日志

1. Real Estate - Real Estate



For the better part of the past year, Real Estate have been floating around the internet, popping up on the blog circuit every few weeks or so. I think it was last spring that I first heard them. Shortly before they played at the dearly departed Peacock (pictured above) during SXSW. Their blissful and airy beach pop is perfect warm-weather music. The band basically soundtracked my entire year, including what was probably the laziest and most unproductive summer ever.

Suburban Beverage


2. Yo La Tengo - Popular Songs



My favorite time of the year is fall, and no other band personifies cool weather, comfy sweaters, and the lighthearted melancholy associated with the season than Yo La Tengo. It was tough choosing between Popular Songs and Real Estate, and while Real Estate barely got the nod as my top album, I think Popular Songs is the more dynamic album overall.

Yo La Tengo - Avalon or Someone Very Similar


3. Atlas Sound - Logos



Not as good as his solo debut Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel, but a sophomore slump from Bradford Cox beats just about anything else that came out this year. Of all the concerts I went to, seeing Atlas Sound in the rain at Fun Fun Fun Fest was probably the highlight of my year.

Quick Canal [w/ Laetita Sadier]


4. Leonard Cohen - Live At The Isle of Wight 1970



I usually don't include live albums or re-issues on my end of year lists but this one was just too good not to include. Leonard Cohen is one of those musicians that I've always known about, but never really known. It wasn't until this year that I really gave Cohen a listen and I became completely addicted. It was a nice coincidence that this recording came out just as my Cohen mania was reaching its peak. From start to finish, this recording is absolutely beautiful.


5. The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Smoking Acid EP



After last year's dud My Bloody Underground, it seemed as if Anton Newcombe had finally lost it. I still considered them my favorite band of all time, but like an old dog you've had since childhood that's now crippled and blind, it's just not the same.

While this EP is in no way a return to the BJM of old, it's at least a promising step in the right direction. It actually reminds me a lot of their very first album Methodrone. My Bloody Underground was all over the place and had no direction. It sounds here as if Newcombe is at least coherent and knows where he's going. The new album comes out on January 1. I'm hoping I can justify putting it on next year's list.

The Serious Matter



Miscellanea

Music meme of the year: the beach (see: Toro y Moi, Washed out, Best Coast, Ducktails, Wavves, Real Estate, The Drums, etc.)

Music meme that is finally dying out, thank god: shitty "lo-fi" (see: Wavves, No Age)

Most under-appreciated album: The Eternal by Sonic Youth

I hope that in 2010...My Bloody Valentine and The Jesus and Mary Chain stop dicking around and record new albums


R.I.P. Silver Jews 1989-2009

The 70's killed me! Sorry about that... I really just couldn't choose for a lot of these, sorry...

2009 - Still undecided... ( Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind, maudlin of the Well - Part the Second, Mastodon - Crack the Skye... ?)

2008 - Esoteric - The Maniacal Vale / Deathspell Omega - Veritas Diaboli in Manet Aeternum: Chaining the Katechon EP

2007 - Deathspell Omega - Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum <- This year was about as good as the 70's but DSO came out on top. Special mention for Ulver...

2006 - Negură Bunget - Om / Agalloch - Ashes Against The Grain / [artistThe Ruins of Beverast - Rain Upon the Impure

2005 - Opeth - Ghost Reveries / Deathspell Omega - Kenose EP

2004 - Deathspell Omega - Si Monvmentvm Reqvires, Circvmspice

2003 - Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye / Opeth - Damnation

2002 - Sigur Rós - ( ) / Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors / Agalloch - The Mantle / Porcupine Tree - In Absentia <- Another great year!

