Robert Forster

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diciembre 31, 2023diciembre 29, 2023cesarmejias

1	The Lemon Twigs	"Everything Harmony"
2	Robert Forster	"The Candle and the Flame"
3	Lana Del Rey	"Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Bl…"
4	The Reds, Pinks and Purples	"The Town That Cursed Your Name"
5	Sufjan Stevens	"Javelin"
6	Oracle Sisters	"Hydranism"
7	PJ Moore & Co	"When A Good Day Comes"
8	Eddie Chacon	"Sundown"
9	RVG	"Brain Worms"
10	The Bathers	"Sirenesque"
11	PJ Harvey	"I Inside the Old Year Dying"
12	Yo La Tengo	"This Stupid World"
13	Wilco	"Cousin"
14	Alfie Firmin	"Absentee"
15	James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand…	"The Great White Sea Eagle"
16	ANOHNI	"My Back Was a Bridge For You To Cross"
17	Lloyd Cole	"On Pain"
18	Lankum	"False Lankum"
19	The Coral	"Sea Of Mirrors"
20	Blur	"The Ballad Of Darren"
21	Belle and Sebastian	"Late Developers"
22	Teenage Fanclub	"Nothing Lasts Forever"
23	Dexys	"The Feminine Divine"
24	Dina Ögon	"Oas"
25	King Krule	"Space Heavy"
26	The Clientele	"I Am Not There Anymore"
27	Colored Lights	"Colored Lights"
28	The Lilac Time	"Dance Till All the Stars Come Down"
29	Sam Burton	"Dear Departed"
30	Slowdive	"Everything Is Alive"
31	Cut Worms	"Cut Worms"
32	Everything But the Girl	"Fuse"
33	Fred again.. & Brian Eno	"Secret Life"
34	boygenius	"the record"
35	Murray A. Lightburn	"Once Upon A Time in Montréal"
36	Peter Gabriel	"I/O"
37	Tough Age	"Waiting Here"
38	Amber Arcades	"Barefoot on Diamond Road"
39	Andy Shauf	"Norm"
40	BC Camplight	"The Last Rotation of Earth"
41	Blonde Redhead	"Sit Down for Dinner"
42	The Bluebells	"In the 21st Century"
43	The Brights	"Oyster Rock!"
44	The Church	"The Hypnogogue"
45	Fortunato Durutti Marinetti	"Eight Waves in Search of an Ocean"
46	Lachlan Denton	"Furnishings"
47	Mega Bog	"End of Everything"
48	The National	"First Two Pages of Frankenstein"
49	Panic Pocket	"Mad Half Hour"
50	Swans	"The Beggar"

