Song of the Day: 'The Streets Where I Belong' by Annie

My friend Taffy and I were in musical synch yesterday when "Montego Bay" came on his iTunes random shuffle the same day I made it Song of the Day, so I thought I would give a song he posted a shot -- a, gasp, current release!

He writes:

one of my very favorite songs of this ridiculous year is this one by Annie.  I'm a total sucker for tunes expressing nostalgia for one's hometown, and this one is utter melancholic beauty.  take it away, Annie...

Previous Annie posts HERE.

Song of the Day: 'The Greatest Hit' by Annie

I've seen Annie described as the Norwegian Kylie. But THIS SONG sounds more like the Scandinavian Saint Etienne -- and this Madonna-sampled ditty is a little bit of everybody ...

Song of the Day: 'Songs Remind Me of You' by Annie

Ironically, this song reminds me of Saint Etienne. 

Gingervitis

  I'm not the only one with grave concerns about this "Annie" reboot -- SEE?

Music Box: Annie

Forgive me for being horribly late to yet another party, but I just heard about Norwegian singer Annie (born Anne Lilia Berge-Strand) from a reader, who noticed a song of hers playing in a video for the Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay Film Festival late last year. The tune, "Heaven and Hell," in incredibly catchy -- Allmusic says Annie is "as pop as early Madonna or late Kylie Minogue, yet her hipster credibility puts her just as close to Saint Etienne or Miss Kittin" -- aka just the ingredients you'd use to make a dream artist for me in a studio laboratory -- but it's her breakthrough single (from 1999, I told you I'm so on it!), "The Greatest Hit," that features a hefty sample of Madonna's "Everybody" that has me even more in love. P.S. Now that I'm catching up on the '90s, look out the oughts!!!!