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live @ Conan O'Brien 2007.10.04
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Everybody's Got A Collection

1900s' (not 1990s) new album Cold & Kind is quite good.Many songs are catchy and beautiful(like 'The Medium Way' and 'When I Say Go').A very decent album!

MP3: The 1900s-Everybody's Got A Collection

Little Motel

Modest Mouse's new video 'Little Motel' from the great album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank



download link: Modest Mouse-Little Motel
(from prettymuchamazing.com)

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收到了這麼一封White Stripes的newsletter:

To: White Stripes Fans
Subject: ?
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:08:25 -0700
From: "The White Stripes newsletter team"

"The tricks of today are the truths of tomorrow." - Man Ray

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沒想到他們竟然在賣"照相機"!

Sigur Rós - Heima

Sigur Rós live DVD/companion album 'Heima'
out in November!

What everyone's talking about....

What everyone's talking about....Radiohead's new album--
In Rainbows.
Radiohead的音樂從來就不是那麼容易讓人一見鐘情的,但光是第一次的初聽你就可以略見其中的精彩與美麗.在聽了好幾遍專輯還有好幾百人的review之後,here's my thoughts for the first few listen:

'15 Step'的beat讓我想到Kid A裡頭的'Idioteque',也是目前專輯中我最喜歡的一首.
'Bodysnatchers'模糊的吉他爆音還有乎遠乎近的vocal,Thom幾近哭喊的尖銳唱腔,讓Bodysnatchers在15 Step給的溫存之後成為了一首侵略性十足的歌曲.
'Nude'這首歌,更讓我感謝上帝創造了Thom的聲音,能聽到他的歌聲是我這輩子無法再擁有的奢侈;'Nude'有穩定的base,加上強勢的弦樂還有Johnny式的吉他風格,我被帶到了Radiohead的現在 /過去/還有未來.
'Weird Fishes/Arpeggi',不同於之前的demo還有live版本的Arpeggi,專輯版用了很簡單但也有點複雜的編曲.光看歌詞字面上的含意 這首歌好像是情歌,但卻不住讓我想到Thom對於社會還有政府的不滿.
'All I Need'它好像是甜蜜卻又黏膩的愛情,“I’m just an insect/ trying to get out of the light.”每一個鋼琴的音符都像打擊在我的心上,曲末Thom的哀鳴在聽下一首歌時都還在我的腦海中迴盪不去...
'Faust Arp'木吉他加上乾淨的弦樂,'Faust Arp'並不是大家所想的是首instrumental,不過它卻可以造成同樣的作用,把我的心思放在了接下來Thom所要說的故事.
'Reckoner'承接了'Faust Arp'帶的氛圍,也許'Faust Arp'的美讓我對'Reckoner'有些過度的期待,but it turns out to be just a good work,not too much surprises.
'House Of Cards'是另一首專輯中特別突出的作品,Thom的vocal像那種陰天時會出現在淡水的薄霧,看似無害卻靜靜的切割著人們的身體.
'Jigsaw Falling Into Place' might be the most 'radio-friendly' song,"The beat goes round and round." so do the sound of this song.
'Videotape'的錄音室版;低迷憂鬱的鋼琴旋律不停的重複,跳動抽蓄的節奏慢慢加入,當好像要被被拉扯到了極限時,它停了.
In Rainbows就這樣結束了.這是我心目中最完美的Radiohead,我已經不能期待的更多.

MP3: Radiohead-15 Step
MP3: Radiohead-House of Cards
(from:kids pushing kids)


cheers

Poupee de Cire Poupee de Son

Arcade Fire/LCD Soundsystem的合作單曲,收了2007 U.S. tour的新曲還有很棒的Joy Divison翻唱!classic!

MP3: Arcade Fire-Poupee de Cire Poupee de Son
MP3: LCD Soundsystem-No Love Lost


from:Modern Music

Hell No

挪威歌手Sondre Lerche在電影Dan In Real Life的原聲帶中一首與Regina Spektor合唱的Hell No,在他之前嘗試過jazz與rock等多元曲風後回到了他很適合的folk pop,他們的合作聽來很協調,也讓我對Sondre Lerche更多些好感了!

MP3: Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor-Hell No

Nothing's gonna change my world.

由Frida的導演Julie Taymor的原著故事所改編的音樂電影Across The Universe,早在知道有這部片的拍攝計畫時許多人就已經很興奮了,光是音樂演出的陣容就讓我覺得"非看不可"!
故事的主角是一位在1960年代從英國利物浦到美國紐約的青年Jude,他到了美國後與室友Max的妹妹Lucy相戀;但就在Max被送去參與越戰之後,Lucy強烈的反戰立場與Jude對政治漠不關心的態度使兩人的關係出現問題.

如果對Beatles的歌有些了解的人應該可以看出此片與Beatles的關聯;除了電影標題之外,Max/Jude/Lucy都是Beatles歌曲中的人物;全片也使用了Beatles的歌串連,讓每個角色還有客串的大明星們在像是化身成為了歌中的人物一樣唱出了Beatles歌曲的原始感情--這點讓我不得不佩服的.
除了幾位主角之外,Across The Universe也有幾位明星與歌手的客串;Bono飾演充滿迷幻感的Dr. Robert,Eddie Izzard則是馬戲團中的Mr. Kite,Slama Hayke與Joe Cocker都一人分飾多角演出.

當然除了劇情之外最重要的就是音樂了,此片每一首所使用的Beatles歌曲除了劇中演員Evan Rachel Wood 與Jim Sturgess等人的翻唱之外,Bono與Joe Cocker也特別為了他們客串的角色翻唱了I Am The Walrus還有Come Together等歌曲.



