ביקורות מוסיקה בשמונה ידיים, חלק 1

לפני כמה שנים עבדתי בסטארט-אפ שקראו לו 8hands. באתר המוצר היה גם בלוג לענייני מוסיקה שניהל אלון עוזיאל, ומידי פעם הוא אירח בו את אחד מאנשי הצוות האחרים, שכתבו על הגילויים המוסיקליים שתפסו אותם לאחרונה. אני כתבתי לבלוג 3 פעמים ומכיוון שהאתר והבלוג פנו לחוצלארץ, כתבתי באנגלית. להפתעתי, גיליתי שבעוד אני מתקשה להתנסח בעברית, בעיקר כשאני כותב על מוסיקה, באנגלית אני מצליח למצוא את המילים יותר בקלות והכתיבה די זורמת. יכול להיות שזה היה סימן לכך שאני צריך להמשיך עם זה באופן קבוע. בכל מקרה, לפני יומיים גיליתי שהאתר של 8הנדס ירד מהאוויר ואיתו גם הבלוג, על עשרות הפוסטים המעניינים שהיו בו. החלטתי לנסות לשחזר את התרומות שלי לאותו הבלוג, ובינתיים הצלחתי עם אחד מהם, על פלייט אוף דה קונקורדס. אני מקווה לפרסם בקרוב גם את השניים האחרים.

The 8hands Mega-Team Puts An End To 2007! Part 5
12/27/2007

This time, Dovi, our Q to da A man, steps out of his bear cage and picks his favorite EP of the year, "The Distant Future" by Flight of the Conchords.

Flight of the Conchords have been around for almost 10 years now, but the first time I heard about them was in June of this year. At first I didn't know that it's a band. I've stumbled upon a banner that advertised the first episode of their HBO series, "Flight of the Conchords". I looked for some information about it and found that it's a combination of comedy and music. "That should be interesting", I thought and watched the complete pilot episode in the HBO site (thanks, HBO!).

It was a real surprise: a half-hour sitcom with songs. I always say that TV shows don't deal with music enough, so that was a real treat for me. I liked the pilot so much that I had to find out everything I could about them, and discovered that they've already released a live album in 2002 and had a successful radio series in the BBC. I've also found countless clips online with songs they perform in their live gigs. It's a very simple live experience: two guys with acoustic guitars. But they're so funny and clever that it's not boring for a second.

Most of the times I don't really care about songs' lyrics, but I couldn't ignore theirs because it's such a big part of their music and style. The other thing that I like about them is the music of course. They have a gift for writing great melodies, and they like to go all over the place for genre inspiration. To name a few: folk, 80s electro, rap, French lounge, and even David Bowie (yeah, it's a genre).

One song that was also featured in the first episode and is rarely performed live, called "I'm Not Crying" is absolutely my favorite song by the Conchords. It was the first time I can think of, that I found myself laughing from the words and in the same time being moved deeply by the same song. The song is featured on their EP "The Distant Future", that was released this year on Sub Pop. There are only 6 songs on this EP, and I say "only" just because I really want to hear a full-length studio album from these guys. They promise it's going to happen real soon, so I'm enjoying the EP in the meantime.


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