2001 - Opeth - Blackwater Park / maudlin of the Well - Leaving your Bodymap / Bath

2000 - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven! / Weakling - Dead As Dreams / Porcupine Tree - Lightbulb Sun / Ulver - Perdition City

1999 - Opeth - Still Life

1998 - Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse

1997 - Emperor - Anthems To The Welkin At Dusk / Radiohead - OK Computer / Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F♯A♯∞

1996 - Neurosis - Through Silver in Blood / Burzum - Filosofem / Katatonia - Brave Murder Day

1995 - Porcupine Tree - The Sky Moves Sideways / Meshuggah - Destroy Erase Improve / Ulver - Kelvdssanger

1994 - Ulver - Bergatt: Et eeventyr i 5 capitler / Emperor - In the Nightside Eclipse / Jeff Buckley - Grace / Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas

1993 - Burzum - Hvis Lyset Tar Oss / Cynic - Focus / Slowdive - Souvlaki

1992 - Alice in Chains - Dirt / Änglagård - Hybris

1991 - My Bloody Valentine - Loveless / Atheist - Unquestionable Presence / Death - Human

1990 - Naked City - Naked City / Psychotic Waltz - A Social Grace / Atheist - A Piece of Time / Lustmord - Heresy

1989 - The Cure - Disintegration / Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness / Voivod - Nothingface

1988 - Metallica - ...And Justice for All

1987 - Dead Can Dance - Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun

1986 - Metallica - Master of Puppets

1985 - Tom Waits - Rain Dogs

1984 - Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa / Metallica - Ride the Lightning

1983 - Bacamarte - Depois Do Fim

1982 - King Crimson - Beat / Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast / Rush - Signals <- Pretty freaking bad year.

1981 - King Crimson - Discipline

1980 - Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

1978 - Rush - Hemispheres (I can't believe I had to give Rush that year... Shows how mediocre the year was)

1977 - Pink Floyd - Animals

1976 - Rainbow - Rising / Camel - Moonmadness / Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

1974 - King Crimson - Red

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge

1971 - To hard to choose just 1... see below.

1970 - Black Sabbath - Paranoid / Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road

1968 - The Zombies - Odyssey and Oracle

1967 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (but also Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, The Doors, The Velvet Underground, etc.)

1966 - The Beatles - Revolver (special mention to Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa)

1965 - The Beatles - Rubber Soul / John Coltrane - A Love Supreme / Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited

1964 - The Beatles - Hard Day's Night (only because it's the only album I've ever heard from this year. It's a pretty mediocre album...)

1963 - Charles Mingus - The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady

1962 - John Coltrane - Olé Coltrane

1961 - Yusef Lateef - Eastern Sounds

1960 - Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue


So hard to choose for some of those!!! Look at the amazingness the 70's produced!

1975 - Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here / Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti / Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks / Van der Graaf Generator - Godbluff / Queen - A Night at the Opera / Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All / Camel - The Snow Goose / Black Sabbath - Sabotage / Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ... And more.

1974 - King Crimson - Red / Yes - Relayer / Camel - Mirage / Magma - Köhntarkösz / Focus - Hamburger Concerto ... and way more!

1973 - Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon / King Crimson - Larks' Tongue in Aspic / Genesis - Selling England by the Pound / The Who - Quadrophenia / Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath / Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire / Magma - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh ... and so many more!!!

1972 - Yes - Close to the Edge / Jethro Tull - Thick as a Brick / David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / Nick Drake - Pink Moon / Deep Purple - Machine Head / Genesis - Foxtrot / Wishbone Ash - Argus / Premiata Forneria Marconi - Per un Amico / etc ... Ugh, another insanely amazing year!!!

1971 - Led Zeppelin - IV / Pink Floyd - Meddle / Yes - Fragile / Jethro Tull - Aqualung / John Lennon - Imagine / Comus - First Utterance / Van der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts / The Who - Who's Next / Caravan - In the Land of Grey and Pink / Yes - The Yes Album / Genesis - Nursery Crime ... AMAZING YEAR!!!

1969 - King Crimson - In the Court of the Crimson King: An Observation by King Crimson / The Beatles - Abbey Road / Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left / Led Zeppelin - I & II / Frank Zappa - Hot Rats ... etc.

