Have a lovely Saturday :)

"Saturday Pt. 2" is a Ty Segall's new song from his forthcoming album "Hello, Hi" to be released on July 22, 2022.

50 years of Smoke on the Water

"Smoke on the Water" is a monumental song. It opens pure, strong and it grows like a Beethoven symphony. Jon Lord gives it a Baroque touch, Blackmore sings with his guitar, and baritone Gillan sings Rock 'n' Roll. And Glover and Paice join everything in a bluesy-jazzy jam mostly strong, but delicate when needed. What a fantastic band, what a fantastic song. Nowadays, it's hard to believe that these guys were pioneers of what would be classified as Hard-Rock and Heavy Metal.
Below, a videoclip joining several live footage from 1972 to 1973 and very well sound mixed:

Jon Lord says at the minute 8 of this documentary below, "we were not a singles band" and @ 8:30 "we send it (the album Machine Head) to Warner Brothers ... with the indication that "Never Before" would be the single ... we honestly didn't think that "Smoke on the Water" was a hit material ... how wrong can you be?"
As told in this documentary, this song tells a well known story about a disaster happened on December 1971. The song was included in the albums "Machine Head" and "Made in Japan" both released on 1972. "Smoke on The Water" was released as a single only on the year after with both versions, the studio and the live in Japan.

Finally, here's the band performing at Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, on August 17th, 1972. It is a great performance but not the sublime version recorded (but not filmed) at Osaka on 15 August 1972 and included in the album "Made in Japan", one of the greatest live albums of all time, where live versions are better than the studio recordings. It was the first live and double album I bought :)

the haughty kite bird wounded on the wing

Porto, is a very ancient city built on a riverside's slope by the end of Douro river.
Carlos Tê, a very romantic poet, returning to his majestic old city and watching it crossing the river, compared that view to a haughty kite bird* wounded on the wing (altivez de milhafre ferido na asa) and he wrote this soulful poem. Rui Veloso transformed it into this beautiful song in fado style**.

This video was recorded by me only 4 hours ago. The live performance of this song is always a very touching moment for the public and for the artists.
Notes:
* A kite bird (milhafre) from Porto area is similar to a big falcon.
** Fado is a Portuguese music style but Rui Veloso is a bluesman.

50 years of Ziggy Stardust

"The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" was released 50 years ago.

Songs included in this remarkable album, influenced hundreds of bands.

We can say with no doubt that artists and bands like Peter Murphy, Bauhaus, Pixies, Pulp, Placebo, Gary Numan, Stone Temple Pilots, Nine Inch Nails, would never be the same or even exist without this album.

Julee

And sometimes we almost forget the ones we love most. Julee Cruise is gone. Angels never go to Hollywood is the only post I've ever made with Julee Cruise. 15 years ago.

Julee was fighting against her health problems long ago, maybe one of the reasons why she's been away from the public. Julee's sweet and smooth voice became known worldwide after Angelo Badalamenti suggested her to David Lynch to sing their movie songs. Twin Peaks became a big success and a cult classic. We cannot imagine Twin Peaks without Julee's voice. So long, Julee.

the ultimate damage

so fucking beautiful

and ... Wizz.
The IDLES, live From The Basement, a few days ago.

Angel Olsen: her brand new album and some takes live at Lisbon on 2015

So Angel Olsen just released her new album "Big Time" and this movie with a little story and 4 of its songs. I've selected the one I like most, the last one, "Through The Fires":

Stepping back, I'd love to show again her visit to Lisbon on 2015, this time with her band on September 8, the concert on the day before to the one I've shown here on this previous post.
That concert took place at the gardens of Palace Sinel de Cordes:

 

Again, I'm not showing all the songs but, as usual, everyone can drag the playhead across the scrubber bar and watch the rest.
"Stars", from Angel's second album "Burn Your Fire for No Witness" released on 2014:

"Acrobat", from "Half Way Home" (2012):

"Forgiven/Forgotten" (Burn Your Fire for No Witness - 2014), "Give It Up" (My Woman - 2016), "Sweet Dreams" and "Tougher Than the Rest" released much later on 2017, album "Phases", "Lota" (2014) :

And finally, "Miranda" ("Half Way Home" - 2012):


These videos were recorded by Luís Dias who had this great idea of keeping the memory of such great moments.
Have a nice weekend :)