11/23/07

Three Tunes To Share!!









DOWN TO EARTH(extended)- CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT
http://download.yousendit.com/76A4EEC91DD1BF9A








RAIN- SOPHIE AND PETER JOHNSTON
http://download.yousendit.com/7C96B1C67DF2D8FA











EVERY OTHER NIGHT- PAUL CHASTAIN
http://download.yousendit.com/BD6D35B07C0D98CE


Hope you'll like it!!

DR. STIRRING RHOD

11/22/07

U2 18 SINGLES

Early this year "U2 18 SINGLES" CD was released here in MANILA on two pressing. An imported and a local(more affordable) version with different prices. Well, for me this compilation is good for those who's not into their music before and would try to know and discover them. For U2 afficionados on the otherhand, this compilation album would be just another set on their collection. Not really that intense for this IRISH BAND who was first introduced here in MANILA by both WXB102 and DZBM POWER105 back in 1985 with "SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY" and "NEW YEAR'S DAY". This compilation album includes 16 of their successful singles with two additional tracks namely "The Saints Are Coming" which is a collaboration with Green Day, and a new track entitled "Window In The Skies". Of course, Pinoy New Wavers knows this great Irish Band is a total hit here in MANILA with a lot of their songs played on NEW WAVE RADIOS which were not included on the CD. A BONUS LIVE DVD entitled "Vertigo: Live from Milan" was also released as a U2 18SINGLES Deluxe Edition. The DVD features a highlight of 10- songs from the band's 25-song set in Milan, Italy during the Vertigo Tour in 2005.

The CD COVER is also the BOOK COVER of their AUTOBIOGRAPHY entitled "U2 BY U2"which was written by all four members of the band namely: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. I got interested with the book so I decided to buy it to have the first hand info from the band members themselves. The book is great and have good insights of what the band went through on their entire musical career.I even remembered the defunct TOWER RECORDS PHILIPPINES branded them as "THE GREATEST BAND ON EARTH" when they released almost all their CD discography wayback 2004 because U2's band line-up remained intack after all these years.


TRACKLISTING:

1) Beautiful Day
2) I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
3) Pride (In the Name of Love)
4) With or Without You
5) Vertigo
6) New Year's Day
7) Mysterious Ways
8) Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
9) Where the Streets Have No Name
10) Sweetest Thing
11) Sunday Bloody Sunday
12) One
13) Desire
14) Walk On
15) Elevation
16) Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own
17) The Saints Are Coming
18) Window in the Skies

MABUHAY TO U2!!!

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
http://download.yousendit.com/0402FCCD20E4AB8A


11/21/07

More Than JUST THE MUSIC!

A current batch of PHILIPPINE RELEASES CDs at affordable prices. The Entire set is called "MORE THAN JUST THE MUSIC". Here, in the photo I've taken on a Record Bar, it features 15 CDs which are branded as "BEST OF","GREATEST HITS", "COLLECTION". The ARTISTS are:

1) BRYAN ADAMS
2) THE CURE
3) DUSTY SPRINGFIELD
4) INXS
5) ELTON JOHN
6) TEARS FOR FEARS
7) BON JOVI
8) THE HOUSEMARTINS
9) JIMMY HENDRIX
10)LIFEHOUSE
11)PULP
12)STEREO MC's
13)SUPERTRAMP
14)SHERYL CROW
15)BLINK 180

SHELL FERRARI CARS

SHELL Gasoline Station has a promo right now on having FERRARI TOY CARS whenever you buy their products. Of course, you have to buy these great toy cars in an affordable price. Since, I usually gas-up my Car at Shell Station then I was able to get these stuffs. I'm not a real HARDCORE Toy Collector, but I have to have these COOL STUFFS so I decided to complete the ENTIRE SIX FERRARI CAR COLLECTION. He He He!!




