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My friend sent this along as a cure for assorted winter sicknesses, and boy howdy does it do the trick. Stephin Merritt sings 'Nun's Litany,' solo acoustic ukelele style. I need to make another trip to the record store to pick this up (oh, Canadian release dates...).
"I may not find the cure for cancer
but I'll meet plenty of single guys."
Divine.
I've been listening to Gal Costa's first two albums on repeat for a few days. (My sister asked for a bossa nova mix. I got sidetracked.)
My favourite features of these albums:
- both called Gal Costa
- both released in 1969
- each at least 75% "far out"
- tropicalia is awesome
- Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil pop up occasionally
- Gal Costa's singing sounds effortless even when she's making creaky rock howls. Relaxed bossa skills.
- These are all interpretations of familiar hits by Caetano, Gil, Jorge Ben, etc. Brazil in the late '60s must have been like early Motown-- every song got released by three different people within two years.
Every time I binge on an album I come out with a different favourite song. This time it's "Deus E O Amor," the last track from Gal Costa #1.
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I do not know this genra at all. However, that song was quite enjoyable. I loved the whistling at the end. Fun song.
If you love Gal from this period - and, hey, is there anything about this that's less than totally lovable? - you probably also love Nara Leao. Am I right?
I decided to spend Halloween with Caribou because they seem to like costumes and the two times I've seen them before (once as Manitoba) are still holding strong in my personal list of top live music experiences. I think its the combination of the double drummers, the projected animations, and the bizarre pre-recorded components. (Sometimes, despite all the excess on stage, the vocals are pre-recorded. You really couldn't spare a singer? Dan Snaith seems to be only playing recorder...)
Last night's show was at a bigger venue, so the effect was a little less concentrated, but the festive audience mood made up the difference.
The relevance of YouTube bootlegs is somewhat compromised by the Halloween factor, but just imagine the band dressed as ghosts and the audience all decked out, and drop right into the psychedelic onslaught:
Caribou needs to team up with Dungen.
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One more video. Whoever recorded the band in this pink room has an excellent sense of style.
what a coincidence, just a few minutes ago i have downloaded their "andorra" album to evaluate it. loving both videos, that pink room is real class, heh. not a bad way to spend halloween.
Totally loving that vid you posted. Did you take it? If so very nice. I have downloaded their cds a while back but have not given them proper spinning. The video footage may prompt even further exploration. Thanks.
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nice phrase...