Jake

Amorphis: Skyforger (Progressive metal) (Helsinki, Finland)
Animal Collective: Merriweather Post Pavilion (Psychedelic pop, Neo-Psychedelia) (Baltimore, MD, USA)
Be'lakor: Stone's Reach (Melodic death metal) (Melbourne, Australia)
The Chasm: Farseeing the Paranormal Abysm (Death metal) (Ciudad de México, Mexico)
Leonard Cohen: Live In London (Folk, Singer/Songwriter) (Montreal, Canada)
Converge: Axe To Fall (Metalcore, Hardcore punk) (Salem, MA, USA)
Emperor: Live Inferno (Black metal, Symphonic black metal) (Notodden, Norway)
Fashawn: Boy Meets World (Conscious hip hop, West coast hip hop, Boom bap) (Fresno, CA, USA)
The Flaming Lips: Embryonic (Neo-Psychedelia, Experimental rock) (Oklahoma City, OK, USA)
Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest (Psychedelic folk, Indie folk, Indie pop) (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Katatonia: Night Is The New Day (Alternative metal) (Stockholm, Sweden)
Kylesa: Static Tensions (Sludge metal, Stoner metal) (Savannah, GA, USA)
Magma: Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (Zeuhl) (Paris, France)
Mastodon: Crack The Skye (Progressive metal) (Atlanta, GA, USA)
maudlin of the Well: Part the Second (Progressive rock, Art rock) (Amherst, MA, USA)
Natural Snow Buildings: Shadow Kingdom (Drone, Psychedelic folk) (Vitré, France)
Nile: Those Whom The Gods Detest (Technical death metal, Death metal) (Greenville, SC, USA)
Raekwon: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt II (East coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop) (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia (Alternative rock, Jangle pop) (Athens, GA, USA)
The Ruins of Beverast: Foulest Semen of a Sheltered Elite (Black metal, Atmospheric black metal) (Aachen, Germany)
Shpongle: Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland (Psybient, Psytrance) (UK)
Sonic Youth: Live At Battery Park, NYC: July 4th 2008 (Alternative rock, Noise rock) (New York, NY, USA)
Thy Catafalque: Róka hasa rádió (Avant-garde metal, Progressive metal) (Makó, Hungary)
Devin Townsend: Addicted (Industrial metal) (New Westminster, Canada)
Vektor: Black Future (Technical thrash metal) (Tempe, AZ, USA)

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1 538 любимых треков / 1,538 Loved Tracks
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Top-50 на 2 Декабря 2009 года:

1. Current 93 - 572
2. Коммунизм - 444
3. Tindersticks - 344
3. The Tiger Lillies - 344
5. Sol Invictus - 328
6. Олег Митяев - 323
7. Гражданская Оборона - 307
8. Микаэл Таривердиев - 304
9. Darkwood - 302
10. Meat Beat Manifesto - 227
11. Orplid - 224
12. Rome - 219
13. Sonne Hagal - 214
14. Инструкция По Выживанию - 213
15. Хуй Забей - 211
15. Coil - 211
17. Majdanek Waltz - 193
18. Max Raabe & Palast Orchester - 178
19. The Legendary Pink Dots - 172
19. Von Thronstahl - 172
21. The Days of the Trumpet Call - 170
22. Fire + Ice - 167
23. Эдуард Артемьев - 165
24. НОМ - 164
25. Antony and the Johnsons - 160
26. Argine - 159
27. Ô Paradis - 157
28. Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson - 156
29. Asian Dub Foundation - 154
30. Antonio Vivaldi - 153
31. Ataraxia - 152
32. Death in June - 144
32. Anthesteria - 144
34. Arcana - 142
35. Dub Syndicate - 140
35. Александр Ливер - 140
37. Decadence - 138
38. Кровосток - 134
39. Neutral - 132
40. Leonard Cohen - 131
41. Алексей Хвостенко - 130
42. Luftwaffe - 128
43. Allerseelen - 123
43. Zoviet France - 123
45. sToa - 117
46. Goethes Erben - 114
47. Engelsstaub - 109
47. Tim Rice - 109
47. Laibach - 109
47. Ianva - 109

