Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #37

Here’s my twelfth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/11/11/weekly-song-challenge-round-37/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a song that is about our country, post a song that has the color-red, white, or blue in either the title or the lyrics, and sandwiched in between is post a song that is patriotic.

Rules:

Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post.
Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a song that is about your country.

“God Bless America” is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin during World War I in 1918 and revised by him in the run up to World War II in 1938. The later version has notably been recorded by Kate Smith, becoming her signature song. “God Bless America” takes the form of a prayer (intro lyrics “as we raise our voices, in a solemn prayer”) for God’s blessing and peace for the nation (“…stand beside her and guide her through the night…”). Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Canadian pop star Celine Dion performed the song on the TV special America: A Tribute to Heroes. Shortly afterwards on October 16, Sony Music Entertainment released a benefit album called God Bless America, which featured Dion singing the song. The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and became the first charity album to reach the top since USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” in 1985. Dion’s version also received enough radio airplay to reach No. 14 on Billboard’s Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. The music video was made and aired in September 2001. Dion performed the song also a few times during 2002. In 2003, she performed it at Super Bowl XXXVII. She sang it on July 4, 2004 in her A New Day… show as well. “God Bless America” performed by Dion exists in two versions, live and studio. Both included on collections to gather funds for the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and their families. The live version, on America: A Tribute to Heroes, is from the telethon event of the same name that took place on September 21, 2001. The studio version is on the God Bless America album, a patriotic songs CD. It was recorded on September 20, 2001, the day before the American telethon. It was meant to be a replacement for the performance in the event something happened and Dion could not appear.

Breathless is the 1998 Indi-pop album by Indian singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar. It was the album that first made Mahadevan famous. The title track, “Breathless,” is a steady stream of a song that goes on not without a break, stanzas, verse or apparently even a pause for breath. The length of the part of the song which is ‘breathless’ is about three minutes. Mahadevan made the album in collaboration with Akhtar, a reputed lyricist in the Indian music industry. Renu Desai was a model and appeared in the music video of Shankar Mahadevan’s “Breathless”. The album won the award for Best Non-film Album at the 1998 Screen Awards. In 2018, Mahadevan recreated the song to highlight the programmes and initiatives of the Narendra Modi-led government.

2. Post a song that is patriotic.

Vande Mataram is a 1997 studio album by Indian musician A. R. Rahman. It is Sony Music India’s largest-selling non-film album to date. It released on December 9, 1997 by Sony’s music labels Columbia Records and SME Records. It was released on the Golden Jubilee anniversary of India’s independence and has been instrumental in instilling a sense of patriotic pride and national unity amongst the people of India. Ever since release, both the album and its title song “Maa Tujhe Salaam” have had a profoundly positive and unifying impact on the nationalistic and patriotic mood of the country. A critical and commercial hit, the title song from the album is one of India’s most popular songs of all time. Sung by Rahman himself, the song has come to represent a feeling of patriotic unity for India and has been performed or played at several national and regional events in the country. The popularity of the song was such that in 2002, when BBC World Service conducted an international poll to choose the ten most famous songs of all time from around 7000 songs selected from all over the world, “Maa Tujhe Salaam” was voted second. The track also holds two Guinness World Records for being the song performed in the most number of languages. Indian singer Sai “Psychuck” Manapragada performed the track in 265 different languages (individually) and again in 277 languages (with chorus) to achieve this feat twice. Rahman was also issued an Guinness World Record certificate for being the composer of the original song which was ceremoniously presented to Rahman after his concert in Oakland, CA, USA on September 12, 2010. The album won the 1997 Screen Videocon Award for Best Non-Film Album.

“America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)” is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The melody used is the same as that of the national anthem of the United Kingdom, “God Save the Queen”. The song served as one of the de facto national anthems of the United States (along with songs like “Hail, Columbia”) before the adoption of “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the official U.S. national anthem in 1931. Samuel Francis Smith wrote the lyrics to “America” in 1831 while a student at the Andover Theological Seminary in Andover, Massachusetts. Smith gave Mason the lyrics he had written, and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children’s Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. The first publication of “America” was in 1832.

3. Post a song that has the color-red, white or blue in either the title or lyrics.

Govindudu Andarivadele (lit. The lord is a people’s man), also known by the acronym GAV, is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Krishna Vamsi. Produced by Bandla Ganesh for Parameswara Art Productions, the film features Ram Charan, Srikanth, Kajal Aggarwal and Kamalinee Mukherjee in the lead roles, while Prakash Raj, Jayasudha, Rahman and Adarsh Balakrishna play supporting roles. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the film’s soundtrack and score while Sameer Reddy worked as the cinematographer.  Govindudu Andarivadele portrays a “non-residential Indian” named Abhiram who visits his grandfather Balaraju’s house as a student of agriculture. He actually came to reconcile the differences between his father, Chandrasekhar Rao, and Balaraju. The pair parted ways as Chadrasekhar went to the US while Balaraju stayed and built a charitable hospital for local people. Abhiram succeeds in winning over family members, and Balaraju understands the truth behind Abhiram and his attempts. The film was released worldwide on 1 October 2014 to generally positive feedback from critics. The film became one of the highest grossing Telugu films of 2014.