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1	Depeche Mode	"Ghosts Again"
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3	The Lemon Twigs	"In My Head"
4	Oracle Sisters	"RBH"
5	RVG	"Midnight Sun"
6	The Beatles	"Now And Then"
7	Blur	"Barbaric"
8	The Reds, Pinks and Purples	"I Still Owe You Everything"
9	Robert Forster	"The Roads"
10	Lankum	"Clear Away in the Morning"
11	BC Camplight	"Kicking Up a Fuss"
12	PJ Moore & Co	"Good Until Gone"
13	ANOHNI	"It Must Change"
14	Lana Del Rey	"A&W"
15	Big Thief	"Born For Loving You"
16	Belle and Sebastian	"Juliet Naked"
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18	Teenage Fanclub	"Tired of Being Alone"
19	The Apartments	"Something to Live For (2023 Remaster)"
20	bar italia	"Jelsy"
21	Blonde Redhead	"Snowman"
22	The Bluebells	"Stonehouse Violets"
23	boygenius	"Emily I'm Sorry"
24	The Brights	"Waiting"
25	The Church	"A Strange Past"
26	The Clientele	"Lady Grey"
27	Cut Worms	"Ballad of the Texas King"
28	Daughter	"Be On Your Way"
29	Devendra Banhart	"Fireflies"
30	Dexys	"Coming Home"
31	Eddie Chacon	"The Morning Sun"
32	Everything But the Girl	"Nothing Left To Lose"
33	James Yorkston, Nina Persson & The Second Hand Orchestra	"Hold Out For Love"
34	Golden Hours	"Japan on My Mind"
35	Gonzalez Smith & Jay Gonzalez	"She's My Girl"
36	Jessie Ware	"Begin Again"
37	Jonathan Wilson	"Ol Father Time"
38	King Krule	"If Only It Was Warmth"
39	Kitty Fitz	"Malibu"
40	Kristin Hersh	"Dandelion"
41	Lloyd Cole	"On Pain"
42	Mac DeMarco & Ryan Paris	"Simply Paradise"
43	Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band	"Ciao Ciao Bambino"
44	Marc Almond & Mike Garson	"My Death"
45	Marta Del Grandi	"Chameleon Eyes"
46	Mega Bog	"Cactus People"
47	The Milk Carton Kids	"All of the Time in the World to Kill"
48	Model Shop	"Six Day Sunday"
49	Mull Historical Society	"Anaglypta"
50	Murray A. Lightburn	"Dumpster Gold"
51	The National	"The Alcott (feat. Taylor Swift)"
52	Neil Young	"Before and After, Pt. 1: Im The Ocean/Homefires/Burned"
53	Nicholas Krgovich	"Coyote"
54	Panic Pocket	"Mad Half Hour"
55	Peter Gabriel	"I/O (Bright-Side Mix)"
56	PJ Harvey	"A Child's Question, August"
57	Red Pants	"Crimson Words"
58	Rickie Lee Jones	"Here's That Rainy Day"
59	Sam Burton	"My Love"
60	Slowdive	"chained to a cloud"
61	Spice World	"Decorated Boy Scout"
62	The Coral	"Child Of The Moon"
63	Sufjan Stevens	"Will Anybody Ever Love Me?"
64	Summer Salt	"Carry On"
65	Swans	"Paradise is Mine"
66	Tough Age	"Give It a Day"
67	Van Morrison	"Shakin All Over"
68	The War and Treaty	"The Best That I Have"
69	Wilco	"Sunlight Ends"
70	Yo La Tengo	"Miles Away"

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1	Father John Misty	“Q4”
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3	Big Thief	“Simulation Swarm”
4	Anna B Savage	“The Ghost”
5	Cass McCombs	“New Earth”
6	Andrew Bird	“Make a Picture”
7	Regina Spektor	“Raindrops”
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9	The Boys With The Perpetual Nervousness	“The Stars Go Round”
10	Black Country, New Road	“Snow Globes”
11	Air Waves	“Wait”
12	Pete Astor	“English Weather”
13	Arcade Fire	“Age of Anxiety II (Rabbit Hole)”
14	Arctic Monkeys	“Perfect Sense”
15	Belle and Sebastian	“Working Boy in New York City”
16	Bobby Oroza	“Passing Thing (feat. Cold Diamond & Mink)”
17	Bruce Springsteen	“Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)”
18	C. Duncan	“We Have a Lifetime”
19	Calexico	“Then You Might See”
20	Elvis Costello & The Imposters	“Trick Out The Truth”
21	Fortunato Durutti Marinetti	“Everything Is Right Here”
22	Courtney Marie Andrews	“These Are The Good Old Days”
23	Craig Finn	“The Amarillo Kid”
24	Ducks Ltd.	“Sheets of Grey”
25	Field School	“Jennifer Valentine”
26	First Aid Kit	“Out of My Head”
27	The Reds, Pinks and Purples	“I Should Have Helped You”
28	Florence + the Machine	“King”
29	The Hanging Stars	“Rainbows in Windows”
30	Iron & Wine	“Like Patsy Would (feat. Sima Cunningham & Macie Stewart)”
31	The Jazz Butcher	“Never Give Up”
32	Josh Rouse	“City Dog”
33	Kendrick Lamar	“Mother I Sober (feat. Beth Gibbons)”
34	Kevin Morby	“This Is a Photograph”
35	King Hannah	“Foolius Caesar”
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42	Marissa Nadler	“Seabird”
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44	Melody’s Echo Chamber	“Looking Backward”
45	Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band	“Grace and Eddie”
46	Model Shop	“Lucky”
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48	Nina Nastasia	“Go Away”
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50	Panda Bear & Sonic Boom	“Livin’ in the After”
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64	SZA	“Kill Bill”
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Robert Forster – “Songs To Play”

