Music & Songs 03 (Oct 10 - Oct 12)

[Musicwhiz]

Anyone going for Cranberries concert on August 1, 2011 (Monday)? Singapore Indoor Stadium ay 8 p.m. Very good Irish band with hits like Linger, Zombie and Salvation! I bought the Category 2 tickets at $168.

[kennynah]

enjoy yourself MW.... i'm sure the $168 price tag is worth it

[iam802]

This one is going around. Part of our NDP 2011 performance.

I really do not know what to say.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoExTn7PC2E

[helios]

Anyone going for Cranberries concert on August 1, 2011 (Monday)? Singapore Indoor Stadium ay 8 p.m. Very good Irish band with hits like Linger, Zombie and Salvation! I bought the Category 2 tickets at $168.

Yo. I am seriously thinking about it ... MZ, you will be attending it with your wife ?

[Musicwhiz]

Yo. I am seriously thinking about it ... MZ, you will be attending it with your wife ?

Am going with a friend. My wife does not like Cranberries enough to warrant the purchase of a ticket.

[LenaHuat]

Nocturne by Secret Gardens (Norwegian composer/pianist and Irish violinist:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUjt6iH52E&feature=related

[millionairemind]

Nocturne by Secret Gardens (Norwegian composer/pianist and Irish violinist:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUjt6iH52E&feature=related

LH,

Thanks for sharing.. I have the original CD and I bought it back in 1998... its awesome..

Its been more than 10 years now. but I still remember listening to it at midnight.. on a cold night in Chicago looking out the window...

Hope you will enjoy this piece too..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0K_zBV8 ... re=related

mm

[Musicwhiz]

For me, I am more of an English song person. Retro from 80's to 90's and power ballads.

An upcoming Retrolicious concert on Oct 8, 2011 has caught my interest!

http://www.live4music.com.sg/events/profile/452

I intend to go party @ Fort Canning to see these 80's icons!

[LenaHuat]

Hi MM
I posted the Norwegian song as a requiem for the those who died in the Norwegian tragedy last Friday.
Here's another good version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wasYNNfnfVE&feature=related

Hi MW
Enjoy yourself at the concert.

[winston]

Arent you glad that your internet is not censored ? Not that it really matters because any teenager will know how to get around the Great Fire Wall...

China bans songs by Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys

China has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys, a statement on the culture ministry's website said.

The ministry said it aimed to regulate the "order" of the Internet music market, adding songs that "harm the security of state culture must be cleaned up and regulated under the law".

The notice, issued on August 19 and posted on the ministry's website, included American singer Lady Gaga's "The Edge of Glory", "Hair", "Marry the Night" and "Bloody Mary".

It did not explain why the songs were banned but China routinely censors anything it considers politically sensitive or offensive.

While "Bloody Mary" ends with the line "Oh, liberdade, mi amor (Oh, freedom, my love)", "Hair" includes the lyrics "This is my prayer/ That I'll die living just as free as my hair".

Boy-band The Backstreet Boys, American R&B singer Beyonce, Canada's Simple Plan and British pop group Take That all had songs on the list -- the third to be issued by China's government.

Asian artists with songs banned included Taiwan's Chang Hui-mei, who previously ran foul of the Beijing government after singing the Taiwan anthem at the inauguration of former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian in 2000.

( Ah-Mei can now sing in China )

China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory, temporarily banned her from mainland performances and pulled her product advertisements.

Authorities have reportedly blocked some foreign bands from performing live in China, or scrutinised set lists in advance to nix songs considered offensive.

The official squeamishness over headline foreign performances was heightened when Iceland's Bjork closed a 2008 Shanghai show by shouting "Tibet!" at the end of her song, "Declare Independence".

Since 2010, China has required all songs posted on music websites to receive prior approval, in a move the government said was partly aimed at rampant piracy.

Source: AFP Global Edition