top 10 muzici 2009

De fapt nici nu prea am ascultat albume aparute in 2009. Pentru ca am ascultat tot felul de alte chestii. Dar voi conjura un top de-a-m-pulea oricum.

Albume (pun si copertile albumelor, for added epicness):
1. Sunset Rubdown - The Dragonslayer


Pentru ca e una din trupele preferate si pentru ca e unul dintre cele mai bune albume din viata vietilor mele, cap-coada

2. Antony and the Johnsons - Crying Light


Pentru ca la primul album am ras "HAHAHAHA UITE GRASU CONFUZ DIN PUNCT DE VEDERE SEXUAL" cand l-am ascultat prima oara si mi-am dat seama ca nu-i asa si pentru ca Crying Light este de-a dreptul demolant-sfasietor

3. Julian Plenti - Skyscraper


Pentru ca Paul Banks face ce stie el mai bine si anume canta; bine. Si pentru imnul "come have at us, we are strong"

4. Miike Snow- Miike Snow


Pentru ca in marea infinita de muzici deprimante pe care le ascult, asta e un album perfect giumbuslucas si ascultabil

5. The xx - xx


Pentru ca Tricky nu mai e si pentru ca ma multumesc cu ce se poate.

6. Mos Def - The Ecstatic


Pentru ca nutresc o nostalgie ascunsa pentru tonele de hip-hop pe care le ascultam acum 4-8 ani.

7. John Frusciante - The Empyrean


Pentru ca atunci cand nu e submersat in munti de heroina, tipul face o muzica foarte misto. Si pentru ca chiar si atunci cand scria doua albume pe zi, ca sa-si mentina muntele de heroina tot era dispersat, dar cacator.

Pentru ca topul asta a fost atat de profund nesatisfacator, voi nascoci si alte variate superlative si de fapt le voi lua cu copy paste din topul pe care l-am facut acum 2 ani

revelatie - Elliott Smith
melodie - Sunset Rubdown - Dragon's Lair (este pur si simplu perfecta) si Elliott Smith - King's Crossing (imn)
melodie proprie suicidara - Antony and the Johnsons - Another World
classics - Jacques Brel
indie stuff - Noah and the Whale
melodie de baut pe - Kremerata Baltica - Polka
nostalgica - Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
dezamagire - Mars Volta - Octahedron (minus "Since We've Been Wrong" care e excelenta)
uber electronic stuff - Cragga - Mr. Postman
zgomotos-rationala trupa - Isis
lunga melodie buna - Sunset Rubdown - Dragon's Lair (10:07) (!!!)
versuri -

Epilepsy is dancing
She's the Christ now departing
And I'm finding my rhythm
As I twist in the snow

For the metal burned in me
Down the brain of my river
For the fire was searching
For a waterway home

I cry, ''"Glitter is love!"''
My eyes pinned inside
With green jewels
Hanging like Christmas stars from a golden vein

As I came to a screaming
Hold me while I'm dreaming
For my fingers are curling
And I cannot breathe

Then I cried in the kitchen
How I'd seen your ghost witching
There's a soldering blue line
Between my eyes

Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner
Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner
Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner
Cut me in quadrants
Leave me in the corner

Ooh now, it's passing
Ooh now, I'm dancing
Ooh now, it's passing
Ooh now, I'm dancing
Ooh now, it's passing
Ooh now, I'm dancing
Ooh now, it's passing
Ooh now, I'm dancing

bang bang

wow

i made them ring

Nu am putut sa inteleg cum a putut sa treaca vocea lui Simon Bonney in obscuritate dupa ce am auzit prima oara Crime and City Solution in Der Himmel Uber Berlin - desi si Wings of Desire e un titlu oaresicum inspirat de fapt. Oricum, din film:

the news

Am pus in blogroll link la liternet. Unde-mi vor aparea texte. Inca nu stiu cat de des.

Mai pun un Scott Walker, de pe The Drift, asta din 2006. Nu-i melodia mea preferata de pe album, nu-i nici cea mai dezbracata, da' melodia mea n-am gasit-o pe skreemr. Si mare gaselnita skreemr asta, voi incepe sa pun muzica de-acum pe blog.

