Happily Melancholic Favorite #7: Silver Sorrow by Azure Ray

I have Drawing Down The Moon! I Actually received it about 11 days before the CD actually released. It's amazing, of course it is because it's Azure Ray. Out of the 13 songs the top five I loved the most were:

1. Silver Sorrow
2. Don't Leave My Mind
3. On & On Again
4. Lonely Girls
5. Make Your Heart

I loved this album so much that I even listened to the album on sunny days. God, I love Azure Ray!
Here's Silver Sorrow by Azure Ray.

Melancholy In Love Pt. VIII: Throw Me A Rope by KT Tunstall

Do I really need to give you a reason to download a beautiful, heartwarming, acoustic song from the amazing KT? I hope I don't. Seriously though, this song is one to have in your music collection, Throw Me A Rope is a song that's great to listen to during the cold nights of the fall.
Here's Throw Me A Rope by KT Tunstall.

Happily Melancholic Favorite #6: Spark by Moumoon

Man, I love Moumoon, especially their new mini album, Spark. The title track is so happy and great. Puts a big smile on my face.
It's a great song to listen to when your driving around the world in the morning. The whole EP is great for the morning really.
Here's Spark by Moumoon
Sorry about the crazy Japanese obsession right now, it's just a seasonal phase that comes and goes.

Here's an English song for you just in case you don't like songs in a different language.
Sunshine Girl ~English Version~ by Moumoon

Melancholy In Love Pt. VII: 23:30 by Perfume

I love Perfume, but this song and their other song, "Kiss & Music" are my favorites. "23:30" is their best slow slow they've (only) made. All I can say is that this song really calms down the numbness and anger I feel. It's hard to feel HappilyMelancholic all the time when people don't like you....
I also love this song because it reminds me of love. I think is that's the reason why it calms me down. Because it has that sense of love, calm, and understanding.
The instrumental is great too. Perfect to sleep to and perfect contemplative music too.
Free Downloads
23:30
23:30 [Instrumental]
Kiss & Music [Bonus Free Track]

I hope you enjoy 23:30 by Perfume.

Happily Melancholic #6: Not Unprepared by Tash Parker

I really love this song. It reminds me of a lonesome journey through the city or even through the country. Just a lonesome journey. I found this song while looking through blogspots out of boredom. Luckily I stumbled upon a good artist. If you like the lonely feeling of folk you'll love this song.
Here's Not Unprepared by Tash Parker

I highly recommend this song, really great.

Perfect Times To Listen To It....

Perfect Day: Windy Days
Perfect Season: Fall/Autumn
Perfect Time: Night/Cloudy Day

Happily Melancholic Favorite #5: Another For The Darkness by Gemma Hayes

Talk, Talk
Empty Sentiment
I Haven't Got The Heart
For Disappointment

I really like this song, Another For The Darkness by Gemma Hayes.

The title at first may seem a little....Dark but the song itself is not.

It's kind of the feeling of upbeat melody with sad lyrics.

For me the song hits me on a personal level.

I think the reason why I like this song so much is because of the lyrics.

The lyrics are filled with hints of disappointment and confusion and also a hint of trying to help.

All that roll it into one and that's a great way to sum up my feelings these past couple of days.
Anyways, here's Another For The Darkness by Gemma Hayes.

Lyrical Snippets Hitting Home

Stop Looking At Me That Way

This line is related to a person who always talk about me behind my back and looks at me and makes me feel like crap for doing one little thing. It hurts.

Tired of The Fight

This hits me personally because I feel as if I always have to end up in an argument with another person just to prove to them that I didn't do whatever they thought I did. I just feel too weak to argue anymore.

Well, I Don't Understand You Better Than Most
I Am Just You Friend, With Troubles Of My Own

This is realated to one of my friends whom i keep sacrificing everything to but people still think that I abuse him or torture him because well, he tells people that. So, now I feel as if he expects me to understand him better than others because we're friends.
Truth is, I don't.
I won't be able to and I can't just stop everything and feel the same way you're feeling every time.

These Days I'm Surrounded By People I Don't Even Like

That is true I am but it's not everyone, just most of the people I don't like.

