Cathedral (Pick Word #32)

When I travelled to Paris at the start of this millennium, I was amazed by the beauty of the Cathedrals and churches which we saw so often. I tried to imagine how it was thousand years ago, when the rule of religion was stronger than these days. Meanwhile, here are five songs about Cathedrals By Tanita Tikaram, Macklemore And Ryan Lewis, Red House Painters, The Decemberists and Kristin Hersh

Tanita Tikaram - Cathedral Song (Taken From Ancient Heart, 1988)

Macklemore And Ryan Lewis - Neon Cathedral (Taken From The Heist, 2012)

Red House Painters - Grace Cathedral Park (Taken From Red House Painters, 1993)

 

The Decemberists - Grace Cathedral Hill (Taken From Castaways And Outcuts, 2002)

 

Kristin Hersh - Cathedral Heat (Taken From Sky Motel, 1999)

Science (Pick Word #16)

Science has become the defining moment of the last to centuries. From the beginning of the industrial revolution it was clear that science and technology can act as a growth engine for every country which consider it important. We can see now that many of the societies which adopted science research and development are having better economies and less inequality. As part of the series Lesson For Life, I'm going to find out songs about all kind of disciplines that can be learnt in Universities and high-schools. As you probably guessed, I'll start with Science with five interpretations for science by Tanita Tikaram, Autolux, Alligator Indian, Rilo Kiley and Dot Allison, You're more than welcome to listen this playlist....

Tanita Tikaram - Science (Taken From Can't Go Back, 2012)

 

Autolux - The Science Of Imaginary Solutions (Taken From Transit Transit, 2010)

 

Alligator Indian - I Gave Myself A Science Lecture (Taken From Spring I'm In, 2012)

Rilo Kiley - Science Vs. Romance (Taken From Take Offs And Landings, 2001)

 

Dot Allison - We're Only Science (Taken From We Are Science, 2002) 

2012 Songs That Will Remain In My Ears #4

So here goes part four of songs that will remain in my ears from 2012 in music. you can enjoy the earlier releases down here and afterwards listen to the following great songs by The Smashing Pumpkins, Tanita Tikaram, Cate Le Bon, Skye Edwards, Of Monsters And Men, Andrew Bird, Marissa Nadler, Dead Can Dance , Maximilian Hecker and Damien Jurado, Enjoy your listening

Part #1

Part #2

Part #3

 The Smashing Pumpkins - Violet Rays Taken From Oceania

Tanita Tikaram - Keep It Real Taken From Can't Go Back

Cate Le Bon - Fold The Cloth Taken From Cyrk

Marissa Nadler - Love Again, There Is A Fire Taken From The Sister

Andrew Bird - Lusitania Taken From Break It Yourself

 Maximilian Hecker - The Times We Shared In Blaze And Laughter Taken From Mirage Of Bliss

Dead Can Dance - Return Of The She-King Taken From Anastasis

Skye Edwards - We Fall Down Taken From Back To Now

Of Monsters And Man - King And LionHeart Taken From My Head Is An Animal

Damien Jurado - Museum Of Flight Taken From Maraqopa

Tanita Tikaram

24 years have passed since the release of Tanita Tikaram's debut album called Ancient Heart. That album helped her to expand her audience, providing two well-received singles, Good Tradition and Twist In My Sobriety. After the success of her first album, she never managed to reproduce another album in the same critical level. The result was long years of silence between albums, which haven't got the opportunity to chart. Now, 7 years after her previous release called Sentimental (1995), Tanita Tikaram released brand new album, which hasn't got much attention at the media so far. I Listened to it a few times and it is not bad at all. In fact, there are some songs that are well produced while emphasising her deep voice. So here are three tracks (One of them with faboulos Grant Lee Philips) from the album called Can't Go Back, featuring two of her earlier songs. Worth listening, preferably at night time...

1) Rock n' Roll (Taken From Can't Go Back, 2012)

Favourite Line: I've never heard about you, all that I know is Rock n' Roll

2) Feeding The Witches (Taken From Lovers In The City, 1995)

Favourite Line: Since I've been feeding the witches, feeding them straw

 

3) Keep It Real (Taken From Can't Go Back, 2012)

Favourite Line: You keep it real like I'm someone else

4) Twist In My Sobriety (Taken From Ancient Heart, 1988)

Favourite Line: All God's children needs travelling shoes, drive your problems from here

 

5) Heavy Pressure (Taken From Can't Go Back, 2012)

Favourite Line: Love is a heavy pressure when you're going to places