Música da Semana

David Bowie - 'Ashes To Ashes'

Do you remember a guy that's been
In such an early song
I heard a rumour from Ground Control
Oh no, don't say it's true

They got a message from the action man
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too
I've loved all I needed to love"
Sordid details following

The shreiking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
But I'm hoping to kick...but the planet is growing

Ashes to Ashes, funk to funky
We know Major Tom's a junkie
Strung out on heaven's high
Hitting an all-time low

Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again

I'm stuck with a valuable friend
"I'm happy, hope you're happy too"
One flash of light...but no smoking pistol

I've never done good things
I've never done bad things
I've never done anything out of the blue, woh-o-oh

Want an axe to break the ice
Want to come down right now



A culpa toda é da Fer. E do Gene Genie, claro.

Música da Semana (6)

Caralho, isso é muito foda:

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Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel

Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time it's getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can't go on like this too long

{Chorus:}
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]

Don't talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don't say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don't turn around
This is for real
Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt

The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes

[Chorus]

I'm digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt

Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
[x7]

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É apenas eu, ou alguém mais escuta a mesma música trocentas vezes depois que a descobre?

Música da Semana (5)

"Woke Up This Morning" - Leonard Cohen

You woke up this morning
Got yourself a gun,
Mama always said you'd be
The Chosen One.

She said: You're one in a million
You've got to burn to shine,
But you were born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.

You woke up this morning
All the love has gone,
Your Papa never told you
About right and wrong.

But you're looking good, baby,
I believe you're feeling fine, (shame about it),
Born under a bad sign
With a blue moon in your eyes.

You woke up this morning
The world turned upside down,
Thing's ain't been the same
Since the Blues walked into town.

But you're one in a million
You've got that shotgun shine.
Born under a bad sign,
With a blue moon in your eyes.

When you woke up this morning everything you had was
gone. By half past ten your head was going ding-dong.
Ringing like a bell from your head down to your toes,
like a voice telling you there was something you should
know. Last night you were flying but today you're so low
- ain't it times like these that make you wonder if
you'll ever know the meaning of things as they appear to
the others; wives, mothers, fathers, sisters and
brothers. Don't you wish you didn't function, wish you
didn't think beyond the next paycheck and the next little
drink' Well you do so make up your mind to go on, 'cos
when you woke up this morning everything you had was gone.

When you woke up this morning,
When you woke up this morning,
When you woke up this morning,
Mama said you'd be the Chosen One.

When you woke up this morning,
When you woke up this morning,
When you woke up this morning,
You got yourself a gun.

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Assistam. Sopranos.

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E ainda nesse feriado: o meu super-duper-post sobre The West Wing. Você não pode deixar de perder!

Ah, o Virtual Dub...(Parte 2)

E clique aqui para escutar a música que David Bowie himself compôs para Andy Millman, personagem de Ricky Gervais em Extras.

Ah, o Virtual Dub...(Parte 1)

Nada como poder ripar músicas de um arquivo de vídeo, e depois poder upálas em um servidor para que outros possam escutá-las. Model of Modern Network TV Show pode ser baixada aqui.

Música da Semana (4)

"Model of a Modern Network TV Show"

Composição: Aaron Sorkin (?)

We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show
Each time that we walk into this august and famous studio
We're starting out from scratch after a run of twenty years or so
And we hope that you don't mind that our producer was caught doing blow

They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing blow
They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing blow
They hope that you don't mind that their producer was caught doing lots of blow

Yes it's hard to be a player when at heart you've always had a hunch
To bite the hand that feeds you is a scary way of doing brunch
But still when we walk in to this august and famous studio
We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show

But still when they walk into this august and famous studio
They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show

I am a Christian tried and true baptised at age eleven so
Unlike the liberals, gays, and Jews I'm going straight to heaven
But if you feel you've been cheated and our sordid content lets you down
We'll happily do the favour of an intellectual reacharound

They'll happily do the favour of an intellectual reacharound
They'll happily do the favour of an intellectual reacharound
They'll happily do the favour of a hundred dollar hooker's reacharound

That wasn't the same thing we said…

They'll happily do the favour of a frugal euphemistic reacharound

We know the Evangelicals are lining up to tag our toe
And then the corporations will not hesitate to pull their dough
But still when we walk into this august and famous studio
We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show

But still when they walk into this august and famous studio
They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show
But still when they walk into this august and famous studio
They'll be the very model of a modern network TV show

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Assistam. Studio. 60.

