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segunda-feira, 25 de maio de 2020

DUNCAN DHU: "El Grito Del Tiempo"

Original released on LP GASA GA-177
(ESPAÑA, December 1987)

Con su segundo disco largo, ese que llaman el difícil, Los Duncan Dhu llegan a la cima, lugar del que no se bajarían en los pocos años que le quedaban a la década. Los motivos me parecen esquivos ahora. Cómo un grupo tan recoleto, tan poca cosa a simple vista, tan retraído, consiguió arrasar en las listas de este país y vender discos a mansalva, es algo digno de estudio. Claro que en la época eso nos parecía de lo más normal, porque la música era todo lo que teníamos y, simplemente, nos parábamos a escuchar. La música y las palabras. No quiero decir con todo esto que el disco sea lo más de lo más. Es bastante defectuoso en realidad, una depuración de su estilo, más efectista que otra cosa. Poco de originalidad, mucho de digestión bien hecha pero no tan brillantemente plasmada. Un disco que hoy sigue apelando a la nostalgia como hacía desde el momento de su edición. Sé que eso no parece posible, pero canciones como "En Algún Lugar", "Tu Sonrisa", "Al Caer la Noche", "Una Calle de París", "El Sentido de tu Canción" tienen algo muy atractivo, sin duda, pero también un pelín de tontería y una falta de garra que, ya lo sé, va en el ADN del todavía trío. Y si triunfan es porque están construidas sobre una masa de melancolía y morriña que las hace perdurables. Hasta cierto punto. "En Algún Lugar" no deja de ser problemático. Por mucho que me traslade a otros momentos. Por mucho que sus melodías sigan pareciéndome tan bonitas como el primer día. Lo que me cuenta ya no me dice lo mismo. Yo no soy el mismo y él sí. No sé, a veces creo que está más que superado, pero otras vuelve a llenarme de dudas. Dentro de lo que cabe, por supuesto, tampoco nos volvamos locos. (in RateYourMusic)

SUZANNE VEGA: "Solitude Standing"

Original released on LP A&M SP 5136
(US, April 1987)

The songs on "Solitude Standing", Suzanne Vega's second album, had years listed beside them on the lyric sheet, so you could see that some of them dated back to 1978. But that bold admission heralded the album's triumph - its diversity was what made it so good. Partially, that was because the old songs were the equal of anything on the first album - tunes like the a cappella slice-of-life "Tom's Diner" and the warmly romantic "Gypsy" simply wouldn't have fit thematically on the debut. On "Solitude Standing", however, they became part of an album of story songs set in a variety of musical contexts; many had band arrangements, and in fact, members of Vega's touring band often were credited as co-writers. Additionally, Vega had developed more as a singer without losing the focused intonation that had made her debut - one of many compelling elements which helped make "Luka," a character song about domestic abuse, a fluke hit. (William Ruhlmann in AllMusic)

sexta-feira, 1 de maio de 2020

domingo, 22 de dezembro de 2019

sábado, 10 de agosto de 2019

JOHNNY CLEGG & SAVUKA Debut Album

Original released on LP EMI Bovema 1A 064-24 0733 1
(NETHERLANDS, July 1987)

This is a fantastic debut album, from Johnny Clegg & Savuka, a band formed in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1985 (they have recorded only 4 albums and disbanded in 1994). Someone  recommended me this album many years ago, after I had finished listening to "Graceland" by Paul Simon. I was not disappointed. "Scatterlings of Africa", "Ring on Her Finger" and "Asimbonanga (Mandela)" are trememdous, three of my favourite songs. If you like African rhythms, if you loved "Graceland" and "The Rhythm of the Saints", this album is for you. Sadly Johnny Clegg has passed away last July 16, after a four years battle to cancer. He was a guy of my age, just 66 years old.

sábado, 29 de setembro de 2018

The Singing Detective

Original released on CD BBC CD 608
(UK, 1987)

Highly original TV serial produced equally unexpected and eccentric soundtrack that collects ancient pre-WW2 hits and this music can easily be enjoyed and listened even on it's own. Bing Crosby, The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers and early Ella Fitzgerald are just some of the names collected here and it all suits me fine, as I am familiar with this music. Famous cartoon artist Robert Crumb went several steps further and later released his own collection of similar recordings titled "That's What I Call Sweet Music" with now-forgoten artist of 1920s and 1930s so if you like music used for "The Singing Detective" you might like that compilation even more as it covers less mainstream gems. For some reason I always had a soft spot for these kind of old recordings and find them perfectly easy listening and soothing,in spite of old-fashioned recording techniques and this fact might actually give them magic charm missing from some newer music. No tricks,no computer gimmicks, just real musician playing live music in the studio. Besides,where else you can find original recordings by  Al Bowlly or Lale Anderson these days? Favorite (so far): "Dem Dry Bones" by joyous Fred Waring & His Pennsylvanians, whoever they might have been. It is a rousing gospel song that would fit perfectly in some early Disney movie sung by band of animated characters. (in RateYourMusic)

sexta-feira, 20 de julho de 2018

ROY ORBISON: "Black & White Night"


Recorded Live in 30 September 1987 at the Ambassador Hotel's Coconut Grove Nightclub, in Los Angeles, approximately fourteen months before Orbison's death.


domingo, 12 de novembro de 2017

Os TROVANTE Em Terra Firme

Edição original em LP Valentim de Carvalho 7487691 
(PORTUGAL 1987, Novembro 6)




Lembras-me uma marcha de Lisboa
Num desfile singular
Quem disse...
Que há hora e momento pra se amar?

Lembras-me uma enchente de maré
Com uma calma matinal
Quem foi, quem disse...
Que o mar dos olhos também sabe a sal?

(refrão):
As memórias são como livros escondidos no pó
As lembranças são os sorrisos que queremos rever, devagar.

Queria viver tudo numa noite
Sem perder a procurar
O tempo ou o espaço...
Que é indiferente pra poder sonhar.

(refrão)

Quem foi que provocou vontade e atiçou as tempestades 
e amarrou o barco ao cais?
Quem foi que matou o desejo e arrancou um lábio ao beijo 
e amainou os vendavais?

(refrão)
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