62nd Filmfare Awards South

Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu

Hariharan for “Neeli Rangu Cheeralona”

Nominated

 

Rowdy Fellow is a 2014 Telugu language political action-drama film, written and directed by Krishna Chaitanya and produced by T. Prakash Reddy under his banner Moviemills, and presented by Cinema 5. This hybrid genre film stars Nara Rohit and Vishakha Singh in the lead roles, while Rao Ramesh, Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Posani Krishna Murali, Supreeth, Praveen, Ahuti Prasad, and Madhunandan, among others, play supporting roles. Sunny has composed music for the film. The film’s music released on 16 September 2014 to enthusiastic reviews on the web. Honourable Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Nara Chandra Babu Naidu, blessed the unit members on the eve of the event. Thereafter, the album topped the Telugu music charts for weeks to follow.

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #36

Here’s my eleventh entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/10/28/weekly-song-challenge-round-36/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a song that is a satire of a hit song, post a song that was featured in a tv show or in a movie, and sandwiched in between is post a song that you love by an artist that was not one of their biggest hits.

Rules:

Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post.
Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a song that is a satire of a hit song.

Pitbull – “Fireball” PARODY! By Key of Awesome

This is the 93rd song in the Key of Awesome series. Pitbull’s sidekicks are on the hot seat in our “Fireball” parody! “Fireball” is a song by American rapper Pitbull, featuring American singer John Ryan. It was released on July 23, 2014 as the second release from Pitbull’s eighth studio album, Globalization (2014). The song peaked at number 23 at the US Billboard Hot 100. It has sold 1 million copies in the US as of January 2015. It has been certified Gold in Canada and Australia.

2. Post a song that you love by an artist that was not one of their biggest hits.

“Main Vari Vari” from Mangal Pandey: The Rising

Mangal Pandey: The Rising (internationally known as The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey) is a 2005 Indian historical biographical drama film based on the life of Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier known for helping to spark the Indian rebellion of 1857 (also known as The First War of Indian Independence). It is directed by Ketan Mehta, produced by Bobby Bedi and with a screenplay by Farrukh Dhondy. The lead role is played by Aamir Khan. The music was scored by A. R. Rahman with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. Kavitha Krishnamurthy and Reena Bharadwaj are the singers of this beautiful song that sadly wasn’t a hit song.

3. Post a song that was featured in a tv show or in a movie.

“Manmohana” from Jodhaa Akbar Telugu Movie

Jodhaa Akbar is a 2008 Indian historical romance film, co-written, produced and directed by Ashutosh Gowariker. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles, with Sonu Sood, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Ila Arun in supporting roles. The acclaimed score and soundtrack of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman. The shooting for the film started at Karjat and the movie was released on 15 February 2008. Upon release, it was a critical and commercial success. The film won the Audience Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, two awards at the Golden Minbar International Film Festival, seven Star Screen Awards five Filmfare Awards and two National Film Awards, in addition to two nominations at the 3rd Asian Film Awards.

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge # 35

Here’s my tenth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/10/21/weekly-song-challenge-round-35/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a video of  a song that has either in title or lyrics the name of a state in the US, post a song that either in title or lyrics has the name of a country or continent, and sandwiched in between is post a song that either in the title or lyrics the name of a town.

Rules:

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Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a song that has either in title or lyrics the name of a state in the US.

“Georgia On My Mind” by Ray Charles

“Georgia on My Mind” is a 1930 song written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell and first recorded that year. It has been asserted that Hoagy Carmichael wrote the song about his sister, Georgia. But Carmichael wrote in his second autobiography Sometimes I Wonder that saxophonist Frankie Trumbauer told him he should write a song about the state of Georgia. He jokingly volunteered the first two words, “Georgia, Georgia…”, which Carmichael ended up using while working on the song with his roommate, Stuart Gorrell, who wrote the lyrics. Gorrell’s name was absent from the copyright, but Carmichael sent him royalty checks anyway. Carmichael recorded “Georgia on My Mind” with Bix Beiderbecke on cornet Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti on violin, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet, and Charles Winters on double bass in September 15, 1930, in New York City. This was part of Beiderbecke’s last recording session. Frankie Trumbauer had the first hit recording in 1931 when it reached the top ten on the charts. It has often been associated with Ray Charles, a native of the U.S. state of Georgia, who recorded it for his 1960 album The Genius Hits the Road. In 1979, the State of Georgia designated it the official state song. Ray Charles, a native of Georgia, recorded a version that went to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot 100. In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named the Ray Charles version of “Georgia on My Mind” the 44th greatest song of all time.

