase
Its the end of that day
The new horizon dawned
And I simply must say
My life has carried on

[Chorus]

Fire burns down, my deliberation
Ice slows down, my consideration
And yet you fail to understand,
My single proclamation

This hearts so cold
These eyes so blind
My spirits long gone
Now I’ve lost my mind

The feelings numb
This life aint mine
Both success and misery
-pause- Huh?
Crap, I forgot to rhyme~

This is another our love song…also called LOVE SONG. This song is our wedding sondtrack too :p

LOVE SONG

by: 311

Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am home again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am whole again

Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am young again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am fun again

However far away, I will always love you
However long I stay, I will always love you
Whatever words I say, I will always love you
I will always love you

Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am free again
Whenever I’m alone with you
You make me feel like I am clean again

However far away, I will always love you
However long I stay, I will always love you
Whatever words I say, I will always love you
I will always love you

source: http://www.lyricstop.com/l/lovesong-311.html

CAMALEONTI was an Italian Music Group, famouse between ’60’s and 70’s, but the last album is pubblished on 2004.

Below, (1968) the most important Camaleonti’s song, copied from an English success: ‘Homburg‘, by Procol Harum ; that I think is one of best song ever…

To know more about  Camaleonti,  read  here

Love Song.
Life Is a Circus.

After he and Hermione Farthingale broke up, Bowie reduced Feathers, their former folk trio with John Hutchinson, to a duo, writing songs with two-part harmonies. He and Hutch became a Simon-and-Garfunkel double act: Hutch singing low and playing the straight man; Bowie offering a new character—a chatty, fey persona able to crack up the audience between numbers.

Among Feathers’ concert repertoire at the time (February-April 1969) were Bowie compositions like “When I’m Five,” “Space Oddity,” “Sell Me a Coat” and “Ching-a-Ling,” along with a number of covers, including Jacques Brel’s “Amsterdam” and “Au Suivant,” Leonard Cohen’s “Lady Midnight” (likely a Hutch suggestion, as he was up on Canadian folk) and even Victor Young’s standard “A Hundred Years From Today.”

When Hutchinson and Bowie made their demo tape (which eventually sold Bowie to Philips/Mercury) in April, they mainly concentrated on newer Bowie compositions like “Janine” that would later wind up on Space Oddity. There were a few covers done for the session, however, suggesting that Bowie was considering them for possible inclusion (Bowie would soon make it a habit of having at least one cover per LP). They were:

“Love Song” was written by Lesley Duncan and later covered by Elton John on his 1970 LP Tumbleweed Connection. Duncan had a similar trajectory to Bowie—she cut a string of failed singles throughout the ’60s until finally breaking through at decade’s end (when John covered “Love Song”). Hutchinson has the lead vocal.

And “Life Is a Circus” was by the obscure folk group Djinn (so obscure that they’re often listed in Bowie references as an “American folk group,” though they were apparently Brits, led by the late Roger Bunn, a sort of ‘fifth business’ character in early ’70s London).

Having a wife and child to support, Hutchinson soon realized he couldn’t survive playing the occasional meagerly-attended folk gig. So he left Bowie and went to work as a draughtsman. It wouldn’t be the end of Bowie’s association with Hutch, one of the more sympathetic figures in Bowie’s life, however, as he would later return at the end of the Spiders from Mars era.

Both are available on bootlegs like The Beckenham Oddity.

Top: Gilbert and George perform Singing Sculpture, Cable Street, London, 1969 (Tate).

I love listening to music, especially those which touch heart with their sweet melody and extraordinary lyrics. I’m also a fan of Bollywood movies and film-musics. When I first heard the song Khuda Jaane from the movie Baachna Ae Haseeno, I wondered and regretted at the same time. I wondered that the meaning of each and every sentence of the song expresses my heart and feeling about Pialy. I regretted why I hadn’t written the lyrics before someone else did.

In this post, I’d like to let you watch my most favorite romantic Hindi song of the year and read the translated lyrics at the same time.

Let’s begin!

Note: Some dissimilarities between the original meaning of the song might be found as Hindi isn’t my first language nor English is. Yet I tried to provide the best translation of my ability. To see the original Hindi lyric in English transliteration, hover your mouse pointer/cursor upon any sentence you want.

( I bow down to you, I come to a halt whenever I see you;
Does this happen to everyone in love?
Why should we think of anyone else? You are now the center of all my thoughts;
You have become my prayer. ) Repeated twice.

God knows that I am in love with you,
God knows that I am all lost in your love;
God knows why this has happened to me,
That you have become my God.

If you say so, then I’ll follow your footsteps; stop or begin at their signals,
If you says so, on pretext of coming in you dreams; I’ll meet you each night at your pillow.
I learned all about love from you; By dying for you, I lived an entire life.

God knows that I am in love with you,
God knows that I am all lost in your love;
God knows why this has happened to me,
That you have become my God.

The heart says that today you should hide me in your embrace, I fear I might lose you;
The heart asks me to control my happiness and save it from the evil eyes, it fears that I might cry.
I make a hundred promises to you, I bind the strings of my heart with you;
While you might not know what has happened to me in love.

God knows that I am in love with you,
God knows that I am all lost in your love;
God knows why this has happened to me,
That you have become my God.

I bow down to you, I come to a halt whenever I see you;
Does this happen to everyone in love?
Why should we think of anyone else? You are now the center of all my thoughts;
You have become my prayer.

God knows that I am in love with you,
God knows that I am all lost in your love;
God knows why this has happened to me,
That you have become my God.

