În ţara-n care m-am născut

Un cantec dedicat romanilor din toate colturile lumii care au venit pe 10 august la Bucuresti sa protesteze impotriva modului cum este condusa tara in care s-au nascut.






Si melodia originala a lui Jean Moscopol scrisa pe cand era in exil. Din pacate acesta nu a mai apucat sa-si revada tara in care s-a nascut...

Matthew Koma - Kisses Back (Acoustic)

Another song where the accoustic version is way better than the original. Enjoy!

Implant pentru refuz - Apus

O melodie incredibila, mai ales in aceasta interpretare acustic live:

Cover Power - Everybody Knows

I rarely get time to watch movies lately, but I saw Justice League on a long flight recently. In spite of the action and the super-heroes I think the best part of that movie is the cover of the song Everybody Knows from the opening scene:

You can see the original version in a live performance here:

Simply Falling

I fell myself for this song, it's on repeat :)

Imperiul Fricii

Trebuie neaparat sa rupem acest cerc vicios si sa iesim in Imperiul Fricii. Urmariti acest interviu cutremurator:

Feel It Still

If you still feel like partying this song is for you. Enjoy!

Acum si in lumea copiilor: cover sau plagiat?

Am fost recent cu fetita mea la un spectacol cu Gasca Zurlii, caci auzise de la colegii de gradinita de cantecelele lor. Iar unul din hiturile acestei trupe este o melodie foarte ritmata, dar care are ca versuri doar niste cuvinte fara niciun sens: "a ram sam sam":



Socul a fost insa cand ne-am intalnit recent cu o prietena din UK care a recunoscut cantecelul pe care il fredona fetita mea. E un cantec pe care il stia de acum mai bine de 30 de ani, pe cand era si ea la gradinita si la scoala. Un cantec despre fast-food (pe vremea cand aceasta mancare era la moda si in vest): Pizza Hut, KFC, McDonalds.



Pai bine mai Gasca Zurli, tocmai cantece despre fast-food v-ati apucat si voi sa plagiati? Csf, ncsf...

Luna si noi

Despre asta este vorba: "Ce-ar fi sa plecam intr-o excursie, noi amandoi? Sa pornim o aventura, numai noi doi?"

Mihail, Who Are You?

So, I stumble one day on this addictive song.



Then I start wondering who is this singer and I find out that he has another hit from three years ago. I know both of them from the radio, but often I don't bother about identifying who is the actual singer, the name of the song and so on. But when you have multiple hits it means there is some serious talent at play. Well done, Mihail Sandu!

Light a Candle for Peace

Now that I have a girl at kinder garden I learned that on 21st of September we celebrate peace day. The kids sing on this day a beautiful song about peace, but I thought it is a good way to celebrate peace for adults too. So here is it:

Dark Necessities

I must have been very busy for the last year or so since only yesterday I discovered this RHCP song which was released in June 2016. It's very nice, so I put it on repeat to catch up :)

We Singing Colors - Out Of The City

Thanks to Shazam I can share this gem I just heard on the radio today. Where were you hiding all those years, you beautiful song :) Enjoy!

Arrival

After a long movie break I managed to see one during this holiday season. Arrival is not the standard SF movie, as it is not packed with action and special effects. It's rather a philosophical story about communication and how a language can shape our mind. What is more weird is that after seeing the movie I realized I read the book on which it is based a few years ago. It is a short story and I wrote about it at that moment here. The screenplay was adapted and the focus of the movie is on the interaction between civilizations and not on the personal story of Louise which is actually the key. I read the book once again after seeing the movie and, strangely, they complement somehow and you understand better both of them in the end.

So my advice is to consume both, no moderation here :)

Carpool Karaoke

I just discovered a show from UK, a guy doing interviews with various singers while driving a car. And mixed with doing karaoke on the songs of the guest. It's fun and it's nice. Here is a special Christmas edition with a mesh of many guests singing a Christmas song:

Girls Talk

I found this little gem today while digging in some Garbage (playlist :)). Enjoy!

New Voices on My Playlist

Sometimes I stumble upon new songs that I like, but usually it's just an isolated hit. If I search for other songs from the same band they don't impress me. However recently I discovered not one, but two performers (one band and one singer) that I really like: Cake and Findlay. I can make a playlist with only their songs, put them on repeat and listen them all day long :)

If Cake is an alternative rock band formed in the nineties which is probably not active anymore nowadays, Findlay is a young British singer as the beginning of her career. So one of the comments on her songs reads like this: "man your are such a fucking  band! please don't kill your self ! Need more"

So, let's hear them out :)

Tonight We Are Young

A nice song to listen after playing for more than an hour with all the kids from the playground :)

Si Me Das A Elegir

Life is somewhere else these days, but I stumbled onto this addictive song today and I remembered I had a blog where I used to post songs I like. So here it is "Me Quedo Contigo (Si Me Das A Elegir)" from Manu Chao:



If you open the above video in YouTube it has also the lyrics. The funny thing is that although I have a 68 days running streak of Spanish lessons on Duolingo I still cannot understand all the lyrics. It seems I need to practice some more :)

When The Levee Breaks

I don't have that much time for watching movies anymore, so the only Oscar nominated movie I watched this year was "The Big Short". It tells the story of some guys who realized early on that the American housing market will collapse, bet against it and made a fortune in the end. Apart from the artistic part, the movie tries also to explain to the audience in simple terms the technical market terms and the instruments invented by bankers which lead to this huge unaccounted risks and the melt down that followed.
But apart from other aspects of this movie, what caught my eye from the trailer was the music (When The Levee Breaks) from Led Zeppelin, my all time favorite band. Maybe this was the real reason I watched it in the end :)