Musicals

Last January, for one of my Christmas presents, I got to go and see The Lion King when it came to town. I was so excited and the music and acting definately lived up to everything I had hoped it would be! It was so powerful with all of the African music and the drums with the dancing with the classic lyrics that everyone knows from the original movie. The Lion King is my favorite Disney movie and getting to see it on Broadway was so amazing! Of course, starting the play with The Circle of Life just takes your breath away. It is so amazing and you don't want to blink, too afraid that you would miss something. Then, after we came back from intermission, that was the second best part (the opening scene wins best part). When we came back, we sat down on our asile seats and the next thing we know, there is an African woman standing next to us on the asile with paint on her face and traditional clothing, waving a bird above us on a long stick. It was amazing and would take your breath away. They were singing a song called One by One. It was so cool and right then, I stopped complaining about the seats we got.

I also got to see Mamma Mia! when it came to town, at the same theater. That one was equally as amazing as The Lion King. It's really hard to explain because you just have to experience it for yourself. The thrill of going to the theater is just amazing. Then when the lights go down, and the actors and actresses come out onto stage and start to sing, it gives me goosebumps. Mamma Mia! was amazing. I was really surprised that such a little girl playing Sophie, could have such a big voice that carried all throughout the theater. I don't think she even needed the microphone. Then the set they had is a whole other story. The set for both plays was amazing. When they brought out pride rock for The Lion King...I was shocked at how big it was and then it would spin! When Scar and Simba fought at the top at the end, I thought someone was going to fall because, 1. they were fighting to the death, 2. they were on top of a tall rock, and 3. the rock was spinning!  Then, for the Mamma Mia! set, they had a "house" that looked like it was straight from the movie! They were able to make every scene revolve around that one little house and it worked for every scene! I can't wait to go back to the theater in March to see Next to Normal! Don't worry, I will definately be telling you all about Next to Normal as soon as I go see it!

Pelekania

101 Best Disney Songs

1. circle of life (the lion king)
2. under the sea (the little mermaid)
3. once upon a december (anastasia)
4. some day my prince will come (snow white and the seven dwarves)
5. you've got a friend in me (toy story)
6. best of friends (fox and the hound)
7. lets go fly a kite (mary poppins)
8. zero to hero (hercules)
9. part of your world (the little mermaid)
10. can you feel the love tonight (the lion king)
11. pink elephants on parade (dumbo)
12. the siamese cat song (lady and the tramp)
13. you can fly! you can fly! you can fly! (peter pan)
14. colors of the wind (pocahontas)
15. be our guest (beauty and the beast)
16. the bells of notre dame (the hunchback of notre dame)
17. i just can't wait to be king (the lion king)
18. friend like me (aladdin)
19. i won't say (i'm in love) (hercules)
20. you'll be in my heart (tarzan)
21. reflection (mulan)
22. supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (mary poppins)
23. learn to do it (anastasia)
24. two worlds (tarzan)
25. second star to the right (peter pan)
26. a whole new world (aladdin)
27. beauty and the beast (beauty and the beast)
28. i'll make a man out of you (mulan)
29. candle on the water (pete's dragon)
30. the lion sleeps tonight (the lion king 2)
31. once upon a dream (sleeping beauty)
32. when you wish upon a star (pinocchio)
33. i stand alone (quest for camelot)
34. let me be your wings (thumbelina)
35. he lives in you (the lion king 2)
36. out there (the hunchback of notre dame)
37. hakuna matata (the lion king)
38. journey to the past (anastasia)
39. strangers like me (tarzan)
40. kiss the girl (the little mermaid)
41. so close (enchanted)
42. dance of the sugar plum fairy (fantasia)
43. a star is born (hercules)
44. savages (pocahontas)
45. drink up me hearties (pirates of the caribbean)
46. so this is love (cinderella)
47. the bare necessities (the jungle book)
48. bella notte (lady and the tramp)
49. the unbirthday song (alice in wonderland)
50. poor unfortunate souls (the little mermaid)
51. in the dark of the night (anastasia)
52. endless night (the lion king)
53. just around the riverbend (pocahontas)
54. little april shower (bambi)
55. a spoonful of sugar (mary poppins)
56. he's a tramp (lady and the tramp)
57. chitty chitty bang bang (chitty chitty bang bang)
58. on my father's wings (quest for camelot)
59. oh sing sweet nightingale (cinderella)
60. i've got no srings (pinocchio)
61. looking throught your eyes (quest for camelot)
62. heaven's light/hellfire (hunchback of notre dame)
63. go the distance (hercules)
64. girl worth fighting for (mulan)
65. belle (beauty and the beast)
66. god help the outcasts (hunchback of notre dame)
67. the prayer (quest for camelot) 
68. upendi (the lion king 2)
69. arabian nights (aladdin)
70. a dream is a wish your heart makes (cinderella)
71. gaston (beauty and the beast)
72. everybody wants to be a cat (the aristocats)
73. i wanna be like you (the jungle book)
74. cruella de vil (101 dalmations)
75. united we stand (quest for camelot)
76. heigh-ho (snow white and the seven dwarves)
77. we are one (the lion king 2)
78. court of miracles (hunchback of notre dame)
79. be prepared (the lion king)
80. i wonder (sleeping beauty)
81. prince ali (aladdin)
82. the gospel truth (hurcules)
83. folloing the leader (peter pan)
84. when i see an elephant fly (dumbo)
85. steady as the beating drum (pocahontas)
86. son of man (tarzan)
87. something there (beauty and the beast)
88. love will find a way (the lion king 2)
89. topsy turvy (hunchback of notre dame)
90. follow your heart (thumbelina)
91. one jump ahead (aladdin)
92. what makes the red man red? (peter pan)
93. to honor us all (mulan)
94. bibbidi bobbidi boo (cinderella)
95. that's what makes the world go round (sword in the stone)
96. the age of not believing (bedknobs and broomsticks)
97. whistle while you work (snow white and the seven dwarves)
98. someone's waiting for you (the rescuers)
99. jolly holiday (mary poppins)
100. a guy like you (hunchback of notre dame)
101. a pirates life (peter pan)

