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Melodies of life

È che il casuale di iTunes l’ha tirata fuori.

E mi son messo a vedere se su YouTube c’era qualche video. E ho trovato questo:

E mi son ricordato di quanto mi era piaciuto Final Fantasy XI, di come mi sia rifiutato di finire l’X-2, mentre non abbia assolutamente tempo per giocare al XII, il cui disco credo sia nella Play spenta da ormai troppi mesi.

Alone for a while I’ve been searching through the dark
For traces of the love you left inside my lonely heart
To weave by picking up the pieces that remain
Melodies of life–love’s lost refrain

Our paths they did cross, though I cannot say just why
We met, we laughed, we held on fast, and then we said goodbye
And who’ll hear the echoes of stories never told?
Let them ring out loud till they unfold
In my dearest memories, I see you reaching out to me
Though you’re gone, I still believe that you can call out my name

A voice from the past, joining yours and mine
Adding up the layers of harmony
And so it goes, on and on
Melodies of life,
To the sky beyond the flying birds–forever and beyond

So far and away, see the bird as it flies by
Gliding through the shadows of the clouds up in the sky
I’ve laid my memories and dreams upon those wings
Leave them now and see what tomorrow brings

In your dearest memories, do you remember loving me?
Was it fate that brought us close and now leaves me behind?

Repeat

If I should leave this lonely world behind
Your voice will still remember our melody
Now I know we’ll carry on
Melodies of life
Come circle round and grow deep in our hearts
As long as we remember

Le avventure dei Royksopp in Eple

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Scopro solo ora questo vecchio video dei norvegesi Royksopp. La canzone, Eple, è il secondo singolo estratto dal loro primo album Melody A.M. del 2001.

Il video, tutto zoom & pan, è stato diretto da Thomas Hilland, effetti visivi di Toxic Studio. Agenzia creativa: Mother.

Un estratto della canzone era stato usato da Apple per video di introduzione di Mac OS X Panther alla prima accensione di un nuovo Mac.

Röyksopp – Happy Up Here

Non so perché. Ma quando ascolto questa canzone, ho sempre il timore che compaiano degli Invaders sopra la città…

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Una buonissima combinazione di computer grafica effetti lo-fi e una massiccia esposizione agli arcade games.
Happy Up Here è retrò, è urbano, è luce, ma è molto più di queste singoli elementi. E’ un puzzle complesso che assume senso dopo diverse visioni. La suggestione space invaders è soltanto un canovaccio, l’elemento immediato: lo stile va ricercato altrove. Nel breve sussultare delle architetture, nelle transizioni sul lettering tipiche di tanta motiongraphics ma qui applicate alla realtà (seppur simulata), nelle tonalità ciano e verdi, desaturate, alle quali ci ha abituato la fotografia di paesaggio contemporanea.

Un piccolo gioiello, da esplorare con attenzione.

Via Motiongraphics.it

Back to the corner where I first saw you

The man who can’t be moved dei The Script.

Una canzone veramente bella, dolce, ma triste e malinconica.

Proprio quello che ci vuole ora?

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I’m not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Some try to hand me money they don’t understand,
I’m not…broke I’m just a broken hearted man,
I know it makes no sense, but what else can I do,
How can I move on when I’m still in love with you…

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you’re missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you’ll come back here to the place that we’d meet,
And you’d see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I’m not moving…
I’m not moving.

Policeman says son you can’t stay here,
I said there’s someone I’m waiting for if it’s a day, a month, a year,
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows,
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go.

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you’re missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you’ll come back here to the place that we’d meet,
And you’d see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.

So I’m not moving…
I’m not moving.

I’m not moving…
I’m not moving.

People talk about the guy
Who’s waiting on a girl…
Oohoohwoo
There are no holes in his shoes
But a big hole in his world…
Hmmmm

and maybe I’ll get famous as man who can’t be moved,
And maybe you won’t mean to but you’ll see me on the news,
And you’ll come running to the corner…
Cos you’ll know it’s just for you

I’m the man who can’t be moved
I’m the man who can’t be moved…

Cos if one day you wake up and find that you’re missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you’ll come back here to the place that we’d meet,
And you’d see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.
[Repeat in background]

So I’m not moving…
I’m not moving.

I’m not moving…
I’m not moving.

Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag not I’m not gonna move.

Kerli – Creepshow

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Lo ammetto.

L’album di Kerli mi piace proprio tanto!

E questo video.. boh. Particolare, molto particolare

I’m from a land called secret Estonia
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at

Ice cream mountains and chocolate skies
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at

Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow

I’m from a land called Secret Estonia
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at

Cinnamon houses and licorice flies
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at
Nobody knows where it’s at

Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow

Põdral maja metsa sees
Väiksest aknast välja vaatab
Jänes jookseb kõigest väest
Lävel seisma jääb
Kopp-kopp lahti tee, metsas kuri jahimees
Jänes tuppa tule sa, anna käppa ka

Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the, welcome to the
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow
Welcome to the creepshow

Mates of State – My Only Offer

Bought a home, we bartered right
So we kissed to, and caught a light
Those pictures on the walls
Small talk in a bedroom hall

Can’t make it home tonight
Go to sleep and leave the light
I pretend to make a call
Loose talk in a bedroom stall

Oh, oh, oh
It’s my only offer
Stifle copies of myself
Oh, oh, oh
There’s someone else

My friends, they all agree
Give into our defeat
In secret we believe
We’re nothing, nothing, nothing
That we need

No, oh, oh
It’s my only offer
Stifle copies of myself
Oh, oh, oh
With Someone else

I always wanted to be
The face in front of me
Debating a life
Sipped out the energy

Built up a wall
Made out of finer things
Pile it high
So we could barely see it

No, oh, oh
It’s my only offer
Oh, oh, oh
My only offer

Oh, oh, oh
My only offer
Stifle copies of myself
Oh, oh, oh
It’s all I have to offer

Scoperta qualche notte fa, su RadioNation 3, durante Casa Stefigno.

Welcome to heartbreak

Artist: KANYE WEST feat. Kid Cudi
Song: Welcome to Heartbreak
Director: NABIL nabilphotography.com
Editor: Ryan Bartley
Post: Ghost Town Media
Producer: Kathleen Heffernan
Label: Island Def Jam
Production Co: Partizan

Il video è stato realizzato dalla Ghost Town Media, dopo “mesi di duro lavoro”, come scrivono sul loro sito. Il video è veramente bello. E no, quelli che si vedono non sono errori di compressione, ma effetti grafici voluti. Sbalorditivo. E sarei curioso di sapere quali programmi hanno usato e come hanno lavorato…

Interessanti anche molti altri lavori della casa di produzione, tra cui il video di “Help Me” degli Alcaline Trio.