29 September, 2010
27 September, 2010
Blame the crowd
Is it fair to blame it on the crowd when a concert is not going well? "you can dance now" were the last words by the drummer of thieves like us. I just had on phrase for you " You can start now".
Besides the inicial anger, I have to admit I like Pontus Berghe the most. He is the only one that looks like the music they play.
25 September, 2010
Thieves Like Us - Your Heart Feels - video
Tendo em conta os vídeos e as músicas, não admira que se tenham conhecido em Berlim...
Thieves like you and me
Thieves Like Us – Hoje no Plano B
“Sabemos de onde vêm: do filme com o mesmo nome que Robert Altman estreou em 1974. Começou por ser um livro e chegou pela primeira vez ao grande ecrã realizado por Nicholas Ray. É um clássico dos filmes noir. Os New Order fizeram do título canção; agora um trio foi mais longe e assumiu Thieves Like Us como identidade própria. Juntaram-se em Berlim, viveram em Londres, Nova Iorque e Paris. A diversidade de ambientes urbanos corre-lhes nas veias. A mais fresca contemporaneidade está aqui."
Os thieves like us ficaram conhecidos em 2007. Estamos quase no fim de 2010 e é surpreendente perceber que não há uma única loja na cidade do porto com Cds ou Lps deles. Hoje incessantemente liguei para todo o lado, inclusive para a loja da esquina fnac e não só tive de soletrar o nome deles em todas as chamadas que fiz como não existia nada deles. Nada.
24 September, 2010
Roxy Music - Manifesto
What can be said when it comes to talk about Sir Bryan Ferry?! Everything was already said and written. Girls cried & boys died. As for me, There’s this song that I just can’t get enough of. It is playing in my head for the last couple of weeks... There’s something about it that makes my life so much easier. And it goes like this:
That takes you by surpreise
That comes leaves all you need
And more besides
I am for a life and time by numbers
Blast in fast ‘n’ low
Add ‘em up, account for luck
You never know
I am into friendship and plain sailing
Through frenzied ports o´call
O shake the hand to beat the band
With love is all
Or nothing to the man who wants tomorrow
There´s one in every town
A crazy guy, he´d rather die
Than be tied down
I am for the man who drives the hammer
To rock you ‘til the grave
His power drill shocks
A million miles away
I am for the revolution’s coming
I don´t know where she’s been
For those who dare because it’s there
I know I´ve seen
Now and then I’ve suffered imperfection
I’ve studied marble flaws
And faces drawn pale and worn
By many tears
I am that I am from out out of nowhere
To fight without a cause
Roots strain against the grain
With brute force you’d better
Hold out when you’re in doubt
Question what you see
And when you find an answer
Bring it home to me.”
MANIFESTO ROXY MUSIC
19 September, 2010
The once “Glamour on Legs”
When we think about Kurt Cobaine or Jim Morrison and their premature death we suffer but eventually get over it. They are death and there´s nothing we can do about it. They didn´t turn their back on music, their lives just turn their back on them. But again, when we think about Syd Barett, a walking talent (until last 2k6) that gave up all his stardom at age 24 is very hard to understand.
He surely had Lucy in the Skies with Dynamites instead of Diamonds but is it fair to blame it all on mental sanity? I have seen a lot of cocky people doing incredible stuff! I don´t want to believe that my life is over if I start seeing people and hearing voices (which will probably happen). It´s sad and curious at the same time. Fortunately, the greatest thing about music is that it never dies , let´s just put repeat 10 x on “See Emily plays” .
This was meant to be a Pink Floyd post and now is just a No-color floid!
17 September, 2010
15 September, 2010
kiss my ass
Nile Rodgers: “When Kiss was on stage, they had a certain vibe and image, and once they left that stage, you had absolutely no idea who they were.”
05 September, 2010
Trisomie 21 - The Last Song
Parece quase uma piada os trisomie 21 serem de Lille! Quem diria que uma das cidades menos inspiradoras conseguisse por alguém a fazer alguma coisa cool. I laughed for 30 seconds.
