'Shelter' by Corrinne May

This is my fave song from her latest album 'Beautiful Seed'



Beautiful melody (esp the Cherry Blossom Edition), the strings are a nice touch. and the jap-like melody
This version is different due to a different key...minor key I think...

What's wrong, what's getting you down
Is it something I might have said?
You're walking around with your head to the ground and your eyes are watery red
I know you've been through tough times Kicked around, thrown to the ground but you've always been the strong one
So don't tell me that nobody gets you 'cause I'm standing in your corner Knocking at your door You don't have to be alone
Just call my name
Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter my friend

We share a bond You and I we belong We're like coffee and morning trains
You strip my defenses I catch your pretenses The same blood runs through our veins
I swore I'd be your lifeline Made a vow that I'd surround you with love at every milestone
I'll listen when nobody gets you
I'm still standing in your corner Waiting by your door You don't have to be alone
Just call my name Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
Ohhh...I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter my friend

It was not too long ago
You sought to understand You helped me mend Remember when So promise me you'll...
Call my name
Let me be an answer
'cause it hurts me to see you this way
Ohhh...I wanna ease your pain
Help me understand
Let me be your shelter my friend
Ohhh...
My Friend...

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Michael Bublé - 'Call Me Irresponsible' CD review

"Melding the contemporary and the classic in ways only he can, Michael Bublé has created his most complete studio effort yet. Ranging from "I've Got The World On a String" to "Me and Mrs. Jones," in addition to two new songs co-written by Michael, Call Me Irresponsible makes this album irresistible." - Amazon editorial

Just went to Borders and saw (listen) and sampled two new albums, one from Hayley Westenra and the other from Michael Bublé.

Hayley, hailing from New Zealand was ok, not as great as her debut album, which was disappointing considering this to be her third attempt and the Kiwi songbird doesn't seem to be improving with each album.

Whereas for Bublé, ah...different story altogether! It's already his third studio album and it seems no stopping for this 31-year old Canandian crooner.

I liked what i heard so i bot it (it was on special anyway)

I finished listening to the whole album once and I must say it did not fail my expectations! Michael wrote two songs himself and IT IS GOOD! Esp the track 'Everything'

Well, best to hear it fer yerself and enjoy the jazz in a nice quiet place and chill...like me now...

Bottom line: A

Rave of the week - Amy Winehouse

23 yearz old and de the owner of the coolest voice around, Amy Winehouse creates gritty, urban soul/jazz that is as seductive as it's punchy.

Born and raised on the urban sounds of London, Winehouse at times sounds like a '60s jazz singer - her voice fits in modestly with the modern grooves to which she gives a distinctly urban feel. But this vocal prodigy also has an amazing appreciation of dynamics. Boredom is non-existent in the music. The lyrics are frank, direct, and at times humorous. This girl knows how to write a song.

What is remarkable about Winehouse is how mature and diverse her vocal talents are. Her voice morphs so much on songs, it feels like a vocal multiple personality disorder.

At age 23, a perennial bad girl whose continuing travails with alcohol have followed her everywhere, Winehouse might be trouble, but her jazz and soul inflected 60s sound is exceptional. Already hailed in the UK with a Brit for Best Solo Female Artist, her sophomore effort Back to Black is destined fer greatness.

On the up-tempo opening track "Rehab" - reportedly about an incident in which her management suggested she check herself in resulting in Winehouse parting ways with them - she snarls out a refusal: “No, no, no”.

On "Just Friends," she softens her voice visibly when recalling the good times and steels it when lamenting about how her lover’s two-timing is sucking quality time out of their affair.

Arguably her best work is on the title track where she captures the cloudy desolation of a hasty jilting. “Life is like a pipe. And I’m a tiny penny rolling up the walls inside”. You can read the fading of hope in the lyrics and hear it in her voice.

In fact, love and heartache are very much on her mind. She mines themes of betrayal and loneliness in Tears dry on their own and Wake up alone, but effortlessly changes gears from foot-tapping R&B to jazz-inflected soul between the two tracks. Throughout the CD, you get the feeling Winehouse can take the hard knocks with the best of them. But a sense of doomsday prevails. You’re not sure if she is learning her lessons; that it’s only a matter of time before her next personal disaster. It’s a deliberate play brought about by how she responds audaciously and ambiguously to driving events in her work.

Aiyo, if Amy Winehouse doesn't break through to the big time, then there is something wrong with the industry (But seriously, dunno whether her music is the type the typical average Singaporean can appreciate...). Her unique combination of jazz, soul, coupled with her magnificent voice, is truly something of greatness.

Winehouse ends the album with "Addicted." Thatz a good word to describe what her songs did fer me.

The bottom line: 3.5 out of 5 Stars