MAJOR MAESTRO: May 2014

Best Disney Songs of All Time

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Almost everyone in the world grew up to the tunes of the memorable Walt Disney Classics. From the Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson fairytale adaptations to their own originals Walt Disney has been able to captivate our hearts with those beloved characters. The soundtracks of all these classics have been composed by geniuses who know how to keep the audience engaged with awesome scores. Most of these songs have gone onto win the Academy Award for Best Original Song as well as other accolades such as Golden Globes and Grammy Awards. Some of them have been commercially successful charting and peaking within the top ten worldwide. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman have collaborated on more than one occasion to produce these hits and for The Lion King it was Sir Elton John who teamed up with Sir Tim Rice. One thing to note is that the sequels to most of these classics have not produced good soundtracks with the exception of may be The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Pocahontas: A Journey to a New World. So here are the Best Disney Songs of All Time:

The Lion King – Circle of life (Elton John)
Pocahontas – Colours of the wind (Vanessa Williams)
The Little Mermaid – Under the sea (Samuel E. Wright)
Aladdin – A whole new world (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle)
Hercules – Go the distance (Michael Bolton)
Beauty and the Beast – Beauty and the beast (Celine Dion & Peabo Bryson)
Frozen – Let it go (Idina Menzel)
Tarzan – You’ll be in my heart (Phil Collins)
The Sleeping Beauty – Once upon a dream (Mary Costa & Bill Shirley)
Mary Poppins – Chim chim cher-ee (Julie Andrews, Dick van Dyke, Karen Dotrice & Matthew Garber)
Mulan – Reflection (Christina Aguilera)
Toy Story – You’ve got a friend in me (Randy Newman & Lyle Lovett)
Pinocchio – When you wish upon a star (Cliff Edwards)
Enchanted – That’s how you know (Amy Adams)
The Little Mermaid– Kiss the girl (Samuel E. Wright)
The Jungle Book– The bare necessities (Phil Harris & Bruce Reitherman)
The Lion King – Can you feel the love tonight (Elton John)
Tangled – I see the light (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Someday my prince will come (Adriana Caselotti)
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – He lives in you (Lebo M)
Aladdin – Friend like me (Robin Williams)
The Lion King – Hakuna Matata (Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella)
Mulan – I’ll make a man out of you (Donny Osmond)
Song of the South – Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (John Baskett)
Enchanted – So close (Jon Mclaughlin)
Mary Poppins – Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Julie Andrews & Dick van Dyke)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Heigh Ho (Roy Atwell, Pinto Colvig, Billy Gilbert, Otis Harlan & Scotty Mattraw)
Dumbo – When I see an elephant fly (Cliff Edwards & the Hall Johnson Choir)
Lady and the Tramp – He’s a tramp (Peggy Lee)
The Aristocats – Ev’rybody wants to be a cat (Phil Harris, Scatman Crothers, Thurl Ravenscroft, Vito Scotti & Paul Winchell)
Beauty and the Beast – Be our guest (Jerry Orbach & Angela Lansbury)
The Little Mermaid – Part of your world (Jodi Bensen)
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World – Where do I go from here (Judy Kuhn)
The Lion King – I just can’t wait to be king (Jason Weaver, Laura Williams & Rowan Atkinson)
Hercules – I won’t say (I’m in love) (Susan Egan)
Bolt – I thought I lost you (Miley Cyrus & John Travolta)
101 Dalmations – Cruella De Vil (Bill Lee)
Lady and the Tramp – The Siamese cat song (Peggy Lee)
Aladdin – Prince Ali (Robin Williams)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – Whistle while you work (Adriana Caselotti)
Wynnona – Burning love (Lilo & Stitch)
Cars – Life is a highway (Rascal Flatts)
The Jungle Book – I wan’na be like you (Louis Prima)
Mary Poppins – A spoonful of sugar (Julie Andrews)
Pocahontas – Savages (Judy Kuhn, David Odgen Stiers & Jim Cummings)
Toy Story 2– When she loved me (Sarah Mclachlan)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame – Someday (All-4-One)
Cinderella – Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo (Verna Felton)
Dumbo – Baby mine (Betty Noyes)
The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride – Upendi (Robert Guilliaume, Liz Callaway, Gene Miller & Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
The Little Mermaid – Poor unfortunate souls (Pat Carroll)
Mulan – True to your heart (98 Degrees & Stevie Wonder)
Robin Hood – Oo de lally (Roger Miller)
The Lion King – Be prepared (Jeremy Irons)
Oliver & Company– Why should I worry? (Billy Joel)
Pocahontas – Just around the river bend (Judy Kuhn)
Hercules – Zero to hero (Tawatha Agee, Lillias White, LaChanze, Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman & Vaneese Thomas)
Lilo & Stitch – Can’t help falling in love (A*Teens)
Frozen – Love is an open door (Kristen Bell & Santino Fontana)
101 Dalmations II: Patch’s London Adventure – You’re the one (LMNT)

