Όταν η αγάπη έχει εμπόδια, μερικές φορές ένα τραγούδι, ένα ποιήμα, ακόμα και μια πρόταση ελπίδας, μπορεί να της δείξει το δρόμο.... Η Ακουστική ΨυχοΈκφραση, είναι εδώ για να σας ακούσει, να προβληματιστεί μαζί σας και ΙΣΩΣ και να σας βοηθήσει στο να δείτε και να δρομολογήσετε Έσεις την δική σας έκφραση ψυχής.
Sam Smith - Writing's On The Wall (Live On The Graham Norton Show)
Sam Smith Writing's On The Wall is the official theme song for the
Bond film "Spectre". "Writing's On The Wall" is officially released
worldwide on October 23rd, 2015. Sam called the song "one of the
highlights of my career". The full song's release date was eventually
pushed up to September 25th, when it also impacted on radios.
From the album Writing's on the Wall with lyrics accredited to JAMES NAPIER, SAM SMITH.
I've been here before
But always hit the floor
I've spent a lifetime running
And I always get away
But with you I'm feeling something
That makes me want to stay
I'm prepared for this
I never shoot to miss
But I feel like a storm is coming
If I'm gonna make it through the day
Then there's no more use in running
This is something I gotta face
If I risk it all
Could you break my fall?
[Chorus:]
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here I'm suffocating
I want to feel love, run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up?
For you I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
A million shards of glass
That haunt me from my past
As the stars begin to gather
And the light begins to fade
When all hope begins to shatter
Know that I won't be afraid
If I risk it all
Could you break my fall?
[Chorus:]
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here I'm suffocating
I want to feel love, run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up?
For you I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
The writing's on the wall
[Chorus:]
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here I'm suffocating
I want to feel love, run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up?
How do I live? How do I breathe?
When you're not here I'm suffocating
I want to feel love, run through my blood
Tell me is this where I give it all up?
For you I have to risk it all
Cause the writing's on the wall
Δωσ' μου μια αγκαλιά - Αντώνης Ρέμος & Γιάννης Βαρδής (New Song 2016) [HQ]
Το ακυκλοφόρητο τραγούδι του Αντώνη Βαρδή που ακούστηκε για Πρώτη φορά στο "ΑΝΤ1 Πρωτοχρονιά" Σε ερμηνεία του Αντώνη Ρέμου και Γιάννη Βαρδή. Μουσική: Αντώνης Βαρδής Στίχοι: Βασίλης Γιαννόπουλος ________________________________
ΙΣΩΣ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΙΝΕ ΟΙ ΝΥΧΤΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΝΙΩΘΩ ΚΙ ΑΠΟΨΕ ΠΟΛΥ ΜΟΝΑΞΙΑ ΚΑΝΕΝΑ ΦΕΓΓΑΡΙ ΔΕΝ ΒΓΗΚΕ ΑΥΤΗ ΤΗΝ ΒΡΑΔΙΑ ΟΛΗ Η ΖΩΗ ΜΟΥ ΓΙΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΔΕΜΕΝΗ ΣΦΙΧΤΑ ΣΤΗ ΔΙΚΗ ΣΟΥ ΤΡΟΧΙΑ ΚΙ ΕΣΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΑΠΗ ΠΟΥ ΣΕ ΠΕΡΙΜΕΝΩ ΚΡΥΦΑ