The Six FERRARI CARS available are:
1) F1
2) F50
3) F430

4) 575 Superamerica
5) 360 Spider
6) Enzo

LIFE!!

Recently, a death of a DEAR ONE came and I just realize again that LIFE is just too short. It's not how you die, but how you live your LIFE. "LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST"....as the saying would go. Then, I got a chance to listen to some Inspirational and Uplifting music on the funeral. Here are the 5 CDS I've listened to:

1) 25 PRAISE & WORSHIP SONGS YOU LOVE TO SING
2) TOUCHED BY LOVE (sung by daughters of SAINT PAUL)
3) JESUIT MUSIC FOR MEDITATION vespers

4) ON WINGS OF PEACE (Instrumental Music For Prayer and Meditation)

5) CHANGE MY HEART OH GOD Volume Two(10 best loved worship classic from Vineyard Music)




.....May You REST IN PEACE!!
.....WE LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!

11/5/07

TRAINSPOTTING

In 1996, a cult film entitled "TRAINSPOTTING" was shown here in MANILA. I was very much interested to see the film on the big screen because of the reviews I read before it was shown here in MANILA. "TRAINSPOTTING" was indeed a deep film about life on Heroin Addiction. It stars EWAN McGREGOR (young Obi-Wan Kenobi on STAR WARS episode I,II,II) as Mark Renton. The film was based on an Irvine Welsh's novel which depicted on the life of Mark Renton as a drug-dependent person who struggles through life. It was directed by Danny Boyle. A great cult film indeed with a great soundtrack!!!
Listening to the music on the film made me bought the ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE soundtrack which includes music from NEW ORDER, IGGY POP, PRIMAL SCREAM, UNDERWORLD,etc. Definitely a great score for music enthusiast like me who loves this kind of music. Then a follow-up SOUNDTRACK was released due to the success of the first one. WOW!! Indeed another great collection of tunes from DAVID BOWIE, JOY DIVISION, HEAVEN 17,etc so I have to buy it. This second offering includes cuts which weren't included on the first one and also some songs that didn't appear on the final film, but were included at earlier stages or were used as inspiration by the filmmakers.

Definitely two great CDs for your collection!!! ANG GALING!!!

TRACKLISTING:
Trainspotting(Music from the Motion Picture)
1) Lust for Life- Iggy Pop
2) Deep Blue Day- Brian Eno
3) Trainspotting- Primal Scream
4) Atomic - Sleeper
5) Temptation - New Order
6) Nightclubbing- Iggy Pop
7) Sing- Blur
8) Perfect Day- Lou Reed
9) Mile End- Pulp
10)For What You Dream Of - (FULL-ON RENAISSANCE MIX) - Bedrock featuring KYO
11)– 2:1 – Elastica
12)A Final Hit- Leftfield
13)Born Slippy .NUXX- Underworld
14)Closet Romantic- Damon Albarn
Trainspotting #2(Music from the Motion Picture, Vol. #2)
1) Choose Life- PF Project
2) The Passenger - Iggy Pop
3) Dark & Long (Dark Train) - Underworld
4) Carmen Suite No.2- Georges Bizet
5) Statuesque - Sleeper
6) Golden Years - David Bowie
7) Think About the Way - Ice MC
8) A Final Hit- Leftfield
9) Temptation- Heaven 17
10)Nightclubbing (BABY DOC REMIX)- Iggy Pop
11)Our Lips Are Sealed - Fun Boy Three
12)Come Together- Primal Scream
13)Atmosphere- Joy Division
14)Inner City Life - Goldie
15)Born Slippy .NUXX (DARREN PRICE MIX) - Underworld

Some WXB102, DZBM POWER105, and NU107 staples are included on the two CDs. My favorite would be "ATMOSPHERE" by JOY DIVISION which is I consider a very eerie song and specially Ian Curtis vocals on it is just cool. "Passenger" by IGGY POP is a staple on 103.5 KLITE's LITEWAVE.