Some more Jan 9 2012 music

1. Somebody That I used to Know - Gotye





2. Knots - Lisa Hannigan





3. The Rhythm you Started - Sophie Madeleine





4. The Stars (live) - Sophie Madeleine

Musical top 5 of the day

5. Walkin' Blues - Eric Clapton





4. Broken Chair - Chris and Thomas





3. Little Lion Man - Mumford and Sons





2. Don't Think Twice it's Alright - Peter, Paul and Mary





1. Heartbeats - The Knife

Choppy

Take all your weepies, put 'em in a bag
You won't need them
You won't need them anymore.

And all those sad memories of days gone bad
You don't need them
You don't need them anymore

If I can remember one thing from the past
I'd hold it dearly, but it still wouldn't last

If I could be something, anything
I'd be a train, and I'd be loud

Write a letter to a friend, make her smile
I think she'd like it
I think she'd like it from now on

Use green peas in your cooking for a while
I think she'd like it
I think she'd like it from now on

Ilko Birov - I'll Be

Song


I'm staring into the looking-glass
All I can see is your smile.
I'll be waiting for my darling.
I'll be waiting for a while.


Your sundial sits on my mantelpiece
I turn to it seven times a day
And I'll be waiting for my darling
And then I'll be on my way

My white horse gallops in your garden house
Tells me I've gone insane.
But I love you and I know not
Of much more inside my brain

When it's cold outside we
Call each other.
Things seem clearer, don't they?

I'm looking through the looking-glass
And all I can see is your soul
I'll be waiting for my darling
I'll be true I hope you know

Teaching "Man Gave Names To All The Animals" (Bob Dylan cover)

A while ago a friend and I organized a summer learning course for kids (aged 5 to 8) called "Adventures in the English Language".
I took it upon myself to pick out a couple of children's songs and arrange them for guitar, so that we would all sing them together.
The kids enjoyed these so much I decided to record what I had come up with (at the end of the course each received my cd along with the lyrics printed out).

This was the piece they enjoyed the most! At first my colleague and I started by laying pictures and stuffed animals on the tatami in front of the kids (we were in a karate club), and after they got all the names, they started to hum, some shyly, others with confidence.
Eventually they got the whole song, and the chorus really came to life.

So, here is my humble recording of this masterpiece by Bob Dylan:

Man Gave Names

Enjoy.

Ilko Birov - A Bearable Lightness of Seeing (first take)

The Link to Soundcloud

I used to be myself
Would not be no-one else
And now I wake up, look at where
I stand

Can not get peace of mind
Ecstatic all the time
Stepped on a banana
Peel today

And you're the one to blame
For absolutely nothing
And everything all the same

And you're the one to blame
For instilling fear and trembling
Where there's nothing left but
Hopeless despair

Take back the fiery calls
All sacrifices stalled
There is no time to fool
About

Most relationships
Are flawed
Lamp-post lovers seem to
Know it all
So play it again

Put it away
And play it again


Me on Reverbnation

You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go

I’ve seen love go by my door
It’s never been this close before
Never been so easy or so slow
Been shooting in the dark too long
When somethin’s not right it’s wrong
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Dragon clouds so high above
I’ve only known careless love
It’s always hit me from below
This time around it’s more correct
Right on target, so direct
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Purple clover, Queen Anne’s Lace
Crimson hair across your face
You could make me cry if you don’t know
Can’t remember what I was thinkin’ of
You might be spoilin’ me too much, love
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Flowers on the hillside, bloomin’ crazy
Crickets talkin’ back and forth in rhyme
Blue river runnin’ slow and lazy
I could stay with you forever and never realize the time

Situations have ended sad
Relationships have all been bad
Mine’ve been like Verlaine’s and Rimbaud
But there’s no way I can compare
All those scenes to this affair
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m doin’
Stayin’ far behind without you
Yer gonna make me wonder what I’m sayin’
Yer gonna make me give myself a good talkin’ to

I’ll look for you in old Honolulu
San Francisco, Ashtabula
Yer gonna have to leave me now, I know
But I’ll see you in the sky above
In the tall grass, in the ones I love
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go

Bob Dylan's fifth track off the critically acclaimed Blood on The Tracks, said to be his most mature record.
And one of my favourite songs.








Check out this brilliant jazz version by Madeleine Peyroux

If you'd like to download the original song, click here