Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters (The Remixes)

Four great new remixes of Music Matters have just been released:

Lyrics:

(Cass Fox)
For all those who stood up and were counted
For all those for whom money was no motive
For all those for whom music was a message
I want to thank you

For making me
A little more sure
A little more wise
And courageous

You told me to look much further
You told me to walk much more
You told me that music matters
And to chase the dogs back from my door

I won't stop here
I won't be still until the sun sets
On us all..

(Maxi Jazz)
Under the sheets with my radio
Turn down low
So nobody know
It's the late night show
Hopin' to hear 'Hey Joe'
Jimi was my hero
Head blown by Todd R. A wizard a true star
From BAMMALAMMA to TAMLA MO
Curtis Mayfield
to Kurtis Blow
Singing into my pillow
And praying I don't dose
Until my 9 Volt battery goes..

(Cass Fox)
You told me to look much further
You told me to walk much more
You told me that music matters
And to chase the dogs back from my door

I won't stop here
I won't be still until the sun sets
On us all..

You told me to look much further
You told me to walk much more
You told me that music matters
And to chase the dogs back from my door

I won't stop here
I won't be still until the sun sets
On us all..

You told me that music matters..
You told me that music matters..
You told me that music matters..
You told me that music matters..

I found them on YouTube. Here they are:

Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters (Mark Knight Remix)




Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters (Axwell Remix)




Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters (Pete Heller Remix)




Faithless feat Cass Fox - Music Matters (Rollo & Sister Bliss Remix)



Personally I prefered the remix by Axwell. How about you? :)

Pet Shop Boys - Love etc.

About a month ago I announced to you the upcoming new CD of Pet Shop Boys. Since then I've been quite busy and I forgot that the first single Love etc. is already aired. Today I saw the new video-clip of Love etc. at YouTube and I wanted to share it with you. Enjoy!

I think that the comeback of PSB is great and I'm looking forward to listening to the whole album! :)

Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe

Sounds Of The Universe is the title of Depeche Mode's new album. The release date is April 20th 2009. This is the 12th album of the band and it has 13 new songs. Here is the tracklist:

01. In Chains
02. Hole To Feed
03. Wrong
04. Fragile Tension
05. Little Soul
06. In Sympathy
07. Peace
08. Come Back
09. Spacewalker
10. Perfect
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Jezebel
13. Corrupt

The first single will be Wrong and will be released on April 6th.

A big European tour (Tour Of The Universe) will follow the release of the CD. You can see the tour dates here.

It is very unfortunate that there will be only one concert in Greece, in Athens. I wish they would also come in Thessaloniki, I would love to see them live!

I adore so many songs of Depeche Mode that it was hard to choose one to put at the end of this post. So let's just go back and Dream On... ;)

Pet Shop Boys - Yes (New Album)

Pet Shop Boys are back with a brand new album. After Fundamental (2006) now it's time to say Yes to the group as the new CD will be released on March 23 and it will contain 11 new songs. Here is the tracklist:

01. Love etc.
02. All over the world
03. Beautiful people
04. Did you see me coming?
05. Vulnerable
06. More than a dream
07. Building a wall
08. King of Rome
09. Pandemonium
10. The way it used to be
11. Legacy

The first single will be Love etc. and you can listen to it exclusively by BBC Radio 2 on Monday, February 9th 2009 between 9:30 am - 12:00 noon.

I hope Neil Tennant will give us some new great tunes, as he always does!

Until then let's remember something old but classic from one of my favorite groups ever!

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Have a great weekend! :)

Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan (Out Now!)

Sarah McLachlan is one of my all time favourite singers! Her voice is crystal-clear and her songs just wonderful! Her first Best Of was just released. It includes 16 tracks: 14 of her greatest hits plus two new songs, "U Want 2 Me" which is already #1 radio single in the US and "Don't Give Up On Us".


Closer: The Best Of Sarah McLachlan - which is the full CD title - has already won a Grammy award! If you want to purchase this CD, you can find it in two editions: the simple one or the deluxe one.

