Album of the day: Pearl Jam “Vs.” (1993)

Just click below to listen to one of my Pearl Jam’s favourite songs, “Dissident”, one of the tracks of the album “Vs.” (1993)

Vocalist Eddie Vedder explain the text of the song:

‘In “Dissident”, I’m actually talking about a woman who takes in someone who’s being sought after by the authorities for political reasons. He’s on the run, and she offers him a refuge. But she just can’t handle the responsibility. She turns him in, then she has to live with the guilt and the realization that she’s betrayed the one thing that gave her life meaning. It made her life difficult. It made her life hell. But it gave her a reason to be. But she couldn’t hold on. She folded. That’s the tragedy of the song’ (Source: Wikipedia)

Albums of the day: Peter Gabriel (ALL OF THEM!)

Impossible, for me, to choose just one album and one song of a man that I consider a genius of the music of our time (and as an artist in general) , Peter Gabriel. So, I decided to add to this post two You tube videos of two of my favourite songs:

“Here comes the flood”, from the album “Peter Gabriel I” (1977)

“Father, Son”, from the album “OVO” (2000)

Pat Metheny: First Circle (1984)

It is difficult to find only one album representing the “musical world” of Pat Metheny. I choosed “First Circle” (1984). At the same time, too rich to be described here his activity and experimentations in any different kind of music  .  I leave this job to Wikipedia.  Enjoy the video. Ciao!

R.E.M.: Reveal (2001)

I have no doubt: “Imitation of life” is my favourite video. It is a song which is part of the album “Reveal” (2001), of the band R.E.M.

‘The single’s video, depicting a scene of an elaborate pool party, was shot in Los Angeles by Garth Jennings. Michael Stipe, in an interview with MTV UK in 2001, explained how the video was made. “The entire video took twenty seconds to shoot. What you’re watching is a loop that goes forwards for twenty seconds, backwards for twenty seconds, forwards for twenty seconds, backwards for twenty seconds, with one camera, static, and then using a technique called ‘pan and scan‘, which is a technical thing that is used when they go from a widescreen format and reformat to fit your television or DVD, moving in on certain parts of the entire picture. And you’ll see that we do that picking up various people within the frame.” (by Wikipedia)

Album of the day: Genesis-A Trick Of The Tail (1976)

Genesis is my favourite group. “A trick of the tail” is a legendary album.

“Ripples” is the video that I choosed. Click below to enjoy it and relax.

Photo: Creative Commons-Epilectic

David Sylvian: Secrets of the beehive (1987)

Source: www.ondarock.it

This is one of  my favourite album: I find difficult to describe music through words, music is already a description in itself.

So, please, listen to it and…watch the added You Tube video of the song “Orpheus”