Top-50 Albums Chart:

1.Микаэл Таривердиев – Я такое дерево. Автопортрет - 141
2.Sonne Hagal – Jordansfrost Digipak - 123
3.Эдуард Артемьев – Музыка из кинофильмов - 96
4.Darkwood – Notwendfeuer - 93
5.Anthesteria – Sublustrum OST - 92
5.Luftwaffe – Event Nihility - 92
5.Олег Митяев – Романтики больше не будет - 92
8.Алексей Хвостенко – Последняя малина - 90
9.Коммунизм – Жизнь что сказка - 86
10.Antonio Vivaldi – Complete Works for the Italian Lute - 83
10.Current 93 – Soft Black Stars - 83
12.Neutral – Serpents in the Dawn - 81
13.Majdanek Waltz – Детство Гамлета - 80
14.Гия Канчели – Кин-Дза-Дза! (оригинальная музыка из фильма) [bootleg] - 78
15.Ленинград & The Tiger Lillies – Huinya - 75
15.Kinovia – Knjiga Pelinova - 75
17.Гражданская Оборона – ЗАЧЕМ СНЯТСЯ СНЫ?(2007) - 74
18.Коммунизм – Чудо-музыка - 73
19.Александр Ливер – Честное Предложение - 70
20.Rome – Masse Mensch Material - 67
20.Fire + Ice – Seasons of Ice - 67
22.Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson – Dust to Dust - From the films - 64
22.Coil – Love's Secret Domain - 64
24.Коммунизм – Народоведение - 63
25.Tim Rice – Jesus Christ Superstar [MCA Original Cast Recording] Disc 1 - 62
26.Asian Dub Foundation – Enemy of the Enemy - 60
27.Antonio Vivaldi – Romantic Classic - 59
28.Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson – Angels of the Universe - 58
29.Ajs Nigrutin – Strokavi Pazuh - 55
29. vto – Nema Nazad - 55
29.Marlene Dietrich – Der Blonde Engel - 55
32.Decadence – Leftovers From Another Summer - 54
32.Кровосток – Гантеля - 54
32.Death in June – Scorpion Wind - 54
35.Orplid – Greifenherz - 53
35.Goethes Erben – Nichts bleibt wie es war - 53
37.Current 93 – Black Ships Ate the Sky - 51
38.Blood & Sand – Bardo - 50
39.The Days of the Trumpet Call – I Saw No Temple in the City - 49
39.Orplid – Orplid - 49
41.Олег Митяев – Как трудно быть художником - 48
41.Argine – Luctamina in rebus - 48
41.Микаэл Таривердиев – Ночные забавы - 48
44.Forseti – Erde - 47
44.Tim Rice – Jesus Christ Superstar [MCA Original Cast Recording] Disc 2 - 47
44.Death in June – Rose Clouds of Holocaust- 47
44.Sol Invictus – In Europa - 47
48.Пётр Лещенко – Утомлённое Солнце - 46
48.Sol Invictus – The Devil's Steed - 46
50.The Tiger Lillies – Freakshow - 45

Top-10 Tracks Chart:

1.Kinovia – lelej - 23
2.Микаэл Таривердиев – Из к/ф "Русский регтайм" - 22
3.Neutral – Serpents in the Dawn - 19
4.Микаэл Таривердиев – Из к/ф "Я обещала - я уйду" - 18
4.Sonne Hagal – Das Letzte Lied - 18
6.Sonne Hagal – Totentanzlied - 16
7.Олег Митяев – Красная река - 15
7.Sonne Hagal – Flackerndes Feuer - 15
7.Darkwood – Der Falken Flug - 15
10.Darkwood – Totenburg - 14

