Rest in piece Richard...
You were always the atmosphere in Pink Floyd's music.
"He was gentle, unassuming and private but his soulful voice and playing were vital, magical components of our most recognised Pink Floyd sound."
- David Gilmour
I know what most of you think about R.E.M. "They where great back then..." riiiiiight.
I must admit that I wasn't a big fan of "Around the Sun", BUT they always had little gems in their not-so-great albums.
So I don't want to hear more about it. They are masters of their kind.
Thanks Ourania for the heads up!
La Ritournelle (the only love song)
Oh nothing's going to change my love for you
I wanna spend my life with you
So we make love on the grass under the moon
No one call tell, damned if I do
Forever journey on golden avenues
I drift in your eyes since I love you
I got that beat in my veins for only rule
Love is to share, mine is for you
Pet Shop Boys in their greatest
Speaking of PSB, my all time favourite is Heart, with Ian McKellen as the vampire in the excellent video
I've seen Neil Tennant in Chelsea; I'm a happy bunny on the Pet Shop Boys front... ;)
to when you were 15 and madly in-love with the most beautiful girl you've met and were rejected under the sounds of it. Then to the cassette my good friend Giannis P. made me with it who I've now lost track of. And then later Manolis (his artistic alias) who had it on CD, and then who knows...
Liquid - One Love Family
Another great song of theirs... Sweet Harmony
Moby busks in Sloane Square.
I could have been there, as it is close to where I'm staying at the moment! Unfortunately, I only read about it the next day...
One of my favourite songs of all time, Carry on my wayward son by Kansas, in an excellent performance!
Goodbye... geeky mate...
Goodbye... geeky mate...
Everyday I look around 6 Russell Road
there you were, your head down on your books
and your books down to the floor
Geeky mate goodbye... goodbye...
Now that you are gone I'll never see you here for geeky talk
Wish you knew how much I loved prozund and your cod
Geeky mate goodbye... goodbye...
Geeky geeky geeky geeky (x4)
Matey matey matey matey (x4)
Geeky mate goodbye... goodbye!
We had some quick mice but they died...
I like custard pie!
Geeky geeky geeky geeky (x4)
Matey matey matey matey (x4)
Geeky mate...
I'll never get, I'll never get to drink with you
I'll never get to hear another whiney γκρινια again with you
I'll never get to get to let you know how much I'll miss you now
I'll never get to have another proper friday dinner with ya...
He'll never get, he'll never get, he'll never get to say
hop like a matey gotta going on I wanna see you air-spanking that botttttttoooootom
see get none to the break of dawn askdjskdjaskd with skyping on!
Goodbye...
Sweet Smoke - Just a poke.
1 LP, 2 songs. Children of the flowers, experimenting with all sorts of music and dreaming of a better tomorrow... This is one of my favourite records that I heard because of my uncles' arcane and weird LP collection... Enjoy!
At last, the new Radiohead album is here; its name, In Rainbows.
I've been waiting 4 years for this!
Now, the catch. There are two editions. The one is the boxed version for £40 (60E)!!!! And the catch is, it contains 2 CDs and Vinyl versions of the album.
When I saw that I was a bit pissed off! I want a physical entity, but this amount is way too much! Did Radiohead sell out?
That was of course until I saw the second option... Radiohead lets fans price new CD. Yep, they request that you pay what you think the music is worth, with a minimum of 46pence (around 80cents)!!!!!!. Unfortunately only 1CD will be available as a download...
I can just hear the cynics... "Yeah... Radiohead have so much money, all of this goes directly to their pockets..." and stuff like that. And this idea has been around in stores such as Magnatune.
WHO THE HELL CARES! When the greatest rock band in the world does something like this, it is the definitive sign of things to come. Signs of social revolution. It has started...
Nine Inch Nails tells fans to pirate
This makes them awesomely cool.
Anyone has a CD of theirs I can... borrow?
I bought Zeitgeist by the (new) Smashing Pumpkins at the same time with War Stories by Unkle but I was a bit skeptical about blogging about it immediately.
It was mainly the fact that two out of the four original members, James and D' Arcy were not part of the reunion, a fact that alienated many more fans. The truth though is that D'Arcy hasn't been in the public eye since the Pumpkins' reunion and James, well... (as Corgan says) he allegedly didn't even say goodbye to the others when they parted after their last show in 2000.
But enough about this; it's all about the record, Zeitgeist. In the beginning I thought it was a little blunt but after a lot of listening, I have now reached the conclusion that it is really a very strong record. Technically, it was supposed to be a re-introduction of the Pumpkins to the new masses as Billy said in their YouTube channel, SmashingPumpkinsMilitia. This automatically meant that they wouldn't really introduce something new in their material. That was a little bit worrying for me seeing that TheFutureEmbrace, Corgan's solo album, didn't impress me that much. But Zeitgeist is not TheFutureEmbrace, and thank God, it's better than MACHINA!
It rocks... Jimmy proved that he's the best drummer I know in modern rock bands, the new members seem to have integrated extremely well and Billy is in form. Some songs though, luck the power he once commanded. For example, "United States" which is fantastic musically, looses a lot of it's power in its chorus and his performance lets down the song. Still, my personal favourites is "Neverlost" and "7 Shades of Black". I know many people said that they are not relevant as they used to, but WHO CARES? They rock, HARD.
I also saw them play in the BBC live in the Leeds & Reading Festival. They were pretty good, Jimmy was amazingly cool considering his drumming but Billy missed some guitar solos. All in all, I wanted to be there too!
They were also supposed to go to Athens too, but given the fires their show was canceled. But as Ginger says in Billy's blog, they enjoyed the Parthenon and some even went to Delphi and they were really impressed! The photo of Billy in the Ancient Agora is priceless ;). I hope to see them live one day, they are one of my favourite bands that I wasn't able to see live, not even in 1997 when they came to Athens and I was preparing to give an exam on Thermodynamics... Lame...
I WANT TO SEE THEM LIVE!
Simply amazing. Not as experimental as the previous two albums, but a really good listen!
Have a look at the first single's video clip, Burn my Shadow
I knew of its existance for a while but have never seen it.
This is the the song that REM/2 + U2/2 performed as Automatic Baby
Following the multiple requests from various people, I give you bad quality James (W880i camera be damned!)
Come Home (beginning)
You can hear the (greek) commentary :P and ulirg's shouts.
Getting Away With It (all messed up)
Of course, if you're greek in London you'd probably been there also :P
You can find a review for that night here. It was a night with great music and great company. I had much needed fun!
(W880i CAMERA BE DAMNED!)
