#music, Do You Believe in Space? Really?

(Red Hot Chili Peppers/Photo La Terc

Bueno, si lo crees, escucha bien lo que tienen que decir los Red Hot Chili Peppers… Tremenda banda, tremendo bajista (yo también soy bajista, venga, y lo admiro) y una canción, «Californication» de puta madre…. En ella desglosan toda la mierda que se oculta bajo la supuesta sociedad «progresista» y «elitista» de socialistas etcetera…

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Well, if you believe it, listen carefully to what the Red Hot Chili Peppers have to say… Amazing band, amazing bassist (I’m a bassist too, by the way, and I admire him) and a kick-ass song, «Californication«…. In it, they break down all the bullshit hidden beneath the so-called «progressive» and «elitist» society of socialists, etcetera…

(1999)

CALIFORNICATION

Psychic spies from China try to steal your mind’s elation
And little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotation
And if you want these kind of dreams it’s Californication

It’s the edge of the world and all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the East at least it’s settled in a final location
It’s understood that Hollywood sells Californication

Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Celebrity skin, is this your chin, or is that war you’re waging?

First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication

Marry me, girl, be my fairy to the world, be my very own constellation
A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information
And buy me a star on the boulevard, it’s Californication

Space may be the final frontier but it’s made in a Hollywood basement
And Cobain can you hear the spheres singing songs off Station To Station?
And Alderaan’s not far away, it’s Californication

Born and raised by those who praise control of population
Well, everybody’s been there and I don’t mean on vacation

First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication

Destruction leads to a very rough road but it also breeds creation
And earthquakes are to a girl’s guitar, they’re just another good vibration
And tidal waves couldn’t save the world from Californication

Pay your surgeon very well to break the spell of aging
Sicker than the rest, there is no test, but this is what you’re craving?

First born unicorn
Hardcore soft porn
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication
Dream of Californication

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Anthony Kiedis / Chad Gaylord Smith / John Anthony Frusciante / Michael Peter Balzary

Californication lyrics © MoeBeToBlame, Peermusic Publishing, Words & Music A Div Of Big Deal Music LLC

#music, It’s The Middle Of The Week- Part 2, Songs of Wonder…

In part one I presented to you three of my favourite rock and roll songs played by three of my favourite rock and rollers. Here in part two I bring you some of the songs I cannot quite place in the same category, but that are outstanding in many ways.

  1. «God Only Knows» is the song that Paul McCartney fell in love with and inspired him to go forwards with the Sgt. Pepper’s project. He also considers it his favourite song, as well as the best song ever written, and so does Jimmy Webb, among many other rock and pop artists. The song was written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher for the Beach Boys’ 1966 album Pet Sounds.

2. «Save Your Heart For Me» by Gary Lewis (son of the comic genius Jerry Lewis, whom we love! We love you Jerry!!!) and The Playboys is one of their hits from 1965. Ok, some, or maybe many, will think this is just another silly love song, but I think it is a fab representative of the music, the lifestyle and the rhythm of the times. Of course I was just a wee lad at the time and I remember learning the words to this song as a way of learning to speak English…

3. «Kicks» was a 1966 hit by Paul Revere and The Raiders. I also remember this one from my very young years but I was never able to sing along, and I always thought they sang «kids» instead of kicks… Written by Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil, the song was originally meant for the English rock group The Animals, but Eric Burden turned it down. I don’t know, there’s something about this song that makes me not really want to place it as a genuine «rock» song…

I am really hoping to hear what you think about these songs, bloody hell, if you even remember them or know them. Well, if you don’t listen to them over and over again and if someone asks you why, tell them they’re part of your doctoral thesis on proctology…

Cheers…

#music, An Oldie, For A Musical Thursday…

(photo Discogs)

I wonder who remembers this 1969 hit by The Tee Set from Holland… It might be a happy memory for some or something new for others, but it is a nice song with a catchy tune for all…

Merci, merci…

#music, Where Do I Put These Three…

[Francisco/Bodo (artist portrayal)]

These three songs are great, for sure, and I know they are pop songs, and hits in their day, but I really don’t know in what category I can place them in…

  1. «Build Me Up Buttercup» Written by Mike d’Abo and Tony Macaulay, a smash hit by the British group The Foundations. Although they called themselves a «soul» group, I really don’t know if it is soul or what…

2. The next song is from an American pop group, Spiral Staircase, and titled «More Today Than Yesterday» released in 1969. It’s soulful too, but I just can’t call it soul…

3. The last one is «Vehicle» released in 1970 by the American group The Ides of March. I know the band calls itself a rock-jazz band, and they are jazzy and certainly rock, but what are they…

Take a listen, I am sure they will take you down memory lane (for some) and for others they will be fresh and new. And they do sound fresh and new…

Cheers…

#art, El beso que nunca es delito – The Kiss That’s Never a Crime…

(Constantin Brancusi/»The Kiss» 1912)

El beso, tema que ha fascinado a los artistas, a los escritores, a los cineastas y a todos. Se ha representado de mil y una maneras en la historia del arte, y los artistas lo han pintado ad nauseum pero este de Constantin Brancusi es una de mis favoritas representaciones. Pero como ahora en España parece que dar un beso se ha convertido en un delito capital, pues lo quiero representar yo también y lo haré de esta manera… Además os prometo que todas las gaviotas consintieron a darse un piquito así, públicamente.

¡Que viva el amor!

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The kiss, a theme that has fascinated artists, writers, filmmakers, and everyone. It has been represented in a thousand and one ways in the history of art, and artists have painted it ad nauseum but this one, «The Kiss,» by Constantin Brancusi is one of my favourite depictions. But since now in Spain it seems that giving a kiss has become a capital offense, well, I want to represent it too, and I will do it this way… Also, I promise that all the seagulls consented to give each other a little peck like this, publicly.

Long Live Love!

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Gracias…

Cheers…

#art, Magritte es/is surrealismo/Surrealism

(Foto/Photo The Skateroom)

Filosofo y artista de gran trayectoria y fama, René Magritte es, en mi opinión, el mas importante de los surrealistas del S. XX. Ya verás porque lo digo…

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Philosopher and artist of great works and fame, René Magritte is, in my opinion, the most important of the Surrealists of the XXth Century. You’ll see why I say that…

(2022)

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Gracias…

Cheers…

#art, Is Art Like Wine?

(Actor portrayal of artist Bodo Vespaciano)

No, art isn’t like wine, it’s like chocolate… Art can be hard and smooth, black like coals, fluid and milky, white like snowflakes and soft like caramel… so art is like chocolate…

But while art is not like wine, wine actually is like art, it’s got color, flavour, bouquet and taste… Wine is selected, collected and highly prised especially when aged, just like art…

Cheers…

#art, OCS València is JaZzArT!

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Just a peek… but everything will be revealed October 16 – 23 in València…