The Timbuktu Project http://thetimbuktuproject.com A Malian's Musings about Music & Mali Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:13:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 “Cruisin” by D’Angelo http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2276 http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2276#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:13:52 +0000 Ssidy http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2276
“Baby let’s cruise, Away from here
Don’t be confused, baby, The way is clear
And if you want it you got it forever
Oh, this is not a one night stand
Let the music take your mind, And just release and you will find

We’re going to fly away, Glad you’re going my way
I love it when we’re cruisin together
Music was made for love, Cruisin’ is made for love
I love it when we’re cruisin’ together

Baby, tonight belongs to us
Everything’s right, Do what you must
And inch by inch we get closer and closer
Every little part of each other
Ooh, baby, baby
Let the music take your mind, Just release and you will find

We’re going to fly away, Glad you’re going my way
I love it when we’re cruisin’ together
Music was made for love, Cruisin’ is made for love
I love you when we’re cruisin’ together….”

Title: Cruisin
Artist: D’Angelo
Album: Brown Sugar, 1995
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]]> http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?feed=rss2&p=2276 0 “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” by Beck http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2239 http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2239#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:17:01 +0000 Ssidy http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2239
I heard this song for the first time in the Michel Gondry directed “Eternal SunShine of the Spotless Mind”, one of my all-time favorite movies! After a bit of research I found out that the version from the movie sung by Beck, is actually a cover for the original song by The Korgis released in 1980, which, needless to say is incredible. I hesitated a little about whether I should post Beck’s version or the original, but I’m just too big of a fan of the movie. Beck’s version wins!

This song is about second chances. It’s a testament to the endless opportunity we have every single moment, to take our lives in a more positive direction.

“The most important thing to remember is this: To be ready at any moment to give up what you are for what you might become” W. E. B. Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963)

Title: Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime
Artist: Beck
Album: Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind Soundtrack, 2004
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]]> http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?feed=rss2&p=2229 0 “Diferente” by Gotan Project http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2208 http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2208#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:59:21 +0000 Ssidy http://thetimbuktuproject.com/?p=2208

“Diferente” is the kind of record only the Gotan Project can pull off.  The group’s sound is a blend of Argentinean Tango and ambient electronica.  They’ve managed to build a bridge between a musical style with 19th century Latin origins and one with ’1970s’ British orgins. 

Impressive.

Title: Diferente
Artist: Gotan Project
Album: Lunatico, 2006
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“Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.” - Natalie Goldberg

Title: Easy
Artist: Commodores
Album: Commodores, 1977
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