2. Post a song that either in the title or lyrics the name of a town.

“Nacchave Nizam Pori” from Varsham

Varsham (English: Rain) is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan, the film stars Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan, and Gopichand playing the lead roles, and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. Lyrics were Penned by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. “Nacchave Nizam Pori” was sung by Adnan Sami and Suneeta Rao. Nizam is another word for Hyderabad since Hyderabad used to be ruled by Nizams. Also there is a city / town named Nizamabad in India.

3. Post a song that either in title or lyrics has the name of a country or continent.

“Jana Gana Mana” Indian’s National Anthem

Jana Gana Mana is the national anthem of India. It was originally composed as Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata in Bengali by poet Rabindranath Tagore. Later, it was written in sadhu Bengali or tatsama Bengali which is heavily sanskiritised. The first stanza of the song Bharoto Bhagyo Bidhata was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of India as the National Anthem on 24 January 1950.It was first publicly sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta (now Kolkata) Session of the Indian National Congress.

“America the Beautiful”

“America the Beautiful” is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met. This performance of ‘America The Beautiful’ by Beyonce still gives us chills from President Obama’s Inaugural Concert. This video is for everyone that remembers the hope and dreams that we had on this magical Inauguration Day when we watched a wonderful president be inaugurated into our beloved White House.

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge # 34

Here’s my ninth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/10/07/weekly-song-challenge-round-34/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a video of a instrumental song that we adore, post a rock music video that has a violin or cello solo and sandwiched in between is a popular ballad that contains a woman’s name in the title.

Rules:

Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post.
Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

Post an instrumental you adore.

“Lord Krishna Flute Music Theme” from Star Plus Mahabharat

This is one of my favorite instrumental songs of all time. I love how peaceful it makes me feel. It is truly a beautiful score to listen to. It helps me relax every time I hear it. This was the theme music for Lord Krishna in the Star Plus Mahabharat TV Show. It was composed by Raj Mohan Sinha.

“Northbound Train” from North and South soundtrack

This is another instrumental song that I love. It is from the BBC TV miniseries North and South and it has the most perfect kiss between the hero and heroine. The girl is from the South of England and the guy is from the North of England. It was composed by Martin Phipps.

2. Post a popular ballad that contains a woman’s name in the title.

“Radha” from Student of the Year

“Radha” is a Hindi Song from the Bollywood Movie Student of the Year. It is a beautiful song that was sung by Shreya Ghoshal, Vishal Dadlani, Shekhar Ravjiani and Udit Narayan and composed by Vishal Shekhar. It topped the charts worldwide and received the Song Of The Year Award multiple times.

3. Post a rock music video that has a violin or cello solo.

“Baba O’Riley” also called “Teenage Wasteland” by The Who

“Baba O’Riley” by The Who definitively includes one of the most famous rock violin solos ever recorded. The part was performed by Dave Arbus (of the group East of Eden), who is considered as the first artist to create a Celtic rock song. This song is known as ‘Teenage Wasteland.’

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #33

Here’s my eighth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/09/30/weekly-song-challenge-round-33/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a video of a song that is our favorite song by one of these singers (Elton John, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Kansas, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, and Neil Diamond), post a video of a song that was popular the year you graduated from high school, and sandwiched in between is a hit song from the year that you were born.

Rules:

Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post.
Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of your favorite song by any of these artists:

Elton John

Styx

REO Speedwagon

Kansas

Aerosmith

Bon Jovi

Neil Diamond

“It’s My Life” by Bon Jovi

“It’s My Life” is song by American rock band Bon Jovi. It was released on May 23, 2000 as the lead single from their seventh studio album, Crush (2000). The song was written and produced by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, and Max Martin, and co-produced by Luke Ebbin. The song peaked at number one in Austria, Flemish Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, and Switzerland while charting within the top 10 across several other countries and peaking at number 33 in the US Billboard Hot 100. Though the band had moved away from the glam-oriented sound with 1992’s Keep the Faith, it has the distinction of making Bon Jovi one of the only bands once classified as 1980s glam metal to reach the top 40 in the 2000s, a testament to how the song managed to introduce the band to a new, younger fanbase. The song is arguably their best-known post-1980s hit single and it has been performed at almost every live show since its release.

Awards

Won:

• “Video of the Year” at the VH1 My Music Awards
• Chosen as one of the greatest songs of the year at the ASCAP Pop Music Awards

Nominated:

• “Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal” at the 43rd Grammy Awards, but lost to U2’s “Beautiful Day”

2. Post a hit song from the year you were born.

“I’ve Had The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing (1987)

“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” is a 1987 song composed by Franke Previte, John DeNicola, and Donald Markowitz. It was recorded by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes, and used as the theme song for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. In the United States, the single topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1987 for one week and also reached number one on the Adult Contemporary for four weeks. In the United Kingdom the song had two chart outings: in November 1987, after the film’s initial release, the song peaked at No. 6; in January 1991, after the film was shown on mainstream television, the song reached No. 8. In 2004 AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey placed it #86 among the top tunes in American cinema. Previte wrote the lyrics, and the music was written by John DeNicola and Don Markowitz. With the release of the film it became a worldwide hit, and is one of the most frequently played songs on radio.

