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  • Madrugada – Quite Emotional

    Madrugada – Quite Emotional

    Dim the lights, light a candle, embrace, sway. True to its namesake, this atmospheric, moody and melancholy-inducing song features one of the warmest male vocal performances I’ve ever heard. Soothing guitars and gentle keyboards provide the ideal background while the sparingly-used percussion anchors the song to perfection.

    There’s a saying that goes like this: while listening to this song for the first time, if you think of good memories, it will always bring you back to those beautiful moments when you listen to it again.

    “We’re slow raised by the break of day
    You are now entirely mine again
    Still I hold you in my arms
    There is not much to talk about anyway

    Quite emotional now
    Drive by noise and straight to the bone, for you
    Quite emotional now, not making sense
    So I come here in your arms

    You keep on whispering that you won’t stop
    I take it back, babe
    Everything that I have said
    And I hold you in my arms
    There’s no better place for you anyway”

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6aB2qqfGNU^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    http://open.spotify.com/track/4C201yNPCEnMbTMO1yP5mR^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/7703927^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • Recoil – Want

    Recoil – Want

    Here are a few twisted little verses that cut and gash like rusty razor blades:

    “I want to strangle the stars for all they promised me.”
    “I want matches in case I have to suddenly burn.”
    “I want to write my secret across your sky.”
    “I want to watch you lose control.”
    “I want your touches to scar me so I’ll know where you’ve been.”
    “I want to reach my hand into the dark and feel what reaches back.”
    “I want to be there when your hot black rage rips wide open.”
    “I want to know just how much you hate me so I can predict what you’ll do.”

    Want more? Full lyrics:

    https://genius.com/Recoil-want-lyrics^

    Besides its assault on imagination, this song features one hell of a composition. It’s diverse, ruthless and in perfect rhythm and mood with the lyrics. Take a walk on the dark side together with Recoil and the best possible singer for such verses.

    YouTube (decent quality, featuring a nice and dark fan-made video):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZST-Ok7VUo^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    http://open.spotify.com/track/5iNQlXcx7pLgkwknQMhHcU^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/72935811^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • Florence And The Machine – Leave My Body

    Florence And The Machine – Leave My Body

    This dreamy and melancholic song larva wastes no time metamorphosing into a bright, powerful flutter of sound, repeatedly crashing into the ground before lifting itself to the heavens. The vocals really stand out on this one; a fountain of light shining fearlessly in the face of life’s ultimate outcome.

    “I’m gonna be released from behind these lines
    And don’t care whether I live or die
    And I’m losing blood, I’m gonna leave my bones
    And I don’t want your heart it leaves me cold
    […]
    I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
    I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me down)
    Said I’m gonna leave my body (Moving up to higher ground)
    I’m gonna lose my mind (History keeps pulling me, pulling me down)
    I don’t need a husband, don’t need no wife
    And I don’t need the day, I don’t need the night, the night
    Don’t need the birds let them fly away
    And I don’t want the clouds, they never seem to stay
    I don’t want no future (Want your future)
    I don’t need no past (Need no past)
    One grand moment (One grand moment)
    Is all I ask”

    Unfortunately, I can’t find any way of purchasing the album digitally from any ethical shop (such as BandCamp).

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2kYXbXPKYI^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5Ew15rnMFzIytOKVQOQuk7^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    https://www.deezer.com/track/54067881^

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  • Limp Bizkit – Hold On

    Limp Bizkit – Hold On

    Let the soft and warm guitar throttle you down. Indulge in the soothing ear-massage offered by the gentle percussion. Quiet down and take a trip down the memory lane with what is probably Limp Bizkit’s most melancholic moment. It’s also one of their best songs and quite different from what this hip-hop-metal band usually puts out.

    “You keep your distance,
    I can’t deny you.
    I got the feeling, can’t satisfy you.
    I got your picture on the wall.
    I got the picture long gone.
    You keep your wishes, (keep you wishes)
    I’ll keep my feelings.
    There goes along the one that kept me breathing.
    I’m waiting for you,
    I know your leaving.
    I still adore you.
    You never need me.

    Hold on.
    I’ve found another way to let you go, away.
    Hold on.
    You’ve find another way to bleed my soul, away.

    The things you told me,
    To hear you speak.
    I’m burning slowly,
    I’m growing weak.
    You bring me closer to, yesterday,
    Yesterday’s a million miles away.”

    Unfortunately, I can’t find any way of purchasing the album digitally from any ethical shop (such as BandCamp).

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hoq1qF204UU^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5waSESEJmc22mPNv1ULR4e^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    https://www.deezer.com/track/104011182^

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  • Pink Floyd – High Hopes

    Pink Floyd – High Hopes

    Hope is the fuel of dreams. Hope is a key ingredient of life; a ray of light in the darkest of times. Hope is eternal. And so is Pink Floyd’s music.

    A solemn and immortal song that can be a catalyst for hope or a one way ticket to melancholy. There is innocence and wisdom here, shining from within the amazing musical craftsmanship. The melody is both delicate and monolithic, vulnerable and unstoppable. Word for word and echo for echo, a choice waits in perfect balance.