The reissuing of now all their albums - "Sad & Dangerous", "Dirty Three", "Horse Stories", "Ocean Songs", "Whatever You Love, You Are", "She Has No Strings Apollo", "Cinder", and "Live! at Meredith" (which in small quantities has been dropped off at record stores around Melbourne by Mick himself I believe), as well as the release of The Dirty Three Documentary and ATP film, and a few years ago, "Sticky Carpet" - means that, depending where you are in the world, most of their discography and live performances are available to you; as for the bonus discs and editions of albums with extra tracks, the EP's and other discontinued, rarer stuff - "Lowlands", "Ufkuko", "Sharks EP", "Strange Holiday", "Obvious is Obvious/ No Need" - they are graciously shared by those small few who have them. Below are some of these recordings, some posted on websites, from these limited editions.

Dirty Three (1995):

Seen this one in record stores, dont think there is a vinyl edition of it, though.

1. Indian Love Song
2. Better Go Home Now
3. Odd Couple
4. Kim's Dirt
5. Everything's Fucked
6. The Last Night
7. Dirty Equation


Sad & Dangerous (1995):

Their first album, recorded "with a mic from Tandy's".
Haven't seen this one in record stores, certainly not the vinyl edition.
This will probably be reissued one day.



Ufkuko (1998)

No longer available, maybe this will be reissued too, someday.



Live set in 1998 at ABC TV studios Melbourne, included with a limited edition of Ocean Songs..




(right click: save as - if you want the audio)
Dirty Three – Last Horse on the Sand (Live on ABC TV)

This is the monologue (I guess that's the word for it)(...it's great, and funny):
"This is a song, ladies and gentlemen, from the bedroom, put into your lounge room, because we love you that much. This is a love song, for anyone in love; grab their hand and squeeze it tight, cos tomorrow they might not be there. This is called..'I've been walkin around a long time, and my shoes are worn out, and my pants have fallen down, and I've got holes in my britches..but you are the last horse on..my..sand'"


Dirty Three – Distant Shore (Live on ABC TV)
Dirty Three – Authentic Celestial Music (Live on ABC TV)
Dirty Three – Sue's Last Ride (Live on ABC TV)
Dirty Three – Deep Waters (Live on ABC TV)

Also a live recording at ABC TV studios, released on compilation, Recovery: Ready For Transmission..
Dirty Three – Sirena (Live on ABC TV)


Live set at Café de la Danse, Paris, 2003..
Sister Let Them Try And Follow (Live at Cafe De La Danse)

Live set at Melbourne Big Day Out, 1996..
Dirty Three – I Remember A Time When Once You Used To Love Me (Live at Big Day Out)
Dirty Three – To Aster! (Live at Big Day Out)
Dirty Three – Mick's Love Song (Live at Big Day Out)
Nick Cave & the Dirty Three – Tupelo (Live at Big Day Out)
Nick Cave & the Dirty Three – Shivers (Live at Big Day Out)


A Leonard Cohen song, performed live numerous times..
(will upload later along with other stuff)
Dirty Three – Suzanne

A Rowland S. Howard song, performed live with Nick Cave numerous times..
Nick Cave & the Dirty Three – Shivers

A Kim Salmon song from Sharks EP, and also Obvious Is Obvious / No Need split single with Low..
Dirty Three – Obvious Is Obvious

Live set in 2004 at PBS studios - a Melbourne radio station..
Dirty Three – Intro (Live on PBS)
Dirty Three – 1000 Miles (Live on PBS)
Dirty Three – Hope (Live on PBS)
Dirty Three – She Has No Strings (Live on PBS)
Dirty Three – The Zither Player (Live on PBS)
Dirty Three – Jaguar (Live on PBS)


Live set at RRR studios - another Melbourne radio station..

