Stuff I'm Listening Right Now (Part One)

I'm in the middle of exploring the magical, exotic world of Latin music right now. Some of the figures that caught my eyes...(or ears), are;

1. Noel Rosa

"Noel de Medeiros Rosa (December 11, 1910 - May 4, 1937) was a Brazilian songwriter, singer, and guitar/banjo player. One of the greatest names in Brazilian popular music, Noel gave a new twist to samba, combining its Afro-Brazilian roots with a more urban, witty language and making it a vehicle for ironic social commentary.

Noel Rosa was born in Rio de Janeiro into a middle-class family of the Vila Isabel neighbourhood. An accident with a forceps at his birth caused the disfigured chin that would haunt him all his short life. Although Noel started medicine studies, he gave most of his attention to music and would spend whole nights in bars drinking and playing with other samba musicians. Noel Rosa had wrote around 250 compositions."


An Article on Noel Rosa: Noel Rosa, a Samba Genius(Brazilian Music, February 2000)




Fita Amarela (Yellow Ribbon)

Quando eu morrer
Não quero choro nem vela
Quero uma fita amarela
Gravada com o nome dela 

(When I die
I don't want crying or candle
I want a yellow ribbon
With her name on it)

Se existe alma,
Se há outra encarnação
Eu queria que a mulata
Sapateasse no meu caixão 

(If there exists a soul
If there is another incarnation
I'd like it if the mulatto woman
Tap-danced on my coffin)

Não quero flores,
Nem coroa de espinho
Só quero choro de flauta
Violão e cavaquinho 

(I don't want flowers
Nor crown of thorns
I just want choro with flute
Guitar and cavaquinho)

Estou contente
Consolado por saber
Que as morenas tão formosas
A terra um dia vai comer 

(I'm content
Consoled to know
That the earth will one day eat
The dark women so beautiful)

Não tenho herdeiros
Não possuo um só vintém
Eu vivi devendo a todos
Mas não paguei nada a ninguém 

(I don't have heirs
I don't own a penny
I always owed everybody
But I never paid anybody)

Meus inimigos
Que hoje falam mal de mim
Vão dizer que nunca viram
Uma pessoa tão boa assim 

(My enemies
Who today speak badly of me
Will say that they never saw
A guy as good as me)

Quero que o sol
Não visite meu caixão
Para minha pobre alma
Não morrer de insolação 

(I want the sun
Not to visit my coffin
So that my poor soul
Doesn't die of sunstroke.)


Noel Rosa; Discography(14 CDs)

Imelda May

"Imelda Mary Higham (born Imelda Mary Clabby on 10 July 1974), professionally known as Imelda May, is an Irish musician and singer-songwriter. Born and raised in The Liberties area of Dublin, May began her career in music at age sixteen—performing with a number of local bands and musicians— before forming her own band in 2002. She released her debut studio album, No Turning Back, in 2003 and relocated to London, United Kingdom with husband and guitarist Darrel Higham after its release. Following an appearance on the BBC music programme Later... with Jools Holland in 2008, she released her second studio album, Love Tattoo (2009). May collaborated and toured with a number of artists following its release. Her similarly-received third studio album, Mayhem, was released in 2010 and earned her a nomination for the Choice Music Prize^. Although known primarily as a singer, May also plays the bodhrán, guitar and tambourine. Described as "a unique vocal talent," May is known for her musical style of rockabilly revival and has also been compared to female jazz musicians such as Billie Holiday. She won the Best Female Artist of the Year award at the 2009 Meteor Awards. wikipedia

No Turning Back

Love Tattoo

Mayhem

Rockin' Manga - "Bloody Monday"

"Taka Fujimaru may seem like a regular high school student, but behind the cheery facade lies a genius hacker by the name of Falcon. When his father is framed for murder, Falcon uses his brilliant hacking skills to try and protect his sister and clear his father's name. However, he finds that his father, an agent in an elite government agency, was involved with something far more complex than a simple murder. A terrorist group is plotting against the city of Tokyo and it is up to Falcon, with the help of his friends, to unravel the twisted plans to kill millions."


I don't usually write about manga, so when I do, shit just got serius man. My mind was a hostage for two days reading this manga from start to end. It had been a while since I read something this engaging ...well I did finished Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" last month, which is a monster in its own kind I tell you. But there is this charm that only japanese manga posses, the storytelling style with drawings, that kinda make you more invested in the story rather than just words alone. Something that I think the western comics failed at, and as the result, created this kinda stupid animosity toward any comics in general...that comic is just for little kids and nerdy guys only. 
 
Well, I dont deny that, for western comic, because I think it is geared toward that specific kind of audiences. At least for the industry giants like Marvel and DC, with its countless generations and reboots of the same old figures. Milking the same cash-cow over and over again. Though it is true, that not all of the western comics are about superheroes in bright spandex costume fucking with injustice on daily basis, but the impression left by the supposed big names, or representatives, of what comics are, are these superheroes genre. Same kinda impression, I think, about the current music trend. The impression left by the supposed representatives; Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga and shits, tend to color the opinion of the masses about music...


Enough trash talk. I'm sure there are quite many great western comics out there, just need to dig through the garbage piled on top of it.


I invite you, then, to a roller-coaster adventure of Bloody Monday.

Marley (2012)

 Bob Marley's universal appeal, impact on music history and role as a social and political prophet is both unique and unparalleled. MARLEY is the definitive life story of the musician, revolutionary, and legend, from his early days to his rise to international superstardom. Made with the support of the Marley family, the film features rare footage, incredible performances and revelatory interviews with the people that knew him best. From Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald (One Day In September, The Last King of Scotland) comes the story of a towering figure of musical history, whose music and message has transcended different cultures, languages and creeds to resonate around the world today as powerfully as when he was alive.

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