I bought Feist's new album na! Fuck yeah!
Slated to come out on May 1, I was surprised to see it out in the record store I frequent. So without any hesitation, I picked it up, walked to the counter and bought the damn disc.
Listening to Feist is addicting. My Moon My Man is no exception.
I saw the video about a couple of weeks back, with Feist walking back and forth a walkalator (is that what you call an escalator that just goes back and forth?) in an airport (?). Sexy ng boses. Astig.
I wish Feist (or somebody with a Feist-y voice) would sing me to sleep every night.
Song Rating: *****
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Links:
My Moon My Man by Feist video
My Moon My Man by Feist alternate video
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
So What by Miles Davis
Continuing on with my jazz trip the past few weeks...
So a couple of nights ago, I dreamt I was a world class trumpeteer. Yeah! Hayop! And I was playing on stage, with an orchestra, and I was the soloist for one of the main performances. And the song we were performing was the classic So What by Miles Davis. Yeah! Topak na panaginip hahaha
The song is actually a great song for a master improvisator, as backed by the suave bass and piano, you can just go crazy. You can just freakin' blow into your trumpet (sounds kinda sexual, doesn't it) and just do whatever with your fingers. That is, if you really knew how to play the trumpet.
But in my dream, I did know how, and got a standing ovation for it. Too bad, I had to wake up and stop reveling in all the adulation. Shit. Fuck. At least, kahit sa panaginip, I was Miles for a day.
Song Rating: *****
So a couple of nights ago, I dreamt I was a world class trumpeteer. Yeah! Hayop! And I was playing on stage, with an orchestra, and I was the soloist for one of the main performances. And the song we were performing was the classic So What by Miles Davis. Yeah! Topak na panaginip hahaha
The song is actually a great song for a master improvisator, as backed by the suave bass and piano, you can just go crazy. You can just freakin' blow into your trumpet (sounds kinda sexual, doesn't it) and just do whatever with your fingers. That is, if you really knew how to play the trumpet.
But in my dream, I did know how, and got a standing ovation for it. Too bad, I had to wake up and stop reveling in all the adulation. Shit. Fuck. At least, kahit sa panaginip, I was Miles for a day.
Song Rating: *****
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
19-2000 by Gorillaz
Damon Albarn, the brains behind the fictitious band Gorillaz, recently said that Demon Days will be Gorillaz' last studio album.
That's too bad. Although I didn't particularly like Demon Days, I thought that their first album was unbelievably good and very ingenius. To create a fictitious band (complete with story lines of each respective member) was really something, probably akin to when Paul McCartney created the concept of Sgt. Pepper, an album that would do the touring for them.
Anyway, on to the song review of 19-2000.
I can't remember if 19-2000 was the first or second Gorillaz song I heard (the other being Clint Eastwood). But at the time, it was all Creed, Korn, and Creed and Korn clones, on the radio, and I found it rather refreshing to hear something else.
19-2000 was fun and upbeat, a great pick-me-up song, with a really catchy melody. It was different and strangely funny. A great song stemming from a great concept. Astig! Cool!
Song Rating: ****
That's too bad. Although I didn't particularly like Demon Days, I thought that their first album was unbelievably good and very ingenius. To create a fictitious band (complete with story lines of each respective member) was really something, probably akin to when Paul McCartney created the concept of Sgt. Pepper, an album that would do the touring for them.
Anyway, on to the song review of 19-2000.
I can't remember if 19-2000 was the first or second Gorillaz song I heard (the other being Clint Eastwood). But at the time, it was all Creed, Korn, and Creed and Korn clones, on the radio, and I found it rather refreshing to hear something else.
19-2000 was fun and upbeat, a great pick-me-up song, with a really catchy melody. It was different and strangely funny. A great song stemming from a great concept. Astig! Cool!
Song Rating: ****
Monday, April 23, 2007
Pioneer by Interpol
There is a new Interpol song out and it's called Pioneer.
I fuckin' love Interpol. They sound like stoned monks with minor hints of being electric (in a Muse sort of way). Unfortunately, all I have of the new song is a Youtube video of them performing the song at a concert in Canada. And perhaps it does not do the song and the band justice.
For now, I'll be giving it three stars. But I think if I hear the studio version at least a couple of times, it may go up to four.
Song Rating: ***
Link: Pioneer by Interpol
I fuckin' love Interpol. They sound like stoned monks with minor hints of being electric (in a Muse sort of way). Unfortunately, all I have of the new song is a Youtube video of them performing the song at a concert in Canada. And perhaps it does not do the song and the band justice.
For now, I'll be giving it three stars. But I think if I hear the studio version at least a couple of times, it may go up to four.
Song Rating: ***
Link: Pioneer by Interpol
Friday, April 20, 2007
Brianstorm by Arctic Monkeys
Thank God for ritmono.blogspot, and I was able to download the leak of Favorite Worst Nightmare, the new album by the Arctic Monkeys.
Promises to be different than 'What People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not' are indeed achieved. More full-on, as the band stated.
Brianstorm (not Brainstorm), what I think would be the lead off single for the new album, is sort of like a lighter System of a Down. The song starts of really really fast, like firing guns in a John Woo movie before slowly mellowing down in the middle and coming out firing again in the end.
