5 posts tagged “música”
So many things I want to write, we'll see if I manage to get on top of any of it this weekend.
Until then... check out Aterciopelados (wikipedia, myspace, official (es)). Sure, I'm an easy mark for a Columbian alternative rock band that blends tribal music into their sound... but even if you don't understand the words, there's some wonderful things going on here musically.
There's more music posting to do, but getting the urgent stuff out first.
Aterciopelados, ¡ándale para escuchar!
Tanto que quiero escribir. Veremos si me alcanza el tiempo este fin de semana.
Mientras tanto... vaya a escuchar Aterciopelados (wikipedia, myspace, sitio oficial (es)). Claro que soy fácil convencer que una banda colombiana que toma de música artesanal para su sonido sea de calidad, pero aún para los que no entienden el castellano, hay mucho de bueno en el tono y ritmo de la músia aparte de las palabras.
Hay más que escribir, pero atendiendo a lo urgente primero.
So, I picked up some of the music wish list from the other day.
The "memory lane" Cetu Javu Southern Lands thing... "Have in Mind" is still pretty good, but the rest... I'd rather not think about. They've got the old school electrogloom down (aside from "Have..."), but there's quite a few bands from that era with better musical chops.
But as disappointing as Southern Lands felt, the Pinker Tones' Million Color Revolution has been a great ride. A fun ride. Think TMBG if they were a European electronica group. Curious about the French and German lyrics. I'm pretty sure I'm missing some of the jokes there.
Memorias músicales...
Compré unos de los albums de la lista del otro día.
Mi esperanza de disfrutar de memorias buenas con Southern Lands por Cetu Javu no salió como esperaba. "Have in Mind" está bueno, pero todo lo demás me dejó decepcionado.
Pero al grado que me decepcionó Southern Lands, The Million Color Revolution de los Pinker Tones me impresionó y divertió. Hacen música electronica con un sentido de humor. Necesito averigüar que quiere decir la letra de sus canciones franceses y alemanes. Creo que haya diversión allí que pierdo al no entender la letra.
My music purchase list has got a bit long lately. Part of it's a question of birthday gift cardage, the rest is putting my normal music buying schedule on hold as I prepare to migrate to a new iTunes account.
The delays have resulted in inflated wish lists or shopping carts at Amazon, CDJapan, and a list of tracks for the iTMS once I've made my account switcheroo.
Let's go purchases/planned purchases first.
- St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
Crazy hit some time ago now, but the whole album is worth some time. Some very nice neo-funk things going on. - Peace, Anything Box
Yes, this is mighty, mighty old, and it's really "Living in Oblivion" that I want more than anything else on the album. But with EPs of "Living..." now running $20-30 for 5 tracks, I'm hoping this will scratch my itch. If I only had a reliable way of transferring my old 12" vinyl of one of the gems of 90s synth pop. - The Million Color Revolution, The Pinker Tones
Heard a profile of latin alternative bands on Latino USA the other day and was entranced. So much of the latin music I hear on the radio I find boring. I don't know who does the programming for the big latin stations here in the ATL, but I'd suggest remembering that there's more to life than baladas and reggaeton. (And I'm speaking of more than just adding european electronica.) - Universo Ao Meu Redor, Marisa Monte
Weekend Edition had an interview with Marisa Monte about her two new albums. Universo is a mix of traditional and modern samba (that won a latin grammy last week), her other new album is soft Brazilian pop. Her pop recordings are good, but with the other pop I'm exploring right now, I'm sticking to more traditional fare for my Brazilian fix. - Happy East or Dawn, Guitar Vader
I have to admit, I'm settling here because I don't have a way of legally getting Remixes GVR, Die Happy, or From Dusk. They're out of print and the chances of a re-pressing are slightly less than the chance I'll discover I'm the last survivor of the planet Krypton. - Let Go, Bonnie Pink
Bonnie enjoyed a lot of net radio popularity stateside when I was in grad school, which was probably the apex of my Jpop listening. At the time everything ran together (I tranced on jpop to get work done), so I was interested to see how many of her tracks I like now that I have better access to artist info (go go last.fm!) during my Jpop and Jrock excursions. Let Go is one of the albums she did with Mitchel Froom producing. It's got more 70s rock and latin influence than her current work. (If I had to give a comparison for her current pop, I'd say she's more Michelle Branch or Kelly Clarkson, less Jessica Simpson than people sometimes expect from Jpop artists. - Deep Forest, Do as Infinity
This one came purely out of my last.fm listening. While last has more Jrock and Jpop than I expected to find, the cuts only go so deep for each band. I've consistently liked the DAI I've heard, time to lay down some coin and hear more. - the winter album, the brilliant green
Another result of last.fm listens. Similar situation to Do as Infinity, but with a more pop feel. - Katamari Fortissimo Damacy
Yes, it's video game music. Thing is, it's the most interesting and eclectic video game soundtrack I've heard in years. Plenty of jazz flavor on this, with samba, mambo, wouldn't be surprised to find some bossa nova before it's all done. - La Mujer de mi Hermano (Música original)
This is proving to be a pretty good survey of the current latin alternative scene. It's the only place I've managed to find something by Pacha thus far, and Tanghetto's reinterpretation of New Order's Blue Monday is pretty cool. Though with the length of this list, this one might get cut. - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Motion Picture Soundtrack), David Bowie
I've got Rise and fall of Ziggy..., but I heard this version of it at work the other day and it leaves the studio album in the dust. So much freer take on the tracks. (Funny part will be when I start longing for the cleaner studio sound. I'm so stinkin' fickle.)
