It´s weird, but it´s people, it´s human being. People need to feel that are not alone, it´s good to be first one, however it's not always good to be only one who did it!
Ryan Newell has a really particular voice, so does John Popper (Blues Traveler). They have a really particular voice, however they have similar voices and somewhat similar band style.
That was enough for me to missmatch All For You with Blues Traveler. I heard All for you on the radio for the first time few months after a I heard Run Around. For me it was obvious that the song was from the same band.
I researched the song on Google, Yahoo, and many others: "Blues Traveler - All for you". At that time, these search engines weren´t as good as they are now, and I struggled and couldn´t find the lyrics or the mp3.
Few months later, I found out that All for you was a Sister Hazel´s song, and that´s when I started to like the band which became my favourite from that moment on.
Artist: Sister Hazel
Music: All for you
Album: Sister Hazel
Released: 1994
Here´s the unpplugged version.
Here´s someone who missmatched the song.
Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Ya gotta start somewhere...
Dave Matthews said, and he was right...
Turn it loud
Let it build
We got a long way to go
But you, ya gotta start somewhere
(Dave Matthews Band - I did it)
We really need to start somewhere, there´s no use in expecting to be the best in your first time, to be the best boyfriend in the first relationship, to be the boss in your first job... but there are few other stuff that you can start very well.
One of the most important things about the first one is that you´ll never forget it, you might forget your name, but you may not forget your "firsts".
That´s how it happened, the first song I ever liked in the style I usually call "pop blues" is Blues Traveler - Run Around. It is a remarkable start, because John Popper is probably the greatest harmonica player ever.
I assume that Blues Traveler is an adorable band, with lots amazing tunes, however it´s not one of my top 10 bands (nevertheless this song is possibly in my top 10 tunes). However it gave birth to another passion, that I´ll tell next post.
This song does not bring any specific memory to my mind, but it´s the first, and that´s enough, by the way... it´s powerfull enough to make a bad day turn into a good day!
Artist: Blues Traveler
Music: Run Around
Album: Four
Released: 1994
Turn it loud
Let it build
We got a long way to go
But you, ya gotta start somewhere
(Dave Matthews Band - I did it)
We really need to start somewhere, there´s no use in expecting to be the best in your first time, to be the best boyfriend in the first relationship, to be the boss in your first job... but there are few other stuff that you can start very well.
One of the most important things about the first one is that you´ll never forget it, you might forget your name, but you may not forget your "firsts".
That´s how it happened, the first song I ever liked in the style I usually call "pop blues" is Blues Traveler - Run Around. It is a remarkable start, because John Popper is probably the greatest harmonica player ever.
I assume that Blues Traveler is an adorable band, with lots amazing tunes, however it´s not one of my top 10 bands (nevertheless this song is possibly in my top 10 tunes). However it gave birth to another passion, that I´ll tell next post.
This song does not bring any specific memory to my mind, but it´s the first, and that´s enough, by the way... it´s powerfull enough to make a bad day turn into a good day!
Artist: Blues Traveler
Music: Run Around
Album: Four
Released: 1994
Monday, March 16, 2009
Tribute to our Grandma...
Why do the grandparents become the most important person / icon in a family? Well, it can be easily answered by: They are the most experienced people in the family... Ok, fair enough, this is a reasonable answer, but sometimes people don´t consider them the most important, or at least don´t treat them as they were.
Actually, their importance is unquestionable, once if they weren't there, nobody else would be there too. But when they are really the most important, they influence the life of everyone that has given birth out of their DNA. Some of them will be too young to realise the influence their grandparents or great-grandparents had over their lives.
9th March is my grandmother's anniversary and she asked us to make a big party, so we did. It was amazing, I never felt that way with my family before, was a great experience. All her children homenagiate her saying what they were feeling at that moment, no word has been written down beforehand.
The grandsons (including myself, the youngest of them), too many to speak one by one, made a tribute, singing one her favourite's song. More than 20 people singing... two guitars (out of tune) and one flute playing.
Well, not the best players, not the best guitar and flute, far from good singers... but, absolutely, the best feeling...
Singer: Luiz Gonzaga
Music: Asa Branca (White wing)
Album:
Released: 1947
This is not the translation. This is a version in english composed by an brasilian singer, Raul Seixas. The idea of the original lyrics has been preseverd.
White Wings
When i stare the ground of
My land
Burning loose as dancing flames
I asked man there upon
The heavens
If i deserve me this kind of pain
I asked the man there upon
The heavens
If i deserve me this kind of pain
Everywhere the ground is so dry
There's no trees, no green, just red
I lost my cattle, my apaloosa
For lack of water some took away
I lost my cattle, my apaloosa
For lack of water some took away
Even white winged birds flew away
Flew away from my land sight
It was when i said goodbye
Sweet rosie
Keep in to your heart, this heart
Of mine
It was when i said goodbye
Sweet rosie
Keep in to your heart, this heart
Of mine
Many thousands miles away, now
Feeling lonely, lost and blue
I keep on waiting rain falls again there
So i'll be back thou home again
I keep on waiting rain falls again there
So i'll be back thou home again
When the glow green of your eyes
Flows again all over land
I can asure you, so don't
You cry, no
'cause i'll be back, see
To you again!!
I can asure you, so don't
You cry, no
'cause i'll be back, see
To you again!!
Actually, their importance is unquestionable, once if they weren't there, nobody else would be there too. But when they are really the most important, they influence the life of everyone that has given birth out of their DNA. Some of them will be too young to realise the influence their grandparents or great-grandparents had over their lives.