ΙΣΩΣ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΙΝΕ ΟΙ ΛΕΞΕΙΣ ΠΟΥ ΚΑΙΝΕ ΚΑΙ ΑΦΗΝΟΥΝ ΒΑΘΙΕΣ ΧΑΡΑΚΙΕΣ ΣΤΙΓΜΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΔΑΓΚΩΝΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΧΕΙΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΟΥ ΚΛΑΙΣ ΘΕΣ ΝΑ ΦΩΝΑΞΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΒΡΙΣΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΣΠΑΣΕΙΣ ΝΑ ΠΕΙΣ ΕΝΑ ΦΤΑΝΕΙ ΩΣ ΕΔΩ Η ΕΣΤΩ ΕΝΑ ΛΟΓΟ ΝΑ ΒΡΕΙΣ ΓΙΑ ΝΑ ΠΕΙΣ ΣΕ Σ' ΑΓΑΠΩ
ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΜΟΝΑΞΙΑ ΝΑ ΜΗΝ ΝΙΩΘΩ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΓΓΙΓΜΑ ΣΟΥ ΝΑ ΣΠΑΣΕΙ Η ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΑΝΟΙΞΕ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΠΟΡΤΑ ΣΤΗ ΖΩΗ ΚΡΑΤΗΣΕ ΜΕ ΓΙΑΤΙ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΑΥΤΗ ΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΣΩΣΕΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ
ΙΣΩΣ ΝΑ ΦΤΑΙΝΕ ΟΙ ΜΕΡΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΦΕΥΓΟΥΝ ΚΙ ΑΦΗΝΟΥΝ ΣΤΟ ΣΩΜΑ ΠΛΗΓΕΣ ΑΓΑΠΕΣ ΧΑΜΕΝΕΣ ΠΟΥ ΜΕΝΟΥΝ ΓΙΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΣΤΟ ΧΘΕΣ ΟΜΩΣ ΑΠΟΨΕ ΜΟΥ ΛΕΙΠΕΙΣ ΚΑΙ ΨΑΧΝΩ ΜΙΑ ΑΝΑΣΑ ΔΙΚΗ ΣΟΥ ΝΑ ΒΡΩ Σ' ΑΥΤΟΝ ΤΟΝ ΑΔΙΑΦΟΡΟ ΚΟΣΜΟ ΝΑ ΖΩ ΔΕΝ ΜΠΟΡΩ
ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΜΟΝΑΞΙΑ ΝΑ ΜΗΝ ΝΙΩΘΩ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΓΓΙΓΜΑ ΣΟΥ ΝΑ ΣΠΑΣΕΙ Η ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΑΝΟΙΞΕ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΠΟΡΤΑ ΣΤΗ ΖΩΗ ΚΡΑΤΗΣΕ ΜΕ ΓΙΑΤΙ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΑΥΤΗ ΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΣΩΣΕΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ
ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΜΟΝΑΞΙΑ ΝΑ ΜΗΝ ΝΙΩΘΩ ΑΛΛΟ ΠΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΣΤΟ ΑΓΓΙΓΜΑ ΣΟΥ ΝΑ ΣΠΑΣΕΙ Η ΚΑΡΔΙΑ ΔΩΣ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΑΓΚΑΛΙΑ ΑΝΟΙΞΕ ΜΟΥ ΜΙΑ ΠΟΡΤΑ ΣΤΗ ΖΩΗ ΚΡΑΤΗΣΕ ΜΕ ΓΙΑΤΙ Η ΑΓΑΠΗ ΑΥΤΗ ΝΑ ΜΑΣ ΣΩΣΕΙ ΜΠΟΡΕΙ..
The song was written in 2003 by the singer Francesco Boccia, and composed by Ciro "Tommy" Esposito (member of the Italian band Il Giardino dei Semplici), with an idea to make it performed by classical music singers.
It was performed by Boccia himself and proposed for Sanremo Music
Festival in 2005, but it was rejected because it was considered too
old-fashioned.
It was shelved for twelve years, and again proposed for the "Newcomers" section in the Sanremo Music Festival 2015,
to be performed by duo Operapop (formed by Francesca Carli and Enrico
Giovagnoli), but their participation was denied due to festival's age
restriction. It was also proposed to be performed by Orietta Berti, who although praised the song, refused because she wasn't available to participate in the festival. Carlo Conti,
artistic director and main presenter of the 65th edition of the
festival, was not satisfied with the first proposed song by the trio Il Volo,
and after hearing the song "Grande amore", recommended to the song's
editor Pasquale Mammaro (manager of Operapop) to contact manager Michele
Torpedine and assign it to the operatic trio Il Volo.
