This was the status a friend had over YM, a fraze which amuzed me a lot. Probably this is the way every lover feels like after an unsuccessful romance which had this song as a “foreplay”.

And of course a lot of lovers share a slow-dance on this song because it became so popular. Just like Metallica’s songs are so popular among fresh rockers.

Don’t get me wrong, I believe the song is excelent, nice lyrics and nice voice! It is just too much played nowadays and I usually don’t like when this is happening, because the song is so much aired that it looses something, that certain something which makes a song special if you hear it just when you need to, and not everytime you turn on the radio.

But then again, who am I to judge that….I had Nirvana’s “Where did you sleep last night” as an “our song” sometime ago :) 

Google just announced that the new Pearl Jam video is available for free on Google Video. There are quite some hard images in there, but it looks nice. Still, the song is not one of their best, in my opinion.

I just noticed that Google Video introduced a categories bar on top of their page, finding it much easier to find Music Videos for example. Too bad some of them are not available for Romania….bad, bad, bad !

As I said previously, it’s been a busy period and this is the reason for the low posting…but things should be back to normal pretty soon.

Just came back from Olimpiadele Comunicarii where musicblog won the prize for the best thematic blog. We are very proud about this and…thanks a lot ! Also, congrats to the other winners, as well. You can see the full participants list here.

Also, I was on a roadtrip throughout the country and Hungary some of these days, which kept me away from posting, but made me discover a nice track. I usually end up listening to a certain track in these kind of journeys, and then it remains in my mind totally connected to that specific trip. So, this time it was all about Salome de Bahia – Outro Lugar.

Salome started her music in a Jazz Cabaret in France, and then had various experiences working with Bob Sinclair, Stevie Wonder and others. This track has a very nice rhythm and inspires a clear Brazilian feeling. Also, it is great for listening in the car, probably this is why Vlad was so happy listening to it while driving :)

Also, this trip gave us the chance to experience an iTrip device…you probably know about it, it’s that a device which enables you to listen to music from an iPod played on the car radio. Even though the idea is great and is a pretty cheap solution (about 50 USD), it has some quality issues, because it might interfere with other frequencies and it has a pretty low volume. Still, it was worthwhile all the way, being able to play some hundreds of tracks.

P.S. The picture shows some Budapest ducks, in a park quite similar to Cismigiu. They have ducks, we have frogs :(

Well, extremely tired. It’s been a hell’s week, with a lot of work but also with a lot of fun. Soo many uptime hours…. And it feels like there is no weekend in between, as on Sunday morning a working-tour starts.

The only music I could bare for tonight and which helped me not fall asleep while making the final charts is Ray Charles’s latest release. Cannot stress enough what a great album this is !!

Have a good night, wherever you are :)

The Guardian features a nice article about Gypsy music from the Balkans and from Romania. What I specially like about it is that this is one of the few articles that shows that the author is really knowing what he is talking about, he is not mistaking Gypsy music for Manele like a lot of foreigners do and so on.

And I didn’t know Johnny Depp is a fan of Taraful Haiducilor :)

It’s about 24 hours since it was over and I wanted to write about this all this time. How was the Buena Vista Social Club concert some of us have been waiting for so much ?

Well, in just a few words it was excellent ! It all started with the Before the show Party just before the concert, when a Buena Vista Social Club DVD has been played in Coyote Ugly and Analia Selis held a very nice concert. It was the first time I saw her live – it was the first time for them playing in a club, too – and I realized she is much more than just the Yo No Soy de Qui track all of you might know. She plays a very passionate music, dedicating herself (and the band) totally to it, and it sounds excellent.

Next, the concert came, where I was a bit late but fortunatelly I managed to convince some more friends to come and it was worthwhile the effort. Analia played about 5 or 6 tracks, opening the way for the masters of the night, Buena Vista Social Club.

Comming after their concert in Timisoara, not speaking a bit of English (at least not to the public), the 4 grands of the old band, plus 7 from the new age, they played about one and a half hours of excellent Cuban music.