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Most Relaxing Songs of All Time

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There are many forms of relaxation. Sleeping, reading, meditating and for some even exercising is a form of relaxation. There are songs which are so soothing to the cochlear that it calms your soul. Tranquility is not something that can be easily achieved, but these artists have somehow made it so that they aid you to find that inner serenity. Marconi Union's Weightless is numero uno and it has been scientifically proven that it is the most relaxing song to have ever been composed. Therefore, these are the most relaxing songs of all time, and I know you will enjoy them.

Marconi Union – Weightless
Enya – Only time
Kenny G – Forever in love
All Saints – Pure shores
Enigma – Return to innocence
Richard Clayderman – Ballade pour adeline
Yanni – Meditation
Norah Jones – Come away with me
Sade – By your side
Airstream – Electra
Louis Armstrong – What a wonderful world
Marvin Gaye – Sexual healing
Bobby Bland – Members only
Richard Clayderman – Memory (Original by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
The Eagles – Hotel California
Coldplay – Strawberry swing
Gabrielle – Out of reach
Kenny G – Songbird
Enya – It’s in the rain
Various Artists – Perfect day (Original by Lou Reed)
Sixpence None the Richer ft. Jars of Clay – With every breath
DJ Shah – Mellomaniac (Chillout Mix)
Live – Lightning crashes
Yiruma – River flows in you
Barcelona – Please don’t go
MLTR – Sleeping child
Nelly Furtado – All good things (come to an end)
Café Del Mar – We can fly
The Eagles – Love will keep us alive
Enya – Watermark
Yanni – First touch
Vonda Shepard – For once in my life (Original by Barbara McNair)
Macy Gray – I try
Dido – Thank you
Frank Sinatra & Nancy Sinatra – Somethin’ stupid
Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on heaven’s door
Eric Clapton – Tears in heaven
Seal – Kiss from a rose
Duran Duran – Come undone
Lana Del Rey – High by the beach
Gregorian – Once in a lifetime
Spice Girls – Viva forever
Enigma – Sadeness (Part I)
MLTR – Breaking my heart
Sarah Brightman – Shall be done
Eva Cassidy – Time after time (Original by Cyndi Lauper)
Howie Day – Collide
Enya – Orinocco flow
Annie Lennox – No more I love you’s
Bob Dylan – Just like a woman
Dido – White flag
Yanni – One man’s dream
Metallica – Nothing else matters
The Beatles – Let it be
The Cranberries – Linger
Norah Jones – Don’t know why
Christina Perri – A thousand years
Coldplay – Atlas
Sarah McLachlan – Angel
Sade – No ordinary love
Enigma – Mea culpa (Part II)
Meiko – Reasons to love you
OneRepublic – Say (all I need)
Wham – Careless whisper
Lily Allen – Somewhere only we know (Original by Keane)
Norah Jones – Sunrise
Yanni – To the one who knows
MLTR – You took my heart away
Lifehouse – You and me
Tom Jones – Green green grass
Boyzone – No matter what
Dido – Life for rent
Milli Vanilli – Girl I’m gonna miss you
Janet Jackson – That’s the way love goes
Percy Sledge – Warm and tender love
Corinne Bailey Rae – Like a star
Joshua Radin – Closer
MLTR – Blue night
Enya – Caribbean blue
Michael Buble – Home
Coldplay – Paradise
Yanni – A walk in the rain
Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa & Bruno Mars – Young, wild and free
Bob Dylan – Blowing in the wind
KT Tunstall – Other side of the world
Spiritualized – Lay it down slow
Duran Duran – Ordinary world
Al Green – Let's stay together
Shania Twain – You’ve got away
Dido – Here with me
Lifehouse – Broken
Spice Girls – 2 become 1
Spandau Ballet – True
James Blunt – You’re beautiful
Charlene Sorai – Wherever you will go (Original by The Calling)
Jason Donovan – Any dream will do
Dixie Chicks – The rainbow connection (Original by Kermit the Frog)
Regina Spektor – The call
Brendan James – The sun will rise
Lil Wayne – How to love