The 16-track single-disc soundtrack album:

1. "All My Loving" Performed by Jim Sturgess
2. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" Performed by T. V. Carpio
3. "It Won't Be Long" Performed by Evan Rachel Wood
4. "I've Just Seen a Face" Performed by Jim Sturgess
5. "Let It Be" Performed by Carol Woods and Timothy T. Mitchum
6. "Come Together" Performed by Joe Cocker
7. "I Am the Walrus" Performed by Bono and Secret Machines
8. "Something" Performed by Jim Sturgess
9. "Oh! Darling" Performed by Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy
10. "Strawberry Fields Forever" Performed by Jim Sturgess and Joe Anderson
11. "Across the Universe" Performed by Jim Sturgess
12. "Helter Skelter" Performed by Dana Fuchs
13. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" Performed by Joe Anderson
14. "Blackbird" Performed by Evan Rachel Wood
15. "Hey Jude" Performed by Joe Anderson
16. "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" Performed by Bono (Background Vocals by The Edge)

Trailer:



(from the soundtrack)
MP3: Bono-Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
MP3: Bono-I Am The Walrus
MP3: Joe Cocker-Come Together
MP3: Evan Rachel Wood-Blackbird
MP3: Jim Sturgess-Across The Universe

(from original Beatles albums)
MP3: The Beatles-Across The Universe
MP3: The Beatles-Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
MP3: The Beatles-Balckbird/Yesterday



cheers!

Regina Spektor - Better

one of my favorite female singer of all time!Regina Spektor's new single 'Better' is my favorite song in the album Begin To Hope.

Regina Spektor - Better

Iran So Far

Saturday Night Live團隊中的新一代偶像(or not)Andy Samberg,繼去年和Justin Timberlake合作而大紅的搞笑短片"Dick In a Box"之後,上周他則是用了伊朗總統Mahmoud Ahmadinejad到紐約這件事推出了新的短片.
這部短片抓住了Ahmadinejad說"伊朗沒有同性戀"的說法.Andy Samberg則飾演一位看電視後就愛上Ahmadinejad的人;短片除了找個與Ahmadinejad相似的演員外,還有大明星 Jake Gyllenhaal 的客串與Maroon 5主唱Adam Levine的合唱!


其實歌還挺好聽的,詞就真的是太好笑了!一直傾訴他對Ahmadinejad的感情,還講到很露骨的部份.最後還要幫Ahmadinejad解釋道:
"伊朗沒有同性戀,不過你現在在紐約阿,寶貝;stop hating and start living!"


Iran So Far

They say true love comes only once in a lifetime
And even though we’re from opposite ends of the earth
My heart tells me you’re the one for me

Mahmoud, I remember when it started, saw you on the news
You hating gays, I was eating food
I was feeling you, and even though I disagree with almost everything you said
You ain’t wrong to me, so strong to me, you belong to me
Like a very hairy Jake Gyllenhaal to me
Mahmoud, make my heart beating out of my chest
my mind says no but my body says yes
You ain’t no threat, the only threat I see, is the threat of you not coming h\
ome to me
Our love for each other is like when atoms collide
Can’t express how I feel, and yo Adam let’s ride

And Iran, Iran so far away is your home, but in my heart you’ll stay

He ran, for the president of Iran
We ran together to a tropical island
My man, Mahmoud is known for violence
Smiling, if he can still do it then I can
They call you weasel, they say your methods are medieval
You can play the Jews, I can be your Jim Caviezel

S&M, when we’re wrestlin’
You can be the port that I put my vessel in
So I try to but you can still see me
With your sleepy brown eyes, butter pecan thighs
And your hairy butt… Yeah.

And Iran, Iran so far away
Come home, and in my arms you’ll stay
Used to look at the stars and dream
Around the world the same stars we’re seeing
And a twinkle in your eyes Mahmoud

Talk smooth to me, in the night sky
With you pants high waisted, damn so fly
We can take a trip to the animal zoo
And laugh at all the funny things that animals do
Like Eugene, you got me straight trippin’ boo
Hope you look at my eyes and say I’m trippin’ too
You say (?) but they already do
You should know by now, it’s you

You crazy for this world Mahmoud
So give us another Holocaust all you want
But you can’t deny that there’s something between us
I know you say there’s no gays in Iran
But you’re in New York now baby
So time to stop hating and start living

The Poison Control Center

美國Iowa的powerpop樂團The Poison Control Center帶點神精質的編曲還有可愛的歌詞讓他們的音樂很輕易的就獲得我的注意.甫發行他們第一張專輯The Collage of Impressions,裡頭許多首catchy又朝氣十足的歌聽來很舒適,聽說他們現場演出的power slides更是讓人沉醉!

MP3: The Poison Control Center-Make Love a Star (推薦)
MP3: The Poison Control Center-Driving
MP3: The Poison Control Center-Blood To Paint

2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees

Rolling Stone網站登出了2008 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 的提名名單:

Madonna,
the Beastie Boys,
the Dave Clark Five,
Leonard Cohen,
Afrika Bambaataa,
John Mellencamp,
the Ventures,
Donna Summer,
Chic


最終會有5個正式進入Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

Babyshambles-French Dog Blues

Babyshambles' new song 'French Dog Blues'
nice tunes,hope i'm right about the new album:)

Rogue Wave Live@Late Night With Conan O'Brien

Rogue Wave Live@Late Night With Conan O'Brien
Lake Michigan