	Scott Walker - Cossacks Are
	Found at skreemr.com

Scott Walker - 30 century man

Se pare ca apar din ce in ce mai multe documentare despre figurile emblematice sau enigmatice sau ambele in aceeasi masura din domeniul muzicii... nu mainstream, sa zicem. Si ma refer la documentare indie, nu la alea pe care le face Scorsese. A fost ala despre Roky Erickson care mi-a starnit un val de ura, The Devil And Daniel Johnston, ar intra aici oarecum si Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten care este la fel de frumos si asta despre care scriu acum. Un documentar despre un cantaret infinit de influent care a plecat dintr-un punct de pseudocrooner/MOR in anii 60 si a ajuns la ce se poate auzi in trailerul pe care l-am pus - care nu e trailerul oficial pentru ca trailerul oficial imi pare ca e menit sa bage lumea in sala de cinema si da o imagine falsa a documentarului. Albumele lui din epoca aia de la Scott la Scott 4 sunt toate foarte frumoase si uneori mi se pare ireal ca o persoana poate scoate pe gura niste sunete atat de grave si gratioase in acelasi timp. Te ia si te poarta departe o melodie de-a lui Scott Walker, atat una din anii 60 cat si, sau poate mai ales, una de acum, intr-o perioada in care isi dezbraca melodiile de tot pana ajunge la ceea ce-i suna lui a emotie pura (raspunde la intrebarea/verdictul "these aren't songs anymore" in clipulet). Mie mi se pare ca suna spre Stockhausen acum, dar diametral opus, daca Stockhausen era cat se poate de matematic, Scott Walker ar fi romanticul dintre cei doi.

Documentarele despre indivizi de genul asta ar trebui facute numai la modul asta, cu un urias respect si admiratie stavilita si atunci e o placere sa le vezi. Nu cum era nenorocirea de You're Gonna Miss Me.

Un fragment dintr-o melodie scrisa de el pentru Ute Lemper

On the outside
grows the furside
on the inside
grows the skinside
so the furside
is the outside
and the skinside
is the inside
oneside likes the
skinside inside
and the furside
on the outside
others like the
skinside outside
and the furside
on the inside
if you turn the
skinside inside
thinking you will
side with that
side then the
softside fursides
inside which
some argue is
the wrong side
if you turn the
furside outside
as you say it
grows on that side
then your outsides
next to skinside
which becomforts
not the right side

	Scott Walker - The World's Strongest Man
	Found at skreemr.com

i'm so tired

13 zile. Atat a durat. 13 zile am ascultat zi si noapte beatles si eram in oras gandindu-ma ca as vrea sa ma duc acasa sa ascult beatles. Si era o activitate suficienta in sine, puteam sa stau doar in fata calculatorului si sa ascult beatles. Dar gata. Am trecut pe tampenii mai heavy. Aparent asa se manifesta pasiunile pentru beatles, mai cunosc doua persoane care sunt lovite periodic din plin in plina figura de o nevoie viscerala de a asculta continuu beatles. Ceea ce mi se pare frumos. Si ce zile cu beatles... Mai voiam sa scriu si alte lucruri, dar beatles pare suficient.

playlist 101 #003

You're a wasted face.
You're a sad eyed lie.
You're a holocaust.

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Keep your hand on your gun.
Don't you trust anyone.
There's just one kind of man that you can trust,
that's a dead man, or a gringo like me.

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Yearning for more than a blue day
I enter your new life for me
Burning for the true day
I welcome your new life for me

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Maybe an ocean is found in a lake.
Maybe exceptions to this could be made.
But I’m swimming Lord, just to be saved…

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we'll go to peepshows and freak shows,
we'll go to discos, casinos,
we'll go where people go and let go

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In an ocean of noise
I first heard your voice
Now who here among us
Still believes in choice?
Not I!

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Hi time magazine hi pulitzer prize
Vulture stalked white piped lie forever
Wasted your life in black and white

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Tomorrow never comes until it's too late
Tomorrow never comes until it's too late
Make tomorrow come I think it's too late

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It's up to me now
Turn on the bright lights

miniChemical Brothers

In ciuda faptului ca am insistat in repetate randuri sa nu ajung la 22.00 acolo, am ajuns la 22.00 acolo. Si, surprice, era un taran gras care mixa el acolo super muzica. Pe la 23.00 a intrat altul, care n-avea maieu nike si parea ca se simta mult mai bine decat celalalt. Si pe la 00.00 cand deja eram intr-un soi de moarte clinica a intrat altul despre care nu stiu nimic pentru ca, dupa cum spuneam, eram in moarte clinica. Deci am supravietuit, oarecum, unei sesiuni imbecilizante de 3 ore de muzica MINIMAL. Am trecut prin mai multe stagii, prima a fost negarea (nu, nu se intampla asa ceva), dupa aia a fost uimirea (o, doamne, chiar se intampla asa ceva), a urmat depresia (eu nu mai suport sa se intample asa ceva), a urmat negocierea (va rog, va dau orice, nu vreau sa se mai intample asa ceva, opriti-va) si la sfarsit acceptarea (am pus-o). Adevaru e ca dupa atata timp de ascultat muzica aia si eu m-as fi apucat de droguri doar sa nu mai percep cu toate simturile ce se auzea. Probabil asa functioneaza la retardatii astia, se duc in cluburi si tre sa ia droguri ca sa poata sa reziste la muzica. E un sistem deosebit de muist, sa te puna sa asculti atata timp chestia aia pana te spala pe creier, devii tabula rasa, dupa aia orice muzica ar fi urmat ar fi sunat infinit mai bine decat zgomotul de dinainte, da' populatia se simtea bine, stateam pe scaun si ma uitam la ei, ceea ce parea a fi o armata de paraplegici dansand. Play minigolf, not minimal, ba muistilor.

