Where is the magic?: Εάν γνωρίζεις τους Blur μόνο από το "Song 2" και το "Girls and Boys", τότε ίσως δεν έχεις συνειδητοποιήσει γιατί είναι μία από τις κορυφαίες μπάντες της σύγχρονης rock σκηνής.
Το "Caramel" είναι μία από τις "ονειρικές" στιγμές της μουσικής ιδιοφυΐας που λέγεται Damon Albarn και της παρέας του. Και ναι, μπορεί πρέπει να σου αλλάξει τη γνώμη για την αξία των σπουδαίων Βρετανών. Ένα αριστούργημα σε ένα δίσκο διαμάντι. Επειδή οι ζωντανές εκτελέσεις του είναι το ίδιο "δυνατές" με τη studio, το ακούμε έστω και λίγο κουτσουρεμένο σε διάρκεια από το live δίσκο Parklive του 2012.
The Band: Blur (Colchester, United Kingdom)
Line Up: Damon Albarn (vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar, harpsichord, melodica, vibraphone, recorder), Alex James (bass, vocals), Dave Rowntree (drums, percussion, programming), Graham Coxon (guitar, vocals, banjo, saxophone, clarinet, percussion)
The Track: "Caramel"
The Album: 13 (1999)
The Sound: Britpop, Alternative Rock, Art Rock, Chamber Pop, Indie Rock
And Says...
I've gotta get over I've gotta get over I've got to get better Will love you forever I've gotta find genius I've gotta get better I've gotta stop smoking I've gotta get better
Caramel Caramel...
Where is the magic? I've gotta get better Oh lord give me magic I'll love you forever I've gotta find mounts hill And live by the mountains I'll love you forever You are...And you are...
Dear Friends: "Έπεσα" τυχαία πάνω του σήμερα μετά από καιρό και για μία ακόμη φορά κόλλησα και μαγεύτηκα με την αψεγάδιαστη απλότητα του. Από τα διαμαντάκια που χαμογελάς σα χαζός όταν ανακαλύπτεις. Για εσάς που θα συμφωνήσετε, να ακούσετε όλο το δίσκο, ε.
"The end isn't distance, it's just a place to stay"...
The Band: Pygmy Lush (Virginia, USA) Line Up: Chris Taylor (vocals, acoustic guitar), Mike Taylor (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, percussion), Mike Widman (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, bass), Johnny Ward (drums, acoustic guitar, melodica, vocals, percussion),, Eric Kane (drums, 2010-present) The Track: "Old Friends" The Album: Old Friends (2011) The Sound: Indie, Contemporary Folk, Indie Rock, Indie Folk And Says...
I'll make a promise to all my friends I'll never leave this world without you (Without you, without you)
We don't have to worry, we have this in hand The end isn't distance, it's just a place to stay It's just a place to stay It's just a place to stay It's just a place to stay It's just a place to stay It's just a place to stay
Τσίτα τα... γκαράζια: Τι αρρώστια αυτή η μπάντα διάολε!
Όσοι ακούσετε και αγαπήσετε τους σαλεμένους Αμερικανούς όπως εμείς, μην αμελήσετε να τσεκάρετε τα ΕΠΙΚΑ live τους με πρωτοστάτη τον ξανθό, θεότρελο και ιθύνων νου τους Jon Dwyer. Μία βόλτα από το "συσωλήνα" θα σας πείσει.
Το Gelatinous Cube είναι ένας γκαραζοπάνκ χείμαρρος που θα σας πάρει μαζί του. Enjoy!
The Band: Thee Oh Sees (San Fransisco, USA) Line Up: John Dwyer (vocals, guitar), Tim Hellman, Ryan Moutinho, Dan Rincon The Track: "Gelatinous Cube" The Album: A Weird Exits (2016)
The Sound: Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock, Garage Punk And Says.... I see you standing there With your cannibal's eyes A meal is coming It's wandering by
X-machine A room a cube Laid before me Is a murderer's tools What would you do?
X-machine A room a cube Laid before me Is a murderer's tools
I see you standing there With your cannibal's eyes The clock is ticking It's wandering by What would you do?
Numb: Δεν υπάρχουν λόγια. Τεράστιο ταλέντο, μοναδική φωνή, ένας καλλιτέχνης που έφυγε τόσο νωρίς, αλλά κατάφερε να αφήσει το στίγμα του ανεξίτηλο στη rock σκηνή των τελευταίων δύο δεκαετιών.
Chester Charles Bennington
(March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017)
Thank you for the music.
The Band: Linkin Park (Los Angeles, USA) The Track: "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele Cover on I-Tunes festival 2011) And Says...
