Hot Seat for Today : Owl City

Owl City is an American synthpop musical project by Adam Young. Owl City was born from Young's musical experiments in his parents' basement in Owatonna, Minnesota. As Owl City, Young developed a following through MySpace before signing with Universal Republic.

Young claims that his influences are disco and European electronic music but there is a clear influence from, or imitation of, The Postal Service's album Give Up apparent in his work too. After two independent albums, Owl City gained mainstream popularity with the 2009 major label debut album Ocean Eyes, which spawned the hit single "Fireflies".

Did You Know?

Young turned to composing music because of Insomnia

His Hits Track

Fireflies

The Saltwater Room

Vanilla Twilight

Umbrella Beach

Peppermint Winter

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Pixie

List Of Glee Song (Season 1 - Volume 2)

1. Proud Mary (Ike and Tina Turner) - New Direction

2. Endless Love (Lionel Richie and Diana Ross) - Rachel Berry and Will Schuester

3. I'll Stand by You (The Pretenders) - Finn Hudson

4. Don't Stand So Close to Me / Young Girl (the Police / Gary Puckett & the Union Gap) - Will Schuester

5. Crush (Jennifer Paige) - Rachel Berry

6. Yo're Having My Baby (Paul Anka and Odia Coates) - Finn Hudson

7. Lean On Me (Bill Withers) - New Directions

8. Bootylicious (Destiny's Child) - Jane Addams Girls Choir

9. Don't Make Me Over (Dionne Warwick) - Mercedes Jones

10. You're the One that I Want (Grease) - Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson

11. Papa Don't Preach (Madonna) - Quinn Fabray

12. Hair / Crazy In Love (Hair / Beyonce feat Jay Z) - New Directions

13. Imagine (John Lennon) - Haverbrook Deaf Choir and New Directions

14. True Colors (Cyndi Lauper) - Tina Cohen Chang and New Directions

15. Smile (Lily Allen) - Rachel Berry and Finn Hudson

16. When You're Smiling (Louis Armstrong) - Rachel Berry

17. Jump (Van Halen) - New Directions

18. Smile (Charlie Chaplin) - New Directions

19. And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going (Dreamgirls) - Mercedes Jones

20. Don't Rain On My Parade (Funny Girls) - Rachel Berry

21. You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones) - New Directions

22. My Life Would Suck Without You (Kelly Clarkson) - New Directions

23. Hello, I Love You (The Doors) - Finn Hudson

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Pixie

Hot Seat for Today : Nina Simone

Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), better known by her stage name Nina Simone, was a singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist. Although she disliked being categorized, Simone is most associated with jazz music. Simone originally aspired to become a classical pianist, but her work covers an eclectic variety of musical styles that include classical, jazz, blues, soul, folk, R&B, gospel, and pop. Her vocal style is characterized by intense passion, a loose vibrato, and a slightly androgynous timbre, in part due to her unusually low vocal range which veered between the alto and tenor ranges (occasionally even reaching baritone lows). Also known as The High Priestess of Soul, she paid great attention to the musical expression of emotions. Within one album or concert she could fluctuate between exuberant happiness and tragic melancholy. These fluctuations also characterized her own personality and personal life, amplified by bipolar disorder with which she was diagnosed in the mid-1960s, something not widely known until after her death in 2003.hough she wrote of it openly in her autobiography published in 1992. According to Nadine Cohodas, Simone's biographer, Ms. Simone was first diagnosed with multiple personality disorder and later with schizophrenia.

Simone recorded over 40 live and studio albums, the greatest body of her work released between 1958 (when she made her debut with Little Girl Blue) and 1974. Her most well known songs include

1. My Baby Just Cares for Me

2. I Put a Spell on You

3. Four Women

4. I Loves You Porgy

5. Feeling Good

6. Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

7. Sinnerman

8. To Be Young, Gifted and Black

9. Mississippi Goddam

10. Ain't Got No, I Got Life

11. I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl

12. Love Me or Leave Me

Her music and message made a strong and lasting impact on culture, illustrated by the numerous contemporary artists who cite her as an important influence.

