Category: Music

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Un Monde Qui S’illumine – Disneyland Paris Cast

Another Disney post but this song has officially entered my playlist and became a core memory. The song was playing throughout Disneyland Paris. My kids had a blast at the theme park so it is perfect to share here. The song is a mix of French and English and translates to Light Up The World. […]

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Human Nature – Telling Everybody

Human Nature is a four piece boyband from Australia which formed in 1989. They released this tracked when they signed with Sony. I recall this band from the time when Backstreet Boys hit our radio station. They performed as supporting acts for Celine Dion and Michael Jackson. They are still actively touring and have had […]

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Tina Arena – Burn

Staying in Australia, Tina Arena is my songstress of choice this week. Tina Arena is one of Australia’s highest selling artist with over 10 million records sold globally. I can recall that this song was released in 1997 as I just began high school in Penang. I used to maintain my own weekly top 10 […]

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Vanessa Amorosi – Absolutely Everybody

Another week and lets head down under. Vanessa is an Australian singer-songwriter and recording artist. Her combined album and single sales have reached over two million worldwide. She performed in the 2000 Olympic Games opening and closing ceremony. This tracked peaked at number 6 in her home country and reached number 1 in Hungary. Everytime […]

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The Fratellis – Chelsea Dagger 

I never knew the title of this song until it appeared on my spotify loop. I often hear it in sporting events and would have never guessed the title of the song. The Fratellis is a scottish rock band from Glasgow which was formed in 2005. They went on two achieve two UK top ten […]

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That That – PSY & Suga

This song has earned it’s rightful place in my family playlist. The video was played repeatedly each night before the 9pm theatre show in Club Med Cherating. It warms the crowd up ahead of the performance of the evening. My kids were particularly drawn to the production value of the video and they instantly recognised […]

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Sum 41 – In To Deep

A band that originated from Ontario Canada during the era of Punk Rock. Sum 41 was the time when I grew to like the genre from similar acts like Blink 182, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan & Bowling For Soup. I am surprised that the band is still going strong and outgrowing their teenage years. I […]

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Chantal Kreviazuk – Dear Life

Chantal is a Canadian artist and is married to the lead singer of Our Lady Peace. You will probably know Chantal from singing “Leaving On A Jet Plane” from the movie Armageddon soundtrack. I am still trying to figure out the meaning of this song but like the Ah Ah Ah Ah… verse of the […]

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Our Lady Peace – Somewhere Out There

This song brings back memories of my time in college when I had two canadians intern in the university. They didn’t necessarily introduced me to the band (MTV did!) but I remembered it was the same time. I am sure we had photo somewhere of us celebrating Canadian day together. Well, continuing with my theme […]

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Sky – Some Kinda Wonderful

Sky is a Canadian pop rock duo from Montreal Quebec. Both band members are songwriters, producers and play multiple musical instruments. The song Some Kinda Wonderful is from their debut album Piece of Paradise. The album peaked at number 6 in Canada and they subsequently achieved a number one track with the song “Love Song”. […]