septiembre 15, 2016septiembre 15, 2016cesarmejias

Alcanzar la categoría de clásico es algo al alcance de muy pocos artistas. Por otra parte poner la etiqueta de clásico a alguien hay veces que tiene un sentido peyorativo, no es el caso de Robert Forster, el se ha convertido en un auténtico clásico. Parece imposible que nada de lo que haga salga mal. Ya conté cuando hablé de “16 Lovers Lane” lo mucho que me gustaban The Go-Betweens y lo grandes que me parecían Grant McLennan y Robert Forster, sus líderes y fundadores. Por desgracia Grant McLennan falleció hace ya diez años y ya nunca habrá mas discos de The Go-Betweens, a él le dedicó su amigo y compañero Robert Forster su disco de 2008 el excelso “The Evangelist”. Siete años más hubo que esperar para que se editara, este “Songs To Play”, el que hace el sexto en su carrera en solitario. Recuerdo que la primera vez que lo escuché, pensé en Johnny Cash, no sé , quizás algo en la manera de cantar de Robert en “Learnt To Burn” , la primera canción del disco, me sonó al gran Cash. Para cuando terminé de escuchar “Let Me Imagine You” ya sabía que aquel disco era lo mejor que había escuchado en todo 2015 y aún me quedaban por escuchar “A Poet Walks”, “Love Is What It Is” o “Disaster In The Rain”. Una maravilla de principio a fin. Un clásico.

There was silence

things we didn’t know

There was romance

where I couldn’t go

Please don’t tell me

let me dream and guess

Please don’t tell me

let me dream and guess

I missed the ballet you directed

Was it a big success?

Let my imagination move those figures around my head.

Are you in Paris, deep in trouble. Yes?

Is the memoir finished

let me dream and guess

I heard you went shopping

And bought such beautiful things

Let me get my calculator and add up the cost of all those things.

let me imagine you

I find it sweeter

let me imagine you

Sufjan Stevens – “Illinois”

julio 7, 2016julio 6, 2016cesarmejias

Sufjan Stevens, es un tipo que cuando editó su tercer disco, “Michigan” (2003) dijo que tenía un proyecto (como yo con #undiscoaldía) de editar un disco por cada estado de los Estados Unidos de América, este “Illinois” (2005) fue el segundo de ese proyecto (aunque más tarde reconoció que, como dirían mis hijos, se había tirado un triple y el proyecto no era tal). “Illinois” es una obra grandiosa, 74 minutos (73:59 para ser exactos) de puro placer musical, una delicatessen pop (puede que folk) con Sufjan Stevens en plan artista renacentista, componiendo, produciendo y tocando un montón de instrumentos. Adicionalmente se hizo acompañar de una sección de cuerdas y un coro, todo ello para convertir al álbum en un clásico instantáneo. “Illinois” está en mi top 10 particular de discos del siglo XXI, al lado de otros clásicos ya, como el “69 Love Songs” de The Magnetic Fields o “Funeral” de Arcade Fire y si el disco está en esa lista Sufjan Stevens también es uno de mis favoritos de este siglo, porque “Illinois” no es flor de un día, todo lo contrario, de hecho su último disco “Carrie & Lowell” fue mi segundo disco favorito del año pasado solo detrás del enorme Robert Forster. Y si hablamos de canciones en el disco hay que hablar de “John Wayne Gacy, Jr.”, la historia del asesino en serie tristemente conocido como el payaso asesino, de la preciosa “Casimir Pulanski Day” y como no de la enorme “Chicago”. Un discazo por el que no pasará el tiempo.

I fell in love again
All things go, all things go
Drove to Chicago
All things know, all things know
We sold our clothes to the state
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow
We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go
I drove to New York
In a van, with my friend
We slept in parking lots
I don’t mind, I don’t mind
I was in love with the place
In my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow
We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

If I was crying
In the van, with my friend
It was for freedom
From myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow
We had our mindset
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow
We had our mindset
(I made a lot of mistakes)
All things know, all things know
(I made a lot of mistakes)
You had to find it
(I made a lot of mistakes)
All things go, all things go
(I made a lot of mistakes)

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Bonus. La portada original del CD, de la que soy poseedor y que aparece aquí, incluía un dibujo de Superman, pero DC Cómics no dio su permiso y en ediciones posteriores aparecen unos globos en su lugar.
Bonus 2. Christina Rosenvinge y los tricantinos Vetusta Morla hicieron una brillante versión de Chicago para un Día de la Música hace unos años. Aquí la tenéis

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1	Tame Impala	"Let It Happen"
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Mejores Discos Internacionales de 2015

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1	Robert Forster	"Songs To Play"
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