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it's bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go 'head and sell me out and I'll lay your shit bare
See how I leave with every piece of you
Don't underestimate the things that I will do
There's a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And it's bringing me out the dark
The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
Baby, I have no story to be told
But I've heard one on you
And I'm gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Make a home down there
As mine sure won't be shared
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love remind me of us
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
The scars of your love, they leave me breathless
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
I can't help feeling
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it, to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart inside of your hand
But you played it, with a beating
Throw your soul through every open door (woah)
Count your blessings to find what you look for (woah)
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold (woah)
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow (woah)
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
We could have had it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
It all, it all, it all
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
And you played it to the beat
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
We could have had it all
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
Rolling in the deep
(Tears are gonna fall, rolling in the deep)
You had my heart inside of your hand
(You're gonna wish you never had met me)
But you played it
You played it
You played it
You played it to the beat.
The Red Wedding: Το Dragonstone έκανε πρεμιέρα χθες για τον 7ο κύκλο της επικής σειράς Game Of Thrones και το κομμάτι που έμεινε στη μνήμη μας από το "Ματωμένο Γάμο" έχει την τιμητική του, χαζεύοντας για μία ακόμη φορά με την "αυτοκρατορική" φωνή του Matt Berninger.
The Band: The National (Ohio, USA) The Track: "The Rains Of Castamere" The Album: Game Of Thrones OST (Season 2)
And Says...
And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know.1
In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my Lord, as long and sharp as yours.2
And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere, But now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.
And who are you, the proud lord said, that I must bow so low? Only a cat of a different coat, that's all the truth I know.1
In a coat of gold or a coat of red, a lion still has claws, And mine are long and sharp, my lord, as long and sharp as yours.
And so he spoke, and so he spoke, that lord of Castamere, But now the rains weep o'er his hall, with no one there to hear. Yes, now the rains weep o'er his hall, and not a soul to hear.
Soul voice: Ο πολυσυζητημένος Rag’n’Bone Man σε μία μοναδική live ακουστική εκτέλεση του κομματιού "Skin", που βρίσκουμε στο φετινό δεύτερο δίσκο του, Human.
Με τη φωνάρα και το συναίσθημα που βγάζει ο Rag’n’Bone Man, αυτή η εκτέλεση του "Skin", είναι μία από τις περιπτώσεις που ένα τραγούδι επαναπροσδιορίζεται.
The Artist: Rag’n’Bone Man (Essex, England) The Track: "Skin" The Album: Human (2017) The Sound: Soul, Pop-Soul, blues, accoustic And Says...
When I heard that sound
When the walls came down
I was thinking about you
About you
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll be thinking about you
About you
Seconds from my heart
A bullet from the dark
Helpless, I surrender
Shackled by your love
Holding me like this
With poison on your lips
Only when it's over
The silence hits so hard
'Cause it was almost love, it was almost love
It was almost love, it was almost love
When I heard that sound
When the walls came down
I was thinking about you
About you
When my skin grows old
When my breath runs cold
I'll be thinking about you
About you
When I run out of air to breathe
It's your ghost I see
I'll be thinking about you, about you
It was almost love, it was almost
"Αστικοί Ύμνοι": Oι The Verve γιορτάζουν τη συμπλήρωση 20 χρόνων από την κυκλοφορία του Icon album για τα 90s και τους ίδιους φυσικά, Urban Hymns και δεν υπάρχει καλύτερη ευκαιρία ώστε να βάλουμε δυνατά να παίξει το θρυλικό πλέον "Σονέτο" τους.
Για την ιστορία να πούμε πως το Urban Hymns είναι το 18ο σε πωλήσεις άλμπουμ όλων των εποχών στο Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και έχει πουλήσει περισσότερες από δέκα εκατομμύρια κόπιες παγκοσμίως. Enough said που λένε και στο χωριό μου. Τέλος, η μπάντα ανακοίνωσε πως το Σεπτέμβριο θα έχουμε μία deluxe επανέκδοση του δίσκου, με αφορμή τη συμπλήρωση των 20 ετών. (Εδώ βέβαια μπαίνει το άσχετο ερώτημα "Ρε πως περνάνε τα ρημάδια τα χρόνια έτσι!"). Η εκτέλεση που ακούμε είναι από το ιστορικό live τους στο Glastonbury το 2008.
The Band: The Verve (Wigan, England) Line Up: (Disbanded) Richard Ashcroft (vocals, guitar), Simon Jones (bass), Peter Salisbury (drums), Nick McCabe (guitar), Simon Tong (guitar, keyboards, 1996-99) The Track: "Sonnet" The Album: Urban Hymns (1997) The Sound: Alternative rock, Indie, Britpop And Says...
My friend and me Looking through her red box of memories Faded I'm sure But love seems to stick in her veins you know
Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord My lord
Why can't you see That nature has its way of warning me Eyes open wide Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord Yes, there's love if you want it Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord My lord
Sinking faster than a boat without a hull My lord Dreaming about the day when I can see you there My side By my side
Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord I stop to say hello 'Cause I think you should know, by now By now By now By now By now By now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now Oh, by now
