Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Alicia Keys' 80s Power Ballad + Free MP3s



This is a RIDICULOUS video, and she still refuses to appear in a video without a piano, but on first listen, I'm taken by it.


And to avoid complete blog fail, here are 50 free em pee threes courtesy of InSound.

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7 comments:

  1. ShariVariNovember 18, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    It's an interesting-sounding song. I'm not sure it really goes anywhere but it's growing on me. As a power-ballad fan, though, i think i need a bigger chorus.

    The eighties influence is massive, of course. Rather than being a reimagined version of the cooler elements, it actually sounds like it was recorded twenty-or-so years ago.

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  2. tincanmanNovember 18, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    Thanks for that link

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  3. steenbeckNovember 18, 2009 at 6:49 PM

    Musically it reminded me of this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCJ-Yb-p6UI&feature=related

    And the video reminded me off this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQyAJAIg0vg

    Hee hee.

    Actually, I kind of liked the song and the video. Reminds me of the early days of MTV.

    ANd thanks for the link.

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  4. ShariVariNovember 18, 2009 at 7:17 PM

    Although 95% off topic, the subject of power ballads and eighties videos reminded me of this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj-x9ygQEGA

    Everyone's probably seen it already but the "literal version" of Total Eclipse Of The Heart is amusing.

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  5. ejaydeeNovember 18, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    Hehe, I definitely see the connection with the abandoned warehouse type location, and the literal version of TEOTH is a classic.

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  6. ToffeeBoyNovember 20, 2009 at 8:07 PM

    @ ejd - thanks for the links - found some great stuff there.

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  7. ToffeeBoyNovember 20, 2009 at 9:30 PM

    ... including Iron & Wine who I'd never heard of before and now (having quickly downloaded three of their albums) officially love!

    Thanks again, ejd.

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