ΖΟΎΓΚΛΑ (JUNGLE)

BAZOOCA

SONGWRITERS: BAZOOCA(VASILIS TZELEPIS & XANTHOS PANGAKOLAOU

ΓΟΝΕΙΣ: Ελλάδα (GREECE)

ÁLBUM: ΖΟΎΓΚΛΑ

LABEL: INNER EAR

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 2017

 

        BAZOOCA IS BACK WITH NEW MATERIAL, MORE DYNAMIC AND DIFFERENT THAN EVER. THE TRACKS OF ‘ZOUGLA’(JUNGLE) EP ARE A BREACKTHROUGH FOR THE SOUND OF THE BAND AND BRIGGE THE STYLES OF “USELESS GENERATION” WITH THE MOST PSYCODELIC SOUNDS OF THEIR SELF-TITLED DEBUT ALBUM.

        FROM THE TRIBAL GROOVE OF THE OPENING TRACK “ZOUGLA” AND THE ACOUSTIC DYNAMICS OF “EXAILOSOU” TO THE SCALED “I DIKI SOU SIRA” WITH ITS NEW WAVE PASSES AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE PSYCEDELIC REFERENCES OF “THELO FISI”, THE SOUND OF BAZOOKA – BASED ONCE MORE ON GREEK VERSE – EVOLVES. THE BAND GOES BEYONDE LIMITS AND MANAGES TO SOUND DISINTEGRATED, CHAOTIC BUT AT THE SAME TIME ABSOLUTELY RAW AND IMPETUOUS.

         BAZOOKA WERE FORMED IN 2008, IN VOLOS, WHERE CENTAURS WERE LIVING, CONSISTING SINGER/GUITARIST XANTHOS PAPANIKOLAOU, GUITARIST BILL TZELEPIS, DRUMMER JOHN VULGARIS, KEYBOARDIST PANOS PAPANIKOLAOU AND BASS PLAYER ARIS RAMMOS. IN THE SAME YEAR THEY MOVED TO ATHENS IN ORDER TO FULFILL THEIR NEED TO PLAY LIVE. AT A TIME WHEN THE GREEK CAPITAL WAS UNDERGOING A SEVERE ECONOMIC CRISIS AN UNDERGROUND MUSICAL RENAISSANCE FLOURISHED THROUGH A MULTITUDE OF DIY SQUAT VENUES THAT HOSTED THE CITY’S BEST PUNK AND PSYCH-ROCK BANDS. BAZOOKA WERE QUICKLY FOUND TO BE THE MOST SAVAGE CREW OF THE INCREDIBLY CORROSIVE ROCK’N’ROLL SCENE THATY INCLUDES ACIDF BABY JESUS, GAY ANNIVERSARY AND A VICTIM OF SOCIETY.

       BAZOOKA’S DEBUT LP WAS RELEASED IN 2013 ON SLOVENLY RECORDINGS, FOLLOWING 7INC EP’S ON INCH ALLAH “SHAME TAKE MY BRAIN” AND SLOVENLY “I WANT TO FUCK ALL THE GIRLS IN MY SCHOOL”. IN 2016 THEY RELEASED THEIR SECOND FULL ALBUM FOR SLOVENLY RECORDS WITH THE TITLE “USELESSE GENERATION”. IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS THEY HAVE TOURED EUROPE SEVERAL TIMES AS WELL AS THE US.(…)

Κάπου εκεί έξω στον πλανήτη γη

Σέρνονται άνθρωποι από εδώ και από εκεί

Έχουν κεφάλια σκυμμένα χαμηλά

Μέσα απ’ το στόμα τους γαυγίζουνε σκυλιά

 

Κοίτα ένας θεός 

Έχει φτερά πετάει δυνατός

Και δεν τον νοιάζει τι παίζει χαμηλά

Σήκω και πιάσ' τον άμα σου βαστά

 

Ένας θεός πετάει δυνατός

Ένας θεός πετάει δυνατός

Ένας θεός πετάει δυνατός

Πετάει δυνατός

Πετάει δυνατός

Πετάει δυνατός

BLUE VELVET

TONY BENNETT

SONGWRITERS: LEE MORRIS & BERNIE WAYNE

COUNTRY: u. s. a.

ALBUM: DUETS II

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR:2011

 

          Anthony Dominick Benedetto(born August 3, 1926), known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. Bennett is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. He is the founder of the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts in Astoria, Queens, New York.

