There are some performers who just have their own, unique, frickin' awesome thing going on. tUnE YaRdS is one of them.
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Tripitaka, Pigsy, and Monkey from a 1970's film version of Journey to the West. Yesterday's video of the Monkey King is from the tale Journey to the West in which the self-proclaimed "Handsome Monkey King" is humbled by the Buddha and is then assigned to accompany a monk on his journey to India (The West) to retrieve the Sutras. The Monkey King's name is Sun Wu Kong which means "Equal with Heaven," so, yeah, he was in need of a little humbling...
Anyway, for those who were wondering, the lyrics for yesterday's video are basically: The background singers: "Princess, a monkey called 'Sun Wu Kong' wants to see you." Princess Iron Fan: "How can you be back so soon? You impossible monkey! I will drive you away again with my fan, churning the Universe over and over. The Palm-Leaf Fan is powerful." The Monkey King: "I'm guarding Tripitaka on his way to India for the Holy Scriptures. Could you please lend me your fan? I will return it to you as soon as we're done. Don't be so stingy." The goddess in white sings: "Congratulations, Monkey. You have come to retrieve the Holy Scriptures. Where is Tripitaka? Take this magic pill so she will not be able to blow you away again." And they all keep repeating these lines throughout the song. Jamie Hewlett, the artist behind Gorillaz and Tank Girl was involved in the creation of a British opera "Monkey: Journey to the West" based on the Chinese epic novel that is nothing short of a cultural phenomena in China. This is a music video created as a promo for the opera and intended to look like an excerpt from an old movie from the 70's. This video still gives me shivers and I have trouble watching less than twice in a row! It's unfortunate that media and audiences in English Canada can be resistant to songs sung in other languages. There is so much amazing music being made around the world and we tend to miss out on so much of it. Right here in Canada we have a large French-Canadian music industry that largely goes unnoticed by the rest of the country, but features many artists worthy of national attention. Certainly, Celine Dion has made the jump to international superstardom, but there are so many other talented musicians worthy of our attention who never cross over to singing in English like she did, and so rarely come to our attention. So, today, dear readers, I give you Stefie Shock. Shock is one of the more musically interesting pop singers in the country at the moment, and puts on one heck of a live show. I've had Ange Gardien stuck in my head for the last few days, and the video for the song is a lot of fun, so I thought I'd share. And yes, he is playing all of the rolls in this video... "Et voici, Stefie Shock!" I had never heard of the band Duchess Says until three and a half minutes ago when I stumbled upon this video. I'm now definitely a fan. I think anyone who is familiar with my obsession with Mike Patton will understand why... Latisha1209 really speaks for all of us when she wrote in the comments below the video on YouTube: "i feel i can really relate to the lyrics." The weekend's recording with the band went well. Thank goodness someone else is producing, cuz man, that's a lot of tracks and takes to wade through! I'm looking forward to the final results after Producer Mark has worked his magic! February 5th we will, in all likelihood, be playing at the Purple Crab on Main. It isn't confirmed yet, but is looking good. We'll be the opening act for a disco band, of all things. Good thing we already cover Donna Summers' Bad Girls! Finally, I leave you with a video. It is a track from Emily Loizeau's latest album. I just stumbled upon the video today and it rocks-all-get-out! Enjoy! |
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