Rent

i don't think i should introduce the Pet Shop Boys.they are really a classic.
though they mostly play pop songs-there is this one song of them that always crawls into my heart-soft melody,and somthing in the voice singing "i love you-you pay my rent"-probebly does that to me.
this is "Rent".

you can watch it here or download it here


You dress me up,
Im your puppet
You buy me things,
I love it
You bring me food,
I need it
You give me love,
I feed it
And look at the two of us in sympathy
With everything we see
I never want anything,
its easy
You buy whatever I need
But look at my hopes, look at my dreams
The currency weve spent
I love you, oh, you pay my rent..

sweet li'l thing

Eels is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett. Other members rotate frequently, both in the studio and on stage. This morning candy is taken from the album "Blinking Lights and Other Revelations"- which is a 33-track double album. Contributions were made by Tom Waits, Peter Buck and John Sebastian. Mark Oliver Everett said that this album "It's about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm". ..And this candy morning is just so sweet-that it must have been coming from these places…
Enjoy!!

Eels-sweet li'l thing

Now i'm born

Yesterday I was sitting on the roof, listening to some music- when I've noticed a big cloud. After 5 minutes I was all wet –it was the first heavy rain.
Though today the sun is shining I choose a really winter song to open this rain,by katamine.

Katamine is a group that joins a cast of artists with the haunting music of successful singer/songwriter Assaf Tager. (Elliot Smith, Portishead, Moloko, etc.)

They got 3 albums-and this song is taken from the new album "forest of bebo" .it's complicated melancholic music- but it's worth the listen.
Enjoy!

Katamine-now I'm born

Martha Wainwright is an American folk-pop singer, which covers "tower of song" by Leonard cohen. She is the sister of Rufus Wainwright which also participates in the same tribute album ("Leonard Cohen I'm You Man-OST"). It's a beautiful song, and it's even getting better with her gentle voice
I've listened to a lot of covers to his songs and I must say this is an album that's gathering many great performers like Nick Cave ,Beth Orton ,Antony and much more.
buy the album- it's a great one if you are a fan.
Enjoy!!


Martha Wainwright-tower of song

Architecture in Helsinki is an avant-garde Australian musical ensemble,which every member of it can play multiple instruments (and a very origial ones...)

I reminded of them,since i have a good old friend who just returned from Melbourne,Australia-the exact place that guys come from.

Any way-
this is one of my favorite band,this is a cool song- and they got a new album coming up!

Architecture in Helsinki -Souvenirs

New Year's Day

Although it's an 80's song,and a protest song- it seemed very appropriate to put it as this candy morning.tommrow is the jewish new year's eve,the first one after the second lebanon war.i wish all my readers and friends a happy new year,one without wars,where we can all be united together.
have a great weekend & holiday !

The operation

Charlotte Gainsbourg got a really impressive family tree. she is the daughter of Serge Gainsbourg (French singer-songwriter) & Jane Birkin (actress).
Charlotte herself is a well known actress (mostly you can see her in French films).

Now, after twenty years from her last album, she releases her new album "5:55".
"The operation" is a very well performed pop song. Her voice, though she sings in English, got a little French accent- and it does all the difference.
A really sexy song- the women version …
Enjoy!

Charlotte Gainsbourg-the operation

Sitting Waiting Wishing

Originally from Hawaii,with an impressive record as a pro surfer comes Jack Johnson,the american singer songwriter.
his bio is very impressive- he managed to enter the us top 100 singles chart & the modern rock chart with many of his singles.
this single,originally from the record "In Between Dreams" (2005) became a chart hit in uk after he re-release it in 2006 brit awards.
apart from being sexy,he's got cool tunes.check him out

watch Sitting Waiting Wishing

Filthy/Gorgeous (Filthy version)

The Scissor Sisters is a band that always makes me wanna go back to the 70's.they got really cool music,and they are facing a new album soon.
this song is really a song to open the weekend- but since i couldn't control myself- here's a tune to make you wanna dance...
enjoy!

paint the moon

the czars-paint the moon

Clear my head

Do you know these mornings that you just wake up too early,and you are not really consitrated..in anything? in this kind of mornings you need a special morning candy.

This song is about nothing.it makes you feel nothing, and even the lyrics repeat themselves,but- this is the best song to clear the head in the morning.

enjoy!

