Buckethead est le nom d’artiste de Brian Carroll, un guitariste multi-instrumentaliste et compositeur américain né à Huntington Beach en Californie, en 1969. Apparaissant toujours masqué, il porte un seau en carton (KFC) renversé sur la tête, d’où le surnom de «bucket».
Ce shredder comptabilise au total 42 albums solo entre 1992 et 2012 (soit 20 ans) – pas mal pour un guitariste! Et ce, sans compter ses nombreuses collaborations (Praxis, Guns N’ Roses) : il a composé sur plus de 50 albums d’autres artistes.
Petit aperçu avec Soothsayer :
Son style est totalement éclectique : cela va du progressive metal, funk, blues, jazz, bluegrass, ambient à la musique avant-gardiste.
En anglais, soothsayer désigne l’oracle, le devin, celui qui dit la bonne aventure ou peut prédire le futur.
Pour toutes celles et ceux qui ont (ou ont eu) ou qui vont bientôt avoir des enfants, voici une petite parodie sur l’éducation et les relations parents-enfants sur un petit air de rap:
Don’t make me count to 1-2-3 Yeah, it’s the parent rap, y’all We may spend most of our time chasing toddlers down but We still know how to rock the hizzle I don’t even know what you just said
We used to be cool! Back in the day, back on the block Watching PG-13 movies, staying up way after dark Then we had a couple shorties And now we’re really flossy Cause now we be rollin’ with our own little possie In the mini van Or in our little wagon Let me throw it to the moms Cause the little one is saggin’
I used to bling it up, I used to dress real shrewd Now I accessorize with food that’s already been chewed And that’s all right I make this diaper bag look good When I’m walking through the mall tryin’ to wrangle my brood My PB&Js will set your world on fire I could make you mac-n-cheese blindfolded on a wire I’m wiping the do-do Kissin’ the booboos Got them eyes in the back of my head, I see all you do. Using your full name so you know I ain’t playin’ And that’s why all my kiddo’s, they keep sayin’
Mom mom, she’s the bomb, rocking all night till the break of dawn Cooking them peas so I’ll grow up strong Got my second seat belt if we crash head on Dad dad, he’s the man, working real hard to support the clan Traded in his porsche for an old sedan Raisin’ those brows if we get outta hand
When it come to Candyland, I’m a stone cold player Helping out with the homework, I’m an Algebra slayer Wrestle carseats into place without spillin’ my mug If I tuck you in at night, you’ll be as snug as a bug Then I’m off in the morning, to make that cheese You may not know this yet, but it doesn’t grow on trees Now mama take it please, what, uh, take it
I’m droppin’ “time out”s like they’re hot Potty training all my tots Washin’ all the pans and pots Tyin’ little shoes in knots Giving knowlege to your brain Like “if your friend jumped off a train you don’t have to do the same” Now get your toys out of the rain! I’m cleanin’ every spill Cuttin’ coupons like a vil If you need parental skill now you know We are for real! You don’t think our rhyms are ill boy? Then your grounded for a mil!
Mom, mom, she’s legit Making us chill when we pitch a fit Telling us to share and never to hit If you can’t say somethin’ nice put a sock in it Dad dad, he’s the guy, never gets tired of playing “I spy” The constant barage of kids asking “why” And he always pretends he needs another tie
You know money doesn’t grow on trees Why buy the cow if the milk is free This won’t hurt you as much as it hurts me If you want dessert eat another veggie Close that door You weren’t born in a stable Sit up straight And kiss your aunt mable Close your mouth when you chew Get your elbows off the table Mom and dad of the year, check it, that’s the label
It’s the parent rap y’all And it’s apparent We’re great parents Mom and daddy in the house Mom and daddy own the house Mom and daddy need to clean the house…
Keep your hands to yourself, boy Don’t make me stop this beat, I’ll do it! I’ll pull this beat right over.
La vidéo est issue de It Starts at Home avec Matt Chandler et Gary Thomas, une série diffusée sur Bluefish TV.
Cette petite variation sur les gender roles devrait vous faire sourire ;-)
Aujourd’hui, on change un peu de style musical. J’écoute cette chanson depuis 3 mois dans un de mes nombreux onglets YouTube et en allumant la télévision hier, je me suis aperçu que c’était devenu totalement mainstream. So much for letting the cat out of the bag!
Voici donc un peu de hip-hop avec Macklemore – de son vrai nom Ben Haggerty -, né en 1983 à Seattle dans l’État de Washington, un rappeur américain d’origine irlandaise :
Ish Marquez vient du Bronx et fait partie de la scène anti-folk, qui est un sous-genre musical du punk, qui mêle des éléments de punk rock et de musique folk américaine. L’anti-folk a fait son apparition au milieu des années 1980 à New York.
Le répertoire d’Ish Marquez est assez éclectique mais j’aime beaucoup I Perceive Things :
Alex Clare was born in Southwark, London, England. He grew up listening to jazz records then was drawn to blues and soul before getting interested in drum and bass, dubstep and UK garage.
I can relate a lot to this song by Alex Clare as of late :
Ben Howard de son vrai nom Benjamin John Howard est un auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique né le 24 avril 1987 à Totnes, Devon, en Angleterre.
