"Where words leave off, music speaks" -Hans Christian Andersen-

Tänään pieni läpikatsaus jo aikaisemmin mainitsemiini vanhoihin matkalaukkuihini joissa säilytän säveliäni. Eilisiin kotimaisiin palaan vielä sen verran, että suosikkeihini pitää vielä ehdottomasti lisätä Liekki, Asa, Jätkäjätkät, Regina, Tehosekoitin ja Karkkiautomaatti. <3

 Jos olisin yhtä järjestelmällinen kuin yksi vanhoista poikaystävistäni (jolla oli levyt genrettäin sekä aakkosjärjestyksessä), olisi listaa bändeistäni helpompi lukea, mutta koska olen järjestelmällisen epäjärjestelmällinen, on levyt minulla laukuissa sikinsokin. Usein myös väärä levy väärissä koteloissa...Tämä piirre ärsyttää jopa itseäni siinä määrin, että säännöllisin väliajoin otan kaikki levyt ulos ja etsin oikeille levyille oikeat kotelot. "Järjestys" pysyy aina hetken, kunnes taas....Kierre on valmis. Mutta sulavasti tuntuvat  tänäänkin esim. Pantera ja Simon & Garfunkel viihtyvän vierekkäin.

Eels. Bändi jonka kuuntelen aika ajoin puhki. Daisies of the galaxyn kansi on mielestäni niin kaunis, että olen tehnyt siitä itselleni valoseulan ja painanut itselleni tällä kuvalla varustettuja t-paitoja. <3

Tässä poimintoja artisteista matkalaukuistani sieltä tänään löytämisjärjestyksessä (kuten huomaatte, kaikki genret ja aakkoset sulavasti sekaisin). Nostan samalla esiin muutamia minulle rakkaimpia lyriikoita ja kappaleita, vaikka jokainen bändi omalla tavallaan toki tärkeä. the Doors, Ramones, the Clash, R.E.M, DuranDuran, Deftones, Warpaint, Placebo, Helmet, Lenny Kraviz, Suede, the Streets, the Cure, the Dandy Warhols, John Lennon, NOFX, MassiveAttack, Slayer, Sepultura, JudastPriest, Pantera, Simon & Garfunkel, Keane, ExplosionsInTheSky,  Louis Armstrong, Portishead, Tricky, MagyarPosse, Weezer, the Chemical Brothers, Amy Winehouse, Supergrass, Ella Fitzgerald, Joni Mitchell

                                        

 It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river I could skate away on
I made my baby cry

He tried hard to help me
You know, he put me at ease
And he loved me so naughty
Made me weak in the knees
Oh, I wish I had a river I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle
I'm selfish and I'm sad
Now I've gone and lost the best baby
That I ever had
I wish I had a river I could skate away on

Oh, I wish I had a river so long
I would teach my feet to fly
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
I made my baby say goodbye

It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
I wish I had a river I could skate away on


© 1970; Joni Mitchell

                                        

PJ Harvey, Björk, Tori Amos, SkunkAnansie & Joni Mitchell <3

En harrasta, tai erityisemmin pidä bändipaidoista, muutama kuitenkin eksynyt mukaan. mm. Kissin paita löytyi matkamuistoksi Amsterdamista (ajalta jolloin niitä ei saanut H&M liikkeistä), Johnny Cashin paita matkamuistona Islannista, Davi Bowien paidan sain sen jäätyä kaverille pieneksi, the Curen paidan tein itse. Tässä samalla avautuu syy blogin nimeen: "Keltainen villasukka". Pidän villasukkia 24/ 7 ympäri vuoden. Omistan monia, mutta jostain syystä en löydä koskaan pareja. Näillä mennään. :)

Lista jatkuu: SisterFlo, KingsOfLeon, Bing Crosby, RedHotChiliPeppers, Moby, Frank Sinatra, Carbage, PovertyStinks, Dodgy, Olive, Oasis, Sinead O'Connor, Jim O'Rourke, DamnSeagulls, Lemonator, Elisabeth Shepard trio, the Five Corners Quintet, Jimi Hendrix, Sia, Simon & Garfunkel, Elbow, Shivaree, ManicStreetPreachers

