Ready or Not

Part of the fun for me with this blog is the unexpected or unusual songs that I get to write about.

My brain decided to take me back to the 90's, AKA glory days, to get a band's song stuck in my head that I hadn't thought of in years.

Fugees were everywhere in 1996- they were the IT band of hip-hop, rap/R&B.  Nerdy white boys from Utah like me even listened to them!

And thanks to my random brain, I'm listening to them again today!  Huzzah.

Here's "Ready or Not" which was a big hit for once-big music group:

Did I take anyone else down memory lane with this one?

Fun facts!

The chorus of this song is taken from a song from 1968 by The Delfonics.  Have a listen:

Oh, just popped into my head, when Ready or Not by the Fugees was famous, I was 17 years old.  When Ready or Not by The Delfonics was famous, my dad was also 17.  What does this mean?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?

Other random fact about this song.  They totally used Enya's music on the recording (The Fugees) without permission, and then she sued, they settled out of court and now she holds songwriting credit as well!  So when you stream this song on my blog, YouTube pays both the Fugees and Enya like one penny each!  

Here's the song they ripped off from Enya, it's called "Boadicea" since this is a music blog, I'll put it here as well.

So in a way you kind of got a three for one Sundee Fundee, lucky you.

Thanks for creating magic memories with me on this here blog.

-Brady

We Know the Way

I've watched bits and pieces of Disney's "Moana" since we first purchased it for our kids, but for the first time Saturday night I was able to sit and really watch it from start to finish.  It's a great movie, very entertaining, engaging and fun.  The music is great too so I wasn't surprised when one of its songs got stuck in my head Sunday morning.

I'm horrible with lyrics- I talk about it a lot here, but I'm just now realizing most of this song is in native Tokelauan.  I thought they were saying "Away, Away" in this song but they're not!  They're saying "Aue Aue" and not because they can't spell, because they're not singing in English, sillies!

"Aue, Aue" means "Oh, oh" for the record.

In fact, just for funzies, I'll give you the meaning of the lyrics in English cause I'm helpful.

Tatou o tagata folau e vala’auina	We are voyagers summoned by the mighty gods
E le atua o le sami tele e o mai	Of this mighty ocean to come
Ia ava’e le lu’itau e lelei	We take up the good challenge
Tapenapena	Get ready

[Hook 1: Chorus, Opetaia Foa'i]	[Translation from Tokelauan]
Aue, aue	Oh! Oh!
Nuku i mua	There is land up ahead
Te manulele e tataki e	A bird in flight to take us there
Aue, aue	Oh! Oh!
Te fenua te mālie	This beautiful land
Nae ko hakilia mo kaiga e	The place I was looking for, we will make our home

We read the wind and the sky when the sun is high
We sail the length of the seas on the ocean breeze
At night, we name every star
We know where we are
We know who we are, who we are


Aue, aue
We set a course to find
A brand new island everywhere we roam
Aue, aue
We keep our island in our mind
And when it's time to find home
We know the way

	[Translation from Tokulean]
Aue, aue	Oh! Oh!
We are explorers reading every sign
We tell the stories of our elders in a never-ending chain
Aue, aue	Oh! Oh!
Te fenua te mālie	This beautiful land
Nae ko hakilia	The place I was looking for Copying and pasting messed up the margins on my page and I can't fix it- aue well! My aue my we had some fun today.  I hope you enjoyed the song stuck in my head.

I Like

I'm so happy to share it when on of my favorite groups, The Divine Comedy, finds its way into my head in the mornings.

Today's song comes from the band's 2010 album "Bang Goes the Knighthood"  I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS ALBUM- and the song I'm sharing today is the record's final track.  I was pleasantly surprised that there is a music video to go along with this song.  It's a delightful video about a man's admiration for his....doll.

It's a good one, watch!

Fun fact!  I once blogged about the opening track of this album, read about it here if you're bored.

Also, in general, if you look to the right side of any page of my blog you can see a list of artists/shows/musicals etc  who have been featured here.   Give it a look if you're curious about anybody's music that has magically found its way into my heads to be shared here for all the world to enjoy!

I love music and I love you.

Lollipop

Oh my my my, is it hot in Salt Lake City.  100 degrees today with temperatures climbing through the week.

Yuck.

So, this happened on Sunday, my son woke me up with this song:

"Daddy pop, daddy pop, ooh daddy daddy pop.  Daddy pop"

Of course, like his old man he's changing lyrics to songs.

You know the classic, "Lollipop" which was made famous by the Chordettes in 1958.  Enjoy the song stuck in my head, you know it and it's a classic part of music pop-culture.

HAGS.

Brady