jams
jgoldman | July 27, 2010A French selection for today: Slave by François Feldman.
(Lyrics in French with an English translation.)
jgoldman | June 29, 2010Sapri Li Ahuva (Tell me, beloved) by one of my fave Israeli singers, Dindin Aviv.
For those who don't understand Hebrew, here is a transliteration (courtesy hebrewsongs.com):
Tell me beloved, with your beautiful eyes
What does your heart desire?
Tell me child, beautiful in my dream
How will I wake you up for the day?
Day, another night, and a day
I am awake and my heart is asleep
What I used to be is gone
From all the has passed it seems
Only when you are with me
My heart is playing a melody
The one loved by your soul
I looked for all over the city
Locked garden you are
Open it for me,…
jgoldman | June 28, 2010The science-loving band OK Go (whose newest video messes with time perception) has another hilarious video out there. Not a music video, mind you. Just a video.
It appears they had a bit of a run-in with Animal, of the muppets, at the Webby Awards.
Those dudes are hilarious.
jgoldman | June 26, 2010Drove down PCH with a friend on Friday night blasting this song just as the moon was rising above the horizon. Fantastic.
Alejandro - Lady Gaga
jgoldman | June 16, 2010Another awesome music video from OK Go. The song is called "End Love". Their last video for "This Too Shall Pass" featured a Rube-Goldberg machine; this one messes with your time perception.
"The fastest we go is 172,800x, compressing 24 hours of real time into a blazing 1/2 second. The slowest is 1/32x speed, stretching a mere 1/2 second of real time into a whopping 16 seconds. This gives us a fastest to slowest ratio of 5.5 million. If you like averages, the average speed up factor of the band dancing is 270x. In total we shot 18 hours of the band dancing and 192 hours of LA skyline…
jgoldman | June 10, 2010The official song of the World Cup, Waka Waka (This Time For Africa), by Shakira.
Totally awesome song. But also, animals playing soccer!
(h/t @avflox)
jgoldman | May 31, 2010Two songs by Israeli singer Maya Avraham.
Lama (Why?) ××× - official music video
Tirkedi (Dance) תרק××
jgoldman | May 18, 2010Two songs by Venezuelan singer Carlos Baute:
First, Te Regalo:
Second, Colgando En Tus Manos, with Spanish singer Marta Sanchez
jgoldman | May 15, 2010No, I suppose you can never truly trust a killer whale.
(h/t Dr. Isis)
And for those who are unfamiliar, here's the original (not the original music video, since I can't find one):
Today Was A Fairytale, by Taylor Swift
jgoldman | May 13, 2010This might be in my top 5 favorite songs, ever, in the history of songs. Long, but totally worth it.
30,000 Pounds of Bananas, by Harry Chapin.
jgoldman | April 30, 2010A few Israeli selections for tonight.
×ר×× ×ª×©× × ×ת ××××× × - Haruach Teshaneh et Kivunah
Lyricist: Astar Shamir
Composer: Uri Zach
Singer: Harel Skaat
×¨×¦× ××××ª× - Ratzah Habayta - She Ran Home
Singer: Keren Peles
סקס ×¢× ××קס - Sex Im Ha-ex - Sex with the Ex
Also Keren Peles.
How awesome is the violinist?!
jgoldman | April 25, 2010For when you have those late night pre-data-collection-week science crazies.
Yafyufa (English: The Prettiest), by Eyal Golan.
jgoldman | April 18, 2010Didn't mean to put post two CSN(Y) jams in a row, but apparently this has been a CSN weekend.
Video of Helplessly Hoping from their 2000 tour:
And Ohio, from the Deja Vu album:
Finally, Graham Nash and David Crosby performing Guinnevere on BBC in 1970:
jgoldman | April 16, 2010Music for Brainvoyaging: Crosby, Stills, and Nash - Daylight Again.
Filmed live in 1982 at L.A.'s Universal Amphitheater
jgoldman | April 14, 2010Rarely does country music make me wish youtube had an auto-repeat function.
"Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum. Live at the 2009 Country Music Awards.