Dupa experienta asta traumatizanta au aparut si chemical brothers care chiar au fost absolut excelenti si au reusit sa stearga amintirile sesiunii de brain washing, cu un spectacol de lumini net superior fatboy slim-ului si muse la un loc. Da' chiar nu mi se pare corect deloc sa trebuiasca sa treci prin toate incercarile alea ca sa-i asculti pe ei, c-ai dat deja banii pe bilet, da-o-n pizda ma-sii de treaba.

brett anderson si muse

Ma intreb de ce am stat la coada in picioare o ora juma in conditiile in care dupa ce am intrat gazonu A era destul de gol, la fel ca B-ul. Si dupa juma de ora era la fel. S-a umplut abia la Muse. Deci daca veneam la 8 stateam la fel de bine. Coada era destul de impresionanta, da' ma intreb totusi de ce a existat o singura intrare si de ce sunt atat de incompetenti oamenii astia la organizat orice. Si totul era intarziat cu o ora. Pesemne ca ce scria pe bilete si peste tot era la GMT+1 si nu stiam. In afara de asta, cat il asteptam pe domnu Brett Anderson si, apoi, pe Muse, au fost niste melodii destul de frumoase in playlist acolo. Au pus Love will tear us apart, au pus cel mai lent Interpol si alte chestii de care nu-mi aduc aminte. Brett Anderson a fost misto pe melodiile Suede, Saturday Night, de exemplu, a sunat f bine, da' melodiile lui erau oribile. Stateam acolo si ma uitam la el si ascultam si ma plictiseam ingrozitor, ceea ce mi-a futut un pic mood-ul. In fine, s-a terminat si Brett Anderson si dupa vreo juma de ora a inceput si Muse. Si pe scena era ceva acoperit cu o prelata (despre care s-a speculat ca e o dacie), s-a dovedit a fi un set de tobe mari si frumoase la care nu l-au lasat sa cante pe bateristul lui Brett Anderson. Oricum, Muse chiar a reusit sa faca un show excelent, baietii au cantat toate hiturile potrivite si au cantat tot ce voiam eu sa aud si nici nu indrazneam sa sper sa le aud pe toate Hysteria, Apocalypse Please, Feeling Good si Time is Running Out. Bine, voiam sa aud si Muscle Museum da' hai sa nu fiu lacom. Din pacate nu am putut sa savurez asa cum as fi vrut sa savurez toate chestiile astea, pt ca atunci cand a intrat Muse eu deja statusem de 3 ore juma in picioare si spatele meu zbiera disperat ca vrea sa se rupa in doua ca o scobitoare ca sa rezolve problema. Topaiam eu pe-acolo in timpul melodiilor si dupa aia ma cacam pe mine de durere si cand s-a termiant totu deja explodam ca a durat juma de ora pana am iesit. In fine, sunt foarte de cacat ca am probleme din-astea in momente atat de esentiale pentru mine, si sunt un mos, si tre sa ma duc sa fac fizioterapie. Da' a fost foarte frumos oricum.

ps poza e de pe subiectiv.ro ca e facuta de o persoana fizica si asa e frumos; pozele cu muse nu i-au iesit