Ben a étudié le journalisme puis a cessé ses études afin de se lancer dans la musique. Voici Only Love :
Darling you’re with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, Come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
And I’ll be yours to keep.
Darling you’re with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, Come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
And I’ll be yours to keep.
Darling you’re with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, Come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
Only love love love, Only love love love, Only love love love.
Girl show me heart.
Come on love love love, Come on love love love, Come on love love love.
Watch me fall apart.
Come on love love love, Come on love love love, Come on love love love.
Girl showe me heart.
Show me love love love, Show me love love love, Show me love love love.
Darling I feel you under my body.
Darling you’re with me forever and always.
Give me shelter or show me heart.
And watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.
En 2010 il a notamment fait les premières parties du duo Australien Angus & Julia Stone. Le 1er album de Ben Howard est sorti le 24 octobre 2011, je vous le recommande.
Andrew Wegman Bird (né en 1973) est une auteur-compositeur multi-instrumentaliste américain qui vient de Chicago.
Son originalité est servie par l’utilisation d’instruments comme le violon et le glockenspiel.
Enfin lors de ses concerts, il utilise l’oversampling pour jouer par-dessus ses propres boucles, ce qui lui offre un son plus proche du groupe de rock que de l’artiste solo :
Entre jazz, folk, rock et soul, il impose un univers riche, sobre et très personnel.
Le mashup ou mash-up (pot-pourri), bastard pop ou vs (versus, dans le sens d’un morceau contre un autre) est un genre musical hybride puisqu’il consiste en l’association, dans un même morceau, de deux ou plusieurs titres existants, généralement les parties vocales d’un morceau sur la musique d’un autre, grâce à un calage de tempo.
Voici Let’s Get it On de Marvin Gaye remixé avec Where’s my Mind? des Pixies par DJ Zebra:
J’aime bien le résultat final, ça rend vraiment bien.
Voici The Hollow Crown, une série historique produite par Sam Mendes pour BBC 2. Elle adapte les quatre pièces de la seconde tetralogie historique de William Shakespeare, “the Henriad” : Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 et 2, et Henry V.
Richard II
King Richard finds himself having to try and settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. He decides that a duel should be held but then stops it just before swords clash. Both men are then banished from the realm. Richard goes to see John of Gaunt, Bolingbroke’s father, who reprimands the King. After seizing Gaunt’s money and lands following his death, Richard leaves for wars against the rebels in Ireland. Bolingbroke returns to try and claim back his inheritance.
Henry IV Part 1
Prince Hal defies his father when he spends time with his time at Mistress Quickly’s tavern in the company of the Falstaff and his companions. The King is threatened by a rebellion led by Hal’s rival Hotspur, his father and his uncle. Prince Hal joins his father at the Battle of Shrewsbury killing Hotspur in single combat.
Voici la version d’Old Man de Neil Young, jouée au Massey Hall en 1971 :
Dm7/add2: (xx0560)
Intro:
E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--|
B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--|
G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--|
D|--0---------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|
E|---------0--0--0--|----------0--0--0--|
B|------6--6--6--6--|---6---6--6--6--6--|
G|----0h5--5--5--5--|-0h5-0h5--5--5--5--|
D|--0---------------|-------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|
E|-----0h2--------|--2--3p2-----0h2-----|
B|----------3--3--|----------3-------3--|
G|----------2--2--|----------2-------2--|
D|--0-------------|---------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|
Dm7/add2
Old man look at my life, I'm a lot like
D
you were.
Dm7/add2
Old man look at my life I'm a lot like
D F C G
you were.
D F C F
Verse:
D F C G
Old man look at my life, twenty four and there's so much more.
D F C F
Live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two.
D F C G
Love lost, such a cost, give me things that won't get lost.
D C F G
Like a coin that won't get tossed rolling home to you
(base run from G into D of Chorus, notes: G A B C D)
Chorus:
D D Dsus4 D Am7 Em7
D Am7 Em7
Old man take a look at my life I'm a lot like you.
D Am7 Em7
I need someone to love me the whole day through.
D Am7 Em7
Ah, one look in my eyes and you can tell that's true.
D F C G
D F C F
2nd Verse:
Lullabys, look in your eyes, run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.
I've been first and last, look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone alone at last, rolling home to you.
(repeat chorus and go immediately into intro again
but on the last "you were" finish as below...)
D F C G D
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Dans le film Heart of Gold, Neil Young présente la chanson comme ceci :
About that time when I wrote (Heart of Gold), and I was touring, I had also — just, you know, being a rich hippie for the first time — I had purchased a ranch, and I still live there today.
And there was a couple living on it that were the caretakers, an old gentleman named Louis Avila and his wife Clara. And there was this old blue Jeep there, and Louis took me for a ride in this blue Jeep.
He gets me up there on the top side of the place, and there’s this lake up there that fed all the pastures, and he says, “Well, tell me, how does a young man like yourself have enough money to buy a place like this?”
And I said, “Well, just lucky, Louie, just real lucky.” And he said, “Well, that’s the darndest thing I ever heard.” And I wrote this song for him.
