Santa Baby

I'm doing this song out of the spirit of the holidays. This song has been recorded by a lot of people, but this is one of the versions I've heard a lot.
I will put up a few videos of different people, just so you get how differently people do this song, but also how similarly they also are.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!

According to You by Orianthi

Orianthi is an Australian-American guitarist that really made her fame when she was scheduled as Michael Jackson's guitarist in his tour that he never got to do, but that's not the only reason why she's famous, she did a lot of interviews for guitar magazines, and became a singer, afterward.
I remember looking over my dad's shoulder and seeing ads and interviews with her in his magazines, but I had no comment, I honestly didn't know what to say, because I didn't really know who she was.
When this song came up on Pandora, I was about to skip it, when it wouldn't let me, so I just listened to it and I ended up thumbs upping it.
I like this song because it's one of those empowerment songs that just makes you (or the listener) feel like you don't need people who put you down, because you are ultimately lovely the way you are and maybe someone doesn't see it, well that's just because that person has insecurities of his/her own and doesn't want to face them, so they project it onto you. In a relationship, people need that other person to be complementing not someone who's projecting their own insecurities. Sometimes, I listen to this because I need that reassurance from something other than my friends and family.

Random

Today I have multiple songs that I want to do, because they're all running through my head.
First: Snow (Hey Oh) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I didn't hear this song up until a few weeks ago when I was listening to Pandora and at first I skipped through it, but then it played again a week later and I actually listened to it and couldn't stop singing along, so I thumbs upped it.

Second: Island in the Sun by Weezer. I don't like Weezer at all, I just like this song, because of the places I've heard it played, like various movies although I can't name a few of them off the top of my head.

Third: Free Falling by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. I love this song because of the second line in the second verse... "she's crazy 'bout elvis"... :)

Fourth: Country Girl (Shake it for Me) by Luke Bryan. I don't usually like country from now a days because it's become what my father and I call 'pop country', but I heard this song on Pandora and I started to dance.

Fifth: Tell Me Baby by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. :)
 Sixth, seventh and eighth: Save Tonight by Eagle-Eye Cherry, Somebody That I Used To Know by Gotye, and I'll Make a Man Out of You from Mulan. :)

A Girl Worth Fighting For (song from Mulan)

Yes. The song is from Mulan. I chose today to satisfy my inner child and do a song that I grew up singing along to. When I was little, I loved this movie and would watch it over and over again, but nowadays I rarely watch it anymore.

Hurt by Johnny Cash

This is one of the songs that he recorded before he died. This song was originally written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. I've heard that version before, but I didn't like it as much as this version for a couple of reasons (it's not because I don't like NIN, I've actually haven't heard NIN enough to form an opinion).
One: I can't hear the song, it's way too quiet.
Two: Johnny Cash's voice is just so powerful to me, influentially as well as vocally.
This song is such a sad song, every time I hear it I almost want to start crying, because of the fact that he has that influence for me with every one of his songs, only I don't want to cry when I hear his songs, they are just emotionally influential. This song, because of the fact that it was put out before he died, makes me sad because he is dead, but not only because of that, but because I like to listen to it when I'm sad.
I think I remember watching a TV special on his life with my father after he had died. His wife, June Carter, had died only four months before he did, so I guess, in a way, it's nice that they didn't have to spend a long time apart from each other.

Not Meant For Me by Jonathan Davis

This song is once again part of the Queen of the Damned soundtrack.
The video is from the concert part of the movie.

Forsaken by Jonathan Davis (Korn) and David Draiman (Disturbed)

This song was written for the movie, Queen of the Damned, by Jonathan Davis, the singer for Korn. In the movie, Jonathan supplied the singing voice for the main character, the vampire, Lestat, but because of contract conflicts, he couldn't record the songs from the movie on the soundtrack. Instead, he brought his friends from other bands to record them for him.
In the movie, the 'video' for this song is what you see after Lestat meets the band and then you see a press conference with the band immediately afterward. In the movie, they spectulate that Lestat is revealing old vampire secrets through the lyrics of his music.
I love this movie, I have seen it six times and it's a good movie. I don't normally love vampires, I stopped loving them after they became sparkly, but I love these vampires.
If you haven't watched this movie, I recommend you do.

I am going to put up two versions of the videos for the song:
The first is the video from the movie, the one with Jonathan Davis

The second is a mash up of scenes from the movie, but this one is with the person who did it on the soundtrack, David Draiman from the band, Disturbed

Dani California by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

I heard this song when I was watching a rerun of an older SNL from 2006 when they were music guests on the show. At the time, I didn't know the name of the song, but I had it stuck in my head, I didn't have it in the RCHP songs that were on my family's iTunes.
I found it maybe three months later when I set up a pandora station for another band and it played.
I then looked it up and saw the music video for it. I watched it and I loved it because of the fact that it goes through music history with the costumes and the stages.

