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The Guardian
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Joni Mitchell's Blue revolutionised the way I saw music': Emeli Sandé's honest playlist
The first song I fell in love with Samson by Regina Spektor, when I was 16 and falling in love for the first time. I got introduced to her music when I was working in Virgin Megastore in Aberdeen. Then I met someone in a club. The first single I bought All I Want for Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey, from Asda. My dad had played me the Music Box album from when I was about seven, so I loved Mariah. I saw it in the bargain section for £1.99 and thought: 'Let's get it.' The song I do at karaoke I heard … Baby One More Time by Britney Spears when I was 12 and thought: 'Gosh, this is amazing.' It was my introduction to pop music. I loved her dancing and her style. At karaoke, I think everyone expects me to do some big ballad but I'd rather just have fun. The song I inexplicably know every lyric to I was part of a youth music theatre group and we sang Seasons of Love from the musical Rent, that starts with: 'Five hundred twenty-five thousand, six-hundred minutes / Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear'. For some reason I can still remember every lyric, 25 years later. The best song to play at a party Doo Wop (That Thing) by Lauryn Hill. It's hard to be in a bad mood when the hip-hop drums come in on the harmonies. The song that makes me cry A Song for You by Donny Hathaway, I guess for knowing how his life ended and the sadness he was in, but also the intimacy. I love the line: 'I've acted out my life in stages with 10,000 people watching / But we're alone now and I'm singing this song to you.' There's something about that fragile intimacy that gets me every time. The song I can no longer listen to My Heart Will Go On by Celine Dion. I was obsessed with Titanic as a kid. We sang it at school concerts, we played it at record club in the choir. I rinsed it, so it needs a couple more years' rest. The song that gets me up in the morning Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder. I love the energy. The song I secretly like, but I tell everyone I hate My friends and I were obsessed with Grease. Every time I hear Greased Lightnin', I pretend it's a bit annoying, but the whole Grease soundtrack is one of my earliest passions. The song that changed my life I was taking the night train from Glasgow to London in my early 20s and my manager said: 'You should really listen to Joni Mitchell.' Blue revolutionised the way I saw music because I'd really only listened to pop and R&B. It was the first time I realised there are no rules, you can do what you want; it's about the story you're telling. The song I'd like played in my funeral My Love Is Your Love by Whitney Houston. Emeli Sandé's latest single Roots is out now on Venus Records.
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tenacious D to release cover of REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Tenacious D have announced their first new music since going on hiatus in 2024. The comedy rock duo of Jack Black and Kyle Gass will appear on a new compilation album benefiting victims of the recent Los Angeles wildfires, contributing a cover of REO Speedwagon's Keep On Loving You. The album, Good Music To Lift Los Angeles, is also set to feature previously-unreleased recordings from Death Cab For Cutie, Chelsea Wolfe, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, R.E.M., Health, The Armed and others. It will be available on the Bandcamp page of record label Good Music for 24 hours from 12:01am Pacific time on Friday, February 7. Proceeds will go to the L.A. Regional Food Bank and California Community Foundation's Wildfire Fund. Keep On Loving You will be the second Tenacious D cover to come out in the last 12 months, following their rendition of Britney Spears' …Baby One More Time, which appeared on the soundtrack to Black's film Kung Fu Panda 4. The band also released an original track, Video Games, in 2023 and seemed to be gearing up for a new album. However, all of their plans, including all announced tour dates, were cancelled in July, after Gass told a joke onstage about the assassination attempt against then-former US president Donald Trump the previous day. Gass made the seemingly off-the-cuff comment during the Sydney stop of Tenacious D's Australia and New Zealand tour. When Black presented his bandmate with a cake for his 64th birthday and told him to make a wish, he said into his microphone, 'Don't miss Trump next time.' In response to Gass's quip, Australian senator Ralph Babet called for Tenacious D to be deported from the country. Black issued a statement on Instagram, saying he was 'blindsided' by Gass' comment and putting the band on ice. Gass later issued a now-deleted written apology. In August, Black offered an update on the status of Tenacious D to Variety. He confirmed the band will return later down the line and that he and Gass remain friends, but that they 'need to take a break'. It's unclear when Tenacious D recorded their new cover, but they have played it multiple times live over the years. Watch one performance below. Good Music To Lift Los Angeles won't be the only wildfire charity benefit album to drop this week. Another compilation – Los Angeles Rising, featuring Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker and others – is now available to download via Bandcamp.
