Reminiscing Owl City's 2011 Concert

I feel a bit sad that I would miss Owl City's free concert tonight! Pano naman kasi at ginawang free, e konti lang makakakita nun. Bantay bata rin kasi beauty ko at nagpaalam ang yaya ng mga bata! Ate naman, of all the days! You're fired! Charot!

Anyway, bata pa naman si Adam, hope to see you soon! Sa room ko na lang ako magcoconcert! I will introduce the kids to his music na lang!

Owl City With an 'er Owl

Isn't this picture cute?  Owl City poses with an actual owl! So funny and cute!

David Bowie Tops My Personal Countdown For the Second Time in Thirty Years

When I was only 12 years old, David Bowie, topped my personal countdown with his classic hit, Let's Dance.  Thirty years later, he returns to the top with his latest release, Where Are We Now.  It's his second #1 song in my personal countdown.

Here are my favorite songs for the week ending February 8, 2013 -

#1 David Bowie - Where Are We Now (#5)

#2 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House (#8)

#3 Sexion D'Assaut - Problemes D'Adultes (#6)

#4 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (#7)

#5 Taylor Swift - State of Grace (NEW)

#6 MIMS - Move (RE)

#7 Gerald Albright and Norman Brown - In the Moment (NEW)

#8 Chris Brown - Don't Judge Me (RE)

#9 Alexis Jordan - Laying It Around (RE)

#10 Emeli Sande - Clown (#3)

Tamar Braxton Tops My Personal Countdown For The First Time

Toni Braxton's sister, Tamar Braxton, gets her very first #1 song in my personal countdown as Love and War, moves up from #3 to #1 this week.  It's also her first appearance in my personal countdown.  Toni, on the other hand, has 13 top ten hits, seven of them, #1 songs.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending February 1, 2013 -

#1 Tamar Braxton - Love and War (#3)

#2 John Mayer - The Age of Worry (#2)

#3 Emeli Sande - Clown (#1)

#4 One Direction - Kiss You (#13)

#5 David Bowie - Where Are We Now (#15)

#6 Sexion d'Assaut - Problemes d'Adultes (#16)

#7 Kacey Musgraves - Merry Go Round (#21)

#8 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House (NEW)

#9 Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Wanz - Thrift Shop (#20)

#10 Ronan Keating - Easy Now My Dear (#14)

My Personal Countdown: Owl City

Owl City has fourteen top forty hits, seven of them, #1 songs.

2009 - Fireflies (#1)
2010 - Vanilla Twilight (#1)
2010 - If My Heart Was A House (#1)
2010 - The Bird and the Worm (#3) 
2010 - Cave In (#7)
2010 - Umbrella Beach (#3)
2010 - Dental Care (#7)
2011 - Galaxies (#1)
2011 - Deer in the Headlights (#1)
2011 - How I Became the Sea (#1)
2011 - Angels (#4)
2011 - Alligator Sky (#3)
2011 - The Yacht Club (#6)
2012 - Good Time (with Carly Jepsen) (#1)

3rd MyFABEMusic Awards: Collaboration of 2012

This category was created to honor all the collaborations in the different genres of music.  Here are the nominees for the Collaboration of the Year award.  

Gary Barlow with the Military Wives and the Commonwealth Band - Sing

Gotye and Kimbra - Somebody That I Used to Know

Kelly Clarkson and Vince Gill -  Don't Rush

Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time

Simple Plan and Natasha Bedingfield - Jet Lag

And the Collaboration of 2012 award goes to Gotye and Kimbra.

 

Muse Tops My Personal Countdown For the First Time

Muse gets their very first #1 song in my personal countdown this week with this enigmatic song Madness.


Here are my top 10 favorite songs for the week ending September 14, 2012 -

#1 Muse - Madness (#4)

#2 Owl City/Carly Rae Jepsen - Good Time (#2)

#3 Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together (#1)

#4 Vincent Ingala - Can't Stop Now (#5)

#5 Rico Blanco - Amats (RE)

#6 Pastor Charles Jenkins and Fellowship Chicago - Awesome (NEW)

This is the first gospel song to enter my personal countdown list since Kirk Franklin way back 10 years ago!

