It seems that it's been a while since I've listed to Russian music...so I guess I'll make August Russian-music month. This isn't a new song, but I'm still looking for updated russian charts.  The song is Под звуки поцелуев, which translates to "the sound of kisses". Под звуки поцелуев by Ольга БузоваVerdict: My Russian is beyond rusty (falling part,

I was actually looking to go to my mail the other day, when I mistakely put in μα in my URL bar... Instead of mail, it took me to search results where I discovered a new song...Μα Εγώ by Στέλιος ΡόκκοςVerdict: κλαψουριάρικο χαχα.  Εντάξει, δεν είναι και άσχημο, αλλά πρέπει να είσαι προετοιμασμένος για

I came across this quite clip serendipitous while looking for something else.  It bubbled up I think while I was looking for some other music.  It's new to me... so - it's this week's new music for me ;-) I guess #nsfw if you don't want the "fuck" and its derivatives on your speakers at work :-)Woman by KeshaVerdict: Catchy and it's got a good beat. Something for the playlist

I came across this music video last week, by chance, while looking at my work's google alerts (one of them being for the term 'linguistics').  I guess  I had to listen to it!Switch out by Taim feat. LinguisticsVerdict: Not bad... the end was a little abrupt, and I am not sure why "linguistics" is the name of the vocalist, but whatever... Not a bad track, but definitely lacking in the connections

Αυτή την εβδομάδα είπα να ρίξω μια ματιά στο YouTube να δω τι παίζει ως προς το Ελληνικό. Αυτό το κομμάτι μου το πρόβαλε, βάση άλλων τραγουδιών που είχα ψάξει παλιότερα. Δεν ξέρω, είναι independent καλλιτέχνης η κοπέλα; ή είναι καινούργια

Αυτή την εβδομάδα το MAD μου λεει πως αυτό το τραγούδι είναι το #2 τραγουδί στα τσάρτ στην Ελλάδα (το πρώτο δεν είναι ελληνικό τραγούδι). Ζητήματα Ζωής by Σάκης ΡουβάςVerdict: Γενικά μου αρέσουν τα τραγούδια του Σάκη, αλλά αυτό το

Δεν ξερω κατά πόσο είναι καινούργιο αυτό το τραγούδι, αλλά είναι κατι που ανακάλυψα μέσω χριστίνας αυτή την εβδομαδα.La folie by LGRVerdict: Αν και με τα γαλλικά δεν τα πάω και τόσο καλά, αρκετά καλό τραγούδι (και ας μην τα πιάνω όλα).

The stuff one finds on YouTube! While looking up something else the other day I came across a compilation of all versions of Bloody Tears - the Castlevania theme song) from games that it's been composed in.  Here is the breakdown:Simons Quest: 0:00Castlevania IV: 2:40Bloodlines: 5:31Dracula X: 7:18Symphony of the Night: 9:47Symphony of the Night (V2): 14:44Legends: 20:15Chronicles: 22:22Dawn

I was looking at the most recent Humble Bundle (E3 2017 games) and this was the background Duke Nukem's Bulletstorm Tour.  Killin' It by KrewellaVerdict: Definitely my kind of music.  Need to look up the album💓

I was looking for another song, but while on the hunt for that one - whose name escapes me at this moment, I came across this one.

I completely forgot about the Eurovision results a week or so ago.  This year Portugal won. It seems that non-pop songs end up winning (or perhaps songs that are not part of the pack), so when people bet on pop, they end up losing. Just an anecdotal observationAmar Pelos Dois by Salvador SobralVerdict: Not bad, but also not my cup of tea for day to day listening.

Number one this week in the US is a song I've heard before, so here is #2 (which was last week's #1).That's what I like by Bruno MarsVerdict: Interesting music video.  The R&B doesn't do much for me, but it's not a bad song. Something for the listen-while-drive mix.

