Papa Paris

Music and Videos that I like, find on the web, or reblog.

[paramoredaily]

So, what are you gonna do when the world don’t orbit around you?

[nprmusic]

NPR Music’s Favorite Songs Of 2015

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Bob Boilen’s Top 10 Albums Of 2015

“2015 was a year for lyricists to excel and express. And with one exception, all the albums at the top of my personal heap were perfect examples of that richness:

“Courtney Barnett is my favorite lyricist. Her words are smart, funny and memorable. Sufjan Stevens came to terms with the loss of his mother so eloquently. Björk’s open-chested treatise on betrayal and heart regarding the end of her relationship with artist Matthew Barney is likely the best record ever to document such loss and broken spirit.”

[papaparis]

Staff Lists: The Best Music Videos of 2015

From Nicki and Beyoncé’s ecstatic Coachella road trip, to David Bowie’s haunting interstellar hallucination, to Oneohtrix Point Never’s epic LARP-ing ...

[papaparis]

This year’s edition of American Songwriter’s Top 50 Albums is presented by D’Addario. 50. Kristin Diable: Create Your Own Mythology Third time is the charm

[actuallygrimes]

LEN - IT’S MY NEIGHBOURHOOD - OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO (by LENOFFICIALTV)

weird

LEN made a new song and its pretty good

[catladyinwaiting-deactivated201]

a one-hit wonder from the 90s (“steal my sunshine”) returns with a sesame-street-esque ode to toronto.

and i have to love it because TORONTO!!! even though it is maybe the tackiest song i have heard in a long long while.

[dceiver]

Which Toronto will I get to see this summer? Rob Ford’s or Len’s?

[shortformblog]

Two side notes inspired by this discovery. One: Len has a channel full of music videos of theirs that you’ve never seen (they seem to play off the whole brother/sister thing a lot), and two, Len is totally a band of hipsters. Why do I say this? Well, check out this screenshot from the “Steal My Sunshine” video, which i admit to watching after playing this ode to Toronto:

See that sticker on his bike? That’s a Vice Magazine logo. In 1999. Before most of the hipsters even knew what Vice was.

See? They’re trendsetters. I rest my case.

EDIT: I just found evidence to the contrary about that whole trendsetter thing:

That’s right, the guy from Len discovered Sum 41.

[innocentwordsmagazine]

Amanda Palmer talks about connecting with fans and giving them a way to pay for music. She ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund her last album and now has it available on the net using a Pay What You Want model. 

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[patrickcotnoir-deactivated20200]

MY HEAD JUST EXPLODED

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!!!!

[parislemon]

Boom.

[innocentwordsmagazine]

“Slide Song” by Afghan Whigs

This month (and this month only) World Cafe is offering free downloads of performances from bands including Calexico, Lord Huron, Alt-J, John Fullbright, Freelance Whales, Stars, Nick Waterhouse, Allen Stone, The Kopecky Family Band and others. Download the entire collection, while they last until March 1st, here.

(http://thekey.xpn.org/2013/02/19/my-morning-download-slide-song-by-afghan-whigs-from-a-limited-time-only-collection-of-world-cafe-downloads/)

[nprfreshair]

The Atlantic has a great history of Leonard Cohen’s now-iconic song “Hallelujah” up, along with videos of the original and some of the best covers of it, including the one by Jeff Buckley that catapulted the song from obscurity to ubiquity. Fun fact about how Buckley came across the song:

Jeff Buckley, a hungry young singer-songwriter from California, first heard “Hallelujah” on a Leonard Cohen tribute album he discovered in a friend’s home while cat-sitting in Brooklyn in 1992. He began performing the song regularly in New York’s East Village clubs, and called it “a hallelujah to the orgasm … an ode to life and love.”

And here is Terry’s 2006 interview with the Bard Cohen himself.

(HT Fresh Air producer John Myers!)

[joey]

Beirut - The Rip Tide

I’m in love with this video.

Just hit play and wait for it. Trust me.

[chels]

I want to sail into these inky skies. 

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Not often I post music videos but this one’s worth a watch. Some nice visual tricks, and asks an interesting question about art and work summed up well by Scott Hansen:

“Is out work the true meaning? On your death bed will you praise yourself for the things you’ve achieved as an artist, be fulfilled because you followed your “dream”. Or will you be thankful for the relationships you’ve forged and the lives you’ve touched?”

[wnyc]

Kat Edmonson and her band performed just down the hall in the Soundcheck studios Monday.

[boner-]

Music implies that you’re part of their [the audiences] life forever. Even if they go off you eventually, you always stay in their heart somewhere because it’s almost as we’ve been through a certain period together that is unforgettable. Music frees people and it unifies people and that’s what’s so incredible about it. Music is every single art form piling together. Singing is a full explosion of emotion. Music is a very personal thing. People hear music and they believe that they’re free.

Morrissey (via thvrsday)

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U2 - All I Want Is You 

A young Peter Dinklage stars in this Meiert Avis directed tribute to Fellini. 

[worshiptheglitch]

Possibly U2’s best song and video? 

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25 songs in 25 days

For a long time now, I have wanted to have a music exchange with people in my life.  Music is so personal, and I thought there are probably songs that have impacted even those closest to me that I don’t know about.

So I’m going to share over the next 25 days 25 songs that have changed my life. And my hope is that I’ll receive the same type of list back from my friends and family, so that I can have a playlist all about you and the songs you love on my iPod. 

My list is pretty random, which I love.  When out with friends the other night, Genuine, Belinda Carlisle and Blackstreet all came up in funny conversations.  (And let’s hope you all know who Genuine is so you don’t hit that relationship “oh-no-nos” dealbreakers list, which the three of us agreed Tom Haverford hit spot on.)

I’ll try to start rolling my list out tomorrow.  In the meantime, make sure you don’t break oh-no-no No. 3, and get up to date on your ’90s R&B.

[papaparis]

Looking forward to Gina's picks.

[fuckyeahmercury]

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[hurricane-christine]

Killer Queen - Queen (Isolated Vocals)

holy crap.

[doe-eyed-debtor]

well gawt damn. i knew i loved this song for a reason.