Lyrics
The song lyrics were not supposed to be changed, but on the behalf
and desires by the trio, two verses were changed; "regina dei giorni
miei" (queen of my days) became "respiro dei giorni miei" (breath of my
days), and "sotto al tuo portone" (under your doorway) became "senza più
timore" (without more fear).The lyrics were changed because as the original version refers to the serenade singing by a lover under the balcony to his lady, the trio felt it was too old style for their young age.
The song is not addressed to a natural person, but it's an idea of declaration of always valid love.
Song contests
Sanremo Music Festival
Il Volo performed the song for the first time during the 65th Sanremo Music Festival
on 11 February 2015. During the final night of the song contest, held
on 14 February 2015, "Grande amore" finished in first place, receiving
39.05% of votes on the last round of the competition, beating the
remaining top three entries, Nek's "Fatti avanti amore" (35.38%) and Malika Ayane's "Adesso e qui (nostalgico presente)" (25.66%).
According to the final voting results, Il Volo won mostly thanks to the
televotes (40% of the final voting results share), receiving 56.1878%
of votes, while only 22.9167% of votes by the experts jury (3rd), and
32.3333% of votes by the popular jury (2nd).
During Il Volo's performances, the Sanremo Festival Orchestra was directed by Carolina Bubbico.
Eurovision Song Contest
On 19 February 2015, Italian broadcaster RAI confirmed "Grande amore" as the song to be performed by Il Volo during the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.
Since Italy is part of the "Big Five", Il Volo automatically qualified for the final of the competition in Vienna, Austria, on 23 May 2015. The song came first on televoting and third overall. It also won the Marcel Bezençon Press Award for Best Song, awarded by the accredited international press.
Covers
Il Volo released a Spanish-language version on 10 July 2015.
Chiudo gli occhi e penso a lei
Il profumo dolce della pelle sua
E una voce dentro che mi sta portando dove nasce il sole
Sole sono le parole
Me se vanno scritte tutto può cambiare
Senza più timore te lo voglio urlare questo grande amore
Amore, solo amore è quello che sento
Dimmi perché quando penso, penso solo a te
Dimmi perché quando vedo, vedo solo a te
Dimmi perché quando credo, credo solo in te
Grande amore
Dimmi che mai
Che non lascerai mai
Dimmi che sei
Respiro dei giorni miei d’amore
Dimmi che sai
Che solo me sceglierai
Ora lo sai
Tu sei il mio unico grande amore
Passeranno primavere
Giorni freddi e stupidi da ricordare
Maledette notti perse a non dormire
Altre a far l’amore
Amore, sei il mio amore
Per sempre, per me
Dimmi perché quando penso, penso solo a te
Dimmi perché quando amo, amo solo a te
Dimmi perché quando vivo, vivo solo in te
Grande amore
Dimmi che mai
Che non lascerai mai
Dimmi che sei
Respiro dei giorni miei d’amore
Dimmi che sai
Che non mi sbaglierei mai
Dimmi chi sei
Che sei il mio unico grande amore
Che sei il mio unico grande amore
I close my eyes and think of her
The sweet scent of her skin
It 'a voice inside that is taking me where the sun rises
Alone, are the words
But if they should be written everything can change
No more fear I'll want to shout this great love
Love, only love is what I feel
Tell me why when I think, I just think of you
Tell me why when I see, I see only you
Tell me why when I believe, I believe in you only great love
Tell me you never
That will never leave me
Tell me who you are
Breath of my days of love
Tell me what you know
That only me choose
Now you know
You are my only, great love
Pass springs,
Cold days and stupid to remember
Cursed nights, lost no sleep other to make love
Love, you are my love
Forever, for me.
