“Taj Mahal” by Jorge Ben

Myyyyyyy jaaam  :)

Tê Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê…

Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê…

Uhou! Uhou!
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê, Têtêretê
Tê Tê…

“Sandman” by Brazzaville 

My favourite band singing about my new country (although I’m in Sao Paulo and not Rio). Fingers crossed I’ll actually be able to understand the Portuguese part of the song some time soon :)

Hills facing east 
The slums have a view 
Of the sea 
Towards Africa gaze 
Tenderly 
The rains last for weeks 

1st of the year 
We’ll meet in Flamengo 
For tea 
We’ll smoke cigarettes 
By the sea 
Sandman & me 

Menina dengosa 
Nao chore amor 
A vida e saudade 
Beleza e dor 
La da Palestrina 
Morre o cantor 

Word on the street 
Jorge Ben’s gonna sing 
New Year’s Eve 
In Rio the rains 
Last for weeks 
The rains last for weeks

“Pillow From Home” by Brazzaville

Favourite travel song of 2011!

I got my pillow from home
Here on the 33rd floor
And I loaded all your photographs
Into my mobile phone
But they only made me miss you more

I got my beat up guitar
And my pocket Moleskine
I packed my echinacea drops
And all my speaker tapes
‘Cause I’m out here on the road again
I’m out here on the road again

HYFR - Drake & Wayne

She asked

What have I learned since getting richer

I learned working with the negatives could make for better pictures

…

Do you love this shit?

Are you high right now?

Do you ever get nervous?

Are you single?

I heard you fucked your girl, is it true?

You getting money? You think them niggas you with is with you?

And I say

Hell yeah, hell yeah, hell yeah…

Fucken right, fucken right, all right. 

A Real Hero by College (feat. Electric Youth)

Back against the wall at odds
With the strength of a militant cause
A pursuit some called outstanding
Or emotionally complex

Against the grain of dystopic claims
On the thoughts your actions entertained
And you have proved to be

A real human being and a real hero
Real human being and a real hero
Real human being and a real hero
Real human being and a real hero

Real human being…

“BREAK” BY CHILDISH GAMBINO

thewalden:

I wanna bring you back to the studio, try and get your number
These black girls with natural hair who keep up with their Tumblrs

I like it when you tweet me, you smell like baby lotion
I wanna suck your breasts and finger blast to Frank Ocean

“Alone in Vegas” by Pusha T

From the Fear of God mixtape.

She left the door open, gave a fuck if I’m famous 
I write this alone in Vegas 

Came off fly street money, partied nights with the a-list 
I write this alone in Vegas 

Remember nights when my team blew it all on the tables 
i write this alone in Vegas 

I’m the only one left, and the memories fading so 
I write this alone in Vegas 

Think You Can Wait by The National

Ok… whoever edited this video is an idiot. Who takes such a lovely, solemn song and intersperses it with blooper videos from your movie AND keeps the sound of people cracking up and falling down, like it’s a bloody AFV?!?

The fuck?

“The Lovers” by Arctic Monkeys (Rod McKuen Cover)

And when love goes away,
“Goodbye”, catches in their throats like cotton
Rises in their hearts like rage 
Good times, suddenly are all forgotten
The hunt. Begins. Again

They search the subways and the streets
Their faces tired like their feet
Their bodies aching to be warm
And so they hide behind the moon

The loneliness inside them growing
And they take comfort in just knowing
That they are special and apart
The lovers… the lovers of the heart…

“The Knowing” by The Weeknd

Daaaamn… this song makes me want to do things…

You probably thought that you’d break my heart
You probably thought that you’d make me cry
But baby it’s ok, I swear it’s ok
Cause I know everything… everything 

Dig the mixtape

“Think You Can Wait” by The National

New Song!!! It’s weird, but at times it reminds me of “Streets of Philadelphia”… maybe it’s just me.

I was drifting, crying
I was looking for an island

I was slipping under,
I’ll pull the devil down with me
One way or another

I’m out of my mind,
Think you can wait?
Way off the line,
Think you can wait? 
… 

CONVERSATION 16
A new video by The National, featuring women presidents, mad mens, turkeys and Russian lotharios…

I was afraid, that I’ll eat your brain
I was afraid, that I’ll eat your brain
Cause Iiiiiiiiiii’m evil,
Iiiiiiiiiii’m evil… 

Via thewalden

“Canopies and Drapes” by Emmy The Great

Ah, I remember this song!

Since you’ve gone my only friends are Billy Bragg and the Jam
Though my time with you has got me feeling oh so k.d. lang
I think you’re right about the New Kids on the Block
And I agree now Billy Joel does not rock

Wish I could tell you all the things that Woody Allen helps me see
How Annie Hall is starting to seem quite a lot like you and me
It took a while to come around to David Bowie’s new CD
And it’s much too late to give back your Magnetic Fields EP

Can I keep it
by my pillow?

Fucking loved it
How I long to tell you so…

Tilt-Shift Ontario

Funny!

The new music video for a russian song “Я верю” (by Ляпис Трубецкой) is made out of the fake tilt-shift clips of Toronto, Niagra Falls and other Ontario places for some odd reason…

“True Love Waits” by Radiohead

Ooooh… I’m going to use all the Radiohead talk this morning as an opportunity to post my favourite Radiohead song of all time :)

I’ll drown my beliefs
To have your babies
I’ll dress like your niece
And wash your swollen feet

Just don’t leave
Don’t leave

I’m not living
I’m just killing time
Your tiny hands
Your crazy kitten smile

Just don’t leave
Don’t leave

And true love waits
In haunted attics
And true love lives
On lollipops and crisps

Just don’t leave
Don’t leave

Just don’t leave
Don’t leave