I've been messing around on youtube recently watching live performances of my favorite bands. And I came to a conclusion regarding my favorites and I will embed the videos that have convinced me.
5) Interpol
Despite the facts that they have been labeled as "boring" live due to their lack of communication with the crowd, I think they're incredible. They are the close to perfection! Carlos is one of the best bassist in the universe and I'm not complaining about the other members either. This song is taken from their first album "Turn On The Bright Lights" and the performance is mind-blowing.
Interpol - The New @ La Route Du Rock (2001)
4) Franz Ferdinand
Another strong bass sound, another favorite. Franz Ferdinand have a very retro feeling about them and that is beautifully transferred in their live act. Fast tempos, smart lyrics, striped shirts, that's what they are about. Here they are playing my top 2 Franz songs on Jools Holland's show.
Franz Ferdinand - Darts of Pleasure/Take Me Out @Jools Holland (2003)
3) Arctic Monkeys
England's best export of the last couple of years, the Monkeys are the prototype indie band. Young and restless, the four guys get the crowd going with their dancy riffs. A breath of fresh air in the humorless music industry, this video presents one of my favorite AM songs which has a few pace changes, from fast and noisy drums to melodic guitars and of course, Alex' droolworthy accent.
Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance @ Glastonbury 2007
2) Radiohead
Probably the best band in the world. Every single live song of them is amazing so I had a very very hard time to choose. I prefer Idioteque in their concerts, but I linked one in my blog a few months ago so here's their most commercially successful song.
Radiohead - Creep @ Summer Sonic in Japan (2003)
1) Muse
Okay, so maybe I'm biased because this is the only band in this top 5 that I have seen live myself. But Muse simply gobsmack me with their thrilling mixture of piano and guitar. They release so much energy with their powerful songs that they definitely take you out of this world. Sheer brilliance. Here's my favorite Muse song with a Jimi Hendrix guitar riff improvisation at the end.
Muse - Stockholm Syndrome @Wembley 2007
Friday, April 25, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Football & music = love
After a lovely weekend at a very cool touristic complex in Bran, I am back home in time for my fav footie team's match. Since the rights for La Liga belong to Boom TV, the crappiest digital TV provider, who I hope will go bankrupt and make a good deed for humanity by giving up the rights for Spain's and Italy's championships, I had to follow it on livescore.com . Good news, they won 1-0 at home with Murcia after Wesley Sneijder's n-th goal this season. I think he is the best player they bought this summer. Scores from any position, gives brilliant passes and is very fast. Metzelder, Pepe, Heinze and Saviola are all kinda crap and Drenthe and Robben have been rather mediocre, so he's by far the one who was worth the money.
And now they're 9 points clear of Barcelona who drew away 2-2 with Recreativo Huelva. Speaking of Barca, how can a goalkeeper like Victor Valdes be considered a good keeper? He's a disaster, just look at Recre's last goal! DISASTER! And I'm not saying cos I hate Barca, it's because Valdes is simpy the crappiest Spanish keeper who has played for the national team. They are very lucky to still be in Champions League, thanks to their cakewalk draws. Hpefully, Manchester Utd. will do everyone a favour and put them in their misery. I admit Real were an embarrassment to football in their confrontation with Roma, but they are more than decent in La Liga. So I hope for a 2nd title in a row for them, as well as a Liverpool-Man Utd. final of UCL.
And now to the 2nd part of this entry: music! Of course, it is about Werchter :)). The full line-up has been announced and here it is: (in alphabetical order, the ones in bold are most important)
2manyDJS, Adele, Air Traffic, Babyshambles, Band Of Horses, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Chris Cornell, The Cool Kids, Counting Crows, dEUS, Devotchka, Digitalism, Donavon Frankenreiter, Duffy, Editors, Galactic, Gnarls Barkley, Gossip, Grinderman, Hercules And Love Affair, Hot Chip, Jay-Z, John Butler Trio, Justice, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Nash, Kings Of Leon, KT Tunstall, Lenny Kravitz, Mark Ronson, MGMT, Mika, Moby, Modern Skirts, Monza, Neil Young, Nightwish, Panic At The Disco, Patrick Watson, R.E.M., The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Roisin Murphy, Sigur Ros, Slayer, Soulwax, The Hives, The Kooks, The National, The Verve, The Whigs, The Black Box Revelation, The Chemical Brothers, Tim Vanhamel, Underworld, Vampire Weekend, Zita Swoon.
Ah well, a lot of names. Some of them mean nothing to me, but others are bands I never dreamt of seeing live. I just can't wait for these long months to end.
Today's Jukebox song is Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
And now they're 9 points clear of Barcelona who drew away 2-2 with Recreativo Huelva. Speaking of Barca, how can a goalkeeper like Victor Valdes be considered a good keeper? He's a disaster, just look at Recre's last goal! DISASTER! And I'm not saying cos I hate Barca, it's because Valdes is simpy the crappiest Spanish keeper who has played for the national team. They are very lucky to still be in Champions League, thanks to their cakewalk draws. Hpefully, Manchester Utd. will do everyone a favour and put them in their misery. I admit Real were an embarrassment to football in their confrontation with Roma, but they are more than decent in La Liga. So I hope for a 2nd title in a row for them, as well as a Liverpool-Man Utd. final of UCL.
And now to the 2nd part of this entry: music! Of course, it is about Werchter :)). The full line-up has been announced and here it is: (in alphabetical order, the ones in bold are most important)
2manyDJS, Adele, Air Traffic, Babyshambles, Band Of Horses, Beck, Ben Folds, Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, Chris Cornell, The Cool Kids, Counting Crows, dEUS, Devotchka, Digitalism, Donavon Frankenreiter, Duffy, Editors, Galactic, Gnarls Barkley, Gossip, Grinderman, Hercules And Love Affair, Hot Chip, Jay-Z, John Butler Trio, Justice, Kaiser Chiefs, Kate Nash, Kings Of Leon, KT Tunstall, Lenny Kravitz, Mark Ronson, MGMT, Mika, Moby, Modern Skirts, Monza, Neil Young, Nightwish, Panic At The Disco, Patrick Watson, R.E.M., The Raconteurs, Radiohead, Roisin Murphy, Sigur Ros, Slayer, Soulwax, The Hives, The Kooks, The National, The Verve, The Whigs, The Black Box Revelation, The Chemical Brothers, Tim Vanhamel, Underworld, Vampire Weekend, Zita Swoon.
Ah well, a lot of names. Some of them mean nothing to me, but others are bands I never dreamt of seeing live. I just can't wait for these long months to end.
Today's Jukebox song is Vampire Weekend - A-Punk
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