#crucifyyourmind

[tocotuboca]

Soon you know I'll leave you And I'll never look behind 'Cos I was born for the purpose That crucifies your mind

[luciaiaiao]

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Un giradischi tutto per me, per ricominciare. 🎼🎂 "Was it a huntsman or a player That made you pay the cost That now assumes relaxed positions And prostitutes your loss? Were you tortured by your own thirst In those pleasures that you seek That made you Tom the curious That make you James the weak? And you claim you got something going Something you call unique But I’ve seen your self-pity showing And the tears rolled down your cheeks. Soon you know I’ll leave you And I’ll never look behind ‘Cos I was born for the purpose That crucifies your mind. So con, convince your mirror As you’ve always done before Giving substance to shadows Giving substance ever more. And you assume you got something to offer Secrets shiny and new But how much of you is repetition That you didn’t whisper to him too" #🎼 #crucifyyourmind #sixtorodriguez #sugarman #NYE #fromwhereistand #musiclover #musicquotes #giradischi #vynil #happynewyear #newbeginnings (presso Milan, Italy)

[youcancallmemike]

Great movie

Great music

[majordudes]

Sometimes it's best to see things without knowing too much.  Which is how I watched Searching for Sugarman.  

His story is wildly unbelievable. And absolutely stunning.  

I didn't stand a chance: The music.  The animated sketches of Detroit threaded into scenes of Rodriguez's biography. And, I'm a total sucker for stories of enduring spirit starring folks who don’t get stuck in suffering.

I won't write too much, but a few minor notes:

Sixto Rodriguez's music garnered little attention here in the U.S., but somehow in the 1970s bootleg recordings found their way to South Africa.  

There Cold Fact went platinum, lending a poetic voice to apartheid resistance.

Little was known about Rodriguez yet myths swirled about his death with no one story the same.

And so the Great Rodriguez Hunt began.  Born out of a milk carton image and the newly popular internet...

I leave you all here with two songs I'm playing on heavy rotation -- Sugar Man and Crucify Your Heart.

Gentle nudge to forget everything you've read here and go soak up Searching for Sugarman all by your lonesome.

p.s. He's on tour if you need a live fix.

(Image courtesy of the New York Times)