Woman why won't you just shut up? Ain't you never gonna stop talking? I will bless the day that I can get away from your voice, your voice, your voice. From Calloway's Cotton Club 1933-1934 comes "
Your Voice":
Where Is Minnie?
Labels: MP3, Pre-1950, Video
I am personally not the biggest of Bollywood fans but I find myself strangely drawn towards these classic pieces with their obscure and engrossing dance numbers, their strangely prominent lead singers (with enormous nostrils) and the rhythmical grainy soundtrack:
Dil Deke Dekho
Eena Meena Deeka
Labels: Bollywood, Video
One of my all time favourites, "
Jaan Pechechaan Ho" by Mohd. Rafi. Discovered through Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes' "Ghost World", I present to you now the full Gumnaam rendition from 1966 - this great 60s Bollywood rock and roll number:
My search for more songs of the same sensibility has returned few results so I am open to any recommendations of this sort.
Labels: Bollywood, Video
This track is the first of two parts, entitled "
You're going to leave the old home Jim". I discovered this track on the album "
Before the Blues, vol. 2" under the Yazoo label.
I have since seen it on "Female Country Blues Vol.1" with 7 other magical tracks. However this still remains my favourite, it has a sublime quaintness and that powerful feeling of nostalgic melancholy. This song was created between 1924 and 1928 and is classified in the pre-war blues genre.
Labels: MP3, Pre-1950
From the soundtrack to Everything is Illuminated and described on the last.fm wiki:
"[As an artist that combines] elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the The Birthday Party and Einstürzende Neubauten in his native Ukraine."
Labels: MP3
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