Albums I gave to knitSB

These are albums that I've given to knitSB to give a listen.

Eurythmics Savage with the song You Have Placed A Chill In My Heart (wow, there's a lot of detail with that "Savage" link)
Erasure Union Street with a nice version of Boy. This video isn't a good one of Boy, but it's live and sounds really close to the album version.
The Who's Tommy the New Musical a great version Tommy Can You Hear Me. I'm sorry that I couldn't find a link to a video for that.
Peter Gabriel US. I enjoyed Come Talk to Me and Digging In The Dirt (with great video visuals in the Peter fashion. He's such the video pioneer. )
The Beatles with Sgt Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band. I never know for sure, but is it always THE Beatles? or Beatles?
Pink Floyd The Final Cut I listened to this a lot while I was in college. I had to listen to the entire album (with headphones on) to get the entire experience.

Bonus videos
Brand New Day from Savage

Reviewing knitSB's albums

The non-knitting videoblog.


Savage Garden's self titled album. One of my favorite tracks is I Want You which got some airplay when I was actually listening to the radio. Video is here.
Michael W. Smith the first decade 1983-1993 included a few hits that were pleasant.
In All Its Glory by James Swearingen has a number of good tracks. It was a good listen.
Let's Talk About Love by Celine Dion was just too much for me, overall. Her voice is too big and the songs seem like power ballads. I wanted to turn her down.
the cranberries with everyone else is doing it, so why don't we? including the two songs I know, Dreams and Linger. I really do like the song Salvation from their second album. The video has creepy clowns in it.

The idea of sharing CDs came one summer when I was on a three person bowling league with Musicaljeff and LibrarianDebbie. Each week, we brought two CDs to share new music with the other members of the team. I got to hear a variety of music that I would have missed. knitSB and I were talking about music and I suggested that we share music that "made a difference" in our lives for some reason or another. Sharing the music like this has been a lot of fun for me. I enjoy getting an inside glimpse of what makes knitSB tick.

What are some of the albums that made a difference in your world? Leave a comment. I'd love to hear about your music.

Tunes on Tuesday

I like to listen to music. Do you? Knitting while listening is fun. And
I was looking at my iTunes and thought I would share my top 25 songs. Interesting mix i think. I says that I have that 80's feel to my music. What's in your top 25?

1. We All Feel Better In The Dark [12'' Mix] 6:48 Pet Shop BoysBehaviour [Bonus Disc]
2. It's A Sin 4:59 Pet Shop Boys Actually
3. Blue Savannah 4:20 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure Rock
4. Kiss Them For Me 4:29 Siouxsie And The Banshees Singles
5. Bizarre Love Triangle 6:45 New Order Substance [Disc 1]
6. Closer To Heaven 4:07 Pet Shop Boys Nightlife
7. Oh L'amour 3:12 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure
8. Beat Of My Heart 3:10 Hilary Duff Most Wanted
9. Love To Hate You 3:56 Erasure Chorus
10. Nervously 4:11 Pet Shop Boys Behaviour (Disc 1)
11. Love To Hate You 3:58 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure
12. Sometimes 3:41 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure
13. Chorus 4:30 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure
14. Breathe (Radio Version) 3:45 Erasure Breathe (Single)
15. Shameless 5:04 Pet Shop Boys Further Listening 1992-1994
16. New York City Boy 5:16 Pet Shop Boys Nightlife
17. I Drove All Night 4:12 Cyndi Lauper A Night To Remember
18. I could fall in love with you 4:16 Erasure Light At The End Of The World - limited edition
19. It's My Life (US 12") 6:09 Talk Talk It's My Life
20. Earth My Body 3:22 Various Artists Circle Of Women
21. Bring On The Dancing Horses 4:01 Echo & The Bunnymen Pretty In Pink
22. The Sodom And Gomorrah Show 5:20 Pet Shop Boys Fundamental
23. The Night I Fell In Love 5:05 Pet Shop Boys Release
24. People Are People 3:52 Depeche Mode Some Great Reward
25. Victim Of Love 3:43 Erasure Hits! The Very Best Of Erasure

Dancing in True Colors!

Guess where I went tonight?
I got to see the True Colors Tour when it came through town!

Deborah Harry is an icon and has a new album coming out in August. I didn't know any of the new songs but they sounded great.
Erasure is one of my favorite dance bands from the 80's and today. Such a nice sound. *and no, their songs don't sound alike Trixie, similar yes, but not alike*
We got up and danced to Erasure. Well, Wendy, Mike, Don and I got up and danced. I enjoyed myself so much, I kept track of their play list. I share it with you:

• Sunday Girl
• Blue Savannah
• Drama!
• I Could Fall In Love with You
• Chains of Love
• Love to Hate You
• Sucker for Love
• A little Respect
• Sometimes
• Oh L'amour

Then Cyndi showed up. Did you know that she has an amazing voice. I mean, amazing. She can belt out a tune like few others. Her version of Money Changes Everything really rocked the house. Then she got acoustic towards the end and that highlighted her voice. Time after time with just her voice and the dulcimer.
Cyndi's set list (as I remember it...please help fill in the few I've missed)

• (insert Cyndi's songs)
• When You were Mind
• She Bop
• I Drove All Night
• Money Changes Everything
• Time After Time (acoustic)
• Girls Just Want to Have Fun (just the short version)
• Take a Chance on Me
• True Colors (Acoustic)

The version of True Colors was inspiring. We were holding hands, swaying back and forth. Have you listened to the lyrics lately. So don't be afraid!

I did take some pictures of the event. I'm experiencing a slow learning curve on including the flickr photos correctly to the blog. I'll see what I can do about that. Of course, it was with my phone and the quality is a bit off.

Now go....don't be afraid to show your true colors!