Animal Collective - Peacebone

Posso ter implicado com a canção, mas continua a ser dos melhores vídeos que vi em 2007.






Scary, too.

Her Majesty, The Decemberists

Ao vivo em Detroit. Que apropriado. ^^


The Decemberists - Red Right Ankle




This is the story of your red right ankle
And how it came to meet your leg
And how the muscle bone and sinews tangled
And how the skin was softly shed
And how it whispered,
"Oh, adhere to me for we are bound by symmetry
And whatever differences our lives have been
We together make a limb"
This is the story of your red right ankle


This is the story of your gypsy uncle
You never knew cause he was dead
And how his face was carved an ripped with wrinkles
In the picture in your head
And remember how you found the key
To his hide-out in the Pyrenees,
But you wanted to keep his secret safe,
So you threw the key away?
This is the story of your gypsy uncle


This is the story of the boys who loved you
Who love you now and loved you then
And some were sweet and some were cold and snuffed you
And some just layed around in bed
And some, they crumbled you straight to your knees
Did it cruel, did it tenderly
Some they crawled their way into your heart
To rend your ventricles apart
This is the story of the boys who loved you
This is the story of your red right ankle

Is That All There Is?

Is That All There Is? - Peggy Lee


I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire?"


Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is


And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to a circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears.
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle.
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "is that all there is to a circus?


Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is



Then I fell in love, head over heels in love, with the most wonderful boy in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't,
and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"


Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

I know what you must be saying to yourselves,
if that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all?
Oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment,
for I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself:


Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

God hates freaks.

"That doesn't sound like God..."

5 razões pelas quais estou viciado em Robot Chicken.


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Ok, 6...

Poor Leno / Remind Me

Sempre a nostalgia.

Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you......
(repeat)

Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you.....
(repeat)

Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you

Poor Leno
Have you due in time
Reunite as one
Please, I almost find you

Poor Leno
Where you'll be, I'll go
Where you'll be, I'll know
Where you'll be, I'll find you

Poor Leno
Have you due in time
Reunite as one
Please, I almost find you......






Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me,
Will remind, will remind, will remind me.

It's only been a week,
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
Prevailing to recall
What I was missing, all that time in England

Has sent me aimlessly,
On foot or by the help of transportation,
To knock on windows where
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.

(chorus)

And everywhere I go,
There's always something to remind me
Of another place and time
Where love that travelled far had found me.

We stayed outside til two,
Waiting for the light to come back,
But hid in talk I knew,
Until you asked what I was thinking.

(chorus)

Brave men tell the truth,
A wise man's tools are analogies and puzzles,
A woman holds her tongue,
Knowing silence will speak for her.

So now I'll never know,
As you will only sleep beside me,
And everywhere I go...

(chorus)
(repeat)

It's only been a week,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
The rush of being home in rapid fading.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
Prevailing to recall
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
What I was missing all that time in England
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

Has sent me aimlessly
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
On foot or by the help of transportation,
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
To knock on windows where
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me,)
A friend no longer live, I had forgotten.
(Will remind, will remind, will remind me.)

Tonto & Seahorse

Só um pequeno post para falar de duas grandes (em todo o sentido da palavra) canções que me têm dado um gozo imenso nos últimos tempos.

Para começar, voltamos ao álbum de estreia dos Battles, Mirrored, que dividiu muito boa gente sobre o propósito e qualidade desta música. Digo, sem reticências, que estou no lado dos que gosta. O álbum deu-me um gozo enorme do princípio ao fim quando o ouvi pela primeira vez. As melhores definições que encontrei para esta música foram "electrónica com guitarras" e "melodia intelectual", e não me acanho de empregar ambas sempre que posso. Bem, o segundo single do álbum, depois do Atlas, é precisamente a música que me fez baixar os braços e render aos Battles, e a um dos álbuns mais interessantes deste ano, na minha opinião. Estou a falar de Tonto.



O vídeo foi imaginado por uns senhores da UVA (United Visual Artists), celebrados pelos seus trabalhos com luzes, como se pode bem verificar.

O outro vídeo é do hippie mais porreiro de todo o estado do Texas, com um álbum mui aclamado há dois anos, Cripple Crow e com o novo Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (haverá título mais delicioso?). Ouvi-o com algum descrédito a princípio, nos primeiros pares de canções, que me pareceram ou fracamente gravadas ou desinspiradas, mas houve uma que surgiu mais ou menos a meio da audição, e soava algo assim:



A partir daí, compreendi finalmente o disco, e pude apreciá-lo (verdade seja dita, também melhora muito a partir deste ponto) em todo o seu esplendor. Principalmente as faixas Rose, Bad Girl e Shabob Shalom. O registo de voz está muito diferente, ainda com as características próprias do Devendra, claro, mas num tom ligeiramente abaixo dos outros álbuns. É mais.. subtil, se fôr essa a palavra que procuro. Nada como ouvirem.

E é tudo, bom fim-de-semana!

Nostálgicos

Cresci a ouvir isto vezes sem conta sem saber quem era esta gente.


Prefab Sprout - Appetite






Mercury Rev - Opus 40






Manic Street Preachers - If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next