As mentioned in this morning's blog, Lily Allen covered ELO's Mr. Blue Sky.
I was completely unfamiliar with Lily Allen until one evening in the past year when a dear friend and I were spending an evening in our lounge clothes with laptops on the kitchen table chatting music. She pulled up a song called Smile by Lily Allen.
At first glance I immediately thought she would be too "young and hip" for my taste. I'm a stickler about "new music" ... In general, I'm not a big fan. Anywho, Lilly and her people won't let me post the video here, but you CAN watch it by clicking here.
I would like to go on record as saying I don't condone anything being done in that video
....that is some pretty twisted and evil stuff!!
And now...
I was completely unfamiliar with Lily Allen until one evening in the past year when a dear friend and I were spending an evening in our lounge clothes with laptops on the kitchen table chatting music. She pulled up a song called Smile by Lily Allen.
At first glance I immediately thought she would be too "young and hip" for my taste. I'm a stickler about "new music" ... In general, I'm not a big fan. Anywho, Lilly and her people won't let me post the video here, but you CAN watch it by clicking here.
I would like to go on record as saying I don't condone anything being done in that video
....that is some pretty twisted and evil stuff!!
And now...
an Ocho-rific
Cover
...you've been waiting for it all day...
you figured it was "probably" coming at some point...
Mr. Blue Sky - Covered by Lily Allen
...you've been waiting for it all day...
you figured it was "probably" coming at some point...
Mr. Blue Sky - Covered by Lily Allen
::WIKI "FACTS"::
*Lily Rose Beatrice Allen (born 2 May 1985) is an English recording artist, talk show host, and actress. She is the daughter of actor and musician Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen. In her teenage years, her musical tastes evolved from glam rock to alternative. A year later, Allen abandoned school and concentrated on improving her performing and compositional skills. Afterwards, she created several demo songs, and near the end of 2005, she created a profile on MySpace, where she made some of her recordings public.
*A contract was signed with the label Regal Recordings, as the views on MySpace rose to tens of thousands. In 2006, she began to work on completing what would be her first studio album and its first mainstream single "Smile" reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006.[2] Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received on the international market, selling over 2.6 million copies and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. She then began hosting her own talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three.
**Upcoming Profanity Warning**
If you do not wish to see "the F word" in print, with 75% of the letters replaced by *#%,
please blur your eyes and scroll down quickly to "ANYWHO..."
The next couple of paragraphs are about a song that Lily Allen wrote originally about the British National Party but it ended up being about George W. Bush. **from the wiki**
*Her second major album release, It's Not Me, It's You, saw a genre shift for her, having more of an electropop feel, rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was appreciated by the critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity. It spawned the hit singles "The Fear" and "F*#% You",
popular mostly in Europe.
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((*Background on F*#% You))
Allen posted on MySpace a partial clip of a song, originally called both "Guess Who Batman" and "Get With the Brogram," but was eventually entitled "F*#% You" The song was originally written about the British National Party but ended up being about George W. Bush.[43] As of late May 2009 the song has peaked at the number 68 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, the highest ranking of any song from the album.[44]
Due to the profanity, I won't post it in the blog. It's a VERY catchy tune and I absolutely love it.
If you are of age and want to hear it, you can click here.
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ANYWHO...
Allen studied horticulture to become a florist, but changed her mind and returned to music. She began writing songs, and her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of an office building.[20]
In 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Recordings; they gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as X&Y (Coldplay) and Demon Days (Gorillaz).
Allen created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2005.[21] The demos attracted thousands of listeners, and 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of "LDN" were rush-released, reselling for as much as £40.[17][21] Allen also produced two mixtapes — My First Mixtape and My Second Mixtape — to promote her work: they included tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dizzee Rascal, and Ludacris. As she accumulated tens of thousands of MySpace friends, The Observer Music Monthly (OMM), a magazine published in The Observer, took interest.[17] Few people outside of her label's A&R department knew who she was, so the label was slow in responding to publications wanting to report about her.[21]
There were a multitude of things between then and now ... this gal has a very long story to be so young. You can find loads more by clicking on the links in ::Extra Goodies:: ... but as of now, Lily Allen performed a Farewell Concert over the weekend and is now going to focus on family and other business ventures.
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*A contract was signed with the label Regal Recordings, as the views on MySpace rose to tens of thousands. In 2006, she began to work on completing what would be her first studio album and its first mainstream single "Smile" reached the top position on the UK Singles Chart in July 2006.[2] Her debut record, Alright, Still, was well received on the international market, selling over 2.6 million copies and brought Allen a nomination at the Grammy Awards, BRIT Awards and MTV Video Music Awards. She then began hosting her own talk-show, Lily Allen and Friends, on BBC Three.
**Upcoming Profanity Warning**
If you do not wish to see "the F word" in print, with 75% of the letters replaced by *#%,
please blur your eyes and scroll down quickly to "ANYWHO..."
The next couple of paragraphs are about a song that Lily Allen wrote originally about the British National Party but it ended up being about George W. Bush. **from the wiki**
*Her second major album release, It's Not Me, It's You, saw a genre shift for her, having more of an electropop feel, rather than the ska and reggae influences of the first one. The album debuted at #1 on the UK Albums Chart and the Australian ARIA Charts and was appreciated by the critics, noting the singer's musical evolution and maturity. It spawned the hit singles "The Fear" and "F*#% You",
popular mostly in Europe.
_______________
((*Background on F*#% You))
Allen posted on MySpace a partial clip of a song, originally called both "Guess Who Batman" and "Get With the Brogram," but was eventually entitled "F*#% You" The song was originally written about the British National Party but ended up being about George W. Bush.[43] As of late May 2009 the song has peaked at the number 68 position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, the highest ranking of any song from the album.[44]
Due to the profanity, I won't post it in the blog. It's a VERY catchy tune and I absolutely love it.
If you are of age and want to hear it, you can click here.
_______________
ANYWHO...
Allen studied horticulture to become a florist, but changed her mind and returned to music. She began writing songs, and her manager introduced her to production duo Future Cut in 2004. They worked in a small studio in the basement of an office building.[20]
In 2005, Allen was signed to Regal Recordings; they gave her £25,000 to produce an album, though they were unable to provide much support for it due to their preoccupation with other releases such as X&Y (Coldplay) and Demon Days (Gorillaz).
Allen created an account on MySpace and began posting demos in November 2005.[21] The demos attracted thousands of listeners, and 500 limited edition 7" vinyl singles of "LDN" were rush-released, reselling for as much as £40.[17][21] Allen also produced two mixtapes — My First Mixtape and My Second Mixtape — to promote her work: they included tracks by Creedence Clearwater Revival, Dizzee Rascal, and Ludacris. As she accumulated tens of thousands of MySpace friends, The Observer Music Monthly (OMM), a magazine published in The Observer, took interest.[17] Few people outside of her label's A&R department knew who she was, so the label was slow in responding to publications wanting to report about her.[21]
There were a multitude of things between then and now ... this gal has a very long story to be so young. You can find loads more by clicking on the links in ::Extra Goodies:: ... but as of now, Lily Allen performed a Farewell Concert over the weekend and is now going to focus on family and other business ventures.
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::Extra Goodies::
MORE Lily Allen on IMDB, Facebook, Google Images, ThisIsNottingham and WIKI.
Search Amazon.com for Lily Allen
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