I'm going on with the "posting songs that I just got on my mind I-don't-know-why" blogs, and today there's a big, big one for you. I mean, it's a big, big one for me so it's a big deal sharing it with you here. As I might have told you already, ∆ are a band I found out thanks to my friend B. and they are probably my most relevant and impactful music library addition of the past few years. They also hold a sentimental value, but I won't talk about that here. Matilda is the first song of theirs I fell for and, even maybe it's not in my super top favourites anymore, I can't help being stunned and amazed every time I listen to it. I know you will too.
I have just come home from a dinner organised by my dearest wife to say goodbye, as she is moving to another city for work. It was just her, some of her colleagues from work and me, no one else of our original high-school friends group and this is a bit sad to realise, as we are all spread around by now. I am very happy for her, it's a good opportunity both professionally and personally and she really needs that, so I hope she'll be able to get the best out of it! I don't know why, but then this song instantly came to my mind as soon as I placed my sushi-filled butt on the chair, so I guess that's why I'm posting it, and not because I relate to the lyrics: even if we somehow lost touch with each other, I do think that a love like this (the one between me and my hometown friends) will indeed last forever, notwithstanding the distance!
Going on with American music, I have already posted a few Wallflowers songs lately, this is another one of their most famous and also another one of my favourites off their second album, which I've really enjoyed listening to. Today has been a weird day in its "standardness": things that were supposed to happen and didn't, things that did, things that made me feel busy and gave me a kind of urgency that was totally meaningless, just because they all piled up together. All in all it's not a day I will remember (maybe), but one of those days that I think have an impact on the kind of people we are without us realising it. As all of them are, in a way. "The same black line that was drawn on you, was drawn on me..."
Yesterday I posted 'Meet on ledge' by Counting Crows and, talking about songs that got stuck in my head lately, I need to share with you guys this one too! I really can't get it out! I have also been watching the Season 6 finale of 'One tree hill' and I've been crying a little bit. Ok, maybe a little more than a little bit. It's peculiar how we get attached to characters that are not even real people but who portray potentially real people and stories, and it is always amazing to be touched by that, especially when the shows go on for quite a long time and you really have the time to feel part of that world that is created. Don't you agree?
I had started listening to the Counting Crows in 2013, after they were mentioned in the "Social history of pop/rock music"extracurricular course I was following in University, and I didn't dislike their first album, while their second bored me a little bit. Loads of (good) music has been coming in in the meanwhile and I just got to approach their 2012 album, which has given me the impression of being more lively and enjoyable after a few listens! We'll see how it goes with the whole album, with this one (I just found out it's a cover of a 1969 song) it's going really well for now!
Even if this is one of my favourite PJ songs, a b-side of the 'To bring you my love' era, I never really understood the meaning of its title. What does that mean? According to the lyrics, it would seem to me like somebody has been shot down, but what is somebody's name? Or is it something like somebody going under somebody's name? Well, I am utterly confused by that, but the music and other lyrics of the songs are so enchanting that I can't help feeling totally wrapped in its guitar loops each and every single time. Well, if any of you English mother-tongues (or else) can help me figure this one out, I'd be forever grateful!
A short drive back and forth to Varese downtown brought me to listen to just a few songs in my car tonight, but as I had to pick a playlist, after a random turn of the knob it stopped on the 'Catching fire OST' and there I was! I've never... well that's not true, there has been a short period in which I've been in love with this song, but I grew tired of it quite quickly. Nonetheless, not listening to it for quite some it, it was a real pleasure to hear it played in my car and I have been singing along with passion, even after my car stopped (and in turn so did the music)! So I guess you might want to give it a try too!! Carry your wooooooorld, carry your wooooooorld...!
Hey guys, I still haven't managed to get my fully working routine back, but I'm trying! Today I went back to the swimming pool after more than one month since the last time and, even if at first my arms were aching like hell, I was able to get back to my usual rhythm after a few laps and it did feel good. Also waking up at midday is kind of part of my usual routine, and given that I still haven't totally recovered from jet lag yet, I really needed to sleep a good while. Adam's friend would need some sleep too to be less evil in the night!
