LA CLASSIFICA DEL GIORNO: THE PEOPLE'S LIST/TOP ALBUMS 1996-2011

Un modo simpatico di passare la domenica pomeriggio, su Pitchfork.
La mia (sudatissima) classifica:

1. IN RAINBOWS/RADIOHEAD
2. OK COMPUTER/RADIOHEAD
3. ()/SIGUR RÓS
4. KID A/RADIOHEAD
5. TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHT/INTERPOL
6. VARIATIONS ON A DREAM/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
7. AN END HAS A START/EDITORS
8. HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL
9. ÁGÆTIS BYRJUN/SIGUR RÓS
10. BLUR/BLUR
11. IS THIS DESIRE?/PJ HARVEY
12. ANTICS/INTERPOL
13. HAIL TO THE THIEF/RADIOHEAD
14. IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING/EDITORS
15. OUR LOVE TO ADMIRE/INTERPOL
16. ODELAY/BECK
17. TAKK/SIGUR RÓS
18. BLOODFLOWERS/THE CURE
19. NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI/R.E.M.
20. THE ERASER/THOM YORKE
21. MEZZANINE/MASSIVE ATTACK
22. 13/BLUR
23. FINALLY WE ARE NO ONE/MÚM
24. STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA/PJ HARVEY
25. YES, VIRGINIA/THE DRESDEN DOLLS
26. HOMOGENIC/BJÖRK
27. SEA CHANGE/BECK
28. HAPPY SONGS FOR HAPPY PEOPLE/MOGWAI
29. NEON BIBLE/ARCADE FIRE
30. NO, VIRGINIA.../THE DRESDEN DOLLS
31. YESTERDAY WAS DRAMATIC - TODAY IS OK/MÚM
32. IRM/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
33. LET ENGLAND SHAKE/PJ HARVEY
34. WITHOUT YOU I'N NOTHING/PLACEBO
35. THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE
36. ABSOLUTION/MUSE
37. PSYENCE FICTION/UNKLE
38. AND THE GLASS HANDED KITES/MEW
39. YOU ALL LOOK THE SAME TO ME/ARCHIVE
40. EMPLOYMENT/KAISER CHIEFS
41. EMPIRE/KASABIAN
42. THE AGE OF UNDERSTATEMENT/THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS
43. THINK TANK/BLUR
44. WE WERE DEAD BEFORE THE SHIP EVER SANK/MODEST MOUSE
45. ALL IS VIOLENT, ALL IS BRIGHT/GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
46. THE SOPHTWARE SLUMP/GRANDADDY
47. ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY/MUSE
48. ADORE/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
49. MR. BEAST/MOGWAI
50. ELEGIES TO LESSONS LEARNT/I LIKE TRAINS
51. ULTE/DEPECHE MODE
52. PARACHUTES/COLDPLAY
53. DARK NIGHT OF THE SOUL/DANGER MOUSE AND SPARKLEHORSE
54. DEMON DAYS/GORILLAZ
55. GET READY/NEW ORDERr
56. MEDS/PLACEBO
57. LUST LUST LUST/THE RAVEONETTES
58. THIS IS MY TRUTH TELL ME YOURS/MANIC STREET PREACHERS
59. THIRD/PORTISHEAD
60. PLANS/DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
61. FORGET THE NIGHT AHEAD/THE TWILIGHT SAD
62. WALKING WITH THEE/CLINIC
63. BECOMING X/SNEAKER PIMPS
64. STRANGE MERCY/ST. VINCENT
65. WOUNDED RHYMES/LYKKE LI
66. A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD/COLDPLAY
67. SUN GANGS/THE VEILS
68. HURBAN HYMNS/THE VERVE
69. PORTISHEAD/PORTISHEAD
70. GORILLAZ/GORILLAZ
71. TIDAL/FIONA APPLE
72. LIVE IT OUT/METRIC
73. INTIMACY/BLOC PARTY
74. FANTASIES/METRIC
75. HATE/THE DELGADOS
76. MURDER BALLADS/NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS
77. THE FRAGILE/NINE INCH NAILS
78. CONTROLLING CROWDS/ARCHIVE
79. TONIGHT: FRANZ FERDINAND/FRANZ FERDINAND
80. VECKATIMEST/GRIZZLY BEAR
81. HALCYON DIGEST/DEERHUNTER
82. UP/R.E.M.
83. VANTAGE POINT/dEUS
84. VELOCIRAPTOR!/KASABIAN
85. VIOLET CRIES/ESBAN AND THE WITCH
86. HOMBRE LOBO: 12 SONGS OF DESIRE/EELS
87. HUMBUG/ARCTIC MONKEYS
88. AMONG MY SWAN/MAZZY STAR
89. BOXER/THE NATIONAL
90. TIGHTLY UNWOUND/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
91. ORION/LIMP
92. SCARY WORLD THEORY/LALI PUNA
93. THE INVISIBLE BAND/TRAVIS
94. RUNAWAY FOUND/THE VEILS
95. MYTHS OF THE NEAR FUTURE/KLAXONS
96. RETURN TO COOKIE MOUNTAIN/TV ON THE RADIO
97. LADYHAWKE/LADYHAWKE
98. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER/FOALS
99. MIRRORED/BATTLES
100. WELCOME TO THE NIGHT SKY/WINTERSLEEP

