Insomnia gets a bad rap sometimes. I get so much great music listening done when I should be sleeping. Tonight I made use of my not sleeping by diving into the new Jose Gonzalez record...which you know is good, because Jose comes from Sweden. Sweden = goodThat is one of the simplest equations in all of rock. I have a list of places I want to see before I die...and Sweden is ROCKETING up the cha...
This is not to be missed ! I've seen both these guys ( separately ) and here they are together !!Argentinian-born Swedish singer/songwriter José González is best known for stripping electronic songs to their acoustic essence — his interpretation of the Knife's "Heartbeats" breathes warmth into the original's menacing robo-rock, and his version of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" revels in romantic
Lovely cover of the Massive Attack song by Swedish singer/songwriter Jose Gonzalez, who can write pretty damn good songs himself.His high, almost frail voice reminds me a bit of Neil Young, though the timbre is much different.This song is available on Rhapsody but I will continue to upload mp3s independently of that, so users outside of the US can listen. After all the idea of a Swedish artist ...
Someone has probably already posted this, but I am completely in love with this video. Also, my Mog-O-Matic refuses to acknowledge that I've listened to songs from a playlist on my iTunes, so I have to play them on the library. Does anyone else have this problem?
So I posted the original the other day and someone requested the cover done by José González (originally by The Knife). I know, I know it's a little played out since Sony used it in a TV commercial, but it's a sweet cover none the less.Enjoy.