Bard Corner - Voltaire

Today I've decided I'd show you one of my favourite artists. Voltaire. (no not the French author) Generally known for his dark humour in his lyrics, I can list several songs that I could share with you today, but I've restrained myself to just the one this week. Enjoy! Scamp, peruser of tomes now with extra puffins.

Bard Corner - Shiina Ringo

Well, this week I've been on the hunt for Japanese musicians. Well, not in a hounds and on horseback sort of a way. I've often found that severely limits the creative potential when musicians are terrified for their lives in their burrows whilst I send bloodthirsty dogs on their trail. Anyway, I could've picked anyone from Gackt to Nightmare (who, incidentally are awesome bands, check 'em out) but this week I decided to feature Shiina Ringo. She has an impressive variety of styles on some of her tracks and carry a fun sound around them, so I decided to share my 3 favourites with you:

So there you have it. Hope you enjoy the songs as much as I do, this is Scamp, peruser of tomes now with 5% less sugar.

Bard Corner - Me in three songs

With what is definitely not indecision of song choice on my part What with this blog being new and all I decided I'd set myself the challenge of summing up my personality in 3 songs. (You're welcome to try the challenge yourself, just post 'em down the bottom there, I do love it when I get comments!) So, here be those 3 songs:

This first song, wierdly is probably what I'd consider the song of my childhood. Playing Final Fantasy VII with my mum (A game I couldn't recommend highly enough by the way) when this music came on. One of my enduring favourite boss battle pieces of all time and still I remember Cloud facing off against Rufus Shinra. I could probably put the entire soundtracks from all of these games down but this one in particular has a special place. It's not the greatest in the game but certainly qualifies. (Plus everyone must surely have wanted to have an epic little track playing during some point in their life, or is that just me?)

A fairly recent discovery for me, I really love the sheer joy that runs through the entirety of the track. There's not much else to say really about this other than I love it.

Once again back to Japan. I've been wondering what captured the oddness I sometimes spout (generally as a result of the fact that I don't actually think about half of what I'm about to say) and all I can really think of is this. It's like nothing else in my fairly varied musical tastes and so I thought that this fitted the bill. And as a side note, nothing is quite as bizarre as baking muffins with this on your iPod.

So there you have it, the music that makes me, or thereabouts. If I think about it too much I may change them all again. So for now, as I always sign my posts, this is Scamp, peruser of the tomes, blessed by the fictional cutlery lord himself, Ike.