Aaaa, this blast from the past rolled around on my partner's spotify tonight. So much power pop goodness...I have ~feels~ about this song. ^_^;
Also notable: apparently Weezer did a cover of this song for the movie Cars 2. It's pretty good! They didn't stray very far from the original. =)
I can't even verbalize how well listening to THE BLUE HEARTS suits night like this.
( Lyrics & my translation )
...when you finally figure out the name, and from thence the lyrics, of a tune you've been hearing since forever. Oftimes, the song turns out to be almost exactly unlike the mental image of it you'd formed in your head. Sometimes the two are so incongruous as to be completely absurd.
To wit: Funiculì, Funiculà. Here's Andrea Bocelli singing it. Assuming you don't speak Neapolitan, listen to the performance first, then head over to the Wikipedia page and see what this uplifting, noble tune is an ode to. =)
Jamme, jamme 'ncoppa, jamme jà,
Jamme, jamme 'ncoppa, jamme jà,
Funiculì, funiculà, funiculì, funiculà!
Jamme, jamme jà, funiculì, funiculà!
Well, the moon is broken / and the sky is cracked
Come on up to the house
The only things that you can see / is all that you lack
Come on up to the house
All your cryin / don't do you no good
Come on up to the house
Come down off the cross / we could use the wood
Come on up to the house
Another post I'm writing reminded me of this. Best breakup song in the history of evar, hands-down.
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mark pushed out some neat new functionality that's at a rough test stage, so I'm just posting this to help poke at things. However, as a nice side-effect, you all get a neat little bluegrass jam I've been listening to as of late. =)
Alison Krauss & Union Station w/ Sierra Hull - Cluck Old Hen on Youtube.
I love the pointedly outlandish juxtaposition that's a not-uncommon feature of J-Pop and a lot of Japanese humour. The lyrics to this one are actually a rather touching love song.
So, I was lucky enough to get Basia Bulat's CD Heart of My Own this past Christmas. It's awesome, she's awesome, and anyone who's been following along at home for a while already knew that I would say that. =)
Here are two tracks of hers that I hadn't heard before the CD made its way into my hot little hands.
( Vids behind the cut... )
Shaye was a three-woman supergroup comprised of Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean, each amazing musicians in their own right. "Happy Baby" was their biggest hitting single, but there's a lot more to recommend them. Their rendition of On and On is surreal and awesome, and Lake of Fire, the title track off of their second CD, is tantalizing and seductive and just plain amazing.
Mock if you want on account of it being John Denver, but I think this is a really beautiful song. One day I will play it on viola.
One of my favourite classical numbers. (This video includes No. 6 as well, which is also nice, though I'm not over the moon about it.)
When I hear this piece, it is punctuated in my head with words that cannot be repeated in polite company.
Courtesy of Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience.
Dance Everybody (mp3)
Oldest Living Tree (mp3)
I love this stuff; makes me feel alive. If it sounds good to you, definitely go check out one of their shows. I promise you won't be disappointed. =)
Haven't posted anything about how the viola lessons have been progressing for some time now. Will try to find time to rectify that soon; big news coming up. ^_^;
In the meantime, and since I haven't posted it yet, here's one of my favourite pieces of classical music. If you're not familiar with it -- it starts out soft, but you might not want to turn up your speakers too loud. ^_^ Even with the obvious musical joke in this piece aside, I really think it's a beautiful and flowing piece of music.
I don't know that there's anyone in my dwircle that hasn't seen this yet, but just in case: if you've ever played D&D in your life, you need to check out the music parody video Roll a D6.
The line-dancing goblins and zombies are an especially nice touch.
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terriko via the
Geek Feminism blog.
One of my favourite Christmas songs of all time: Tak Matsumoto's instrumental rendition of Itsuka no Merry Christmas from House of Strings (mp3).
All right, it's been like a week since I've first seen it, and I still can't get over the totally awesome utter gayness of the guys' technicolor outfits in this vid:
So epic!
Hanging onto the last little bit of summer cheer. Love this tune and this video.