Tell me why when I think, I just think of you
Tell me why when I love, love only you
Tell me why I live, I live only in you great love
Tell me you never
That will never leave me.
Tell me who you are
Breath of my days of love
Tell me what you know
I do not ever be wrong
Tell me you're
What are my only, great love
Greek Translation Κλείνω τα μάτια μου και την σκέφτομαι
Η γλυκιά μυρωδιά του δέρματος της
Υπάρχει μια φωνή μέσα μου, που με πάει εκεί, όπου ο ήλιος ανατέλλει
Αλλά άμα γραφτούν, μπορούν να αλλαχτούν όλα
Χωρίς φόβο θέλω να σου το φωνάξω έξω, αυτήν την μεγάλη αγάπη
Αγάπη, μόνο αγάπη είναι, που αισθάνομαι
Πες μου γιατί, όταν σκέφτομαι, σκέφτομαι μόνο εσένα
Πες μου γιατί, όταν βλέπω, βλέπω μόνο εσένα
Πες μου γιατί, όταν πιστεύω, πιστεύω μόνο εσένα, μεγάλη μου αγάπη
Πες μου ότι εσύ ποτέ
Ότι εσύ ποτέ δεν θα με αφήσεις μόνο
Πες μου ποια είσαι
Αναπνέω της μέρες της αγάπης
Πες μου ότι ξέρεις
Ότι μόνο εσύ θα με επιλέξεις
Εσύ είσαι η μεγάλη μου αγάπη
Η άνοιξη θα περάσει
Σε ψυχρές ημέρες και ηλίθιες μέρες να θυμόμαστε
Τις καταραμένες νύχτες που δεν χάσανε τον ύπνο τους για να κάνουνε έρωτα
Αγάπη, είσαι η αγάπη μου
Για πάντα, για μένα
Πες μου γιατί, όταν σκέφτομαι, σκέφτομαι μόνο εσένα
Πες μου γιατί, όταν αγαπώ, αγαπώ μόνο εσένα
Πες μου γιατί, όταν ζω, ζω μόνο μέσα σου, μεγάλη μου αγάπη
Πες μου ότι εσύ ποτέ
Ότι εσύ ποτέ δεν θα με αφήσεις μόνος
Πες μου ποια είσαι
Αναπνέω της μέρες της αγάπης
Πες μου ότι ξέρεις
Ότι ποτέ δεν θα χαθώ μέσα σου
Πες μου ότι ξέρεις
ότι εσύ είσαι η μεγάλη μου αγάπη
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist Like it doesn't exist I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight
Sun is up, I'm a mess Gotta get out now, gotta run from this Here comes the shame, here comes the shame
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist Like it doesn't exist I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight
On for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight On for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight 'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight On for tonight
This swooping
serenade about a party girl's life was the first solo single by Sia in
four years, following the release of her 2010 studio album We Are Born. (She did contribute "Elastic Heart" to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
soundtrack in 2013 with Diplo and The Weeknd). Between the two
releases, the Australian singer-songwriter "retired" and began
co-writing hit songs for the likes of Rihanna ("Diamonds"), David Guetta ("Titanium") and Flo Rida "Wild Ones"). Speaking with Billboard
magazine, Sia discussed her decision to remain out of the spotlight. "I
don't care about commercial success," she said. "I get to do what I
love and communicate whatever I want."
The
song stemmed from an impromptu jam session between Sia and pop producer
Jesse Shatkin. "I usually think, 'Oh this would work for Rihanna, or
this would be a good one for B or Katy,'" Sia said to Ryan Seacrest.
"But this time I was like, 'Uh oh I think I just wrote a full-blown pop
song for myself by accident!'"
