August 31, 2012

album of the day : Dirty Dancing OST






it's Friday so it's a time to present some good soundtrack. why? because soundtracks have good songs (usually  of course) and they're really good for party...and because we've almost a weekend, I think that this is a good idea.

so today I would like to recommend you Dirty Dancing OST, from movie Dirty Dancing (1987) with two big stars, amazing Patrick Swayze and pretty Jennifer Grey. 
I think that my sister could say a lot about this film, maybe too much, because she just loves it, she watched it, probably, a million times and she knows everything about this movie. really! yes, you're right she knows knows every minute of this film... and here's the second: really!. scary, very scary haha ;)
to be honest, I'm not so huge fan of Dirty Dancing movie, like my sister, but I really like soundtrack. great rhythms, cool artists and songs which won't let you stand. and that's why I'm thinking that Dirty Dancing OST is a very good choice for party or...when you don't have any party, but you want to listen to other music than today's  ;) you'll find there almost everything what the best - slow sounds, and energetic rhythms too. 

so let's the party start! ...and have a great time with music from Dirty Dancing soundtrack! cheers!



Dirty Dancing OST



Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (I've had) The time of my life


The Ronettes Be my baby
Patrick Swayze She's like the wind
Eric Carmen Hungry eyes
Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs Stay
Merry Clayton Yes
The Blow Monkeys You don't own me
Bruce Channel Hey! Baby
Alfie Zappacosta Overload
Mickey & Sylvia Love is strange
Tom Johnston Where are you tonight?
The Five Satins In the still of the night
as you know, or maybe not, you can find album Ultimate Dirty Dancing (2003). this is soundtrack from movie too, but you can find there more songs from DD. I'll show you tracks which aren't on Dirty Dancing OST.
Ultimate Dirty Dancing
Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons Big girls don't cry
Michael Lloyd & Le Disc Merengue 
 Michael Lloyd & Le Disc Trot the fox
Michael Lloyd & Le Disc Johnny’s Mambo 
The John Morris Orchestra Time of my life (Instrumental Version) 
The Contours Do you love me
Otis Redding Love man
Michael Lloyd Gazebo waltz
The Surfaris Wipe out
Michael Lloyd & Le Disc De todo un poco
 The Drifters Some kind of wonderful
Otis Redding These arms of mine
Solomon Burke Cry to me
The Shirelles Will you love me tomorrow
The Emile Bergstein Chorale Kellerman’s anthem

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music is my passion & inspiration
only music saves

August 30, 2012

the 60's! [part 1]







today I would like to present you the first part great music of the 60's. songs, which I'll present, will be something like essence of the 60's, with artists and rhythms, the best for these years.



why the 60's? long story, but I think that the best answer will be just because I love that music, because I love these years (just like years 70's) and because I think that these songs were amazing and real and just perfect and with great lyrics.

sometimes I just think that I was born in wrong years, really. I really wish, I would like to be there, with these music, these lyrics, these times, days and happiness. a bit weird, I know. but I'm misfit and I'm proud of it :]

I think and I hope you'll like something what I'll recommend you. also I think you will know some songs because they'll be known well, or they'll be cover of someone's song...or you'll listen to song for the first time...  so exciting!

anyway, I wish you a super-great time :)

so let's do it!


Van Morrison Brown eyed girl

Roy Orbison Oh pretty woman
Bob Dylan I want you 
Elvis Presley Suspicious minds
The Ronettes Be my baby
Simon & Garfunkel Mrs. Robinson
The Byrds Mr. Tambourine man
Harry Nilsson & George Tipton Everybody's talkin'
Scott McKenzie San Francisco (be sure to wear flowers in your hair)
Johnny Nash Cupid
Bob Marley & The Wailers One love
José Feliciano Light my fire
Delaney & Bonnie and Friends Groupie (Superstar) 
Laura Nyro Wedding bell blues 
Nina Simone To love somebody 
Erma Franklin Piece of my heart
Jefferson Airplane Somebody to love

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music is my passion & inspiration
only music saves

August 29, 2012

sounds of summer #5

sounds of summer #5




yes, we still have summertime so why not to have super time with music, good music? music full of sun, good memories, hot weather and great time with friends...or even awesome time alone, with an excellent  rhythms...
so let's do it - let's make the new part with summer sounds. woow, this one is #5 - crazy! ;) 
as always, I hope you will like my proposals and it will give you an amazing & maybe even wild moments between music, the sun and great time of course ;)
 ...so let's start the party and enjoy summertime!