Til the next symphony…

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Whiniest Songs of All Time

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There are those songs which when you hear them, you want to pull out your hair one by one and then cause irreversible damage to your ears. These are those pathetic, whiny, sad and lamenting songs sung by losers and bitter exes in order to get over their hurt feelings or to show that they are obsessively still in love with them. Sigh… Yes, there are such people in this world. U2's With or Without You takes the crown for the whiniest song of all time as the lover clearly is whining about how he cannot live without the one he loves and he is debating on that as well, GET OVER IT. Some artists have numerous hits on the list such as Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, Enrique Iglesias, Avril Lavigne, Justin Timberlake, Bruno Mars, Michael Bolton and everybody's favorite Justin Bieber. These songs are overflowing with emotions, the listeners would want to shoot the artist and then themselves as well. So let's not whine more about these songs and see what the others are:

U2 – With or without you
Bruno Mars – It will rain
Miley Cyrus – Wrecking ball
Justin Bieber – Baby
Arash ft. Helena – Broken angel
Mariah Carey – My all
John Legend – All of me
Enrique Iglesias – Hero
Sam Smith – Stay with me
Air Supply – All out of love
Daniel Bedingfield – If you’re not the one
Justin Timberlake – Cry me a river
Leona Lewis – Bleeding love
Celine Dion – Think twice
Phil Collins – Against all odds
Avril Lavigne – When you’re gone
Harry Nilsson – Without you
Rihanna ft. Mikki Ekko – Stay
Michael Bolton – How am I supposed to live without you
Fergie – Big girls don’t cry
Akon – Lonely
Meatloaf – I would do anything for love
Foreigner – I want to know what love is
David Guetta ft. Usher – Without you
Lady Antebellum – Need you now
Taylor Swift – You belong with me
Bruno Mars – When I was your man
Enrique Iglesias – I have always loved you
Celine Dion – My heart will go on
LeAnn Rimes – How do I live
Rascal Flatts – What hurts the most
Ne-Yo – So sick
Beyonce – If I were a boy
Chicago – If you leave me now
Great Big World ft. Christina Aguilera – Say something
Mariah Carey – We belong together
Sam Smith – I'm not the only one
Roy Orbison – Crying
Mandy Moore – Only hope
Backstreet Boys – Incomplete
Alicia Keys – If I ain’t got you
Demi Lovato – Heart attack
Eric Carmen – All by myself
Jason Derulo – The other side
Ricky Martin – She’s all I ever had
Jennifer Heart – The power of love
Maroon 5 – She will be loved
OneRepublic – Apologize
Journey – Open arms
Sinead O’ Connor – Nothing compares 2 u
Justin Timberlake – Mirrors
One Direction – Story of my life
Enrique Iglesias – Heart attack
Adele – Someone like you
Roxette – It must have been love
Ne-Yo – Let me love you
Katy Perry – Thinking of you
Maroon 5 – Love somebody
Backstreet Boys – Show me the meaning of being lonely
Carrie Underwood – Jesus take the wheel
Avril Lavigne – I'm with you
Take That – Patience
Bruno Mars – Grenade
Don McClean – And I love you so
Skeeter Davis – End of the world
Dixie Chicks – Not ready to make nice
Trey Songz – Heart attack
Jewel – Foolish games
Demi Lovato – Give your heart a break
Britney Spears – Perfume
Justin Bieber – As long as you love me
Shania Twain – It only hurts when I’m breathing
Arash ft. Helena – Pure love
The Moffats – Miss you like crazy
OneRepublic – Say (all I need)
Kelly Clarkson – Hear me
Whitney Houston – I will always love you
Jason Derulo – Fight for you
Michael Bolton – Murder my heart
Alicia Keys – No one
Mandy Moore – Cry
Hoobastank – The reason
Lana Del Rey – Young and beautiful
Simple Plan – Perfect
Ricky Martin ft. Christina Aguilera – Nobody wants to be lonely
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer – Give me everything
Rihanna – Unfaithful
Roy Orbison – In the real world
Righteous Brothers – Unchained melody
Bryan Adams – Please forgive me
Bonnie Tylor – Total eclipse of the heart
No Mercy – Please don’t go
No Doubt – Don’t speak
Linkin Park – Numb
Dido – Don’t leave home
Selena Gomez & The Scene – A year without rain
Beyonce – Best thing I never had
Jojo – Too little too late
Mario – Let me love you
Kelly Clarkson – Because of you

