In Which My Favorite Tunes Get Their "Blogosphere" Debuts

My first song that I absolutely love and could not live without is Time for Three's cover of Imogen Heap's "Hide and Seek." This song makes me so indescribably happy. It is so beautiful, and I love how this group arranged the song so that it is very close to the original. Truth be told, I actually prefer this cover to the original. Don't get me wrong; I am a huge fan of Imogen Heap, and I adore her version, but something about the way that the two violins sound against the bass is incredible. I listen to "Hide and Seek" when I'm happy, sad, stressed out or just in the mood for something amazing. 

(P.S. I think that everyone who breathes should check out Time for Three's stuff. All three of those guys went to Curtis and they are pretty fantastic. They played twice in Greensboro, and I have both of their CDs, so if anyone decides that they would like a new favorite, let me know. :D) 

Since the first step to recovery from addiction is admitting that you indeed have an addiction, I have some admitting to do. 

I confess. 

I am addicted to tango. 

More specifically, I am addicted to Astor Piazzolla. 

It all started last school year, when I had to do a project for my IB Spanish class about something related to a Spanish-speaking country. (Specific, no?) My teacher told us that this project was to be a part of our final exam, that it was to be at least five minutes long and that it was to be memorized. After my classmates and I scraped our lower jaws off of the floor, we went to the computer lab to do research for possible topics. I was getting absolutely nowhere for two days. Then I went to a concert, the concert. My violin teacher's daughter (and Ms. Johnson) were playing in a concert that featured Vivaldi's Four Seasons concertos as well as a piece called The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires. This intrigued me because, conveniently enough, Buenos Aires is located in Argentina, a Spanish-speaking country. I decided that I would give this Piazzolla guy a chance and see what happened. I can't really put how I felt into words, but I can tell you that when I got home, I immediately emailed my Spanish teacher about my topic and then proceeded to drown myself in Piazzolla. And it is a glorious thing. I love how dark and mysterious tango music is, while also being sassy and playful at the same time. Thanks to Astor Piazzolla, tango experienced a revival, and it is fine with me. 

My quest for a musical, Spanish-speaking topic (along with my crazy friend) also led me to Shakira. Shakira is pretty much awesome. She can sing in English as well as Spanish and Arabic, she can dance (oh wow, can she dance) and her music always has a killer beat. All of this adds up to workout/cleaning/fun time/relaxing/anytime at all music. I'm not a great fan of her songs in English, because I personally think she sounds better in Spanish.

This music is some of my favorite music in the world. I love classical music to death, but sometimes I just need a little something different. There's so much more that I listen to, but I had to get this post up in a somewhat timely manner, so I limited myself to just three. Hope everyone else can enjoy my tunes! :)

(P.P.S. Okay, okay, I couldn't resist... I'm a huge fan of Muse, and I would just like to say that I liked them before Twilight played baseball.) 

vs. 

(I think the better choice is crystal clear...)