How can a Bollywood song from the sixties be soooooo groovy?
14 Nov 04 ·olli: heh..thanks. iv'e had this song in my collection for a long time, and only listened to it just now because of your recommendation. love the swirly flute-like thing at 1:32 and the crazy shit going on around 2:58. (what is that, anyway? sounds they've spilled water into their organ or something) i think the details in this song makes it cooler than it ought to be. too bad most bollywood songs seem to go on for far too long. 16 Nov 04 ·trebole: Hey olli, thanks for your your comment. When I read it, I remembered I had a song somewhere with that same swirly flute you liked so much used massively...And I found it! It's in a compilation called Bollywood Breaks with funky, instrumental versions from Bollywood films remastered with a modern twist. The song is called "cosmic flute" and you can download it for free here: http://stage.vitaminic.com/main/bollywood_breaks
Thanks again 16 Nov 04 ·olli: exellent! thanks a bunch! love the disco vibes on cosmic flute.
Pocas canciones provocan una soledad instantanea como lo hace esta canci�n de Julie. La vi en el Tanned Tin, sola en un escenario, con su backpack a lado de sus pies. Su microfono y su guitarra, su pelo despeinado y su voz desitegro por completo la presencia de todos.
You are gone.
16 Dec 04 ·esteban: Solo tuve la posbilidad de escuchar los downloads de su site. Es una artista increible. El solo mood que maneja es extraordinario. Recomiendo su escucha para todo seguidor de las nuevas ramas del folk.
I just had the opportunity to listen the available downloads on her site. She�s an amazing artist. She�s an amazing manager of the solo/melancolic mood. I really recommend everybaody to listen to her songs, specially if you are fond of new folk experiences. 18 Dec 04 ·olli: que?
A beautiful, soft version of the classic David song sung in Portueguese(sp?). It's only his voice and his guitar.
The song is from the movie 'Life Aquatic'. Wes ANderson asked Seu to translate 11 Bowie songs into Portueguese and perform them on the set.
Also has a personal thing to it for me.
from Life Aquatic- The Motion Picure Soundtrack
20 Jan 05 ·olli: i picked up the soundtrack before i even saw the movie on this one.. great stuff, love the "incidental" feel and the one-take roughness of seu's recordings.
There really isn't a perfect recommendation for this group,all their songs are fantastic!This one just suits my fancy as of now,and has that great "do the monkey" kind of go-go beat that's just plain infectious.This group was capable of tons of emotion,and their influence can be heard a lot in today's indie pop.Harpsichords abound,and their entire works are available on one CD, and it'll never let you down...
from Walk Away Renee/Pretty Ballerina (Smash MGS 67088) available on CD - There's Gonna Be A Storm (Polygram USA)
04 Feb 05 ·olli: amazing song, glad someone had already posted it.
just picked up the album, it's superb.
Despite '2002 - A Hit Song's insistent chorus of "it's gonna be a hit, hit, hit!", by the end you're not convinced, "it's not gonna be a hit is it Free Designers?" "No� I'm afraid not Rum. To be honest it hasn't a hope in hell. Oh yeah we're bitter, of course we are, but, you know, when you're in the idiom of soft rock you can't get away with angst, you've got to maintain this 'pleasing' fa�ade, so that's why we sound so jolly, so 'up' on this song. But yeah, it's hard..." Yes, they may, as they sing, have "sealed it with a kiss" but the cracks show. And it's that that makes this song particularly memorable. It's fascinating to see the rips in their Peter Pan wonderland, a place where they usually spend their time flying kites, blowing bubbles, befriending dolphins. And so this palpable excitement you hear in their heady harmonies is not fuelled by a surefire optimism of success but by an almost delirious desperation, "hit, hit, hit, sure to be a hit, hit, hit, gonna make a hit, hit, hit" they sing, panting, shaking nervously, craving that big fix. The track is a flip-side to the Byrds' 'So You Wanna Be A Rock'N'Roll Star'. Both are bitter recipes for pop success but whereas the Byrds are pissed off that any talentless buffoon can follow their recipe to success get a hit, the Free Design are pissed that "We did all this last time, and it did not work!". I guess you have to suffer for your art, and maybe the Free Design were having too happy a time. Or maybe their hair didn't swing right or their pants weren't tight.
10 Feb 05 ·olli: heh..brilliant commentary. 11 Feb 05 ·konsu: Wow. I never thought of that song as such an exploded schematic. But it does shed light on their own self awareness even if unintentional at the time.