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: TRUST ME/THE STREETS

Trust me
Is the skyline sliced up into pieces and broken steel and mesh
Or is the progress of process that's a natural people quest
Metal and the workings, dark and lurking in my mind
Branded neon red and blue flashes
The view from the flats is nice
I see Alice in Wonderland
I see malice in Sunderland
Mouse to house, I am this land
The were without, it's Thumberland
Smoke to a karma coma
Jamaicans do yard and roamers
Shake Bacardi's and Coke and make me laugh and
Trust me

So much stuff and many people
The future is not evil
The future is not fish and it's simple, it's efficient
Now that things are costing nothing
Is any of it good?
Come and love me, read my nothings
Blogging river floods
Dead plant planted on the window ledge
Shadows dance, glint and blend
Glance slow at the night outside
I'm god in the game
Sound rumbles in 5.1 round some corner to fight with guns
Play god in games but nothing in
Trust me

Dub step, club sweat, come get rubbed red
Play the playlist
Play the playlist
I see Alice in Wonderland
I see malice in Sunderland
House to house, I love this land
The were without, it's Thumberland
Do the wrong thing, joke it right
Span the longings and the fights
For all the oil and the toil
And the spoils of the royals
We are nothing if not nice
We are coughing if we are wise
Roll me up like a leafy spliff
Fuck that, roll me up
And trust me

ALBUM: COMPUTERS AND BLUES (2011)

VOTA IL MIGLIOR DISCO DEL 2010: I RISULTATI DEL SONDAGGIO

BLOODBUZZ OHIO/THE NATIONAL

I voti dei lettori (pochi, ma buoni) del blog hanno confermato High Violet dei National quale miglior album del 2010.
Ecco i risultati nel dettaglio:

01. HIGH VIOLET/THE NATIONAL (40%)

02. TOTAL LIFE FOREVER/FOALS (20%)

03. INTERPOL/INTERPOL (10%)
MINES/MENOMENA (10%)
CONTRA/VAMPIRE WEEKEND (10%)
EXPO 86/WOLF PARADE (10%)

04. THE SUBURBS/ARCADE FIRE (0%)
PLASTIC BEACH/GORILLAZ (0%)
HELIGOLAND/MASSIVE ATTACK (0%)
THE PLACE WE RAN FROM/TIRED PONY (0%)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: ANGEL/MASSIVE ATTACK

You are my angel
Come from way above
To bring me love

Her eyes
She's on the dark side
Neutralize
Every man in sight

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

You are my angel
Come from way above

To love you, love you, love you, love you ...

ALBUM: MEZZANINE (1998)

MESSAGGIO DI SERVIZIO

Ci scusiamo per l'interruzione, dovuta ad un piano di manutenzione programmata, fisica e cerebrale. Le selezioni riprenderanno il più presto possibile. Nel frattempo, una playlist con le migliori canzoni di questa prima metà del 2010.