    The song’s message is all the more meaningful as this was to be Pink Floyd’s last song for a long time. It’s the final track of their last album, The Division Bell. Even though in 2014 the band came back with The Endless River, that album is comprised of mostly recycled material so I still think of The Division Bell as their last proper album.

    Like with the other Pink Floyd songs I’ve featured, I am tempted to write more. Unlike other times, I’ll break under the temptation and say that this song has brought me to tears more than once – and for the most part, those were tears of joy.

    “Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
    In a world of magnets and miracles
    Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
    The ringing of the division bell had begun
    Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
    Do they still meet there by the Cut
    There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
    Running before times took our dreams away
    Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
    To a life consumed by slow decay
    The grass was greener
    The light was brighter
    When friends surrounded
    The nights of wonder
    Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
    To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
    Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
    Dragged by the force of some in a tide
    At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
    We reached the dizzying heights of that dreamed of world
    Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
    There’s a hunger still unsatisfied
    Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
    Though down this road we’ve been so many times
    The grass was greener
    The light was brighter
    The taste was sweeter
    The nights of wonder
    With friends surrounded
    The dawn mist glowing
    The water flowing
    The endless river
    Forever and ever”

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jMlFXouPk8^

    YouTube (decent quality, live from the Pulse concert):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HX_du6Gcp1w^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/236mI0lz8JdQjlmijARSwY^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/117584472^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • U2 – The Troubles (feat. Lykke Li)

    U2 – The Troubles (feat. Lykke Li)

    It’s a band that needs no introduction. U2 has written history. So instead of going with one of their classics, I’ve chosen to feature one of their newer songs. I have a soft spot for duets and this one is pretty damn sweet as far as duets go.

    Accompanied by soft instrumentals, Lykke and Bono’s voices grow closer and closer together, developing into a intricate and passionate performance. They also have some witty lyrics to go through. All the while, the orchestra shines from under the percussion and sparse use of guitar. It’s what I’ll call “a beautiful moving-on song”.

    “Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Little by little they robbed and stole
    Till someone else was in control

    You think it’s easier
    To put your finger on the trouble
    When the trouble is you
    And you think it’s easier
    To know your own tricks
    Well, it’s the hardest thing you’ll ever do

    I have a will for survival
    So you can hurt me
    And then hurt me some more
    I can live with denial
    But you’re not my troubles anymore

    […]

    Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Somebody stepped inside your soul
    Little by little they robbed and stole
    Till someone else was in control

    God knows it’s not easy
    Taking on the shape of someone else’s pain
    God now you can see me
    I’m naked and I’m not afraid
    My body’s sacred and I’m not ashamed”

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDondcmvKE8^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/2djBFFaafredmGix2Z5TBY^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/86671177^

    This Weekly Song entry has been brought from the FaceBook archive of Weekly Song^. This exploration was originally started through a FaceBook page, about 13 months prior to launching Mentatul. Slowly but surely, the entire FaceBook archive will be brought here.

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  • Insane Clown Posse – Halls Of Illusions

    Insane Clown Posse – Halls Of Illusions

    This rabid, mad, wicked rock/hip-hop song is half horror-comedy movie and half awesome musical performance. Since this style is all about the lyrics, I’ll start by saying that this is one little sadistic gem. Contrasting ideal dream worlds with terrible realities, the merciless writing goes through a violent story, infesting it with dark humor coming from the blackest pits of hell.

    It’s all delivered by a solid melody, diverse and very well-orchestrated (I’d say it rises far above the average hip-hop instrumentals). Guitars, percussion, vocal distortions, weird sounds of all sorts, samples – everything is brought together with excellent production values.

    The song comes from what I consider to be Insane Clown Posse’s best album. I’d be surprised if ICP’s music won’t summon at least a smile from the inner insane clown waiting deep inside… some of us?

    “Ticket please, thanks, walk through the door
    Into the Halls Of Illusions, visit yours
    And see what coulda and shoulda and woulda been real
    But you had to fuck up tha whole deal

    Lets take a walk down the hallway
    It’s a long way it, it takes all day!

    And when you get to tha end, you’ll find a chair
    With straps and chains, we slap you in there
    Lock you down tight so you can’t move a thread
    And pull your eyelids up over your head
    Cuz you’re about to witness an illusionary dream
    It’s just too bad it ain’t what it seems

    […]

    Great Milenko, wave your wand
    Don’t look now, your life is gone
    This is all because of you
    What you got yourself into

    […]

    And that reminds me man, hey ya gotta call:
    Watch your step to Hell…it’s a long fall!”

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USHsNHb3o0s^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/7bCJbL4Sjq3v9iiF56vBiD^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/3040087^

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  • Tim Booth & Angelo Badalamenti – Dance Of The Bad Angels

    Tim Booth & Angelo Badalamenti – Dance Of The Bad Angels

    A sensual, warm song develops into a majestic chant of shattering lyrical intensity. It’s always hard to write words about such amazing creations. Whatever I’d write would pale in comparison to the blinding divine poetry that is about to unfold. So I’m going to let the music be the stair and the lyrics the guiding light. Now close your eyes, sharpen your hearing and feel where it all leads to.