The simple edition contains 16 tracks. Here is the tracklist:

01. Vox
02. The Path Of Thorns
03. Into The Fire
04. Possession
05. Hold On
06. Good Enough
07. Building A Mystery
08. Sweet Surrender
09. Adia
10. Ange
11. I Will Remember You
12. Fallen (Album Mix)
13. Stupid
14. World On Fire
15. Don't Give Up On Us
16. U Want Me 2

On the other hand, the deluxe edition contains 2 CDs. The first one with 12 tracks and the second one with 15 tracks. Here is the deluxe tracklist as well:

CD1

01. Vox
02. Steaming
03. Ben's Song
04. The Path Of Thorns
05. Into The Fire
06. Drawn To The Rhythm
07. Mercy 4:22
08. Possession
09. Hold On
10. Good Enough
11. Ice Cream
12. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy

CD2

01. Building A Mystery
02. Sweet Surrender (Album Version)
03. Adia
04. Angel
05. I Will Remember You
06. Fallen (Album Mix)
07. Stupid
08. World On Fire
09. Push
10. Don't Give Up On Us
11. U Want Me 2
12. Hold On
13. I Will Remember You (Theme from "The Brothers McMullen")
14. World On Fire (Radio Mix)
15. U Want Me 2 (Radio Mix)

If you wish to listen to this album or learn more about the tracks and information about Sarah just click here!

My favorite songs are Possession, Hold On, Fallen, Sweet Surrender and of course Αngel which was included in the City of Angels original soundtrack (O.S.T).

Enjoy! :)

Bon Jovi - Lost Highway (New Album)

The time all big Bon Jovi fans were waiting is almost here! The new album of the group is due in June 19th. Can't wait!

Here is the tracklist:

01. Lost Highway
02. Summertime
03. Make a Memory
04. Whole Lot Of Leaving
05. We Got It Going On
06. Any Other Day
07. Seat Next To You
08. Everybody's Broken
09. Stranger (feat. Leann Rimes) !!!!!!
10. The Last Night
11. One Step Closer
12. I Love This Town

Manic Street Preachers - Send Away The Tigers (New Album)

The group from Wales is releasing its new album - with this strange title - May 7th. The first single will be "Your Love Alone Is Not Enough" and will be released one week before the whole album (April 30th).

There is also a participation of Cardigans front singer Nina Persson in this album.


Tracklist:

01. Send Away The Tigers
02. Underdogs
03. Your Love Alone Is Not Enough
04. Indian Summer
05. The Second Great Depression
06. Rendition
07. Autumn song
08. I Am Just A Patsy

09. Imperial Bodybags
10. Winter Lovers

Groove Armada - Soundboy Rock (New Album)

The British duo is releasing a new album entitled "Soundboy Rock" May 7th.

Tracklist:

01. Hasta Luego Mr. Fab
02. Get Down
03. The Things We Could Share
04. Save Our Soul
05. What's Your Version?
06. Paris
07. Love Sweet Sound
08. The Girls Say
09. Lightsonic
10. Soundboy Rock
11. Drop That Thing
12. Song 4 Mutya (Out Of Control)
13. From The Rooftops
14. See What You Get
15. What's Your Version? (Reprise)

Superstylin' ;-)

Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods

Tracey Thorn has just released her first solo album!!! Great news for everyone (like myself) who adore her voice. Today I heard a song at the radio and I must say that if the album is at the same style, it will surely rock! The music resembles a lot the style of Everything But The Girl and that can only be good news! I am going to buy the album tomorrow, so I can make a more thorough review.

Tracey is good to have you back! We surely missed your excellent melodic voice!!!


Album's Tracklist:

1. Here It Comes Again
2. A-Z
3. It's All True
4. Get Around To It
5. Hands Up To The Ceiling
6. Easy
7. Falling Off A Log
8. Nowhere Near
9. Grand Canyon
10. By Picadilly Station I Sat Down And Wept
11. Raise The Roof

Jamiroquai gets 6 Guinness World Records certificates!!

February 27, 2007 Jamiroquai's Jay Kay got 6 Guinness World Records certificates for his concert in an airplane flight from Munich to Athens. The records broken were highest ever concert, fastest ever concert, highest ever recording, fastest ever recording, highest gig in a plane and fastest gig in a plane.

After the flight Jay Kay stated that he will take some time off. This statement was misinterpreted by the press who hurried to mention that he is quitting the music industry. A post made in the group's official website restores the truth. He is going to start working for a new album in a few months. As the frontman said: “As usual they got it wrong for a cheap headline! All I said was that we’re taking a bit of time out to get the studio refurbished and we’ll be back making music in a few months time. There’s no way I’m quitting the music business - now I am out of my long contract with SonyBMG we have so many options open to us we’re just going to take our time and get it right - its just getting interesting!”