#7 Gocho - Si Te Digo La Verdad (NEW)

Yet another Spanish song enters my top 10 this year, the third already this year, after Michel Telo's Ai Seu te pego and Espinoza Paz's Un Hombre Normal.

#8 Ne-Yo - Let Me Love You (#10)

#9 Jason Nelson - Shifting the Atmosphere (NEW)

Two gospel songs enter my top 10 this week!  This is the first one.

#10 Sandali Lang - Emmanuele (#6)

Chart Performance: Owl City

Owl City sheds off his one hit wonder tag, as this Adam Young penned song, Good Time, his collaboration with Carly Rae Jepsen, moves back to the US top 10 at #10.  It has already peaked at #8. Owl City has a former #1 song with Fireflies a few years ago.

In the UK, the same song is at #8 this week.  The song has peaked at #3.  It's also his second UK top 10 hit.  Fireflies, which went to #1, was his first UK hit. 

He also gets his third top 10 album in the US this week, as The Midsummer Station, debuts at #7.

2009 - Ocean Eyes (#8)
2011 - All Things Bright and Beautiful (#6)
2012 - The Midsummer Station (#7)

Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen Top My Personal Countdown This Week

 

Carly Rae Jepsen gets her second #1 song for the year, and together with the band Vertical Horizon, they are as of this week, the only two acts to have two #1 songs this year.

Owl City gets his fifth #1 song following How I Became the Sea which went to the top around this time last year.

Together, the two do the song 'Good Time' which zooms to the top this week, after two weeks of abnormal concert activity.

Here are my ten favorite songs for the week ending August 24, 2012 -

#1 Carly Rae Jepsen/Owl City - Good Time (NEW)

#2 Cheryl Cole - Call My Name (RE)

#3 Nelly Furtado - Parking Lot (#5)

#4 Madonna - Turn Up the Radio (RE)

#5 Tears For Fears - Call Me Mellow (#6)

#6 Melissa Etheridge - Indiana (NEW)

#7 Rico Blanco - Amats (NEW)

#8 The Wanted - Chasing the Sun (NEW)

#9 Bamboo - Ikot Ng Mundo (NEW)

#10 Nero - Promises (NEW)

Related articles

• Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City: Not One Hit Wonders Anymore
• Lovin' This Video from Azealia Banks
• Tears For Fears Returns to the Top of My Personal Countdown

Carly Rae Jepsen and Owl City: Not One Hit Wonders Anymore

Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen can finally sigh with relief from not being tagged as one hit wonders anymore.  Together, they have banded together to sing this song Good Time, which debuts at #18 this week at the Billboard charts.  It's a good pop song which is pretty much right along their alley.  If it goes up next week or disappears slowly from the charts would depend on how the song builds itself on radio - but gauging from the first week sales - looks like it has a future.

New Song From Owl City - Shooting Star

It's great that Owl City has released a new single! This one is entitled Shooting Star. I haven't fully listened to it yet but it should become a staple soon, in my Ipod. I thoroughly enjoyed his last concert here and I wish he would come back to Manila to perform again!

2nd MyFABEMusic Awards: Pop Act of the Year 2011 Nominees

The following are my five most favorite pop acts of 2011 -

David Archuleta

Kylie Minogue

Lady Gaga

LMFAO

Owl City

The winner for the MyFABEMusic Pop Act of the Year will be announced on December 31, 2011.

2nd MyFABEMusic Awards: Album of the Year 2011 Nominees

Just like in the OPM category, I really haven't listened to many albums this year, but among those I have listened to, these are the five that I liked the most.  The nominees for the MyFABEMusic Album of the Year 2011 are -

Beyonce - 4

Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite

Lady Gaga - Born This Way

Owl City - All Things Bright and Beautiful

Taylor Swift - Speak Now

1st MyFABEMusic Awards: Artist of the Year 2011 Nominees

These are the five international artists who had most impact in the MyFabeMusic blog this year.  They either had two or three songs in my Top 40 year-end list.  The nominees for MyFabeMusic International Artist of the Year 2011 are -

Chris Brown

Kylie Minogue

Lady Gaga

Maroon 5

Owl City

My Favorite Songs of 2011: #12 Owl City - If My Heart Was A House

While I was listening to Owl City's latest album, All Things Bright and Beautiful, in preparation for his concert here, this was one of the songs that really drew me in. It's a wonderful ballad and the lyrics are so touching!