Being ranked as one of the worst performers of the first Coachella weekend by the most renowned blogs, maybe Halsey is not at her best moment in terms of popularity, but I can't deny I am quite liking getting to know her music, and this is one of my favourites so far! Today I spent the day going to Luino, a (not that) small town on the lake up close to the Swiss border, as one of my best friends has just finished working there. My father used to work there and my uncle's family lives there, so I have a few links with it but never really got the chance/willingness to go there as far as my adult mind can remember. I spent a very nice day, with the bluest spring sky you can think of and in good company, and it's nice to get to know better the area around my hometown before leaving once again!
So far the last month has been the toughest for me and my usual commitments: I neglected the blog for a whole 10 days while I was travelling to Japan and have been posting irregularly since I came back, I practically kind of abandoned my daily Japanese studying time, I haven't been going swimming for almost a month, no exercise... between travelling, fever and other (mostly pleasant) errands, I have completely overturned my daily and weekly schedules, moving from a totally idle life made of telefilms, music and plans to a full life packed with travel, events and social gatherings. Don't mistake me, I like them both, and both of them can be consuming in the long run, so I think life is all about balancing the two lifestyles off, I hope I'll be able to do it in the next few months! In the meanwhile I have a bunch of songs calling for their spot here, I start with one of The wallflowers' best hits!!
Today I got to hear Dido songs around twice, so I take it as a sign I should be posting a song of hers on this special day! She's been this hugely influential singer for me in my teenage years, she's been my favourite for a long time and most of her (older) songs still hold an incredible affective value for me. I got to listen to a sh*tload of music in the last years and many artists entered my heart, yet Dido still does and will retain her special place in it. Today is also my birthday, a day that didn't start well, I was in a bad mood for no reason in particular, but it's been improving by the minute and hopefully it will continue to! After all, 26 years later "I haven't really ever found a place that I call home, I never stick around quite long enough to make it..."
Hello my dear readers, here I am after a couple of exhausting days I had to get through even if I'm not yet recovered by the toughness of my recent trip in Japan. An exhaustion that has been absolutely welcome on my side, as it was paired up with a Florence + the Machine concert in Bologna and thus with a couple of days spent with a friend from university that I haven't got the chance to see often lately as she lives near Bologna. I've been having an absolutely great time, seeing a couple of cities I hadn't got the chance to see before, enjoying yet another great concert by my favourite band and spending time with a friend! So, in order to celebrate the release of 'Delilah' as single in vinyl in occasion of the record store day (happening two days from now) and my latest concert, here is for you the awesome demo of 'Delilah' that is contained on the to-be-released vinyl! Hope you enjoy!!
Tonight after dinner I found myself with this song on my mind, don't know why or where it came from, but it did and I couldn't get it out (still can't)! I am still feeling weird, this afternoon I decided to take a nap just before 4 PM as I was feeling tired and a bit sleepy and I woke up at past 8 PM...! Not that I've been sleeping little in the last couple of nights, as collapsing in bed around 11 PM, I never woke up before 8 and got up before 10 in the morning! I guess I really have been taking a toll on my body during my Japanese trip, but I hope the rest I got in these two days has been enough, as I'm ready to get going again tomorrow (for a shorter trip anyway)!!
A song or two per day is not dead, nor am I. The last ten days have been hectic, among the fullest and busiest of my life, and I'm sorry I didn't find the time or the energy to sit down and write even a single post for the blog, but so it was and so it should be. Yesterday I got back from Japan and this has probably the fullest travelling experience I've ever done, being with myself and my backpack (not backpacking though!), pushing my limits and trying to get the fullest experience, and I am not disappointed. I cannot even tell you it's been the best 10 days of my life, or this and that are beautiful... the only thing I can feel is that this trip has been so busy that it will take me some time to process it all, if ever. Even the things I've done and seen in Tokyo at the beginning of this journey look so far in the past... I really needed something like that to compensate for the idle months I've been spending at home lately! But after all the sea called me home, wherever it is!