Shatkin
and Sia came up with the song whilst working with hit producer Greg
Kurstin (Pink, Kesha, Kelly Clarkson). "At some point, Greg had to run
out, and me and Sia were in his live room with his piano and drum set
and just kind of jammed for a second," Shatkin recalled to MuuMuse. "Greg has a marimba, so I was playing marimba - some weird notes - and Sia was playing the piano."
"She
records everything on her phone, so we just kind of figured out a chord
progression together," Shatkin continued. "She sent it to me on a voice
note, and I turned it into a track. She already had the melody
instinctively while she was writing the chords. We were real excited
that she wanted to do this for her record, and then Greg added his
production. I was really proud of it."
Kurstin explained his contribution to Rock Genius:
"'Chandelier' was written by Sia and Jesse Shatkin," he said. "Sia
brought it in for me to work on and tie into the other songs on the
record. I added some acoustic piano, Mellotron and live drums over the
track. I left most of Jesse's production; which was awesome."
The song's music video features a dance performance from a Sia-wigged Maddie Ziegler. The 11-year-old star of Lifetime's Dance Moms
was personally asked to be in the clip by the singer. Sia co-directed
the visual with Daniel Askill, who previously helmed the visual for her
hit single "Breathe Me."
Speaking with Dazed, Sia explained the blonde bob worn by her in the 1000 Forms of Fear
artwork and by Maddie Ziegler in the music video is a layer of
protection from the outside world. "I already have a much larger concept
for this album and for how I'm going to present it and that was: I
don't want to be famous," she said. "If Amy Winehouse was a beehive then
I guess I'm a blonde bob. I thought 'well if that's my brand, how can I
avoid having to use my face to sell something', so my intention was to
create a blonde bob brand."
The song is
a rejoinder to all those pop tunes that celebrate the non-stop party.
It is rooted in the now-sober Sia's past struggles with alcoholism.
"That's why 'Chandelier' was interesting to me. I wrote the song because
there's so many party-girl anthems in pop," she told NPR. "And I
thought it'd be interesting to do a different take on that."
Sia
and Greg Kurstin wrote this very quickly. "'Chandelier' took like four
minutes to write the chords, then like 12-15 minutes to write the
lyrics," she told NPR. "Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals."
1000 Forms Of Fear topped the US albums chart. Sia's previous best was 2008's Some People Have Real Problems,
which peaked at #26. In addition to reaching #1 on the Billboard list,
the LP reached the summit on the iTunes albums chart in 47 countries.
The song was a wordwide hit, topping the singles charts in France, Israel and Poland.
This song featured in a 2014 Saturday Night Live
skit where Jim Carrey and Kate McKinnon each show up to a Halloween
office gathering dressed as "the child dancer from Sia's 'Chandelier'
music video." The sketch resolves with the pair dancing to the song
throughout the entire studio.
Billboard
magazine chose this as their Best Song of 2014. They said: "The
towering YOLO anthem 'Chandelier' took months to reach the Top 10 of the
Hot 100 chart, but pop purveyors embraced its sentiment and Sia's
performance almost immediately, turning the camera-shy Australian into
an American star."
Sia concealed her face during performances of this song. When she was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live,
she sang it with her face obscured by her wig while a mine acted out
the song next to her. On The Graham Norton Show, she faced a wall while
the dancer Denna Thomsen performed. Sia's faceless appearances were her
reaction to the soul-sucking nature of fame and predatory, vapid
celebrity journalism.
This was
nominated for Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year,
Best Music Video and Best Pop Solo Performance, but didn't win any as
Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" took the first two and Pharrell Williams' "Happy" the later two.
Sia
did perform the song, however, singing it while facing a wall in a set
that resembled the music video, while Kristen Wiig and Maddie Ziegler
did the interpretive dance.
The video was choreographed by Ryan Heffington, who also did Sia's "Elastic Heart" clip. Speaking with Bullett
magazine, he explained: "The song is about addiction, yet the video
concept is more abstract than just this. What I find important is that
this piece of art has so many interpretations. I don't think I could (or
in fact want to) create such definition of the plot, it lives much more
vibrant if I do not."