    “What a journey
    So hard to describe
    Your harbour so small
    The ocean so wide
    Spin the wheel, spin the wheel
    Go wherever she spins
    Surrender to this wave that’s rolling in

    Homing fingers
    Starting to dig
    Raising expectations
    Lifting the lid
    There’s a show going down
    Going deeper within
    I long to lose myself
    Inside your skin

    What a feeling under the stars
    My body’s rotating from Venus through Mars
    There’s a war going on
    Between my head and my heart
    I wonder how they grew so far apart

    I’m so shaken, about to explode
    The myth of kissing princes
    Is they turn into toads
    There’s a war going on
    Between the sun and the moon
    Before they come to terms
    We’ll be consumed

    Oh my god, please take me now
    I’m ready for ascension
    If I only knew how
    Give me wings give me wings
    Now I’m stuck on the ground
    Recieve this blood and bones
    I’m homeward bound

    See the statue growing wings
    This singer was a virgin
    Until he conceived
    God is love, god is love
    And her lover I’ll be
    I long to leave the world in ecstasy

    Dance with me around this fire
    The dance of bad angels who’d love to fly higher
    God is love, god is love
    And her lover I’ll be
    I long to leave the world in ecstasy”

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcdwyKwzESo^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/5JN2wPutS5Z9i0OOhnHCnO^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/2193761^

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  • Savages – Adore

    Savages – Adore

    An emotional masterpiece with words so powerful they pierce through the music and reach deep within our soul. Every touch of the guitar comes at just the right moment. It’s one of those rare songs when the singing is in perfect symbiosis with the music.

    The video lifts the melody to unfathomable heights. It is audio-visual poetry at its best. My recommended journey is to first listen to the song while reading the lyrics. Only then, armed with a hint of opinion and words of knowledge, should you delve into the depths of a work of art in body language.

    It’s not often that I post the full lyrics of a song, but in this case, it’s not only recommended, but outright necessary. I discussed the meaning of the lyrics and the video with several friends and was surprised to see how much it splits the crowd.

    “If only I didn’t want the world
    I wouldn’t make you feel so sad
    I’m sure my shame would be gone
    Is it human to adore life?

    If only I’d hidden my lust
    And starved a little bit more
    If only I didn’t ask for more
    Is it human to adore life?

    I adore life

    If only I’d lived beyond regret
    I wouldn’t feel guilt for what I take
    Is it human to ask for more?
    Is it human to adore life?

    I know evil when I see it
    I know good and I just do it
    If I hadn’t been so starved
    Is it human to adore life?

    I understand the urgency of life
    In the distance there is truth which cuts like a knife
    Maybe I will die maybe tomorrow so I need to say

    I adore life

    If only I had been more shy
    And hid every tear I cried
    If only I didn’t wish to die
    Is it human to adore life?

    If only I didn’t care so much
    For the feel of your cold, cold touch
    In every bed I leave behind
    Is it human to adore life?

    I understand the urgency of life
    In the distance there is truth which cuts like a knife
    Maybe I will die maybe tomorrow so I need to say

    I adore life

    I adore life

    Do you adore life?”

    Me, yes, I must confess I adore life.

    You can purchase the album from the location below. And in case you’re wondering, yes, I did purchase Savages’ album :).

    https://savages.store-08.com/account/music/savg040002-savages-adore-life-digital/^

    YouTube (decent quality, AWESOME video):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7ZpPsaMNMM^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/43v9n2WUgrDi4Z4wiEEV8h^

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  • Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

    Pink Floyd – Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2

    How many generations sang, heard or read these words?

    “We don’t need no education
    We don’t need no thought control
    No dark sarcasm in the classroom
    Teachers leave them kids alone
    Hey teacher leave them kids alone
    All in all it’s just another brick in the wall
    All in all you’re just another brick in the wall”

    More importantly, how many truly understood the meaning of these words? A lot, I think. But how many of these people ended up with any decisional power and with the attitude to change things for the better? Looking at the state of the educational system in the year 2016, it seems like the system has an even stronger grip on our brains than it had almost four decades ago when these words were written. Beaming from all directions, the informational overload is more efficient than ever in programming young and old minds alike. Perhaps it’s time to implement an Intellectual Diet^?

    What about the song itself though? It’s a wonderfully groovy rock song, bursting with diversity, glistening with the masterful composition of space rock titans Pink Floyd. “The Wall” album is a powerful statement against a system designed to format minds and crush bones and bricks alike. For me, it’s impossible to post this song anywhere without an honest declaration of solidarity towards the principles it embodies.

    Thank you for having been here, Pink Floyd.

    YouTube (decent quality):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrxX9TBj2zY^

    For Spotify Users (high quality):

    https://open.spotify.com/track/21jBRxUvrWXTwBfGnQwyVy^

    For Deezer Users (high quality):

    http://www.deezer.com/track/13795692^

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