Boy George

Returns with new single, Amazing Grace! Win a pair of tickets to the single launch party!

My Songs

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Disturbia

We have two T shirts from their jaw dropping Spring/Summer 2010 collection to give away!

Hard-Fi: ilikemusic because... what else is there to like?!

william young: ilikemusic because... The Boat That Rocked started the musical revolution for the musical nation.
cherylyn emery: ilikemusic because... it makes me happy even when im sad
Kano: ilikemusic because... It brings people together. It makes people smile and dance, it makes people happy. I like the energy it gives off.
Master Gee: ilikemusic because... It gives me an opportunity to truly express myself, unlike what happens in an everyday living situation where there are restrictions on you and limitations on you and demands on you and bills to pay, through music I can truly be comfortable with who I am, and do what I really want to do and say what I really want to say.
KT Tunstall: ilikemusic because... It makes me feel alive!
Maria husband: ilikemusic because... it's exciting to listen to songs u like and it can make a night out fun
Chuck, Simple Plan: ilikemusic because... It was always a way to escape whatever problems I was going through; whatever trouble I had, I could just put on a record or a song and feel better right away and I hope that our music can have the same effect on our fans.
dawn Leonetti: ilikemusic because... it makes me spin, giggle and bubble up - kinda my own Rice Crispies cereal ("snap, crackle, pop") in the audio form...

Daniel Merriweather Chats To I Like Music

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ILM: And yet we're all influenced by them. You can hear it. You can tell that songs are 'hits' even if you don't like them...

Daniel: Absolutely. It's like Barbie Dolls. I don't have a soft spot for them, I'd never buy one, they're not my thing, I don't like them at all, but I can completely understand why a five year old girl would like a Barbie Doll, right? When I listen to some pop music, it's the same objective view. It's like 'Oh. I get it. I get why people like it. But it's actually quite horrible.'

ILM: You said recently that you're 'Singing for people who still appreciate honesty in pop music'...

Daniel: Yeah! I love pop music. Love Me Do by The Beatles is a perfect pop song! But it came from a musician's perspective. It has the musical cornerstones of a quality song. Take Sam Cooke. He sang some of the simplest pop songs, but they were sung by someone who wants to make good music. That's the difference between golden era pop songs and contemporary pop. A lot of people just use computers until there is hardly a human element left. Are we going to keep going until we don't even make songs ourselves? Until a computer can do the whole thing alone? It's like Orwell's 1984. You know, why don't we just do that? Why have all these airbrushed pop stars making these albums and pretending that there is this human element, when we could just use binary code to make songs? THAT'S THE QUESTION I POSE TO YOU NOW!

ILM: OK. Well, you go and write some songs and I'll work on saving pop music...

Daniel: Hahah! Yes! You should just make a song....!
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