Here we are, Section Five! It really took me a long time to get around to posting this, but I've been assembling many songs, links and photos for you to drool over enjoy, so please join me- ( behind this clever cut ) And don't forget to dive into Sections 1, 2, 3 & 4!

As foretold in days of old, here is Section 4 of the EVER GROWING PILE
( behold the power of my awesome dialup connection! ) See also Sections 1, 2, 3 & 5

p.s. I love to read your comments, I really, REALLY do. Everybody says that, and that’s because it’s true.

Hello again, my friends! Section 4 is on the way, but for now it gives me great pleasure to bring you: ( Section 3! ) Please take songs, leave friendly comments, and don't forget to dive into Section 1, Section 2, Section 4 & Section 5

Welcome to An Ever Growing Pile Of Songs. Songs-so-many/pile-so-big... must download, then comment... *is hopeful* The original song pile became TOO BIG for Live Journal to process without error, so I guess I’ll have to split it up into sections...
( Section 2! ) And don't forget to dive into Section 1, 3 & 5

Welcome to An Ever Growing Pile Of Songs! I occasionally post to pretty_music and audiography but these songs may not necessarily fit with their respective formats. So I'll put them here, and see what happens. Go ahead, try something new! Please comment because I enjoy this shared love of music, and I'd really like to read your comments. Anyway, I have a dialup connection, so just a few single songs. Buy albums to support the artists/delete songs after 4.5 listenings/be kind to small animals/don't drink cheap domestic beer/yada, yada, yada... The pile became TOO BIG for Live Journal to process without error, so I guess I'll have to split it up into sections...
( Section 1! ) And don't forget to dive into Section 2, 3 & 4!

My upstairs neighbor is tossing stuff off of his patio/balcony. o_0
Is he: Moving out? Making a dumpster run? Mad at his possessions? Going insane?
I hope he's not angry like this character:

Pat Travers-Crash and Burn
Crash And Burn Pat Travers
Well some see this life as nothing more than pain
It's pay out this and line up here, it's all just too insane
And I feel the blues are coming down like rain
My feelings are so complicated I wish I could explain
Turn into words, the way I feel
I know I really need someone, and I need something that's real
But we can't stop this world from its... Crash and Burn

Loneliness becomes a way of life
And you turn off your tv set to shut out all the strife
But there are things that help to ease the pain
You make that call he guarantees to paralyze your brain
Turn into dreams, the way you feel
You know it's really all you need to pretend that it's real
But we can't stop this world from its Crash and burn

... but last Saturday happened to be the 4th of July.


(you can't see me, but somewhere in the lower right hand corner, I'm strumming a guitar)
A few mellow tunes:
Deep White-Fireworks (Hua Huo)
Misty Blue-Fireworks, 8 o'clock in August
Valen Hsu-Return After Watching the Fireworks (Kan wan yan huo zai hui qu)
The Gathering-Sleepy Buildings
Jean-Luc Ponty-Cosmic Messenger

I don't even own a bicycle, but I'm glued to the Versus network daily coverage of this thing. They do such a great job of explaining all the team strategies and functions, like how riders rotate places so each guy can get a break in the 'slipstream'. When they eat, (little bags of goodies are handed to them a couple of times along the route) the (flunky) riders that drop back to support vehicles for water, loading up for the other members of the team.
If a rider has a flat tire or mangles his bike, they just pull up in a car and make repairs or give him a new bike. Quick! And oh yes, the crashes.
Some related songs, then:
Shonen Knife-Cycling Is Fun
Peppertones-Bike
Naivepop or Petitfool-Bicycle Race
( Cute Shonen Knife lyrics behind the cut )

(click to enlarge)

Je Ne Sais Quoi-We make beginnings
Beatles-Revolution
Velcra-My Law
Steely Dan-Night By Night
polyABC-Emergency Solar Still
Dixie Dregs-Divided We Stand

The drinks are on me:

Hmmmm... How about a French girl singing, "The night life, ain't no good life, but it's my life"
Camille-La Vie La Nuit (Night life cover)
Barkeep, gimme a drink:
Bonnie Pink-Farewell Alcohol River
Alkaline Trio-Take Lots With Alcohol
Gourds, The-Gin & Juice (cover)
Haley Bonar-Drinking Again
Nazareth-Whiskey Drinkin’ Woman

aka June 4th. Check it out:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/behind-the-scenes-tank-man-of-tiananmen/
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/behind-the-scenes-a-new-angle-on-history/?ref=global-home
Valen Hsu-Return After Watching the Fireworks (Kan wan yan huo zai hui qu)
arumimihifumi-Ji hao
Cao Fang-Two Weeks Holiday
Carrchy-Ri Guang Qin Cheng (Sunshine All Over The City)
ciacia-Famous
Faye Wong-Wai Fei Jok Dai (Making Ruins) (Sundays cover)

Hey, long time, no post! heh.
There is an accompanying article that goes with this photo from the NY Times. Click on the pic and you'll see the link in the comment.


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Unrelated in any way, other than these are all female-sung:
Tornado Tatsumaki-Butterfly
Long Kuan Jiu Duan-I Like Tricky Music
Beth Orton-She Cries Your Name (live)
Ayano Tsuji-Sakura no ki no shita de (Under the Cherry Blossoms)
Yumi Shizukusa-You’re My Life
Maaya Sakamoto-Shima Shima
Maaya Sakamoto-Bike (Yoko Kanno)

I have no earthly idea what it was that I just ate. hmm...
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In related news, I ordered takeout from the new Korean restaurant for the first time.
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How about a tasty selection of Korean bands:
Linus’ Blanket-Blanket Song
Linus’ Blanket-Walk
Loveholic-Magic
Misty Blue-Cherry
Misty Blue-Spring Fever
Peppertones-Bike
Peppertones-¿·µÁ µµΩ√¿« πÃ∑Œ
Yozoh-Banana Party

Annie Haslam-Turn Of The Century (Yes cover)
( lyrics behind the cut )
Lemme know if you would like the original Yes version. =)

As you may know, I long ago took an oath to share only songs with female singers. (not really, but that's generally how I roll)
Ayano Tsuji-Sakura no ki no shita de (Under the Cherry Blossoms)
ACO-Nothing Compares To U (cover)
Joey Yung-Crazy Singing
Pixel Toy-âƒètèH
Itou Kanako-Koutetsu Some Time (Steal Some Time)
Valen Hsu-Return After Watching the Fireworks (Kan wan yan huo zai hui qu)
Stefanie Sun Yan Zi-A Perfect Day
Soko-Take My Heart
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music envy mini mix
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the mix also has a spacy Supercar song called Strobolights (featuring bassist Miki Furukawa on vocal), and a very twee thing called Ally Ally Oxen Free, performed by BMX Bandits with adorable-precious-perfect YeonGene (my pretend Korean girlfriend) on vocals. There are also 2 mystery songs in the mix. You'll love them, because I love them.

I'm dedicating this post to the NY Mets, to the people who recently 'friended' me, and to my LJ friends whose recent birthdays I failed to acknowledge due to my being a schmuck. =)

Opening Day, 2009.

METS WIN!! YAY!!
Meet The Mets theme song
( Mets theme song lyrics behind the cut )

If the girl you really like calls you up unexpectedly to ask you out for lunch, and then you turn on espn just in time to see that your hockey team has finally won a game, does that mean it’s time to play the lottery?

=)
It's always time for music:
Soko-Take My Heart
Yumi Shizukusa-You’re My Life
Bird-Batucada
Tornado Tatsumaki-Road To Montreux
Tornado Tatsumaki-Snowflake

Chihiro Yamanaka-The Root Of The Light
Aiko Okumura-Metoronoomu
Aiko Okumura--Supaaku Ring Time

Adam Graves honored by the New York Rangers. A really good player on the ice, a great person off it. YAY!



LET'S GO RANGERS!