the devil and daniel johnston

Alt documentar cu muzicieni nu foarte sanatosi. Asta are o abordare fix opusa lui "You're gonna miss me", ceea ce e minunat. Daniel Johnston e privit cu o admiratie autentica, nu e impuns cu batu sa vada cum reactioneaza nebunu. Ba regizoru e chiar un pic timid cu interviurile cu el, sunt foarte putine, cu el in prezent, in rest foloseste foarte mult casetele pe care si le tot inregistra el care erau un soi de jurnal audio. Oricum, Daniel Johnston este unul dintre cei mai underrated genii in materie de muzica. Uneori nu canta foarte bine, da' ce scrie, in materie de muzica si versuri e monumental. Si si cand canta bine te pui in genunchi si zici multumesc Daniel Johnston. Tipu nu a facut niciodata vreun efort in a-si face marketing, minus o vizita la o emisiune MTV unde a aparut pur si simplu, cand lumea inca nu stia de el. Si dupa aia casetele lui au circulat din mana-n mana. Si dupa aia a inceput Kurt Cobain sa poarte tricou cu Hi How Are You si etc. a capatat o oaresicare notorietate in business, da' niciodata mainstream. Si prin 2004 s-a facut un cover album dupa piesele lui numit The Late Great Daniel Johnston si Tom Waits are o interpretare foarte... cabaret-psihedelica, asa. E o poveste foarte cinematografica, asta a lui, incepand cu dragostea vietii lui cu care n-a fost niciodata si terminandu-se cu internarile lui repetate in spital. Si ma bucur foarte tare ca s-a facut un film bun despre el.

Death Scream
Having dreams about you
I want to scream about you
I’m having dreams about you
I want to scream about you

Everything you’ve done
You were the girl who seemed to own the world
Everything was about you

I took a chance to call you my own
I didn’t know a thing about you
I though you could love
What a fool I was

It was going on
I was just singing my songs
There was something mad about you

I took it wrong
You liked my song
Why couldn’t I have you

A crazy dream you done me wrong
You left me long
I couldn’t stand a chance with out you
You said that love was dead and in my head
I just couldn’t believe it

And on the phone you said
You never knew me at all
You never knew me at all

I thought there was love
What a fool I was

And everything was in hyper-jinx
Just like an old time movie

You don’t understand
Can’t comprehend

I guess it doesn’t really matter
And every dream a nightmare
And nothing really matters

I thought I was Loved
What a fool I was

Having dreams about you
Having dreams about you
Having dreams about you
Having dreams about you

playlist 101 #002

We might die from medication, but we sure killed all the pain
But what was normal in the evening, by the morning seems insane.

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I was going to let you down
I was kidding myself
Oh how I paid for past mistakes
how blessed is the flesh that breaks

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You're so sudden and sweet
All legs, knuckle, knees
Head's blown clean off
Your mouth's paid off

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I've slept for two days
I've bathed in nothing but sweat
And I've made hallways scenes for things to regret.
My friends they come.
And the lines they go by

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I know its gonna make it better
Just know its gonna make it better
We can hold the light of grace
Instead we flake and choose to lose

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In the evening it gets better,
and she thinks how it's not right,
that someone so stupid,
can so easily screw up your life.

-

Zei nebuni si documentaristi muisti

You're gonna miss me e un documentar despre Roky Erickson, parintele rockului psihedelic care a dus o viata cat se poate de tumultuoasa. Un super junkie in tinerete, de la iarba la heroina, cu 300 de doze de LSD on the record, a pledat pentru nebunie (asa se spune in romana?) cand l-au prins cu iarba si l-au trimis intr-un spital de nebuni - unde n-avea ce cauta - alaturi de criminali, violatori de copii si restu gastii, unde i s-au administrat electrosocuri si medicamente cretine timp de 2 ani. S-a constatat acolo ca are schizofrenie. Am o ura viscerala fata de americani si de oameni in general in momentu asta.

Povestea asta, desi teoretic documentarul este despre viata lui, o cam neglijeaza filmul de fata, adica o bifeaza asa in trecere, pt ca vorbeste 90% despre familia disfunctionala a lui Erickson, cu 4 frati si o mama usor dementa care nu voia sa-i administreze medicamentele necesare. Pe mine m-a scarbit filmul asta pt ca mi se pare super invaziv, manipulativ, isi exploateaza personajele si e pur si simplu condescendent (cel putin in prima jumatate). Nu stiu daca regizoru a intentionat sa faca filmul asa, sau e pur si simplu imbecil, da' a iesit fix gen hai sa impungem nebunul cu un bat sa vedem cu reactioneaza. Probabil ma-sa a fost platita o gramada ca sa faca o gramada de lucruri, mi s-a facut greata.

Oricum, dupa ce vreo 15-20 de ani a stat pur si simplu ca o leguma, cel mai mic frate al lui a dat-o-n judecata pe ma-sa pt "custodie" si a obtinut-o si a reusit sa-l reabiliteze cat de cat avand ca rezultat o revenire partiala a lui. Acum da niste concerte prin lume.