Everything But The Girl - Adapt or Die - Ten Years of Remixes

I could not expect this thing... not even in my wildest dreams! I've just listened to the latest album (released March 15, 2005) of my favorite dance group of the 90s and I must say that it ROCKS!!!!! It's been a long long time since I listened to these little "diamonds"! The remixes are awesome! The music of EBTG is great and lasts in time! They were and still are far ahead their time! The songs they've written still inspire people to sit down and make remixes of them. Not to mention the voice of Tracey Thorn, which is very distinctive! I adore her voice!


Here goes the tracklist:

01. Mirrorball [DJ Jazzy Jeff Sole Full Remix]
02. Before Today [Adam F Remix]
03. Missing [CL McSpadden Unrealesed Powerhouse Mix]
04. Corcovado [Ben Watt Vocal Re-Edit Mix]
05. Rollercoaster [King Britt Scuba Mix]
06. Downhill Racer [Kenny Dope Remix]
07. Single [Brad Wood Memphis Remix]
08. Walking Wounded [Dave Wallace Remix]
09. Five Fathoms [Ben Watt Edit]
10. Lullaby of Clubland [Jay 'Sinister' Sealee Remix]
11. Temperamental [Pull Timewarp Remix]
12. Blame [Fabio Remix]
13. Wrong [Todd Terry Unrealesed Freeze Mix]
14. Driving [Acoustic Mix]

Moby - Go - Remixes

The best tracks of Moby are gathered in his new album in brand new remixes from some of the best producers, djs and remixers such as Ferry Corsten, Rollo and Sister Bliss, Armand van Helden and many more. The album is expected at March 26th.


Here is the tracklist:

Natural Blues (Katcha Remix)
Go (Vitalic Remix)
In My Heart (Sandy Rivera Mix)
"Slipping Away (Crier La Vie)" with Mylene Farmer (MHC Club Remix)
New York, New York ft Debbie Harry (Armand Van Helden Long Version)
Bodyrock (Olav Basoski’s Da Hot Funk Da Freak Funk Remix)
Raining Again (Steve Angello's Vocal Mix)
Porcelain (Murk Remix)
Lift Me Up (Mylo Mix)
In This World (Push Vocal Club Mix)
Honey (Rollo and Sister Bliss Remix)
Beautiful (Benny Benassi Remix)
In My Heart (Manhattan Clique Remix)
Go (Trentemøller Remix)
James Bond Theme [Moby's re-version] (CJ Bolland Mix)
Feeling So Real (Moby Old Skool Mix)
Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Coldplay - New Box Set

March 26th Coldplay are releasing their new box set which will include all 14 singles of the group. In fact, the box set's title will be The Singles 1999-2006 and you will be able to find it only in vinyl.



The tracklist is:

The Blue Room EP
Shiver
Yellow
Trouble
Don't Panic
In My Place
The Scientist
Clocks
God Put a Smile Upon Your Face
Speed of Sound
Fix You
Talk
What If
The Hardest Part

Garbage x 3 !! (New Albums)

Well, here are some very good news for all "Garbage" fans who missed the group!
Are you ready?

01. Shirley Manson is preparing her first solo album!

02. The "best of" CD of the group will be released March 19th under the title Absolute Garbage. The tracklist will be:

Vow
Queer
Only Happy When It Rains
Stupid Girl
Milk
#1 Crush
Push It
I Think I'm Paranoid
Special
When I Grow Up
You Look So Fine
The World Is Not Enough
Cherry Lips (Go Baby Go)
Shut Your Mouth
Why Do You Love Me
Bleed Like Me
It's All Over But The Crying

As you can see... all the Garbage "diamonds" are gathered in this best of!

03. At the same time of all this, the group is in the studio preparing its new album! :)

USA's Top-Grossing Tours for 2006

According to Billboard this is the top 10:

01. Rolling Stones ($437 million)
02. Madonna ($195 million) - Confessions Tour
03. Bon Jovi ($131 million)
04. U2 ($96 million) - Vertigo Tour
05. Tim McGraw/Faith Hill ($88.8 million) - Soul2Soul II tour
06. Cirque du Soleil's Delirium ($78.5 million)
07. Barbra Streisand ($76 million)
08. Kenny Chesney ($66 million)
09. Dave Matthews Band ($58 million)
10. Aerosmith ($58 million)

Shakira & Carlos Santana - Illegal (Lyrics)

I heard this song for the first time last night in my car as I was coming home from work. It is one of these songs that even if you hear them for the first time they seem so familiar! And this is what makes - in my opinion - a songs successful: to have this "thing" that will make it last in time.

