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Day 21 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life"  challenge.  Today song is... Love The Way You Lie by Skylar Grey This song tilts more towards the emotional side. It's a very powerful piece of music. The singer analyzes her past and there a little bit of sadness as what starts as a bright like a bright future seems to turn into an abusive relationship. The serious themes aside the song has some really beautiful imagery such as angels and fire. It also has a very sweet haunting melody. I first heard this song performed at a 5k I attended where my brother who was one of the runners. It was a charity event where runners completed the path Fire Fighters took when the World Trade Center Towers were destroyed on 9/11. It involved a grueling run through the Lincoln tunnel. This song was performed live at the event though I was not able to see the singer performing it. It made enough of an impression on me that I added it to my play list. Sidenote: When I was relistening to this song preparing this entry. My mother heard me playing it and asked me ..."Are you listening to a Rihanna song? My reaction: "That's a Rihanna song?" A brief bit of googling later... Yes as it turns out... it is a Rihanna song and an Eminem song as well. The Singer performing it in the video (Skyler Grey) is the song writer. -    |
| Day 20 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life" challenge. Today's post is a double feature... Requiem For A Tower by Escala and Lacrimosa Dominae by Immediate Music Both of these songs were added to my Playlist back to back. I found them when I was attempting to find out the song that was used for the Spider-man II trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9Yln0YwCw (1:47 onward) As it turned out the song used was "Lacrimosa Dominae" but it wasn't easy to find that out. I had tried using my Shazam app to determine it but it Shazam (at the time) was not able to pinpoint it. I had to search through google and ultimately was able to find it going through the comments of the trailer video on Youtube. Other people apparently were also trying to determine that information. Helpful commentors recommended both Requim for a Tower and Lacrimosa Dominae. I wound up getting Lacrimosa Dominae confused with the simalarly named Lacrimosa. Lacrimosa composed by Mozart himself is a great musical piece in its own right but it wasn't what I was looking for. My next try from the comment recommendation was Requiem for a Tower which I really liked. Afterward I figured out my mistake and was able to add Lacrimosa Dominae to my list. Both these pieces of music are Epic Orchestral arrangements that are really great to listen to and they both make use of crescendoing where the music goes from soft to loud to increase their intensity. Additionally Lacrimosa Dominae has beautiful operatic chorus included in it. As showcased in the Spider-man trailer, both these pieces work really as soundtracks as they seem to have the ability to make any activity more exciting when it is played. Picture doing your laundry with one of these songs playing in the background. Now if you wanted to really get hypedpicture an action scene with this soundtrack playing!  - |
| Day 19 of "The Soundtrack of Your Life" challenge. Our next song up is... Keep Your Head Up by Andy Grammer This is a really feel good song. I find myself listening to it a lot. I think what I really love about it is the encouraging lyrics. In a similar fashion to my Day four song ("S.O.Y.L. Entry #4 There's Nothing Holding Me Back" ) it reassures you telling you that everything will be all right. Your just need to keep your head up high. It is like a less tongue in cheek version of Bobby McFerrin's Don't Worry Be Happy but the song seems a little bit more genuine. It makes a listener feel better after hearing it. Besides the catchy refrain there are some beautiful lyrics in this song. I love this verse:"The glow that the sun gives Right around sunset Helps me realize This is just a journey Drop your worries You are going to turn out fine Oh you'll turn out fine..." It paints a powerful visual image. Added onto that the song has a great beat as well. - |
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