I can think of so many more but I'll just keep it to 101. Leave me a comment and tell me which one(s) is/are your favorite(s)!

Pelekania

Song: Run Away With Me

I know I talked about this song in yesterday's post but I have been listening to it more and more so I decided to give it it's own post. Run Away With Me is one of those songs that just makes me want to cry when I listen to it, not because it's sad but because I want this song to be my life. I want some guy to come to my window and ask me to run away with him. It's a song that makes me cry because I wish that this would happen to me. Here are the lyrics:

Run Away With Me

Let me catch my breath--this is really hard
If I start to look like I'm sweating, well that's cause I am
I'm not good with words, but that's nothing new
Still, I have to try to explain what I want to do...with you

If you run away with me, let me be your ride out of town
Let me be the place that you hide; we can make our lives on-the-go
Run away with me; Texas in the summer's cool
We'll be on the road like Jack Kerouac
Looking back, Sam, you're ready; let's go anywhere
Get the car packed and throw me the key; run away with me

Sam, I know it's fast; I'm in love with you
Sam, it's crazy but Sam, I'm crazier for you
I have these plans, Sam, I have these plans
Of a house that we build on the bay when we run away

Let me be your ride out of town; let me be the place that you hide
We can make our lives on-the-go; run away with me
Alabama heat--sign me up
We'll be on the road like some country song; won't be long
Sam, you're ready, let's go...anywhere
Get the car packed and throw me the key; run away with me

I'm not trying to make you a wife here
I'm not trying to tie you down
I'm just saying there might be a life here--
A new one as soon as we run, just as soon as we run, run away

Let me be your ride out of town; let me be the place that you hide
We can make our lives on-the-go; run away with me
Mississippi mud-- watch me slide
We'll be on the road like Jack Kerouac
Looking back; Sam, you're ready, Sam

Let me be your ride out of town; run away with me
California dreams here we come
Romeo is calling for Juliet
Ready, set, Sam, you're ready
Let's go...anywhere
Say the word and I'm already there

Run away with me

Now can you see why it makes me cry? For all the ladies reading this, hang in there. I'm pretty sure all of you want this to happen just as much as I do. And for all the guys out there, don't hesitate, we are waiting for you and girls don't wait forever.

If you are looking into buying this song on iTunes, type in Run Away With Me and if I'm not mistaking, it's the first one. Anyway, it's the one sung by Josh Young. I know, it's not quite as good as the video of Aaron Tveit singing it, but I usually end up shouting the lyrics at the top of my lungs so I can't here him singing anyway. I did a little bit of research and figured out that this song is also in a musical called The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown. This musical is a brand new musical that hasn't even hit Broadway yet but I have a feeling that it won't take long for it to get there. If you want to know more about The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown, go to google and type it in and click on the first site that says Broadway. Nothing else, just Broadway and you can read about the musical and listen to the music.

