Music

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17607188

Released in collaboration with Bold Stories, this track serves a successor to the revered Long Live Palestine trilogy.

Throughout the song, Lowkey reflects on the military siege that Gaza has faced in recent months and shares critical thoughts on his place in music.

https://genius.com/Lowkey-palestine-will-never-die-lyrics

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17606738

Alt. link: MACKLEMORE - HIND'S HALL (AUDIO ONLY) [02:48] https://youtu.be/wmg6vbt04TY

“HIND’S HALL” was released by Macklemore through social media on 6 May 2024.

The track broadly addresses the State of Israel’s attack on Palestinians in Gaza which began in October 2023. The attack, which has caused tens of thousands of casualties, overwhelmingly civilian, has been widely characterised as genocidal, including as plausibly amounting to genocide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice in South Africa v Israel.

More narrowly, the track addresses the 2024 encampment movement which took shape around the world in protest of other states' response, or lack of response, to the Israeli attack. Macklemore, who is based in the United States, particularly criticises US institutions' coercive, brute-force, often militarised response to student protesters using their (nominally) guaranteed rights to free speech.

The song is named in reference to Hind’s Hall, a building at Columbia University in Manhattan, more commonly known as Hamilton Hall, prior to its takeover by student protesters. The building was named in reference to Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl murdered by Israeli occupation forces. Hind’s fate is known because the civilian car she was riding in was disabled by an Israeli tank, killing most of her family and injuring her, whereupon her cousin placed a call to Palestinian emergency services crying and begging for help before also being killed. Hind subsequently spent three hours on call with Palestinian emergency services, allowing an ambulance to be dispatched and reach her. Upon its arrival, that ambulance was destroyed, and its crew and Hind were murdered, by the same or another Israeli tank.

Hind’s call was leaked online and instantly became a focus of widespread notoriety due to the cold, calculated nature of her and her family’s murder — Hind and her cousin’s calls and evidence from the scene consistently indicate Israeli forces were in the immediate vicinity and in visual range at the time of each killing, meaning there is no reasonable chance the Israeli tank crews did not fully realise what they had done. Moreover, the Israeli tank destroyed the ambulance after Israeli forces had provided the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and Gaza Health Ministry with a “guarantee” of safe passage and the ambulance had proceeded along a route laid out for that purpose. In addition, after the killing, Israeli spokespeople chose to lie about it and attempt to cover it up.

The song also features a sample from “Ana La Habibi”, by legendary Lebanese Arab singer Fairuz, to fit the theme of making a song for Palestine. Fairuz has also been vocal in her support for Palestine over the course of career with the album Jerusalem in my Heart, featuring the single “Zahrat al Madaen”, which became a pan-Arab anthem, releasing only two weeks after the 1967 Six-Day War.

https://genius.com/Macklemore-hinds-hall-lyrics

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17606732

“One Day” is an anthem promoting world peace and unity, performed by Matisyahu and co-written with The Smeezingtons. Originally released as a single in 2008, the song was later featured on Matisyahu’s third studio album, Light, in 2009.

The song received a lot of exposure in the media, including features in television shows, the video game NBA 2K10, and large-scale sporting events like the 2010 FIFA World Cup and Winter Olympics. It is RIAA-certified Gold and peaked at #85 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and #21 on the Billboard Alternative Songs.

https://genius.com/Matisyahu-one-day-lyrics

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17604241

Title edit2: forgot to add video length; forgot 'La' in 'La Santa Grifa' and added more info about "La Santa Grifa"

Letra: https://genius.com/La-santa-grifa-el-diablo-anda-suelto-lyrics

La Santa Grifa es un grupo de rap underground mexicano de Tampico, Tamaulipas. Inspirado por actos como Control Machete y Cartel De Santa, el grupo escribe canciones fuertes y explícitas sobre las drogas, el alcohol y la vida en la calle, a menudo combinando rap rápido con ritmos lentos y siniestros. Su alineación ha cambiado a lo largo de los años, pero entre sus miembros se encuentran Yusak, Reghoz, Toldeck y Waza. Principalmente han aumentado su base de fans a través de su canal de YouTube, y han lanzado varios álbumes bajo Bear Busby Productions, uno de los principales sellos independientes de hip hop latino.

https://genius.com/artists/La-santa-grifa

A video essay I made. A love letter to my favorite album of all time :')

Hey folks! We are The Three Leonards, from Canada. We perform our own versions of pop songs, with a sorta jazzy/dark/moody twist to them. You know this one: Umbrella (originally by Rihanna.)