The big star was Senor Cachaito Lopez – from the old band, together with Roberto Fonseca – a great pianist from the new age. In my view, the most remarkable were the pianist – Roberto, Jesus Ramos – trombone, the trumpet player – Guajiro Mirabal and the guitarist – Manuel Galban.

What I particularly liked about the concert was the arrangement of the songs, alternating between high-pace rhythms, slower plays and a lot of individual solos.

The audience was also a high quality one, getting involved all the way, dancing and having a good time. You don’t see this too often….

Another good thing is that this is not their first time in Romania – we had the change to have Ibrahim Ferrer 2 years ago in Bucharest – and not their last time – Omara Portuondo is comming here with them on 23rd of November. See you there !

Yeah, it’s just like crazy how Britain embraced this hit of Gnarls Barkley, Crazy by its name. And not only this no. 1 hit, but also the entire just-realeased album, St. Elsewhere.

Mixing some rap with pop music, just like the good old-fashioned way, Gnarls made Britain (and not only) move on this rhythm, and he deserves all the credit for this. Nice work !

It is true, some might find some similarities between his music and the Gorillaz style, and one should look no further than Danger Mouse, who is producer of both. Which proves the people in the back really do have an influence :)

|If you haven’t been listening to it in the last month or so, you should definitely visit Gnarls Barkley’s Myspace page to listen to some of the tracks (Crazy hit included).

As his website points out, the New Tour Dates of Billy Idol are confirmed, with July 10th being marked as Bucharest show on Cotroceni Stadium.

I cannot stress enough how important this event is, having Billy Idol, a pure Rock legend here to play means a lot more than just one show.

This show is part of the Promotion Tour of his latest album, The Devil Playground, but I hope he will put up some of the old tracks too, like “Dancing with Myself”, “White Wedding” or “Eyes without a Face”. This way, maybe some of the kidds dancing on the tables or in the sand of Vama Veche will recognize some of the tracks being played there, as his latest album is hard to find in Romania.

Tickets can be bought from Sala Palatului or in the Diverta stores. Maybe with this opportunity, Diverta will bring his latest album in, too :).

The concert has been initially advertised as being performed inside, in Sala Palatului, but Billy Idol’s website confirms the Cotroceni stadium as the final location. What do you think, should it be played inside or outside? Personal preference – inside.

P.S. The image of this post represents Billy Idol’s only tattoo.

Thanx to my good friend Octi for pointing out this “bitch” to me.

(He said she reminded him of me, so I was bound to like her from the start…)

I just love her rough voice and all her covers sound excellent; they really got my blood pumping again – after a very exhausting week/month/trimester of my life :)

I hope you will enjoy the songs as much as I did. After all, the world needs as many bitches as it can get…

I noticed that in Romania you have two types of hipsters. It all stems from communist censorship I think- people in their twenties want to deny a heavy burden of a past by hating the mainstream and anything that has to do with the (musical) past and can’t be retro-hip; and rockers perpetuate that fuck the system adage by hating the mainstream head-banger style. Electro music fans or rawk fans, two camps that are in no way camp. You could look at rock at being more traditional form of dissent and electro is just the opposite, so scenester definitions no.2 respectively no.1 apply. On one side you have Therion or Nightwish or whatever (when did we become fucking nordic-philes?) on the other hand you got a bunch of DJs. The Rogue Wave or Mazarin we leave to the NY hipsters while we deal with extremes.

But finally… A home grown festival all of our own. Artmania Sibiu 2006 (official site). I can’t say it would be refreshing for me to see H.I.M. live, but I know some of you out there are squealing squeals of joy. The festival’s in July. Tickets are 65 RON. That’s uh what..20 euros. For a four-band mini-fest. HIM, Amorphis, SILENTIVM, Carmen Gray. Be warned: angry black-background links those are.
And remember: it is not recommended to bring infants in prams or children under 5 years old to the festival area. Or drugs of any nature, not that you would.

The Cribs have nothing to do with the festival. But I think the scenesters song touches on the earlier subject I was contemplating.

If you’d like to hurrah something, do it now so that all our 30 unique hits/day know about it. Being a scenester doesn’t mean you can’t share.