Hi ha dies en què valdria més no sortir del llit, jornades on tot et surt malament, quan totes les teves decisions semblen equivocades i res et surt com tenies planejat. Quan tens un dia d'aquests, potser et pot ajudar escoltar cançons que parlen sense embuts d'aquests dies de merda. 01 Sidonie - "Un dia de mierda" 02 Ciliari - "Giornata di merda" 03 Wet Leg - "Piece of shit" 04 Els Amics de les Arts - "La merda se'ns menja" 05 Cariño - "Mierda seca" 06 Ween - "Don't shit where you eat" 07 Stay Homas - "Les merdes" 08 Los Punsetes - "Opinión de mierda" 09 Jacques Dutronc - "Merde in France" 10 Mon Laferte - "Canción de mierda" 11 D'Angelo - "Shit, damn, motherfucker" 12 Leandro Aquistapace - "Mierda matriz" 13 Putochinomaricón - "Gente de mierda" 14 Santiago Cruz - "Un día de mierda" 15 Quico Pi de la Serra - "Verda" 16 Nelly Furtado - "Shit on the radio"
ESCOLTA-HO ARASi ahir repassàvem l'obra de Todd Rundgren com a productor musical, avui completem el seu perfil amb la seva obra pròpia, potser menys coneguda, però que el mostra com un artista total, inventiu, eclèctic i dotat d'una capacitat melòdica impecable. 01 "I saw the light" 02 "We gotta get you a woman" 03 "Hello, it's me" 04 "Couldn't I just tell you" 05 "It wouldn't have made any difference" 06 "Just one victory" 07 "A dream goes on forever" 08 "Love of the common man" 09 "Can we still be friends?" 10 "Bang the drum all day" 11 "Healing part 1" 12 "Down with the ship" 13 "Sometimes i don't know what to feel"
Des de ben jove, Todd Rundgren es va crear una merescuda mística d'artista total. A banda de la faceta d'intèrpret i compositor, potser la seva feina com a productor és el que li ha atorgat mes dividends i reconeixements en el món del pop. 01 Meat Loaf - "You took the words right out of my mouth" 02 The Band - "Stage fright" 03 Badfinger - "Baby blue" 04 Grand Funk Railroad - "We're an american band" 05 Daryl Hall & John Oates - "You're much too soon" 06 New York Dolls - "Trash" 07 Meat Loaf - "Paradise by the dashboard light" 08 Patti Smith - "Frederick" 09 The Motors - "Dancing the night away" 10 The Psychedellic Furs - "Love my way" 11 XTC - "Summer cauldron" 12 XTC - "1000 umbrellas" 13 Cheap Trick - "I can't take it"
En plena efervescència psicodèlica, una nova manera d'enregistrar les guitarres va revolucionar el món de les sis cordes. Repesquem les millors cançons amb la sorprenent tècnica de la "reverse guitar". 01 The Who - "Armenia city in the sky" 02 The Beatles - "I'm only sleeping" 03 Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - "Just dropped in (to see what condition my condition was in)" 04 The Byrds - "Thoughts and words" 05 Jimi Hendrix - "Castles made of sand" 06 Tomorrow - "My white bicycle" 07 The Jam - "That's entertainment" 08 The Jam - "The dreams of children" 09 Red Hot Chilli Peppers - "Give it away" 10 R.E.M. - "What's the frequency Kenneth?" 11 Wilco - "You and I" 12 Neil Finn - "Into the sunset" 13 Nancy Sinatra - "Sand" 14 The Stone Roses - "Don't stop"
Aprofitant la recent cerimònia dels Oscars, hem decidit fer la nostra tria particular de les millors cançons que han guanyat l'estatueta daurada en aquests gairebé 100 anys d'història. I no, la de "Titanic" no sonarà. 01 Billie Eilish - "What was I made for?" 02 Judy Garland - "Over the rainbow" 03 Bob Dylan - "Things have changed" 04 Keith Carradine - "I'm easy" 05 Isaac Hayes - "Theme from Shaft" 06 Bruce Springsteen - "Streets of Philadelphia" 07 Neil Young - "Philadelphia" 08 Barbra Streisand - "The way we were" 09 Jorge Drexler - "Al otro lado del rio" 10 Tony Bennett - "The way you look tonight" 11 Audrey Hepburn - "Moonriver" 12 BJ Thomas - "Raindrops keep falling on my head" 13 Elliott Smith - "Miss Misery" 14 Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - "Shallow"
