Inspired by the sound of music...

Today I decided to make a list of all the concerts I have seen in my life. Not an easy task at all.. They have been hundreds... But I will do my best to share my list with you! Let's see what I remember...

Air (x2)
Anathema (x2)
And you will know us by the trail of dead
Arctic Monkeys
Audioslave
Avishai Cohen
Biffy Clyro (x2)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (x2)
Bloc Party (x2)
The Bravery
The Cinematics
The Cure
The Datsuns
Deftones (x2)
Deolinda
The Divine Comedy
Editors (x2)
The Electric Soft Parade
Foo Fighters
Franz Ferdinand (x3)
The Gathering
Ghinzu
Guillemots
The Hives
Hot Hot Heat
Interpol (x2)
Kaiser Chiefs (x2)
Kasabian
Keane
Klaxons (x2)
Kraftwerk
Linda Martini (x2)
Manu Chao
Marilyn Manson
Maximo Park
Mew
Muse (x6)
New Order
Nick Cave
Nouvelle Vague
The Offspring
A Perfect Circle
Phoenix
Placebo (x4)
Pluto
Queens of the Stone Age (x3)
Razorlight
Turbonegro
Zero 7 (x2)

(and now some extras due to oblivion, I had to edit so they won't be in alphabetical order)

Auf Der Maur
Alanis Morissette
Blasted Mechanism
Peter Murphy
Belle and Sebastian
Chemical Brothers
Fatboy Slim
Futureheads
Death from Above 1979
Cardigans
Rodrigo Leão
Orishas
Soulwax
Dandy Warhols
Groove Armada
Ash
dEUS
James
The National
Cypress Hill
The Streets
Millionaire
The noisettes
PJ Harvey
Good Charlotte
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Staind
Sum 41
Radio 4
Pixies
Arcade Fire (x2)
Korn (x2)
Linkin Park (x2)
Pleymo
Static X
Massive Attack (x2)
Lenny Kravitz
Toranja
Moby
Slayer
Mastodon
Within Temptation
Moonspell
Tool
Soulfly
Alice in Chains
The Cult
The Jesus and Mary Chain
LCD Soundsystem
Underworld
The Gossip (x2)
30 Seconds to Mars
Prodigy (x2)

And some more that I just can't remember! But this ones are for sure my Top... something (150? I don't know!).

Cheers

Music Critic: Anathema and Avishai Cohen

I saw two of the best concerts of my life in the past 5 days! Anathema in Frankfurt (for the 2nd time) and Avishai Cohen in Mainz (for the first time).

Anathema were introducing their new album (weather systems) and play a lot of new songs and some old classics.

Positive things:

1) The duration - over 2h15min
2) Lee (the female singer - guest) came along, making the setlist more diversified and the songs more complete
3) The crowd
4) The choice of the songs - we were asked to do so!
5) The increasing quality as musicians since the last time I saw them

and so on...

Here's a little taste of what happened:

And what about Avishai Cohen!? I am still speechless! I felt like I had never witnessed live music before! A quality behind the normal in this little world for such a big talent!

Positive things:

1) Diversified setlist

2) 4 encores!! 

3) The duration: over 2h05min - when it was meant to be an 80min show

4) The proximity with the band

5) The friendly atmosphere 

6) THE QUALITY! 

Only one bad thing: the smell of alcohol in the room, everybody had beer bottles... In an intimate jazz concert in a small venue.. maybe it's the way I am, but I consider that this only has space in places like summer festivals.

And here's a taste of it too (not footage from Mainz sadly though):

Plug in Baby

Remember the Pimba Thread? What if we would do this exercise the other way around?! Imagine an English song in Portuguese...

Lembram-se da entrada sobre a música Pimba? E que tal se fizéssemos este exercício ao contrário? Imaginem uma música inglesa em português...

Challenge Accepted!

Desafio aceite!

I will even choose as an example one of my favorite songs ever! I must confess though that if this was in Portuguese I may not have enjoyed it so much - due to the possible translation, that is.

Vou mesmo escolher como exemplo uma das minhas músicas preferidas de sempre! Devo confessar, porém, que se esta fosse em português talvez não gostasse tanto dela - devido à tal possível tradução, claro está.

Here we go then!

Aqui vamos então!

Muse - Plug in Baby

The original lyrics in English:

A letra original em inglês:


My plug in baby
Crucifies my enemies
When I'm tired of giving
My plug in baby
In unbroken virgin realities
Is tired of living
And I feel your loving,
Mine is gone

In Portuguese it would sound like:

Em português seria algo como:

A minha boneca (insuflável) eléctrica
Crucifica os meus inimigos
Quando eu estou farto de dar
A minha boneca (insuflável) eléctrica
Nas suas realidades virginais inquebráveis
Está farta de viver.
E eu sinto o teu amor,
O meu já lá vai.

