The Wily Filipino

The July 2007 Mix.

It's the end of the month, so... my favorite music of the last 30 days.

1. Chatmonchy, "Otogino kuni no kimi"
from the 2006 album Miminari

No idea what it means, unfortunately (lyrics are here), but my heart just leaps once Hashimoto Eriko gets to the chorus about 35 seconds in.

Amazon link.
Official website.

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2. Chatmonchy, "Joshi tachi ni Asu wa Nai"
from the 2007 Joshi tachi ni Asu wa Nai single

I believe it's roughly translated as "There Is No Tomorrow For The Girls" (or "Girls Will Not Have Tomorrow?"). Chatmonchy is my new favorite Japanese band.

YesAsia link.
Video on YouTube. (Fantastic, by the way.)

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3. Chillitees, "Sama Na"
from the 2006 album Extra Rice

CHORUS
Sama na
Wag ka nang magtanong
Lapit na
Ipikit ang mata

Ibigay mo ang yong damdamin
At ibibigay ang iyong hiling
Walang tayong mapapansin
Walang iba kundi sarili natin
Magdamag tayong magsasaya
Nakatitig sa iyong mata
Hangang maabot natin ang ligaya
Kaya't sa 'kin ay sumama na

[repeat CHORUS]

Mula ngayon ay wala ng iba
Ikaw lang ang tanging kailangan
Wag ka nang mag-alinlangan
Sa buhay ko’y ikaw lamang

[repeat CHORUS]

Ako magbibigay ng ‘yong kaligayahan
Hawakan mo aking kamay di kita pababayaan
Gagawin ang mga bagay na di pag sisisihan
Lumayo kaman mananatili pa rin sa 'kin
Ang pusong inaalay at malalim na damdamin
Kahit anong gawin hindi ito maisasalin
Sumama ka at libutin natin ang buong mundo
Ang oras ay ating limutin
At ating ipanalangin na itong paglalakbay
Tuloy tuloy nating tahakin
Wag nang pag isipan pa
Lumapit ka’t tanggalin ang pangangamba
Pagkat ikaw at ako punung puno ng alaala

[repeat CHORUS]

No need to translate the lyrics, really; of course it's about sex.

Amazon link.
Official website.
Video on YouTube.

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4. Some Tweetlove, "La Nostalgie Des Hauts-Fourneaux"
from the 2006 album Cafard Mondial

First heard it on a Wire compilation, and it's been running through my head ever since.

Matamore link. (Couldn't find a US distributor for some reason, so I bought my copy here.)
Official website.

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5. The Thermals, "A Pillar of Salt"
from the 2006 album The Body, the Blood, the Machine

We were born to sin
we were born to sin!
we don't think we're special sir
we know everybody is
we built too many walls
yeah we built too many walls!
And now we gotta run
a giant fist is out to crush us

We run in the dark
we run in the dark!
we don't carry dead weight long
we send them along to heaven.
I carry my baby
i carry my baby!
Her eyes can barely see
her mouth can barely breathe
i see she's afraid
she could see the danger
we don't want to die
or apologize
for our dirty god
our dirty body

Now i spit to the ground
i spit to the ground!
i won't look twice at dead walls
i don't wanna white pillar of salt
I carry my baby
i carry my baby!
Her eyes can barely see
her mouth can barely breathe
i can see she's afraid
that's why we're escaping
so we won't have to die
we won't have to deny
our dirty god
our dirty bodies!

I'm jumping on the Thermals bandwagon late (thanks Allan!): a scary song from a scary album. (Though the song and the video sound awfully cheery.)

Amazon link.
Official website.
Video on YouTube.

Posted by the wily filipino at July 29, 2007 02:22 PM