Let It Happen

Once in awhile I get to blog about a song here and I get super excited to do it.  

Today is one of those days.

This song comes from Australian band, Tame Impala.  From the first song I ever heard from this band, I was hooked- check them out.

Today's song is from their latest album, 2015's "Currents."  It's the opening track and it's almost time to listen to it:

But before you do, let me encourage you to listen to the whole song, it's almost 8 minutes long, but it takes a journey that it fantastic.  The whole album is about making waves, as even indicated by the cool, but simple album artwork.

"It's always around me, all this noise" Kevin Parker sings as he delves into the deep things in his mind that he's been suppressing and has been dying to let out. 

"Let is happen" he demands of himself "An ocean growing inside" whether he's talking about his artistry, or something else, I'm sure we know what it's like to fight urges and to hold something inside. 

Then something occurs midway through this electronic track, as the music sort of glitches and loses control, like a skipping record.  Then lyrically it shifts and he continues through a now manipulated and almost haunting voice repeating over and over: 

"I will not vanish and you will not scare me
Try to get through it, try to bounce to it
All the while thinking I might as well do it
They be lovin' someone and I'm not that stupid
Take the next ticket to take the next train
Why would I do it? And you wanna think that"

and then a counter-melody:

"Oh, maybe I was ready all along
Oh, maybe I was ready all along
Oh, maybe all I wanted was the sound
Oh but maybe I was ready all along"


Wow, I love it. 

Farts.  (I wrote that because technically this is a humor blog, but I don't want you to think I've gotten too serious)

Te Estoy Buscando

Do yourself a favor and listen to this rad song by rad band, Ozomatli.

It's in Spanish, Ustedes!










This song "Te Estoy Buscando" is about somebody searching for somebody else.  In fact, "Te Estoy Buscando" means, "I'm Looking for You!"  

Ozomatli's origins are from Chile (if I remember right) but they formed as a band in East L.A.  Their sound is a fusion between Latin/Hip Hop and Rap.  I LOVE THIS BAND.  If you get the chance to see them live, you'll be highly entertained by their energy and their versatility as a group.  Plus there are like 12 members of the band and watching them is fun.

Today's song ^ comes from the band's 2004 album "Street Signs" and is the album's sixth track.  Check it out (the album, truly it's good.)

Amo la musica y amo tambien tu!  Abrazos!

Sounds Like Hallelujah

I'm calling today's blog post a 'blah'g post because I don't feel like blogging. 

Anyway, here's the song that was stuck in my head.  Blah.

It's from the wonderfully gr8 band The Head and the Heart.  It's the penultimate track on their neat self-titled 2011 album. 

Blah.

The song is called "Sounds Like Hallelujah"  Blahg.

Maybe if you liked the song this blahg post was good and not just blah. 

Gbye

Battiti di Ali di Farfalla

Today's song comes from Jovanotti, who is an Italian singer-songwriter whose real name is Lorenzo Cherubini.

It took me a long time to figure out what this song was.  All I could hear in my head was "Put your hands up!" (Bang bang bang)  I thought it was a song about police shooting at somebody or something.  I didn't think that it may be in another language until it hit me that I had this hip-hoppy sounding Italian dood in my collection.  Then I figured out that it was "Ding ding ding" instead of "bang bang bang" and I found the song.

In years past I've sort of scoffed at rap as if it's not a real hard thing to do.  Have you ever tried it though?  It's totally hard and you have to be hard-core to be good at it.

Rapping in Italian, with all those syllables is even harder!

Here's today's song, "Battiti di Ali di Farfalla" from Jovanotti.  It's about boxing.  If I had more time, I'd write more, but I don't.

Enjoy. 

Pretentious

You guys!  You probably know that I usually write posts on Sundays.  Well guess what?  I didn't have time yesterday and so I'm doing it today.

And I had two songs to write about so it was what I normally call "Two For One Sundee Fundee" but since I'm writing a day late this will be:

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Here's song number one, when I first woke up:

This is from Bibio- the second track on the 2011 album "Mind Bokeh"  If you have photographer friends they can tell you what Bokeh means.

So, I dig this track, it starts out extremely atonal and dissonant and then sort of turns less "that way" as it goes and then back to more atonal stuff.  Whatever.  I just like it OK?   You didn't listen to it did you?

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It's from the hilarious movie "A Mighty Wind."

This movie is funny and good.

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