Bidjibah

David Guetta feat. Kelly Rowland – When Love Takes Over

Ricardo — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:09:32 +0000

I’ve been a fan of French DJ David Guetta ever since 2007′s “Pop Life“. His latest album seems to me a bit more “dance heavy”, but his songs can always put a smile on my face.

Its complicated, It always is
That’s just the way it goes
Feels like I waited so long for this
I wonder if it shows?

Patrick Watson – The Great Escape

Ricardo — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:03:42 +0000

Bad Day
Lookin for a way, home
Lookin for the great escape
Gets in his car and drives away
Far from all the things that we are

the fool in me

Ricardo — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:38:44 +0000

“I must learn to love the fool in me – the one who feels too much, talks to much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laught and cries. It alone protects me against that utterly self-controlled masterful tyrant whom I also harbor and who would rob me of human aliveness, humility, and dignity but for my fool.”

- From Love me, love my fool: Thoughts from a psychoanalyst’s notebook by Theodore Isaac Rubin

Discovered while surfing Contrarywise.

Foge Foge Bandido – Borboleta

Ricardo — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:15:33 +0000

I wish I had more time to write at the moment. Love this song ever since I heard it for the first time… less than a month ago. Still part of the “series”, its by one of the best portuguese lyricists out there, Manel Cruz. A really nice chap as well. Since I dont’ have time to write everything there is to say about it, I’ll go ahead and embed a video with the whole lyric, for your enjoyment.

Thanks for your time.

Hamilton de Holanda – Canto de Ossanha

Ricardo — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:53:27 +0000

No time for words… no need for them sometimes.

Thanks for your time.

Imogen Heap – Just For Now

Ricardo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:32:28 +0000

This next artist in the “series” was also the first I ever posted on this blog (over here). At the time I had also found this gem on youtube and have been waiting ever since for the right time to share it with you. It’s actually full of tricks, unlike the previous two posts, but somehow I consider them “good tricks”. She’s sings live, with nothing but her voice and claps to provide… orchestration, for lack of a better term.

It’s that time of year
Leave all our hopelessness’s aside
If just for a little while
tears stop right here
I know we’ve all had a bumpy ride.
I’m secretly on your side

Thanks for your time.

Punch Brothers – Sometimes

Ricardo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:46:28 +0000

Continuing with another group of artists who don’t need gimmicks to get their music across, the Punch Brothers are an acoustic dream come true.

Chris Thile on his own, is one of the best mandolinists alive and here he joined forces with friends to form a five-piece acoustic string band. They record their albums live with only two microphones between them, as the video shows. The result is a pleasure to listen to, in my opinion.

Thanks for your time

Lykke Li – Little Bit

Ricardo — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:08:27 +0000

Short on time for the next couple of weeks, so I thought I’do a series. It doesn’t take a lot of talent to sing nowadays, what with audio processing software like Auto-Tune, so here’s a tribute to artists who are able to captivate without these tricks backing them up.

Fist up is Lykke Li, who was introduced to me by Anita, in her blog. This music has been an inspiration to me more than once and I really like this version recorded live on the streets of Stockholm, with a toy piano!

Hands down
I’m too proud, for love
But with eyes shut
It’s you I’m thinking of

Thanks for your time

Jodha and the victory of imagination

Ricardo — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:41:13 +0000

I was saying the other day how I miss writing my own words… The problem is not that I don’t have free time at the moment, it’s that I can’t seem to disconnect from work long enough to do something productive, or actually… creative, in my case. So here’s an excerpt from Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence. I’ve been reading it slower than usual, but I really enjoy the way it helps me disconnect from the “real” world.

The passage spoke to me because I often spend time creating things in my mind, even if I don’t have the vision or willpower to bring them to life, proper life, like the emperor Akbar did with his wife Jodha.

Quite a few things have been said about the dangers of imagination, illusion, having your “head in the clouds”. Having always had an active imagination myself, I couldn’t help smiling at Minister Birbal’s argument that “it is precisely in the end that her victory will be apparent to everyone”.

The first minister and the emperor were standing at the Khwabgah, the Place of Dreams, looking out over the still surface of the Anup Talao, the monarch’s private, formal pool, the Pool Without Peer, the best of all possible pools, of which it was said that when the kingdom was in trouble its waters would send a warning. “Birbal,” said Akbar, “as you know, our favorite queen has the misfortune not to exist. Even though we love her best of all, admire her above all the others, and value her above even the lost Koh-i-noor, she is inconsolable. ‘Your ugliest, most sour-natured shrew of a wife is still made of flesh and blood,’ she says. ‘In the end I will not be able to compete with her.’” The first minister advised the emperor, “Jahanpanah, you must say to her that it is precisely in the end that her victory will be apparent to everyone, for in the end none of the queens will exist any more than she does, while she will have enjoyed a lifetime of your love, and her fame will echo down the ages. Thus, in reality, while it is true that she does not exist, it is also true to say that she is the one who lives. If she did not, then over there, behind that high window, there would be nobody waiting for your return.”

Thanks for your time.

UNKLE – Rabbit in your headlights

Ricardo — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:15:07 +0000

Part of the soundtrack of my life. So much time wasted and so much more to waste… Haven’t listened to this in a while, but I still remembered the video as being powerful.

Depressing? Maybe… Watch the video until the end, sometimes the rabbit in our headlights is more than he seems. Wikipedia has the details.

Back to wasting time, hopefully a bit more organized next week. I miss writing my own words.

I’m a rabbit in your headlights
Scared of the spotlight
You don’t come to visit
I’m stuck in this bed

Thanks for your time.