Flashback Friday: Off The Wall

I still can't believe he's gone, let alone that it's been two years. There will definitely be a lot of Michael in rotation this weekend. Truly missed. I'm going out to live life off the wall and hang out Whip It-style. Happy Friday!

Flashback Friday: Boombastic

Flashback Friday: Private Eyes

I couldn't choose between the original and The Bird and The Bee cover. Here's both. Psych also recreated the video for their commercial, but I don't think it tops when they did Ebony and Ivory.

Baby I'm Yours

You know how I said that I couldn't help but dance for the last Flashback Friday post? Well, really it's songs like these that I can't help dancing to. I love it! Breakbot, a french DJ/producer named Thibaut Berland, makes me want to pull a dancing santa, but that's a post for Christmas-time.

Ed Banger Records has definitely provided me with a good start to my summer soundtrack. Not only is the song good, but the video is amazing! It was directed by Irina Dakeva, who made over 2000 aquarelle images (a.k.a. watercolor paintings), a process that took over three months, to create the video.

Flashback Friday: Send Me On My Way

I've been so lazy today due to the gloomy weather outside. Total lack of inspiration. Then this song popped into my head.

I guess you could say I'm a preschool teacher, kind of. One of my, and the kids, favorite parts of class is when we dance. I hate those boring "good morning," "head, shoulders, knees, and toes" CDs. It's seriously the most boring, annoying, pain-inducing music and the kids don't even pay attention to it. I prefer the more upbeat stuff you can dance to. This song is on my go-to CD for class. Every time it comes on in class I fight the urge to sing and dance, which usually doesn't happen. I don't know why I thought this was from Tarzan, but it's totally from Matilda. How could I be so wrong?

Flashback Friday: Luchini

This flashback friday is dedicated to my brother, whose birthday is tomorrow. Happy early birthday!

Flashback Friday: Escapade

Today's flashback video is Janet Jackson's "Escapade." I chose this song after finding Kat Graham's, a.k.a. Bonnie from "The Vampire Diaries," mashup of this and "Love Will Never Do (Without You)." Check out the video for the mashup and download the song over at Screen Time.

Embody

SebastiAn - Embody by edbangerrecords
directed by So Me

Flashback Friday: Don't You Want Me x Take Me Home Tonight

In promotion with their upcoming March release, the cast of "Take Me Home Tonight" collaborated with Atomic Tom to create this amazingly awesome music video. I love it! How many movies can you spot?

Flashback Friday: Just Got Paid

Every other Thursday night/Friday my phone alerts me that it's pay day with this ringer and then me and two of my girls from work bust out dancing like the girls with the color suspenders.

SIKE! But wouldn't that be funny.

Flashback Friday: Oh, Sheila!

Kind of a false lead, but just as good. ♥Sheila E.♥

Rhythm of Love

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I still really like this song. I had no idea who sang it until one day, while watching the "Secret Life of the American Teenager" preview (yes, I watch it. don't judge me!), I saw a clip of the video and spotted De'Mar on drums. It was then I figured out the song was by the Plain White T's. Clearly, I had no idea what they looked like. The only reason why I know who De'Mar is, and that he's in the band, is because I read his roommate's, Nicholas Scimeca, blog. Which is pretty awesome, just in case you were wondering. You should check him out if you haven't before. It's also where I found the video, which I love. Keep reading after the jump to hear the cute story of how this song was born.

Lay With You

I'll admit when El DeBarge performed on the BET Awards, as a sign of his comeback, I changed the channel dismissively. But when I heard him on the radio a little while back premiering this song, I had to say, defeatedly, I was impressed. I'm not a fan of the video, but I love the song.

Soundtrack 2 My Life

KiD CuDi - Soundtrack 2 My Life (Directed by Jason Goldwatch) from DatNewCudi / DP on Vimeo.


Kid Cudi released the video for "Soundtrack 2 My Life," from his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, earlier this week. I don't have the cd and haven't heard it all, but people keep telling me it's kind of depressing. When I heard this song, I understood what they meant. Honestly, I have to say it's probably one of my favorite songs of his, including his mixtapes. I think there's something to be said about the honesty and raw emotion he puts into his music (and i'm not a "there's something to be said..." type of person). In my opinion, not a lot of rappers rap about their real feeling and how messed up they are. Cudi seems to lay it all out, drugs, neurosis, etc., in most of his songs. Let's face it, we're all a little messed up and have our own issues and it's refreshing to hear a rapper that puts it out there regardless of what the response will be. People have told me that I listen to weird music, I prefer the word eclectic, so that might be why I like him so much. Obviously i'm not alone.