Ivy-clear my head

New Slang (live)

this morning candy is dedicated to my best friend who introduced me to the movie "Garden State" .
this is a crazy movie,with an excellent soundtrack.
this song by "the shins" is from this soundtrack & always remind me driving with her in the car...
enjoy the live version and have a great weekend!

My latest trick

The Dire Straits are so 90's for me ,that sometimes I find it hard to believe I used to listen to them so much . Well, it passed...Though I must admit I do think they got some greatest hits I tend to like.
One of these songs is "my latest trick"- Though it sounds a bit old fashioned it will always remind me of beautiful youth times.
This is a- very- relaxing- tune for starting the weekend.
Enjoy!

Dire Straits-your latest trick

Naked As We Came

Since the winter isn't coming as soon as I hoped it would be, I decided that the only thing I can do is to put another winter candy and imagine…

Iron & Wine is actually the stage name of sam beam, an American singer songwriter. He got an amazing voice,& since 2002 he managed to release 7 ep's,3 albums & to participate in one soundtrack-"In good company".
This amazing song is taken from that soundtrack.

lyrics

iron & wine-naked as we came

Mr.Tough

American. Indie-rock.
They are not afraid of you and they will beat your ass.

Yo la tengo is a band that sounds like nothing you have heard before
(for the good and for the bad, of course..) .
they got really creative attitude with their new album's name "im not afraid of you and I will beat your ass" .in the special website named after the album they invite everyone to say it to the world. check it out- it's fun..:)

this album is the kind of "one-piece" record. the songs do not always stand for themselves, but you got to listen 4-5 times and you are hooked.
Though I had doubts about putting one of the songs as my morning candy, I decided that it's so cheerful ,it has to be.
Enjoy!

yo la tengo-mr tough

Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love

Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love (1928) is one of the songs that probably have so many covers, that it's hard to keep track .
in the 50's it's lyrics were written all over again for a cabaret performances in Las Vegas and New York, in the 90's it got heavy metal covers, even The White stripes borrowed lyrics and themes from this song…
The version I love the most (except Ella Fitzgerald's version of course) is Alanis Morissette version ,from the movie "De-Lovely"-

watch

download Ella Fitzgerald's version
download alanis morissette version

Diferente

this is a great way to start the week-little tango with chill-ambient relations.
Gotan Project is the band,Lunático is the album.
& if you want a good entertainment album- buy "La Revancha del Tango" album.it's refreshing every time like it's a first.
have a good week!!

I Will Follow You into the Dark

Death Cab for Cutie.
the band's name comes from a song performed by British jazz/rock/comedy combo the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band in the Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour film...
they started out as an indie band,some kind of a student's project,and they become a successful band,which has a contract in atlantic records.
there last album "plans" is a great album,actually more of a "winter" album,but a very good one.
this video clip is an intresting interpretation to the song "i will follow you to the dark" .

"If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark".

Hedonism

this song used to be a favorite back in the 90's.
it has a great video too (i remember typing it from vh1:)
enjoy!

nothing really ends

Deus "nothing really ends" song is a real masterpiece.
check out the lyrics,download it

fidelity

She is an unusual singer,very wierd one actually,but when she gets under your skin- you can't stop listening to her.
Regina Spector,originally from Russia,a talented pianist,does the kind of music that is hard to explain.she uses jazz elements,with beatbox sounds,& she sure experinces all kind of combination in her melodies.the lyrics (so she claims) are from her imagination & not biography.
check out this video clip- it's either you like it much or you don't..

seventeen

Keren Ann is one of my most favorites singers.

i love every album she recorded- including the french ones.you really should try her...

she was born is israel,but traveled a lot,& she sings in english (and french). recently she came back here- to sing for the idf soldiers in the lebanon war.she was great.(im still hoping to catch another live show of her).

i discover new songs from her repertoire every time i listen carefully- & this candy morning,thought it's not one of her newest song- is great.

keren ann-seventeen

Boy from School

The british pop-electro "Hot Chip" are doing it very good,when it comes to this music category.it's a unique video clip,but a great song
enjoy!

Get A Move On

this is just a tune i love opening the weekend with- Mr. Scruff's "get the move on".it got a really sweet video-have a great weekend!!!