Some random songs, because i just took up room on your f-list:
Genesis cover: Kevin Gilbert-Back In NYC
Rowdy Rock: Pat Travers-Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)
Indie acoustic, female voc: Rilo Kiley-Go Ahead
Fast fingers: Steve Morse-Cut To The Chase
Heavy Dutch Rock: The Gathering-On Most Surfaces
I never knew German Girls could talk this fast: Wir Sind Helden-Guten Tag
Timeless Hippie music: Youngbloods-Right Now

Which would one reason why this is a happy birthday for me. But... it's also Peggy Hsu's birthday!

Peggy Hsu-Pink Dress
Peggy Hsu-shui jing qiu êÖèªãÖ

P.S. check out my special birthday ('ground hog day') icon, created by the lovely rose_amethyst. (Thank you, again!)

Gunshots and screams lead to body in NW Harris County

Why do I bother to read the Houston Chronicle? It's always depressing, tragic and full of texas-ness.

After that, I need something pleasant and refined.
Behold: Annie Haslam from Renaissance!
Annie Haslam-Ripples (Genesis cover)
Annie Haslam and Steve Howe of Yes-Turn Of The Century (Yes cover)

Remember 'grunge' music? When the bands dressed for performance in their regular clothes, like they didn't care about their appearance on stage.
Right.
Guys with strategically messy hair all wearing flannel shirts and jeans. And the members of the audience dressing the same way. *no comment* How is this different from Devo? or The Beatles? or Polysics?
I don't want to see anybody looking messed up until it's time to smash the guitars:


I'll bet Bice never smashes her guitar: Bice-An Apple A Day
Esperanza Spaulding would never smash her upright bass: Noise For Pretend-Go Figure, Another Warm Day In Paradise
I just saw a video of Jeff Beck abusing his guitar, but when you play as well as he does, you can do whatever the frak you want: Jeff Beck-Led Boots
I can't picture Steve Hackett smashing any of his guitars, especially this classical one: Genesis-Blood On The Rooftops
Keith Emerson doesn't play guitar, but I've seen him stick knives into his Hammond B3 (Organ) a few times: EL&P-Hoedown
I have seen Ritchie Blackmore smash a guitar: Deep Purple-Smoke On The Water (Live)
Maybe Yozoh could just go wild and smash her Melodica? Doubtful.

...to have the U.S. for a downstairs neighbor!!

Yeongene & Bmx Bandits-Come Out and Play
Bird-Parade
Shakalabbits-Parade
PFM-Celebration


Chicago-Where Do We Go From Here

Too many songs? At least try the ones with a *. Lemme know if you like, or if there are problems with the links, mmkay.
If you regularly listen to Chinese music, you're bound to have heard Faye Wong at some point. She's had a very long career, delved into many musical styles (heavily influenced by some western artists), and sings in Cantonese as well as Mandarin. I really like her!

Faye Wong-To Love (Jiang Ai)*
Faye Wong-Lang Jeen (Cold War) (Tori Amos cover)
Faye Wong-Xiang Xiang-(Imagine)
Faye Wong-Wai Fei Jok Dai (Making Ruins) (Sundays cover)
Faye Wong-Wu Chang-Sporadic
Faye Wong-Eyes On Me

PMMP are a rock band from Finland built around the duo of singers Paula Vesala and Mira Luoti. Big voices, powerful music.

PMMP-Päiväkoti*
PMMP-Henkilökohtaisesti

Lisa Ekdahl sings most of the time in her native Swedish, but she has done albums of jazz pop standards in English. Her voice is very soft and sweet.