Miss Productivity

I complained a lot about the Mass Comm. Department at my school, but there was always one thing I did like. I really enjoyed working on media projects at night in the mass comm building. With classes during the day, specific lab hours, and a multitude of mass comm majors, students flocked to the first floor of Temple at night to work in the recording studio, editing room, and the mac lab. I pulled countless all-nighters working on radio wraps, TV packages and page layouts. The thing that made it so great was working with all the other students and witnessing the craziness that ensues when left unsupervised, and most likely sleep deprived, in a school building. The environment that erupted at night was a life, and world, all its own. My absolute favorite place and thing/memory was working on layouts in the mac lab and playing the most random collection of songs, mostly from the '80s I believe. But there was one song that got played just about every night, multiple times a night, and often caused a musical breakout in the entire lab. For some reason or another, I think this song actually did help us work. Now that my productivity level has dropped dangerously close to zero and I need to get some semblance of three commercials edited together by 7:30 tomorrow morning, I think fondly of those nights and call on the spirit-lifting powers of this amazing song.

That's right! Highway to the Danger Zone. Kenny Loggins. Top Gun. We sang along and loved every minute of it. I get nostalgic just playing the video. We probably threw in a little Top Gun Berlin in there too, along with some Cindy Lauper or Footloose. (honestly, this is the only song I can clearly remember because it was played so often) Multiple Pandora stations stopped at the first few seconds of this song. So, tonight this song will be played in memory of those productive Temple nights and hopefully restore my work levels to an all-time high.

Another favorite memory would have to be my friend Nicholas tripping over the camera and tripod and somehow managing to fall backwards in slow motion.

Top 5 TV/Film Songs

5. Before bar singers, town troubadours, and The Lonely Island there was a local cafe singer. Phoebe Buffay, dare I call her the originator, made us all smile and laugh singing her way into the hearts of many Central Perk goers with unique 30 second songs. There was "Sticky Shoes," "Paper Mache Man" and "The Holiday Song," but above all there was "Smelly Cat."


4. Jason Segel's musical talents first surprised me with # 2 on this list, but his songs in Forgetting Sarah Marshall impressed me all the same. Maybe it's my love of vampires or maybe it's my love of musicals, but I thought this little Dracula gem was kind of genius. My favorite part is the end: "Die. Die. Die. I can't!"


3. Robin Scherbatsky, played by Cobie Smulders, has a past as a Canadian teen pop singer, Robin Sparkles. Her hit single, "Let's Go to the Mall", made me laugh with the outfits and dance moves, but I prefer "Sandcastles in the Sand." With James Van Der Beek (as Simon), Alan Thicke and Tiffany cameos, how could you not love it?


2. Thanksgiving is one week away and although it's not my favorite holiday, this How I Met Your Mother episode is my favorite holiday episode. Not that I'm condoning violence, but it makes me want to slap someone on Thanksgiving just to laugh and sing "You Just Got Slapped." I love the James Brown reference at the end of the music video. I can't wait for next weeks episode, "Revenge of the Slap."


1. Every girl would be flattered to have their musician boyfriend write them a song (except a mean/breakup song). But sometimes those songs are better when not shared with the whole family. Dylan, Haley Dunphy's boyfriend on Modern Family, obviously thought "In the Moonlight (Do Me)" was an appropriate song to perform in front of her entire family. I couldn't find a clip from the episode, "The Incident," which will re-air next Wed., so the music video will have to do. Catchy, hilarious and completely inappropriate, you kind of have to admit it's a little good... in a bad way.


Bonus: Who could forget Aldous Snow's, Russell Brand's character, "Inside of You"? I actually think this song is a little similar to "In the Moonlight (Do Me)." I think the writers used a little Russell Brand/Aldous Snow as inspiration for Dylan. I can see it. And of course, reality TV star/Skateboard Pro Rob Dyrdek's alter ego Bobby Light and "Dirty Girl," featuring The Chunky boys (a.k.a his bodyguard/best friend and their other friend).

Make Her Say x Chillin

Kid Cudi feat. Kanye West & Common

KID CUDI - MAKE HER SAY from tr3nt3trois on Vimeo.

I love the Lady GaGa sample. Video directed by Nez Perce. Looking out for the video for "She Came Along"

Wale feat. Lady GaGa

Wale - Chillin (feat. Lady Gaga) from Vincent Gosset on Vimeo.

Grizzly Bears

Found this little jem on October's Very Own. Looking for more of their stuff. If it's all like this, I'm a new fan.

Dead Man's Bones

My sister showed me the video to "In The Room Where You Sleep" a while back and I LOVED it! I love Ryan Gosling, but I also loved it because it's just good music. I completely forgot about the song until recently. Dead Man's Bones, his band with Zach Shields, is supposed to release their debut album this year. (I believe in October). I can't wait!



Name In Stone

DEAD MAN'S BONES - "NAME IN STONE" from biz3 publicity on Vimeo.

I happened to stumbled across this AWESOME video when watching DMB videos. Somehow, I don't think Jodeci's "Cry For You" is a Mickey Mouse Club song, but apparently they do. I die! Wait for it....

Freaks & Geeks

I've been on a Freaks and Geeks marathon this week. Why is it that the best shows only last about a season? My So Called Life...another prime example. If you're not familiar with the show, get familiar. You already are with most of it's stars. Best part is that you can catch the entire season/series on youtube! Once you start, you won't stop. Off to finish the final episodes...

The theme song has been stuck in my head all week. I love it. So, now I pass it on to be stuck in yours.


Photo via Untied Blog