Don't go no further - Koko Taylor

Don't go no further - Koko Taylor

Time for blues tonight, here I leave you with another great tune off the Queen of Blues's last album, I'm sure it's gonna be a great soundtrack for your summer nights, get on for a couple of moves with your friends out in the open under the moon, with fire lights and bright stars, enjoying a good company and having a great time!!

"You need money, go to the bank dear. 

You need honey, look for the bees. 

You need love, baby, don't go no further

Just come on home with me"

Which witch (demo) - Florence + the Machine

Which witch (demo) -
Florence + the Machine

Today two main things happened: first I finished reading Neon Genesis Evangelion (the manga). I had been reading it in parallel with the watching of the anime... well, it must be some 4 years ago or so, and given that now is the time it is set in, and most importantly given that now the manga has been finished (while when I was reading it there were still a couple of volumes due for release), it seemed like a good time to re-read it and take it to completion. And I'm glad I did that, it's a real work of art, very deep and philosophical, wondering about the meaning of life and the fate of humanity, with a dark and sad tone but very realistic and... I liked how it ended!
The second thing is that I bonded definitely with another song by the 'Queen of peace' (or shall I say 'Witch'? Which of the two?), that is this beautiful demo. I remember reading an article/interview where she was saying that while talking with her producer, she was very proud of this one epic song, which she had taken the vocals more than a hundred times for, etc. and then he said that he wanted to keep it simple on this album, keep her to the bare essential. And so this pearl (its demo actually) ended up (unrightfully imho) being a part of the deluxe edition, a bonus track...! Well... the song is very Florence + the Machine, very Florence Welch actually and I'm sure that all the hardcore fans can't not love it, even if (and even more because it has been left) in its rawer form.
A must listen!

Queen of peace - Florence + the Machine

Queen of peace - Florence + the Machine

I am back to Italy after one of the toughest weeks, in which I showed more strength of will than it was wise to, my health was not particularly bad but has never been good either, I didn't enjoy Bangkok at all as I hardly got out of my hotel room except for going to work (when I have been fit/crazy enough to), and overall I am very tried and weakened by the life-style I've been (compelled to be) taking lately, with no home and many flights and so on... I think my body was already weak, it has been since the beginning of the year, and this effort I require of it is not helping for sure... One more strain (a bit more pleasant) has been to buy the tickets for Florence's concert in Milan just before xmas, me and some friends have been tracking them and waiting for them to go on sale, but we didn't manage to get parterre tickets, it was actually even hard to get the B ring... well, whatever, we got them in the end, I hope I'll be able to go and enjoy it just as much as I did with her last one in 2012, one of the best nights of my life!! In the meanwhile I share with you another pearl out of the new album, 'How big, how blue, how beautiful'! This is 'Queen of peace', enjoy!

Need you tonight - INXS

So, here we are. I promised a story and a story you'll get! One year ago I was celebrating the new year, getting ready for my first Master of science exam session and everything. But, differently from this year, there was a thing bothering me to uneasiness. I had been having in my mind a bass motive, similar to the one of Another one bites the dust by Queen (with the first three beats ta ta ta), but then different (it went like tananananananana going down of one tone each beat, not following the Queen). I knew it belonged to a song that I knew from my childhood, but I hadn't been able to find it. I had been singing this bass pattern to practically all the people I knew and all of them knew it as well but weren't able to tell me the song. I had also been looking for info on the Internet, Yahoo answers and everything, but no clue. Until one day (I think it was around January/February), when my mostly beloved friend B. wrote me a message, saying that it came to her mind! It was Need you tonight by INXS. And it was indeed. It's probably been one of the most relieving moments of my life. It was the stupidest thing, but it bothered me for like 6 months! Now, problem solved thanks goodness!

Under pressure - Queen + David Bowie

Big names coming, yo! Time to take a trip in the realm of classics, not a territory where I can say I lay my feet with much self-confidence, but a few steps... yes I think I can do that! Here I'm calling on stage two big big names that made the history of the music at the end of last century, I don't think I have to add anything more, as I am actually feeling a bit... under pressure!