Umbrella turned out quite cool, I have to say. Some of our other songs sound sorta fun, and we all need a bit of fun in our lives, right? If you're in the mood for some different music, you might not even know it. So give this one a go.

Much love from Canada, where it is friggin' cold today.

The True Loves perform live at The Little London Plane. Recorded June 3, 2018.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/6572086

Hello /c/music!

As the title suggests, I create music to help people relax and fall asleep. I have primarily been doing this in collaboration with apps/companies like Calm, Dreamworks, Apple, and the likes - creating soundtracks to bedtime stories, meditations, and other media.

I shared some of this music months ago, but have now made a lot more tracks in different varieties so that more people can enjoy.

I recently started a YouTube channel with the aim of helping people relax, work from home, focus, study, calm anxiety, and more. So far, I have composed, produced, and mixed around 80 tracks just for this project and animated dozens of videos so that there is soothing imagery to watch along with the music. I also create new music every week based on what you like as there is a poll section in the community tab. So if you have any particular favorites, please let me know!

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/13thFloor/t/283374

From Arlo Guthrie's same-titled album, released by Reprise.

One of the best examples of talking blues in popular culture.

so is this stolen music or what? here is a video that shows both songs side by side

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2586788

Good music.

This is a nice project. I really like the vocals, Cody's more masculine voice and Juli's very feminine tone mix perfectly, and their harmonies are divine. That being said, individually they're both pretty good singers, though Juli is quite a bit better than Cody. The rhythms are pretty cool too, they mostly sing in a very "traditional" way, very melodic, but they also go for weirder rhythms once in a while, like in the song Muriel's Big Day Off, which I thought was cool. Regardless, they always sing their hearts out.

The lyrics are also pretty interesting. The songs strike me as rather spiritual in nature, even when they don't mention religion or spirituality. They're pretty abstract, which I think is pretty nice and matches well with the ethereal vocals. Some songs tackle themes of hope, continuing despite things not going your way, loneliness... It feels nice to listen to this, at least on that level.

The instrumentals are where this album falls short. There's some passages where they go for something a bit different and it goes great, but there's just a lot of strumming guitars and muted drums basically all the time. It stars to feel like a background hum, and it just gets annoying. I guess it has a sort of lo-fi charm to it? I don't know.

Overall, I think it's a nice album with great vocals, interesting lyrics, and lots of emotion.

What do you think?

Best song: The Great American Picnic
Worst song: Oklahoma Nova Scotia
Rating: 3/5

Listen on YT Music!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2350702

Insane and interesting production!!

The production really is the crowning jewel of this project. There's quite a bit of variety; some are very melodic, some get pretty loud and distorted. There's a lot of different sounds used in the beats too, reminiscent of those singer-songwriter songs, bedroom pop. There's some very nice vocal chops spliced in, there really is a bit of everything, and it's really nice.

The rapping and singing is great as well. Beenzino himself can pull off some nice flows, but I don't really like most of the features. I must admit that I do not know Korean ~(I~ ~just~ ~translated~ ~the~ ~lyrics)~, so maybe it's actually really awkward, but it sounds good at least. Maybe a bit too much ad-libbing going on though. Still, he sounds very good on every track.

The lyrics are interesting too. The whole album just has this odd melancholic vibe to it. Beenzino talks about desperation, how boring he thinks his life is, and about making it big. He reflects on his past mistakes, particularly at the end of the album when he talks about his addiction and getting a second chance to do things right. There's also a lot about the overwhelming anxiety that comes with trying to make it in the industry, and the pressure that comes with the prospect of failing.

Overall, I'd say this is a nice album, definitely worth checking out. Still, there's a lot that doesn't quite work.

What do you think?

Best song: In Bed/Makgulli
Worst song: Change
Rating: 3/5

Listen on SoundCloud!