Last year, I discovered this album with some of the best covers I've heard: War Child - Heroes. War Child is an international organization which aims at providing assistance to children in areas of conflict and post-conflict.
So, it's defintively a must-have in music richness and it's a very good cause!
Just look at the track list:
1. Beck (Bob Dylan - "Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat")
2. Scissor Sisters (Roxy Music - "Do The Strand")
3. Lily Allen feat. Mick Jones (The Clash - "Straight To Hell")
4. Duffy (Paul McCartney - "Live And Let Die")
5. Elbow (U2 - "Running To Stand Still")
6. TV On The Radio (David Bowie - "Heroes")
7. Hot Chip (Joy Division - "Transmission")
8. The Kooks (The Kinks - "Victoria")
9. Estelle (Stevie Wonder - "Superstition")
10. Rufus Wainwright (Brian Wilson -" Wonderful & Song For Children")
11. Peaches (Iggy Pop - "Search And Destroy")
12. The Hold Steady (Bruce Springsteen - "Atlantic City")
13. The Like (Elvis Costello - "You Belong To Me")
14. Yeah Yeah Yeahs (The Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker")
15. Franz Ferdinand (Blondie - "Call Me)
I honestly like all of them, specially Sheena Is A Punk Rocker and Call Me, Karen O and Alex Kapranos are amazing :)
Lily Allen has made very good cover versions. In the deluxe version of Alright Still are two of them: The Kooks' Naïve and Keane's Everybody's changing.
In Juno's Soundtrack, there is a great cover of David Bowie's All The young Dudes!
Any suggestions?!
lundi 26 avril 2010
Eric's Suggestions
Eric, a friend from work, sent me by email a while ago some bands I may like! He's a bit shy to comment directly (really, Eric?). Here's some parts of his email:
You forgot one major band (but not in a major now), Radiohead. In Rainbows will be perfect to be on the road.
I agree completely. I haven't heard In Rainbow yet, but will do soon! I really enjoyed their 1995 album: The Bends. Also, how can I forget Karma Police?
You forgot also some classical bands:
- Jeff Buckley (maybe his father Tim Buckley, more folk, and why not Donovan to add some "colors"),
- Patti Smith
- The doors,
- Creedence clearwater revival
- Suede (maybe? if you like Belle and Sebastian)
- The clash
I'll be commenting on The Clash for now. They've got a very original and groundbreaking style. In a previous entry, I added a link to the music video of Rock The Casbah from The Clash. I'm not familiar with all their discography, but what I've heard so far, it's brilliant! They have influenced the most innovative bands nowdays. For instance, some of the members of The Clash were asked to collaborate in Gorillaz's Plastic Beach (Damon Albarn's back!). They recently played at the Colbert Report (Comedy Central). You can watch their performance here.
And some new stuff:
- Jamie T,
- Adam Green (of course!),
- The libertines,
- The national (there will do the first part of Pavement in May - 7th- in Zenith, Paris),
- Pavement, and Stephen Malkmus, the leader of the band,
- Beirut
- Low,
- Stuck in the sound (a quite good french rock band),
- Sigur Ros (an icelandic band, you probably heard about them),
- Lumi (an libanese rock electro fusion band, excellent but the album is
probably quite difficult to find. But don't worry, I've got it!),
- Of Montreal (some friends of MGMT, the singer, Kevin Barns, has an amazing voice),
- Dan Black (he will play the next friday in La flèche d'or in Paris),
- The kills,
- The white stripes,
- The fleet foxes (to be folk)
- Kings of Leon (for a part of fun)
- Carbon silicons (the new band of Joe Strummer)
- The XX (if you like the YYY)
- etc
- Fleet Foxes is brilliant. I can listen to Your Protector a thousand times!
- I also like Jamie T, not a big fan but I think he's fun.
- Kings of Leon is very intense which I like.
- The Kills and The White Stripes, I really like some of their songs. I even got Sour Cherry as my ringtone. Sometimes, it's too much rock for me :$
- I know there is a big fuss for The XX. I have to admit that their sound is really sexy. The girl's voice reminds me to Fanfarlo. I like some of their latest singles, though I just don't like it that much (hard to explain).
I need to check closely the other stuff.
Thanks again Eric for those great suggestions!
You forgot one major band (but not in a major now), Radiohead. In Rainbows will be perfect to be on the road.
I agree completely. I haven't heard In Rainbow yet, but will do soon! I really enjoyed their 1995 album: The Bends. Also, how can I forget Karma Police?
You forgot also some classical bands:
- Jeff Buckley (maybe his father Tim Buckley, more folk, and why not Donovan to add some "colors"),
- Patti Smith
- The doors,
- Creedence clearwater revival
- Suede (maybe? if you like Belle and Sebastian)
- The clash
I'll be commenting on The Clash for now. They've got a very original and groundbreaking style. In a previous entry, I added a link to the music video of Rock The Casbah from The Clash. I'm not familiar with all their discography, but what I've heard so far, it's brilliant! They have influenced the most innovative bands nowdays. For instance, some of the members of The Clash were asked to collaborate in Gorillaz's Plastic Beach (Damon Albarn's back!). They recently played at the Colbert Report (Comedy Central). You can watch their performance here.
