It was Tom Hanssen's suggestion that we do Tea for Two as a really slow ballad and I just loved it. It took the story to a whole different and sad place! Love it.
This week the weather turned quite cold so I pulled out my Bassike
http://www.bassike.com/whats_new_for_women.html
harem pants in black (I just ordered two more pair in oatmeal and navy blue!)beacius ethey are so comfy and very cool. I teamed them with a J. Crew sequined top that my sister delivered to me in person because they won't ship to Australia. WHY NOT!???
I topped that with a little short sleeved jacket and a pair of Dolci Vita boots. I was accused of not being dressy enough in the last post but really, we are performing in a cafe not Carnegie Hall.
Here's Tea for Two just for you.
Sorry about last week. I just couldn't post because I hated the outfit. So not me but it turned really hot and I panicked!
This week my Review long ruffled maxi arrived from Ebay and was fabulous. I teamed it with an old Armani jacket in a lovely grey blue (one of my favorite hues) which was a perfect match. I was able to pull out my Dolci Vita blue suede shoes that I got last winter from shopbop.com but had not worn yet and there you have it.
The groovy Sister/Wife/ Utah look in honor of my sister being here (my real sister!) from Salt lake City. This week I'm posting an original tune that I thought the band did a great job on. It's called Thin Line, a song about that point in a relationship where you have invested so much into it that you can't go back but you can't go forward either.
THIN LINE ©2011
HOW DID I FALL IN LOVE WITH A BOY
SO DETERMINED TO FAIL ?
WHEN ALL I SEE IS HIS BEAUTY
INSIDE AND OUT THOUGH HE DRESSES IT IN DOUBT
AND I WANT THINGS TO MOVE
BUT I WANT TO MOVE THEM MY WAY
AND I WANT THINGS TO WORK OUT
THE WAY I PLANNED
BRIDGE
BUT YOU GOT A WAY OF DIGGIN’ IN
AND I GOT A WAY OF GIVING IN TO YOU
CHORUS:
YOU GOT ME WALKING ON A THIN LINE
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AND THERE’S NO TIME
AND I CAN’T GO BACK I’M NOT GOOD AT THAT
AND I CAN’T GO ON ‘CAUSE YOU WON’T RESPOND
AND THE LIGHTS GONE DIM AND THE LINE’S TOO THIN
V. I GOT SIX DIRECTIONS I CAN GO IN
SO WHY AM I STANDING STILL
AND I LIKE THE LITTLE HOUSE WE LIVE IN
BUT I GOT A LOT OF TIME TO KILL
I THOUGHT THE QUESTIONS WOULD BE BOTH OF OURS
BUT YOU STOLE THE WHY’S AND NOW THEY’RE YOURS
AND STILL THERE ARE NO ANSWERS
BRIDGE: F
BUT I GOT A WAY OF DIGGIN’ IN
AND YOU GOT A WAY OF GIVING IN TO ME
CHORUS:
BRIDGE 2:
YOU SWORE TO ME YOU KNEW
HOW TO GET US THROUGH
THEN YOU FELL ASLEEP WITH YOUR EYES OPEN
BRIDGE CHORUS
I got accused of being very pink last Friday. I was wearing a little Sass dress that I love. It's very feminine being white with a small pattern of pink and green flowers with a silvery grey leaf pattern with little sequins and diamante buttons. I was wearing a hot pink slip that I found in an op shop for $2 ages ago which showed through the white material and then topped it with a hot pink cardi with little dogs beaded onto it that I found on ebay for $6. Thus...very pink! Mind you, I saw lots of pink in the audience as well so it must be in the zeitgeist. The shoes were an Ozsale.com.au purchase so very on sale. Very high, very pink!
This weeks video is a special request from one of my You tube subscribers. I love it when they ask for a song and I can accommodate!
I waited a long time before wearing this lovely electric blue silk Seduce dress. And now summer is over before it's began! Still, I didn't have to turn on the aircon in the bedroom once this whole summer. That's what I call good weather. I shall have to get a move on to get through all the summer dresses I've yet to wear. I either need many more gigs or dress other singers! I have tried to dress my boyfriends' sister and she looks fabulous in a lot of my gear but she's too shy to wear them. Shame!
Anyway, here's Deed I Do. I love this song and we had a special guest, Howard Cains on the double bass.
I saved my new Polici harem pants (remember my obsession) for last Friday and promptly dropped my dinner on them! I hope the dry cleaner will be my hero. Then I came down with a massive migraine that lasted for 4 full days and so this little modest weekly posting is very late! I'm never sure what an outfit will look like on camera. It's total hit and miss. I think the harem line needs a shorter top so that even though the hips are full you still have a waist. I wore them with a little sequined bolero I found at Sportsgirl ages ago and it was all very beige! I think I'll have to go back to some intense color.
Here's the band with This Can't Be Love.
It's a lovely thing when a band grows and gets more and more in tune (no pun intended) with each others musical language. I've been working hard on my singing by using Cari Cole's Warm up exercises.
http://www.caricole.com/ I haven't looked at her other stuff but the exercises are really good. If you're singer I highly recommend them as a daily workout.
This week I chose the first two songs because the crowd wasn't too noisy yet. It really is the only disadvantage working in a big cafe. People won't shut up! Plus the coffee machine...one day I will have my own venue! Here's Sometimes I'm Happy (think Sarah Vaughan) and My Foolish heart (think Carmen McRea).
I wore a lovely little dress that I found on Chapel Street about 4 years ago and just hadn't worn yet. My bad. I teamed with some Italian Fem Blu lavender pumps which come from an outlet shop not too far from me and my fantastic HUGE flower ring that I found on the Modnique website.
http://www.modnique.com/ Just remember, though their shipping is cheap, it takes at least 8-10 weeks for the object of your desire to arrive.
I admit it. I'm hooked on Harem Pants! I love that draped front and the tight ankles in all types of fabric and I hope they stay in fashion for a long time because I have a lot of them now. I made an attempt to do some Ebay selling to pay for my new pants but no joy. So if you see something on the blog you like just contact me directly and we'll work something out! I'm wearing my Y3's (which you'll see in the video) that I got from THE OUTNET http://www.theoutnet.com/ which lets you choose from a US site or an English site. The US site is the same in currency so I'd head for that site. Once again it was a hot night and I had another shirt planned but I decided to go with a pretty little Lisa Ho top I found on Ebay. Oh, and the lovely little yellow sandals are Cole Hann that I picked up in the states a couple of years ago out at Camarrillo Outlet shops which is more like a small city.
(That's the lovely Vincent there on Bass)
The video this week is Pixie Lott's little tune Mama Do which I'd like to record with my jazz band!