I don't think I'll be talking very much after today or tomorrow or the next week, cause what's the point of talking to people with my problems, troubles, and worries if I have to deal with it myself.
I'm going to have to get used to that.
I just hope that at least one day this year I'll have a good day with friends/family, fun, and laughter. I just really need a good day.
I want to smile more, I don't want to keep getting Anger shakes, feelings of loneliness and experience actions of disappointment anymore.
I just don't.

7th Happily Melancholic Song: It's Time by Maria Taylor

After 18 years of listening to music, I have finally found my favorite song. It's Time by Maria Taylor. Every line I hear from the song hits me at the right spot, the melodies speak to me and makes my soul fly and my smile grow wide, the hushed vocals tugs at my heart and motivates me to feel the emotion I have inside me. Every little thing about this song is perfect. I just love it.
I remember that I was listening to this song when I thought up of Happily Melancholic. The song has everything that's personal to me. It's Melancholic with an upbeat melody also it's about personal strength. I really love this song. If I didn't have this song in my collection I probably would still be the passive guy that I used to be.
Here's It's Time by Maria Taylor

Melancholy In Love Pt. V: Flood by Hurts to Purr

Come on, bring me a flood
Come on, bring me a code red warning
My baby and me need a tragedy

I like Hurts to Purr, but my favorite song from them is Flood. I love this song so much. It takes you and moves you, like the Sea. I think this song is what Melancholy In Love is all about.
Liz Pappademas's voice along with the melody arrangement of Tom Benton & Jeremy Bruch just makes Flood perfect. The lyrics are really saddening and each time when I listen to the song I think of rain on a normal dark spring day. Lying back on your bed thinking of so much that's making you feel down. This song hits me personally. Whenever I listen to it I'm taking away. It's just that good. I think if you love piano you'll love this song.
I don't really know what else to say for this song. It's too great to describe. If you've never really listened to music like this before it might not move you at first but give it time. You'll be swayed.

I can't believe I'd wish for so much suffering
But it's better than this nothing
Bring me anything, oh, to get my baby and me together again

Here's Flood by Hurts to Purr

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Melancholy In Love Pt. IV: Algo Esta Cambiando [Something's Changing] by Julieta Venegas

Man, I don't know why I love the sounds of Julieta Venegas but she is winning my heart song by song. One of her songs, "Algo Esta Cambiando", is a great song about a relationship that is at first glance the same but if you look closely something's changing.
I love this song and I love this artist. I found out about Julieta Venegas from Nelly Furtado when she was on Furtado's song, "Baja Otro Luz [Under Another Light]". Hearing Furtado, Venegas, and La Mala Rodriguez singing, "El Color De Mi Vida Cambio Desde Que Tu Llegaste [The Color Of My Life Changed When You Arrived]" Back and forth like they were in a conversation was magical. It made the song a great one. If they collaborate again I'm buying the song, no questions asked. Anyways, moving on.....
Julieta Venegas treats her songs like children. You can just hear how much work has been put together for each song and Algo Esta Cambiando must have taken her weeks to put together. To make the song just right. The song itself is great to listen to.
I feel like I'm "in love" and then losing love when I listen to the song. Fading out of a relationship that was not working with me emotionally. I love that. I love how a song can take me and swoop me into a lovely story. It's great to hear songs like that.
All in All, I think this song is a great one, very close to a perfect song. For all music lovers out there if you love Perfect Pop you'll love Julieta Venegas. Especially the song, Algo Esta Cambiando. It's got a 97% out of 100% in the "Perfect Pop" Meter.
With vocalizing, hooks, and a chorus that'll echo in your head anytime anywhere, if America was very open to foreign music this song would top charts. But sadly that's not the case. Oh well, At least it top Latin Charts. Go on with your Spanish self Bonita!
While I listened to Julieta since January 2010, I've been having a lot of thought about what kind of music I like. I love so much music but I'm also picky at the same time. In middle school I thought I liked Indie Music but I don't. Cause the Decemberists piss me off and Vampire Weekend are annoying sometimes to me. And so on and so on.
I think that I like Pop.
Perfect Pop, not Popular Pop that sucks.
Good Pop that takes you and makes you want more.
Pop that's catchy.
Pop that tells a story.
Pop that takes you away.
Pop that makes people feel.
Pop that just makes you feel human.
I've explored through English, French, and Asian Pop since I was 8. I didn't know much about Latin Pop until 2009.
You know, I think that I wouldn't have explored Latin Pop Music if it wasn't for Nelly Furtado's 2009 album, Mi Plan. Also, I wouldn't have found out about Julieta Venegas without Furtado's help. Thank you, Nelly Furtado!
Here's Algo Esta Canbiando by Julieta Venegas
Official Website
Myspace
Facebook
Youtube
Twitter
Also, enjoy this beautifully done music video for the song.
Hope you like the song and the video.

