This song came out when I was just out of highschool and it blew me away BIG time.....I loved the raw ferocity of the song, and its very compelling beat and delicously raw guitar riffs. I still do. For me it is total "dance in your underwear in your livingroom while altered" music. ( TMI?) It was banned in the US then due to the sexual imagery, but I got it not long after "brown bagged" at a record store at Britton Plaza here in south Tampa.
I really admire whoever created this lovely, almost holographic video accompanied by a lightly cropped (beginning and end) cropped version of the original song, 'Hirake'. Nice to hear a Yoko song I've relished for decades widely available on line.
Enjoy ( I hope!)
John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G6VpxZthfE&feature=related
Saturday, September 4, 2010
The stunning Mazda Shinari concept car
I REALLY like this foretaste of Mazda's new design language....sleek, elegant, futuristic yet a taut sense of restraint. This review offers a luscious photo gallery of this stunner from many angles. Enjoy! John
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/30/mazda-shinari-concept-debuts-new-face-of-the-brand-in-style/
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/30/mazda-shinari-concept-debuts-new-face-of-the-brand-in-style/
very creative video
A cornerstone of much of Yoko Ono's work is that the piece is completed and dependent on being perceived by the viewer-listener, like her remarkable 1960's Zen-like poems she called "instruction paintings". One aspect of her approach since she and John created the VERY challenging (even for me) albums 'Two Virgins' and 'Life with the Lions' is her notion of "unfinished music" to be developed and expanded upon by others. Lately she has been given to distributing the separate instrumental and vocal tracks from her recent songs with the encouragement to folks that they use them as fodder for their own creativity. I like this soft, relaxing, somewhat enigmatic video and version of her toe tapping song 'The Sun Is Down' from her recent album 'Between My Head and the Sky'. Enjoy! John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlADyoXXTJI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlADyoXXTJI
Friday, September 3, 2010
Queen
Lately I have been re-appreciating the searing genius and stellar musical executions of 'Queen'. I love the operatic structure and tidal waves of raw exuberance interspersed with quiet gems. Enjoy this awesome live performance of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'. John
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ&NR=1&feature=fvwp
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