The song is originally by a Dutch group called Focus, founded by an organist/flautist named Thijs van Leer in 1969. Their most famous track is Hocus Pocus and it was brought back into fame when used in the Nike 2010 World Cup commercial, bumping it back onto the music charts. This no doubt brought it to the attention of Barcelona-based DJ Buffetlibre who did wonders with the track and turned it into this. What's even better, is that the track is available for free download.
It's a day late, but yesterday marked the 45th Anniversary of the recording of And Your Bird Can Sing by the Beatles, during their Revolver recording sessions at Abbey Road. The song is one of my favourite Beatles numbers and when I got handed down countless albums of the group as a child, it caught my fancy way before any of the tracks which made it to "1" or any other Greatest Hits album. Take a moment to submerge yourself in 1966.
So I haven't posted in 5 months, a long time in a world which churns out hundreds of songs a day. Last October, I was introduced to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. The first single I got on a mix CD was "Home", obviously the most catchy...
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros formed in 2005 after frontman Alex Ebert ended a long term relationship, moving out with a life-long friend and leaving an addiction program, Ebert started working on a book about a redeeming figure, Edward Sharpe, who was sent to Earth to save and heal mankind but ended up getting distracted by girls and falling in love.
Ebert then met Jade Castrinos, and the two toured the US with a group of other musicians. They released their debut album Up From Below in mid-2009 and it took a year to get out, but this best kept secret is spreading like wildfire. Songs like Janglin, Home and 40 Day Dream are catchy examples of how such a collective of musical minds can create such rich and layered music.
However, it is only when you watch a live performance of the group that you realise their passion for music and pure approach to writing and producing which results in an organic approach to notes.
It's been something like 5 months since I've posted. The purpose of this blog has changed in that time. I deleted the few posts I had on style. I feel arrogant prescribing things that people should wear. There's an extended version of that opinion, but the need to publish it is non-existent.
I now just want this blog to be for music, and photography occasionally and anything else that I like.
Ok, that's all.