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pixie

Weekend Song

1. Kate Nash - Mouthwash

2. The Cure - Friday I'm In Love

3. The Rembrandts - I'll Be There For You 

4. The Turtles - Happy Together

5. Fire - Babyface feat Des'Ree

Hot Seat for Today : Phil Collins

For me he is like the most uncontroversial singer ever, always appear so decent and he has this good aura around him. Singing mostly solo and sometimes with his band Genesis, Phil Collins has lots of tracks that can make my day. Some of his song that is my favorite are;

1. Groovy kind of love

2.In the Air Tonight

3.Another Day In Paradise

4. I cant dance (by his band Genesis)

5. Easy Lover

Facts about Phil Collins

1. He is the father of actress Joely Collins

2. His song "In The Air Tonight" was originally proposed to appear on the Genesis album "Duke", but Tony Banks and Michael Rutherford decided against recording it. It became Collins' first solo hit instead and remains one of his most famous songs

3.He never topped the UK singles chart with Genesis but had solo number ones with "You Can't Hurry Love" (1983), "Easy Lover" (1985) (with Philip Bailey) and "A Groovy Kind of Love" (1988).

List Of Glee Song (Season 1 - Volume 1)

1. Where is Love (Oliver) by Hank Saunders and Sandy Ryerson
2. Respect (Aretha Franklin) by Mercedes Jones

3. Mr Cellophane (Chicago) by Kurt Hummel

4. I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry) by Tina Cohen Chang
5. On My Own (Les Miserables) by Rachel Berry

6. Sit Down, You're Rockin' The Boat (Guys and Dolls) by New Direction
7. Cant Fight This Feeling (REO Speedwagon) by Finn Hudson

8. Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' (Journey) by Young Finn Hudson and Darren
9. You're The One That I Want (Grease) by New Direction
10. Rehab (Amy Whinehouse) by Vocal Adrenaline

11. Leaving On A Jetplane (John Denver) by Will Schuester

12.  That's The Way (I Like It) (KC and The Sunshine Band) by Mckinley High Glee Club
13.  Shake Shake Shake (Shake Your Booty) (KC and The Sunshine Band) by Mckinley High Glee Club
14. Dont Stop Believin' (Journey) by New Directions

15. Le Freak (Chic) by New Directions
16. Gold Digger (Kanye West feat Jamie Foxx) by Will Schuester and New Directions

17. All By Myself (Eric Carmen) by Emma Pillsbury
18. Push It (Salt-n-Pepa) by New Directions
19. I Say A Little Prayer (Dionne Warwick) by Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez and Brittany Pierce

20. Take A Bow (Rihanna) by Rachel Berry, Mercedes Jones and Tina Cohen Chang

21. For He's A Jolly Good Fellow (Anon) by Acafellas
22. This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan) by Acafellas
23. Poison (Bell Biv De Voe) by Acafellas
24. Mercy (Duffy) by Vocal Adrenaline

25. Bust Your Window (Jazmine Sullivan) by Mercedes Jones

26. I Wanna Sex You Up (Color Me Badd) by Acafellas
27. Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) (Beyonce Knowles) by Kurt Hummel with Tina Cohen-Chang and Brittany Pierce; McKinley High football team
27. Taking Chances (Celine Dion) by Rachel Berry

28. Tonight (West Side Story) by Tina Cohen Chang
29. Maybe This Time (Cabaret) by April Rhodes and Rachel Berry
30. Cabaret (Cabaret) by Rachel Berry
31. Alone (Heart) by April Rhodes and Will Schuester

32. Last Name (Carrie Underwood) by April Rhodes and New Direction

33. Its My Life / Confession Part II (Bon Jovi / Usher) by New Direction Males
34. Halo / Walking On Sunshine (Beyonce / Katrina and The Waves) by New Direction Females
35. Hate On Me (Jill Scott) by New Directions
36. Ride Wit Me (Nelly feat City Spud) by New Directions
37. No Air (Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown) by New Directions

38. You Keep Me Hanging On (The Supremes) by Quinn Fabray
39. Bust A Move (Young MC) by Will Schuester and New Directions
40. Thong Song (Sisqo) by Will Schuester
41. What A Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera) by Rachel Berry
42. Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond) by New Directions

43. Sing Sing Sing (With A Swing) (Louis Prima) by Sue Sylverster with Will Schuester
44. I Could Have Dance All Night (My Fair Lady) by Emma Pillsbury
45. Dancing With Myself (Billy Idol) by Artie Abrams
46. Defying Gravity (Wicked) by Kurt Hummel and Rachel Berry


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Pixie

Hot Seat For Today : John Mayer

I can understand why all girls fall for him. I am also taking him personally on some of his song

1. your body is wonderland

2. say

3. waiting on the world to change

4. dreaming with a broken heart

5. daughters

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Pixie

Faith Song Selection of the day

Heaven - Live

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Pixie

Song Of The Day

Tired - Adele

New Soul - Yael Naim

Big Yellow Taxi - Joni Mitchell

I'm Yours - Jason Mraz

ambiance : drinking tea in the backyard


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pixie

Ghita - Cleopatra Stratan