This song is a commentary on white people trying to fit into subcultures dominated by minorities, African Americans and Jamaicans, respectively. It’s summarized well in the line,
Move into his neighborhood, he’ll never make a sound
It’s referring to the lack of solidarity many of these white posers have with the actual problems of the minorities they are trying to identify with. For instance, gentrification and the disintegration of their historic neighborhoods.
Today was a pretty day, no disappointments No expectations on your whereabouts And oh, did I let you go? Did it finally show That strange things will happen if you let them?
Today I didn't even try to hide I'll stay here and never push things to the side You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today was a pretty day, autumn comes with These slight surprises where your life might twist and turn Hope to unlearn, strange things will happen If you let them come around and stick around
Today I didn't even try to hide I'll stay here and never push things to the side You can't reach me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Today I didn't even try to hide I'll stay here and never push things to the side Today I didn't even look to find Something to put me in that peace of mind You can't touch me 'cause I'm way beyond you today
Se perse ka perdorur kete 'gabim' gjinie ne emer, nuk mund ta di. Ironia, si duket, ben pjese e lojes.
Shpesh i lidhur me personin e Phil Elverum (ai i Mount Eerie dhe i The Microphones) luan nje folk eksperimental, shpeshhere pa ndonje lidhje te dukshme me albumet e paraardhshem.
Ky ne fjale (Adrian Orange and Her Band, 2007) eshte mbi baza jazz-i, funky dhe vokalizma te lire...
E bukura qendron, pervecse ne muziken e ngrohte e free (te improvizuar), edhe ne modelin individual qe Adrian (ose Thanksgiving) na paraqet; duket se eshte nje nga ne. E perditshmja me gjendjet e saj shpirterore te lekundshme, si te ishim hippie te humbur ne nje parkim veturash perballe nje supermerkato gjigante.
Mirepo, ka nur ky imazh!
Procesi i ketij albumi (mjaft te mire!) eshte i gjate, i shkrire i gjithi ne te njejten vorbull zanore; e megjithate i papercaktuar mire ne trajte. Muzike e pelqyeshme, si nje orkester live ('Interdependance Dance') e sajuar shpejt mbrapa nje klubi te shtrenjte, naten, ku funky e reggae ('Question Love Answer') ngrohin ajrin plot profume... E panjohura e bukur!
Once upon a time you hurt my feelings
And I hurt
yours too, but we don’t talk about it
No, we talk about everyday shit
Everyday lived-in thoughts...
Trasformimi i nje personi (sidoqofte, i erret per ne, publikisht, nga fakti qe mezi gjenden video e info ne rrjet!) ne nje bande pa lider, psikedelike ('Then We Play'), pa forme perfaqeson projektin liberal te Adrian Orange and Her Band.
Dhe te ruajturit e personalitetit, individit ne standartet e muzikes bashkekohore, dihet, eshte e veshtire sot.
Hap i vogel, por mjaft i rendesishem drejt kesaj eshte te luash muziken qe ndjen, pa druajte e gjykimet e mevonshme. Adrian Orange, ne kete aspekt, na ka mashtruar te gjitheve! Pa perjashtim.
Pasi ndryshku i metalit, dikur te cmuar, ze vend e ky nuk vlen me asgje! Duhet te kishe menduar dicka kohe mepare, apo jo, njeri? Similitude me ndjenjat.
Grizzly Bear jane te medhenj ne kete aspekt. Ushtrojne nje perkujdesje muzikes se tyre, e cila arrin aq thelle ne perfytyrimet rinore saqe krijon njefare besuesshmerie unike.
Megjithate, loja mes drites dhe hijes eshte e vazhdueshme; me momente ndricimi verberues e te tjere ku te ftohtit pa diell erreson syte... Sapo nje perhumbje (e kuptueshme) ben te keputen krahet dhe trupi leshohet ne renje te lire, muzika e tyre te merr per dore.
Magjia e muzikes se Grizly Bear eshte ky alternim; nje lloj ekuilibri mes shprehive melodike dhe karakterit folk ekscentrik te grupit. Madje, kjo verehet pa u sforcuar shume.
Qekur ka lindur kjo platforma Bandcamp, te rinj te shumte vrapojne te sponsorizojne direkt punet e tyre ne web. Dhe me mire keshtu, meqe shtepite diskografike 'big' jane mjaft te zena me ceshtje legale...
'Fuqite e buta' (Soft Powers) rroken ne shenjester! Melodi te embla, shije lounge-bar-i ne ndonje vend jo akoma te mirenjohur, likere pikante neper gota te ngushta, nxehtesi ne trup qe percillet nen ajrin e ftohte te kondicionatorit te ri (mos valle duan te shkojne ne Tropikun e Jugut?), zhurma te lehta (shoegaze?) qe zene me delikatese vend afer kolltukut te kuq (Beck? Ariel Pink?), zera rrefyes frenchy, te cilet nuk presin komente apo nderhyrje (lo-fi), rrjedhje e vazhdueshme e mbremjes (sherben si warm-up?)...
Gjithsesi, lene menjane leshteriket e panevojshem ne breg, ky album te zhyt jo dhe aq shume ne remix-et house, por ne vendet ku luhet kjo muzike (diskotekat ne Jug te Evropes? apartamente nje-ngjyreshe bosh?).
Shto dhe kopertinen cool(jazz/funky?) ketu dhe vepra u krye! Pop i keq.
Sun, when will you come?
When will you come?
When will you come?
Come!
Come!
Sun, we whistle at the breeze!
Sun, we're sicker than we seem!
Sun, we whistle at the breeze!
Sun, we're sicker than we seem!
Sun, we whistle at the sea!
Sun, we whistle, now we're sick!
Sun, we whistle at the breeze!
Sun, we're sicker than we seem!
Titulli: Badlands. Viti: 2011.
Vende jo te pershtatshme. Histori e ikjes, e largimit tutje nga kontraditat metropolitane, histori e lenies pas kraheve ankimeve, mallkimeve e pisllekut te kesaj bote qe na ben lavazhin e trurit perdite. Mjetet jane po ato te perhershmet: autostradat e pafundme, 'the lost highways', te cilat mbushin me frymezime e vizione edhe me te deshperuarin.
Sa shpejt ndjehen shijet e preferencat 'fifties' ne kete muzike. E regjistruar me pak buxhet, rezulton ne nje lo-fi psikedelik, me cilesi te dobet (low-fidelity). Idhujt mbeten mbreterit e llojit: Elvis, Cramps, Suicide e duke marre hua zhurmen e Sonic Youth.
Keto rreshta te shpejte pershkruajne karrieren e sapofilluar te Alex Zhang Hungtai, ne art Dirty Beaches. Sound i piset, seksi, per drive-in, ambjetime si ne filmat e David Lynch, gati-gati thithim pluhurat e autostradave perendimore. Kitare te keq-akorduara, echo alla-Suicide te Alan Vega, drita ne muzg, rigjetja e vetvetes, liria... Badlands eshte album i mire, ambicioz. Presim etapa tetjera zhvillimi ne rockabilly-n e Hungtai. Per tani le te mjaftohemi me klipin e 'Sweet 17'.