No és imprescindible entendre-ho tot per acceptar-ho. Avui us portem les proves irrefutables d'aquest axioma amb un grapat de cançons incontestables que no amaguen la seva falta d'explicacions. 01 The Strokes - "Hard to explain" 02 The Who - "I can't explain" 03 Liz Phair - "Explain to me" 04 The Belles - "Words can't explain" 05 The Church - "No explanation" 06 The Crocketts - "Explain" 07 Helen Merrill - "Don't explain" 08 Sarah Vaughan - "Words can't describe" 09 Nina Simone - "Don't explain" 10 Guillem Ramisa - "No m'expliquis merdes" 11 The Diogenes Club - "I could try to explain" 12 Hector Lavoe - "Sin explicaciones" 13 Los DelTonos - "Explicación" 14 Gil Scott-Heron - "Explanations"
La discografia del grup de Jeff Tweedy és tan extensa que costa d'assimilar en la seva totalitat. Avui rescatem algunes de les seves peces menys conegudes, petites perles que ens recorden la genialitat de Wilco. 01 "Hearts hard to find" 02 "Passenger side" 03 "Summer teeth" 04 "Listening to the wind that blows" 05 "Forget the flowers" 06 "Please be patient with me" 07 "Cars can't escape" 08 "Remember the mountain bed" 09 "You never know" 10 "One sunday morning" 11 "Bob Dylan's 49th beard" 12 "Dynamite my soul" 13 "Someone to lose" 14 "Story to tell"
El "fade out" és un recurs prou conegut, aquesta manera d'acabar una cançó abaixant-ne el volum a poc a poc. El que no és tan habitual és el procés a la inversa, començar la cançó de manera progressiva, apujant-ne el volum. 01 David Bowie - "Five years" 02 David Bowie - "Space oddity" 03 E.L.O. - "Turn to stone" 04 The Beatles - "Eight days a week" 05 Boston - "More than a feeling" 06 The Kinks - "Celluloid heroes" 07 Talking Heads - "Cities" 08 Bob Dylan - "Changing of the guards" 09 Wilco - "One by one" 10 Traffic - "The low spark of the high-heeled boys"
La mare de la nostra parella ens va clissar el primer dia, i potser per aquest motiu ha hagut de patir una mala fama producte d'una mirada sexista i patriarcal. Avui, cançons que parlen de sogres. 01 Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita" 02 Luther Guitar Junior Johnson - "Mother-in-law blues" 03 The Kinks - "Situation vacant" 04 Enrique Guzman - "Mi suegra llegó" 05 ABBA - "Does your mother know" 06 The Beatles - "Your mother should know" 07 Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers - "Does your mother know about me" 08 Dr Hook - "Sylvia's mother" 09 The Head and the Heart - "Your mother's eyes" 10 Dr Joe - "Tell your mother" 11 J J Cale - "Does yor mama like to reggae" 12 The Proclaimers - "Don't turn out like your mother" 13 Eric Wainaina - "Tell your mother" 14 Jack Bruce "Never tell your mother she's out of tune"
Potser no va ser un pelut sorollós, però la seva influència en el rock és molt més evident del que sembla. En vols proves? 01 Peter Breiner Chamber Orquestra - "Eight days a week: Rondeau" 02 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Minuet in g major" 03 The Toys - "A lover's concerto" 04 Paul Simon - "American tune" 05 Johann Sebastian Bach - "O sacred head" 06 Jethro Tull - "Bouree" 07 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Bouree en mi menor" 08 The Beatles - "In my life" 09 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Brandenburg concerto n. 2 en fa major" 10 The Beatles - "Penny lane" 11 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Partita in a minor" 12 MC Fioti - "Bum bum tam tam" 13 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Suite n. 3 en re" 14 Sweetbox - "Everything's gonna be alright" 15 Johann Sebastian Bach - "Jesus, joy of man's desiring" 16 The Beach Boys - "Lady linda" 17 Peter Breiner Chamber Orquestra - "She's leaving home: Sarabande"
El seu so és part de la vida quotidiana, ens transporten a la nostra infantesa, poden ser alegres o també solemnes. Avui hem decidit que sonin les campanes. 01 AC/DC - "Hells bells" 02 Lana Del Rey - "Video games" 03 Amy Winehouse - "Back to black" 04 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Red right hand" 05 Texas - "Summer son" 06 Garbage - "Stupid girl" 07 Kate Bush - "Flower of the mountain" 08 Andrew Oldham - "The last time" 09 Daft Punk - "Aerodynamic" 10 Beastie Boys - "Hey ladies" 11 Depeche Mode - "Master and servant" 12 Metallica - "For whom the bell tolls"