Love Song by Tesla

Tesla is a Sacramento "Hair Metal" band who got their name from Nikola Tesla, a Serbian-American scientist from the late 1800's early 1900's. This band was one of the bands that I found a few years ago and have been  obsessed with ever since. Of course, they weren't started a few years ago, my dad just introduced them to me a few years ago.
When he introduced them to me, I found cool that they were from Sacramento, you don't really see famous bands from that era coming to fame, at least I don't, but then again that was before my time and maybe there were a couple of more bands like that.
This video is shot in Sacramento at Cal Expo, this is before Cal Expo banned live music because it disturbed the local residents.
If only I was born maybe 20 years earlier then I would have a chance to see them in Sacramento, when they were more known, I would have been a kid, but I would have thought it was.

Te Aviso, Te Anuncio by Shakira or Objection by Shakira

I first heard this song in Spanish 2 class and haven't been able to get it out of my head. I, personally, like the Spanish version better, even though I can't understand most of the words. The English version is good, but it just seems... minimal... to the Spanish version, even though I can sing along to it.
I am going to post both versions, so you can decide which one you prefer.
English:
 
Spanish (has an actual video):

Halloween Medley

There are multiple songs that I would like to address in this post:

First, is the song Secret by The Pierces. This is creepy song. This song makes me not want to tell someone's secret ever (although I would never do that), it's one of those songs that gives you a chill, but then this is the day before Halloween, so everything is creepy and chilly around this time of year.
I actually didn't know this, but apparently it's the Pretty Little Liars theme song and I don't watch the show, so of course I wouldn't know it.


Second, is the song Sticks and Stones which is also by The Pierces. This song isn't that creepy although it still is, but the video is creepy and a little freaky. The video is just weird and in it's weirdness, it's freaky, well at the end of the video it gets freaky.


Third and fourth, are the songs are Return of the Loving Dead and Nice Day for a Resurrection by the Nekromantix. Return of the Loving Dead is a sweet (to me) twist on "night of the living dead" which is commonly used for zombies. This song, if played by some guy I liked, would probably melt my heart. This song is about a guy who loves a dead girl. As I said in an earlier post, they do "dead" love songs.
Nice Day for a Resurrection is just... well, there isn't any way for me to explain it other than: I just love it. This song is about a zombie "waking" up.


Fifth and Sixth (Final), are the songs Walk Like a Zombie by the Horrorpops and Trick or Treat by the Nekromantix. Walk Like a Zombie is just like Night of the Living Dead, except its about a woman who is married or wants to marry a zombie or somebody who wants to be undead and what they are going to do as a couple.
Trick or Treat is the finale song, because it is the perfect Halloween song.

It's My Life by No Doubt

I'm on a No Doubt kick right now. This song is a song I love, because I found the video awesome and then I kept watching the video and by the second or third time of watching it, I started singing along, then I couldn't get it out of my head.
My perception of what the video is about, is that it's about a woman who is fed up with the ordinary every day life and becomes a black widow and murders three men. This is my perception on the video, not the song itself, although the song can be just like the video, it's possible.

Just A Girl by No Doubt

So, this isn't a halloween oriented song, I just can't do three more posts about Halloween type songs. I will do one the day before Halloween however.
This song is one of those songs that is stuck in my head and I can't get it out, but it's one of those good songs that get stuck in your (my) head.
Just A Girl is one of those girl power songs and I love it for that. It is kind of a stand for girls, because it's not cool when we (girls) can't do what they want just because of their gender. That doesn't happen very often now a days, but just 50 years ago, girls did not have the equal rights they do now.
When I was younger, I used to love No Doubt and then something happened and I didn't listen to them until a few years ago. I love No Doubt, because they are all over the place with their songs' genres, they are not confined to just one genre.

Where You Can't Follow by the Horrorpops

This song is a total break up song. This song is one of those songs that you know if you play (probably not play though) or quote when you're breaking up with someone, then they know that there is no way that the relationship is going to picked up in the future (it's dead and buried).
This is not a Halloween oriented song, I know, but I am going to save them more for when it gets closer to Halloween.
I like this song because I like the band, but even if you don't like the band, but you are a car fanatic, I can almost guarantee that you will like the video.

Subcultural Girl by the Nekromantix

     I am choosing to do songs from the Nekromantix and the Horrorpops this month because October is supposed to be kind of Halloween-like, because Halloween is at the end of this month. I chose these bands because they are phsycobilly, and even though that doesn't mean much, the fact that every song of theirs has the subjects of death, zombies or loving the dead in almost every single song of theirs.
     This song isn't a song about any of the previous song subjects I just mentioned, but it is one of my favorite song of theirs. It's a love song about a guy who loves a girl who wears rockabilly pinup as a style for both her clothes and hair and she's tough and where she likes to hang out with him is the graveyard. This song is about a girl who is subcultural.
     When I saw them in concert in Sacramento, this is the last song they played and it only left every one wanting more, but they didn't do an encore. The bands before them probably took up more time than was given to them, making the Nekromantix have less time, but there's nothing anyone can do about it and it was an awesome show besides that. I'm happy that I got to see one of my favorite bands in Sacramento.

