Ode to joy
To follow with the musical videos composed of mixing different sequences, I leave you today with a less serious take to classical music.
The perfect way to start the week. And obviously you can’t miss the classical Bohemian Rhapsody by the muppets 
Enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JruqUIjl5Sw
Mr. Sandman
Nowadays all you need is talent… and they say Internet is killing music & culture!
French Navy
Great song and video by Camera Obscura from their latest album ‘My Maudlin Career’.
Every new album I like more the band… and even though they have an old-looking style, they not only have a webpage but even a twitter account! Which I actually recommend, can be quite amusing sometimes.
Ahhh and yes, I need to find myself a scottish girlfriend soon… just love the accent.
American Pie
American Pie for dummies…
Where do you go to?
You talk like Marlene Dietrich and you dance like Zizi Jean-Maire.
Your clothes are all made by Balmain and there’s diamonds and pearls in your hair.
You live in a fancy apartment off the Boulevard St. Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records and a friend of Sasha Distel.
You go to the embassy parties where you talk in Russian and Greek
And the young men who move in your circles, they hang on every word you speak.
But where do you go to my lovely… when you’re alone in your bed.
Tell me the thoughts that surround you. I want to look inside your head.
I’ve seen all your qualifications that you got from the Sorbonne
And the painting you stole from Picasso. Your loveliness goes on and on.
When you go on your summer vacation, you go to Juan-les-Pins
With your carefully designed topless swimsuit
You get an even suntan on your back and on your legs.
And when the snow falls you’re found in St. Moritz with the others of the jet set.
And you sip your Napoleon brandy, but you never get your lips wet.
But where do you go to my lovely… when you’re alone in your bed.
Tell me the thoughts that surround you. I want to look inside your head.
You’re in between twenty and thirty, a very desirable age.
You’re body is firm and inviting, but you live on a glittering stage.
Your name it is heard in high places. You know the Agha Khan.
He sent you a race horse for Christmas and you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, aha aha.
They say that when you get married, it will be to a millionaire.
But they don’t realize where you came from and I wonder if they really care, or give a damn.
But where do you go to my lovely… when you’re alone in your bed.
Tell me the thoughts that surround you. I want to look inside your head.
Ah, remember the back streets of Naples, two children begging in rags
Both touched with a burning ambition to shake off their lowly-born tags, so they try.
So look into my face Marie-Claire and remember just who you are.
Then go and forget me forever
But I know you still bear the scar deep inside, yes, you do.
Ah, I know where you go to my lovely… when you’re alone in your bed.
I know the thoughts that surround you, cause I can look inside your head. na na na na na…..
Peter Sarstedt
Expanding the limits of creativity!
Björk’s new video for the song Wanderlust of the album Volta has just been released… it is (in my humble opinion) a groundbraking video, and following Björk’s tradition it will make you either love it or hate it, but its hard not to notice it.
Not wanting to spoil it for whomever hasn’t seen it, I won’t say much about it, but I really recommend it. I personally liked it a lot, and yes, when you see it the first thing that comes to your mind is “What the hell did they smoke to make that??”. Well, as it turns out, they didn’t smoke anything… they just had some mushrooms Yes, you read that right hehe. The video was made by the duo Encyclopedia Pictura and as they stated in this interview by the NY Times, they did have some shrooms to write the video. What makes me wonder… is it ethical to create such innovative ‘art’ by using illegal aids? Its like going to the olympic games but on steroids don’t you think?
In any case, I think the video is great. You can watch it below from YouTube but I really recommend watching it HERE at a much higher resolution.
Enjoy (or not!)
Gone
You gotta feel so guilty
Got so much for so little
Then you find that feeling just won’t go away
You’re holding on to every thing so tightly
Till there’s nothing left for you anyway
Goodbye
You can keep this suit of lights
I’ll be up with the sun
And not coming down
I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down
You wanted to get somewhere so badly
You had to lose yourself along the way
You change a name but that’s okay
It’s necessary
And what you leave behind
You don`t miss anyway
Goodbye
You can keep this suit of lights
I’ll be up with the sun
And not coming down
I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down
And I’m already gone
Felt that way all along
Closer to you every day
I didn’t want it that much anyway
You’re taking steps that make you feel dizzy
Then you get to like the way it feels
You hurt yourself you hurt your lover
Then you discover
What you thought was freedom is just greed
Goodbye
No emotional
Goodnight
We’ll be up with the sun
Are you still holding on
I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down
I’m not coming down
Kent – Ingenting
Kent’s new album, Tillbaka till samtiden, will be released soon and they will start touring Scandinavia… so keep your fingers crossed so I can go or they come to Spain!
Below is the video for the new single: Ingenting.
Nokia, Björk and other farewells…
Well, firstly my apologies for late updates but the last week was a bit chaotic…
To start, my first impressions working at Nokia… Well I started working on Monday so over a week now, and overall it has been very good. As expected, in the beginning it has been a lot of reading and getting up to date, and doing administrative stuff like getting a place, a computer, an email account, etc.
The first thing that shocked me was the office atmosphere… it is extremely relaxed, with a couple of couches and a coffee-kitchen area, bright colors, low cubicles and open spaces. It is the exact opposite of my previous job at QTC, which had blue-grayish colors and high cubicles. However, people seem to work more here and waste less time! I guess it is mainly because of the age difference, which obviously is higher here at Nokia. Still it is very friendly and supportive.
The second thing that shocked me were the noises, particularly phone bells. Instead of having the typical office where everybody has a desk phone and you hear the typical phone ring from once in a while, at Nokia (as expected) everybody has only a mobile phone. Therefore, you hear all the time the same SMS sound and the latest song as a ring tone At the beginning I thought it was a bit annoying, but now I am getting used to it and I even think it is better since you can easily recognize who’s phone is ringing.
So overall, it looks pretty well… but hopefully with time I will get more integrated and the job will become more interesting.
Well, next… on Tuesday we had the master farewell party at the well-known Cielo de Pachá with the usual free open bar The party was done together with the MFM, MMM and spanish MBA programs, although still few people attended. It was a lot of fun, although obviously my plans to leave early (I had to work on Wednesday!) didn’t work out quite as planned and I ended up getting home after 3am. Obviously I slept-over and woke up at 8:30am! So yeah, I was a bit late to my third day of work :S
To continue with an active week, on Wednesday I went to the Björk concert here close to my home at Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas. It was full of ‘alternative’ people and started very late, but when it finally did it was totally worth it. It was a great concert… what at the beginning seemed to be a simple concert ended up being a high-tech rave full of lasers! High-tech electronic multi-touch screens were used to produce sounds. It started with the song “Earth Intruders” from the latest album which also has a great video that is posted below. The second video is from the Coachella festival (the best version I could find) and it was simply awesome!
Finally Friday and Saturday where party time, so Sunday I was tired and sick. I am still sick but hopefully I’ll get better soon.So I guess that is enough for now… thanks for the ones who are brave enough to read it all
cheers!