Bill Withers Lovely day  
Buster Poindexter and his Banshees of blue Hot hot hot  
Fairground Attraction Perfect 
 Miami Sound Machine Conga
Des'Ree You gotta be  
    
Men At Work Down under
Gipsy Kings Bamboleo 
Ini Kamoze Here comes the hotstepper  
Dj Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince Summertime   
  
R. Kelly ft. Aaliyah Summer Bunnies 
Wham! Club Tropicana 
Santana ft. The Product G&B Maria Maria
Johnny Nash I can see clearly now  
    
Finley Quaye Sunday shining
The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream  
The O'Jays Love train 
Diana King Shy guy
  
Kenny Loggins Footloose
Dido Sand in my shoes 
 
Jimmy Cliff Reggae night
Four Tops Loco in Acapulco
Billy Ocean Caribbean Queen (no more love on the run) 
Electric Light Orchestra  Mr. Blue Sky
Sly & The Family Stone Hot fun in the Summertime
Rubén Blades Caminando 
Albert Hammond It never rains in Southern California
     
Smooth It's Summertime (let it get into u) 
Lil' Flip Sunshine
Diana King Shy guy (12 Inch dancehall remix)
Shabba Ranks Mr. Loverman 
Westlife Uptown Girl  
  
Boo Radleys Wake up Boo! 
Stranglers Always the sun 
 
Gale Garnett We'll sing in the sunshine  
 The Jacksons Shake your body (down to the ground)  
 Harry Belafonte Island in the Sun 


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music is my passion & inspiration
only music saves

August 27, 2012

Our Mountain : artist of the day




do you know great band Our Mountain? I don't think so because they're not too famous, yet - of course. but I'm sure they'll be famous very very soon. so today I would like to present to you Our Mountain, great rock band as an artist of the day.. so Ladies and Gents, make some noise!

Our Mountain is psychedelic rock band from Australia, but now they're in New York.

members: Matthew Hutchinson, Michael Noonan, Abbey Lee.

what can I say about them? they're awesome on live, even better than on album, really. first time I saw them last year two times - first time on November 7 2011, and later next day, November 8 2011, in Łódź [Poland], when they were 30 Seconds To Mars support.  and I just fell in love with their music, to be honest :)
awesome music, cool lyrics, great vocal, guitars, drums... amazing!












medley of Our Mountain concert in Łódź [Poland] - November 8 2011, which I made especially for you :)

setlist : Drury Lane, Midnight black (with a white diamond on her forehead), 1981, Devils banquet, Wooden hearts.

let's talk about their album Myrtleford. I bought it when they were in Poland and happy because of it and proud that I've this album in my collection. Myrtleford is just woow!. for me this album has something great, surprising, amazing. we can find there 5 songs [Drury Lane, Midnight black (with a white diamond on her forehead), 1981, Devils banquet, Wooden hearts], but their're really super and I think when you once listen to it, you won't want to stop. or you will come back to this album very often. I'm sure of it. why? because I', an excellent example of it :)
favourite song from the album Myrtleford? damn, I don't know, because I like all of them and all songs from this album are the best as for me.
so I can say Our Mountain - artist of the day, but also, Myrtleford - album of the day, and everything will be great and true. 
my own album Myrtleford by Our Mountain. number of the album: 231. [P.S. great cover of the album, isn't it?]
as I know, new album by Our Mountain will be soon and I can't wait because of it, I can't wait to listen to their new songs :)
and more Our Mountain, please...
Spit her down
 EU tour diary part 1 - Poland 07.11.11 
EU tour diary part 2 Austria/Germany 26.11.11 
Our Mountain 2011 [preview]
Wooden Hearts [live, 08.11.11]
Midnight Black [live, 08.11.11]
contact:


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music is my passion & inspiration
only music saves

August 25, 2012

Postcard from Gdańsk...



as I promised you last time, today I'll tell you something more about Gdańsk [Poland] and about St. Dominic's Fair...







Gdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the center of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area. The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay (of the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, the city of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto), with a population near 740,000. Gdańsk itself has a population of 455,830, what making it the largest city in the Pomerania region of Northern Poland.
Gdańsk is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is also historically the largest city of the Kashubian region. The city is close to the former late medieval/modern boundary between West Slavic and Germanic lands and it has a complex political history with periods of Polish rule, periods of German rule, and extensive self-rule, with two spells as a free city. It has been part of modern Poland since 1945.
Gdańsk is situated at the mouth of the Motława River, connected to the Leniwka, a branch in the delta of the nearby Vistula River, whose waterway system supplies 60% of the area of Poland and connects Gdańsk to the national capital in Warsaw. This gives the city a unique advantage as the center of Poland's sea trade. Together with the nearby port of Gdynia, Gdańsk is also an important industrial center. Historically an important seaport and shipbuilding center, Gdańsk was a member of the Hanseatic League.

The city has many fine buildings from the time of the Hanseatic League. Most tourist attractions are located along or near Ulica Długa (Long Street) and Długi Targ (Long Market), a pedestrian thoroughfare surrounded by buildings reconstructed in historical (primarily 17th century) style and flanked at both ends by elaborate city gates. This part of the city is sometimes referred to as the Royal Road as the former path of processions for visiting kings.
The National Museum contains a number of important artworks, including Hans Memling's Last Judgement.
The museum ship SS Soldek is anchored on the Motława River and was the first ship built in post-war Poland.
In the 16th century, Gdańsk hosted Shakespearean theatre on foreign tours, and the Danzig Research Society founded in 1743 was one of the first of its kind. Currently, there is a Foundation Theatrum Gedanensis aimed at rebuilding the Shakespeare theatre at its historical site. It is expected that Gdańsk will have a permanent English-language theatre, as at present it is only an annual event.

did you hear about CiuCiu? I don't think so. CiuCiu is the only one and smallest sweets’ manufacture in Poland, based on the 17th Century formula, with combination of love and passion.they offer candy Roc's and pillows as well as lollipops. in the manufactory you can find assortment with range of flavors, not only fruits flavors like lemon, apple or melon but flavors such as amaretto, cappuccino with chocolate, anise, thyme.






photos from Gdańsk, please...
























































Black Pearl




St. Dominic’s Fair is one of the biggest trade and cultural open-air events in Europe, organized in the Main City – the representative part of Gdańsk, Poland.
with 750 years of successful tradition, the history of the Fair goes back to the year 1260, when it was established by the decree of Pope Alexander IV. However, it was the Dominican Order, that came up with the idea of the event and, for this reason, the Fair was named after them.
for many years, since its reactivation in 1972, the St. Dominic’s Fair lasted for 2 weeks. In 2004, a decision was made to extend it up to 3 full weeks. Every year, about 1000 merchants, artists, artisans and collectors take part in the Fair, and it is visited by an average of 70.000 people daily, whose number usually doubles at weekends.
you can find here products from Poland but also from other countries, like Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Austria, Sweden and such distant as Israel or Uzbekistan. all those foreign sellers offer products and souvenirs distinctive for their culture.

the plan of the Fair is divided into five parts: multibranch stalls  (Szeroka, św. Ducha, Grobla I, Grobla II Streets), craft articles and jewellery (Mariacka Street, Długie Pobrzeże, Rybackie Pobrzeże, Długi Targ), souvenirs and artists’ stalls (Długa Street, Długi Targ, Zielony Most), stalls of collectors and hobbyists (Wartka and Straganiarska Streets, Targ Rybny), gastronomic stalls (Targ Węglowy, Targ Rybny, Szeroka Streets).
what else you can find during St. Dominic's Fair? outdoor stages, festivals, fetes and concerts, demonstration of fireworks and laser lights, street parades, rock concerts, chamber and organ music concerts, sport events and competitions (St. Dominic’s Race).

photos, please...




























something else...



memories from Gdańsk from UEFA Euro 2012 in Poland. 




and something personal from Gdańsk...