Hey! It's Eurovision time again! Just like in previous years it crept up on  me.  This year both Greece and Cyprus are in, and here are their respective songs. Both songs are very eurovision-y. Don't get me wrong, I like pop songs, but they seem to lack a national character.  English has taken over as the language of communication, there isn't even a refrain in another languageThis

The top song for this week seems to be the same as a few weeks ago...so let's bump down to #3Te Regalo by Ulices Chaidez y Sus PlebesVerdict: Definitely an acquired taste (sort of how certain Greek music is an acquired taste if you haven't grown up listening to it :-)  )

Seems like the #1 song this week in France (according to Billboard anyway) is a song I've heard before, so I dropped won to #5 to see something new to me.Chocolat by feat. Awa ImaniVerdict: I was prepared to not like this song (autotune seems a little overdone), but I rather liked it. Something to add to the playlist...

I don't think I've explored the mexican charts before.  Let's see what they have in store...Adiós Amor by Christian NodalVerdict: Interesting, but definitely not my kind of music.

I was watching Reza Aslan's Believer series the other night when I saw a bunch of high energy "hippie" Jews (for lack of a better description). The interesting thing is that they come from conservative background, which I found a little conflicting with the 'liberated' hippieness on camera. So these guys where they were pumping some serious high energy music from speakers on their little van and they

This appears to be #1 in the Greek charts, according to GreekBoston anyway ;-)Σιγά by Χριστίνα ΣάλτηVerdict: Pretty typical music and beats.  I like it, I would listen to it (has a good beat).  Sounds a little cookie cutter thought

I don't think I've listed to Italian charts for a while...so here we go - this week this is #1 in ItalyDespacito by Luis Fonsi ft. Daddy YankeeVerdict: Nice beat.  I could do without the Autotune though ;-)

No charts this week, but rather facebook found music.Storm the Sorrow by EPICAVerdict: Generally this is not the type of music that I seek out (epic metal?), but it's got a good tune if you've need to be psychologically pumped

Seems liked Ed Sheera with Shape of you is #1 in Canada this week, as elsewhere, so here's #2 in Canada.It ain't me by Kygo with Selena GomezVerdict: It's OK. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Seems like Ed Sheeran is everywhere in the charts - even in France, so here is #4 on the French charts this week.Be Mine by OfenbachVerdict: I actually liked the music quite a lot. I wasn't expecting to (given the slightly odd music video with the potentially psychotic serial killer ;-) ), but it was quite up-beat in terms of a tune which makes it a pleasure to listen to (even as background music).

This week I was looking at the general billboard charts.  Didn't recognize this #1, so I took it for virtual spin...Shape of you by Ed SheeranVerdict: It's alright. I think this emoticon sums it up ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I don't know if this was something that was on the charts, but I've come across Leningrad (the band) before, so it might be something that's bubbled up.  This comes across from The Verge.  As with the Verge's warning: graphic video content ahead.Кольщик by ЛенинградVerdict: Liked it.  Wonder if I should get an album (or two) of theirs...

On top of the Greek charts this week...Όσο θα λείπεις by Kings & Γιάννης ΠλούταρχοςVerdict: Sort of what I expected to hear from Ploutarchos.  Not bad, but I feel like it blends with other songs of this type.

Γλυκιά Ολντ'Σκουλιά by ΜιθριδάτηςVerdict: Haven't heard an Imiskoubria (or Mithridatis song) that I don't like.  This one does not disappoint either.  I like mashup of music genres. It's also easy to sign along to which makes it much more of an earworm than most songs :-)

For some reason I was looking up PSY on youtube and this video came up. Technically not new- but new to me (or at least I don't remember it if it's not new to me...)Daddy by PSY (feat, CL of 2NE1)Verdict: Definitly my kind of music :) No idea what the lyrics say in Korean (definite drawback, guess I need to start learning), but the music carried me through (some happy hardcore elements in there too).