Lisa Ekdahl-Nasta Dag
Lisa Ekdahl-Hos Dig Ar Allt Begarligt
Lisa Ekdahl-I Will Be Blessed*

Finally some seventies pop, great male voc. harmonies and great songs:
Three Dog Night-Family of Man (cover)*
Three Dog Night-Out In The Country (cover)

I wish I knew how to play half as many chords as Donald Fagen, who along with Walter Becker, make up the band Steely Dan.
YAY for sophisticated rock music:
Donald Fagen-I.G.Y. (International Geophysical Year)
Donald Fagen-The Goodbye Look
Steely Dan-King Of The World
Steely Dan-Home At Last
Steely Dan-The Royal Scam

**
If you don't know who Jimmy Page is, give yourself a fingerflick in the forehead. And then listen to him play the guitar:
Led Zeppelin-Down By The Sea
Led Zeppelin-Immigrant Song
Led Zeppelin-The Wanton Song
Led Zeppelin-In The Light

*I have that same guitar. I haven't taken it out of its case in over a year... =(

Check out Nawo Kawakita, the amazing drummer (and occasional singer) from the band Maximum the Hormone, playing DrumMania. (a video game similar to rock band?).
She’s attempting (unsuccessfully) to play alomg with her own song!! Too funny XD!:

The screaming and craziness of this band isn’t for everyone, but Nawo is an absolute animal on drum kit.

Here is how it should sound:
Maximum the Hormone-ROLLING 1000tOON
Two more songs plus the video for ROLLING 1000tOON ( behind the cut )
=)

Oh by the way, Happy New Year and very best wishes for 2009 to all of my peeps (and random LiveJournal visitors!) YAY!
=)

This time tomorrow, I'll be safely (I hope) on my way to my hometown for a coupla weeks in the snow.
I may not be having Internet until 2009, So be good boys & girls while I'm gone,
-placidian (scott)

NY Rangers Goal Celebration Song
Steely Dan-Home At Last
Zero 7-Home
Bonnie Pink-New York
Cao Fang-Two Weeks Holiday
Cherry Filter-Snow Man
Deep Purple with London Symphony Orchestra-Pictures of Home
Genesis-Snowbound
King's X-Far Away
Love & Pop-Winter In My Mind
The Gathering-On Most Surfaces
Death Cab-The New Year
Christmas Zip 2007

Let it never be said that President Toejam-For-Brains doesn't have good reflexes*:

I'm scratching my head for appropriate songs, but anyway:
Stanley Clarke/Gregory Hines-If this Bass Could Only Talk (duet for tap dancer & bass guitarist!)
Lisa Ono-Stompin' At The Savoy (cover)
Linus’ Blanket-Walk

* in case you don't follow the news, yesterday during a press conference in Baghdad, an Iraqi reporter took off his shoes and threw them one at a time at President Bush's head. Narrowly missing his target, he nevertheless found a place in Iraqi history with his insult to our Dear Leader/Decider.

Does anybody besides me find MySpace to be the most TEDIOUS, ANNOYING, SLOOOOWWWWW LOADING social community in the history of the Internet?!
Guh-- i just want to check out a song or two, and maybe see a band's uploaded photos/posters, but there is so much advertising and JAVA programming nonsense and (one can only assume) tracking cookies, etc, etc, yada ad nauseum.
It makes me want to kill somebody. (And trust me, I'm the most gentle person you could ever hope to meet.)
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On the upside, I had a nice day; I gave a sweet girl a Birthday/Christmas card, I had a good gig, drank some oh-so-tasty red wine, and my cat shit on the lip of the litterbox again. two days in a row. Gotta take the good with the bad, I guess. =)
A few songs to add variety to your music library...
Spacehog-In The Meantime
Spacehog-Mungo City
Stefanie Sun Yan Zi-Hey Jude (cover)
Stefanie Sun Yan Zi-A Perfect Day
The Gathering-Broken Glass
The Gathering-My Electricity
Three Dog Night-Mama told me not to come
Three Dog Night-Liar
This is a happy song which for some reason, always makes me cry:
Yes-Time and a Word
In the morning when you rise,
Do you open up your eyes, see what I see?
Do you see the same things ev'ry day?
Do you think of a way to start the day
Getting things in proportion?
Spread the news and help the world go 'round.
Have you heard of a time that will help us get it together again?
Have you heard of the word that will stop us going wrong?
Well, the time is near and the word you'll hear
When you get things in perspective.
Spread the news and help the word go round.

There's a time and the time is now and it's right for me,
It's right for me, and the time is now.
There's a word and the word is love and it's right for me,
It's right for me, and the word is love.

