Music currently playing:

Angela Chang Shao Han’s (张韶涵) "口袋的天空" which is my all time favourite.

Sampled her latest album.

Nothing spectacular. Boring, with a lot of fluffy advertisement songs, along the like of her Pandora album. I am rather disappointed.

However, I do like “不痛” which is the 第二主打歌 in the album.

Songs are a bore, can't keep AWAKE

Josh Groban’s one of my favourite singers. He has a very mesmerizing voice—deep, rich and powerful.
Bought two of his previous albums, but the new release “Awake” is a disappointing production.
The lack luster compositions and trite lyrics do his voice a great disservice.
I mean, how inspirational can lyrics of such standard be?

Excerpt from the song “Don’t Give Up”:

Everybody wants to be understood

Well I can hear you

Everybody wants to be loved

Don’t give up

Because you are loved

Goodness, what a yawn.

How much do I love Corrinne May’s latest album “Safe in a Crazy World”?

I love it after the opening line. Yes!

Please sample the album here legally:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/corrinnemay2
Click on Play All Tracks to listen to all the tracks!!!

I am getting a copy next time I visit the music store. This Friday, I hope!

Soulful yet unpretentious, easy on the ear yet not frivolous. Talented song writer with a beautiful voice. This is good stuff. Enuff said.

PS: The song currently playing on my blog is taken from this album. One of my favourites called “Angel in Disguise”.

Lyrics below:

Angel in Disguise

I woke up this morning feeling kind of blue

and I stumbled out of bed and

dragged my feet across the room

Right outside my front door was a rose

and a note that said 'Somebody loves you'

But out on the street it starts to pour

and before I get soaking wet,

A total stranger runs to give me

the jacket off his back

I turn around to thank him

But he waves me with a smile

I can hardly believe my eyes

He puts on a halo and starts to fly

Take a look at the ordinary

Don’t need to look for paradise

You could be next to an angel in disguise

I met a good friend for lunch

and we had a delicious meal

But I forgot to bring my wallet

I felt like an imbecile

But she was sweet, she gave me a treat and

Bought me a chicken sandwich

To take home for tea

But out of the street with nothing to eat

A man and his shopping cart go

Travelling to places

Collecting social graces

I give him my sandwich

and we chatted for a while

I see a rainbow wash over his eyes

He gives me his halo and

I start to fly

Take a look at the ordinary

Don't need to look for paradise

You could be next to an angel in disguise

Don't try to hide away from me

I know you're by my side

Take a look at the ordinary

Don't need to look for Paradise

You could be next to an angel in disguise

Everyday can be legendary

Every minute, an endless surprise

You could be next to an angel in disguise

I woke up this morning

Feeling kind of new.

Jewel--Goodbye Alice In Wonderland

Jewel - Goodbye Alice in Wonderland


Lyrics:
It's four in the afternoon
I'm on a flight leaving L.A.
Trying to figure out my life and
My youth scattered along the highway

Hotel rooms and headlights
I've made a living with a song
Guitar as my companion
Wanting desperately to belong

Fame is filled with spoiled children
we grow fat on fantasy
I guess that's why I'm leaving
I crave reality

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
I did not find paradise
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind wanting
What’s been missing in my life

I'm embarrassed to say the rest is a rock and roll cliché
I hit the bottom when I reached the top
but I never knew it was you who was breaking my heart
I thought you had to love me
But you did not

Yes, a heart can hallucinate
If it's completely starved for love
It can even turn monsters into
Angels from above

You forged my love just like a weapon
And turned it against me like a knife
You broke my last heartstring
But you opened up my eyes

So goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Goodbye yellow brick road
There is a difference between dreaming and pretending
That was not love in your eyes
It was only a reflection of my lonely mind searching
For what’s been missing in my life

And growing up is not an absence of dreaming
Its being able to understand the difference between
The ones you can hold and the ones that you've been sold
But dreaming is a good thing
Cause it brings new things to life
Pretending is an ending
That perpetuates a lie
Forgetting what you are
Seeing for what you've been told

Truth is stranger than fiction
this is my chance to get it right
Life is much better without all of those pretty lies

So Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
You can keep your yellow brick road
Cause there is a difference between dreaming and pretending
These are not tears in my eyes
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
They are only a reflection of my lonely mind finding
I've found what’s missing in my life

P/S Highlighted those statements I like. Jewel is one of my favourite singers, cos the lyrics she pens are beautifully vulnerable, yet uncomplicately true. Absolutely touching.