Horse Stories (1996):

1000 Miles
Sue's Last Ride
Hope
I Remember a Time When Once You Used to Love Me - (an adaptation of a song, Μια φορά θυμάμαι/Mia Fora Thimame by Αρλέτα/Arleta)



At the Bar
Red
Warren's Lament
Horse (vocals by Andria Degens - Pantaleimon)
I Knew It Would Come To This


From the iTunes edition..
Crazybirds



Whatever You Love, You Are (2000):

1. Some Summers They Drop Like Flies
2. I Really Should've Gone Out Last Night
3. I Offered It Up to the Stars & the Night Sky
4. Some Things I Just Don't Want to Know
5. Stellar
6. Lullabye for Christie


She Has No Strings Apollo (2003)


From the Japan edition..
All Downhill From Here
She Apollo

iTunes edition..
Greyhound
Rocket
Dirty Stranger




A tribute to the late Alice Coltrane, I believe, who was to play at ATP curated by the Dirty Three, recorded at Meredith in 2004..

Dirty Three – Alice Wading (Live at Meredith)

She Has No Strings:

From the Japan edition of She Has No Strings..
Dirty Three – All Downhill From Here
Dirty Three – She Apollo

Live set in 2002 in Paris..
Dirty Three – 1000 Miles (Live at Instants Chavirés)


A set in Melbourne..
Dirty Three – Red (Live at Prince Bandroom)

Live set in 1994 at Triple J studios - an Australian radio station..
Better Go Home Now (Live from Triple J live)

Cinder:
Ever Since
Amy
She Passed Through
Sad Jexy
Cinders
Doris
Flutter
The Zither Player - (an adaptation of a song by Lajkó Félix, whose music is an influence on Warren, particularly Lajkó Félix és zenekara)
Great Waves
It Happened
Dream Evie
Too Soon, Too Late
This Night
Rain On
Ember
Michèle
Feral
Last Dance
In Fall
from the Japan edition..
Dirty Three – June's a Calling

Fly By Night Club, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2006..
Dirty Three – Maggie May (Live at Fly By Night Club)

ABC Radio National - The Deep End, 2006...
1. Dirty Three – Ever Since (Live on ABC Radio National - The Deep End)
2. Dirty Three – Amy (Live on ABC Radio National - The Deep End)
3. Dirty Three – Flutter (Live on ABC Radio National - The Deep End)
4. Dirty Three – Everything's Fucked (Live on ABC Radio National - The Deep End)


Set filmed in Toyko included with the Dirty Three Doco


So, I've heard just about everything recorded by the Dirty Three that is available, except the cassette..I'd love to hear it and the performance with Nick Cave to the Carl Dreyer silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc", if they are out there.

I'm missing a ton, I know, but these are the only memorable acts I can remember going to over a few years.

Neon Indian
Peaches
Men
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Cymbals Eat Guitars
Depreciation Guild
WHY?
Kid Cudi
Leonard Cohen
Wilco
Grizzly Bear
The Breeders
Modest Mouse
Giant Drag
Architecture in Helsinki
of Montreal
Sufjan Stevens
Spice Girls (DUH)

Sun 29 Nov – Madeleine Peyroux

Για κοιτάξτε πράματα τώρα. Εγώ και όχι ο mamercus να έχω πάει σε συναυλία blues και από πάνω να θέλω να γράψω και κριτική γι αυτή. Δηλώνω εξαρχής ότι δεν έχω καμιά σοβαρή σχέση με το συγκεκριμένο είδος μουσικής μια και ποτέ δεν ήταν μέσα στα ενδιαφέροντα μου. Ωστόσο μέσα στις αγαπημένες μου ερμηνεύτριες τυχαίνει να είναι μία μεγάλη καλλιτέχνης του είδους: η Madeleine Peyroux. Είναι περίεργο πως σου κολλάνε δημιουργοί στο μυαλό σου. Πως αποκτάς αδυναμίες. Αδυναμία όπως έχω εγώ στη Madeleine. Είναι οι στιγμές που περνάς μαζί τους κάτω από συγκεκριμένες καταστάσεις και καθημερινές συνήθειες. Κάτι από τη φωνή της, κάτι από τις μελωδίες της μ’ έκανε να έχω συνδέσει τη Madeleine με πολύ ωραίες και προσωπικές εικόνες. Αυτές οι προσωπικές στιγμές ήταν η αιτία να τρέξω πρώτος πρώτος και να πάρω εισιτήρια ώστε να τη δω να ερμηνεύει ζωντανά.

