Showing posts with label Mixtape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mixtape. Show all posts

Saturday, 7 May 2011

I Will Follow (7 Days, 7 Songs Series)


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On Every Sunday, I'll Publish (Hoping I'll make it happen for a while...), A set of 7 songs, each for a day, All songs will be connected to each other by one issue which they give it different perspective. So Here It Goes, This week issue is Following (last Week, The Mixtape was about Morning)

Sunday: Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Today it's the memorial day in Israel so I couldn't find other song than I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Youtube, Lyrics), Which appears on Plans (2005), thier Sixth studio album. This is an acoustic Ballad preformed by frontman Ben Gibbard who sings: "Love of mine some day you will die But I'll be close behind I'll follow you into the dark", How Romantic.

Monday: The Twilight Singers - Follow You Down

Follow You Down (Youtube, Lyrics) is taken from the second album of The Twilight Singers called Blackberry Belle (2003). I didn't know that the album was a tribute to Ted Demme (The Director of "Blow"), a close friend of Greg Dulli who died suddenly while playing basketball. The result is a sad album from which I find this one as the most inspiring. 

Tuesday: Lykke Li - I Follow Rivers

Lykke Li is a young Swedish Indie singer named Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson (Wowww). From her second album, Wounded Rhymes (2011), I've chosen her second single, I Follow Rivers (Youtube, Lyrics) that's got a bit of African spirit with light Electronics. Seems we'll hear a lot more from this talented woman. 

Wednesday: U2 - I Will Follow

Going back to the early 80's, where we find a young band from Dublin, which we'll become one of the world greatest bands by the next decade. On their first album, Boy (1980), U2 were a fresh Irish band which sung simple rock songs like this one, I will Follow (Youtube, Lyrics), the openning track of that album is now the most frequently performed by them...

Thursday: Skunk Anansie - You'll Follow Me Down

Back to the end of the 90's, we can find Skunk Anansie's song, You'll Follow Me Down (Youtube, Lyrics) sang by Skin with her powerful, warm voice. This one appeared on their third studio album called, Post Orgasmic Chill [ENHANCED CD] (1999) and was the last release by them before they broke up ('till reunited on 2009). 

Friday: Bang Gang - Follow 

The less familier group on this mixtape is Bang Gang, an Icelandic dream-pop act which makes melodious music. Out of their second album, Something Wrong (2003), I've got Follow (Youtube, Lyrics) which represents the group style. Esther Talia Casey and Bardi Johannsson doing great job there...

Saturday: James Murphy - Please Don't Follow Me 

The weekend has come and it's time to lay back and listen to James Murphy's brilliant track taken from Greenberg Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2010). It starts with a lonely piano playing and collaborates with Murphy's soft voice into a thrilling ballad about loneliness. Please Don't Follow Me (Youtube) is one of Murphy's favourites from my point of view. 

Enjoy This mixtape, Have a nice week...

Thursday, 5 May 2011

New Born: Fresh Sounds - May 2011


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It's so hot outside, feels like it's the right time to chill a bit with some fresh sounds from all over the universe. So today's mixtape will include 5 new songs I've heard lately, Hoping it will catch your ear too...



It's a pleasure to start with the swedish Indie singer, Lykke Li, who sounds like the scandinavian version of Elizabeth Fraser, the leading singer of Cocteau Twins. Her songs often sounds like Gibberish so I chose one from her latest, Wounded Rhymes (2011) called Love out of lust which can be understood easily in comparsion to other songs on this album. 


Afterwards you can hear Foo Fighters' great song, Rope, taken from Wasting Light (2011), Dave Grohl keeps kicking and it seems like he'd never been that sharp. I'm From Barcelona have got a funny name but the interesting fact is that it consist of 29 members (!!!) on this Swedish Pop act. Come on, Taken from their Forever Today (2011) gives us a clue about their rich-Popy sound. 


Getting a bit blue with Doubt by The Boxer Rebellion of their The Cold Still (2011), Acoustic sound with Cello on the background. Keren Ann is closing this mixtape with My name is trouble taken from 101 (2011), her sixth studio album. 


Good night