Awards

• Academy Award for Best Original Song, 1987
• Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, 1988
• Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, 1988
• ASCAP “Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures” and “ASCAP Songwriter Of The Year” for its writer.

In 2004 AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs survey placed it #86 among the top tunes in American cinema.

3. Post a video of a song that was popular the year you graduated from high school.

“Chand Sifarish” from Fanaa (2006)

“Chand Sifarish” is a 2006 Hindi Song composed by Jatin-Lalit with lyrics written by Prasoon Joshi. “Chand Sifarish” is a hindi song from the 2006 movie Fanaa. Chand Sifarish singers are Kailash Kher and Shaan. Chand Sifarish music director is Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit. “Chand Sifarish” features Aamir Khan, Kajol, Rishi Kapoor, Kiron Kher, Sharat Saxena, Tabu. Chand Sifarish director is and the producer is . The audio of Chand Sifarish song was released on 26th May, 2006 by Yash Raj Films Music. Fanaa (transl. Destroyed in Love) is a 2006 Indian romantic thriller film, directed by Kunal Kohli and produced by Yash Raj Films. The film stars Aamir Khan in an antihero role, with Kajol as his blind love interest, and Rishi Kapoor, Tabu and Sharat Saxena in supporting roles. This was the first movie that Aamir Khan and Kajol were put into a romantic pairing for the first time with this film. It also marked the comeback of Kajol, who was last seen in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001).

FILMFARE AWARD

• Best Lyrics – Prasoon Joshi (Chand Sifarish…)
• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shaan and Kailash Kher (Chand Sifarish…)

INTERNATIONAL INDIAN FILM ACADEMY (IIFA) AWARDS

• Best Lyrics – Prasoon Joshi (Chand Sifarish…)
• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shaan and Kailash Kher (Chand Sifarish…)

ZEE CINE AWARDS

• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shaan (Chand Sifarish…)

SCREEN AWARD

• Best Playback Singer (Male) – Shaan (Chand Sifarish…)

 

“Adagadigo Bhadragri” from Sri Ramadasu (2006)

 

“Adigadigo Badragiri” song is a Telugu devotional song about Lord Rama the “Maryada Purushottam” or Lord Vishnu’s Avatar of the perfect man from the Sri Ramadasu released on 2006. Music of “Adigadigo Badragiri” song is composed by MM. Keeravani. “Adigadigo Badragiri” was sung by SP. Balasubramaniam. Sri Ramadasu is 2006 Telugu language biographical film, based on the life of Kancharla Gopanna popularly known as Bhadrachalam Ramadasu, produced by Konda Krishnam Raju on Aditya Movies banner and directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Sneha, Suman in the lead roles. Upon release, the film got highly positive reviews. The film’s lead actor Nagarjuna received unanimous positive appreciation for his portrayal in the titular role and subsequently went on to win Nandi Award for Best Actor that year. Music director M. M. Keeravani also received rave reviews for his work. Along with being critically acclaimed, The film recorded as Blockbuster hit at the box office and is considered as one of the milestones in the long-spanning career of the lead actor Nagarjuna. Interestingly, this happens to be a movie that a father and son duo acted in together. The father was Akkineni Nageswara Rao and the son is Akkineni Nagarjuna. All songs in this movie are blockbusters. The music was released by ADITYA Music Company.

FILMFARE AWARD -TELUGU  (2006)

• Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu – S.P. Balasubramaniam

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #32

Here’s my seventh entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/09/23/weekly-song-challenge-round-32/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a video of a song that is about smiling, post a video of a song by a singer or band that begins with an E, and sandwiched in between is a song about mending, healing or strength.

Rules:

Copy rules and add to your own post, pinging back to this post.
Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of a song that is about smiling.

“Muskurane” (“To Smile”) by Arijit Singh

“Muskurane” (English: To Smile) is a romantic Hindi song from the 2014 Bollywood film, CityLights. Composed by Jeet Gannguli, the song is sung by Arijit Singh, with lyrics penned by Rashmi Singh. The music video of the track features actors Rajkummar Rao, Patralekha and Arijit Singh. Arijit Singh won the Screen Award for Best Male Playback Singer at the 21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards  in 2015 for “Muskurane.” Arijit Singh also won the Award for Best Male Playback Singer at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards in 2015 for his soulful song “Muskurane.” The Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year of 2015 was awarded to Rashmi Singh for “Muskurane.” Listeners’ Choice Song of the Year of 2015 was “Muskurane” from the Bollywood movie CityLights. Arijit Singh was voted online as the Best Male Singer by the readers of the IBN Live for the song “Muskurane.” At the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards Rashmi Singh won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist.

