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new music for iTunes

Zulema — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:29:15 +0000

Current Mood: Winky & Winky & Winky

Here’s a fun list of new (or new to me) music I’ve added to my iTunes recently:

Check all of them out and maybe you’ll discover new music too!

espectro sol

Zulema — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 18:56:57 +0000

Current Mood: Loved

So my favorite band Zo� has a song Espectro Sol that is on an album that MySpace put out. I really and truly love this song so here are the lyrics with translation.

Zo� – Espectro Sol (Spectral Sun)
Y parece que encontr� la transmisi�n, de lejos veo mejor y hablo con mi sintetizador. Espejo lobular, no me dejes de contener que pierdo la propulsi�n y no me quites la proyecci�n, que quiero resucitar. Estuviste cerca de perder la calma, por un trozo de universo, y las mol�culas se trastornan, dormían, espectro sol. Estuvimos cerca de perder la calma, por un trozo de universo, y las moléculas se trastornan, dormían, espectro sol. Lucifer, dejame vivir en paz!	It seems I have found the transmission I see better from far away and I speak with my synthesizer. Lobular mirror don’t stop containing me because I lose my propulsion and don’t take away my projection because I want to resuscitate You were close to losing your calm for a chunk of the universe and the molecules upset themselves they slept spectral sun We were close to losing our calm for a chunk of the universe and the molecules upset themselves, they slept, spectral sun Lucifer, let me live in peace!
Zo�

Zo� – Espectro Sol (Spectral Sun)

Y parece que encontr� la transmisi�n,
de lejos veo mejor
y hablo con mi sintetizador.
Espejo lobular,
no me dejes de contener
que pierdo la propulsi�n
y no me quites la proyecci�n,
que quiero resucitar.

Estuviste cerca de perder la calma,
por un trozo de universo,
y las mol�culas se trastornan,
dormían,
espectro sol.

Estuvimos cerca de perder la calma,
por un trozo de universo,
y las moléculas se trastornan,
dormían,
espectro sol.

Lucifer,
dejame vivir en paz!

It seems I have found the transmission
I see better from far away
and I speak with my synthesizer.
Lobular mirror
don’t stop containing me
because I lose my propulsion
and don’t take away my projection
because I want to resuscitate

You were close to losing your calm
for a chunk of the universe
and the molecules upset themselves
they slept
spectral sun

We were close to losing our calm
for a chunk of the universe
and the molecules upset themselves,
they slept,
spectral sun

Lucifer,
let me live in peace!

Zo�

I can’t imagine what is going on or what the singer is trying to say but I really love the visuals I see in my head. It’s a little taste of this image I found on Flickr:

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wonderful electric

Zulema — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:42:23 +0000

One of my absolute favorite favorite songs of all time is Zoé’s Electricidad. So here are the lyrics translated for you and if you ever get a chance to listen to it, do so with a quiet heart and mind. For my birthday here are the lyrics:

Zoé – Electricidad (Electricity)
Pensamos que todo seria mejor, Si dejábamos que la luna y el viento dejaran de hablar, Para escuchar el silencio, De la noche, En tus ojos, A veces las cosas se dan al revés y nos aferramos vencidos al árbol de la noche triste, pero mi´mor ya no importa, Todo pasa, Y se aprende Dime siempre que Dije la verdad, Sin mentirme nada, Necesito estar Contigo una vez más, Que en la eternidad ya no se tiene final Pensamos que todo seria mejor, Si dejábamos que la luna y el viento dejaran de hablar, Para escuchar el silencio De noche, En tus ojos Y poder decir adiós Dificil la verdad Difícil es Ya no tienes confusión Y ya no guardas más rencor Se siente bien Dime siempre que Dije la verdad Sin mentirte nada, Necesito estar Contigo una vez más, Que en la eternidad ya no se tiene final Electricidad descúbrenos como es, que en la eternidad ya no se tiene final	We thought everything would be better if we let the moon and the wind stop talking, to listen to the silence of the night in your eyes. Sometimes things to backwards and we clutch the tree defeated in the sad night, but my love no longer matters everything passes and is learned. Tell me that I always told the truth without lying to myself I need to be with you once again since eternity no longer has an end. We thought that everything would be better if we let the moon and the wind stop talking, to listen to the silence of the night in your eyes. And be able to say goodbye and tell ourselves the truth difficult it is You don’t have confusion anymore and you don’t save any rancour It feels good Tell me that I always told the truth without lying to you I need to be with you once again since eternity no longer has an end. Electricity, discover for us how it is that eternity doesn’t have an end.
Zo�

Zoé – Electricidad (Electricity)

Pensamos que todo seria mejor,
Si dejábamos que la luna
y el viento dejaran de hablar,
Para escuchar el silencio,
De la noche,
En tus ojos,
A veces las cosas se dan al revés
y nos aferramos vencidos al árbol
de la noche triste,
pero mi´mor ya no importa,
Todo pasa,
Y se aprende

Dime siempre que
Dije la verdad,
Sin mentirme nada,
Necesito estar
Contigo una vez más,
Que en la eternidad
ya no se tiene final

Pensamos que todo seria mejor,
Si dejábamos que la luna
y el viento dejaran de hablar,
Para escuchar el silencio
De noche,
En tus ojos

Y poder decir adiós
Dificil la verdad
Difícil es
Ya no tienes confusión
Y ya no guardas más rencor
Se siente bien

Dime siempre que
Dije la verdad
Sin mentirte nada,
Necesito estar
Contigo una vez más,
Que en la eternidad
ya no se tiene final

Electricidad descúbrenos como es, que en la eternidad ya no se tiene final

We thought everything would be better
if we let the moon and the wind stop talking,
to listen to the silence
of the night
in your eyes.
Sometimes things to backwards and we clutch
the tree defeated in the sad night,
but my love no longer matters
everything passes
and is learned.

Tell me that I always told the truth
without lying to myself
I need to be with you once again
since eternity no longer has an end.

We thought that everything would be better
if we let the moon and the wind stop talking,
to listen to the silence
of the night
in your eyes.

And be able to say goodbye
and tell ourselves the truth
difficult it is
You don’t have confusion anymore
and you don’t save any rancour
It feels good

Tell me that I always told the truth
without lying to you
I need to be with you once again
since eternity no longer has an end.

Electricity, discover for us how it is that eternity doesn’t have an end.

Zo�

The lyrics are pretty self-explanatory and I hope you get to listen to the song sometime.

dejame piedra

Zulema — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 16:00:59 +0000

So I was talking to one of my good friends and we started talking about songs that we would sing to our children. He said he’d sing Eyes Of Mercy which are the loveliest lyrics I’ve ever read by a group called October Project . When I read the lyrics I almost cried! He also sent me these lyrics Bowl Of Oranges by the group Bright Eyes (for which I thank him profusely to no end).

So, what song would I sing to my child(ren)? Well, I’m sure I’d sing them a bunch of songs that I like. A lot of Soda Stereo, Zoé, Cafe Tacuba, Caifanes/Jaguares, Lucybell. But one song in particular I would proudly sing because I think it has a great message: Piedra by the Caifanes. So here are the lyrics for Piedra along with the translation.

Caifanes – Piedra (Rock)
piedra dejame piedra no me deformes mas dejame como soy mira como sangro que no sientes como tiemblo no te importa verme sufrir nunca me haz hablado como se seca el alma mis dientes piden perdon si te grito que me ayudes es porque quiero que te alejes ya no quiero olerte mas no quiero irme contigo llorando al cielo quiero aprender aprender a amar piedra dejame piedra no me deformes mas dejame como soy que asi estoy bien solo estoy muy bien separame los huesos destrozame y entierrame olvidame por favor dejame ser la noche y bailar hasta sangrar la danza del mas alla dejame aunque sea irme volando hasta perderme y nunca volverte a ver soy un mundo no me destruyas que quiero conocer la paz interior piedra dejame piedra no me deformes mas dejame como soy que asi estoy bien solo estoy muy bien	rock, leave me alone rock don’t deform me anymore leave me as a I am look at how I bleed don’t you feel how I tremble don’t you care to see me suffer you’ve never told me how the soul is dried my teeth ask for forgiveness if I scream for your help it’s because I want to you go away I don’t want to smell you anymore I don’t want to go with you crying at the sky I want to learn learn how to love rock, leave me alone rock don’t deform me anymore leave me how I am in this way I’m fine alone I’m fine separate my bones destroy me and bury me please forget me let me be the night and dance until I bleed the dance of far away leave me although I am I will go flying until I lose myself and never see you again I am a world don’t destroy me because I want to know the peace inside rock, leave me alone rock don’t deform me anymore leave me how I am in this way I’m fine alone I’m fine
© 1992 Caifanes

