#Gabriella Cilmi

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Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me (Official Video)

[my-chaos-radio]

Release: March 10, 2008

Lyrics:

You, watching me

Hanging by a string this time

Don't, easily

The climax of the perfect life

And you, watching me

Hanging by a string this time

Don't, easily

My smile's worth a hundred lies

And if there's lessons to be learned

I'd rather get my jamming words in first, so

I'll tell you something that I've found

That the world's a better place

When it's upside down, boy

And if there's lessons to be learned

I'd rather get my jamming words in first, so

Oh when you're playing with desire

Don't come running to my place

When it burns like fire, boy

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Blue, blue, blue waves, they crash

As time goes by so hard to catch

Too, too smooth, ain't all that

Why don't you ride on my side of the tracks

And if there's lessons to be learned

I'd rather get my jamming words in first, so

I'll tell you something that I've found

That the world's a better place

When it's upside down, boy

And if there's lessons to be learned

I'd rather get my jamming words in first, though

When you're playing with desire

Don't come running to my place

When it burns like fire, boy

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Ooh, nothing sweet about me, yeah

Sweet about me

Songwriter:

Ooh, and I oh I ooh

Doo la da da da, la da da da da, la da da da ooh

Brian Higgins / Gabriella Cilmi / Miranda Cooper / Nick Coler / Tim Powell / Timothy Larcombe

SongFacts:

"Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, 'Lessons to Be Learned' (2008). The song was released as the album's second single on 10 March 2008 in the United Kingdom and on 24 March 2008 in Australia. One month later, it topped the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and stayed there for five non-consecutive weeks.

"Sweet About Me" also became a hit in Europe, reaching number one in the Netherlands and Norway and becoming a top-five hit in eight other countries. In the UK, the song reached number six and was the most-played track of 2009 according to PRS for Music. The song won the Grand Prix during the 46th Sopot International Song Festival in 2009. A 2010 mix of "Sweet About Me" was included on Cilmi's second album, Ten, released in March 2010.

Recording of 'Lessons to Be Learned', the parent album of "Sweet About Me," began in Melbourne, Australia, when Gabriella Cilmi was thirteen years-old. Cilmi then re-located to London, England in 2007 to launch her musical career and complete the recording of "Sweet About Me". The song was co-written by Cilmi in collaboration with its producers Xenomania, who are critically acclaimed for their work with Girls Aloud, Sugababes and Kylie Minogue. "Sweet About Me" was written after Cilmi was pillaging a Parisian record store for inspiration. Cilmi was listening to early psychedelic music around the time when she wrote the song. Lyrically, Cilmi said that the song is saying, "We're all going to make mistakes, so we might as well have fun while we're making them." Cilmi explained "Sweet About Me" to Bob Henderson of Gay Times, "['Sweet About Me' is about] nothing being what it seems. This might sound cheesy as well, but just because I'm young doesn't mean I don't understand what's going on."

Described as a "soulful pop song" by contemporary critics, Cilmi revealed to Pete Lewis of Blues & Soul that the "fun" inspiration in "Sweet About Me" originated from her mother's love for 1970s British glam-rock bands, Sweet and T. Rex. During the recording of "Sweet About Me", Cilmi thought there was something "amazing" about the song. Speaking to WalesOnline she said, "I thought it was like a nursery rhyme, the way it got stuck in your head." Cilmi, who is influenced by rock bands Led Zeppelin and Kings of Leon, said she had to make a pop-sounding record to appeal to as many people as possible. Speaking to music website, The Digital Fix, Cilmi explained how she worked together with Brian Higgins on "Sweet About Me":

[depoteka]

i can't believe there are so many songs from my childhood/early teen years that i forgot about

[fancyshooting]

my eva playlist. some songs are silly some are not but they all make me think about her. tracklist and reasons down there vvv

hi eva fans!! these explanations aren't deep or anything, just little notes... the most vague, redundant notes. notice how they get shorter and shorter because if you listen to the songs and read the lyrics with eva in mind it'll make sense as to why they're on there. the songs aren't in any kind of order btw

I Like 'Em Big and Stupid - Julie Brown

off to a great start. looks like this was the song that made me create an eva playlist. sorry big boss. eva loves when her targets are big n stupid. makes it easy for her

Love and Affection - Joan Armatrading

see they're not all silly!!