Rapidinhas

O episódio dessa semana de House foi dirigido por Laura Innes. E o de Justice teve como diretor Paul McCrane. Seria uma conspiração para mim assistir ER? Porque, se eu começar e gostar, toda minha vida social depois de junho do ano que vem vai ficar comprometida (até lá eu já tenho o que assistir, hehe).

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Pensando seriamente em deixar de assistir Justice, by the way. O formato já é engessado (procedural...) e ainda por cima, limitam ainda mais. Será que eles vão ganhar todos os casos? E será que todos os clientes são inocentes? E será que não vão trabalhar a personalidade dos personagens? Tudo que eu sei é que Ron Turk é deliciosamente arrogante e que um dos ajudantes dele, cujo nome não lembro (o que não é bom sinal) é meio esquentado. Mas isso não se aplica aos réus em si, cuja vida é explorada ao fundo, com todos os podres que se possa imaginar. Mas eles só ficam na série por um episódio...

Aliás, isso é outra crítica: arcos mais longos, envolvendo o mesmo caso, fariam muito bem à Justice.

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Descobri que sou apaixonado pela Alyson Hannigan. Mas não pela atual, e sim pela que fez a segunda temporada de Buffy. Eu quero uma Willow pra mim!

E aquela dança da Buffy com o Xander no primeiro episódio da segunda temporada foi...sem palavras.

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Ainda sobre os Acústicos: tô escutando o do Roberto Carlos. Tirando aquelas duas músicas mais recentes, o resto é maravilhoso. Que letrista que ele era! Isso vale tanto pra músicas mais bobinhas (Parei na Contramão) quanto pras mais, digamos, engajadas sentimentalmente (Detalhes).

Desplugado

Quando estava no Ensino Médio, eu e alguns colegas fazíamos uma lista anual com as pérolas do ano, que consistia numa relação de bobagens ditas por engano (ou não) por alguém da turma. Um dos itens era:

Acústico MTV – Único assunto sobre o qual Juliano sabe falar

Apesar do exagero característico da brincadeira, isso até tem seu fundo de verdade. Era uma fase da minha vida em que eu estava (re)descobrindo muita coisa em matéria de música, e as coletâneas-com-arranjos-modificados faziam minha cabeça. A razão de tanta paixão pode ser explicada um pouco pela minha impaciência. Não tinha (e nem tenho) saco de catar todos os álbuns de determinada banda pra escutar. Pegar um “best of” com as melhores faixas pra escutar sempre me pareceu um ótimo negócio.

Mas há uma explicação mais profunda, digamos. A melodia do violão me fascina de uma maneira inexplicável (nada contra guitarras, adoro metal mais pesado, etc). Além de todo o cuidado com a produção, mesmo porque essa é a chance de ascensão pra muita banda que anda mal das pernas – o revival Anos 80 que o diga. E ainda tem as participações especiais: Primeiros Erros ganha uma dimensão toda especial com a voz de Kiko Zambianchi. Milton Nascimento acompanhando Rita Lee em Mania de Você é algo...sem palavras.

Claro que há a dimensão comercial. A MTV, afinal de contas, não é uma ONG. Talvez por isso a qualidade dos Acústicos tenha caído um pouco. Mais eis que surge o de Lenine, cantor que sempre achei “legalzinho”, mas que nunca dei muita bola. E não é que o Acústico dele é o melhor produzido desde o de Cássia Eller? Hoje Eu Quero Sair Só entra fácil, fácil entra as 10 melhores faixas que o projeto já teve.