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A sentence to Pialy

From the lyrics of the song:

By dying for you, I lived an entire life.

… believe me or not.

Although this was just lyrics of a song, it expresses exactly what is in my heart and what I feel about Pialy. I dedicate this song to Pialy for being the sweetest girl in the world, and, for being mine!

“Daca pleci vreau sa vin cu tine, daca pleci ia-ma si pe mine, daca pleci.. n-ai sa poti trai cu tot ce-a fost si nu mai vrei sa stii..”

I luv this song… our love song… This song was also one of my wedding soundtrack, performed by my band “KAWAII”

I’m Lucky, I’m in love with my best friend. To tell u the truth, He is the only MALE best friend I’ve ever had… and i thank God! Alhamdulillah, He is now my husband He was my high school friend haaahhhaaaaaa! We were so cupu! We got married 9 years after high school graduation. What a looong…looong…looong story… Alhamdulillah atas adanya dia di hidupku…

LUCKY

by: Jason Mraz feat Colbie Caillat

Do you hear me,
I’m talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I’m trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I promise you, I will

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I’m sailing through the sea
To an island where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music fill the air
I’ll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you’re all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

source: http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/jasonmraz/lucky.html

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I was talking to a friend of mine, who was contemplating selling his music.

His pitch: Who likes sappy bullcrap and/or noodle ridden rock?
My response: Depends, what is the reason for this maple syrup flavored ramen??
His reply, Well, I need to start selling my songs. $3 each or 2 for $5 plus publishing.
My retort: why should i pay, i can get that on the internet for free, well, if you don’t include the cost of the connection, the storage, the virus software, the ear plugs to block out the crumby sound…!

NaNo is half way there; am I boring you?

So I thought I’d do a little tangential reading about other authors: in particular those first-timers who hit it with an amazing débût work and then go on to clean up on Amazon.

I’m thinking of one particularly fortunate author, Laura Schaefer from Madison, Wisconsin, who got her start as a contributor to the University of Wisconsin’s student paper The Daily Cardinal and went on to write regularly for The Princeton Review and Match.com. Laura lives in Madison, Wisconsin, where she can usually be found dancing the lindy hop or book signing her second novel for young readers, The Teashop Girls.

Love is a many-splendored thing …according to Laura in her first book: Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor (Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2005). And she’s come up with some quite surprising facts about love. If you need proof of this, there follow 25 funny little statistics about love. Study them, scratch your head over them, and share them with someone you fancy.

1. Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don’t.

2. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left (65 percent of people go to the right).

3. When it comes to doing the deed early in the relationship, 78 percent of women would decline an intimate rendezvous if they had not shaved their legs or underarms.

4. Feminist women are more likely than other females to be in a romantic relationship.

5. Two-thirds of people report that they fall in love with someone they’ve known for some time versus someone that they just met.

6. There’s a reason why office romances occur: The single biggest predictor of love is proximity.

7. Falling in love can induce a calming effect on the body and mind and raises levels of nerve growth factor for about a year, which helps to restore the nervous system and improves the lover’s memory.

External stimulation of the synapses can trigger happiness or fear

8. Love can also exert the same stress on your body as deep fear. You see the same physiological responses — pupil dilation, sweaty palms, and increased heart rate.

9. Brain scans show that people who view photos of a beloved experience an activation of the caudate — the part of the brain involving cravings.

10. The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.

11. The “Love Detector” service from Korean cell phone operator KTF uses technology that is supposed to analyze voice patterns to see if a lover is speaking honestly and with affection. Users later receive an analysis of the conversation delivered through text message that breaks down the amount of affection, surprise, concentration and honesty of the other speaker.

12. Eleven percent of women have gone online and done research on a person they were dating or were about to meet, versus seven percent of men.

Love song from a 4,300-year old Egyptian tomb of the Sixth Dynasty

13. Couples’ personalities converge over time to make partners more similar.

14. The oldest known love song was written 4,300 years ago and comes from an Egyptian tomb of the Sixth Dynasty. Others were found in modern Iraq between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Archduke Maximillian gave diamonds

15. The tradition of the diamond engagement ring comes from Archduke Maximillian of Austria who, in the 17th century, gave a diamond ring to his fiancée, Mary of Burgundy.

16. Forty-three percent of women prefer their partners never sign “love” to a card unless they are ready for commitment.

17. People who are newly in love produce decreased levels of the hormone serotonin — as low as levels seen in people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Perhaps that’s why it’s so easy to feel obsessed when you’re smitten.

Serotonin is a neurotransmitter as well as a happiness hormone

18. Philadelphia International Airport finished as the No. 1 best airport for making a love connection, according to an online survey.

19. According to mathematical theory, we should date a dozen people before choosing a long-term partner; that provides the best chance that you’ll make a love match.

20. A man’s beard grows fastest when he anticipates sex.

21. Every Valentine’s Day, Verona, the Italian city where Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet took place, receives around 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.

22. When we get dumped, for a period of time we love the person who rejected us even more, says Dr. Helen Fisher of Rutgers University and author of Why We Love. The brain regions that lit up when we were in a happy union continue to be active.

23. Familiarity breeds comfort and closeness … and romance.

24. One in five long-term love relationships began with one or both partners being involved with others.

25. OK, this one may not surprise you, but we had to share it: Having a romantic relationship makes both genders happier. The stronger the commitment, the greater the happiness!

Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor. If you want to read her blog, click here.

And, oh yes, thanks to Amazon, not only for making available some amazing books, but for being the sponsor of NaNoWriMo [Sorry, had to bring it up; it's becoming an obsession] lol