Pretty, hun?

Bonito, hein?


Cheers!

Boost for the day!

The first entry of the day will be a mixture of music and words.

A primeira entrada do dia é uma mistura de música e palavras.

Today I (re)came across two things that I actually think that combine perfectly: a musical piece by Liszt and a "shared thought" of Dr. Seuss.

Hoje voltei a deparar-me com duas coisas que considero uma combinação perfeita: uma composição musical de Liszt e um pensamento de Dr. Seuss.

My suggestion would be: Start listening to the song and when it reaches the climax read the sentence.

A minha sugestão seria: comecem a ouvir a música e quando esta chegar ao seu climax comecem a ler a frase em questão.

Ready? Set... Go!

Preparados? Vamos lá!

                                       
                                                       Liszt - Liebestraum - Nº3 in A Flat

Dr. Seuss: "You know you are in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"

Sing your life away!

I will start this thread just by saying this: Portuguese Pimba Music!

Enough, isn't it?

I know it would be, but I want to add some more to it.

Vou iniciar esta entrada do blog dizendo apenas: Música Pimba Portuguesa!

É suficiente, não é?

Eu sei que seria, mas quero adicionar mais algumas coisas. 

Pimba music is probably one of the funniest things that the Portuguese culture has to offer (when considered a joke, you can't take it for real - although some people actually do so!). The lyrics are usually funny and kinky (sexually) in a subtle way. 

A música Pimba é provavelmente uma das coisas mais engraçadas que a cultura portuguesa tem para oferecer (quando considerada uma brincadeira, não se pode levar a sério - embora muitos o façam!). As letras costumam ser divertidas e marotas (sexualmente) de um modo subtil.

My question is: what would happen if this songs were sang in English? What would happen?

A questão que coloco é a seguinte: o que aconteceria se estas músicas fossem cantadas em inglês? O que aconteceria?

Here are the examples, all from the Pimba King: Quim Barreiros.

Seguem-se alguns exemplos, todos da autoria do rei do Pimba: Quim Barreiros.

Enjoy!

1) Quim Barreiros - A cabritinha (The little goat)

Eu gosto de mamar

Só nos peitos da cabritinha

Mamo a hora que eu quero porque a cabrita é minha

A cabritinha gosta de boa comida, boa cama e boa vida

Adora luxo e bem-estar

Ela adivinha a hora que chego a casa

E vai logo preparar

Os peitinhos para eu mamar

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I like to suck

only on the breasts of the little goat

I suck at any time I want because the goat is mine

The little goat likes good food, good bed and good life

Loves luxury and well-being

She guesses the hour I come home

And gets her breasts ready

for me to suck on!

2) Quim Barreiros - Bacalhau à Portuguesa (Portuguese Codfish)

Quero cheirar teu bacalhau Maria

Quero cheirar teu bacalhau

Mariazinha deixa-me ir à cozinha,deixa-me ir à cozinha

P'ra cheirar teu bacalhau

Teu bacalhau é mesmo uma beleza

És a portuguesa com teu prato especial

Se o cheiro é bom mais gostoso é o cozido

É o prato preferido do povo de Portugal

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I want to smell your codfish, Mary

I want to smell your codfish

Little Mary let me go to the kitchen, let me go to the kitchen

To smell your codfish

Your codfish is really a beauty

You are the Portuguese with your special dish

If the smell is good, even better is the stew

You are the favorite dish of the people of Portugal

3) Quim Barreiros - A garagem da Vizinha (The neighbour's garage)

Ela disse: ninguém usa desde que ele me deixou!

Dentro da minha garagem teias de aranha juntou!

Põe teu carro aqui dentro, se não vai enferrujar!

A garagem é usada mas teu carro vai gostar!

Ponho o carro, tiro o carro, há hora que eu quiser

Que garagem apertadinha, que doçura de mulher

Tiro cedo e ponho à noite, e às vezes à tardinha

Estou até mudando o óleo na garagem da vizinha!

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She said: nobody uses it since he left me!

Inside of the garage there's even spider webs!

Put your car inside, or else it will gain rust!

The garage is used but your car will like it!

I put the car, I take the car, whenever I feel like it

What a tiny garage, such a sweet woman

I take it early in the morning and put it back at night, sometimes in the afternoon

I even change the oil in the neighbour's garage!