And some new stuff:
- Jamie T,
- Adam Green (of course!),
- The libertines,
- The national (there will do the first part of Pavement in May - 7th- in Zenith, Paris),
- Pavement, and Stephen Malkmus, the leader of the band,
- Beirut
- Low,
- Stuck in the sound (a quite good french rock band),
- Sigur Ros (an icelandic band, you probably heard about them),
- Lumi (an libanese rock electro fusion band, excellent but the album is
probably quite difficult to find. But don't worry, I've got it!),
- Of Montreal (some friends of MGMT, the singer, Kevin Barns, has an amazing voice),
- Dan Black (he will play the next friday in La flèche d'or in Paris),
- The kills,
- The white stripes,
- The fleet foxes (to be folk)
- Kings of Leon (for a part of fun)
- Carbon silicons (the new band of Joe Strummer)
- The XX (if you like the YYY)
- etc
- Fleet Foxes is brilliant. I can listen to Your Protector a thousand times!
- I also like Jamie T, not a big fan but I think he's fun.
- Kings of Leon is very intense which I like.
- The Kills and The White Stripes, I really like some of their songs. I even got Sour Cherry as my ringtone. Sometimes, it's too much rock for me :$
- I know there is a big fuss for The XX. I have to admit that their sound is really sexy. The girl's voice reminds me to Fanfarlo. I like some of their latest singles, though I just don't like it that much (hard to explain).
I need to check closely the other stuff.
Thanks again Eric for those great suggestions!
vendredi 9 avril 2010
Cool pic for a montage
Have you had the chance of watching Sam Mendes' Away We Go? Well, you should! it's an indie road trip film. Some would say, it's not technically a road trip because they don't travel by car. But if you think again, they make a journey through several cities of the US and Canada to try out new places. The essence is definitively there: beautiful sights, experiencing new things, people learning lessons and also having lots of fun, finding people...
Anyway, a few months ago, walking around the beautiful and always interesting Métro Parisien, this poster always came to my attention:
Don't you just love those cartoonish effects? Well, I found this site: http://www.befunky.com/ where you can add funky effects to your photos. So, look what I did:
Isn't it lovely?
Isn't it lovely?
jeudi 8 avril 2010
Some classic stuff to blow your mind!!
Some essential tracks for my road trip:
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
I just can't get enough - Depeche Mode
Girls just wanna have fun - Cindy Lauper
(I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (Remember Dirty Dancing?)
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
I just can't get enough - Depeche Mode
Girls just wanna have fun - Cindy Lauper
(I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (Remember Dirty Dancing?)
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
Heart of glass - Blondie
Most of them are very 80's. In those days, Music and fashion were mad! Many people make fun of it (jeans were truly ugly), I think it was brilliant though. As far as I know, music took a very original turn using synthetizers. If you're like me, you should check out Black Kids. That gig should not be missed, I'm still wating for them.
I'm working on a montage to give a personal touch to this blog, you'll see...
I'm working on a montage to give a personal touch to this blog, you'll see...
mercredi 7 avril 2010
This blog is about...
Life is short, so we have to make the most of it. Although this phrase is a screenplay cliché (thanks RT), it is without any doubts, true. Everybody has a Must See or Do list. In my case, I've always wanted to plan and do a road trip. It's just something Pop Culture (specially movies) puts on your mind. Of course, must of the things you see in movies don't happen in real life (specially the genre of RomCom, though Charlie Kaufman has given us something different and real), but a road trip is indeed possible.
I found someone willing to do it this summer (you know who you are!). We will renting a car and travelling around the south of France and the North of Spain. I love being in Europe, and specially in France, so I'm excited about this. Eventually, I'll be putting some maps and links for documenting this trip.
As in Elizabethtown (guilty pleasure...), where Claire makes a road trip CD to Drew, I want mine, on my ipod. That's where you people can help. Voilà! you're welcome to suggest new stuff. Here some of the things I like:
* Everything of Vampire Weekend, Black Kids, Friendly Fires, The YYY, Coldplay, The Killers, Phoenix, MGMT, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, Metric, Arctic Monkeys, Garbage, Kasabian, Bloc Party (essentially Silent Alarm), Lily Allen, The Shins, Santigold, White Lies
* Some of Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, The Kooks, Gorillaz.
* Oldies: Blondie, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan, New Order, Joy Division, The Velvet Underground
* OST are a great source of inspiration: Juno, Kill Bill, Trainspotting, Garden State, Funny People, Good Morning England, Dirty Dancing
I'll be updating this list...
This is a multilingual blog (English, French and Spanish so far), which is not bad at all, I manage to cover most of the world population. Writing in English is good for my PhD, so that's why I chose it. You're welcome to comment on anything in one of those three languages.
Cheers!
I found someone willing to do it this summer (you know who you are!). We will renting a car and travelling around the south of France and the North of Spain. I love being in Europe, and specially in France, so I'm excited about this. Eventually, I'll be putting some maps and links for documenting this trip.
As in Elizabethtown (guilty pleasure...), where Claire makes a road trip CD to Drew, I want mine, on my ipod. That's where you people can help. Voilà! you're welcome to suggest new stuff. Here some of the things I like:
* Everything of Vampire Weekend, Black Kids, Friendly Fires, The YYY, Coldplay, The Killers, Phoenix, MGMT, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, Metric, Arctic Monkeys, Garbage, Kasabian, Bloc Party (essentially Silent Alarm), Lily Allen, The Shins, Santigold, White Lies
* Some of Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, The Kooks, Gorillaz.
* Oldies: Blondie, Billy Idol, Bob Dylan, New Order, Joy Division, The Velvet Underground
* OST are a great source of inspiration: Juno, Kill Bill, Trainspotting, Garden State, Funny People, Good Morning England, Dirty Dancing
I'll be updating this list...
This is a multilingual blog (English, French and Spanish so far), which is not bad at all, I manage to cover most of the world population. Writing in English is good for my PhD, so that's why I chose it. You're welcome to comment on anything in one of those three languages.
Cheers!
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