The most unexpected find of recent purchases though, is a cd from a band I heard about and really liked in high school, but whose recordings were impossible to find without searching downtown record stores looking for imports.
- Southern Lands, Cetu Javu
I came across this listening to latin alternative the other day, and was surprised to find out that this was a German band that had a lot of success in Spain in the early 90s. I managed to find the disc reasonably cheaply, and am excited for a quick stroll through memory lane on this one.
Anyway... time to wrap up with a quick look at the watch list, then maybe part of my "been meaning to get around to" list.
Watching (artist only)
- Tribalistas
- Pacha
- Los Amigos Invisibles
- Del Castillo
- 相川七瀬 (Aikawa Nanase)
- Judy and Mary
- Chara
- Every Little Thing
- Pizzicato Five
- The Fantastic Plastic Machine
- The Killers
- My Chemical Romance
- Fall Out Boy
Been meaning to get to or beef up my collection of...
- Beck
- Radiohead
- Information Society
- Depeche Mode
- Camoflage
- Gorillaz (only G-sides left, but still...)
- Wilco
- Evanescence
- Green Day
- The White Stripes
- Shakira
- Jet
- Led Zeppelin
- Misfits
- The Who
- The Rolling Stones (old stuff)
- The Beatles (later albums especially)
Mi lista de música que quiero comprar se ha hecho largo recientemente. Por una parte es por tener un gift card q' necesito gastar, por otra parte es no haber comprado en un tiempo por hacer cambios en mi cuenta de iTunes.
- St. Elsewhere, Gnarls Barkley
Crazy salió hace tiempo, pero todo el album merece atención con su sabor neo-funk. - Peace, Anything Box
Es muy antiguo esoto, pero "Living in Oblivion" es una de las mejores canciones electronicas de los 90, y para un EP ya cobran entre $20 y 30. Si sólo pudiese transferir mi disco 12" de ella... - The Million Color Revolution, The Pinker Tones
Escuché una entrevista con ellos en Latnio USA y me quedé encantado. Muchas de las canciones que escucho por la radio latina en Atlanta me aburra. Puras baladas y reggaeton. - Universo Ao Meu Redor, Marisa Monte
Weekend Edition hizo una entrevista con Marisa Monte sobre sus dos albums nuevos. Universo mescla samba tradicional con moderna, y gano un premio grammy latino la semana pasada, su otro es pop brasilera. Con el pop de otros paises que voy investigando, me quedo en lo tradicional de Brasil por el momento. - Happy East or Dawn, Guitar Vader
Porque no hay como conseguir Remixes GVR, Die Happy, o From Dusk legalmente, tengo que complacerme con uno de estos dos. Que barbaridad. - Let Go, Bonnie Pink
Cuando estuve en el grad school, Bonnie recibió mucha atención en las canales de radio de internet en lose EEUU. En ese entonces, no me di cuenta de quién cantó cual canción, pero ahora tengo información mejor en cuanto a esto (por last.fm). Me interesa cuantas canciónes suyas me gustan. Pink hizo Let Go en collaboración con Mitchel Froom. Lleva más influencia latina y de rock de los 70 q' sus canciónes corrientes. - Deep Forest, Do as Infinity
Conocí a la música de ellos por last.fm. Ese servicio tiene más Jpop y Jrock que esperaba, pero nolamente tiene cierta cantidad de la música de un artista. Ya llegó la hora de comprar y ver si me gusta lo demás. - the winter album, the brilliant green
Otro resultado de mis investigaciones por last.fm. Una situación similar a la de Do as Infinity, pero los brilliant green son un poco más pop. - Katamari Fortissimo Damacy
Música de un juego electrico. Pero es el juego con la música más interesante q' he escuchado en años. Mucha sabor jazz, con samba, mambo, no me sorprendería encontrar bossa nova también. - La Mujer de mi Hermano (Música original)
Parece representar bien a la música latina alternativa. El el único lugar en que he encontrado canciones de Pacha, y la interpretación de "Blue Monday" por Tanghetto es chevere. - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (Motion Picture Soundtrack), David Bowie
Ya tengo Rise and fall of Ziggy..., pero escuché esta version en el trabajo y sobrepasa la otra en energía y sentido. (El chiste será cuando decido que prefiero la versión original.)