Ce e mai jos e o chestie pe care a scris-o Erickson in varful dezintegrarii lui in 1986. N-am gasit-o in alta parte pe net. N-am uitat de semnele de punctuatie ci am transcris cam cum spune el - totul, asa, dintr-o suflare. Unele chestii nu prea au sens.

I know the hole in baby's head

"I know the hole in baby's head. I know the hole in baby's head. I know the hole in baby's head. I know the hole in baby's head. I lived together with my family in an old house. I have a big family I have lots of brothers and lots of sisters I have lots of baby brothers and sisters all over the house crying crawling screaming playing in dangerous areas moaning and wailing like dirty disarrayed toys they fall down a lot. My mother and father fight all the time my mother leaves the house dirty all the time always feeding the babies always leaving the babies crying and screaming while she cries all the time. And then she looks up from the bed screaming at the top of her lungs hoping someone understands her. My father was always extremely real introverted always coming in and out of the house night and day and never speakin to anyone never speakin to no one and never speakin to anyone. I like to think everything is alright in my old house in my old dark house but i know it isn't. I've always had bad feelings about all the garbage and dirt and darkness and spider webs and bad smells and bad feelings - scare you. Then as more time went on i started thinking that maybe there could be weird things that could lay dormant in the old darkness of the old dark house so i try to think what these things could be. Then i got to thinking that maybe something had happened something more than that they couldn't talk about. Something that they were too stupid to understand and something they were too quiet of to be knowing of that it was bad. And they just carried on their everyday life unthinking of anything different. What's happening?

Oh my God. I know the hole in baby's head."

- Roky Erickson

here they come

In premiera pe net.

Mondays shine, yes
And tuesdays ring
While the days that go by baby
Like a sundown train
Well it’s funny thinking
You won’t ever call my name

Here comes lonely
Here come the blues

Well the words they won’t come babe
You know my tongue is cold
While there’s nothing new blue lady
I’ll walk it off
Yes, the deal has gone down
And i’d just better fold

Here comes lonely
Here come the blues

You know the sun has run down
You know he’s gone out to hide
Yes and now i’m walking, a midnight ride
Just me, the good time Charlie,
I’m a suicide

Here comes lonely
Here come the blues

Well thursday’s dry
Yes and friday’s just the same
Maybe come down blue monday
I will grab the breaks again
Cause no bottle of pills, baby
Can kill this pain

Here comes lonely
Here come the blues
Here comes lonely
Here come the blues

tell that midnight rider

Un omagiu. Foarte multi oameni. Cei mai importanti (nu stiu ce dracu cauta muisti gen Justin Timberlake si Jay-Z aici): Iggy Pop,Kris Kristofferson, Terrence Howard, Dennis Hopper(!), Woody Harrelson, Keith Richards,Johnny Depp (!)

best si de fapt worst

niste topuri in concordanta cu starea actuala

muzica 2006 (nu legat de chestii aparute in 2006 ci chestii ascultate in 2006)

album - Sinead O'Connor - The Lion and the Cobra
revelatie - Tim Buckley
melodie - Radiohead - Let Down, runner-up James - Pleased To Meet You
melodie proprie suicidara - Joy Division - Decades
classics - Pixies
indie stuff - Jack The Ripper
melodie de baut pe - Tom Waits - Russian Dance
nostalgica - Fantino sau Jack The Ripper - In A Bar with Billy Kunt
dezamagire - albumele solo Stuart Staples
despre prietenie - Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
uber electronic stuff - Izolee
zgomotos-rationala trupa - !Forward, Russia!
lunga melodie buna - Tim Buckley - Goodbye and Hello (8:42)
sex soundtrack - Radiohead - Talk Show Host
versuri - "We knocked on the doors of hells darker chamber,
Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in"

filme 2006

in esenta, care cele mai relevante si importante Double Indemnity, Brick si Dead Man's Shoes

Deci nimic nu e asa cum ar trebui sa fie. I'll never smile again.

playlist 101 #001

mi-a venit ideea sa fac o data pe saptamana sau o data la doua saptamani sau cand am
chef un best of lyrics din playlistul curent. Here goes

For a loser, no one can touch him
Hes out slipping through jesus hands
-amc

i'm shaking awful,
i'm shaking, asshole
and where's the remote?

si

christmas time is coming
and over approaching
we've been drinking, pardon

si

well i like to think i'm the mess you'd wear with pride
like some empty dress on the bed you laid out for tonight
maybe i'll tell you sometime.
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C'mon let's waste another thousand years
Sitting around your kitchen table
-tot amc

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead
- dylan

So here's hoping I will not drown
Or paralyze in light
And godsend I don't want to go
To the seal's watershed
- antony & the j

the end is not near
it's here