Julieta Venegas - Algo Esta Cambiando from Coral Rucker on Vimeo.

Happily Nostalgic 2: Strawberry Swing by Coldplay

You know, when Coldplay released their recent album, Viva La Vida or Death & All His Friends, I didn't really want to have anything to do with it at first. Mostly because Violet Hill was ok and Viva La Vida never really moved me so I never really got into it like how the rest of the world did.
Then one day, I saw an advertisement for a new Bat For Lashes song. So, I checked it out and then I saw a list of music videos so I looked through and saw the Strawberry Swing music video. I watched it and was so amazed by the graphics and the design that I almost completely tuned out the song. After that I didn't really listen to the song again for about 7 months. I started listening to the song again because I was making mix CDs for some friends and stumbled upon it in my music collection. Just to say, I have so music that I don't really have time to remember every song I have. It's like having a Pandora on my Zune whenever I put all the songs on shuffle. So, I listened to Strawberry Swing again (audio only) and it moved me. The song was so nostalgic with the melody, sounds, and lyrics that it took me back to being a kid again. I really liked it.
After a couple of days of "re-discovering" Strawberry Swing, I watched the movie, My Sister's Keeper. During the last scene I was listening to Strawberry Swing in one ear while intensely watching the movie and the little girl Anna (Abigail Breslin) was going on about how no one did anything special for Kate (Sofia Vassilieva). She just died.
At first I was really sad by that. You lose someone you love and nothing really special happens for them.
People who are still living get monuments made after them all the time and don't deserve it and the good people that die are forgotten by everyone. Except for the loved ones, for the good people will always (unintentionally) leave an empty space in their families hearts.
Basically what I'm saying is that watching the last scene while listening to Strawberry really tugged my heart. My heart was tugged so hard that it was a sudden pull. A pull waiting to happen ever since my grandma died.
That pull must have been waiting for 15 years! This movie will tug at your heart too if you've lost someone that was really close to you. No matter how little you were when they passed away. I was 3 years old when my granny died and it still affects me to this day. She was a very good person. Granny is a saint if you compare her to Della Reese. That's how great of a person she was.

Anyways.....On with the music....

Strawberry Swing is such an ending song, an ending of a life song. The feeling you have when you listen to it, that feeling of nostaligia and memories of life before you passed. It's really moving and personal for many listeners of Coldplay.
I could go on and on about this song right now but I shouldn't, cause then I'll ramble on.

Here's Strawberry Swing by Coldplay.
Also, here's the music video.

Coldplay - Strawberry Swing from Hatem Zekri on Vimeo.

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Melancholy In Love Pt. III: I Know by Algebra Blessett

I'm sorry, it's been a month. I've been gone for a whole month cause it was Black History Month. I love celebrating it. I was rediscovering R&B, Hip-Hop, and Rap music through February and I was watching a lot of Black TV Shows. God, they're addicting. I love being black. Anyways....
I love the vocal sounds of Algebra. To me, Ms. Blessett does a great job with her Pure R&B sounds and Pure R&B vocals. Lyrics that are true and filled with emotions. My favorite song of her's is, "I Know". The melodies and the beats of I Know are amazing. This song is on the Girlfriends Soundtrack. This song reminds me of the show Girlfriends but it also reminds me of myself. Growing, Learning and Knowing.
Here's I Know by Algebra Blessett

Hope you enjoy the song!





I didn't make this video but I really like it. I had to share it with you guys.

Now I Know...........

