Entry 227: Heart Week 2, Part 2-- "You Are My Diamond"

Heart Week 2, Part 2
Song: "You Are My Diamond"
Artist: Tiesto feat Kianna

http://youtu.be/b0_DM-rPka4
Comments: When I decided I was going to do Heart Week 2, I went looking for songs I didn't already know to describe my feelings. I don't know why I ended up digging around in a pile of old Tiesto, but I'm glad I did. With the exceptions of a few pronouns that are reversed, this song says everything I want to say. "All my life I've been looking for love / I never thought I'd find it / All my life I've been looking for you / I just didn't know it." Among all the rocks and fake people, you are my shining diamond.

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Entry 222-- "We Own The Night"

Song: "We Own The Night"
Artist: Tiesto and Wolfgang Gartner feat. Luciana

http://youtu.be/0LFlw_VX6o4
Comments: Tiesto is moving towards House music, but as long as he sounds like this, I don't mind. This song is pure magic. I admit, I don't have much experience with Wolfgang Gartner-- I've heard this song, and he collaborated with Deadmau5 on the track "Animal Rights," but beyond that, I don't know much of him. After this, I'll have to look him up. I heard this song once on top 40 radio, and haven't heard it since. I'm crossing my fingers that it comes back again. Radio has been getting steadily more dance and electronica friendly, and I'm hoping the trend continues. Enjoy the song!

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Entry 215-- Tour Of Techno Week, Part 5: "No Memory From Yesterday" and Update!

Tour of Techno Week, Part 5

Song: "No Memory From Yesterday"

Artist: Tiesto

http://youtu.be/RB2gCAjDBFA

Comments: Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Trance. Trance is a subgenre of techno, "...characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 beats per minute, repeating melodic phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track..." according to Wikipedia, and it is one of my two pet genres, the other being symphonic metal. Tiesto has long been one of the leading trance producers, and has won the DJ Mag top 100 several times, and is generally amazing. Despite his recent trend towards electro and house, Tiesto's trance tracks are still exceptional pieces of music. The first song ever featured on this blog was a trance remix by Tiesto, in fact. Check this song out, and if you like it, please, go looking for more. Hopefully you enjoyed this week, and with a little luck, you found some new music. Keep an open mind, enjoy the song, and enjoy the weekend!

Update: The update is two-fold. First, I finally caught the fact that only registered users of blogger could comment on this blog. That has now been rectified-- anyone with internet can leave a comment. Secondly, the song featured in Entry 184 ("Burn it Down" by Linkin Park) has gotten an official music video released, seen here: http://youtu.be/dxytyRy-O1k

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Entry 200-- "Elements of Life"

Song: "Elements of Life"
Artist: Tiesto

http://youtu.be/j2fNloJAge0
Comments: Sorry for the lack of posts recently, folks-- life has been kind of crazy. The update schedule might be a bit off for awhile-- I'm now in a different time zone, and once I get over the jetlag, the regular content will be at a slightly different time of day. Anyway, the song. This song has precisely nothing to do with Hydrogen and Oxygen and Carbon and such, and everything to do with an awesome piece of music. It's been a favourite of mine for a long time, and it sounded like a good idea to celebrate Entry 200. Enjoy!

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Entry 76-- Young Lions

Song: "Young Lions"
Artist: Tiesto
http://youtu.be/m-6KIsLYDIQ
Comments: I cannot get enough of this song; just hearing it makes me want to stand up and dance. And I'm pleased to say, if you like it, it's a free download. Enjoy the music, and have a good weekend!

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Entry 43-- "In the Dark"

Song: "In the Dark"
Artist: Tiesto
http://youtu.be/6Qlz_Y4R4ok
Comments: I'm fairly sure Christian Burns should be getting recognition for this song-- at least in part-- but he doesn't show up as a featured artist or anything, so I'm going to go with the official version and not put him in the Artist block. This song is epic-- one of my all time favourite songs in the genre-- hopefully you'll enjoy it as much as I do!

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Entry 15-- "Feel It In My Bones"

Song: "Feel It In My Bones"
Artist: Tiesto ft. Tegan and Sara
http://youtu.be/GQQhibVx5eE
Comments: Tiesto and these terrific twins ('scuse the alliteration) make a truly epic song and put in to a prety darn cool video. Definitely worth checking this out.

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Entry 11 -- Revisit: "Hide and Seek (Tiesto Remix)"

Song: "Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Tiesto Remix)"
Artist: Tiesto
http://youtu.be/tOUUx3f555I
Comments: Emergency Music Update! I had decided that I was going to go to posting once daily as a general rule, and decided to announce as much in the morning, but then this song was brought to my attention. I was completely unaware that Tiesto had remixed this song. Thank you, YouTube, for showing me this. It is epic, on so many levels. Yes, it loses the quiet, haunting quality the original song had, but gains an entirely new feel. I wouldn't compare the songs side-by-side for fear of not doing one of them justice, but I feel comfortable saying that they are both amazing in their own way.

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Entry 5-- "Lethal Industry"

Song: "Lethal Industry"
Artist: Tiesto
http://youtu.be/pYU0TVe4LWY (album)
http://youtu.be/_Nnh0LuhLag (Live, starting about 4:00)
Comments: I love this song. If you get bored on YouTube, you can track down a version featuring a guitarist playing live in mid-set, which is just as epic. The two versions here are both worth a listen, and carry themselves well on their own merits. The first one is significantly shorter, being the album version, but is guaranteed to have you dancing. Or at least, it's guaranteed to have me dancing. The second version is from a concert Tiesto gave for Queensday in his native country, to the thrill of all, I am sure. "Lethal Industry" starts about four minutes in, after the tail end of "Moonlight Party," if I am hearing it correctly.

Unrelated Comment: I've tentatively settled on a twice-daily pattern of updates. At some point, I'll slow down, either when I get bored or the blog picks up a stable following. (Yes, I am that vain.) Vanity aside, having a greater base of content means the blog is more robust and more likely to be noticed.

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Entry 1-- Motorcylce- As the Rush Comes (Tiesto Remix)

Entry 1
Song: "Motorcylce- As the Rush Comes" (Tiesto Remix)
Artist: Tiesto
http://youtu.be/rv3EY4k3yrY
Comments: A longtime favourite of mine. There are tons of mixes, but I prefer the Tiesto version, which is the most trance-like of the bunch. The original is very good, as is the Gabriel & Dresden mix.

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