2. Post a song about mending, healing or strength.

Telugu Version of the “Hanuman Chalisa” by M.S. Rama Rao

M. S. Ramarao (3 July 1921 – 20 April 1992) was an Indian singer and composer. He was popular for his devotional songs, especially sundarakandamu and the Telugu Version of the Hanuman Chalisa in Telugu. He became popular for his Telugu Version of Hanuman Chalisa. He gained fame for singing the devotional songs and was awarded the name of ‘Sundara Dasu’ in 1977. He wrote Hanuman Chalisa and Sundarakandamu of Valmiki Ramayana in Telugu during 1972-74. He sang Sundarakanda in the form of Telugu songs. I chose the Telugu Version of Hanuman Chalisa because Telugu happens to be one of my languages. Last year when my father had his heart catheterization, I sat in the waiting room just reading the Hanuman Chalisa and praying that he would be healed. Also I remember praying back 2012 when my dad had a heart attack and ended up getting heart surgery. The Hanuman Chalisa was definitely one of the songs that helped me heal when I was suffering from a bad flu in January of 2018.

3. Post a video of a song by a singer or band that begins with an E.

“May It Be” by Enya

“May It Be” is a song by Irish recording artist Enya. It was composed by Enya and Roma Ryan for Peter Jackson’s 2001 film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The song entered the German Singles Chart at number one in 2002 and was performed by Enya at the 74th Academy Awards. “May It Be” was acclaimed from music critics and received nominations for Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, Academy Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media. “May It Be” received universal acclaim from music critics. It was nominated for the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song, but lost to Randy Newman’s “If I Didn’t Have You” from Monsters, Inc. It won the Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Song and the 2002 Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Song. It was also nominated for the 2002 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, but lost to “Until” from Kate & Leopold. The song also received a 2003 Grammy Award nomination for Best Song Written for Visual Media.

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #31

Here’s my sixth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/09/15/weekly-song-challenge-round-31/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a video of a song by a band with a number in their name, post a video of a song that has a number in lyrics and/or title, and sandwiched in between is a song that is a one hit wonder.

Rules:

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Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of a song by a band with a number in their name.

“She Will Be Loved” by Maroon 5

“She Will Be Loved” is a song by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was written by frontman Adam Levine and lead guitarist James Valentine. The song was released on June 8, 2004, as the third single from Maroon 5’s 2002 debut studio album, Songs About Jane. The single peaked at No. 5 in the United States and by December 2012 had sold more than 2,722,000 digital downloads. It peaked at No. 4 in the United Kingdom. In Australia, it reached No. 1, a position it held for five non-consecutive weeks. The single is noted for its music video starring Kelly Preston in a mother-daughter love triangle with lead singer Adam Levine. The song hit No. 1 on the Mainstream Top 40 and Adult Top 40 charts, Maroon 5’s newer hits were played only on pop and adult contemporary stations. As of June 2014, the song has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States. In 2005, the song was nominated at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals category. “She Will Be Loved” entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #50 as the Hot Shot debut of the week on July 24, 2004. The song rose to No. 20 on August 21, 2004, giving Maroon 5 its third consecutive Top 20 hit on the chart. “She Will Be Loved” continued to gain in performance and rose to #9 on September 11, 2004, becoming Maroon 5’s second top-ten hit from Songs About Jane after the band’s previous hit “This Love”. The song reached its peak position at No. 5 on September 25, 2004, matching the peak position of “This Love” from earlier that year.  It fell to No. 6 a week later and stayed in that position for three weeks, before rising back up to #5 on October 23, 2004 for two more consecutive weeks. “She Will Be Loved” was certified platinum on April 18, 2011 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

2. Post a song by a one-hit wonder.

“Jai Ho” from Slumdog Millionaire

“Jai Ho” is a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. When Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire, approached Rahman to compose its soundtrack, he included the song. “Jai Ho” accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. The song features vocals from Sukhvinder Singh, Mahalaxmi Iyer and Vijay Prakash in Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi. Indian singer Tanvi Shah wrote and provided vocals for an English section of the song. “Jai Ho” is a Hindi phrase which can be roughly translated as “Let [the] victory prevail”, “Let there be victory”, or “May there always be victory”. American girl group The Pussycat Dolls recorded an English interpretation of “Jai Ho”. Entitled “Jai Ho! (You Are My Destiny)”, and credited to “A. R. Rahman and the Pussycat Dolls featuring Nicole Scherzinger”, the song appeared on the re-release of the group’s second studio album Doll Domination (2008).There aren’t many one-hit wonders that have won both a Grammy Award and an Oscar. In fact, “Jai Ho” is pretty much it. In 2008, Slumdog Millionaire was packing movie theaters with its crazy compelling story of a poor, illiterate kid who wins the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire . As the movie ends in an exciting rush of requited love and joy, you see the cast in a train station dancing and singing “Jai Ho.” It’s a great scene that ends the movie on a high and unexpected note. People embraced the song and movie, taking this movie that was made for only $15 million to worldwide sales of more than $370 million. Along the way, “Jai Ho” hit #15 on the Billboard Top 40, making A.R. Rahman a one-hit wonder. Jai Ho” won a Grammy Award for the Best Song Written for a Motion Picture. Then, in 2009, it won an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