Till the next beat…

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Xposition - April 2014

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Well, April was relatively a very mellow and uninteresting month. The only thing that was at least of some interest was the 49th Academy of Country Music Awards held on 6th April and the Billboard Latin Music Awards held on 24th April. Miranda Lambert swept the ACMAs with Female Vocalist of the Year and Record of the Year for Mama's Broken Heart. She also shared the Vocal Event of the Year with Keith Urban for We Were Us. The Entertainer of the Year was George Strait while Lee Brice won the Song of the Year for I Drive Your Truck and Kacey Musgraves won Album of the Year for Same Trailer Different Park. Other significant awards were:

Male Vocalist of the Year - Jason Aldean
Vocal Duo of the Year - Florida Georgia Line
New Artist of the Year - Justin Moore
Vocal Group of the Year - The Band Perry
Video of the Year - Highway Don't Care (Tim McGraw ft. Taylor Swift)

Marc Anthony was the top winner at the BLMAs taking 10 awards including Artist of the Year, Latin Album, Hot Latin Song, Digital Song, Latin Airplay Song of the Year for Vivir Mi Vida a track that spent 17 weeks at No.1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs. Social Artist of the Year was won by Shakira and Crossover Artist of the Year by Bruno Mars. Andrea Bocelli was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Other significant awards were:

Vocal Event of the Year - Enrique Iglesias ft. Romeo Santos - Loco
Producer of the Year - Anthony Romeo Santos
Latin Rhythm Song of the Year - Daddy Yankee - Limbo
Streaming Song of the Year - Prince Royce - Darte Un Beso

Pharrell Williams' Happy continued its domination of the Billboard Hot 100 in the US throughout the month without any hint of being overthrown. In the UK Aloe Blacc's The Man peaked in the first week followed by Sigma's Nobody to Love, Kiesza's Hideaway and Mr. Probz's Waves (Robin Schulz Remix). All four songs are not highly mainstream and except for The Man are all dance club tracks.

DJ Snake & Lil Jon's Turn Down For What finally cracked the top 10 in the US peaking at No.5 which was the only song to break the dormant Top 10 in April. Cash Cash ft. Bebe Rexha's Take Me Home peaked at No.5 and John Martin finally released a song on his own titled Anywhere For You which peaked at 7. Some other songs that were became popular in the US and UK are:

Iggy Azalea ft. Charlie XCX - Fancy
The Vamps - Last Night
DJ Cassidy ft. Robin Thicke & Jessie J - Calling all hearts
Neon Jungle - Welcome to the Jungle
MKTO - Classic
Rixton - Me and My Broken Heart
Paramore - Ain't it fun

Til the next beat…

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Best Floor Fillers of All Time

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A floor filler is simply a song that is so catchy and popular that it get everybody dancing. Almost all floor fillers have two things in common, and that's an awesome rhythm accompanied by memorable lyrics. Almost all genres and decades are covered as dancing is not a new concept and the good old days had The Beatles and Elvis Presley to keep our parents and grandparents occupied on the dance floor just like Pitbull, Swedish House Mafia and Avicii keep us in the groove. The most terrifying nightmares of all DJs and for some party organizers is when the dance floor is empty due to the lack of good music. This is when most DJs resort to floor fillers to get things going. The leading genre is of course Pop followed by House, Techno, Eurodance and Disco. Although, some of these songs may be classics, they are still played at parties and are most of the time surpass the popularity of the newer songs in their demand. La Bamba definitely tops the list as it is definitely the favorite song of the DJs to literally fill the dance floor. So here are the best floor fillers of all time.