Ollessani Ruisrockissa 2003, oli ehdoton lempparini ja päämääräni nähdä ManicStreertPreachers. No, kävi kurjasti ja ensimmäisen fastaripäivän jälkeen päälle iski vuosisadan migreeni, enkä päässyt katsomaan toisena päivänä esiintyvää Manicsia. Keikasta on jäänyt kuitenkin kauniit muistot. Sain keikalla olleelta silloiselta ihastukseltani viestin: "Yeah, I found that soul." laulaa bändi tuolla lavalla. Sinä olet sitä minulle sillä tavalla." Jutustahan ei koskaan tullut sen suurempaa, kuitenkaan, mutta muistot ovat kauniita. :)

Elämä jatkuu: Björk, Frank Black, Devendra Banhart, Florence + the Machine, ArticMonkeys, the Bird And The Bee, Richard Ashcroft, JethroTull, Neil young, the Beatles, Screaming Jay Hawkins, PetShopBoys, Thursday, Leonard Cohen, Lauryn Hill, RollingStones, SneakerPimps, Mum, Mandalay, Moloko, Hooverphonic, DepecheMode, the Ark

Tässä allekirjoittanut hyppäämässä the Arkin keikalle jostain Helsinkiläisestä hotellista. :)

 Gotye: Somebody that I used to know

" Now and then I think of when we were together

Like when you said you felt so happy you could die

Told myself that you were right for me

But felt so lonely in your company

But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness

Like resignation to the end

Always the end

So when we found that we could not make sense

Well you said that we would still be friends

But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off

Make out like it never happened

And that we were nothing

And I don't even need your love

But you treat me like a stranger

And that feels so rough

No you didn't have to stoop so low

Have your friends collect your records

And then change your number

I guess that I don't need that though

Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over

Part of me believing it was always something that I'd done

But I don't wanna live that way

Reading into every word you say

You said that you could let it go

And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know..."

Asaf Avidan & the Mojos: Maybe you are

 They met when he was in a hospital,

he whispered "I ain't got no heart" into the room.

She said "I'll make you smile again" and made an airplane

out of some pretty words put in a spoon.

He said "I'll never see again…

my eyes are sorta twisted inwards, deep into my throat".

She said "don't worry babe I'll open up your jam,

I'll open up my pretty self" and laid down on his road.

She said "how do you know? Maybe you are".

She pealed his skin away, so every day he'd cry

And in those tears he'd lie to find some peace.

She broke from all his words, but she was made of mercury,

She'd come together later piece by piece.

And it became a game they played, under the blankets,

In the bed, pretending she was small and he was big.

She became so small, he could lift her, body and heart and all,

He held her naked, she was just his fig.

She said "how do you know? Maybe you are".

DepecheMode: "It's No Good"

"I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world

To make you mine

It is written in the stars above

The gods decree

You'll be right here by my side

Right next to me

You can run, but you cannot hide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'cause it's no good

I'll be fine

I'll be waiting patiently

Till you see the signs

And come running to my open arms

When will you realise

Do we have to wait till our worlds collide

Open up your eyes

You can't turn back the tide

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'cause it's no good

I'm going to take my time

I have all the time in the world

To make you mine

It is written in the stars above

Don't say you want me

Don't say you need me

Don't say you love me

It's understood

Don't say you're happy

Out there without me

I know you can't be

'cause it's no good"

 Sia:"Numb"

"I saw you cry today
The pain may fill you
I saw you shy away
The pain will not kill you

You made me smile today
You spoke with many voices
We travelled miles today
Shared expressions voiceless

It has to end
Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

It has to end to begin

Began an end today
Gave and got given
You made a friend today
Kindred soul cracked spirit

It has to end to begin

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

It had to end to begin

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you

Living in your head
Without anything to numb you
Living on the edge
Without anything to numb you"

Paljon tunteita, säveliä ja sanoja. Ei läheskään kaikkea mitä tulee kuunneltua levylautaselta ja pyöriteltyä ajatuksissaan, mutta tälle päivälle riittävästi. Nyt kun katselen taaksepäin läpileikkausta lyriikoistani, ovat ne kovin melankolisia... Ei huolta ystävät, joukkoon ja historiaan mahtuu paljon positiivisia tuntemuksia ja kappaleita. Siispä loppuun vielä piristykseksi yksi HyvänMielen biisilemppareistani. :)   Nyt ylös, ulos ja äänestämään --- Loppupäivä pötköttelyä leffojen parissa. Sunnuntai. <3

 Weezer: Island in the sun