I don't think I've listened to any Turkish charts since I started this project, so this week I tried looking up some popular songs in Turkey. Gök Nerede by Mabel MatizVerdict: Way too slow for me.  This is really sleepy-time music for me ;-)

I've been watching a series called Berlin Station recently. The series uses Bowie song that I hadn't heard of before, and it's been stuck in my mind. It's not new...but it's new to me.Afraid of Americas by David BowieVerdict: Obviously I like this since it's been stuck in my head :p

Haven't gone to the Greek charts in a while.  So, this week I hit up GreekBoston.com to see what's new in Greece.Αίνιγμα by BlaséVerdict: I like the mix of more traditional(ish) music and beats with hip hop.  I was not aware of Blasé. I guess I need to look them up :-)

I started watching Berlin Station this past week, so Germany seemed like an appropriate stop for this week's charts. This is #3 on the charts this week Chöre by Mark FosterVerdict: Quite energizing. I like it. No idea about the lyrics  - need to really brush up on my German...Still, I'd listen to this again (maybe even sing along to it...). ;-)

Saw this on facebook earlier today. Some interesting K-Pop that is holiday themed (at least from the visuals) ;-)  I guess  I need to go back and discover new K-Pop.  This song is by Crayon Pop 크레용팝 꾸리스마스 and it's called Lonely Christmas

Λίγο νωρίς για Χριστουγεννιάτικα, αλλά βρήκα αυτό το συγκεκριμένο τραγούδι (καινούργιο για μένα αφού δεν το είχα ξανακούσει) οπότε το βάζω ως νέο και γιορτινό ;-)

Every so often I log into Mixi, a Japanese social network akin to Facebook.  I got an invite to it back in the day when I was learning Japanese through JPod (and before they clamped down and required a Japanese cell phone number to join). I guess the Japanese don't like gaijin joining their social networks ;-)  In any case, Asian Kung-Fu Generation was advertised when I logged in so

Not quite "retro" but it's been a while since I've heard this song.  Before I looked this up this video for this post, I am not sure I had seen the official video (so I guess a potential NSFW warning here?)

Back to the US for this week's music sampling.USABlack Beatles by Rae Sremmurd ft. Gucci Mane Verdict: Interesting...but in the end it was a bit m'eh for me...

Not sure why I thought of Romania, but I don't think that I've head music from the Romanian charts before...so I looked around.RomaniaYalla by InnaVerdict: This is definitely my kind of music.  Need to find more of Inna.  I was pleasantly surprised to hear Arabic as well  (didn't seem like the kind of singer who would be multilingual). Can't vouch for the accuracy of the Arabic, but

I am not sure if  I've heard anything from the Portuguese music charts...so here it goes! This was #1 in the charts in Portugal this past weekPortugalAté pensei que fosse minha by Antonio ZambujoVerdict: This song is probably good for a cold and snowy day, sitting by the fireplace. Other than that, for me, it doesn't really strike a cord (pun intended) ;-)

Just like before, there seem to be a lot of English language tracks on the Norwegian charts. The top for this past week is as follows:The Weeknd by Starboy feat. Daft PunkVerdict: Not bad. I like the music video (visuals).  The song itself seems, to me anyway, as a good song to drive to.  That said, I am not sure I am crazy about the "hey! here I am! Look at me! I am the new kid on the block!

I don't know if this technically counts as a song...but it's got a beat, and it's got words...so I guess it might be one? This was discovered while watching @midnight (a comedy web-culture show) this morning. Japan (?)PPAP ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン「ロング」バージョン by PIKOTARO(ピコ太郎)Verdict: No words are sufficient to describe this... just "LOL" I guess?

This week I (virtually) swung over to Italy to see what is new in their charts.  Benji & Fede's new album 0+ is out, and this song seems to be popular there.  Let's hear ItalyAmore Wi-Fi by Benji & FedeVerdict: Catchy song.  It's slow enough to keep in the background while working, and from a language learning perspective quite easy to understand. Maybe I need to check out their

Another one from MTV spain while on vacation.I liked the energy of this song and the clip itselfSpainKiss the sky by Jason Derulo

Another song from MTV spain discovered while taking a break from museums. This seems a lot like one of those songs that is in mind but the music video makes little sense. I tuned in during the spin-exercise scene and I was like "WTF?!"SpainSide to Side y by Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj

Something from the music channel Sol Musica in Spain. I liked this song, but I am not a fan of the vocals (frayed voice?)SpainBetter than he can by  Shawn Mendez

This is something I happened upon on MTV spain one day when we were taking a break from visiting museums. Interesting video clip and the  music is upbeat enough for me.SpainFiesta in el infierno by Fangoria

