Those poor Genevians who witnessed me practicing musical phonetic punctuation the other day may have seen me dancing down the street the other day with a huge smile on my face. It's not my fault; I just downloaded an album by an Australian band called The Cat Empire, and if they don't make you want to move then you're dead.
This album, called Two Shoes, recorded in Cuba, is a blend of hip-hop, jazz with fantastic and occasional (but no less terrific) keyboards, Latin, and reggae--with smart lyrics sung in an endearing Australian accent.
Here's an excerpt from one of their songs, "Party Started,"
"Chillin in the sun
With tea and milk and honey
Tea and lamingtons
That’s my idea of fun
But I do enjoy the odd occasional bottle of rum
As we learnt in the songs that I have previously sung
When its done with fruit juice at a barbecue in the sun
If the afternoon is begun with kangaroo and capsicum."
Well anybody who can find a rhyme for "capsicum" is worth a listen, don't you think?
Even my newly-turned 14 year old son and his friend liked it! I'm telling you, these guys are great. It's not writing music, but it's music to celebrate by when you've finished writing a tough passage and you want to dance around your office. It's guaranteed to make you feel happy.
2 comments:
This is great! I just downloaded it. Will be perfect for our trip.
Can't wait to see you, by the way!
I'm glad you liked it! I think it would be great for a roadtrip. We're embarking on one last trip this weekend, in fact (to Martigny, Switzerland to see the St. Bernard museum, and then on to Cassacia [sp?] in southern Switzerland to visit old friends of Tony's father. So we'll test it out then.
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