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Keren Ann and Dean & Britta Richards On Richards Vancouver, BC Thu, Feb 14, 2008 08:00 PM	2 Adult Ticket 19+ GA					PRICE LEVEL 1 GENERAL ADMISSION

Alrite, songs of week! This's zadio 5?6?
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1. Eskobar - On the Ground


I'm addicted to it! The Swedish trio can be classified as electro, pop and soft rock. Vocalist Daniel Bellqvist has that eccentric but cool British rock attitude reminiscent of Brian Molko, although his voice is more airy and falsetto. I tried to search for lyrics meaning of this song but there was no real discussion on the web. Here's my interpretation: A man has an unrequited love and chooses to remain silent coz of his pride. The one he adores has 'no time for him', 'too busy being free'. 'Sky above water, sons and daughters' are all the same colour. There's no special someone. I love the emptiness in his voice when he sings 'sky above water' line.

When you see a man, let him be what he's gotta be
'Cause one time is all that he needs
I know for all, is you got to believe in love

Sky above water, they're always the same
Sons and daughters, they're always the same

Always the same

And I never found you on the ground
And I never made a sound
'Cause you were much too busy being free
No time to be with me

And I never found you on the ground
And I never made a sound
'Cause you were much too busy being free
No time to be with me

Hold on to posture and strangers
Hold on to posture and pride

'Someone new' is a duet with Heather Nova and this's their major breakthrough single.


2. Howie Day - Ghost (live recording)
He's like a tamer version of Damien Rice. I find a parallel in their ruggedness. His cover of 'Don't dream it's over' seems to have extensive radio play.

3. The Cranberries - Sunday
Yurippe (from GARNET CROW) is a big fan of the Cranberries and she once commented 'Everyone else does it' is an indispensable album for her. I just thought the other day, the arrangement of 'Sunday' is very similar to their '廻り道'. 'Demystify me, demystify me' is my favourite line =D

Zadio 4

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Swing out sister - Icy cold as winter
专辑：Shapes and Patterns (1997)
来自英国的二人（曾经是三人）流行爵士组合，这首更像电子化的恩雅，东方味很重的downtempo。他们的音乐结合了微量爵士元素（微量，主要还是流行），这首没啥代表性，可以听听Now you're not here, Something out of this world。我看到'sister'以为是女子组和，结果是2男1女，之所以起这个名字是因为他们一致很讨厌'Swing out,sister'这部电影，除此之外再找不到共同点了！（绝望到一定程度的选择么？）


Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Sister Rosette goes before us
专辑：Raising sand (2007)
昨天晚上听着这首歌睡着了=口= !!! Jady前两天很兴奋的说Led Zeppelin的主唱和Alison Krauss合作出了专辑！听了一下真是不错，其实只要是Alison Krauss的声音我觉得再平庸的歌都能被她神化。猜想着Rock meets bluegrass该是怎样的效果。。。目前没有“焕然一新”的感受，估计乐器方面偏向Robert（Krauss的小提琴被淹掉啦？）。就说这首前面是诡异的小调充满舞台剧效果，到了高潮切换到明亮的大调变得很乡村（Krauss风格），有点。。。说不上来。专辑介绍及下载看这里 (post by Jady)


Sleepy.ab - 自由の果て（jiyuu no hate）
专辑：traveling fair(2004)
Sleepy.ab我啰嗦过很多次了，很想知道这首他们在唱什么，哎-.-!（打不起精神学日文的某人）。介绍在这里，感兴趣的自己挖吧。

Zadio 3

哎，跳掉一期，懒得再补。这次推荐的三首都是流行带民谣风格的Chill-out曲子。

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蔡健雅 - Drops of Jupiter

新加坡女歌手蔡健雅是华语歌坛里公认的创作型天才，中英文歌的演唱实力都很强（似乎没听过她唱马来文？）。我还记得新岛国庆期间经常放她的新作，比起平常的广播要养耳多了。Drops of Jupiter(Tell me)的原唱是Train，这首翻唱出自蔡2003年发行的唯一一张全英文专辑“Jupiter”，其中还收录了她为王菲谱曲的《等等》的英文版自唱（很有味道，推荐！）Jupiter这张专辑可以说是鲜为人知，沉了，彻底沉了，现在挖出来掸掸灰再听，赞！顺便说我喜欢她新专辑Goodbye & Hello中的《晨间新闻》和《当你离开的时候》，相较下主打曲《达尔文》倒显得平淡。

Club 8 - Jesus, Walk with me

Club 8这个来自瑞典的二人组合在今年发行了专辑《The boy who couldn't stop dreaming》，距离上张专辑间隔了整整四年（这四年主唱去搞别的乐队了-.-）重组复出的新碟可以用一个词形容“甜腻”，比起他们的同名专辑有过之而无不及。主唱Karolina Komstedt悄悄话样的低声吟唱让人骨头发酥，配上大众都能接受的木吉他、键盘配乐的结果就是这张闲适的咖啡伴侣。喝多了小心反胃！曲风都差不多，好比同种布料印花制成的长裙、短裙、中长裙、中短裙、云云。Jesus, Walk with me是专辑开场，着实安静空旷。