I heard this song in Barcelona this week while having Tapas at a local restaurant. I think the song was the versione arabe, but this seems to be the regular version.RussiaNe me jugez pas by Sawt el Atlas

This is starting to become a segment in the blog...maybe I should add a label to the blog lol #TWIR. The song from the last 2 weeks (Твои Глаза) is still number 1 this week, so here is number #2 on the charts this week. RussiaMy Way by Calvin HarrisVerdict: This song reminded me that I don't know the lyrics to the original My Way, so I need to look those up.  As far as this song goes

This is starting to become a segment in the blog...maybe I should add a label to the blog lol #TWIR. The song from last week (Твои Глаза) is still number 1 this week, so here is number #2 on the charts this week. RussiaЦелого мира мало by Полина Гагарина feat. БастааVerdict: A bit too much on the melancholy end for my liking.  It's not bad,

I think I'll be staying with Russia for the next few weeks (maybe September is charts-in-Russian month ;-) ), both because I can actually understand the language a bit, and I like their pop music. RussiaТвои Глаза by ЛободаVerdict: The title of the song translates to 'your eyes'.  The video sounds as good as one would expect of a live recording.  A better audio version

This week, on the spur of the moment I decided to have a look at what's on top on the Russian charts. In previous weeks I think I had come across many American songs on the charts (at least the ones I found) but this week I saw one chart listing that seemed more local.  That said, I might be visiting these charts more frequently since I like Russian, as a language, even though I haven't studied

Άλλος ένα τραγούδι για όσους τα έχουν πάρει ;-)

This week, in light of the closing of the Olympics, I am visiting Brazilian musicBrazilTudo Com Você  by Victor & LeoVerdict: Interesting song.  Sounds like something I've heard before.

Μάλλον χιπχοπ μήνας ο Αύγουστος ;-)

I was trying to think of a country that I haven't 'visited' yet in my music explorations and Ghana was it!  Seems like this track recently got the music video released, so it seems to be at the top of the charts (I guess viewer discretion is advised?)GhanaOne more time  by MzBellVerdict: Catchy tune.  Wouldn't mind if this were playing in the background.

Από Ελληνική χιπ-χοπ δεν γνώριζα μέχρι να γνωρίσω την λίλα και την μαργώ, και αυτό ήταν από τα πρώτα τραγούδια που άκουσα σε αυτο το στύλ Για μένα είναι το τραγούδι που λεει "αγαμίς'" σε κάποιους συγκεκριμένους τύπους που

Going to try doing one song per week from now on.  This week, for some reason Sweden came to mind. There was also a song from Greece that seems to be in the news, but it seems rather poor taste to embed that music video here. Good weekend to all!Greece Elektrisk  by Marcus & Martinus ft. Katastrofe Verdict: It's funny that this is #10 in the Swedish charts this past week

Για το Αύγουστο λέω να #musicrewind να είναι Ελληνικά.Αυτό θα πρέπει να το βάλω και του χρόνου αφού κλείουν 20 χρόνια από τότε που το πρώτοάκουσα χαχα :-)

Not quite new-new, but new enough for my Friday Music category. Good song for the weekend :-)Greece ΣΠΙΤΟΥΛΙΝΙ ΑΡΑΧΤΟΥΛΙΝΙ by ΜΙΘΡΙΔΑΤΗΣ Verdict: Like! Like! Like!

Κλείνουμε τον μήνα του Nek με το Se una regola c'è.Ακόμα με κάνει να σκέφτομαι κάποια παλιά :-)

This week, once more in my quest to keep up with pop culture, my music homework from the Finnish music charts:Finland Snadi by Roope Salminen & KoiratVerdict:No music video for this. I don't understand Finnish, but the song seemed catchy enough to listen to it more than once :-)

Κλασσικό τραγούδι.  Θύμαμαι όταν βγήκε αρχικά αυτή η μίξη (1998;)

Άλλο ένα τραγούδι από τα παλιά... Πρέπει να αρχίσω πάλι τα Ιταλικά :-)

This week, once more in my quest to keep up with pop culture, my music homework from the billboard charts:AustriaBeauty Sucks by KezzyVerdict: Interesting song in the top singles this week for Austria.  I actually liked this one a lot (music and lyrics are good, the vocals though...I guess I am a fan of the nasal sounds...)New ZealandM.I.L.F.$ by FergieVerdict: Not on the top 40 yet, but it was