We don't have to say much about the participation of Carlos Santana in the track! He is THE man! In the last few years he gave us incredible, wonderful songs with many great artists!

For those who loved this tune from the very first time, here are the - very strong - lyrics:

Who would have thought
That you could hurt me
The way you've done it?
So deliberate, so determined

And since you have been gone
I bite my nails for days and hours
And question my own questions on and on

So tell me now, tell me now
Why you're so far away
When I'm still so close

You don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
You said you would love me until you die
And as far as I know you're still alive, baby
You don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
I'm starting to believe it should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart

I tried so hard to be attentive
Do all you wanted
Always supportive, always patient
What did I do wrong?
I'm wondering for days and hours
It's here, it isn't here where you belong

Anyhow, anyhow
I wish you both all the best
I hope you get along

But you don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
You said you would love me until you die
And as far as I know you're still alive, baby
You don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
I'm starting to believe it should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart

You don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
You said you would love me until you die
And as far as I know you're still alive, baby
You don't even know the meaning of the words “I'm sorry”
I'm starting to believe it should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart

Open heart
Open heart
It should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart

Open heart
Open heart
It should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart

Faithless - To All New Arrivals - Full Album Lyrics

Updated 15/02/2007. Thank you all for your posts!! :)

Well here is an attempt to gather all the "To All New Arrivals" album lyrics in just one place! Any help (corrections, adds etc) is very welcome! :)


01. Bombs
We think we're heroes, we think we're kings
We plan all kinds of fabulous things
Oh look how great we have become

Key in the door, the moment I've been longing for
Before my bag hit the floor
My adorable children rush up screaming for a kiss
And a story they're a gift to this world
My only claim to glory
I surely never knew sweeter days
Blows my mind like munitions
I'm amazed

So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
One mans loss, another mans gold
So much more than I thought this world can ever hold

We're just children, we're just dust
We are small and we are lost
And we're nothing, nothing at all

One bomb, the whole block gone
Can't find me children and dust covers the sun
Everywhere is noise, panic and confusion
But to some another fun day in Babylon
I'm gonna bury my wife and dig up my gun
My life is done so now I got to kill someone

So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
Moments lost, moments go
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold

So much more than I thought this world could ever hold
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold

So much heaven, so much hell
So much love, so much pain
So much more than I thought this world could ever contain
So much war, so much soul
Moments lost, moments go
So much more than I thought this world could ever hold

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02. Spiders, Crocodiles and Kryptonite (It was quite hard for me to write down this song's lyrics!)

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03. Music Matters

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04. Nates Tune (Instrumental Track)
I look down on this beautiful planet and think that at last I have found paradise.

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05. I Hope
I hope you understand what fear is before you have to feel it..... (Help needed!)

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06. Last This Day
Lines to the skin
that has seen
neither sun nor sin

Tubes to the mouth
cannot laugh or sigh
or even cry

A drop in the ocean
a second and all time
one stop in the endless sky

But you mean
the whole world to me
you're an island of light
so please last this day
stay one more day
please last this day
stay one more day

Stay one more
stay one more
stay one more day

Just one more
just one more
just one more day

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07. To All New Arrivals --- (wrote them down by myself)
In our world
maleria kills a child every 30 seconds
11.000.000 children die every year of malnutrition

(To All New Arrivals... Welcome)

In our world
15.000.000 children have been orphaned by AIDS
30.000.000 children die of preventable causes every day

(To All New Arrivals... Welcome)

In our world
2.000.000 children are working at the sex-industry

1.1 billion people in the world have less than 1 dollar

To All New Arrivals
We love you
We would die for you
Kill for you

To All New Arrivals
We love you
We would die for you
Kill for you

Welcome, welcome, welcome

If there's a god,
Be aware
I'm a man newly made
My son lies here
And only of him
Am I afraid
And I gaze into that face
I can see that which is true
I created him
And we created you
In his image
And I never knew love like this...

To All New Arrivals
We love you
We would die for you
Kill for you

To All New Arrivals
We love you
We would die for you
Kill for you

To All New Arrivals
We love you
We would die for you
Kill for you

You're welcome, welcome, welcome.....

