Acoustic session with Lebanese singer Anthony Touma

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Acoustic session with Lebanese singer Anthony Touma. Lebanese singer Anthony Touma recently released his English-language pop-R’n’B album Ups and Downs.  Read the full Gulf News article: https://gulfnews.com/life-style/music/soundbites/soundbites-3-new-albums-to-listen-to-1.2258587  See more at: http://gulfnews.com/videos

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00:00How I got into music, it started very early, I was 7 years old, I started singing in a

00:07choir at school and then I fell in love with music and singing and started taking piano

00:11lessons and from there I went to a rock band when I was 14, I had long hair up to here,

00:17like my shoulders used to be metal and rock and stuff like that, then I transitioned into

00:21pop by listening to Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake and these kind of artists.

00:26Hey guys, I'm Anthony Tuma and I'm about to play Break Your Heart.

00:56Trust between us, always making a fuss, feels like you're in love with someone that I'm

01:04not, and girl you know, I tried, I should've seen it from the start, that you and I were

01:15worlds apart, and even though, I tried, loving you is way too hard, so I'm about to break

01:26your heart, break your heart, call me every weekend, it's the roses speaking, talking

01:41dirty to me, trying to make amends, and I would say I'm sorry, but I'm not, I'm sorry,

01:52goodbye, good luck, hope we never meet again, and girl you know, I tried, I should've seen

02:03it from the start, that you and I were worlds apart, and even though, I tried, loving you

02:14is way too hard, so I'm about to break your heart, break your heart, I gave it all I've

02:29got, I guess love was not enough, it's too late to make it up, now I'm ready to give

02:43up on us, and girl you know, I tried, I should've seen it from the start, that you and I were

02:59worlds apart, and even though, I tried, loving you is way too hard, so I'm about to break

03:10your heart, break your heart, I do basic pop, I love pop, I love melodies, I love the

03:18structure of pop songs, I like having a verse and a chorus and a bridge, and a chorus that

03:24sticks in your head that you wanna sing all day long, so that's the kind of music I try

03:28to do, I like acoustic stuff, if I could do only acoustic stuff, I would, it's not very

03:33commercial, I would say, but I do like to dance, Michael Jackson is my idol, so I'm

03:40pretty much influenced by Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Bruno Mars now recently, so

03:45that's the kind of music I do, I honestly don't listen to much Arabic, but I've been

03:49listening to much more Arabic now recently, we're trying to have a little fusion in at

03:54least the production and the arrangement of my songs, where you can hear some Lebanese

03:59or Arabic elements in the production, but singing-wise, it's a completely different

04:03school, I can't sing in Arabic, I can appreciate someone singing in Arabic, but I just don't

04:08appreciate myself singing in Arabic. This next song is called Don't Go, and it's a pretty

04:12romantic one, so I hope you enjoy it.

04:29The sound of the alarm, can barely feel my arm, woke up with you on my chest, man I feel

04:39so blessed, not sure that I deserve, to watch the sunrise on your curves, wish I could keep

04:49you here, wish I was your career, so you don't have to go to work, we'd go back to sleep,

04:57I'd kiss you on the nose, just like the movies pulled you close, don't go, I wanna live in

05:09slow-mo, so I can keep you by my side, watch the days and internet, and do the things we

05:18like, don't go, if only we could press pause, cause every morning goes too fast, we could

05:30make the moment last, if you just get undressed, oh baby come back to bed, I know it sounds

05:42absurd, but that's life I've heard, it seems you only get one chance, and it's not even

05:48sure, one thing I'm certain of, is that it's safe to say I've loved, wish I could keep you

05:58near, whisper things to your ear, if only I could find the words, so you would never

06:04leave, we'd stay in bed all day, kiss all the pizzas on its way, don't go, I wanna live

06:16in slow-mo, so I can keep you by my side, watch the days and internet, and do the things

06:25we like, don't go, if only we could press pause, cause every morning goes too fast, we could

06:38make the moment last, if you just get undressed, oh baby come back, I'm not asking for the

06:46moon, just wanna spend some time with you, doing all we love to do, so when it's time

06:53to say goodbye, I'm hoping that you won't go, I wanna live in slow-mo, so I can keep

07:04you by my side, watch the days and internet, and do the things we like, don't go, if only

07:15we could press pause, cause every morning goes too fast, we could make the moment last, if

07:23you just get undressed, oh baby come back to bed

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