Overall, the song shows that one of my favorite bands last year (eventhough overhyped) still has the ability to deliver good work.
Song Rating: ***
Promises to be different than 'What People Say I Am, That's What I Am Not' are indeed achieved. More full-on, as the band stated.
Brianstorm (not Brainstorm), what I think would be the lead off single for the new album, is sort of like a lighter System of a Down. The song starts of really really fast, like firing guns in a John Woo movie before slowly mellowing down in the middle and coming out firing again in the end.
Overall, the song shows that one of my favorite bands last year (eventhough overhyped) still has the ability to deliver good work.
Song Rating: ***
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Je t'aime... moi non plus by Serge Gainsbourg (feat. Jane Birken)
I oftentimes find myself in the mood to listen to Serge Gainsbourg. The controversial Gainsbourg (who once said 'I want to fuck you' to Whitney Houston on live French TV) would make you feel like you are a French James Bond out to save the girl from distress. (Or it could also be Austin Powers, take your pick).
Anyway, Je T'aime Moi Non Plus (I love you.. I don't either) is a back and forth conversation between a man and a woman. If the song were to be described in one word, the word would have to be "orgasmic". Because that's what it actually sounds like, with the moans and sultry bedroom voice.
I don't understand French, but my bestfriend (Wikipedia) translated the lyrics for me. Some of the words are..
"I come and I go, in between your hips"
"You are the wave, I am the naked island"
"Physical love is without end"
So wiki also said Gainsbourg and Birken were actually engaged in sexual intercourse when they were recording this song. Upon listening, it may not be hard to imagine that it's actually possible.
Song Rating: ****
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Link: Je t'aime... moi non plus
Anyway, Je T'aime Moi Non Plus (I love you.. I don't either) is a back and forth conversation between a man and a woman. If the song were to be described in one word, the word would have to be "orgasmic". Because that's what it actually sounds like, with the moans and sultry bedroom voice.
I don't understand French, but my bestfriend (Wikipedia) translated the lyrics for me. Some of the words are..
"I come and I go, in between your hips"
"You are the wave, I am the naked island"
"Physical love is without end"
So wiki also said Gainsbourg and Birken were actually engaged in sexual intercourse when they were recording this song. Upon listening, it may not be hard to imagine that it's actually possible.
Song Rating: ****
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Link: Je t'aime... moi non plus
I'm so tripped out on jazz these days. Went out and bought three CD's yesterday, 2 Coltrane CD's (Soultrane and Bluenote) and Bill Evans' Waltz for Debby. Waltz for Debby was actually a recommendation by the HMV music clerk (buy two stickered CDs for only HKD 150) and upon auditioning it, found it to my liking.
I knew that Bill Evans worked with the Miles Davis sextet sometime I think in the early 60s and I knew he worked on Kind of Blue, which is a fuckin' awesome album. But apart from that, I knew nothing about him or his trio.
The quality of the album was a bit grainy for me (although it actually was a remastered copy), but it'll do. Not like I'm complaining about quality when it comes to old jazz records. Hell, I've even bought a super noisy CD by Art Tatum , which was forgivable given that the recording was made in the 1930's (by noisy, I mean lots of hiss and cracks). It actually makes sense for me, as listening to it gives me a feel that I'm using an old gramophone player.
The Coltrane records, on the other hand were epic. I got to listen to them full while at work today. Not the ideal time or place to space out on jazz, but it did fine (If you're wondering, the ideal setting for a jazz trip out is with a good book and tea, in an airconditioned room). Coltrane really is putanginang' galing.
With these purchases, I decided to hold out on Friday Night in San Francisco by Al Dimeola, John Mclaughlin and Paco de Lucia. I have an unplayable ripped copy of that CD, and although I really really wanted to make that purchase, I figured that I still have most tracks memorized on my mind. So I can actually play tracks from it anytime I want to. It can store a bazillion songs and I can play it anytime, anyday. Even when swimming.
So yeah, my head is better than an iPod. Fuck the iPod, my brain rules!
I knew that Bill Evans worked with the Miles Davis sextet sometime I think in the early 60s and I knew he worked on Kind of Blue, which is a fuckin' awesome album. But apart from that, I knew nothing about him or his trio.
The quality of the album was a bit grainy for me (although it actually was a remastered copy), but it'll do. Not like I'm complaining about quality when it comes to old jazz records. Hell, I've even bought a super noisy CD by Art Tatum , which was forgivable given that the recording was made in the 1930's (by noisy, I mean lots of hiss and cracks). It actually makes sense for me, as listening to it gives me a feel that I'm using an old gramophone player.
The Coltrane records, on the other hand were epic. I got to listen to them full while at work today. Not the ideal time or place to space out on jazz, but it did fine (If you're wondering, the ideal setting for a jazz trip out is with a good book and tea, in an airconditioned room). Coltrane really is putanginang' galing.
With these purchases, I decided to hold out on Friday Night in San Francisco by Al Dimeola, John Mclaughlin and Paco de Lucia. I have an unplayable ripped copy of that CD, and although I really really wanted to make that purchase, I figured that I still have most tracks memorized on my mind. So I can actually play tracks from it anytime I want to. It can store a bazillion songs and I can play it anytime, anyday. Even when swimming.
So yeah, my head is better than an iPod. Fuck the iPod, my brain rules!
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