King of Haarlem

Underworld, album Strawberry Hotel, 25 October 2024

dragon

Maria Vegas, Manuela Marques A.K.A. MyPitangas.

Park

Alek Rein, Alexandre Rendeiro.

Najma, Dil Laga Ya Tha and the Face of Love

Najma (pronounced Nahj-mah) Akhtar najmaakhtar.com is a singer, musician and artist, born on 18 September 1962, in England. She's a pioneer in mixing South-East-Asian traditional music with jazz and many other musical styles.  
I believe that Najma was firstly and truly known by her participation in Philip Glass's 1986 album Songs From Liquid Days. Back then, the British Musical Scene was embracing many different exotic styles. For example, in 1983, Sheila Chandra became notorious with the song Ever So Lonely  
In 1987, Najma released her first album ‘Qareeb’ (Closeness) with this song Dil Laga Ya Tha.

Dil Laga Ya Tha (possibly meaning: I felt Like It) is not very different from another song which became very famous in 1996 due to Eddie Vedder who sang it with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The song is the Face of Love.

And now, the reason why I'm posting this, is: I have a cassette recording with a radio show from António Sérgio and I was never able to identify Dil Laga Ya Tha. But now, there's a new tool from Google helping me. Much better than others existing long ago but unable to identify Dil Laga Ya Tha. 

I went to see my love

Salvador Sobral, "fui ver meu amor" (I went to see my love), "bpm" (beats per minute), 2021, lyrics from his sister Luisa Sobral.

chorus
Ai, o meu amor | Já viu a dor de perto | Sente sem pensar | E ama com tudo o que tem para amar.
Oh, my love | Has seen the pain up close | She feels without thinking | And she loves with everything she has to love.

Nom Nom Nom

Sleaford Mods & Hot Chip

wolf like me

Not by chance, António Sérgio, "The Wolf of the Radio" was the 1st person to stream this song in Portugal.
Now, for the 1st time, it was performed on Tiny Desk Concert.

everybody wants to rule the world

There are more than 140 covers of Everybody Wants To Rule The World. I believe this is the best of all!

KoM, 16 years

And this blog is 16 years old.
To celebrate this anniversary, I chose "Reggatta de Blanc". It is one of the most amazing songs of the band Police. It is the result of some jamming practiced in the middle of extended versions of "Can't Stand Losing You" during concerts. It was recorded as a song and included in the Police's second album and giving it its title, supposedly meaning White Reggae.
Here they are, the Police, playing it in the middle of "Can't Stand Losing You", 1stly in 1979 and 2ndly in 2007, in a video recorded by me.

the Velveteers

The Velveteers are recording a new album to be released on February 14, 2025.
In the meantime, let's watch em playing this "Father Of Lies" from their 2021 album Nightmare Daydream.

The Wolf left us 15 years ago

"A wild wolf's howl is more than just a sound—it's the voice of freedom and the wilderness calling"

António Sérgio, "The Wolf" of the Radio used to play his very special radio shows very late at night.
"The Wall of Voodoo" was one of the bands he loved to play.

Have a happy Halloween :)

Youth Yard, "Kash". From Portugal, with love :)

boa noite

"Casa", Da Weasel and Carlão/Pacman and Manuel Cruz

"Túnel" Manuel Cruz and Pluto

Elizabeth Fraser, 61th anniversary

And by her 61th birthday, Elizabeth Fraser was singing in Lisbon with their friends. Massive Attack, live at Meo Kalorama.

The Hymn to Apollo

The Hymn to Apollo was composed in ancient Greece. The date is uncertain but is surely centuries before Christ. The composition was discovered in the ruins of Delphi and adapted by Gabriel Fauré in 1894.
Days ago, on August 11th, during the Closing Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympics, a haunting interpretation of the Hymn to Apollo was presented and sung by the Franco-Swiss tenor Benjamin Bernheim and accompanied by the Swiss pianist Alain Roche creator of the revolutionary project "Piano Vertical" where he plays on a grand piano suspended in the air. Here, he's dressed with video tapes.

