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We Meaning You Tour
The We Meaning You Tour was the third concert tour by Australian recording artist, Sia. The tour was launched in support of her fifth studio album, ''We Are Born'' (2010). The tour performed shows in North America, Europe and Australasia. The concert at the Roundhouse was recorded and release through Concert Live. Background The first show in Vancouver was cut short when the singer suffered from heat exhaustion, and left the stage after an aborted rendition of "Be Good to Me". Critical reception The setlist featured a selection of new songs from the album set for a June release, such as " Clap Your Hands" and older tracks. It also included the covers "Oh Father" and "I Go to Sleep". The performance of "I Go To Sleep" during the Portland show was described as "swirling, and gently smoldering, something that allowed Sia to let her voice to shine in all its glory". A review of the opening night of the European tour remarked that the "actual musical performance asdecidedly fant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Are Born
In Modern English, ''we'' is a plural, first-person pronoun. Morphology In Standard Modern English, ''we'' has six distinct shapes for five word forms: * ''we'': the nominative (subjective) form * ''us'' and ': the accusative (objective; also called the ' oblique'.) form * ''our:'' the dependent genitive (possessive) form *''ours:'' the independent genitive (possessive) form * ''ourselves'': the reflexive form There is also a distinct determiner ''we'' as in ''we humans aren't perfect'', which some people consider to be just an extended use of the pronoun. History ''We'' has been part of English since Old English, having come from Proto-Germanic *''wejes'', from PIE *''we''-. Similarly, ''us'' was used in Old English as the accusative and dative plural of ''we'', from PIE *''nes''-. The following table shows the old English first-person plural and dual pronouns: By late Middle English the dual form was lost and the dative and accusative had merged. The ''ours'' ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Language (band)
Body Language is an American electronic/ alternative music group formed in 2008 in Hartford, Connecticut, consisting of Matthew Young, Grant Wheeler, Angelica Bess, and Ian Chang. History Body Language was originally formed by Young and Wheeler when they started making dance music and remixes for a weekly party they curated at a bar called Vegas Blvd in Hartford. Soon they began to incorporate vocals from Bess and the original trio was formed. Subsequently, they moved to the neighborhood of Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York. Around that time they released their first record on a sister label of Ghostly Records, Moodgadget Records, entitled ''Speaks''. In their first months in Brooklyn, Wheeler and Young worked on Passion Pit's second LP'' Manners''. After working with Passion Pit, they started writing their second EP ''Social Studies'' late in the summer of 2009. By the fall of 2009, they met and started collaborating with Theophilus London and subsequently became hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Showbox
The Showbox (originally known as the Showbox Theater) is a music venue in Seattle, Washington. It has been owned by AEG Live since 2007. History and usage Founded in 1939, the Showbox has hosted a diverse offering of music over the decades. From the Jazz Age to the Grunge Era, the ballroom has featured shows by Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters and the Ramones — as well as local artists such as burlesque performer Gypsy Rose Lee, and grunge bands Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney, TAD and Screaming Trees. After many years of operating as the Improv Comedy Club, restaurateur Tony Riviera and Barry Bloch purchased the Improv with the intent of continuing operating the Venue as The Improv. Riviera and Bloch discovered old photos and historical information and articles about the Showbox and decided to recreate the venue to its original look and reopened New Year's Eve 1995 as The Showbox Comedy and Supper Club which they operated for several years before deciding to sell the Ven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the U.S. state, state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore Ballroom
Commodore Ballroom is a music venue, dance floor and nightclub located on 800 block of Granville Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is regarded as Canada's most influential nightclub, and one of North America's best live music venues. The building was built in the Art Deco style of the late 1920s by George Conrad Reifel and designed by architect H.H. Gillingham. Best known for showcasing special performances, the venue is also known for its ''sprung dance floor'', whose horsehair lining absorbs, rather than reflecting back, some of the impact of dancers' feet. At the time it was installed, only a few venues in the world had similar floors. The general-admission ballroom accommodates approximately 990 guests (including standing room and table seating). The building's street level was built for retail outlets, some of them in their time also notable. Downstairs, below street level, is the Commodore Lanes, a vintage bowling alley and poolroom. Commodore was named one of "N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. The Greater Vancouver area had a population of 2.6million in 2021, making it the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Greater Vancouver, along with the Fraser Valley, comprises the Lower Mainland with a regional population of over 3 million. Vancouver has the highest population density in Canada, with over 5,700 people per square kilometre, and fourth highest in North America (after New York City, San Francisco, and Mexico City). Vancouver is one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities in Canada: 49.3 percent of its residents are not native English speakers, 47.8 percent are native speakers of neither English nor French, and 54.5 percent of residents belong to visible minority groups. It has been consistently rank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consequence Of Sound