01. LIGHTS/INTERPOL
02. NOTHING AT BEST/THE PINEAPPLE THIEF
03. FOOL'S DAY/BLUR
04. PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL
05. ANYONE'S GHOST/THE NATIONAL
06. READY TO START/ARCADE FIRE
07. SUBMISSION/DELPHIC
08. ON MELANCHOLY HILL/GORILLAZ
09. WRITTEN IN REVERSE/SPOON
10. GIVING UP THE GUN/VAMPIRE WEEKEND
11. PETER PAN R.I.P./KULA SHAKER
12. HEAVEN AND EARTH/BLITZEN TRAPPER

BONUS TRACKS

BLACK SHEEP/METRIC
HEAVY IN YOUR ARMS/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
AIN'T NO GRAVE/JOHNNY CASH

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(link rimosso a causa di un reclamo da parte della DMCA)

PLAYLIST/APRILE

COMING TO SAVE YOU/THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND

No, non è uno scherzo, è la playlist di aprile, con i nuovi singoli di MGMT, Hole, Los Campesinos! e Sunshine Underground, oltre a Gorillaz, Massive Attack, Jónsi dei Sigur Rós, Smashing Pumpkins ed il brano inedito scritto dai Metric per la colonna sonora del film Scott Pilgrim vs The World.

01. A STICH IN TIME/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE)
02. SKINNY LITTLE BITCH/HOLE
(NOBODY'S DAUGHTER)
03. COMING TO SAVE YOU/THE SUNSHINE UNDERGROUND
(NOBODY'S COME TO SAVE YOU)
04. AYA/BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB
(BEAT THE DEVIL'S TATTOO)
05. ON MELANCHOLY HILL/GORILLAZ
(PLASTIC BEACH)
06. FLASH DELIRIUM/MGMT
(CONGRATULATIONS)
07. BLACK SHEEP/METRIC
(SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD Soundtrack)
08. DRUNK GIRLS/LCD SOUNDSYSTEM
(THIS IS HAPPENING)
09. GIRL I LOVE YOU/MASSIVE ATTACK
(HELIGOLAND)
10. ROMANCE IS BORING/LOS CAMPESINOS!
(ROMANCE IS BORING)
11. HEAVEN AND EARTH/BLITZEN TRAPPER
(DESTROYER OF THE VOID)
12. WE STILL GOT THE TASTE DANCIN' ON OUR TONGUES/WILD BEASTS
(TWO DANCERS)
13. TORNADO/JÓNSI
(GO)
14. SPANISH SAHARA/FOALS
(SPANISH SAHARA Promo)


BONUS TRACK

PROUD EVOLUTION (THOM YORKE 500 QD REMIX)/LIARS
(SISTERWORLD Deluxe Edition)

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(link rimosso a causa di un reclamo da parte della DMCA)

PLAYLIST/MARZO

MOUSE, BIRD, DOG/THOM YORKE

La playlist di marzo, col ritorno degli Unkle, i nuovi singoli di Broken Social Scene, Japandroids, e She & Him, le canzoni di Franz Ferdinand e Robert Smith dei Cure per la colonna sonora parallela di Alice In Wonderland di Tim Burton, e per finire un brano inedito di Thom Yorke.

01. PRAY FOR RAIN/MASSIVE ATTACK
(HELIGOLAND)
02. WORLD SICK/BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE
(FORGIVENESS ROCK RECORD)
03.GO DO/JÓNSI
(GO)
04. NATURAL SELECTION/UNKLE
(WHERE DID THE NIGHT FALL)
05. ART CZARS/JAPANDROIDS
(ART CZARS 7")
06. TRICK PONY/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
(IRM)
07. TREMEL/GLASSER
(TREMEL 12")
08. YOUR HANDS (TOGETHER)/THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
(TOGETHER)
09. THIEVES/SHE & HIM
(VOLOME TWO)
10. I SAW THE LIGHT/SPOON
(TRANSFERENCE)
11. SHADOWS HIGH MESETA/SIVERT HØYEM
(MOON LANDING)
12. PARADISE BLUES/EELS
(END TIMES)


BONUS TRACKS

ELECTROCUTION/NADA SURF
(IF I HAD A HI-FI)
VERY GOOD ADVICE/ROBERT SMITH
(ALMOST ALICE)
THE LOBSTER QUADRILLE/FRANZ FERDINAND
(ALMOST ALICE)
MOUSE, BIRD, DOG (Live)/THOM YORKE

