Santa María da Feira

My new favorite song of the day!

Song of the day - Hawaii

Ohta-San

Such feeling coming from such a small instrument; simply amazing.

Song of the Day - Backwater

The Meat Puppets

Song of the Day? - I Really Wanted You

Pansy Division

Maybe you like them, maybe you don't. I'm putting this one up just 'cause the video is a Billie Joe/Mike Dirnt slide show. Dedicated to my sister Fabs!

Keep rocking, weirdo...

Song of the Day - Police and Thieves

Junior Murvin

This song was apparently an international hit during the summer of 1976. I didn't know that, I just found the song to be pretty cool. Found a sing-a-long version on YouTube.

Take it easy, but take it ;-)

Song of the Day - Black Hole Sun

Soundgarden

Definitely a great song (way up on Soundgarden's Top 10) accompanied by an excellent video. A must watch!

Svaj

Song of the Day - It's The End Of The World As We Know It

R.E.M

Well ok, maybe it's just the end of the year, but a whole bunch of things have been hitting the fan lately. Hussein was made a saint, Bush choked on another cookie and Gorbachev celebrated 16 years with a Nobel Peace Prize. Castro is about to die, Google bought its first party plane and Americans keep getting fatter.

No offense intended, it's just the word on the street.

Love to stay and have a chat, but I still have about a week to spend in the States and I'll try to keep it busy.

I'll keep posting (consistently) when I get back to Somewherein, in the mean time, here's R.E.M.

Svaj

Song of the Day - Man of The World

Fleetwood Mac

Ok, I'm just gonna stop saying "this is a great song" and stuff like that every time I post a Song of the Day, because, well, if it's here it IS great.

This is Fleetwood Mac at its best, the Beat Club performance in 1969.

The dude.

Song of the Day - Sonne

Rammstein

Amazing song, I just HAD to make it song of the day. Watch this very powerful live performance from England.

Cheers

Song of the Day - Beds are Burning

Midnight Oils

I didn't know them either, but this group was apparently very popular in the Australian underground hacking scene in the 1980s, as I found out in this book (Underground by Suelette Dreyfus - get it free here).

There's an interesting story about one of the first computer worms released in the wild, which paid homage to the Midnight Oils by sending annoying messages with the text 'Oilz' to infected users.

The song is all right, the video could have been better...

Svaj

Song of the Day - Wild World

Cat Stevens

Outstanding live performance of this now classical tune (from Tea For The Tillerman).

Stevens wrote this [song] about searching for peace and happiness in a crazy world. Much of it was a message to Patti D'Arbanville, an actress he had been dating.

This was one of the songs that convinced Stevens, now known as Yusuf Islam, to release a boxed set of his songs in 2001. He stopped making secular music in 1979, but came to realize that people find strength and inspiration in the songs he recorded as Cat Stevens.
Wild World Song Facts

Svaj

Song of the Day - Seether

Veruca Salt

I met them through the Australian Music show and thought they were underground Aussies, but apparently they're from Chicago and pretty much mainstream.

No difference, it's still cool to listen to a nice rock group with hot girls as lead-singer and guitarist. Seether was their first single from American Thighs (1994). Enjoy.

Svaj

Song of the Day - Wild Horses (cover)

Bush

You've probably already heard this mellow song by the Rolling Stones. I'd put up their version, but I love covers so here's one by Bush that's actually pretty good too.

Svaj

Song of the Day - Ja Sei Namorar

Tribalistas

Arnaldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown have joined Marisa Monte to form a secret trio that will take over the world. Well, maybe not the whole world, but their melody will stay in your head for a while, so click at your own risk.

Svaj

Song of the Day - Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Or Iz as he was later called, grew up to be a 1.88m 340kg Hawaiian singer, and like Poppa Chubby managed to outgrow his body physique into a persona that was larger than himself (and that is no easy task!).

Permanently attached to his ukulele, he has blessed us with this magical rendition of Somewhere Over The Rainbow.

Unfortunately he died prematurely (aged 38) due to weight-related problems. To Iz.

Svaj

Song of the Day - So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright

Simon and Garfunkel

Today's Song of the Day is the tribute song to Frank Lloyd Wright by Simon and Garfunkel (1970, Bridge Over Troubled Waters).
Interesring facts:

• Art Garfunkel dared Paul Simon to write a song about Frank Lloyd Wright. This song was the answer to that dare.

• This song can also be interpreted as a good-bye from Paul to Art since "Bridge" was their last album together. The phrase "I remember the nights we'd harmonize till dawn, I never laughed so long, so long, so long..." The repeated use of "so long" can be interpreted as a goodbye.
• So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright Song Facts

Svaj

Song of the Day - Nah Neh Nah

Vaya con Dios

This is probably one of the better known songs from this Belgian group who sings in English and has a Spanish name. It's in the album Night Owls, and without further ado, here's today's Song of the Day.

Svaj

Song of the Day - Never Let Me Down Again

The Smashing Pumpkins (cover)

Originally by Depeche Mode, this song rates as one of their masterpieces. But, sorry Depeche Mode fans, The Smashing Pumpkins have done it better!

Don't believe me? Hear for yourself:

Smashing Pumpkins version (just listen to the music, the video was made by some cracknutte)

Depeche Mode version:

Have a gay day!

Svaj

Song of the Day - One more cup of coffee

I've decided to put up a "Song of the Day" section to set the mood and keep the posts coming when I haven't finished writing other posts/have nothing to write about (yikes, there, I said it).

So, by nature, these posts will be much shorter than my other posts so they'll be faster to read/write, and maybe (just maybe) allow you to discover a precious gem you may not have otherwise known.

Well, enough about that, on with today's song of the day: one more cup of coffee either by The White Stripes or by Bob Dylan, listen to both and choose for yourself.

Is there anything in One More Cup of Coffee that’s not perfect? Well yes, in the verses, the lyrics on occasion drag (“He oversees his kingdom / So no stranger does intrude / His voice it trembles as he calls out / For another plate of food”). But apart from that, the sentiment is compelling, Scarlet Rivera’s violin is beautifully scored and played, the tune is to die for, and the backing vocals are by Emmylou Harris, who you can bet is going to be here in the 5-✭ series one of these days. And while there’s not much middle ground on the subject of Dylan’s singing, if you like it, you’ll really like this song.
Ongoing - One more cup of coffee

The White Stripes' version is, well, very White Stripie... If you like them, you'll love the cover of this amazing song.

Greetings from the Svaj, and enjoy.