kanye west is such a legend. his mum died and he still carries on with his european and uk tour. he breaks down during "hey mama" in paris, but carries on with the gig and performs amazingly in london only a few days later.
Guardian review here
coverage of kanye breaking down in paris
and here is a link to the amazing song
Hey Mama-Kanye West
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Saturday, 24 November 2007
Saturday, 10 November 2007
the shins
The Shins are an indie rock group comprised of singer, songwriter and guitarist James Russell Mercer, keyboardist/guitarist/bassist Martin Crandall, bassist/guitarist Dave Hernandez, drummer Jesse Sandoval, and Eric Johnson of the Fruit Bats. Their sound draws on several musical genres, including pop, alternative, alternative country, and folk.
I love them, they have 3 great albums. Here are a few tracks for you to enjoy
from oh, Inverted World
GirlInformMe.mp3
ThePastandPending.mp3
NewSlang.mp3
from Chutes Too Narrow
KissingtheLipless.mp3
GoneForGood.mp3
TurnaSquare.mp3
from Wincing the Night Away
SleepingLessons.mp3
ACometAppears.mp3
i also found you a very special treat, its only ben gibbard (death cab, the postal service) covering gone for good! i would say this, and as much as i love the original, ben gibbards version beats it i reckon.
download below
gone for good-ben gibbard
the songs lyrical amazingness is highlighted by ben (yes we are on first name terms) in this performance.
"I find a fatal flaw in the logic of love and go out of my head"-James Mercer- great great lyricist
check out all the gone for good lyrics here
After seeing them at Leeds Fest 07 i really want to see them again and im deeply regretting not going to thursday's ( 8th nov) gig at manchester academy, especially after reading this great review on last.fm and vampire weekend supported!!!
anyways, you should try out the shins, they are great!
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