El encuentro menos esperado fue un cd de un grupo que escuché en la secundaria, pero nunca pude encontrar dónde compraba yo.
- Southern Lands, Cetu Javu
Encontré esto el otro día al escuchar a artistas similares a los Pinker Tones. Me sorprendió que fue grupo alemán q' tuvo much éxito en España en los 90.
OK... ahora los grupos que tengo en la mente para mas luegito.
Watching (artista)
- Tribalistas
- Pacha
- Los Amigos Invisibles
- Del Castillo
- 相川七瀬 (Aikawa Nanase)
- Judy and Mary
- Chara
- Every Little Thing
- Pizzicato Five
- The Fantastic Plastic Machine
- The Killers
- My Chemical Romance
- Fall Out Boy
Y los que he pensado comprar, pero no lo he hecho todavía...
- Beck
- Radiohead
- Information Society
- Depeche Mode
- Camoflage
- Gorillaz (me faltan solamente los G-sides, pero...)
- Wilco
- Evanescence
- Green Day
- The White Stripes
- Shakira
- Jet
- Led Zeppelin
- Misfits
- The Who
- The Rolling Stones (los antiguos)
- The Beatles (los últimos especialmente)
Was excited to catch a shout out to Randy Newman's "Political Science" on the Colbert Report the other night. (Okay, less a shout out than a straight out performance.)
I enjoy various Newman songs, but I'd have to admit that my favorites are his political ones, specifically this and "Rednecks." Rednecks is a tougher listen due to repetition of a certain "n" word, but it makes a great point of the hypocrisy with which we yankees sometimes look down our noses at our southern neighbors.
Now your northern n*'s a Negro
You see he's got his dignity
Down here we're too ignorant to realize
That the North has set the n* free
Yes he's free to be put in a cage
In Harlem in New York City
And he's free to be put in a cage in the South-Side of Chicago
And the West-Side
And he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in Cleveland
And he's free to be put in a cage in East St. Louis
And he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San Francisco
And he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in Boston
They're gatherin' 'em up from miles around
Keepin' the n* down
I don't quite agree with Newman painting us all on equal footing as Lester Maddox, but I can see where he's coming from. Would there be such a thing as "white flight" if he didn't have at least a bit of a point?
Ciencia politica
Me impresionó ver que hace algunos días presentaron "Political Science (Ciencia Politica)" de Randy Newman en el programa The Colbert Report (El Reporte Colbert)
Disfruto algunas canciónes de Newman, pero mis favoritos son las políticas, específicamente "Political Science" y "Rednecks." La segunda es un poco mas difícil escuchar por el uso de lenguage racista (en cuanto a la gente negra), pero ilustra muy bien la hipocracía que mostramos los yankis al pensarnos mejores que los del sur de los EEUU.
Ahora, el [negro] del norte es un Negro
Tiene su dignidad
Por aquí somos demasiado ignorantes para entender
Que los yankis han librado al [negro].
Es libre ser encarcelado
En Harlem en Nueva York
Libre de ser encarcelado
En el lado del sur de Chicago
O el lado occidental
Libre de ser encarcelado en Hough en Cleveland
Libre de ser encarcelado en East St. Louis
Libre de ser encarcelado en Fillmore en San Francisco
Libre de ser encarcelado en Roxbury en Boston
Los recogen a ellos de todo lado
Hechando a los [negros] por abajo.
No estoy completamente de acuerdo con la implicación que todos los blancos son tal como Lester Maddox, pero entiendo su manera de pensar. ¿Hubiese "vuelo blanco" si él no tuviera nada de razón?
Punk Rock Girl, The Dead Milkmen
...
So we jumped up on the table and we shouted anarchy
And someone played a Beach Boys song on the jukebox
It it was "California Dreamin"
So we started screamin
On such a winter's day
Poor unloved the Mamas and the Papas.
Darn those uneducated punk rock satirists.
Genius.
La ignorancia como el genio
En su canción "Punk Rock Girl," los Dead Milkmen hacen referencia a la canción "California Dreamin'" por the Mamas and the Papas, pero la atribuyan a los Beach Boys, fingiendo la ignorancia de la musica playera que sus detractores esperarían de los que cantan y escuchan a punk rock.
