Perhaps a thread to put up you favorite songs-

[Jimbo]

[rett2]

[rett2]

[rett2]

https://youtu.be/2uEijJoiZbU?t=41m56s

tight too

[GeneChing]

You gotta follow the link to witness this. And then you'll hate me for exposing it to you. But there are worse things I could expose you too. Wait...that came out wrong. Just follow the link - it's safe for work but not safe for your respect of Pharrell, assuming you liked him in the first place.

Watch Pharrell sing what is undoubtedly the most awkward song of his career in China


IMAGE: DAVID BUCHAN/DDH/REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

BY YVETTE TAN
10 HOURS AGO

As they say, everyone has a price.

Pharrell co-wrote and performed a new song in China to celebrate Singles' Day — the world's biggest shopping holiday.

This year, Chinese shoppers spent $25 billion on Alibaba's Taobao site in just 24 hours, blowing events like Black Friday completely out of the water.

Pharrell and his co-performer, Chinese-Canadian singer Kris Wu, were onstage for Alibaba's huge extravaganza celebrating the shopping day.

There's no way any description could do this song justice, so you'll have to just listen for yourself:

If your ears couldn't make it through that cringefest, we'll sum it up for you.

The song, titled "Double Eleven Day" is a reference to the date that Singles' Day is celebrated on Nov. 11.

The duo appear to be singing a song encouraging Chinese consumers to stay up and buy goods. Here's a choice line: "You know the world's watching wishing they could participate, there's gonna be a lot of people in the world staying up late, Double Eleven day. Hey China!"

Pharrell and Wu also take turns to sporadically shout out "Zhongguo!", which means "China."

They also repeat phrases like "shiyi, shiyi", which means "11, 11" in Chinese.

"The song should be illegal."

People on Facebook were pretty horrified by the duet.

"This is the worst thing either of them have ever been involved with," said one user on Facebook in response to the video.

"The song should be illegal," another added.

However, people on Chinese social media website Weibo weren't nearly as harsh.

"The melody's nice. Listening to it puts me in a good mood and [like I want] to spend money," said one user.

"Listening to this song makes me feel...I can't describe it...it's like a very comforting feeling," says this Weibo user
IMAGE: 全职妮儿/WEIBO

"Such a nice duet! A commercial song done well," another added.

Like Amazon in the U.S., Alibaba Taobao is undisputably the king of ecommerce in China, and therefore the biggest winner over Singles' Day, which it was hyping up for months.

Pharrell wasn't the only big name on stage for Alibaba's celebration. Other Western celebs like Nicole Kidman, Maria Sharapova, and Jessie J were up on stage for the gala, too.

Also, shoutout to Jessie J who very unironically sang Price Tag in celebration of the biggest spending event in the world.

It's all about the money, money, money.

Heck, just to be mischievous, I'm copying this post from the Single Day thread to the Fav Song one. I never post there and I just can't resist.

[rett2]

[Jimbo]

Kimi no Na wa (Your Name, 2016)

Kataware Doki (by the Japanese group Radwimps)

This movie blew me away with the storyline, characters, artwork, etc. And the movie's soundtrack played a huge part as well. One of the very few movies in recent years with a truly inspired OST. And this was one of my favorite tracks. 'Your Name' is not just a great anime (IMO by far the best I've seen), but is a great movie, period.

[rett2]

A similar-themed movie is Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, with an iconic song in its soundtrack

[rett2]

Another similar-themed film, a much older anime though very nicely animated for its time, is Whisper of the heart... also with an iconic song

[rett2]

And the Japanese version

[Jimbo]

Hi, rett2.

Nice posts. Yes, Whisper of the Heart is a good one. As you're probably aware, the follow-up to it, The Cat Returns, is also good, but more comedic.

A bit of trivia:
The female co-main character in Makoto Shinkai's earlier work, The Garden of Words, Yukari Yukino, also makes a brief appearance in Your Name as Mitsuha's teacher. I like the fact that Shinkai is incorporating some crossover in his movie universe.

I normally don't like current pop music, but somehow I like this opening theme to Your Name, and even Radwimps' three other vocal tracks in the movie; they fit into and enhance the movie so well.

Yumetourou/Dream Lantern

[wolfen]

Maria Muldaur in the mid-sixties and in the next post is Jennifer LH in 2013. There are different types of assets here JLH sings and dances.
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I'm a Woman - Jim Kweskin, The Jug Band (Maria Muldaur)

[wolfen]

Jennifer Love Hewitt - I'm a Woman (from The Client List)

[rett2]

Popular music was definitely better when singers didn't have to look like actresses/models and be able to dance. Zappa was right about so much.

I'm a Woman - Jim Kweskin, The Jug Band (Maria Muldaur)

[rett2]

Thanks for this... but I can't get the video to work. Is it up at your end? (I might just need to spoof my location)

Hi, rett2.

Nice posts. Yes, Whisper of the Heart is a good one. As you're probably aware, the follow-up to it, The Cat Returns, is also good, but more comedic.

A bit of trivia:
The female co-main character in Makoto Shinkai's earlier work, The Garden of Words, Yukari Yukino, also makes a brief appearance in Your Name as Mitsuha's teacher. I like the fact that Shinkai is incorporating some crossover in his movie universe.

I normally don't like current pop music, but somehow I like this opening theme to Your Name, and even Radwimps' three other vocal tracks in the movie; they fit into and enhance the movie so well.

Yumetourou/Dream Lantern