My Ten Favorite Concerts of 2011

Well, Richard Marx's show last Friday was the last concert I'll be watching this year, so it's now time to unveil my ten favorite concerts or live gigs of 2011 -

#1 Kylie Minogue - Aphrodite Tour

#2 David Foster, Michael Bolton, Charice, Ashanti, Philip Bailey, Russell Watson

#3 Poom Prommachart Performs Rach at the Cultural Center of the Philippines

#4 David Archuleta

#5  Owl City

#6  Taylor Swift Speak Now Tour

#7  Switchfoot Hello Hurricane Tour

#8  Eevee, Ajka, Letter Day Story Mayric's Gig

#9  Pitbull

#10  Richard Marx

Well, I did not watch Bruno Mars since, at that time, I didn't quite like his music yet, but I am slowly warming up to him.  Ditto to The Script since the concert was sold out!  I also did not watch Miley Cyrus since I was not sure about how good her setlist was.  Ditto for The Black Eyed Peas and Libera since they both went head on with David Foster.

Otherwise, the other shows that quite didn't make it to the list above are Mike Posner, Train, Go West, Howard Jones, Human League, Belinda Carlisle, Westlife, Sugarfree, Maroon 5, Justin Bieber and Lee Deewyze.

My Favorite Songs of 2011: #27 Owl City - Galaxies

Owl City has been one of my favorite pop acts of the past few years, and two songs from his latest album - All Things Bright and Beautiful - are in my year end list. This popularity has been buoyed further by his fantastic live show here a few months back! Galaxies is a beautiful single and I love its upbeat tempo and its message of praise to God as well! It comes in at #27 in my year end list.

Concert Review: Owl City Continues to Enthrall Pinoy Fans

This was probably the concert where I arrived the most late! I never thought they'd start on time that's why I still decided to attend my French class before coming to the venue, which was just 15 minutes from the school anyway.

The bad thing was that there was no more parking at the Fort and I had to wait a good 30 more minutes before I got a free parking slot! Where's the driver when you need him?!!

Anyway, my friend Marez also arrived late and we arrived at the same time, just three songs shy before Adam did 'Fireflies'! Well, I love the venue, although we were standing! It was cozy and Adam was not so far away! The pictures don't actually do justice since he was actually near us, even if I decided to just get the 'cheap' tickets for this one.

I loved the show and I knew Adam's setlist already and I think he stuck to it since the songs that I was waiting for were sung by him in the right sequence. I love the crowd and I'm so happy I video-ed "Fireflies" since the audience participation was pitch perfect! Adam reminds me of Mika - same geeky singer-songwriter with wonderful songs - and they both dance the same way!!

They were so many young people in the crowd - sometimes I wonder if I should just stick to listening to 80s music - there were so many cute girls and guys - of course!!

I'm sure with the fantastic audience participation and love Adam got tonight, it wouldn't be farfetched if he would come back after he releases a new album. Adam is like David Archuleta - in a way- they're not really big superstars in the US - but I have observed that they have a very solid following here in the Philippines - and I'm sure that even after two concerts here, these two would still come back to perform soon.

The Five Songs I'm Looking Forward in the Owl City Concert

I'm just glad that Owl City is going to play an extensive setlist in his concert here.  Well, maybe, because I just based it on the setlist I've seen him play in the other countries he had shows in the last few months.  So here are the five songs I'm looking forward for him to play on Tuesday -

1.  Galaxies - Definitely my favorite song of his right now!

2.  Vanilla Twilight - This is not actually in the setlist but I do hope someone asks him to play it here!

3.  If My Heart Was A House - One of his ballads that I love the most!

4.  Deer in the Headlights - Another fast song of his that I love the most.  I love the quirky lyrics!

5.  How I Became the Sea

My New Favorite Song: Owl City - Galaxies

I was browsing through the charts this lazy rainy weekend when I learned that Owl City just released his latest album, All Things Bright and Beautiful - and voila, the first single from it is as bright and beautiful as the title of his album suggests! It is now my new favorite song and surely, soon as I get a copy of his album, it'll be one of those which will get heavy rotation!