Music Monday: Express Yourself - Glee Cover

I was watching the Madonna tribute episode of Glee yesterday and this song kind of stuck on me. 
Maybe because it's catchy, upbeat and it totally hit home with no dramatic melodies or lyrics. 
It was hip and fun and I loved it!

I hope you guys enjoy listening to this one. I can't find a decent Madonna video of this song 
so I just used Glee's cover instead. I think the cast did a good job on this song and the entire 
episode of Madonna.

Express Yourself lyrics


(spoken:)
Come on girls
Do you believe in love?
'Cause I got something to say about it
And it goes something like this

(sung)
Don't go for second best baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

You don't need diamond rings
Or eighteen karat gold
Fancy cars that go very fast
You know they never last, no, no

What you need is a big strong hand
To lift ya to your higher ground
Make you feel like a queen on a throne
Make him love you 'til you can't come down

Don't go for second best baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

Long stem roses are the way to your heart
But he needs to start with your head
Satin sheets are very romantic
What happens when you're not in bed

You deserve the best in life
So if the time isn't right then move on
Second best is never enough
You'll do much better baby on your own

Don't go for second best baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

Express yourself
You've got to make him
Express himself
Hey, hey, hey, hey

So if you want it right now
Make him show you how
Express what he's got
Oh baby ready or not

And when you're gone he might regret it, gret it
Think about the love he once had
Try to carry on, but he just won't get it, get it (Oh)
He'll be back on his knees, so please

Don't go for second best baby
Put your love to the test
You know, you know, you've got to
Make him express how he feels
And maybe then you'll know your love is real

Express yourself
You've got to make him
Express himself
Hey, hey, hey, hey

So if you want it right now
Make him show you how
Express what he's got
Oh baby ready or not

Express Yourself
Express Yourself
So if you want it right now
Better make him show you how (Make him show you how)
Baby ready or not

Express Yourself
Express Yourself
You know, you know, you know
So if you want it right now
Better make him show you how

Lyrics from: LetsSingIt 

I am totally dazed and confused!

I don't know what to do. One minute I feel so happy and light and then the next I feel so miserable and confused. I was doing okay for most parts of today. I woke up early, did my routine, waited for my Mom to go online but never did, chatted with a couple of friends, played my iTunes songs, I was normal to say the least. But then late afternoon came and I started getting paranoid. I got confused. Bothered. Worried. I don't know. I have a plan in mind. Not to get too attached emotionally, no expectations, no nothing. Just take everything as it is. So I have no idea why out of the blue, I started feeling weird. I felt so sad that I fell asleep with a heavy chest and woke up almost crying.

This song by LeAnn Rimes has nothing to do with why I felt sad, but it exactly explains the kind of "thing" that I am in right now. If you listen to it, it's kind of upbeat and happy but take the words slowly and you'll see a little sadness to it. At least, it's what I'm feeling.

The Right Kind of Wrong

LeAnn Rimes

Know all about

About your reputation

And now it's bound to be a heartbreak situation

But I can't help it if I'm helpless

every time that i'm where you are

You walk in and my strength walks out the door

Say my name and I can't fight it anymore

Oh I know, I should go

But I need your touch just too damn much

Loving you isn't really something I should do

Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah

Well I should try to be strong

But baby you're the right kind of wrong

Yeah baby you're the right kind of wrong

It Might be a mistake

A mistake I'm making

But what you're giving I am happy to be taking

Cause no one's ever made me feel

The way I feel when i'm in your arms

They say you're something I should do without

They don't know what goes on

When the lights go out

There's no way to explain

All the pleasure is worth all the pain

Loving you isn't really something I should do yeah hey. 

Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah

Well I should try to be strong

But baby you're the right kind of wrong

Yeah baby you're the right kind of wrong

I should try to run

But I just can't seem to

Cause every time I run you're the one I run to

Can't do without, what you do to me

I don't care if I'm in too deep yeah hey

Know all about

About your reputation

And now its' bound to be a heartbreak situation

But I can't help it if I'm helpless

Every time that I'm where you are

You walk in and my strength walks out the door

Say my name and I can't fight it anymore

Oh I know I should go

But I need your touch just too damn much Hey 

Loving you yeah isn't really something I should do, not something i shouldn't do

Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you, yeah

Well I should try to be strong, I should try to be strong

But baby you're the right kind of wrong, right kind of wrong

Yeah baby you're the right kind of wrong, baby you're the right kind of wrong, 

yeah baby you're the right kind of wrong.

I am not sure about the "right" part but I'm pretty sure about the "wrong" part. The entire lyrics suits my situation. I actually have it on repeat and has been played more than 20 times in the past 3 hours plus another hour on the playlist. What can I say, I can relate! 

Tennis Update:

Roger Federer beat Soderling!

Ana Ivanovic retired during the second set.

Safina won. 2 games to 1. She better not lose control.

Andy Roddick won. I am so thrilled seeing him climb up to the quarter finals. I think he's doing so good this tournament.

Murray won after 5 sets. I seriously thought he's going to lose with the way he was playing!

Hewitt won after 5 sets also. It was a pretty exciting match.

Simon lost. Sad.

Songs for the day!

It had been an extremely slow day for me today. I've slept almost half the day and aside from my dentist appointment earlier, I only spent the rest of the day multi-tasking: playing songs from my iTunes, posting reviews at CIAO and updating my blog, all while "watching" TV.

One song is currently (as in while I'm typing these first few lines) stuck in my head:

Relapse - Jesse McCartney

Every time I leave, every time I leave

I keep coming back every time I leave!

It's weird cos I'm listening to Twilight Soundtrack and I'm still singing that line of the song.

Oh, I wanna share my favorite Twilight song from Muse. It's called Supermassive Black Hole. It's a catchy song and it's really good.

Oh baby dont you know I suffer? 
Oh baby can you hear me moan? 
You caught me under false pretenses 
How long before you let me go? 

Those are the lines that keep playing in my head aside from Relapse. Actually, I got a couple of songs stuck in my head this week. I keep singing them alternately without no intentions of doing so. Involuntary in other words.

Here are some of 'em:

Love Remains The Same - Gavin Rossdale

I never thought that I had any more to give,

Pushing me so far here I am without you.

Drink, to all that we have lost,

Mistakes we have made,

Everything will change but love remains the same.

If I Were A Boy - Beyonce

Drink beer with the guys and chase after girls,

I'd kick it with who I wanted and I'd never get confronted for it

Cos they'd stick up for me.

If I were a boy, I think I could understand

How it feels to love a girl 

I'd swear I'd be a better man.

SuperHuman - Chris Brown feat. Keri Hilson

I have been crying and crying for weeks

How'd I survive when I could barely speak,

barely eat, on my knees.

But that's the moment that you came to me,

I don't know what your love has done to me.

Think I'm invincible I see, through the me I used to be.

Whatever You Like - T.I.

Stacks on deck

Patron on ice

And we can pop bottles all night

Baby you can have whatever you like

I said you can have whatever you like.

Bleeding Love - Leona Lewis / Jesse McCartney / Boyce Avenue

Closed off from love I didn't need the pain,

Once or twice was enough and it was all in vain.

Time starts to pass before you know it you're frozen.

But something happened with the very first time with you,

My heart melted to the ground found something true,

And everyone's looking 'round thinking I'm going crazy.

What do you think? Bleeding Love has a lot of versions and I think I have all of it except for the Tagalog version. It's just so irritating to listen to.

Anyway, hope you "enjoyed" my songs for the day. Or rather for the week. I've been singing these songs for days now. They just keep popping out of my head and before I know it, I'm starting to sing them all like I'm doing a medley cos I don't exactly sing the entire song, just these lines that I've posted here.

I'll try to change tracks next week and will let you know! :)