Sonic Meme Experiment
Oops, I nearly dropped this meme baton that was passed on to me a few days ago by Miss K.
5 songs I'm diggin' this week:
"Starman" sung by Seu Jorge from The Original Soundtrack CD for "The Life Aquatic"
I recently watched and really enjoyed Wes Anderson's film comedy "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". Part of the films appeal for me was it's soundtrack. I loved the jaunty jazz numbers that gave Bill Murray's aquatic documentaries in the film an authentically Cousteau-esque feel, and the bare-bones electronica used in the action sequences. Wes also cast Seu Jorge as an guitar-playing sailor with a remarkable repertoire of Bowie numbers, all sung entirely in Portuguese! There's something very pure about listening to a Bowie piece like Starman played completely acoustically and with a unintelligible lyric.
"Sleeping in" by The Postal Service from their album "Give Up"
I don't know too much about these guys other than like a lot of my fave groups there were brought to my attention by my brother, who is the muso of the family. Their sound is best described as a laid-back breezy synth-based Pet Shop Boys. I love the lyrics to the track "Sleeping in": "Last night I had that strange dream / Where everything was exactly how it seemed / Where concerns about the world getting warmer / The people thought they were just being rewarded / For treating others as they'd like to be treated / For obeying stop signs and curing diseases / For mailing letters with the address of the sender / Now we can swim any day in November."
There's an appealing naivety of the idea that global warming is a reward for being nice people, so that we can go swimming even in November.
"Wheels On Fire" by The Magic Numbers
A great track from their eponymous first album, and not as you might have thought a cover of the Siouxsie and the Banshee's song. I was going to buy this on iTunes but I'd become increasingly frustrated by their refusal to list the full album, so I went out and bought the CD instead!
"Jessica" by They Might Be Giants from their EP "Why Does the Sun Shine?
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I've been in love with the Two Johns since I heard John Peel play "Birdhouse in Your Soul" as a teenager (JP's verdict: "any band who can get the word "filibuster" into a song has to be good") and while I own all their albums, this EP track had passed me by until recently. It's a cover of The Allman Brother's track (that everyone knows best as "The Top Gear Music"), re-done in a polka style, and it's TMBG at their irreverent best!
"The Book of Right-On" by Joanna Newsom on her album "The Milk-Eyed Mender
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I first heard this on Jools Holland's show and was entranced by this elfin girl with the Bjork-esque voice accompanying herself with enormous skill on the harp. The CD has been knocking about in my car ever since.
How about you Kat, Jane, Jessica, Joanna and Siobhan?
5 songs I'm diggin' this week:
"Starman" sung by Seu Jorge from The Original Soundtrack CD for "The Life Aquatic"
I recently watched and really enjoyed Wes Anderson's film comedy "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". Part of the films appeal for me was it's soundtrack. I loved the jaunty jazz numbers that gave Bill Murray's aquatic documentaries in the film an authentically Cousteau-esque feel, and the bare-bones electronica used in the action sequences. Wes also cast Seu Jorge as an guitar-playing sailor with a remarkable repertoire of Bowie numbers, all sung entirely in Portuguese! There's something very pure about listening to a Bowie piece like Starman played completely acoustically and with a unintelligible lyric.
"Sleeping in" by The Postal Service from their album "Give Up"
I don't know too much about these guys other than like a lot of my fave groups there were brought to my attention by my brother, who is the muso of the family. Their sound is best described as a laid-back breezy synth-based Pet Shop Boys. I love the lyrics to the track "Sleeping in": "Last night I had that strange dream / Where everything was exactly how it seemed / Where concerns about the world getting warmer / The people thought they were just being rewarded / For treating others as they'd like to be treated / For obeying stop signs and curing diseases / For mailing letters with the address of the sender / Now we can swim any day in November."
There's an appealing naivety of the idea that global warming is a reward for being nice people, so that we can go swimming even in November.
"Wheels On Fire" by The Magic Numbers
A great track from their eponymous first album, and not as you might have thought a cover of the Siouxsie and the Banshee's song. I was going to buy this on iTunes but I'd become increasingly frustrated by their refusal to list the full album, so I went out and bought the CD instead!
"Jessica" by They Might Be Giants from their EP "Why Does the Sun Shine?
"I've been in love with the Two Johns since I heard John Peel play "Birdhouse in Your Soul" as a teenager (JP's verdict: "any band who can get the word "filibuster" into a song has to be good") and while I own all their albums, this EP track had passed me by until recently. It's a cover of The Allman Brother's track (that everyone knows best as "The Top Gear Music"), re-done in a polka style, and it's TMBG at their irreverent best!
"The Book of Right-On" by Joanna Newsom on her album "The Milk-Eyed Mender
"I first heard this on Jools Holland's show and was entranced by this elfin girl with the Bjork-esque voice accompanying herself with enormous skill on the harp. The CD has been knocking about in my car ever since.
How about you Kat, Jane, Jessica, Joanna and Siobhan?
Flower of Scotland (2-1 anyone :D), the Radio 4 theme tune, the theme tune to The Archers, Dambusters March and the Muppets Theme tune.
I guess that's not quite what you want ;-)
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