#FlashbackSunday - Serge Gainsbourg "L'Anamour "

Acabo de hacer un post de Charlotte Gainsbourg en mi otro blog y me sentí yeyé por un momento así que me tomé un momento para recordar a Serge Gainsbourg <3

Some on The Walking Dead

So last night I saw TS 19 episode of The walking dead, and not only this series is amazing but the best thing of this episode, to put things interesting is a very dramatic explosion, leaving one of the cast members behind respecting the desire to die when there is nothing shore in front of you...and to complete the dramatic ending, the live version of Tomorrow Is A Long Time song by Bob Dylan, just the perfect song for a perfect episode.

This song was covered by Elvis Priestley, and Bob Dylan once said that that cover was his favourite cover that someone ever made of one of his songs...Talk about a song in the history of music, made by Bob Dylan and singed by Elvis, two of the truly greatest in the history.

Not everyone that covers Dylan does it well, people that cover him tend to try and sing like him and its hard to picture one of his songs singed differently, that was the truly thing about Elvis, he maybe never made a truly great song of his own, but he sure knew how to do everyone else’s his own way.

Here's to dead, and Elvis! Cheers ;-)



P.S: The Bob Dylan version is not on youtube or anywhere, you can find it in his Greatest Hits Vol. II or watch the episode to listen to it.

Stream: Noah & The Whale "Wild Thing"

Stream the new song of Noah & The Whale "Wild Thing". They sound different, and it's not necessarily a bad thing but is not better than the previous stuff...For now...

Woods "Til the Sun Rips"

At Echo Lake is the second LP of Woods, and they mix a bunch of sounds with easy going acoustic stuff, they are really amazing. The first single was "Death Rattles" and it has become one of my favourite songs of this year, but this is not about this song, is about the new single and video "Til the Sun Rips". Watch it / hear it / love it

Woods- "Til the Sun Rips" music video from Jon Casey on Vimeo.

Calexico "Feast Of Wire" (Reissue)

A thing about this amazing 2003 LP reissue is that the secund CD has Remixes by Jazznova, Gotan Project and The Cinematic Orchestra!, and also it really is a truly great LP, is never a bad thing to look back on works of this kid of amazing bands.

Also, the Hot Rail LP was remastered as well, two good Reissues of the week

Enjoy!

#FlashbackSunday - Mary Hopkins "Those Were The Days"

I think today I will start a new category of posts in my blog...it will be called Flashback Sunday :-) Here you will find music of any kind, because I figure that is important to pay respect to the history of music that evolved on to whatever amazing music we have today. I'll start with one of my favourite songs of all time and the YouTube kind of karaoke video. I mean, really...listen/read the lyrics to this song and tell me if isn't amazing! I always quote from this song "Oh! My friend, we're older but no wiser".

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I love films that have a little bit of indie production, cute people, a little bit of fashion, art, music, summer, love and sex...I mean...Who doesn't?...Thank God we have yet another movie about this and I want to see it (of course...if it ever comes to theatre in Venezuela...if not...thank God we have illegal downloading...is the consequence of letting underdeveloped countries out of the picture ^^)

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HIV / Aids "Dark Was The Night"

One of the dearest family members I've ever had was mu cousin Gullermo; a medicine student at U.D.O (Universidad De Oriente) here in Venezuela. He was a very organized and in control guy that had a gay closet issue that made him rush into casual sex rather than accepting who he was and try to find a good relationship that could balance his care and love for the family and his needs as a gay human being. There is a lot of that part of my cousin that we'll never know, he lived two lives and one aspects of that life led him to unprotected sex and got transmitted HIV.

He studied medicine, so he did not tell anyone in the family and everyone loved him, I'm sure that if he had told the truth there would have been lots of prejudice and ignorance and rejection surrounding the issue and his life could have been miserable for a while, but just maybe we could've helped him as well, the thing is that he died some years ago and I never knew the real story until I was a grown up.

My dad loved my cousin Guillermo, and my little brother was born after his death, so he named him Guillermo as well.

My cousin was my father's pride and joy and he was mistaken thinking that if my family knew the reality of his life he wouldn't find people that loved him; instead the secret hurt more than the reality ever did.

Days like today celebrate aids awareness, and for me it's not only important to find help if you have aids, but it's also an opportunity to let know that no matter what, even if a bunch of people around you leave you alone and make your existence a little bit more miserable than it is, there are also people who will stick around and help you out and a bunch of new people that will help you overcome and become stronger.

Today aids is not a death sentence and for my cousin, being gay it was not going to be the end of the world, and all the family that loved him without knowing who he was still love him and some of us regret never having the chance to love him for who he really was.

Last year, a bunch of artists put together an amazing album that got out almost like a concept album; some of my favourite singers / songwriters and bands took a part in this album and also made it to raise awareness in the world, awareness is not only learning how not to get it, but also knowing that its not the end of the world and if someone near you has this virus you can and should still love and support him or her. This album was called "Dark Was The Night", and it’s for those of us who have seen amazing people die alone because of this terrible disease, we are the help that brings light to those who live in darkness.

Awareness is a mix of prevention, tolerance, acceptance and love.

Today "Dark Was The Night" have raised over 1 million dollars to create awareness, and not only I love the concept behind this amazing album, it’s also one of my favourite albums of all time. The guys from "The National" put together amazing people in this initiative and made beauty out of it.

The National - Dark Was the Night from Nathanaël Le Scouarnec on Vimeo.

This post's intention was to talk a little bit about this with all of you guys and share a little bit of this album and my close relationship with this virus, and also say that someday we shall overcome.