From a cruise gig to a feel good film and beyond

I've never been a rock music fan, it was never my cup of tea. A while ago I was on holiday and one evening went to a rock music gig because I was held captive on a cruise ship. It turned out to be a great gig, like a sing along, the lyrics flashing out around the venue, as if the people needed it. They were all having a blast of time, including me even though I didn't know most of the songs. This is the venue, the setup was for another evening gig but you get the vibe.

Pour some sugar on me

This weekend I've been watching Bank of Dave, if you're looking for a lighthearted feel good film, I highly recommend this. In the film, the main characters are a big fan of Def Lappard. For those who don't know, like me, they're a big British heavy metal rock in the eighties and nineties. In the film the Def Lappard performed one of their most famous song Pour Some Sugar On Me. I recognised this immediately, it was one of the songs from the cruise gig, and one that I had so much fun belting out that evening. Great memories.

This video is a softer version of the song performed with Emm Gryner and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It's not as energetic as the original version, but I think they both have their own character. What do you think?

Valencia

Emm Gryner is not an artist I'm familiar with. After finding the above video, I looked into her profile and see that she's an Irish/Filipino singer songwriter from Canada. She's produced a lot of songs, and after going through her playlist, this one called Valencia is my favourite. I'm going to explore her other works later on.
https://youtu.be/cjOnhmj895Asi=N6v0N3kdAtCVt9Ce

Don't make me

After Emm Gryner, someone called ëmmë came up on my search. Emm .... Ëmmë. I don't even know how to pronounce his name. In English we don't use ë, it's more of an European thing. Maybe it's a marketing thing to make yourself stand out. I mean if you're an artist with a single word name, you don't want a boring one. Adele, Beyonce, Enya, Sia, Rihanna, Prince you get the idea.

Anyway, Ëmmë is an Australian dance music producer and does a lot of remixes and collaboration with other people. I don't recognise any of the names, bar one - Justin Bieber. He must be doing something right.

Don't make me is not the type of electronic dance music I had imagined. It's a very catchy song, almost pop.

When I started writing this post I just wanted to talk about the first song coz I was so happy to find a connection to my holiday. I had no idea about the other two, I was going to wing it. As I wrote my post, I discovered some new artists, something to explore further. Life is full of surprises, you just need to go with the flow.