This may not impress any of you in the parts of the world that actually experience winter, but the snow falling in Houston the other night was very lovely. Ten years living in Houston, and I finally experience actual snow! This doesn't mean I'll be forgoing my trip to Lake Placid next week. =)
My Car:

Cold songs: Al Stewart-Antarctica, Cranes-Here comes the snow, Marie Cherrier-Joyeux Noel, Mondialito-Veil Of Winter, Renaissance-Winter Tree, Vanden Plas-Cold Wind
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By the way, some person (or persons) have been clicking the 'abuse' button on some* of my files, so if there are things you wanted to try out in my music uploads, be advised that 4Shared may soon 'disappear them'.

(*files include: 2 Supertramp, 2 Rush, 2 Elton John and a few others)

You never know when you're gonna need a lightsaber...

I tried to take this photo twice, and (obviously) could not focus to save my life...

'Gee' what chord am I playing?

Here's a little something for taking up space on your f-list:
Crash Test Dummies-A Little Something
Crash Test Dummies-Swimming in Your Ocean
Eiko Shimamaya-Ulysses
Eiko Shimamaya-Aoi Kajitsu
Focus-Hocus Pocus
Focus-Le Clochard

Here is a small sample from today's New York Times and
Houston Chronicle:
1. People getting killed/assaulted over the songs they sing at Karaoke bars in Malaysia (hogging the microphone) Philippines (too many renditions of Frank Sinatra-My Way) and Thailand (eight people shot dead after too many renditions of John Denver-Country Roads)
>>>I still think this is adorable: Yoko Honna-Country Roads (cover)
2. Some people in Houston were so happy about helping friends move in to their new apartment, they decided to play ’Russian Roulette’. Alcohol + Gun Crazy Houston. What could possibly go wrong? Hm, let's ask the dead guy? No, we'll have to ask his friend, the guy who actually shot him. (Obviously, these scholars were a little fuzzy on the rules of Russian Roulette. Imagine that.)
>>>Someone come quickly: Rilo Kiley-The Execution Of All Things
3. Some asshole in Houston broke into a petting zoo and cut the head off of a tame deer. ('Mr. Buck') He was arrested when he was found with his 'trophy' in his place of residence. (http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6150753.html)
>>>How can you live on the Knife Edge: EL&P-Knife Edge
And I tried posting to wedontsendit the other day, and I get a notice that my post is 'awaiting moderation'. (I think they're doing that because of spamming issues) Well, it never shows up in the community, so what can I say, except These pretzels are making me thirsty!!!

A few songs I've been meaning to share with the music-loving world:
Renaissance-Can You Understand (live)
Robin Trower-Gonna Be More Suspicious (live)
Emiliana Torrini-Sunny Road (live)
Emiliana Torrini-Unemployed In Summertime (live)
Rush-Spirit Of Radio (live)

I like the Green Curry I takeout from the Thai restaurant in my neighborhood. But I thought curry was Indian cuisine. o_0
So now I wanted to know what was the difference* between Thai curry and Indian curry, and there were pages of search results, yay. So next time you think your question is too ‘specialized’ or peculiar to your interests, go ahead and try the big Google in the sky. =)
Some Thai pop:
Palmy-Stay
Palmy-Top Tuan
Bua Chompoo-Wong glom
Bua Chompoo-Tuen tuen tuen
Tong Pukkaramai-Yark ja bauk krai suk kon
Tong Pukkaramai-Glied
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*"In the Thai curry they use coconut milk and the Indian curry they use yoghurt."
“Thai curries tend to include coconut milk, kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass, and fish sauce. Green curries include Thai basil; yellow curries include turmeric; red curries include red chili peppers. Indian curries nearly always include powdered turmeric, as well as any subset of the common Indian spices (cardamom, cumin, black and yellow mustard seeds, fenugreek, asafoetida, ginger, garlic)”

Apparently the Japanese also do curry (Kare). It’s made with Pocky and Whale blubber. (yes, I'm kidding) XD