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15 May 2008

Favourite Music Artist – E

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra).

I just like the structure and harmonies and I like Jeff Lynne’s voice.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/XRJQLzc-bco]

12 May 2008

I’m going to cheat and have two here. Firstly, The Divine Comedy. I love Neil Hannon’s voice. My fave song is National Express, which expresses both the joy and despair of coach journeys around the UK. It’s quintessentially British (even though Neil is Irish, go figure).

[youtube=http://youtu.be/TiBI3A2WcrE]

My other is an Oz group. They were called Def FX. I wasn’t into them MASSIVELY, but I did have a 2 CD albums and a single. They were kind of different at the time, so I just wanted to acknowledge them.

Found a video of my fave Def FX song on YouTube, thought I’d link to it.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/vRQJ51bhjzY]

11 May 2008

Favourite Music Artist – C

Despite the general consensus of the “music listening” public, my choice for C is…ta da!!!!

Coldplay.

I bought Parachutes and A Rush Of Blood To The Head and really liked them both. The jury’s out on the new one. Lavender Hill (the new single) already sounds familiar. They were meant to be doing “radical” new work with Brian Eno, but I can’t really hear evidence of that from the new single. But that doesn’t mean I’m disappointed. Even if this album is not on par with the others, I still think they deserve my choice for C (and well, unless I went through all the C names I could think of, they are the best I can come up with at the moment).

UPDATED MAY 25th 2008: Also I must give mention to The Carpenters (I know, but Karen’s voice *IS* amazing) and extremely influential Australian group Cold Chisel (despite the potential for Em seeing this and me giving her grounds for divorce).

Here’s a shining bit of Karen for you to enjoy.

[youtube=http://youtu.be/SJmmaIGiGBg]

9 May 2008