Θυμάμαι όταν αγόρασα το single... Ίσως ήταν ένας κακός οιωνός ;-)

This week, once more in my quest to keep up with pop culture, my music homework from the billboard charts:GreeceLost on You by LPVerdict: I actually liked it a lot. It's a bit odd to have an English language song as #1 in Greece, but the beat and tempo of the song is very right for Greece.RussiaSub Pielea Mea | #eroina by Carla's DreamVerdict: It's a little odd to have a song in Portuguese

Ψςςςς... τι μου θύμησες τώρα...1998; 1999;

This week, my music homework from the billboard chartsUSAOne Dance by Drake feat. WizKid and KylaVerdict: M...eh. It's OK as background music, but not really to my taste for music. Too "sleepy" and dream sequence. AustriaThe sound of Silence by DisturbedVerdict: I like the visual of the music video, but this song is way to melancholy for me. KoreaNot spring, love, or cherry blossoms (봄,사랑,벚꽃

Άλλο ένα τραγούδι που άκουγα αρκετά...αλλά δεν είχα δεί ποτέ βίντεο.  Ας είναι καλά το YouTube ;-)

In the quest to keep up to date with new music - this week I went with the charts for Australia, Canada, Japan, and GermanyMeghan Trainor - Me Too#1 in AustraliaVerdict: upbeat and cheeky.  I like it!Kungs vs Cookin’ on 3 Burners - This Girl#1 in GermanyVerdict: Reminds me a lot of early 2000s music that I listened to (or maybe it's just German music...). Either way - I like it! It's got a

Παλιό τραγούδι.  Ποτέ δεν είχα το βίντεο μέχρι να μου έρθει η ιδέα να το βάλω ώς #musicrewind. Ενδιαφέρον...

A little something from a while back.  I was introduced to this song almost 20 years ago this time of year..

In my quest to stay current with music, world music, I am looking at top 40 from around the world and randomly picking songs to sample.From the Italian Charts: Maître Gims - Est-ce que tu m'aimes ?Verdict: not bad.  Don't quite get the French (need the lyrics to get acclimated to sung French).  I'd listen to this again.From the US charts: Drake - One Dance (feat. Wizkid & Kyla)Verdict:

I think to start my #musicrewind tag I'll go with the theme of KPOP.   Back when I was working for Media Services (1999ish) many of my co-workers (and later employees) were Vietnamese.  Music that they played came from Vietnam, and a lot of the music they listened to was Vietnamese ballad-y type of music.  However, some of them did listed to music that I tended to listen to (dance,

I fell like I don't listen to a ton of new music lately - so I think every Friday I will look for something that's been released in the last couple of years and expand my music horizons... Maybe I'll keep Sundays as the music-rewind day. To kick off my "new" music - here's some KPOP from 2NE1 (twenty one?)

A little blast from the past (probably one of my favorite songs - love the beat)

Το τραγουδάκι τι εβδομάδας (κάποιος μου το θύμισε).

Music Friday! This week's pick (reminiscing) is The Tamperer feat. Maya - If You Buy This Record Your Life Will Be Better.  I think that this was the first Tamperer song that I head that summer I returned to Greece after a long hiatus :-)

Ένα φιλαράκι το πόσταρε στο facebook τις προάλλες και μου θύμισε τις παλιές μέρες. Κοντά 20 χρόνια, λίγο πριν το πτυχίο και τώρα κοντεύουμε διδακτορικό. Τώρα υπάρχουν σχεδόν όλα στο YouTube, αλλά θυμάμαι πως το είχα κατεβάσει το

The other day Prince passed away at the age of 57 (woah! too young!)Not a huge Prince fan, but the song of his that really stood out was "let's go crazy"

Who said politicians can't be funny?

It's been a while since I've posted something music related.  I came across this song "Free.mp3" (aka the pirate bay song) by Dubioza Kolektiv.  Pretty entertaining, and quite catchy. You can also download it for free here: http://dubioza.org/albums/happy-machine/