Manu Chao for free

Two hours of good vibes for free. Manu Chao is touring, refusing expensive festivals and accepting those where people can watch him for free or almost free. Seixal was one of those. And it was crazy getting there, two hours of traffic jams, but in my opinion, it was worth it.
"La primavera" - "Qué hora son mi corazón" - "Me Gustas Tu":


"Clandestino":

50 years De-Evolutioning

Yesterday, in Tiny Desk. DEVO were formed in 1973 and they recorded their first album in 1978 with the "blessing" of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Brian Eno.

Samana, the infinite

Vidro Azul ("Blue Glass") always surprises us with new music for our souls. This time, I've chosen "The Infinite" by Samana, from the forests of Wales. Enjoy :)

F A U S T O

Fausto. Fausto Bordalo Dias, one of the most important and influential artists in Portugal, Angola and Galicia died today. He grew up in Angola, where he learned to love all kinds of people and all types of cultures. An extremely human, sensitive, romantic musician and poet, he left an extraordinary legacy. And he left what is the most important musical work dedicated to Portugal.

I am the walrus

They are the eggmen. Waiting for the sun.
"I am the Walrus" is one of John Lennon's most unique pieces of music for the Beatles. It begins with the musicalization of the sound of a police car's siren. Then, Lennon develops a whole surreal story involving police officers, the Egg Man (various likely influences, such as the English campaign for egg consumption) and, above all, the walrus from the poem “The Walrus and the Carpenter”, written by Lewis Carroll in 1871. In this poem/story, a walrus and a carpenter on the beach begin a walk while talking. And they convince a group of oysters to join them on their walk along the beach... The song is related to the earlier song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and the later song "Glass Onion." And it is part of a set of other fantastic narratives, including those like “Strawberry Fields Forever” from the same “Magical Mystery Tour” album where “I am the Walrus” was published, as well as others included on various albums like “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band”.

In the end, "Oompah oompah, stick it up your jumper" means something like "oh, come on, let's go" and Lennon said that "Oompah oompah everybody's got one" means "We're all the same", we all have the same condition.

And now, one of the fantastic renditions from the Oasis.

Good bye, June! Welcome July, please be kind.

Celtic Portuguese

Lusitanians were Celts and considered the basis of the Portuguese people. Though the Portuguese were deeply changed due to the Roman invasions and many other occupations from other people, the Celtic influences never left the Portuguese culture.
Sétima Legião, is a 42-year-old Portuguese band with Celtic influence, composed of geniuses such as Rodrigo Leão, Francisco Menezes, Pedro Oliveira, Ricardo Camacho (deceased), amongst a large group of great musicians.

Last night, they performed a live concert in Oeiras. I recorded some videos.

Pois Que Deus Assim o Quis (So, God Wanted It That Way)


Caminhos de Santiago (Ways of St. James)


Sete Mares (Seven Seas)

A thousand-year-old story, of sailing for a lifetime. There are a thousand years of memories to tell, Oh city by the blue sea.
If the seas are only seven, There's more land than sea. I'll return my love with the force of the tide. Oh, city by the sea, Down South.
Today, On a northern wind, Flames of fortune, I travel south. Seven seas.
So many were the storms, That we had to face. My love i'll arrive with the next tide. Oh, I swapped you for a sea, Down South.

Por Quem Não Esqueci (For the One I Haven't Forgotten)


Glória (Glory)

Beth Gibbons, again

To watch Beth Gibbons singing is always to watch Art in its most delicate form. Here, we have her live session for the Dutch public broadcaster VPRO, recorded May 1st 2024, performing 7 of the 10 songs from her new album "Lives Outgrown" and "Mysteries" from the album "Out of Season" (2002) with Rustin Man.

good evening

Down in the park with a friend called five

floating on a moment

On the last day 17 of May, was released the first solo album of Beth Gibbons. "Floating on a Moment", here live in BBC on the last day 20, is one of its great songs.