Well, this is possibly my new favorite song. And guess what...I ALREADY HAVE IT MEMORIZED! Which means I have already listened to is about fifty times in two days and it still hasn't gotten old! Love it! Leave me some comments on what you think of this song! But if you are going to leave one that says you don't like it, please save me the trouble of beating you up and just don't write anything. Thanks! :)

Pelekania

Video: Aaron Tveit singing Run Away With Me

This video is my new favorite YouTube video. Aaron Tveit is the cutest person I have ever seen! Especially when he sings Run Away With Me. If you watch it, watch his facial expressions. They are so cute! Then, when you are done drooling over him in that video, watch him sing Along the Way. It is so funny! And watch his face in that one too, because he is so so so adorable!

Pelekania

Musical: Next to Normal

I haven't seen the musical...yet. I am hoping to see it soon when it comes to town but that's not for a while, so I guess I am just going to write on what I already know about it. Next to Normal is a story about a dysfunctional family. There is a mom, Diana, played by Alice Ripley; a dad, Dan, played by J. Robert Spencer; a daughter, Natalie, played by Jennifer Damiano; and a son, Gabe, played by the hottie himself, Aaron Tveit. The whole story gets a little confusing until you find out that the son, Gabe, is actually dead and the mother is just imagining him being there. That's where the whole dysfunctional family part comes into play here. The son died when he was only a year and a half. Ever since, Diana, the mother, has been watching him "grow up", because she won't let him go. Diana is the only one in her family that has these hallucinations and she goes to therapy to discuss her problems with letting go of her son. That's where her doctor comes into play. Diana talks to Gabe as if he were really there. Diana not wanting to let Gabe go isn't the only problem, Gabe doesn't want his mother to let go, that's why he stays with her all the time. He doesn't want to be forgotten.

Then there's Natalie. Natalie and Diana don't have a good relationship because Diana is so wrapped up in staying with Gabe. Natalie was born to replace the loss of their son, so therefore, she doesn't care for her parents too much. Rather, Natalie spends most of her time with her best friend and boyfriend, Henry, played by Adam Chandler-Berat. Natalie has a really rough life and personally I feel really bad for her because her mother doesn't notice her or pay her any attention. That's when Natalie starts getting into clubs and drugs.

I don't want to completely ruin the story and get it wrong so I am going to stop there until I actually see the musical and then I will come back and add to it. But one thing I know really well about this musical is the music itself. I have the complete original Broadway cast recording version of the soundtrack and I listen to it almost everyday. This is the list of songs:
Act One:

1. Prelude
2. Just Another Day
3. Everything Else
4. Who's Crazy/My Psychoparmacologist and I
5. Perfect for You
6. I Miss the Mountains
7. It's Gonna Be Good
8. He's Not Here
9. You Don't Know
10. I Am the One
11. Superboy and the Invisible Girl
12. I'm Alive
13. Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling
14. I Dreamed a Dance
15. There's a World
16. I've Been
17. Didn't I See This Movie?
18. A Light in the Dark

Act Two

1. Wish I Were Here
2. Song of Forgetting
3. Hey #1
4. Seconds and Years
5. Better Than Before
6. Aftershocks
7. Hey #2
8. You Don't Know (Reprise)
9. How Could I Ever Forget?
10. It's Gonna Be Good (Reprise)
11. Why Stay?/A Promise
12. I'm Alive (Reprise)
13. The Break
14. Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)
15. Maybe (Next to Normal)
16. Hey #3/Perfect For You (Reprise)
17. So Anyway
18. I Am the One
19. Light

So as you can see, there is a pretty good selection and I'm sure anyone can find something in this soundtrack that they like. Personally, my favorites are 1. I'm Alive and the reprise 2. Aftershocks 3. Wish I Were Here. Those are just my top three. I love them all but I think those are my top favorites. If you are bored, go to YouTube and type in Just Another Day Next to Normal and click on the second video. Just wait for it...wait for it, AARON TVEIT COMES OUT SINGING SHIRTLESS!!!!! But sorry for the weird person laughing in the background. But I think Aaron's shirtlessness and sexy six pack make up for it :) And when that video leaves you wanting more, watch the video of I'm Alive. There's no shirtlessness but it's still really sexy!

Watch the videos and let me know what you think of them!

Pelekania

Music Artist: Michael Buble

Michael Buble is my favorite artist. His music is amazing and his voice is even better. When he sings his version of Fever...oh my god it's the sexiest thing I have ever heard. Fever is one of my favorite songs along with Moondance and Everything. Everything is such a cute song and no matter what is going on in my life, this song always makes me smile.

Michael's newest album, Crazy Love, is on tour right now and I would give almost anything to go to one concert of his. I would have to say that his most popular song right now is Haven't Met You Yet. It's the only Michael Buble song I have ever heard on the radio. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love that song, but I wish they would play more of his songs on the radio than just that one.

