"The Key of Love"

Here is a beautiful video and a lovely song by Michael Des Barres called "The Key of Love" -

http://youtu.be/6I9MWPm2MRk

Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Chihuly Sculpture London

 

I Will Remember You

This is a beautiful song by Sarah McLachlan called I Will Remember You.  It was used on the soundtrack for the movie "The Brothers McMullen" which is a great movie from 1995.

Here is the video for the song -

http://youtu.be/uHooH4464dQ

And here is a link to the movie reviews, although I would give it at least 8 stars.  I am a big fan of Edward Burns -

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112585/

All Out of Love

I heard this classic song by Air Supply on the car radio when I was on the way home from the gym today.  Hope you enjoy it too -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKvNiYHOTHA&feature=colike

Keiko Matsui

Last Saturday night my husband and I went to a jazz club in Seattle aptly named Jazz Alley, to see the jazz pianist Keiko Matsui.  I think this is the fourth time we have seen her and she never disappoints.  The Jazz Alley is a great venue for her too as it's not really huge and we got a table close to the stage and could see and hear her really well.  The serve dinner but we just had dessert and drinks. 

Keiko has a new album out called The Road and her website has a video on it of the title song.  Enjoy -

http://www.keikomatsui.com/

I've got a Name

I've Got a Name is my favorite Jim Croce song.  It's such a shame that he died so young in a plane crash.

http://youtu.be/YcqauC49Xmc

Perhaps Love

This duet by John Denver (who wrote the song) and Placido Domingo is so beautiful it gives me goosebumps!  Enjoy -

http://youtu.be/3YnfCH7LNcM

Chris Botti

Chris Botti plays the trumpet so beautifully.  We saw him at the Jazz Alley in Seattle a few years ago.  He also appeared on a concert shown on PBS. 

Enjoy -

Forever Young

At the end of The Wonder Years today this song "Forever Young" was played.  It was the perfect ending to the episode and one of the most beautiful songs I have heard in ages. It actually gave me goosebumps!  Joan Baez sang the song on the show but it was originally a Bob Dylan song.  I haven't heard his version but here is Joan singing "Forever Young" -



I can't imagine anyone doing a better job singing that song, can you?  The lyrics are quite meaningful, so Bob Dylan does get the credit for that!

The Human League

I was watching a movie today called Cyrus starrring John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei.  There is a scene where the song "Don't You Want Me?" by the British new wave band called The Human League, is played at a party and John's character really gets into it and starts singing and dancing to the song.  This is a song from the 80's and I hadn't heard it in a long time but it was such a fun scene that I looked for "Don't You Want Me?" on YouTube.  Cyrus is not the greatest movie but it's well acted.  Anyway, I'm glad I saw it, if for no other reason than I had the chance to hear this song again! 

Enjoy! -

You Light Up My Life

Debbie Boone was on Oprah recently and she sang her huge hit song You Light Up My Life.  The song was written for the 1977 movie of the same name.  It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.  When she sang the song on Oprah, it brought tears to my eyes and it sounds better than ever.  Debbie looks great too!

River

Robert Downey Jr. is one of my favorite actors.  I really enjoyed him on Ally McBeal, one of my favorite shows from the 90's.  Anyway, did you know he could sing?  This video from Ally is about his character wishing he could be with his son on Christmas.  The song is called River and was originally sung by Joni Mitchell.  I love this version -

Songs from Elf

One of my favorite Christmas movies is Elf starring Will Ferrell in the charming role of Buddy the Elf who grew up at the North Pole.  His adopted elf father (Bob Newhart) tells him that his real father is Walter Hobbs (James Caan) who lives in New York with his wife and son.  Buddy finds his father and meets a great girl named Jovie played by Zooey Deschanel.  This fun, heartwarming movie from 2003 is sure to be a Christmas classic.

Here is a clip from the movie with Jovie and Buddy singing Baby, it's Cold Outside.

You're Still You

You're Still You is one of my favorite songs by Josh Groban.  I remember him singing this song on an episode of Ally McBeal.  I really liked Ally McBeal which was a quirky comedy/drama from David E. Kelley.  Every season is on DVD.

Here's Josh Groban singing the beautiful song You're Still You -

Oh, Girl

I've always liked the song Oh, Girl by the soul group the Chi-Lites from the 70's.  There are quite a few videos of this song but I like this one the best -

Que Sera Sera

The song for today is Que Sera Sera sung by Doris Day and was featured in the 1956 Alfred Hitchcock classic The Man Who Knew Too Much.  This suspense film stars Jimmy Stewart and Doris Day.  Que Sera Sera means Whatever will be, Will be and won the Academy Award for Best Song. 

Doris Day was in a ton of movies but I think Pillow Talk with Rock Hudson and Tony Randall is my favorite.  She is 88 years old now.

Here is Que Sera Sera -

Son of a Preacher Man

Here is another good song from the soundtrack of Pulp Fiction.  Son of a Preacher Man is sung by Dusty Springfield.

The Fabulous Baker Boys

One of my favorite movies is The Fabulous Baker Boys from 1989.  This movie stars real life brothers Beau and Jeff Bridges as two struggling brothers who are longtime lounge jazz pianists in Seattle.  To improve their act they hire a gorgeous singer played by Michelle Pfeiffer in the role that earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.  In addition to being a great actress, Michelle can really sing!  She plays Susie Diamond, a former escort who shakes up the Baker boys dull career.  The movie is filmed on location in Seattle which is another big plus.

Here is Michelle singing More Than You Know, which was her audition song in the movie -



You've probably heard her sexy rendition of Makin' Whoopee on New Year's Eve -

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

O Brother, Where Art Thou is an underrated Coen brothers movie from 2004.  It stars George Clooney and is a modern satire loosely based on Homer's Odyssey.  Here is a clip from the movie with the cast singing the song "Man of Constant Sorrow" (dubbed into the movie by the bluegrass band The Foggy Mountain Boys.)  In the movie, the group comprised of the three main characters, is called The Soggy Bottom Boys.

Turkey day

This is a really cute video that my friend Sue sent me for Thanksgiving -

Another lovely song

The Darling family, composed of musically-inclined hillbillies, appeared occasionally on The Andy Griffith Show.  The Darling boys were played by a bluegrass group called The Dillards.  Here is a pretty song they did with Charlene Darling (played by Maggie Peterson), the daughter of the family.