Los Lobos – La bamba
Black Eyed Peas – I gotta feeling
Shakira ft. Wyclef Jean – Hips don’t lie
Psy – Gangnam style
Elton John – Crocodile rock
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Chubby Checker – The twist
Los Del Rio – Macarena
Bon Jovi – It’s my life
Flo Rida ft. T-Pain – Low
Sean Paul – Get busy
Guns N’ Roses – Sweet child of mine
Bryan Adams – Summer of ‘69
LMFAO ft. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – Party rock anthem
Alexandra Stan – Mr. Saxobeat
Shakira ft. Freshlyground – Waka waka (This time for Africa)
Sasha Lopez ft. Broono & Andreea D – All my people
C&C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams – Gonna make you sweat
Village People – Y.M.C.A.
The Beatles – I saw her standing there
Las Ketchup – The ketchup song (Asereje)
Avicii – Levels
Pitbull – I know you want me (calle ocho)
Don Omar ft. Lucenzo – Danza kuduro
Ottawa – D.I.S.C.O.
Elvis Presley – Burning love
Eddie Grant – Gimme hope Joanna
The Drifters – Save the last dance for me
Los Lobos – Cancion del Mariachi
Swedish House Mafia ft. John Martin – Don’t you worry child
Michael Jackson – Beat it
Bob Sinclar – Love generation
Yves Larock ft. Jabba – Rise up
Nayer ft. Pitbull & Mohombi – Suavemente
Baccara – Yes sir, I can boogie
50 Cent – In da club
Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris – We found love
Olivia Newton John & John Travolta – You’re the one that I want
Snap! – Rhythm is a dancer
The Beatles – I want to hold your hand
Robin Thicke ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams – Blurred lines
Timbaland ft. Keri Hilson & D.O.E. – The way I are
Culture Club – Karma chameleon
Flo Rida ft. David Guetta – Club can’t handle me
Wham! – Wake me up before you go-go
LMFAO – Sexy and I know it
Yolanda Be Cool & D Cup – We no speak no Americano
Haddaway – What is love
Taio Cruz – Dynamite
Pitbull ft. Kesha – Timber
Bellamy Brothers – If I said you had a beautiful body
Albert West – Knock three times
The Wonders – That thing you do
Real McCoy – Another night
Usher – Yeah
Beyonce ft. Jay-Z – Crazy in love
Tom Boxer ft. J. Warner & Morena – Deep in love
Flo Rida ft. Ke$ha – Right round
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo & Nayer – Give me everything
Lipps Inc. – Funky Town
Edward Maya ft. Vika Jigulina – Stereo love
ABBA – Dancing queen
Modjo – Lady (hear me tonight)
MC Hammer – U can’t touch this
Enrique Iglesias – Tonight (I’m fucking you)
Bee Gees – You should be dancing
Simon & Garfunkel – Cecilia
Shakira – Whenever wherever
Eiffel 65 – Blue (da ba dee)
Madonna ft. Timbaland & Justin Timberlake – 4 Minutes
Vengaboys – Sha la la la la
Gypsy Kings – Volare
‘N Sync – Bye bye bye
Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy breaky heart
Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull – On the floor
Barry White – You are my first, my last, my everything
Arrow – Hot hot hot
Daddy Yankee – Gasolina
Lou Bega – Mambo No.5
Smokie – Who the fuck is Alice
Inner Circle – Sweat (La La La La Long)
Boney M – Daddy cool
Kuwait Sand Band – Asha
Kool & the Gang – Celebration
Van Morrisson – Brown eyed girl
The Contours – Do you love me
Bee Gees – Stayin’ alive
Spiller ft. Sophie Ellis Baxtor – Groovejet (If this ain’t love)
Baha Men – Who let the dogs out
Wild Cherry – Play that funky music
T-Spoon – Sex on the beach
Chilli ft. Carrapicho – Tic tic tac
Hues Corporation – Rock the boat
Pitbull ft. Mark Anthony – Rain over me
Chumbawumba – Tubthumpin’
Mr. President – Coco jamboo
Vanessa Amorosi – Absolutely everybody
Technotronic – Pump up the jam
Hot Chocolate – You sexy thing
Dr. Alban – It’s my life

Til the next chord…

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Hottest Females in Music

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Beauty is a very subjective concept. In the music industry, looks do matter when it comes to selling albums and singles. When it comes to female artists, some songs go mainstream mostly due to the sexiness of the singer despite the song being extremely mediocre. Since the good old days of Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson, fans and followers have flocked to concerts mainly to see the artists perform. Moreover, its not a secret that these artists wear sexy outfits and perform provocatively to enrapture the audiences. After prolonged deliberation, I deemed Inna as the hottest female in the music scene at present. It is clear that she does not have to make an effort to look sexy.