        Bennett began singing at an early age. He fought in the final stages of World War II as a U.S. Army infantryman in the European Theater. Afterward, he developed his singing technique, signed with Columbia Records and had his first number-one popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several tracks such as "Rags to Riches" followed in early 1953. He then refined his approach to encompass jazz singing. He reached an artistic peak in the late 1950s with albums such as The Beat of My Heart and Basie Swings, Bennett Sings. In 1962, Bennett recorded his signature song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco". His career and personal life experienced an extended downturn during the height of the rock music era. Bennett staged a comeback in the late 1980s and 1990s, putting out gold record albums again and expanding his reach to the MTV generation while keeping his musical style intact. He remains a popular and critically praised recording artist and concert performer to date. His work includes a collaboration with Lady Gaga, having toured and recorded two albums together, Cheek to Cheek(2014) and Love for Sale(2021).

      He has won 20 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award presented in 2001) and two Primetime Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million records worldwide.

            In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016. Due to the slow progression of his illness, he continued to record, tour, and perform until his unrelated retirement from concert performances in August 2021.

       "Blue Velvet" is a popular song written and composed in 1950 by Bernie Wayne and Lee Morris. A top 20 hit for Tony Bennett in its original 1951 version, the song has since been re-recorded many times, with a 1963 version by Bobby Vinton reaching Nº 1.

          Songwriter Bernie Wayne was inspired to begin writing "Blue Velvet" on a 1951 visit to Richmond, Virginia where he stayed at the Jefferson Hotel: at a party at the hotel Wayne continually caught sight of a female guest dressed in blue velvet with whom he would have a holiday romance.

She wore blue velvet

Bluer than velvet was the night

Softer than satin was the light

From the stars

 

She wore blue velvet

Bluer than velvet were her eyes

Warmer than may her tender sighs

Love was ours

 

Ours a love i held tightly

Feeling the rapture grow

Like a flame burning brightly

But when she left gone was the glow of

Blue velvet

 

But in my heart there'll always be

Precious and warm a memory

Through the years

And i still can see blue velvet through my tears.

Precious and warm a memory

Through the years

And i still can see blue velvet through my tears.

BETTER THAN REVENGE

TAYLOR SWIFT

SONGWRITER: TAYLOR SWIFT

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: SPEAK NOW

LABEL: BIG MACHINE

GENRE: COUNTRY POP

YEAR: 2010

 

          Taylor Alison Swift(born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her narrative songwriting, which is often inspired by her personal experiences, has received widespread media coverage and critical praise.

          Based in Nashville, Tennessee, Swift signed with Sony/ATV Tree Publishing in 2004 to become a songwriter and with Big Machine Records in 2005 to become a country music singer. Her eponymous debut studio album(2006) included the Hot Country Songs number-one singles "Our Song" and "Should've Said No" and the pop radio crossover "Teardrops on My Guitar". Swift rose to mainstream prominence with her country pop second studio album, Fearless(2008), which was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America(RIAA) and featured the top-five singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me". Her third studio album, Speak Now(2010), blended country pop with rock elements and furthered her crossover success with the top-ten singles "Mine" and "Back to December".

   Swift's fourth studio album, Red(2012), experimented beyond country, incorporating pop, rock, and electronic genres. She completely transitioned to pop with her synth-pop fifth studio album, 1989(2014); its successor, Reputation(2017), expanded on the electropop sound with urban influences. Swift released her next studio album, Lover, in 2019, while she was in a dispute over the ownership of her back catalog after her Big Machine contract expired. She explored indie folk and alternative rock on her 2020 studio albums, Folklore and Evermore. These six albums spawned a string of international top-ten singles, including "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", "I Knew You Were Trouble", "Shake It Off", "Blank Space", "Bad Blood", "Look What You Made Me Do", "Me!", "You Need to Calm Down", "Cardigan", and "Willow". She also released the acclaimed documentaries Miss Americana and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions in 2020.(…)

          Speak Now is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released on October 25, 2010, by Big Machine Records. Swift wrote the album entirely by herself, and co-produced all tracks with longtime collaborator Nathan Chapman. She described the album as a loose concept album consisting of confessional songs.