"not in love" = spy with no true allegiance. "east or west" omg cold war. eva looking for a genuine connection/something to believe in

She's Always a Woman - Billy Joel

mercurial, manipulative women. "garden of eden"!! bb seeing her as a woman and not as a tool

Hips, Tits, Lips, Power! - Pigface

knows her strengths. using her body to get what she wants. says "china" in it

Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra

stealing what she thought was the philosopher's legacy then suffering the consequences. "open road" = motorcycle. can sound like "eva woman" if you make it

On A Mission - Gabriella Cilmi

you go girl 💖 impossible to hear and not think about eva. "foot on gas, key in ignition"

I Know What Boys Like - The Waitresses

eva being a very well trained charm agent

Bad Habit - The Offspring

ROAD RAGE

A Girl Like You - Edwyn Collins

seductive sounding song. eva is special to everyone she targets. the "devil/god" bit idk big boss or something

TheWhisperers - The The

eva despondent reflection moment. backstabbing. whispers = rumours to follow/intel

Chinese Spy - The Tremelo Beer Gut

too complex to explain

I Can't Believe You Would Fall for All the Crap in This Song - Sparks

stringing targets along and feeling superior about it

(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman - Aretha Franklin

disillusioned with spy life but then being seen by bb yay. more than a body

Seventeen - Ladytron

disposable. cycling through young charm agents. that likely insidious comment she makes if you interrogate her: "and then... when I was seventeen...!"

Not My Idea - Garbage

controlled, no agency and the despair that comes with it

Bitch - Meredith Brooks

that bitch was wearing perfume. multifaceted, many faces. hard to know after years of suppressing true self. BITCH! BITCH! BITCH ...BITCH!

Big Log - Robert Plant

more emptiness. driving metaphor

She's Not There - The Zombies

lying, causing harm. physically vanishes after snake eater but also "not there" as in empty spy

Femme Fatale - Velvet Underground, Nico

charm agent life 💋

Sexbomb - Tom Jones, Mousse T.

sexy spy song idk. is eva not a sexbomb?

Pet Body - Miya Folick

detachment from body because of her job. violent lines = nature of her work. "I'm just a sack of flesh", "I'm a delicate piece of equipment"

Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

leading targets on and lying about her feelings

Lorraine - Bad Manners

eva wronging bb/target. spy backstabbing and violence

Spy of Love - INXS

tricks and tracking. eva does all that

Left Outside Alone - Anastacia

idk why this reminds me of eva. distance between her and bb? any religious references in lyrics are always about bb. that's the mgs playlist rule

THE END!! HAPPY LISTENING AND THINKING ABOUT EVA 🎶 🍎

[bzedan]

May! Officially springtime, I wanted my May playlist to key off of 'Les Fleurs' by Minnie Riperton, a song my bff shared in our family discord and has haunted me since (positive).

This playlist put itself together pretty quickly, and basically was in its final form by mid-month. And, since part of the whole point of me even starting doing monthly playlists was because I am prone listening to the same playlists over and over (and over), I had no problem spending two weeks of workdays listening to the same series of songs. It's comforting! My comfort playlist is six songs long and I used to play it on a loop through most of a workday at a Bad Place I Worked. Three hours of syrupy spring joy every day was a delight.

The vibe for May was, if I may quote what I sent my bestie in describing it: "Flowers and joy sweetness and fierceness is the vibes, Middle finger in a lace glove." I mean, I think I achieved that, anyway.

Several covers on this one, like the Cowboy Junkies covering Vic Chesnutt 'Flirted With You All My Life,' which is a hard one to cover for a lot of reasons but this is (to me) a successful attempt. The 'Goodbye Horses' cover by Dead On A Sunday is also a new favourite, it doesn't really change much about it, but it's just a good damn song. The Cardigans singing 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' hit me so unexpectedly, I was delighted.

Related media to some of the songs:

I enjoy the music video for Indigo De Souza's 'You Can Be Mean'. 

An Dro's arrangement of the Hieronymus Bosch butt music is probably my favourite version, and I'm grateful to this Tumblr post for introducing this artist to me.