''Consequence'' (previously ''Consequence of Sound'') is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an online database for music festival news and rumors. In 2018, Consequence of Sound launched Consequence Podcast Network. The website took its original name from the Regina Spektor song " Consequence of Sounds". History ''Consequence of Sound'' was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young, then a student at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. In January 2008, Michael Roffman became Editor-in-Chief. In October 2014, ''Consequence of Sound'' began covering film and became a part of the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2016, ''Consequence of Sound'' was reorganized under the umbrella of Consequence Media, a digital media, advertising, and marketing firm. In 2018, ''Consequence of Sound'' launched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soon We'll Be Found
"Soon We'll Be Found" is a song by Sia. Released on 13 October 2008, "Soon We'll Be Found" is Sia's third single from ''Some People Have Real Problems'' (2008). The single is only available for download in the UK, but the music video for "Soon We'll Be Found", in which Sia signs the lyrics in American Sign Language, was featured on the United States iTunes Store main page when it became the free music download of the week of 4 November 2008. Sia performed the song on '' Later... with Jools Holland'' on 7 October 2008, and on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on 13 November 2008. Release "Soon We'll Be Found" was released in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2008 by Monkey Puzzle Records. The single was made available in other European countries on 12 January 2009. * * Music video The music video of "Soon We'll Be Found" was directed by Claire Carré. In the music video, Sia sings while signing the lyrics in American Sign Language. (emphasis added). The music video for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Go To Sleep
"I Go to Sleep" is a song written by Ray Davies, main songwriter for The Kinks, and first released by The Applejacks. It was never recorded by The Kinks, but Ray Davies's demo can be found in reissue bonus tracks of their second studio album ''Kinda Kinks''. Marion version "I Go to Sleep" was covered in 1967 by German singer Marion ( de) (later known as Marion Maerz). The record was produced in London by Larry Page, the producer of The Troggs and manager of The Kinks. The song was released in Germany and the UK. Marion performed this song as the first and only German female singer in the famous German music program Beat Club. The Pretenders version "I Go to Sleep" was covered in 1981 by The Pretenders and released as a single from their second studio album ''Pretenders II''. "I Go to Sleep" had been rumored to have been one of the first songs that Chrissie Hynde ever learned. At the time of the song's recording, Hynde had been dating Ray Davies, whom she had met after cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Girl You Lost To Cocaine
"The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" (sometimes titled "The Girl You Lost") is a song by Australian singer Sia. It was released on 27 March 2008 as the second single from her studio album ''Some People Have Real Problems''. Background Sia said the album ''Some People Have Real Problems'' was an easy album to write, except for, "The Girl You Lost" which took longer to pen than the other tracks. She explained: "It's like a bath. It's a big bath. I can sit down with my friends and play three chords or whatever or we'll hunt around and find the right three chords. Then they'll tell me what the song's about. Usually a sentence or a feeling will come or I can even just say to the person I'm with to tell me what it's about and give me a theme. Then eight minutes later, there it is. 'Academia' took eight minutes. 'Little Black Sandals' was five minutes. Then there are other songs that might take longer. 'The Girl You Lost to Cocaine' took a bit longer, but I don't remember why. I think I liste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You've Changed (Sia Song)
"You've Changed" is the lead single released from Sia's 2010 album ''We Are Born''. "You've Changed" was originally co-written and released in 2008 by American DJ/producer Lauren Flax, which was then re-recorded for Sia's 2010 album, ''We Are Born''. The single was announced through a Twitter update that Sia posted. The song was given away for free and was released on 28 December 2009. On 31 January 2010 the song peaked at number 31 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart, becoming Sia's highest charting single on that chart until her 2014 hit "Chandelier". The song was placed 72 on the Triple J Hottest 100 countdown in 2009. In the United States, the original Lauren Flax version reached number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Club Songs chart in April 2010. It was also one of the songs used in the Season 1 finale of ''The Vampire Diaries''. Critical reception Luke O'Neil of the Boston Globe wrote "It’s a pulse-quickening electro-disco cut with gritty, heartfelt soul falling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buttons (Sia Song)
"Buttons" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. "Buttons" was released as a promotion single in 2007 and as the fourth and final official single from her 2008 album, ''Some People Have Real Problems''. The song is a bonus track on the Australian edition and a hidden track (following "Lullaby") on the international edition of the album. Re-mixes were released in the US on 25 November 2008 and a 1-track digital single in New Zealand on 9 February 2009 through Spinnin Records. The Chris Lake Vocal Mix is included on the album, "Ultra Music Festival 03" The CSS remix is included on the album, " Triple J Hottest 100, Vol. 17" after coming in at number 50 in the annual poll. Critical reception In a review of the album ''We Are Born'', Bradley Stern of MuuMuse said "Bubblier up-tempos, such as 'Buttons' ... demonstrated Sia's ability to go beyond the realm of the ballad." Track listing ; The Remixes (US) # Buttons ( Jimmy Vallance Edit) – 2:58 # Buttons (Jimmy Vallance Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