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPLITTING THE ATOM/MASSIVE ATTACK

Diretto da EDOUARD SALIER

The baby was born
Nettles and ferns
The evening it chokes
The candle it burns
This disguise covers
Bitter lies
Repeating the joke
The meaning it dies
Pass me a coat I'm not afraid to leave
I'm letting you know
I know what you need
I'll turn you around
This beautiful town
And then you'll believe it when your eyes then deceive you

It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
Don't lose it

Its getting colder outside
Your rented space
They shadow box and they
Paper chase
It never stops
And we'll never learn
No hope without dope
The jobless return
The bankers have bailed
The mighty retreat
The pleasure it fails
At the end of the week
You take it or leave
Or what you receive
To what you receive
Is eternited leave

It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
It's easy, don't let it go
Don't lose it

Incandescent light at doors
In adolescent menopause
In little clicks you got the music stops
The needle sticks and the penny drops
The summer's gone before you know
The muffled drums of relentless flow
You're looking at stars that give you Vertigo
The sun's still burning and dust will blow
Honey scars I'll keep you near
Our blood is gold nothing to fear
We killed the time and I love you dear
A kiss of wine we'll disappear
The last of the last particles
Divisible invisible
The last of the last particles
Divisible invisible

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

PLAYLIST/FEBBRAIO

DRUMMING SONG/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE

Nuove band (Delphic, Bombay Bicycle Club, Two Door Cinema Club) e grandi ritorni (Gorillaz, Smashing Pumpkins, Richard Ashcroft) nella playlist di febbraio. Inoltre, il brano scritto dai Franz Ferdinand (ed interpretato da Marion Cotillard) per lo spot del nuovo profumo della maison Dior.

01. STYLO/GORILLAZ FEAT. MOS DEF & BOBBY WOMACK
(PLASTIC BEACH)
02. GIVING UP THE GUN/VAMPIRE WEEKEND
(CONTRA)
03. ARE YOU READY?/UNITED NATIONS OF SOUND
(REDEMPTION)
04. DRUMMING SONG/FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE
(LUNGS)
05. SUBMISSION/DELPHIC
(ALCOLYTE)
06. THE MISTERY ZONE/SPOON
(TRANSFERENCE)
07. IN MY YOUNGER DAYS/EELS
(END TIMES)
08. A SONG FOR A SON/THE SMASHING PUMPKINS
(TEARGARDEN BY KALEIDYSCOPE)
09. THE HILL/BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
(I HAD THE BLUES BUT I SHOOK THEM LOOSE)
10. THIS IS THE LIFE/TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB
(TOURIST HISTORY)
11. SATURDAY COMES SLOW/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. DAMON ALBARN
(HELIGOLAND)
12. REMEMBER/LALI PUNA
(OUR INVENTIONS)
13. LA COLLECTIONNEUSE/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG
(IRM)

BONUS TRACKS

THE EYES OF MARS/FRANZ FERDINAND FEAT. MARION COTILLARD
MY BODY IS A CAGE/PETER GABRIEL
(SCRATCH MY BACK)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: GIRL I LOVE YOU/MASSIVE ATTACK

Girl I love you but your loving has gone forever
Gonna miss you but my love has gone forever

I say I love you but your loving has gone forever
Gonna miss you but my love has gone forever

Girl I'm back in spanish town
Ain't no trouble coming around
You promise you will never let me down
If you love me that much you will stick around

It’s hard to tell that your love exist
But I know this one is for real

Girl I love you but your loving has gone forever
Forever

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL

It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm

We can roll ourselves over 'cause we're uncomfortable 

Oh well, the devil makes us sin

But we like it when we're spinning in his grip



Love is like a sin, my love

For the ones that feel it the most

Look at her with her eyes like a flame

She will love you like a fly will never love you again



It's unfortunate that when we feel a storm

We can roll ourselves over when we're uncomfortable

Oh well, the devil makes us sin

But we like it when we're spinning in his grip



Love is like a sin, my love
For the one that feels it the most

Look at her with a smile like a flame

She will love you like a fly will never love you again

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SATURDAY COME SLOW/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. DAMON ALBARN

Lost in the magic
From the last time
This town turning
My rose to desire

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

In the limestone caves
In the southways lands
One time in the kingdom
Belief is on the stand

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

Saturday come slow
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Do you love me?
Is there nothing there

ALBUM: HELIGOLAND (2010)

PLAYLIST/GENNAIO

La prima playlist del 2010, con alcune novità importanti (Massive Attack, Portishead, Eels) e le cose migliori della fine dello scorso anno...