There are two songs from Schmigadoon! season two in here, if you can find a way to watch it (Apple TV+) and are a musicals fan you're in for a treat. It's a damn tragedy how they've got so few clips for this show and were consistently late in sharing what little they had or in making songs available quickly on Spotify. It's a musical show! You're a giant network! Anyway, enjoy this Chicago-inspired piece that is not on this playlist but is a delight nonetheless.

Anyway here's a link to May's playlist on Spotify, with the track list below the cut.

Also embedded if you like that:

'Les Fleurs' - Minnie Riperton  

'Like Her Before' - Em and Dzeej  

'You Can Be Mean' - Indigo De Souza  

'Feel The Way I Want' - Caroline Rose  

'Temba, Tumba Y Timba' - Los Van Van  

'Army Dreamers - 2018 Remaster' - Kate Bush  

'Hieronymus Bosch Butt Music' - An Dro  

'Friends' - Ween  

'Replacements (feat. La Roux)' - Chromeo  

'Scarborough Fair / Canticle' - Simon & Garfunkel  

'Athena' - Tristen  

'Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall' - Simon & Garfunkel  

'Wear Your Love Like Heaven' - Donovan  

'Petals' - Mariah Carey  

'Lady May' - Tyler Childers  

'Miracle' - Caravan Palace  

'Hothouse Flower' - Tristen  

'Lavender' - Oneida  

'Sussudio' - Phil Collins  

'For Real' - Mallrat  

'Invisible Light' - Scissor Sisters  

'This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)' - Talking Heads  

'Cut To The Feeling' - Carly Rae Jepsen  

'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' - The Cardigans  

'Babalon' - Twin Temple  

'Bustin' Out' - Dove Cameron  

'Concerto In G' - Roger Neill  

'Goodbye Horses' - Dead On A Sunday  

'Faraway Look' - Yola  

'Paradise' - Sade  

'Electric Feel' - MGMT  

'Sugar on My Tongue - 2005 Remaster' - Talking Heads  

'Sweet About Me' - Gabriella Cilmi  

'Suspended In Gaffa - 2018 Remaster' - Kate Bush  

'So Sweet' - Nurses  

'The Windmills Of Your Mind - Mono Version' - Dusty Springfield  

'Bitter Sweet Symphony' - The Verve  

'The Orchids' - Psychic TV  

'Patchouli in the Morning / The Outlier' - An Dro  

'Sugar Daddy' - Thompson Twins  

'Kaput' - Dove Cameron  

'Sweet Turns Sour' - Macy Rodman  

'Savoir Faire' - Beth Ditto  

'Sweet Poison' - Naked Eyes  

'Violet' - Hole  

'Eat The Acid' - Kesha  

'Wave Catalyst (Low Tide)' - Pacific Coliseum  

'Flowers - Medieval Style Instrumental' - Stantough  

'Time Bandits' - Angel Olsen  

'Flirted With You All My Life' - Cowboy Junkies  

'Then Came the Last Days of May' - Blue Öyster Cult

[hilarythehamburger]

@chthoniccakewalk Thanks for tagging me!!!

Relationship status: single? it's complicated

Favourite colour: metallic or iridescent turquoise/teal i think, really anything shiny works

Last song I listened to: second hand news by fleetwood mac

Songs stuck in my head: steal by maribou state, silver springs by fleetwood mac, teenage fantasy by jorja smith, cry little sister by gerard mcmann, sweet about me by gabriella cilmi, eat your young by hozier, x marks the spot by ghostpoet, 3:16am by jhene aiko

Last thing I looked up: strength training vs hypertrophy training

Favourite food: ?????? no clue

Dream holiday: maybe japan, pretty much just for the ghibli museum

Tagging: @here-perishing @redfeathered @tastefull-sideboob @frodoshaggins @trueishcolours @halcyonhue @thomas-is-my-name @cicelythereaper @iamannaish @frog3798

[gaysonlyocean]

dont mind me im just bullying you. PAYBACK GABRIEL. PUTTING THE L IN GABRIEL -SARAH//SILLY. /J what music does everyone listen to?

