Friday Fun: Bach meets Elton John

I randomly found a very cool thing on Spotify today. The pianist John Bayless is combining Bach and Elton John and improvises around the too. I think it qualifies as good Friday fun :)

Enjoy! Tiny Dancer and Your Song.

Suddenly short

I cut my hair about 40 cm a few weeks ago. Here it is. Big event for me. He he. I have had long long hair for about 15 years!

Great music videos: Elton John - This Train Don't Stop There Anymore

I have a kind of conflicted relationship with Elton John's music, but he has made some genius songs through the years. One of them is "This Train Don't Stop There Anymore" where he looks back on his career. The real stroke of genius was though to hire Justin Timberlake to play Elton in the video. I think this was the first time I really thought to myself "Oh, that Justin, he's gonna be huge.. Just wait for it! He's soon gonna go off on his own..". I think Justin does an amazing job and really gets the lyrics across so clear... It has brought tears to my eyes many times :) hehe

So here is one clip with behind the scenes interviews of Elton and Justin and then the video itself.



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New songs: Phoenix - 1901

Ok, this is kind of old news by now, because I have been busy lately (:)), but still great news:

The amazing elegant beautiful band Phoenix is releasing their new album on the 25th of May, but has already put out the single "1901" on their homepage and you can listen to it or download it. I think it's really really good. Such a perfect production, it's like the song is jumping out of the speakers. And very cool, and takes a lot of self esteem to call the new album "Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix". But then again, they are from Versailles ;) Can't wait to hear the new album!!

Enjoy!

Great music & film: Lord of the Rings Symphony

I don't think I have mentioned that before in this blog, but I am also a huge "Lord of the Rings"-fan and I find the music for the films a big part of why they are so so good. Howard Shore has done a masterpiece in enhancing the mood of the movies and the beautiful photos and the story created but the rest of the theme. Parts of the music is really moving and I'll never forget the first time I saw The Return of the King for the first time. I was in the front row of the worlds biggest THX movie theater and the speakers with the music was right in front of me. I was so overwhelmed by the beauty!!
The music has also been released like a Symphony and I have made a play list for you of an orchestra playing it. Enjoy this modern masterpiece!