Songs You May Have Missed #119

04 Jun 2012 2 Comments

by Ed Cyphers in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: ,

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Chromeo: “Night By Night” (2010)

“Electrofunk”. Did we need one more subgenre of dance music? If you listen to Giorgio Moroder’s music from the 70’s you’ll hear very similar sounds, except we just called it disco then.

Anyway, not a lot going on here lyrically, but that’s not the point. It moves your body and makes you feel good. It has a nice guitar solo and a sweet hook or two. It’s dance candy.

Quoting their Wiki page:

The duo met in the mid-1990s at Collège Stanislas in Montreal. Considering their backgrounds, the two childhood friends jokingly describe themselves as “the only successful Arab/Jewish partnership since the dawn of human culture”.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2015/10/16/songs-you-may-have-missed-552/

R.I.P. Trololo Guy

04 Jun 2012 Leave a comment

The singer behind one of the internet’s most beloved viral videos has died, reports RIA Novosti. Eduard Khil, singer of what is commonly called the “Trololo” video, passed away in St. Petersburg on June 4th. He was 77.

The song, titled “I Am Glad, ‘Cause I’m Finally Returning Back Home,” hit internet fame after a Russian TV clip of Khil performing the song went viral. The song, written by Arkady Ostrovsky, originally had lyrics describing cowboy imagery, but the former Soviet Union wanted the words changed to squelch possible associations with America. Instead, Khil delivered his now-famous nonsense vocal of “tro-lo-lo’s.” The 1976 video found an adoring audience online a few years ago, with over 12 million views gathered on a November 2009 YouTube upload.

(reprinted from Rolling Stone)

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Hopefully Not In That Order

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Songs You May Have Missed #118

04 Jun 2012 1 Comment

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Ian Anderson: “Eurology” (Live) (2005)

The cheekily-titled “Eurology” is one of the tastiest things Jethro Tull’s mad flautist has come up with in recent years. And the live version is a wee bit livelier than the studio.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/05/02/songs-you-may-have-missed-406/

Songs You May Have Missed #117

04 Jun 2012 2 Comments

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Amos Lee: “Supply And Demand ” (2006)

One of my favorite songs by the Philly folk-soul artist.

Barenaked Ladies in Better Times

03 Jun 2012 Leave a comment

This is what the finale of a Barenaked Ladies concert looked like a decade ago. You never really knew what curveball was coming next, but it was all good, clean fun. They left you laughing because they could laugh at themselves, and at the absurdity of five dorky guys from Canada being rock stars.

There are bands doing the wacky anything-goes live thing today, but these guys have been doing it since the height of grunge rock, when it was extremely unfashionable.

Barring a return of Steven Page to the fold, times like these are over for Barenaked Ladies. Fun while it lasted.

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