Tot i que sobretot és conegut per tocar la guitarra amb uns Pulp primerencs, la vàlua musical de Richard Hawley no necessita cap referència als seus coetanis de Sheffield. En reivindiquem el clacissisme pop tot repassant el seu cançoner. 01 "Tonight the streets are ours" 02 "Coming home" 03 "Baby you're my light" 04 "Run for me" 05 "Just like the rain" 06 "Born under a bad sign" 07 "The ocean" 08 "Serious" 09 "For your lover give some time" 10 "Open your door" 11 "Seek it" 12 "Nothing like a friend"
Hi ha molts músics somiatruites que només es preocupen pel seu art, encara que no sigui una font d'ingressos fiable. Això no impedeix que també hi hagi artistes que no tenen cap mania a escampar l'amor que senten pels diners. 01 XTC - "Earn enough for us" 02 Pink Floyd - "Money" 03 Steve Miller Band - "Take the money and run" 04 Frank Ocean - "Super rich kids" 05 Randy Newman - "It's money that matters" 06 Randy Newman - "It's money that I love" 07 Pet Shop Boys - "Opportunities (let's make lots of money) 08 Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Rich girl" 09 Steely Dan - "Black friday" 10 Los Ronaldos - "Adiós, papá" 11 The Clovers - "You're cash ain't nothin' but trash" 12 King Crimson - "Easy money" 13 Madonna - "Material girl" 14 The O'Jays - "For the love of money"
Una de les proves més concloents que la música és medicinal la trobes quan et trenquen el cor i necessites escoltar cançons que t'expliquin el dolor que t'està consumint. Perquè res no acompanya més el mal de cor que una veu emmirallant el teu estat d'ànim. 01 Jimmy Ruffin - "What becomes of the brokenhearted" 02 Billy Holliday - "Good morning heartache" 03 Patsy Cline - "That's how a heartache begins" 04 Whiskeytown - "My heart is broken" 05 Al Green - "How can you mend a broken heart" 06 The Wallflowers - "6th avenue heartache" 07 Tom Petty - "Only a broken heart" 08 Julieta - "Trenca'm el cor" 09 Bonnie Tyler - "It's a heartache" 10 Dan Peralbo i El Comboi - "Cor trencadís" 11 Spiritualized - "Broken heart" 12 Sarah Vaughan - "Broken hearted melody" 13 Noah and the Whale - "My broken heart"
Si ja és prou difícil triomfar en el món del pop, encara ho és més fer-ho en dues o més formacions diferents. Us acostem els genis que van saber reinventar-se de manera sorprenent gràcies al seu talent. 01 Sugar - "If I can't change your mind" 02 Hüsker Dü - "Too far down" 03 Depeche Mode - "Just can't get enough" 04 Yazoo - "Only you" 05 Erasure - "A little respect" 06 The Jam - "The Eton rifles" 07 The Style Council - "Walls come tumbling down" 08 Paul Weller - "Wild wood" 09 Happy Monday - "Step on" 10 Black Grape - "In the name of the father" 11 Nirvana - "All apologies" 12 Foo Fighters - "Everlong" 13 Death Cab for Cutie - "Cath¿" 14 The Postal Service - "Such great heights"
Triar deu discs per il·lustrar tota una dècada és agosarat, ho sabem, però, com que ens va el marro, hem decidit fer la nostra tria i proposar-vos que ens digueu la vostra. Us atreviu? 01 Kate Bush - "Running up that hill" 02 Joy Division - "Twenty four hours" 03 Talking Heads - "Born under punches" 04 The Smiths - "There is a light that never goes out" 05 The Cure - "Pictures of you" 06 De La Soul - "Eye know" 07 Prince - "Sign o' the times" 08 Pixies - "Where is my mind?" 09 Talk Talk - "The rainbow" 10 The Stone Roses - "I am the resurrection"
Si encara no t'has atrevit a capbussar-te en la descomunal discografia d'Elvis Costello, et proposem un tastet amb dotze perles cultivades del seu cançoner. 01 "Veronica" 02 "Watching the detectives" 03 "Alison" 04 "Oliver's army" 05 "New lace sleeves" 06 "The long honeymoon" 07 "Brilliant mistake" 08 "I want you" 09 "Jacksons, Monk and Rowe" 10 "Shipbuilding" 11 "God give me strenght" 12 "Broken bicycles/Junk" 13 "Paint the red rose blue"