Posts Tagged ‘music’
Sarah Brightman
I went to a Sarah Brightman concert yesterday at the Honda Center. It was sooooooo good. Better than I expected and so much more. It’s up there with Cirque de Soleil for me because of how beautiful everything was. The set, the clothing, the stuff projected on the screen, the creative aspects, and the music…she’s wonderful. She can still sing Phantom of the Opera. I can only imagine how sad she and I would be, that one day, when she can’t hit that high note at the end.
It was just half of the stadium for a more “intimate” setting.
Chandeliers!
This is how she came in…so dramatic. Her dress was really flowy, and they constantly had a fan blowing her dress up, similar to her album cover art of her album “Symphony”. She really swung her dress around a lot. A lot. A lot. But I don’t blame her; if I were wearing that dress, I’d do it too.
I am…Darkwing Duck!
Here is a short video of this first song. I love the colors! Notice the billowing dress. One day I want to wear a huge dress with a long heavy train, and stand on top of a cliff on a windy day. Like in Elizabeth: The Golden Age, during the montage scene where the British defeat the Spanish Armada.
Can anyone tell me the name of the song being played? To me, I know it’s been made into a techno/trance song, but I never knew what the original was. I love at the end how the lights turned off one by one.
I absolutely loved this song. She sang “What a Wonderful World” while plants bloomed in the background. If you look at the set, she’s actually standing behind the glass. I still can’t decide if the images are being projected onto the floor, and the reflective glass is picked up on it, or both. The glass is bordered by white screen material. She stands behind the screen so that her shadow isn’t cast on I think?
A darker image so you can see her dress. I want!
Here is the video of the song. Love love love.
This is what really weirded me out. I’ve never been to a concert, so I don’t know if this is like..totally normal, but I was pretty amazed. If you look at the left gap, there is a dancer there, but that isn’t part of the reflective glass. It’s that opaque white screen stuff….so if it’s not being reflective, how does the image get on there?
See for yourself. Mesmerizing.
I want her dresses. All of them. My battery ran out later (stupid me…I really didn’t think I’d take so much) but they added an extra long train to her dress and lifted her up on a swing while she sang.
Princess and the Pea-like
I reeeeally love this song too. He came out when the male’s part started. His light wasn’t was big as Sarah’s.
That didn’t do it justice.
Noooow, after the intermission, she sang Phantom of the Opera…bless her…and when she left the stage, Alice came on, and the rabbit, mad hatter, the deck of cards, and Little Red Riding Hood. what?! Yeah. And then, eerie music plays while the familiar sounds of Dance of the Superplum Fairie tinkled its way in (That’s from the Nutcracker for you uncultured, jK). You have to see it for yourself. I managed to find it on youtube. I was blown away. It’s so different from what she’s usually sung but I welcome it wholeheartedly. It’s very Nightmare Before Christmas. Doesn’t it sound like something Gwen Stefani would sing??
The left and right screens scrolled through a forest of trees like she was actually moving. So twisted. The next song on this video afterward is reeeeally good too.
If you poke around youtube you’ll find more. I am totally enchanted by her now. I am now digging through my cd collection to find all my old cds of hers. I hope this tour is made into a dvd, or even better Blu-ray.
Here is a good review with nice pictures. Totally digging that weird song also: http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com/2008/12/sarah-brightman-symphony-tour-2008.html
Sandee Chen 陳珊妮
I stumbled across this singer while browsing through yesasia.com for new music, and waiting on Wang Leehom’s new album. She looked interesting, and original, so I acquired her music and I’m very glad that I did. The song that I’m drooling over at the minute is her first track “Farewell Song”. It actually has some vocals from Hebe of S.H.E., which I found out later. Kind of an extra bonus, but I really can’t tell when she’s singing. Also, this song is based on Chopin’s Etude op. 10 no. 3
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Her voice is so old style. Something my mom would listen to, but it’s produced in such a way that I don’t feel old listening to it. In my mind, this girl is wearing a traditional Chi-pow (CheongSam), but floating in space in an astronaut suit…reaching out into space and singing. And this is all in sepia. With like…that old film scratch stuff. It feels like one of those weird Wong Kar Wai movies…and maybe throw in some confusing philosophical dialogue in there.
Discovering Pandora
I have a friend who swears by this, I think, so I thought I would try it out. The concept is interesting, and I’m always feeling like I hear enough music I really like, because I feel like…I’m picky? I’m actually not picky, it’s just rare that I hear a song that just makes me go crazy for it. Stuff that, when I hear it, I just want to melt to the floor, hit repeat, and roll around.
So, I put only two artists in my station, No Doubt, and Utada. Two artist I think that I actually listen to almost everything they have. Mind you, the only Utada song they have is from her one American album which was really different to her Japanese stuff.
This is what was recommended…a Vanessa Carlton song. And I do like Vanessa Carlton. I hadn’t heard of this song, and it was pleasing, but it wasn’t like…OMG! So I clicked on why they chose this song…
Wow. I’m glad I was so easy to figure out. Repetitive melodic phrasing?! @_@. So far, the radio has been playing songs from the early 2000s also. I guess I’m just living in the past.
Perhaps I should throw in Wicked Dickie and see what pops out. Throw them off a little bit?