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08. Hope And Glory
When I arrive
Eyes wide
Fired up
Try not to slide a letter side down
Now the plane's on the ground
I'll find a good refreshment
It's 1957
I've come to the mother land
And make a home to put my bed in
This way that does (???) my head in
Some people are less than kind
I wish
My mom was here so I could arm wide
But I'm supposed to be the good news
So I lace up this hard black shoes
And ???? more work
This street was never paid with gold
They simply made my fever
They just made my fever

Just a little money in my pocket
And a little bit left for those I love
To have enough fruit on my table
And a little bit more for those you call

In this land of hope and glory
You think there's enough for us all
You think there's enough for us all

When I arrive
Eyes wide
Petrified
Try not to cry
And let this side down
Now plane's on the ground
It's 20 years later
Mama's in the arrival lounge
I take a few seconds
And kiss her
Then I look around
And what's happened to my home town
What's going on
But pappa doesn't look too strong

???? in a cab
Window's hot --- (I'm going to continue that one later... have to go for now!)

Music Quiz - How many music groups can you identify?

I was surfing the other day the internet and I found this really cool music quiz!! I am a music fan, so I tried my best! I identified lots of groups, but still, there are quite a few that I can't recognize (probably older groups). So far my score is 47, but I'm still working on it! :)

Well, here is the link where you can download it: http://www.republicradio.gr/dls/quiz.zip

It is a MS Office Excel file and you must fill in the blanks. If you got it right, the word "correct" appears under the photo. If not, your answer is wrong and you must try again!

I am looking forward to your comments! Which photos did you find really hard?

Faithless - To All New Arrivals (2006)

The big comeback of Faithless is here! The album just got out last month (November 2006) and is very HOT! Their sound is more mature than ever! You can listen to the whole CD from the beginning 'till the end with great pleasure. I only wish it was summer and that I was sunbathing near the sea listening to it.

You will surely pay attention to the track "Last This Day" featuring Dido. I LOVE her voice.

Maxi Jazz will "travel" you throughout the CD with his well-known style.

I am really happy that they are back with this very good album. Here is the tracklist:

1. Bombs Feat. Harry Collier
2. Spiders, Crocodiles & Kryptonite Feat. Robert Smith
3. Music Matters Feat. Cass Fox
4. Nate’s Tune
5. I Hope
6. Last This Day Feat. Dido
7. To All New Arrivals Feat. Harry Collier
8. Hope & Glory Feat. One Eskimo
9. A Kind of Peace Feat. Cat Power
10. The Man In You
11. Emergency

More comments will follow. I have to go now... Time to work. Will edit later. :)

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Part II:

Well I'm back and it's time for some more elaborate comments since I've just now listened to the CD with more attention:

#2:
While listening to the second track I really got stuck! I recognized from the very start that this song uses a sample from a very well known song, but I couldn't remember witch one was that! And then it hit me! It's a sample from The Cure's Lullaby and I must say that they used it in a very smart way!

#3:
Wow! I adored this one! Well, I am a big fan of dance tracks with good vocals especially by women singers. I searched around for the lyrics, but I guess it's too soon. But I enjoy very much listening to songs and trying to write down the lyrics. So, here they are, from me with love:

Faithless - Music Matters

Fot all those who stood up and counted
For all those for whom money was no motive
For all for whom music was a message
I want to thank you for making me
That emotion (?)
Never more wise and courageous

You told me to look much further
You told me to want much more
You told me the music matters
Let's chase those dogs back from my door

I won't stop here
I won't be still
Until the sun sets
On us all

Maxi Jazz:

Under the sheets with my radio
Turned down low
So nobody know
It's the late night show
Hoping to hear Hey Joe
Jimmy was my hero
Kate blown by the top hour (?)
to visit the true star (?)
From ????????
Curtis Mayfield

[I give up... He speaks very fast!] :S

You told me to look much further
You told me to want much more
You told me the music matters
Let's chase those dogs back from my door

I won't stop here
I won't be still
Until the sun sets
On us all

Refrain to fade...

On the radio...

It was high time that I discovered this radio station witch is completely different from anything else around!

The radio station I'm talking about is Republic 100,3 fm (in Thessaloniki, Greece), but you can also listen to it via its official webpage.

The last two days I've listened to some great tunes that really make you travel! The producer that plays music around 16:00 puts some wonderful and atmospheric songs! I adored the following ones:

Late Night Alumni - Empty Streets (Seamus Haji & Paul Emmanuel Remix)
Lawrence - Along The Wire (Superpitcher Remix)

They reminded me the period when we used to listen to songs like "children", "clubbed to death", "barber's adagio for strings" etc...

If you know more of that genre please feel free to suggest some songs! :)