TWO WEEKS/GRIZZLY BEAR

01. CHASE THE TEAR/PORTISHEAD
02. PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL
(HELIGOLAND)
03. LE CHAT DU CAFÈ DES ARTISTES/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG FEAT. BECK
(IRM)
04. THE HIGH ROAD/BROKEN BELLS
(BROKEN BELLS)
05. DOUBT/DELPHIC
(ALCOLYTE)
06. YOU DON'T KNOW LOVE/EDITORS
(IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING)
07. HOOTING & HOWLING/WILD BEASTS
(TWO DANCERS)
08. MANSIONS OF LOZ FELIZ/EELS
(END TIMES)
09. LITTLE LION MAN/MUMFORD AND SONS
(SIGH NO MORE)
10. IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO?/BADLY DRAWN BOY
(IS THERE NOTHING WE COULD DO?)
11. TWO WEEKS/GRIZZLY BEAR
(VECKATIMEST)
12. COLOURING OF PIGEONS/THE KNIFE FEAT. MT. SIMS AND PLANNINGTOROCK
(TOMORROW, IN A YEAR)

BONUS TRACK

MONEY/THE FLAMING LIPS FEAT. HENRY ROLLINS
(THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON)

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VIDEO: PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK

PARADISE CIRCUS/MASSIVE ATTACK

Arriva il primo video per promuovere il nuovo album dei Massive Attack, Heligoland, in uscita il prossimo Febbraio, ed è un'inzio shock: il filmato, infatti, diretto da Toby Dye e realizzato come supporto visivo al brano Paradise Circus (che vede la partecipazione, come vocalist, di Hope Sandoval), è una sorta di intervista alla ex pornostar Georgina Spelvin, e contiene immagini (molto esplicite) tratte dal film hard del 1973 The Devil in Miss Jones.
Sempre a proposito di Heligoland, in rete cominciano a circolare alcuni brani, come Pray For Rain, traccia di apertura nella quale compare Tunde Adebimpe dei Tv On The Radio.

PRAY FOR RAIN/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. TUNDE ADEBIMPE

POST-IT: MASSIVE ATTACK/HELIGOLAND

L'attesa sta per terminare: Heligoland, il nuovo album dei Massive Attack, sarà pubblicato il prossimo 8 di Febbraio, a 6 anni di distanza da 100th Window del 2003 (se si esclude la colonna sonora di Dannny The Dog, dell'anno successivo). Come si conviene ad un collettivo come quello di Bristol, le collaborazioni eccellenti si sprecano: si va Damon Albarn ad Hope Sandoval, da Martina Topley Bird a Tunde Adebimpe dei Tv On The Radio. E come se non bastasse, sembra probabile l'uscita di un'edizione speciale, che potrebbe accogliere altre tracce realizzate assieme a personaggi del calibro di Stephanie Dosen, Elizabeth Fraser, Mike Patton e Beth Orton. La copertina del disco è stata disegnata da 3D-Robert Del Naja, che del resto è stato un autorevole esponente della stessa generazione di graffitari dalla quale è venuto fuori un certo Banksy...
Ecco la tracklist della versione "normale" di Heligoland:

01. PRAY FOR RAIN (FEAT. TUNDE ADEBIMPE)
02. BABEL (FEAT. MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD)
03. SLITTING THE ATOM (FEAT. GRANT MARSHALL AND HORACE ANDY)
04. GIRL I LOVE YOU (FEAT. HORACE ANDY)
05. PSYCHE (FEAT. MARTINA TOPLEY BIRD)
06. FLAT ON THE BLADE (FEAT. GUY GARVEY)
07. PARADISE CIRCUS (FEAT. HOPE SANDOVAL)
08. RUSH MINUTE
09. SATURDAY COME SLOW (FEAT. DAMON ALBARN)
10. ATLAS AIR

LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: FALSE FLAGS/MASSIVE ATTACK

In city shoes
Of clueless blues
Pays the views
And no-mans news
Blades will fade from blood to sport
The heroin's cut these fuses short
Smokers rode a colonial pig
Drink and frame this pain i think
I'm melting silver poles my dear
You bleed your wings and then disappear
The moving scenes and pilot lights
Smithereens have got 'em scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
And battle lines are drawn across this town
Parisian boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Talk 'em down cause it's up in flames
And nothing's changed
Parisian boys without your names
Riot like 1968 again
The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
more pretty flames
In school I would just bite my tongue
And now your words they strike me dumb
The flags are false and they contradict
They point and click which wounds to lick
On avenues this christian breeze
Turns its heart to more needles please
Our eyes roll back and we beg for more
It frays this skin and then underscore
The case for war you spin and bleed
The cells you fill screensavers feed
The girls you breed the soaps that you write
The graceless charm of your gutter snipes
The moving scenes and suburbanites
And smithereens got 'em scaling heights
Modern times come talk me down
The battle lines are drawn across this town
English boys without your names
Ghetto stones instead of chains
Hearts and minds and u.s. planes
Nothing's changed
And english boys without your names
Riot like the 1980's again
The days of rage yeah nothing's changed
More pretty flames

ALBUM: COLLECTED (2006)

MUSICA: PLAYLIST/SETTEMBRE

L'estate volge al termine, la nuova stagione è alle porte, e si ricomincia a fare sul serio, con nomi come Air, Editors, Muse e Radiohead...



01. THESE ARE MY TWISTED WORDS/RADIOHEAD
(THESE ARE MY TWISTED WORDS Digital Single)
02. MY PROPELLER/ARCTIC MONKEYS
(HUMBUG)
03. UPRISING/MUSE
(THE RESISTANCE)
04. SUICIDE/THE RAVEONETTES
(IN AND OUT OF CONTROL)
05. SING SANG SUNG/AIR
(LOVE 2)
06. IF I WERE A FISH/MÚM
(SING ALONG TO SONGS YOU DON'T KNOW)
07. SPLITTING THE ATOM/MASSIVE ATTACK
(SPLITTING THE ATOM EP)
08. LOVE IN VAIN /THE BIG PINK
(A BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE)
09. I BECAME A PROSTITUTE/THE TWILIGHT SAD
(I BECAME A PROSTITUTE Single)
10. PAPILLON/EDITORS
(IN THIS LIGHT AND ON THIS EVENING)
11. GAMES FOR DAYS/JULIAN PLENTI
(JULIAN PLENTI IS... SKYSCRAPER)
12. THE DOUBLE/WE FELL TO EARTH
(WE FELL TO EARTH)
13. KING RAT/MODEST MOUSE
(NO ONE'S FIRST AND YOU'RE NEXT)
14. WHERE DID ALL THE LOVE GO?/KASABIAN
(WEST RYDER PAUPER LUNATIC ASYLUM)
15. CARTOONS AND MACRAMÉ WOUNDS/MEW
(NO MORE STORIES ARE TOLD TODAY I'M SORRY THEY WASHED AWAY NO MORE STORIES THE WORLD IS GREY I'M TIRED LET'S WASH AWAY)

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LA CANZONE DEL GIORNO: SPECIAL CASES/MASSIVE ATTACK FEAT. SINEAD O'CONNOR

Diretto da H5

Don't tell your man what he don't do right
Nor tell him all the things that make you cry
But check yourself, for your own sake
And don't be making out like it's all his

Take a look around the world
You see such bad things happening
There are many good men
Ask yourself: "is he one of them?"