LKIJUHGTFDEFGTYHJIKJUGTFRGHJ THE L IN GABRIEL SOBS

dave has a good handful of these blank looking cds and then you put them in and its a whole mix of different bands cause you KNOW he burns his own cds, he just never labels them and so its a guessing game every goddamn time, majority of what he listens to is things like deep purple and oasis (which is not just cause those are dad music to me i Swear)

i put thatcher in a green day shirt in the refs so khgfdfghj he listens to green day and similar things

sarah likes gabriella cilmi! she also adopted both dave and marks music tastes so she listens to deep purple and queen as well!

evelin loves emo music im sorry but she does, evanescence fan through and through

jonah fall out boy fan, he would be one of those people making shitty incorrect lyric videos and evie would help him with it

adam listens to whatever his friends do, theyve all lost cds out of nowhere cause he pocketted it for himself and no one knew until they all broke into his 'house' in december 2008 to try to find him and saw the pile of them

[loveherallican-blog]

Gabriella Cilmi - Sweet About Me (Official Video)

[goldlogie]

Sweet About Me - Gabriella Cilmi (honestly on my repeats because of nostalgia. It was huge on Australian radio in the late 2000s, absolute fucking BANGER, one of the best songs Australian pop has ever given the world.)

Tongue Tied - Grouplove (another nostalgia song. On every ship playlist in 2014. Reminds of my peak fandom years).

Teenage Kicks - The Undertones (important song in punk history, and I could talk about The Undertones insistence on being apolitical was actually very political but that's a whole essay worth of stuff)

Cane Song - The Currency (I was raised as a huge folkie and when I discovered The Currency, it was thrilling to be able to show my parents a band they'd never heard of that they as folkies would enjoy. It reminds me of my childhood while being something I have a personal connection with without my parents.)

Bastard - Ben Folds (how could I do a song list without Ben Folds, the artist that has defined my life since I was 7 years old. I discovered the album this song is off of soon after I discovered Ben Folds, but I've had a close relationship to this in particular recently because it reminds me of Succession. It's been a part of my life for a long time before that, but rn it's a Succession song.)

Tagged by @deaftoes (honestly dunno how to do it at the top of the post so it's down here) choose five song you've been listening to recently!

Tagging (only if you're okay with it) @sydneyunkillables and @variouspositions1984

Mwah, I love youse <3

[justzarina]

grab a cop gun kind of crazy // a zarina west playlist

you're not a nice girl. you tell everyone who meets you that you're not a nice girl. it's not your fault if they don't listen to you. you make it very clear: you don't care about anything, you don't care about anyone, you barely even care about yourself. perhaps if you'd had the luxury of being kind, you would be; but you didn't, and you aren't. it's a dog eat dog world out there and you have to look out for yourself. nobody else will.

1. bad reputation by joan jett and the blackhearts // 2. sweet but psycho by ava max // 3. problem by natalia kills // 4. blank space by taylor swift // 5. sweet about me by gabriella cilmi // 6. girl is a gun by halsey // 7. good thing by zedd ft. kehlani // 8. i'm a mess by bebe rexha // 9. liability by lorde

[wanderinstar]

Thank you so much for tagging me @vibesfromepicforest 🌼

Post 10 songs you love, but not a lot of people know that you love them (or that you don’t listen to as often as the rest of your favorite music).

Nostalgia - Fictionjunction Yuuka

Oh Yeah - Bat For Lashes

Road Head - Japanese Breakfast

Don't Look Back - Gabriella Cilmi

Drive All Night - Joss Stone

Eye Pattern Blindness - Pond

Octopus - King Krule

Siberian Breaks - MGMT

Space Scraper - Toshiki Kadomatsu

A Perfect Sky - Bonnie Pink

I tag @fancycolours @carlpalmer @eddie-rifff @yesterdaysanswers @smittyjaws @silveryladystar @theyseemefoldin @musicacuantica @thespiritofvexation and anyone who wants to do it too ;)

[missj1983]

Thinking and fantasizing…

J.

[tolerateit]

Australian Artists you need to hear about: Gabriella Cilmi-Lessons To Be Learned album, Delta Goodrem-Mistaken Identity album, Amy Shark-I Said Hi, Everybody Rise if your still taking suggestions

thanks for the recs bestie!! excited to check them out <3

[florbelles]

🎧 🎧 🎧💕

i. highway, gabriella cilmi // ii. red right hand, nick cave & the bad seeds // iii. seven devils, florence + the machine