Και παρόλη την άγνοια μου και απαίδευτη στα blues παιδεία μου αποδείχτηκε ότι έπραξα καλά. Γιατί η Madeleine Peyroux είναι από τους δημιουργούς που πάνω στη σκηνή αναδεικνύονται και καταλαβαίνεις ότι είναι πλασμένοι για να ερμηνεύουν ζωντανά τις μουσικές τους. Το πρώτο συναίσθημα και η πρώτη εικόνα που σου έρχεται στο μυαλό όταν την ακούς ζωντανά είναι αυτό της απίστευτης ευγένειας και γλυκύτητας. Δεν γίνεται να μην χαμογελάς όταν αυτή σου σκάει το χαμόγελο στη σκηνή και δεν γίνεται να μην πιάνεται η καρδιά σου όταν μορφάζει στους στίχους «..It seems the truth is hidden where the sun don’t shine..» του Bare Bones. Η απίστευτη μουσική εκφραστικότητα που έχει σε ωθεί να νοιώθεις την ουσία της μουσικής μέσα σου. Κάτι παρόμοιο είχα νοιώσει μόνο σε μια ακόμα συναυλία. Σ’ αυτή της Loreena McKennitt.( http://www.last.fm/user/yusakuasano/journal/2009/06/29/2u0pd1_loreena_mckennit ) Και αν η μεταδοτικότητα της Loreena’s εκφραζόταν μ’ ένα μυστηριακό σχεδόν ξωτικιένο τρόπο, εδώ σου ερχόταν μέσα από τον πάτο του ουισκιού σου. Και όμως η απαλή εκφραστικότητα της έδινε μια περίεργη λάμψη στα τραγούδια της. Η αψεγάδιαστη φωνή της ακόμα και στα χαρούμενα τραγούδια της ήταν πάντα μελαγχολική. Τα blues της Madeleine, προερχόμενα πότε από την country πλευρά (Walkin After Midnight – της Patsy Cline), πότε από την αμερικάνικη folk (Dance Me To The End Of Love – Leonard Cohen) και πότε από το γαλλικό chanson (La Javanaise – Serge Gainsbourg) είχαν όλα το δικό της χαρακτηριστικό και μοναδικά όμορφο στυλ. Κορυφαία και σπάνια προσωπική στιγμή ήταν το Between The Bars. Σπαρακτικά εκτελεσμένο.

Μπορεί η Madeleine Peyroux να μην τραγουδάει με την κιθάρα της στους δρόμους του Παρισιού όπως πριν ξεκινήσει τη λαμπρή καριέρα της. Μπορεί ακόμα να μην τραγουδάει ακόμα σε κακόφημα μέσα στην κάπνα bar όπως τόσο θα ταίριαζε στα τραγούδια της και στο στυλ της. Μπορεί να τραγουδάει πλέον σε μέγαρα μουσικής και θέατρα. Με κοινό κυρίως μεσήλικες ευκατάστατης κοινωνικής και οικονομικής τάξης. Ωστόσο έχει καταφέρει και έχει κρατήσει τη σεμνότητα, τη γλυκύτητα και κυρίως το αυθεντικό αίσθημα ενός γνήσιου και πανέμορφου καλλιτέχνη.

Βαθμολογία: 8,5/10

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