Sharing some more South African music. An oldie, but a goodie today.
This popped up on a random playlist while we were away. It had been a while since I’d heard it.
Who could forget that Kirstenbosch performance just ahead of his honeymoon (literally, performance over, head to airport) when he turned up unashamedly drunk and upset a number of parents and older individuals by using several naughty words?
Still – for those who stayed – what a show…
Road tripping these school holidays? Heading down south? Forgot to pack your music?
Never fear, the Friendly 7/11 in L’Agulhas has you covered.
I don’t pretend to be an expert, but it would appear, at first glance at least, that every single box has been ticked.
The usual suspects are all present and correct: Wessels, Hofmeyr, Dylan, van der Merwe, Darren and die Campbells. What more could you ask for?
They’ve even chucked some Creedence Clearwater Revival in for the overseas vibe. And there’s a sneaky André Rieu if you’re still feeling a bit classy ahead of your seventeenth dubbel Klippies en Coke.
iTunes, watch out. The future of music retail can be found down by the stripy lighthouse.
The new Arctic Monkeys offering: commanding bassline, hefty drums, deep lyrics; perfectly delivered.
Wow. This is good.
Clever, clever video, too.
Hometown glory, done right.
Hot on the heels of the 6000 miles… Album of the Year 2013 post, herewith a really good remix of one of the tracks from one of the contenders, Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories:
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Evidently, it’s an eminently remixable album, as proven by the overwhelming response to a Soundcloud search: you could literally spend days and days on there. And then you could accidentally stumble across some Pet Shop Boys remixes and then you’d be there for another week or so.
But that would be very naughty, because you have better things to do, like filing, completing that spreadsheet and wondering if Jenny from Accounts wants to pop out for sushi this evening.
Or whatever it is that you office people do.
Also, have a listen to this one.
“…it talks to me”. Appropriate lines for Cape Town’s impending winter.
And the opening lyrics from a-ha’s Stay On These Roads, the title track of their third album from 1988.
Still one of my favourite tracks, even though the “big” hit off the album was the James Bond theme The Living Daylights (starring Timothy Dalton and Maryam d’Abo, sliding down an alpine mountain in a cello case and meaning that the music was the only reason to watch the film).