1900s - Cold & Kind

1900s是最近挖到的稀有好货，还没搞清楚到底有几个成员，只知道男女一大把，各操不同乐器，有着绝好的和声和演奏底子。大杂烩乐队有个好处，人多力量大，作曲风格也是变化多样，不至于让一个人栓死在棵树上榨干脑力想有啥突破，到头来还是他与生俱来的老调调。Cold & Kind是首信心满满的成功作品，很适合当酒吧舞曲，城市风味浓重又结合了小提琴的优雅演奏。那两个女主唱的感觉就像Bird & the Bee，可惜大部分歌都是某男唱的，听他的声音我脑海中浮现出鱼肚白。
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Zadio 2

选了3首最近在听的歌，下载 (sendspace, 17.5mb)。

色、戒原声中的第三轨Falling Rain，轻盈的伴奏是很纯真的，雨水隔开了个纷纷扰扰的世界。作曲：Alexander Desplat，他的作品有着小家碧玉般的细腻（比起James Horner雄壮的管弦乐，当然也是不错就是看场合了），被亚洲导演青睐也是预料之中。

Nada Surf的Blonde on Blonde是德国电影Summer Storm的开场曲，缓慢又潦倒。Jady问这是不是翻唱Bob Dylan？答：原创，歌词讲一个失意的人在下雨天听Blonde on Blonde这张专辑=)

最后一首Not Perfect是澳大利亚艺人Tim Minchin较为严肃自省的作品。Tim Minchin的主业是comedian，兼作曲家、摇滚巨星、作家，尽写些讽刺搞笑的歌词，所以听他的歌容易忽视音乐本身的质量。Not Perfect 很能博取观众的同情心，任谁都不可能完美，允许自怜，不允许苛求。

贴一下Blonde on Blonde的歌词
贴一下歌词：

cats and dogs are coming down
14th street is gonna drown
everyone else rushing round
i’ve got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it’s a lullaby
from a giant golden radio
i’ve got no time i wanna lose
to people with something to prove
what can you do but let them talk
and make your way down the block
i’ve got blonde on blonde
on my portable stereo
it’s a lullaby
from a giant golden radio
it’s a lullaby
from wonder-woman’s radio

Zadio #1 - Disputed Jpop Artists

Jadio's up and running and the 5th digest is exclusively dedicated to arbor. I lost count of previous radio contents and here I am humbly aligning myself along the starting line.

I guess it's better to have a common theme or topic, which isn't entirely absent in Zadio #1. I can talk my way around it. For an obvious fact, all the artists are at the top of alphabetical list and they're all Japanese. -.-|||

For a more obscure reason, they're all broadly labeled 'jpop' with much dispute.

1. Ayaka - Jewelery Days | Download (sendspace, 7.3mb)

Ayaka is by far one of the hottest selling artists. She has a sturdy vocal more in line with Western female singers than the high-pitched squeaky jpop stereotypes. ET-sama however condemned her for cliche singing style and exaggerated gestures on stage. You could probably pick a dozen Western artists as stand-ins but remember she's a cute-looking Japanese selling foreign gimmicks and that rare niche is her trump card. She's simply vigorous, and humble (not aggressive, not offensive) and her songs are mostly pop rock & R&B. Jewelery Days is her ?th single which tries to integrate some country & blues elements. Not a bad try. (Except 'Jewelery Days' sounds like 'Jerry', or is it 'Jelly' Days...)

2. Akeboshi - Hey There | Download (sendspace, 12.56mb)

Akeboshi is a Japanese singer-songwriter who studies music in UK. Irish flutes and fiddles are heavily used in the instrumentation and that gives him a narrative folk touch. I find his voice crisp but dense, cutting short on breath. He has a trademark rhythm which I fail to find technical terms for. 'Hey There' from the single 'Faerie Punks' is backed up with toned-down guitar and violin chords which become enriched for chorus. Overall the sound rings with an empty resonance and melancholy, like walking down a sunbaked lane in a quiet town.

3. Ayano Tsuji - Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou | Download (sendspace,2.12mb)

The one hit wonder Ayano has a boost in publicity for her theme song performance in 'the cat returns' , or else she's still anonymously playing in clubs with a small circle of musician friends (this much hasn't really changed I figure). She plays the ukulele because her hands are too small for guitars. In an old article she distinguished herself from mainstream jpop, pointing out her voice isn't pointy (sometimes I doubt) and she doesn't scream. Like Akeboshi, Ayano experiments with folk, but more of American country folk. Kimi ni ai ni ikimashou(from album 'Balanco') is typical. The duet is very heart warming.

Don't wanna type no more. STOP.