As a segue from Little Dragon, I would like to now present you with a great Saturday morning tune by Jose Gonzalez.
Yukimi Nagano's muse? or friend? or I dunno what, or how, or when they met or why...but in any case - Jose Gonzalez is top 5 on my list of amazing writers (at the moment, you never know when these things change - I use to think Bryan Adams was pretty amazing).
Also from Sweden, Jose Gonzalez has released two albums, Venner, and In Our Nature. Both are on par with each other and this is very hard to accomplish after a 1st time big success. As a matter of fact, I introduced my boyfriend to the second album first, and he liked it better than Veneer.
I love Jose so much that it is almost impossible for me to choose one song. But for the sake of keeping it "sad" and autumn-like, I will choose one of my favourites: Cycling Trivialities. This one made me cry while I was cleaning one random day years ago now - so out of nowhere heart-wrenching. He has this great vibe of insight and warmth and kindness. Like he wants to always spread love around - in every song, even the dark ones.
The version I've found includes Yukimi and is live for a telethon (not sure which cause, maybe someone can figure it out for me).
Have a great Saturday morning - until tomorrow. Enjoy
Showing posts with label sad songs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sad songs. Show all posts
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
SadSeptemberSongs: September 3, 2010
Song of the day: Little Dragon "Twice"
I have recently been turned on to Little Dragon despite my best efforts not to take well to Yukimi Nagano. She might just bother me because I'm jealous --- which is highly likely because she's absolutely aesthetically perfect to look upon, has this stoic sense of maturity both musically and personally (from what I've seen), and has killer pipes. Oh, and did I mention that her writing style is both refreshing and soulful?
I was introduced to her accidentally while indulging in my love for Jose Gonzalez live on YouTube. She sings back-up for Gonzalez and does a pretty humble job of it too.
"Little Dragon is an electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Captain Källgren Crunch (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards)." (Wikipedia, 2010)
It's just beautiful and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
I have recently been turned on to Little Dragon despite my best efforts not to take well to Yukimi Nagano. She might just bother me because I'm jealous --- which is highly likely because she's absolutely aesthetically perfect to look upon, has this stoic sense of maturity both musically and personally (from what I've seen), and has killer pipes. Oh, and did I mention that her writing style is both refreshing and soulful?
I was introduced to her accidentally while indulging in my love for Jose Gonzalez live on YouTube. She sings back-up for Gonzalez and does a pretty humble job of it too.
"Little Dragon is an electronic music band, based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It consists of Swedish-Japanese singer Yukimi Nagano (vocals, percussion) and her close high-school friends Erik Bodin (drums), Captain Källgren Crunch (bass), and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards)." (Wikipedia, 2010)
It's just beautiful and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
SadSeptemberSongs: September 2, 2010
Going with the general folk-feel of the last post, I want to share with you one of my favourite Sufjan Stevens tunes.
This one is sad - the lyrics are everything in this song - Stevens is an incredibly gifted writer and his words are as epic, and as cinematic as his music.
It's called Casimir Pulaski Day, from the album Illinoise (2005)
here's a live version of the song that I love - except for the fact that it's out of sync. But maybe you can just close your eyes and appreciate the 'liveness' of it on a sound level alone.
(if you're interested, also listen to "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" and everything else by him for that matter, cause it's all THAT amazing)
This one is sad - the lyrics are everything in this song - Stevens is an incredibly gifted writer and his words are as epic, and as cinematic as his music.
It's called Casimir Pulaski Day, from the album Illinoise (2005)
here's a live version of the song that I love - except for the fact that it's out of sync. But maybe you can just close your eyes and appreciate the 'liveness' of it on a sound level alone.
(if you're interested, also listen to "Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois" and everything else by him for that matter, cause it's all THAT amazing)
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