He added: "Early on I requested the
architectural detailing of the character's living space and what
furniture would inhabit it. Like any of our dwellings we spend an
absorbent amount of time in, all material components becomes part of the
physical dialogue between us and these objects - walls, furniture,
hallways. Although muddled in color and sparse in content, it was a
choice to have the environment be rich in means of activity for the
character. How often do children find a pile of dirt and a hose the most
enthralling playmates? Yes, she may be isolated from other humans or
environments, but seemingly rich in imagination with the ability to
utilize fantasy to entertain herself via exploring new physical
conversations with what simply existed before her eyes."
Australian
singer-songwriter Sia Furler started her music career in the mid-1990s
as a singer in a local Adelaide acid jazz band Crisp. By the 2010s, she
was one of the top pop songwriters, but her roots are in more eclectic
music - she has called the pop tunes she's written "terribly cheesy."
After Crisp disbanded in 1997, Sia released her debut studio album OnlySee on Flavoured Records in Australia. The record sold 1,200 copies.
In
1997 Sia decided to follow a boyfriend named Dan to London. En route to
join him, she received the devastating news that he had died after
being hit by a car. Sia decided that she would still move to London.
After a couple of years in England's capital city, she recorded an
album, Healing is Difficult, which dealt with the loss of Dan. The LP was a minor hit in Britain and yielded a Top 10 single, "Taken for Granted."
Sia first came to the attention of the American public when "Breathe Me" a track from her her third album, Colour the Small One, was used on the fnalt episode of the TV show Six Feet Under.
Sia relocated to New York City in 2005 and began touring across the US, releasing two albums. Some People Have Real Problems and We Are Born. However, by the release of We Are Born
in 2010, Sia was a mess. Addicted to painkillers and alcohol and
suffering from panic attacks from the incessant cycle of having to
promote her music, she contemplated suicide, but was stopped by a
friend. Sia began a twelve-step program and focused on writing songs for
other artists.
After success penning hit tunes for the likes of David Guetta ("Titanium") and Rihanna ("Diamonds),
Sia signed a contract with RCA to record an album, which stipulated she
didn't have to tour or do press appearances to promote it. Sia told NME
that she now abides by strict rules for a living as an artist
post-recovery. "The game I'm playing is purely for my own emotional
well-being," she said. "I'm just not cut out for it."
The resulting album, 1000 Forms of Fear,
was Sia's most successful to date, topping the charts in Australia,
Canada and the US and reaching the Top Five in many other territories.
So what changed? Sia told Billboard magazine in late 2013: "After
14 years of songwriting, I feel less vulnerable about telling the truth
about what's really mine."
Sia's
image now rests on a blonde bob wig, a simple piece of branding that
allows her to performances with her back turned to the audience, or with
actresses like Lena Dunham or Maddie Ziegler appearing in her place. "I
thought it would be a funny joke that I'm getting away with," she told
NPR matter-of-factly. "And it was, partly, I don't wanna go out and sell
my soul, my body, my peace of mind."
Many
of Sia's songs are based around a single metaphor; examples include
David Guetta's "Titanium," Rihanna's "Diamonds," Britney Spears', "Perfume" and her own track "Hostage."
Sia is a niece of Australian stage, film and television actor Kevin Colson.
Sia
discussed her songwriting process during an interview with Australian
radio station Nova 96.9 DJs Fitzy and Wippa. "Melody is pure intuition. I
don't use any thinking brain when I do that. That's totally in the
zone," she explained. "The melody will tell me what the song should be
about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because
I have a list of possible titles and concepts and I expand on that."
She tied the knot with documentary film maker Erik Anders at their Palm Springs home on August 3, 2014.
When
it comes to her hit songs, she feels that the visuals have artistic
merit while the music is more commercial. She is intrigued by how songs
become hits and a little perplexed at why she's so good at creating
them.