9th March is my grandmother's anniversary and she asked us to make a big party, so we did. It was amazing, I never felt that way with my family before, was a great experience. All her children homenagiate her saying what they were feeling at that moment, no word has been written down beforehand.
The grandsons (including myself, the youngest of them), too many to speak one by one, made a tribute, singing one her favourite's song. More than 20 people singing... two guitars (out of tune) and one flute playing.
Well, not the best players, not the best guitar and flute, far from good singers... but, absolutely, the best feeling...
Singer: Luiz Gonzaga
Music: Asa Branca (White wing)
Album:
Released: 1947
This is not the translation. This is a version in english composed by an brasilian singer, Raul Seixas. The idea of the original lyrics has been preseverd.
White Wings
When i stare the ground of
My land
Burning loose as dancing flames
I asked man there upon
The heavens
If i deserve me this kind of pain
I asked the man there upon
The heavens
If i deserve me this kind of pain
Everywhere the ground is so dry
There's no trees, no green, just red
I lost my cattle, my apaloosa
For lack of water some took away
I lost my cattle, my apaloosa
For lack of water some took away
Even white winged birds flew away
Flew away from my land sight
It was when i said goodbye
Sweet rosie
Keep in to your heart, this heart
Of mine
It was when i said goodbye
Sweet rosie
Keep in to your heart, this heart
Of mine
Many thousands miles away, now
Feeling lonely, lost and blue
I keep on waiting rain falls again there
So i'll be back thou home again
I keep on waiting rain falls again there
So i'll be back thou home again
When the glow green of your eyes
Flows again all over land
I can asure you, so don't
You cry, no
'cause i'll be back, see
To you again!!
I can asure you, so don't
You cry, no
'cause i'll be back, see
To you again!!
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Yves LaRock - Rise Up
Coming back to the eletronic music, maybe the dance music of nowadays.
The song was released in 2007 but it's remarkable in 2008 for me, that's because this song played a important role on farewell. I had two different parties with my friends, and this song makes me remind every second spent and not spent with them those days.
The first moment, a trip tenderly called "Spirit of Ibiuna" that happened in Piedade. A dozen of my friends went there with me and Edu to spend the weekend. The weather didn't help much, but the guys know how to bring happiness when it seems to be out of reach.
The second farewell party was in a night club, which we rented for us that night, that was another unforgetable moment, when I played my music, and the DJ played Yves LaRock - Rise Up.
That's the second song the reminds me the good things about my departure to Ireland (check the first one).
The song was released in 2007 but it's remarkable in 2008 for me, that's because this song played a important role on farewell. I had two different parties with my friends, and this song makes me remind every second spent and not spent with them those days.
The first moment, a trip tenderly called "Spirit of Ibiuna" that happened in Piedade. A dozen of my friends went there with me and Edu to spend the weekend. The weather didn't help much, but the guys know how to bring happiness when it seems to be out of reach.
The second farewell party was in a night club, which we rented for us that night, that was another unforgetable moment, when I played my music, and the DJ played Yves LaRock - Rise Up.
That's the second song the reminds me the good things about my departure to Ireland (check the first one).
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Another piece of me...
Every word you say, every move you make... oops, it sounds like a song, let´s try to make some other way.
Everything you do is a piece of you! Everything you create is a way to recreate you, inovate. That´s how I feel about my music! And sometimes it´s weird beacuse my songs are or will be part of my future instead of part of my past, as they should logically be.
This is a song I wrote years ago, and the first and main chords I created even longer ago. I had just the first peace, and the second one took a long while for me to come up with.
I wanted to record this song in the beginning of last year when I recorded "Adeus São Paulo", but couldn´t ´cause i didn´t have time... but I´ll record it, soon, you´ll see! =o)
Now, I can just record like this: me, my guitar and my disgraceful voice. Hope you enjoy it anyway! I translated the lyrics so that everyone can understand what I´m singing!
From everything I learnt and what I know today
They make part of me and of the image that some have about me
I know it´s hard but I will be happy one day
Chorus
A woman, maybe a saint, or a dream that you might have
It´s not enough, we all make mistakes, and the most important
Only for you
If there were only 1001 nights, or only 10 things I hate about you
That would be much easier to learn
And maybe one day, even survive
In this world where everything is about you
I don´t want some just to feel pity of me
It´s all about you
Just to feel pity of me
Chorus (twice)
Chorus
Everything you do is a piece of you! Everything you create is a way to recreate you, inovate. That´s how I feel about my music! And sometimes it´s weird beacuse my songs are or will be part of my future instead of part of my past, as they should logically be.
This is a song I wrote years ago, and the first and main chords I created even longer ago. I had just the first peace, and the second one took a long while for me to come up with.
I wanted to record this song in the beginning of last year when I recorded "Adeus São Paulo", but couldn´t ´cause i didn´t have time... but I´ll record it, soon, you´ll see! =o)
Now, I can just record like this: me, my guitar and my disgraceful voice. Hope you enjoy it anyway! I translated the lyrics so that everyone can understand what I´m singing!
From everything I learnt and what I know today
They make part of me and of the image that some have about me
I know it´s hard but I will be happy one day
Chorus
A woman, maybe a saint, or a dream that you might have
It´s not enough, we all make mistakes, and the most important
Only for you
If there were only 1001 nights, or only 10 things I hate about you
That would be much easier to learn
And maybe one day, even survive
In this world where everything is about you
I don´t want some just to feel pity of me
It´s all about you
Just to feel pity of me
Chorus (twice)
Chorus
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