          Exuding rock sensibility, the music of Speak Now combines country pop with pop rock and power pop styles, incorporating bluegrass, pop punk, and soft rock elements. The lyrics revolve around Swift's recurring romantic themes of love, heartbreak and forgiveness, but transcends the fairytale-inspired theme of its predecessor, Fearless (2008), to explore Swift's maturing perspectives in adulthood. Six songs were released as singles to support Speak Now. Four songs from the album reached the top-10 on the Billboard Hot 100: the first two singles—"Mine" and "Back to December", the promotional single "Speak Now", and the deluxe bonus track "If This Was a Movie". Three singles peaked within the top 20: "Mean", "Sparks Fly", and "Ours". The other single, "The Story of Us", was released to US mainstream pop radio only. Swift promoted the album with the Speak Now World Tour, which ran from February 2011 to March 2012.

          Contemporary critics received Speak Now with generally positive reviews, with praise centered on Swift's songwriting craftsmanship and matured perspectives. The album debuted atop the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of over one million copies, claiming the biggest one-week sales tally ever for an album by a female country artist. The album spent six weeks at number one and has sold over 4.71million copies in the United States. It also peaked atop the charts in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. At the 54th Grammy Awards, Speak Now was nominated for Best Country Album, while "Mean" won Best Country Song and Best Country Solo Performance. Rolling Stone featured Speak Now in their 2012 list of the "50 Best Female Albums of All Time".

Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did

Ha, time for a little revenge

 

The story starts when it was hot and it was summer

And, I had it all I had him right there where I wanted him

She came along, got him alone, and let's hear the applause

She took him faster than you could say sabotage

I never saw it coming, nor would I have suspected it

I underestimated just who I was dealing with

She had to know the pain was beating on me like a drum

She underestimated just who she was stealing from

 

She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, whoa

She's better known for the things that she does

On the mattress, whoa

Soon she's gonna find

Stealing other people's toys on the playground

Won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind,

She should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha

 

She looks at life like it's a party and she's on the list

She looks at me like I'm a trend and she's so over it

I think her ever present frown is a little troubling

And, she thinks I'm psycho

'Cause I like to rhyme her name with things, but

Sophistication isn't what you wear, or who you know

Or pushing people down to get you where you wanna go

Oh they didn't teach you that in prep school

So it's up to me

But no amount of vintage dresses gives you dignity

(Think about what you did)

 

She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, whoa

She's better known for the things that she does

On the mattress, whoa

Soon she's gonna find

Stealing other people's toys on the playground

Won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind,

She should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha

 

I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey

You might have him, but haven't you heard

I'm just another thing for you to roll your eyes at honey

You might have him, but I'll always get the last word

Whoa

 

She's not a saint and she's not what you think

She's an actress, whoa

She's better known for the things that she does

On the mattress, whoa

Soon she's gonna find

Stealing other people's toys on the playground

Won't make you many friends

She should keep in mind,

She should keep in mind

There is nothing I do better than revenge, ha

 

And do you still feel like you know what you're doing,

'Cause I don't think you do, oh

Do you still feel like you know what you're doing

I don't think you do, I don't think you do

Let's hear the applause

C'mon show me how much better you are

See you deserve some applause

'Cause you're so much better

She took him faster than you could say sabotage.

THE MUSIC STOPPED

FRANK SINATRA

SONGWRITERS: HAROLD ADAMSON & JIMMY MCHUGH

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: THE MUSIC STOPPED

LABEL: V-DISC

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1944

 

           Francis Albert Sinatra(/sɪˈnɑːtrə/; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor who is generally perceived as one of the greatest musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold an estimated 150 million records worldwide. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra was greatly influenced by the intimate easy listening vocal style of Bing Crosby and began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers".

             Sinatra released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. However, by the early 1950s, his professional career had stalled and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of the film From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently earning him an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra then released several critically lauded albums, some of which are retrospectively noted as being among the first "concept albums", including In the Wee Small Hours(1955), Songs for Swingin' Lovers!(1956), Come Fly with Me(1958), Only the Lonely(1958), No One Cares(1959), and Nice 'n' Easy(1960).

          Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective álbum September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968's Francis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later. He recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and released "New York, New York" in 1980. Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until shortly before his death in 1998.

The music stopped

But we were still dancing

Which goes to show

That music has charm

The lights were low

So we kept on dancing

I felt the glow

Of you in my arms

 

The band had left the stand

And we were in heaven

Dancing on a cloud

Way off in the blue

 

The music stopped

And people were glancing

But we went on dancing

For we didn't know

Because the lights were low

And we were in love

 

The band had left the stand

And we were in heaven

Dancing on a cloud

Way off in the blue

 

The music stopped

And people were glancing

But we went on dancing

For we didn't know

Because the lights were low

And we were in love.