3. Post a video of a song that has a number in lyrics and/or title.

“Aidhurojula Pelli” (Five Day Wedding) from Varudu

Varudu is a 2010 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by Gunasekhar in his tenth directorial film. This film stars Allu Arjun, Tamil actor Arya, and Bhanu Sri Mehra in the lead roles, while Suhasini Mani Ratnam, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Brahmanandam, among others, play supporting roles. The film will be in Telugu, the official language of southern state Andhra Pradesh, though presumably subtitled. (Telugu is India’s third language and the 15th most-spoken language worldwide, just ahead of Italian and Vietnamese). It’s director, Guna Sekhar, and star, Allu Arjun, are both Telugu. The Keralite-born Tamil actor Arya (he goes by one name) appears to play the antagonist.D.V.V. Danayya is the producer of the film. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, and the film released on 31 March 2010. The audio was rendered by Mani Sharma.  All tracks were written by Veturi Sundararama Murthy. The singers of this beautiful song were Jamuna Rani, Hema Chandra, Malavika, Vijayalakshmi, Sunanda, Ranjith. The song featuring 5-days marriage is wonderfully shot. Sandeep ‘Sandy’ (Allu Arjun) is a next-gen youngster who parties hard and has a modern outlook, but his ideas towards marriage are traditional. As he gets a job in the USA, his parents Vasundhara (Suhasini) and Raj Gopal (Ashish Vidyarthi), who got married against their respective parents’ wishes, ask him to get married. He accepts and tells them that he will marry a girl of their choice in a ceremony that lasts five days. He also refuses to see his bride until the marriage. Everything is arranged according to his wishes, and his marriage is fixed with Deepthi (Bhanu Sri Mehra). At the ceremony, when Sandy and Deepthi see each other, they fall in love at first sight. Deepthi gets kidnapped by a local goon named Diwakar (Arya).

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #30

Here’s my sixth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/09/08/weekly-song-challenge-round-30/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a song that is about getting spiffied up, post a video of a song that is a great work out song, and sandwiched in between is a song that makes you cry for no particular reason.

Rules:

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Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of a song that is about getting spiffied up.

”Man I Feel Like A Woman” by Shania Twain

“Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Shania Twain taken from her third studio album, Come On Over (1997). Written by Twain with her longtime collaborator and then-husband Robert John “Mutt” Lange, who also produced the track, the song was released first to North American country radio stations in March 1999 as the eighth single from the album, and later it was released worldwide in September 1999. “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” is a country pop song with lyrics about female empowerment. The song received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who praised the song’s attitude and hook as well as Twain’s vocals. Commercially, the song was also successful, reaching the top-ten in six countries, while reaching the top-twenty in Canada and number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was even more successful on the Hot Country Songs chart, reaching the top-five and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for 1,000,000 digital downloads. The song also won a Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 2000. I chose this song because I have always loved listening to this beautiful song. I have always been a fan of Shania Twain. I have always loved songs that have to do with female empowerment as well.

2. Post a video of a song that makes you cry for no particular reason.

“Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold” from The Hobbit

“Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold” is a song sung by Thorin II Oakenshield and Company in J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit. As Tolkien left no title for the song, “Far Over The Misty Mountains Cold” is sometimes referred to as The Dwarf Song, Thorin’s Song, The Song of The Lonely Mountain, or shortened to simply “The Misty Mountains”. The song explains the backstory of Thorin and Company, and foreshadows the adventure to come for the group. It also helps lead to the large development of Bilbo from his often quiet and calm “Baggins” nature, to the more adventurous and outgoing “Tookish” side of his heritage, an evolution that takes most of the novel. The song is first heard at the assembly in Bag End. While the dwarves sing, Tolkien describes how something Tookish and adventurous wakes up inside Bilbo. In the film, the song is sung without instrumental accompaniment, whereas in the book it was sung to music. The song is featured on the film’s soundtrack, titled “Misty Mountains”. The tune of the song is crafted into Thorin and Company’s main musical theme. The song is composed and conducted by Plan 9 and David Long. This song has always made me cry because I read The Hobbit before I watched the movie I knew that because of the quest that Bilbo and the Company go on, my favorite dwarf Thorin Oakenshield and his sweet nephews Fili and Kili will die. Also it doesn’t hurt that the actor playing Thorin is my beloved eye candy Richard Armitage.