The song I was talking about before, Everything, is a love song (like most of his songs). It's a song about how perfect the girl is and how she's everything to him. Here are the lyrics so you can see how adorable this song is!

"Everything"

You're a falling star, you're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to say.

And you play it coy but it's kinda cute.
Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby don't pretend that you don't know it's true.
'cause you can see it when I look at you.

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.

You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.

And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.

[Chorus]

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

[Chorus:]
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
'Cause you're my everything.
Yeah, yeah

So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
So, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

This song is from the Call Me Irresponsible album if anyone was wondering! Has anyone heard his new song Hollywood? I love it! It is (in my opinion) one of his best songs yet! I can't wait to buy it on iTunes. I listen to his music until I have all the words memorized and I have a bad memory so you can only imagine how many times I listen to his music. Leave me some comments and let me know what you think of Michael Buble, especially if you hadn't heard of him before this blog post!

Pelekania

Book/Movie: Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

WARNING: If you haven't read Percy Jackson and the Olympians yet STOP reading this blog post and go read those books. Really, stop because I don't want to ruin the story for anyone.

Percy Jackson is my second favorite story book character. I would say he's my favorite but that spot, I'm afraid will always be Harry Potter's spot. I absolutely love Percy though don't get me wrong. The books are amazing and Rick Riordan, like J.K. Rowling, is one of my many heroes just for writing these amazing books. I have only read the first and second books so far but I can't wait to read them all. I'm sure that just like reading Harry Potter I will try to drag out each book as much as possible so they won't end. I love the books because they are so adventurous and they have a little bit of mystery in them and there is always something going on and you can't stop reading one you've started.

I can't decide which book I like better. They were both amazing but I can't pick a favorite yet because I haven't read them all. I will continue to update this particular post as I read all the books and hopefully watch more Percy Jackson movies (assuming they make a movie for each book).

The movie was good and my favorite part of the movie was staring at two hours of Logan Lerman. Lerman is, I must say pretty sexy! He is technically supposed to be a twelve year old boy in the book. I think we can all tell that he's not exactly twelve in the movie. But that didn't stop me from watching it a million times! As for following the book, it gets a D+ in that category. The movie didn't really follow the book very well at all. The beginning of the movie went with the beginning of the book pretty well but as they got towards the middle of the movie, things started going different ways and then the whole idea changed. In the book, they are just trying to get to the underworld but in the movie they are on a quest to find the pearls to get out of the underworld.

I mean, no wonder the movie was so amazing, the guy who directed Percy Jackson directed the first Harry Potter movie so I guess he is just amazing! If I could talk to the director, I would highly encourage him to make more Percy Jackson movies. I would love to see what they come up with for the second movie because after reading the book, I think the movie would be pretty damn awesome. I would just like to know (if they make a second movie) how are they going to make the cyclops?

Rick Riordan has already started another series and I am so excited to read those books too! I am going to be busy with books this year! His new series is called The Heroes of Olympus. According to the Barnes and Noble website summary...there are some familiar faces in the book. They are about three kids (no, not the three you are thinking of) who are taken away to Camp Half-Blood and don't know what's going on. That's all the summary said so I really need to finish the Percy series so I can go out and buy those books!

Well, for all you Percy lovers out there, leave me some comments!

Pelekania

Song: Love You More

I have recently discovered this song called Love You More by a group called Racoon. I saw the group name and honestly I was a little worried because I didn't know what kind of music a group called Racoon would have. But then I listened to the song and I fell in love! It is such a cute song and I could listen to it all day. I know it's not as good as listening to the song but here are the lyrics:

Love You More by Racoon

Clouds above go sailing by
I found my meaning in this life
clear white is flying in my eyes,
underneath a blue, blue sky
The waves come rolling in with the tide.
I've been away too long
and everyday I missed you more.
You look like you did before
only prettier.
Everyday I love you more.

All the people rushing by, by, by
looking for meaning in this life
so used up, and blinded by lies,
They're underneath the blue, blue sky
the way they seldom seem to smile
I don't know why.

'Cause I've been away too long
and everyday I missed you more.
You look like you did before,
only prettier.
Everyday I love you more.
I love you more,
everday I love you more,
and more.

Cause I've been away too long
and everyday I missed you more.
You look like you did before,
only prettier.
And everyday I missed you more,
and more and more and more and more.
I've been away too long
and everyday I missed you more
oh you look like you did before
only prettier
everyday I love you more.

I love you more.
Everyday I love you more

Leave me a comment and let me know what you think of the song!

Pelekania