GAGA

A short post today as I am whizzing off to spend the next 6 hours listening to Lady Gaga albums, preparing customised t-shirts, crimping my hair and then hotfooting it to the 02 for what I can only imagine is going to be a truly amazing night of entertainment

Say what you will about Gaga, she knows how to put on a show. I CANNOT WAIT.

Bliss

For some reason I cannot embed this video, but I beg you please to go and take a look at it.
The song is "I've got you and you've got me" originally by New Buffalo and remixed here by Broken Social Scene (one of my favourite bands).

I love both the song and the video. I hope you do too.

N.B Found at Now and Now and Now

Friday afternoon music part 2

Some friends and I like to challenge each other to create playlists themed around, for example, "women singing for other women" or "Friday afternoon, last few house dragging before the weekend".

The second of these has just been completed, and I leave you for the last few house of the working week with this, my new favourite Spotify playlist. Enjoy, and if you don't yet have Spotify then I advise you to make it the one thing you do this weekend.

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Enjoy the weekend

Friday afternoon music

I stumbled upon this video today, at Rockstar Diaries, and it was just what I needed to snap out of the grump I have been in. It happens to combine two of my favourite tracks that have recently been in the popular charts (as we called them growing up) and is one of those swooping intstrumental pieces that makes your hairs stand on end.

This piece of music was created by musician Jon Schmidt when his daughter asked him to include her favourite song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift on his next album.

"I did a slight rhythm variation on Taylor Swift's melody, [and] it turned into the exact rhythm of the Coldplay song," Schmidt said. As a result he mixed the two, and after spending 100 hours working on it posted it on YouTube to see what people though.

A million views later, it is now the second highest rated song on YouTube.

Coldplay's attorney has already given permission for him to use it on the next album, and he says Taylor Swift's attorneys are close to doing the same.

Let the funky music do the talking

For those who are interested, and I apologise but I think this is UK only, my first Spotify playlist. This was actually designed for my wonderful friend Tess, but for those of you getting for the weekend and a bit of dancing, please enjoy.