Why I don't like talking to men that much. Almost every time I talk to a guy or hang out with one, they piss me off. Either by being really stupid, or really annoying. Plus with adult men it's more serious. From getting upset with me in believing in God the wrong way or getting disgusted with me because I'm not like all the other guys. I can't stand it. I'm in my room right now listening to a lot strong female vocal songs. Most of them from the Touched By An Angel Soundtrack. I love women. I love hanging out with strong, smart, independent women. I feel great when I do. They're kind of my security.
When ever a man pisses me off I go watch Roseanne or The L Word, Xena, or listen to the Touched By An Angel Soundtrack or a lot of songs with female vocals. I always try to get along with men, but it doesn't really work. I can't even stand to listen to male singers. That's how much I don't really like men. I think I might be a little misandric. Yet, there are some men that I get along with. But it's about 3. That's it. Not good huh?
I just wanted to have a fun year and a MAN had to screw it up. At this rate I'll be right back into square one when it comes to socializing with people. I just want to live my life. Why can I just have that much?

What Should I Do?

It's so strange that I don't like men even though I am a man.

6th Happily Melancholic Song: It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas by Sam Phillips

I'm sure some of you have heard of Sam Phillips infamous Long Play deal she's got going on this year. Basically she's giving subscribers a year of free music for 52$! 5 Digital EPs, Bonus Tracks/Rarities, Outtakes, Blog, Journal, Radio Talk, and so much more. Plus, she's giving her subscribers a free full-length digital album of her upcoming album. Set to release this fall. I know that it's a little late to post a Christmas song. But, you know what, I was broke during Christmas so I couldn't subscribe. I subscribed Thursday night and I feel like I've gotten my money's worth. Sam Phillips are so generous. You know, I've noticed that it's usually women that offer their music for free more than men. That's why I check on my female artists before the males. They don't give you much unless it was promoted on TV. Then they'll start giving a song(s) away.
ANYWAYS................On with the song.
It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas makes me smile but makes me feel really sad at the same time because.....Well, if you ever watched Gilmore Girls and you heard Sam Phillips vocalizing to a melody. For example....

I love that la la.
Well the songs reminds me of Gilmore Girls which makes me happy. (You know, I sometimes think that the only reason why I really like Sam Phillips is because her voice reminds me of Gilmore Girls.) I miss that show. It was supposed to have 8 seasons, not 7! Anyways, the reason why it makes me so sad is because it reminds me that even though I had a good Christmas last year it'll be bad this year. I just feel it in my bones. Plus the lyrics are so sad and yet the vocals are so sweet. Especially the vocalizing parts. Sam Phillips really knows how to hit home sometimes.
Here's It Doesn't Feel Like Christmas By Sam Phillips

5th Happily Melancholic Song: Harmony To My Heartbeat by Sally Seltmann

Dreams They Come & Go, This Is One I've Had Forever I Know.

I don't know how Sally does it. She just writes a song with hope and happiness mixed with uncertainty and sadness. She's the Happily Melancholic Queen. I loved her work as New Buffalo and now she's releasing her next album with her real name. She may have changed her name but her music, lyrics, and vocals are still just as heavenly as before. She's mixed the sounds of piano and acoustic guitar (Main instruments used for the Somewhere, Anywhere album as New Buffalo) with her Casio keyboard and synth and lo-fi sounds (Main instruments for The Last Beautiful Day). She's grown so much since her first release About Last Night. I love this artist.

I've Found The Lock In The Key, Now I Can Be Everything I've Wanted To Be

Harmony to My Heartbeat from Sally Seltmann on Vimeo.

Harmony to My Heartbeat. Directed by Antuong Nguyen at

Moopjaw.

I've Got A Little Dream That's Become A Friend For The Melody

Here's Harmony To My Heartbeat by Sally Seltmann
I Hope This Song Makes You Feel Better About The New Year Like It Did For Me.
Thank God For Arts & Crafts.

Melancholy In Love Pt. II: The Love Bug by M-flo loves BoA

The cover of Astromantic.

I've been really addicted to pop lately. I think I'm taking a break musically or something. It's either that or I'm just craving pop. I've been from Korea to Japan, France to Latin America & more. Pretty much all over the world except for the US. I think I've grown tired of English songs.
Anyways, I really like this song now because it really helped me write this one book I'm writing. I love songs that help me write. Especially when I'm brainstorming.
I love when I'm brainstorming. It's like I'm high on creativity. I'm off the walls one minute and then I'm productive the next! Who needs drugs when you're doing things that you love! Anyways...
Here's The Love Bug by M-Flo loves BoA.

Music Video
BoA's Myspace
BoA's Offical Website
M-Flo's Official Website[Japanese]

This picture is cool.

The cover of the single.

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY! 2010!