O disco não sai do meu Winamp. E estou gostando cada vez mais dele. Quem sabe a MTV não entra numa fase iluminada novamente com seus especiais?

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Por falar em MTV, não agüento assistir à emissora durante mais de dois minutos atualmente. Mas isso é assunto pra outro post...

Música da Semana (4)

"I'll Be There For You"

Composição: The Rembrandts

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but...

I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)

You're still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You've burned your breakfast so far, things are going great
Your mother warned you there'd be days like these
But she didn't tell you when the world has brought your down to your knees at

I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)

No one could ever know me, no one could ever see me
Seems you're the only one who knows what's like to be me
Someone to face the day with, make it through all the mess with
Someone I'll always laugh with
Even at my worst, I'm best with you
Yeah!

It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year...

I'll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I'll be there for you
(Like I've been there before)
I'll be there for you
('Cause you're there for me too)

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Como não poderia deixar de ser...

Música da Semana (3)

"You Cant Always Get What You Want"

Composição: Mick Jagger e Keith Richards

I saw her today at the reception
A glass of wine in her hand.
I knew she was gonna meet her connection,
At her feet was a footloose man.

And you can't always get what you want,
Honey, you can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find you get what you need!

I went down to the demonstration
To get our fair share of abuse,
Singing, "We gonna vent our frustration."
If we don't we're gonna blow a fifty amp fuse.
So, I went to the Chelsea Drugstore
To get your prescription filled.
I was standing in line with my friend, Mr. Jimmy.
And man, did he look pretty ill.
We decided that we would have a soda,
My favorite flavour was cherry red.
I sing this song to my friend, Jimmy,
And he said one word to me and that was "dead."
And I said to him

And you can't always get what you want, honey.
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find you get what you need!

I saw her today at the reception.
In her glass was a bleeding man.
She was practiced at the art of deception;
I could tell by her blood-stained hands.

And you can't always get what you want, honey.
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find you get what you need!

And you can't always get what you want, honey,
You can't always get what you want,
You cant always get what you want,
But if you try sometimes, yeah,
You just might find you get what you need

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Música da Semana (2)

"As Time Goes By"

Música e Letra por Herman Hupfeld

This day and age we're living in
Gives cause for apprehension
With speed and new invention
And things like fourth dimension.

Yet we get a trifle weary
With Mr. Einstein's theory.
So we must get down to earth at times
Relax relieve the tension

And no matter what the progress
Or what may yet be proved
The simple facts of life are such
They cannot be removed.]

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

Oh yes, the world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

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Essa semana assisti Casablanca pela primeira vez. Não foi a obra-prima que eu esperava. Mas em um ponto, o filme é impecável: a música. Ah, a música...

Ela não sai do meu winanp. Tô procurando versões dela interpretada por tudo quanto é gente pra escutar. E estou chegando a conclusão que não tem jeito dela ficar ruim.

Uma das grandes canções da história do cinema, sem dúvidas.

Música da semana - Primeira Edição

"For What It's Worth" - Buffalo Springfield

There's somethin' happenin' here.
What it is ain't exactly clear.
There's a man with a gun over there
A-tellin' me I've got to beware.

I think it's time we stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

There's battle lines bein' drawn.
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong.
Young people speakin' their minds
A-gettin' so much resistance from behind.

I think it's time we stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

What a field day for the heat.
A thousand people in the street
Singin' songs and a-carryin' signs
Mostly sayin' hooray for our side.

It's time we stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin' down.

Paranoia strikes deep.
Into your life it will creep.
It starts when you're always afraid.
Step out of line, the men come and take you away.

You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Hey, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Now, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..
You better stop.
Children, what's that sound?
Everybody look what's goin'..

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The West Wing não costuma usar trilha sonora musicada. Mas em Isaque e Ismael, episódio feito especialmente sobre o 11 de setembro, eles abriram uma exceção. E não é que ficou bom pacas? Além da música ser maravilhosa por si só. E nos próximos dias, o primeiro post decente sobre WW. Amanhã acabo a "Fase Sorkin". Já passei da metade, hehe.