Ghoulina by the Nekromantix

Ghoulina may seem to others as an odd song, but to me it is a sweet love song. It's a song about a guy falling in love with a ghoul and he loves her, but everyone else thinks she's disgusting and he basically says that she's all he needs and she doesn't need to worry about what any other person says. This song is of course not actually about a real experience that the singer, Kim Nekroman, had.
The Nekromantix will write love songs, they have a few that are sweet, but they add a deadly aspect to it, because they're are a phsycobilly punk rock band. I watched an interview that was with Kim Nekroman from 2009 and he said that he writes love songs, he just has to make it about ghouls and/or zombies.
I actually saw the Nekromantix in July and it was such an experience. They were the loudest band I have ever seen, but I have only seen two other bands, so that's not saying much, but my dad has seen a lot of bands and he says that they were the one of the loudest bands that he has ever seen. My ears were ringing for a couple of days after that.
The Nekromantix and the Horrorpops (Kim Nekroman's other band) are one of my many favorite bands.

Return to Sender by Elvis Presley

I know this song is from "Girls, Girls, Girls" which is an Elvis move (one I have not seen), but the more I listen to it I find there to be some sort of message and it's not just for the enjoyment, which is basically what most or all of Elvis's songs were for.
The message that I get from it is actually from every man who has made their girlfriends mad and then they try to say sorry over and over again, but the girl doesn't want to forgive them.
The message is basic, but not all songs have messages and not all messages are deep and physiological.

Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley

Today's song is Love Me Tender by the king of rock 'n roll, Elvis Presley. When Elvis was 21, he got to be in his first movie that was of the same title and he got to sing America's favorite love song. Love Me Tender gives me chills up and down my spine when I hear it because I've seen the movie about a dozen times and it just makes me sad that he didn't live longer than he had, but if he had, he wouldn't have been as big as he is today.
Although people think that he's the king of rock, which I'm not saying he's not, I'm just saying that Sam Phillips the one who found Elvis and all of the Sun Records artists, and signed them all. No one gives him credit for any artists fame, because if he didn't find them, they wouldn't have been known by the world.
I have loved Elvis Presley for all my life. When I hear this song, I will start crying because that is the effect it has on me. This song is so emotionally powerful that it has that effect on some people.

King Without a Castle by Chris Isaak

Today's song is King Without a Castle by Chris Isaak. This is another one of my favorite love songs, one thing about me is that I'm a hopeless romantic. I love love stories, songs, and anything that has to do with love.
King Without a Castle, to me, means that the person couldn't live with his significant other, like a king can't live without his castle.
Chris Isaak was my first concert. When I saw him, it was when he was Grass Valley.
I love this, because it sounds like something that Elvis could have done, even though he didn't.
Chris Isaak, as an artist, is very influenced by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash...etc...

All Shook Up by Elvis Presley

Today's song is All Shook Up by Elvis Presley. I like this song, just because I do. I know that is not an explanation, but it makes me feel happy inside and makes me feel like dancing. Other than that explanation, I don't know what else to say.
It puts a smile on my face and I can feel like there's nothing else in the world.

Machine Gun Blues by Social Distortion

Today's song is Machine Gun Blues by Social Distortion. I love this song because it is about gangsters in the thirties, before I can continue I just have to say that it's the time period I like and not the gangster aspect, although it is fascinating to me the stories of the first mob men.
This video is totally awesome because of the fact that it feels like your watching a movie and not a music video.

This band is also one of my favorite bands, because as a teenager, my dad was a fan, so I was listening to them as a baby. You are probably going to her about a lot of songs from them.

Cryin' by Vixen

Today's song is Cryin' by Vixen. This is a song that is sung by an all girl 80's glam rock band. It is a perfect getting-over-a-breakup song, but of course I've never used it for that. I use it for when I'm sad and just need a pick me up, it's good for that and it makes you feel better about yourself.

Under the Bridge by the Red Hot Chili Peppers

This song is my favorite RHCP song of all time. I love this song because it makes me feel good about being off somewhere when I feel homesick. This song gives off strong emotion for me and I hope it will for you.

Elena by The Brian Setzer Orchestra

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This song is a flamenco style instrumental song that is done by The Brian Setzer Orchestra. I love this song because when I'm sad or angry about something it helps my mind calm down, so I can think about what I have to do next and then do it proficiently. When I'm in study period, it helps lull my active mind so I can focus on what needs to be done. I sometimes fall asleep listening to this song and when I do, I sometimes can almost picture Brian Setzer's fingers dancing along the frets, making his guitar sing with excitement. I think when he wrote this song, he was thinking the same exact thing that I'm describing, I think he wanted everyone to listen to this song and have a deep meaningful conection to it.