The deadliest of sin is pride
Make you feel like you're always right
But they're always, two sides
It takes two to make love, two to make a life

Take a look around the world
You see such mad things happening
Their the few good men
Thank your lucky star that he's one of them

ALBUM: 100TH WINDOW (2003)

CONCERTI: STATO DI SERVIZIO

13/10/02 SIGUR RÓS (Firenze/Tenax)

Tanto per passare il tempo, in questa caldissima giornata d'estate, mi sono messo a frugare nel passato, recente e remoto, ed ho cercato di ripercorrere l'elenco di tutti i concerti ai quali ho assistito, e dopo aver raccolto gli indizi, le prove, le memorie ed i biglietti superstiti, ho stilato una classifica, un'autocertificazione del mio stato di servizio: il premio fedeltà va di diritto ai Cure, con 9 presenze, a seguire Duran Duran e Radiohead (in rimonta, speriamo). Ho volutamente omesso gli artisti italiani, che giocoforza è più facile riuscire a vedere dal vivo, e sicuramente, ma in modo del tutto involontario, avrò dimenticato anche qualcun altro. Ad ogni modo, ecco la graduatoria completa, in attesa dei prossimi impegni:

9. THE CURE

5. DURAN DURAN
RADIOHEAD

4. SIMPLE MINDS

3. DEPECHE MODE
MUSE
PJ HARVEY
SIGUR RÓS
THE SMASHING PUMPKINS

2. AMINA
BLUR
PLACEBO
R.E.M.
SKUNK ANANSIE
SUEDE
TV ON THE RADIO
U2

18/07/09 MOGWAI (Roma/Cavea dell'Auditorium Parco della Musica)

1. AIR
ALANIS MORISSETTE
BATTLES
BECK
BEN HARPER
BJÖRK
BRAN VAN 3000
CLINIC
COLDPLAY
EDITORS
EMILIANA TORRINI
FAITHLESS
FRANZ FERDINAND
GARBAGE
GLASVEGAS
GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
GOSSIP
GREEN DAY
HOWARD JONES
JIMMY PAGE & ROBERT PLANT
KAISER CHIEFS
LAIKA
MADONNA
MARTINA TOPLEY-BIRD
MASSIVE ATTACK
MEW
MOGWAI
MÚM
NINE INCH NAILS
OASIS
OKKERVIL RIVER
ÓLAFUR ARNALDS
PEARL JAM
SNEAKER PIMPS
SPARKLEHORSE
STATELESS
THE CRANBERRIES
THE MUSIC
THE NOTWIST
THE RAVEONETTES
THE ROLLING STONES
THE ZUTONS
TRACY CHAPMAN
TRAVIS
TRICKY

Fuori concorso, il Pavarotti & Friends del 1995, cui parteciparono, tra gli altri, Bono e The Edge, Brian Eno, Simon Le Bon e Dolores O'Riordan.

ARTE: BANKSY VS BRISTOL

È il più originale e talentuoso artista dei nostri tempi. Un genio. Sto parlando di Banksy, il writer inglese dall'identità anonima. Di seguito pubblico qualche passo dall'intervista che ha rilasciato alla rivista americana di cultura pop Swindle:

Non m'interessa uscire allo scoperto. Credo ci siano già abbastanza stronzi ostinati che vogliono importi le loro brutte facce
(...)
Cerco solo di rendere belle le immagini; non cerco di rendermi bello. Non mi sento alla moda
(...)
A proposito di 3D dei Massive Attack (ex-writer): 3D ha smesso di fare graffiti ed ha formato i Massive Attack, il che è stato un bene per lui, ma una grossa perdita per la città (Bristol)
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I miei graffiti preferiti sono fatti da gente che non è sui libri. Sono davvero interessato all'arte amatoriale, alle persone che sbucano dal nulla con un pennarello, scrivono qualcosa di divertente per una notte, e poi spariscono
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Fare qualcosa di commerciale non ti trasforma necessariamente in una merda
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A proposito dell'arte contemporanea: è diventata il mezzo più veloce per fare soldi anche senza talento
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A proposito della Barriera di Separazione Israeliana: l'hanno costruita con terra e piante da fiore dal lato israeliano, così quasi non te ne accorgi. Sul lato palestinese, invece, è solo un fottuto, enorme ammasso di cemento
(...)
Fondamentalmente, voglio solo fare il pezzo giusto, al momento giusto, al posto giusto.

Leggi l'intervista integrale (in inglese)

BANKSY VS BRISTOL
13 GIUGNO/31 AGOSTO 2009
BRISTOL MUSEUM
QUEEN'S ROAD, BRISTOL BS8 1RL