AFI – Beautiful Thieves

AFI (sau A Fire Inside ) este o trupa americana din California. Formata in 1991, are opt albume¬† scoase pana acum, ultimul fiind “Crash Love” aparut in septembrie 2009.

Beautiful Thieves este al doilea single de pe album. Albumul acesta aduce din nou o usoara schimbare de stil si look si ne arata cum ar trebui sa sune rock-ul american in 2010 chiar daca au influente de usor gothic (primele albume erau chiar catalogate gothic-punk), si ceva romance (fara a fi baladistic). Produs de David Bottrill (Tool, Silverchair, Placebo etc.) , Joe McGrath(Morrissey, Alkaline Trio) si Jacknife Lee  (Kasabian, U2, Bloc Party etc) este cel mai pop de pana acum si pe langa single-uri mai are si ceva piese ramase de la albumele anterioare. Pentru fani!

De ascultat in mod special si Too Shy Too Scream, End Transmission.

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RT: ‘A Letter to Ronnie’ from Lars

Dear Ronnie,

I just got off stage in Zagreb. I was met with the news that you’ve passed on. I’m kind of in shock, but I wanted you to know that you were one of the main reasons I made it onto that stage to begin with. When I first saw you in Elf, opening for Deep Purple in 1975, I was completely blown away by the power in your voice, your presence on stage, your confidence, and the ease with which you seemed to connect to 6000 Danish people and one starry-eyed 11 year old, most of whom were not familiar with Elf’s music. The following year, I was so psyched when I heard the results of you joining forces with my favorite guitar player. You guys sounded so right for each other and I instantly became Rainbow’s #1 fan in Denmark. In the fall of 1976, when you played your first show in Copenhagen, I was literally in the front row and the couple of times we made eye contact you made me feel like the most important person in the world. The news that you guys were staying in town on your day off somehow embedded itself in my brain and I made the pilgrimage to the Plaza Hotel to see if I could somehow grab a picture, an autograph, a moment, anything. A few hours later you came out and were so kind and caring… pictures, autographs and a couple minutes of casual banter. I was on top of the world, inspired and ready for anything. Rainbow came to Copenhagen a couple more times over the next few years and each time you guys blew my mind, and for a good three years were my absolute favorite band on this planet. Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to run into you a half dozen times or so and each time you were as kind, caring and gracious as you were in 1976 outside the hotel. When we finally got a chance to play together in Austria in 2007, even though I may not have let on, I was literally transformed back to that little snot nosed kid who you met and inspired 31 years earlier and it was such a fucking honor and a dream come true to share a stage with you and the rest of the legends in Heaven and Hell. A couple of weeks ago when I heard that you were not going to be able to make it to the Sonisphere shows that we would be sharing this June, I wanted to call you and let you know that I was thinking of you and wish you well, but I kind of pussied out, thinking the last thing you needed in your recovery was feeling obligated to take a phone call from a Danish drummer/fan boy. I wish I’d made that call. We will miss you immensely on the dates, and we will be thinking of you with great admiration and affection during that run. It seemed so right to have you out on tour with the so-called ‚ÄúBig Four‚Äù since you obviously were one of the main reasons that the four bands even exist. Your ears will definitely be burning during those two weeks because all of us will be talking, reminiscing and sharing stories about how knowing you has made our lives that much better.

Ronnie, your voice impacted and empowered me, your music inspired and influenced me, and your kindness touched and moved me. Thank you.

Much love,
Lars

via Lars on facebook

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Felix Mendelssohn – Bartholdy (1890 – 1847)

„Daca am compus o piesa asa cum mi-a izvorit din inima, atunci mi-am îndeplinit datoria.”

Sinceritatea artistica este mesajul acestui crez si cheia de bolta a întregii creatii a unui compozitor care, în doar 38 de ani de viata, a reusit sa lase o amprenta inconfundabila asupra muzicii, marcata de o rara noblete, lirism duios, înclinatie spre fantastic si basm, sensibilitate specifica romantismului, ehilibru între continut si forma, marca a clasicismului.

Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, in general cunoscut sub numele de Felix Mendelssohn a fost un compozitor  si dirijor german, care a activat in perioada de inceput a romantismului.

S-a nascut la Hamburg, într-o familie de intelectuali. La Berlin studiaza pianul, vioara si elementele de teorie muzicala. La varsta de 20 ani, Felix Mendelssohn este un compozitor matur, un dirijor si un pianist cu o bogata activitate.

Copil precoce asemenea lui Mozart, a compus înca din adolescenta capodopere precum Octetul în mi bemol sau uvertura Visul unui nopti de vara. Desi extrem de dotat, se considera ca dezvoltarea sa în calitate de compozitor a fost franata de conservatorismul în care s-a format.

Se face foarte cunoscut în 1829, la 21 de ani, cand dirijeaza Patimile dupa Matei de Bach (lucrare care nu mai fusese ascultata din vremea compozitorului). Aceasta determina o renastere a interesului pentru marele baroc. Din Leipzigul sau (unde a înfiintat un celebru Conservator) cu ocazia calatoriilor europene, el impresiona ca muzician desavarsit (fiind si un mare interpret) interpretandu-i pe toti marii romantici: Chopin, Schumann, Berlioz, Liszt, fara ca el sa fie la randu-i prea impresionat de acestia.

Desi romatismul sau a fost unul retinut, lipsit de spirit de aventura, Felix a fost  considerat în epoca un monstru sacru, perfect proportionat, generatiile viitoare apreciindu-l plictisitor.

Compozitiile pentru orchestra sunt numeroase: 5 simfonii, uverturi („Visul unei nopti de vara”, „Hebridele”, „Ruy Blas”, lucrari pentru pian si orchestra („Concert pentru pian si orchestra de coarde” în la minor, „Capriciu brillant” în si minor, „Concertul nr. 1” în sol minor), lucrari pentru vioara si orchestra.

De asemenea, Felix compune si pentru pian, pian si violoncel, muzica vocala si corala.

De ascultat:

Concertul pentru vioara si orchestra in mi minor opus 64, partea I.

Concertul pentru pian si orchestra nr.1, partea 1

Si daca nu stiati, iata ce a mai compus, unii au amintiri placute pe piesa asta, altii nu …

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W25. Ice MC – Scream (1990)

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Puff Daddy – It’s All About The Benjamins (1998)

E vineri deci << haos de la thaos>> !!!

In conditii normale aceasta piesa nu s-ar fi pretat sa apara in aceasta categorie dar, tinand cont de circumstantele actuale, o sa fac o concesie.

Melodia – It’s All About The Benjamins – este un imn al necesitatii de a avea multi bani si al vietii pe picior mare, fara probleme, fara griji, desi acelasi cantautor spune ca Mo Money, Mo Problems… in fine un cocalar, sau poate ma insel.

Daca va uitati cu atentie la partea introductiva a melodiei, Puff, Pippy, Sean, si mai nou Ciroc Obama (asa ar vrea sa i se spuna in acest an), haleste chipsuri cu mana intr-o vestimentatie lejera (1998) iar in aceste zile o arde in stil “mafiot”, gagiul devenind intre timp mare mare om de afaceri american.

Fara sa vrea Ciroc a devenit un¬† model pentru¬† Adrieni si Nutici – antreprenori de fala ai acestei tari – care in semn de solidaritate cu agaricii doresc sa-si doneze salariile de bugetari de lux intr-un fond de salvare a prafului de pe toba.

Piesa nu e cine stie ce dar povestea si clipul sunt foarte bine realizate.

P.S. Un citat dintr-un clasic trist, inca in viata: ” Banii cand intra in buget se depersonalizeaza ! “

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