3. Post a video of a song that is a great work out song.

“Say Na Say Na” from Bluffmaster and “Breathless”  by Shankar Mahadevan

“Say Na Say Na” is a song sung by Aneela Mirza in the 2005 Bollywood movie Bluffmaster!, the release of which shot Mirza to fame, and was a chart hit in India. Say Na Say Na was sung by Aneela, Robert Uhlmann and Arash. Bluffmaster is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Rohan Sippy and produced by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani and Nana Patekar.  Bluffmaster released on 16 December 2005, and received positive response from critics. The film became a moderate box office success earning a “hit” verdict, as well as being the 17th highest-grossing Bollywood film of the year 2005. Vishal-Shekhar is the music director. This song was a part of the SaReGaMa Music Label. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 14,00,000 units sold, this film’s soundtrack album was the year’s tenth highest-selling. “Say Na Say Na” was one of the first songs that I did Zumba to in my first ever Zumba class with my first teacher Mary Ann. My friend Christine was my Zumba Teacher for two years and “Say Na Say Na” was one of her favorite Bollywood songs to have in her Zumba routine every day or every week. When my new Zumba teacher Michelle realized that I was an Indian girl who loved Bollywood music she played her “Say Na Say Na” remix for our Zumba class workouts.

Breathless is the 1998 Indi-pop album by Indian singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan featuring lyricist Javed Akhtar. Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian singer and composer who is part of the Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy composing trio team for Bollywood Indian films. It was the album that first made Mahadevan famous. The title track, “Breathless,” is a steady stream of a song that goes on not without a break, stanzas, verse or apparently even a pause for breath. The length of the part of the song which is ‘breathless’ is about three minutes. Mahadevan made the album in collaboration with Akhtar, a reputed lyricist in the Indian music industry. The music video of the title song “Breathless” was directed by Farhan Akhtar and his sister Zoya Akhtar. This was the beginning of a long association, as Shankar, along with Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa (as Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy), went on to score music for all of the films directed by Farhan and Zoya Akhtar. The music album was a huge success, selling over 300,000 copies and topped all major music charts in India for about 10 straight weeks. In some of my Zumba classes we have had dance moves for “Breathless” and in some other Zumba classes we have used “Breathless” as our cool down stretching song. 

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #29

Here’s my fifth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/09/02/weekly-song-challenge-round-29/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a song that reminds you of a day off from work,Post a video of a song that talks about work, and sandwiched in between is a song that mentions the season of summer.

Rules:

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Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of a song that makes you think of time off from work.

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” By Cyndi Lauper

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is a song written and first recorded in 1979 by American musician Robert Hazard. Better known as a single by American singer Cyndi Lauper, whose version was released in 1983. It was the first major single released by Lauper as a solo artist and the lead single from her debut studio album She’s So Unusual (1983). Lauper’s version gained recognition as a feminist anthem and was promoted by a Grammy-winning music video. The single was Lauper’s breakthrough hit, reaching number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and becoming a worldwide hit throughout late 1983 and early 1984. It remains one of Lauper’s signature songs and was a widely popular song during the era of its release, the 1980s. The “Rolling Stone & MTV: ‘100 Greatest Pop Songs’: 1-50″, “Rolling Stone: “The 100 Top Music Videos”” and the “VH1: 100 Greatest Videos” lists ranked the song at No. 22, No. 39 and No. 45, respectively. The song received Grammy Award nominations for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.  I chose this song because I have always believed that girls should just have fun and no one should force them to do anything that they don’t feel like they want to do. For example on my days off from work everybody in my family asks me when I’m going to get a better paying job or if I’m going to go back to school to get another degree now that I’m starting a new life since my husband and I are divorcing. I’m still young and I have all the time in my life why can’t I just enjoy being a single lady who loves her job.

2. Post a video of a song that makes you think of Summer.

“Nee Kosam” from Telugu movie Nenunnanu.

Nenunnanu (I Am There) is a 2004 Telugu film produced by D.Sivaprasad Reddy on Kamakshi Movies banner, directed by V. N. Aditya. Starring NagarjunaAkkineni, Arti Agarwal and Shriya Saran in the lead roles with Subbaraju and Mukesh Rishi in supporting roles and music by M. M. Keeravani was a big asset to the film. This movie was then dubbed in Tamil as Chandramadhi and in Hindi as Vishwa – The He-Man. The film recorded as a Super Hit at the box-office. The music was composed by M. M. Keeravani. All songs were blockbusters. The music was released on ADITYA Music Company. Krishnakumar Kunnath and Shreya Ghoshal sang this melodious song. Krishnakumar Kunnath is popularly known as KK, K.K. or Kay Kay) is an Indian singer. He is a prominent singer in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati languages films. KK is noted for his clear and soothing voice; broad vocal range and noteplay. He is considered as one of the most versatile singers of India. Shreya Ghoshal is an Indian playback singer. She has received four National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards including six for Best Female Playback Singer, nine Filmfare Awards South, four Kerala State Film Awards and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. She has recorded songs for film music and albums in various Indian languages and has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian cinema. Apart from playback singing, Ghoshal has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows and she also appears in music videos. She performs in musical concerts around the world. She has been honored by the United States state of Ohio, where Governor Ted Strickland declared 26 June 2010 as “Shreya Ghoshal Day”. I chose this wonderful song for my summer song because it is about the season of summer.