Ramones, 1975 demonstration recordings

Released 3 weeks ago, "The 1975 Sire Demos" is a compilation album of some of the early songs from the Ramones which started as a band in 1974, 50 years ago.

One of my faves of all time is "I Don't Care".

Curiously, Joey pronounces "care" with open A... 

Kurt Cobain left us 30 years ago

Good morning

Great video of a fantastic concert by Faith No More fifteen years ago. I chose the song Stripsearch but, be my guest and enjoy the entire concert.

30 years of Hurt

And 30 years of Nine Inch Nails' album The Downward Spiral.
Hurt, it's a monument. Here, the rawest form is presented, with Trent Reznor solo and at the piano.

The explanation of the song by Trent Reznor himself

and the interpretation with David Bowie.

The deconstruction of the song by "ixi"

and the explanation of Johnny Cash's version.

Please, be my guest and check out all posts with the song Hurt here.
But the album The Downward Spiral has at least one more remarkable song, Closer.

Aqaba

June Tabor, a diamond.

Don't Care before Roxanne

So, it looks like before Roxanne, there was Don't Care!
Stewart Copeland had this one-member "band" that had one hit before Roxanne. The similarities in the chorus between the two songs are evident, just as there are many resemblances between this song and other early songs from The Police!

As usual, be my guest and watch all this delicious interview or conversation in the words of Rick Beato, when you can.

Transglobal Underground

I was missing them.
Songs: "Temple Head", 1993

and "LISBON (Soldier Song from Ördöngösfüzes)", 2021

in love with Tangk

the last album of IDLES, released 4 days ago.

It goes like this:
1. "Idea 01":

2. "Gift Horse":

3. "Pop Pop Pop":

4. "Roy":

5. "A Gospel" - not posted
6. "Dancer":

7. "Grace"

8. "Hall and Oates":

9. "Jungle":

10. "Gratitude" - not posted
11. "Monolith":


And now, live in France some days ago:

Hall and Oates, plus their classic Mother as encore:

we're all born migrants

This is so true, so deep and so beautiful. It has such sound richness that I prefer just to listen without the video. You choose..

A regra não nos carrega nem faz de nós excepções Terra cega Terra em transe Somos a ruga no mapa o vento fora do rumo a fuga fora da rota o vento fora do rumo As mãos apalpam o céu e crescem asas nos pés De lés a lés caminhantes Ó vida que se semeia Todos nascemos migrantes Há quem tenha mesa farta onde a penúria não mata Mar bravio Mar macabro Debaixo do mesmo sol somos filhos da tormenta bastardos em fraca barca com o vento fora do rumo

The rule does not carry us nor makes us exceptions Blind Earth Earth in a trance We are the wrinkle on the map the wind off course the escape off the route the wind off course Hands feel the sky and wings grow on our feet From here to there hikers Oh life that is sown We are all born migrants There are those who have a full table where poverty doesn't kill Rough sea Macabre sea Under the same sun we are children of the storm bastards in a weak boat with the wind off course

I Quit

One more from "Wall Of Eyes" the new album of The Smile, released on last day 26.

again

❤ ️ so lovely. Posted this very song here four days ago but I couldn't resist posting this brand new video 😊.
The Smile, "Friend Of A Friend", song from the album "Wall Of Eyes" out yesterday.

see a better day

This is such a great and beautiful song. What a pity, except this one there aren't any good live clips apart from the acoustic performances.

friend of a friend

The Smile, song from the forthcoming album Wall Of Eyes available 26th January 2024

'evening

Model/Actriz - Crossing Guard, 2023.

fugly

Fugly, post-punk band from Portugal, live 7 years ago at the studios of the extinct Vodafone FM radio station

Cocorosie, 20 years

When I first listened to this song, I immediately fell in love with it and its singers :)
20 years ago already!
It was a good Friday :)

'morning

Sit Down Meal. Dry Cleaning Live at Eurosonic 2020

How I started the New Year, take 2

How I started the New Year