Songs that have currently kidnapped my brain:
Aquí by La Ley. (The version I have is from an MTV Unplugged
album) I'm really not even certain what the song is trying to say; maybe that's
why the words haunt me. But, the music is just the kind of thing to get under
my skin and make me hear it even when it's not playing. Plus, Beto Cuevas has a
beautiful voice.
Calamity Song by The Decembrists. A very recent song, especially
compared with Aquí, which was released 2000. The music if perfect to get in my
head and make me sing it out loud, and then I realize that I'm singing words
that make no sense whatsoever. "And the Andalusian Tribes, setting the lay
of Nebraska Nebraska Roman Empire ,
which tribes from Andalucía had a part in (I think???). Or something.
Anyway, I haven't done my homework on the groups, so I have
nothing to report here that goes any deeper than the songs themselves and my
reaction to them. That's kind of how I wanted to leave it for the moment.
Initial reaction without any background information kind of means a lot with
art. Although learning more is often a good thing, it often ruins it for me as
well.
I don't really want to get into the legal issues of
uploading the songs (not to mention the technical issues), so I'll say go
listen to them in iTunes. You get a longer sample than in Amazon.com. (I have a link to Amazon.com because I know how to do that and I don't know how to have a link to iTunes.)
In the mean time, please offer recommendations for future
brain hijackings.
Thank you.
eArnie