3. Post a video of a song that is about working.

“We Are Family” by Sister Sledge & Jade

“We Are Family” is a song recorded by American vocal group Sister Sledge. Composed by Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers, they both offered the song to Atlantic Records; although the record label initially declined, the track was released as a single from the album of the same name in April 1979 and began to gain club and radio play, eventually becoming the group’s signature song. “We Are Family” went gold, becoming the number 1 R&B and number 2 pop song on the American charts in 1979 (behind “Hot Stuff” by Donna Summer). Along with the tracks “He’s the Greatest Dancer” and “Lost in Music”, “We Are Family” reached number 1 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs. It was also the theme song for the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates. In 2017, the song was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or artistically significant.”  Billboard magazine named the song number 20 on their list of 100 Greatest Girl Group Songs of All Time. It’s not really a song about working but it can definitely describe working at my Tommy Hilfiger store. All of your employees want to feel like they are a part of one big family. Another solution to ensuring your customers receive exceptional customer service: make sure your employees are happy. You need to be “…giving love in a family dose.” We have all dealt with disgruntled employees and they are not a business’ best line of defense in excelling at customer service. They aren’t engaged and could care less about the customers they are serving. Some examples of working in a retail store that have to do with treating employees as family is: Recognize your staff for great service by treating them to a company outing, like bowling, a movie or even a team building event. (We had a bowling event and celebrated a coworkers baby shower with a dinner party at a restaurant earlier this year.), Order food in to the office for staff appreciation. (We had many pizza parties when we won awards and for my second anniversary with TH my boss and coworkers surprised me with a cookie cake.), and Give small bonuses or recognize a job well done – all employees will take note! (When I was honored as Employee of the Month for May I also received a bonus and the reason that I was chosen as EOM was because I was the only one that asked customers if they would like to donate for the Save the Children Foundation fundraiser we were doing and I was able to collect over a hundred dollars in just one weekend.)

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Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge #28

Here’s my fourth entry for Laura’s Weekly Song Challenge. Here’s a link to Laura’s blog https://lavent69.blog/2019/08/26/weekly-song-challenge-round-28/

This week Laura has given us these three topics to find songs for. We have to post a song that reminds you of a loved one,Post a video of a song that talks about rain or sunshine; and sandwiched in between is a song that mentions a food or drink.

Rules:

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Post music videos for your answers to the musical questions.
Tag two people to participate!
Easy!

1. Post a video of a song that reminds you of a loved one.

“I Hope You Dance” by Lee Ann Womack

I Hope You Dance” is a crossover country pop song written by Mark D. Sanders and Tia Sillers and recorded by country singer Lee Ann Womack with Sons of the Desert. The song, which was featured on Womack’s 2000 album of the same name, reached number one on both the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks and Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts, and also reached number fourteen on the Billboard Hot 100. It is considered to be Womack’s signature song, and it is the only Billboard number one for both Womack and Sons of the Desert. This song reminds me of many of my childhood memories because since a young age I have been a dancer and we have choreographed many dances for various family parties throughout my life. Even though I was going through all the stress of my divorce the week before our family reunion and celebrating my parent’s  fiftieth wedding anniversary I didn’t let my stress ruin the party: My sister and I still danced the remix in Austin with all our nieces and nephews.

2. Post a video of a song that mentions a food or drink.

“Chocolate, Lime Juice” from the Hindi movie Hum Aapke Hain Koun

Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (lit. Who am I to you?) also known by the initialism HAHK, is a 1994 Indian musical romantic-comedy film, written and directed by Sooraj Barjatya, and produced by Rajshri Productions. Starring Madhuri Dixit and Salman Khan, it celebrates the Indian wedding traditions by relating the story of a married couple and the relationship between their families; a story about sacrificing one’s love for one’s family. The soundtrack for Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! was composed by Raamlaxman whose original name is Vijay Patil and lyrics were by Dev Kohli. Lata Mangeshkar is the singer that sang this interesting song. Yes, chocolate lime juice and toffee is a weird combination! But hey, when it’s food – who’s judging? Chocolate, Lime Juice, Ice Cream, Toffeeyaan – as the song croons, we get a taste of all things that were dear to us in our childhood. 

3. Post a video of a song that talks about rain or sunshine.

“Mellaga Karagini” and “Nuvvasthanante Nenoddantaana” from the Telugu movie Varsham 2004

Varsham (English: Rain) is a 2004 Tollywood romantic action film produced by M.S. Raju on his Sumanth Art Productions banner and directed by Sobhan, the film stars Prabhas, Trisha Krishnan, and Gopichand playing the lead roles, and the music was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. All the lyrics were written by Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry. All songs are blockbusters. The music was released on Aditya Music. The singers of Mellaga Karagini are Sripathi Panditharadhyula Gonda Balasubrahmanyam Charan and Sumangali. This movie actually has two different songs that take place in the rain. The other rain song is Nuvvasthanante Nenoddantaana which means (If you wish to come, will I refuse?) The singers of Nuvvasthanante Nenoddantaana are Chitra and Raqeeb Alam.

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