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Advantages: Interesting mix of styles and culteral influence Disadvantages: none!
I first heard a Manu Chao track being played on a friend's mobile phone. I was immediately drawn to the catchy theme. Manu Chao is a very popular musician in Europe but his music has not so far been as popular in Britain. I expect that the profile of his music may be raised now that Robbie Williams has covered two of the tracks on this album (Bongo Bong and Je Ne T'aime Plus). This is the first solo album that was produced by Manu Chao.
One of the ... ...all blend into each other musically. This gives the album great continuity and you feel like you are listening to a story being played out even if you don't follow all the lyrics.
Manu Chao has Baque parents and grew up in the outer suburbs of Paris so many of the songs have lyrics written in French and Spanish but there are also songs in English and even in Portugese. I like this use of language as it adds to the diversity of the album as a whole.
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Advantages: motivating music Disadvantages: too short
...which are worth listening to. Puta's Fever lasts 52 blissful minutes!
They are as follows;
1. Negra 0'57 2. Rock'n'roll Band 2'33 3. King Kong Five 1'56
4. Soledad 2'34 5. Sidi H'bibi 2'36 6. The Rebel Spell 2'01 7. Peligro 2'52 8. Pas assez de toi 2'19 9. Magic Dice 1'23 10. Mad House 2'40 11. Guayaquil City 3'01 12. Voodoo 3'00 13. Patchanka 3'05 14. La rançon du succès 1'57 15. The Devil's Call 1'42 16. Roger Cageot 2'27 17. El Sur 1'00 18. ... ...♪♪ ♪♪♫ ♪♪ ♫ ♪♪♪♪ ♫ ♫ ♪♪♫ ♪♪♪♪ ♫ ♪♪♫ ♪♪♪♫ ♪♪
I'll just pop my headphones on, to give you my impressions of each song. Take into consideration that I've been listening to this since it came out in 1989, so I tend to find the whole album brilliant! ;-)
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Advantages: Quick rhytm Disadvantages: Too repetitive
This album was a revelation back in 1998.
For the French and Spanish MANU CHAO was the frontman of Mano Negra,one of the best bands of ska punk of the 90´s.Then Manu decided to go solo and he did pretty well though in a much softer way.
If you like different rythms,latin,reagge,ska,pachanga,punk...there´s Manu with a mixture of all these and his own blend ,of course.
He likes to mix cultures,worlds,languages....you can find songs sung in English,Spanish,French,Portuguese...
... ...you will get hooked on it.Anyway don´t expect a wonderful voice as Manu´s is just different but not great.
The lyrics are very good,especially the ones for "Clandestino" and "Desaparecido".
The main subjects that Manu talks about are immigration,anti-globalisation,human rights,legalisation,partying,hypocresy...
In some of the songs you can listen to added extracts from Latin American radio stations,fragments of radio soaps and even personal answering ...
Advantages: Exciting; unique; passionate; challenging Disadvantages: Well, it's in Polish, so some may find that a disadvantage...
In recent years, the little-known Warsaw Village Band have risen from obscurity to earn some much deserved recognition, playing several high-profile festivals including Glastonbury 09, and even clinching the Best Newcomer award at the BBC Radio 3 World Music Awards in 2004. 'Uprooting' is a fine example of the band's capability, and also of their potential to grow and continue.
Comprising six young musicians from Poland's capital, the band blend ... ...passionate and hypnotising set of tracks which should be essential listening for any music fan.
I had the honour of first hearing the band when they performed at Musicport Festival 2008, a very surreal experience indeed as they were supporting Rolf Harris! Their set consisted of many of the tracks from 'Uprooting'.
The performance put on by the band was both aurally and visually stunning, in part due to their incorporation in their music of many ...
Advantages: incredibly underrated music very well produced and presented Disadvantages: none
...Devotion’ James Young's Joanna was made on the battered upright piano in his house - an instrument most pianists would reject without a moment's hesitation. Bad pianos - in pubs, bars, clubs, cafes and the parental home - are the bane of musicians and music teachers: the sustain pedal doesn't work; the felts are worn; mezzopiano is indistinguishable from fortissimo. And that's before you get on to the problem of keeping it in tune. Players develop ... ...wisdom on its head. Joanna is a hymn of devotion that both dignifies and delights in his old piano's imperfections. As Billy Jenkins wrote in Notes on Crap Pianos: "Years of warp and deterioration have ripened each mechanical artefact into its own unique sound. Do not attempt music scored for a good piano." Young describes his piano as "a ready-made that needed to be celebrated for its intrinsic peculiarities". There are antecedents: Virginia Astley's ...