Caifanes – Piedra
(Rock)

piedra dejame piedra
no me deformes mas
dejame como soy

mira como sangro
que no sientes como tiemblo
no te importa verme sufrir
nunca me haz hablado
como se seca el alma
mis dientes piden perdon

si te grito que me ayudes
es porque quiero que te alejes
ya no quiero olerte mas
no quiero irme contigo
llorando al cielo
quiero aprender
aprender a amar

piedra dejame piedra
no me deformes mas
dejame como soy
que asi estoy bien
solo estoy muy bien

separame los huesos
destrozame y entierrame
olvidame por favor
dejame ser la noche
y bailar hasta sangrar
la danza del mas alla

dejame aunque sea
irme volando hasta perderme
y nunca volverte a ver

soy un mundo
no me destruyas
que quiero conocer
la paz interior

piedra dejame piedra
no me deformes mas
dejame como soy
que asi estoy bien
solo estoy muy bien

rock, leave me alone rock
don’t deform me anymore
leave me as a I am

look at how I bleed
don’t you feel how I tremble
don’t you care to see me suffer
you’ve never told me
how the soul is dried
my teeth ask for forgiveness

if I scream for your help
it’s because I want to you go away
I don’t want to smell you anymore
I don’t want to go with you
crying at the sky
I want to learn
learn how to love

rock, leave me alone rock
don’t deform me anymore
leave me how I am
in this way I’m fine
alone I’m fine

separate my bones
destroy me and bury me
please forget me
let me be the night
and dance until I bleed
the dance of far away

leave me although I am
I will go flying until I lose myself
and never see you again

I am a world
don’t destroy me
because I want to know
the peace inside

rock, leave me alone rock
don’t deform me anymore
leave me how I am
in this way I’m fine
alone I’m fine

I think the lyrics pretty much speak for themselves. The singer is expressing that feeling we sometimes get when we are smothered by somone else. But smothered so much that we feel that we are being changed, affected, twisted into something else. I firmly believe that no one should change who you are. No one should define you, only you can define yourself. Sure others can give you some great insights because they have a different view point than you do. But that person can not be your final answer to who you are or who you should be.

Two other songs I would sing to my future child(ren) are Zoé’s Electricidad and Love, but I’ll save those lyrics for another day. Those songs, and Piedra make my cry.

planta

Zulema — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 03:37:02 +0000

This is a great and hypnotic song, it’s called Planta written by two members of Soda Stereo in their Sueño Stereo album.

Soda Stereo – Planta (Plant)
Sabia Savia por mi cuerpo como oro de Acapulco Estoy prepar�ndome no s� que me pasa que ya no puedo volver (al oir… al oir…) Tanto irme por las ramas ahora recorro las heridas no fue suficiente fe una vez por semana al oir… al oir… Mi voz vegetal necesito hoy tener amarrados los pies En el aire s� que soy nada m�s que menos de lo que podr�a ser Me resisto a empujarte a otro juego de azar en el aire reverbera el ansia de mi voz Mi voz vegetal vegetal Amor vegetal	Wise sap over my body like Acapulcan gold I am preparing myself I don’t know what’s going on that I can’t return (to listen… to listen…) Much traveling among the branches now covering my wounds there wasn’t sufficient faith one time a week to listen… to listen… My vegetable voice I need my feet tied up today In the air I know I am nothing less than what I can be I resist pushing you to another game of chance In the air, the anxiety in my voice reverberates My vegetable voice vegetable Vegetable love
© 1995 Soda Stereo. Lyrics: Gustavo Cerati/Zeta Bosio

Soda Stereo – Planta
(Plant)

Sabia Savia por mi cuerpo
como oro de Acapulco
Estoy prepar�ndome
no s� que me pasa
que ya no puedo volver
(al oir… al oir…)

Tanto irme por las ramas
ahora recorro las heridas
no fue suficiente fe
una vez por semana
al oir… al oir…

Mi voz vegetal
necesito hoy tener amarrados los pies
En el aire s� que soy nada m�s que menos
de lo que podr�a ser
Me resisto
a empujarte a otro juego de azar
en el aire reverbera el ansia de mi voz

Mi voz vegetal
vegetal
Amor vegetal

Wise sap over my body
like Acapulcan gold
I am preparing myself
I don’t know what’s going on
that I can’t return
(to listen… to listen…)

Much traveling among the branches
now covering my wounds
there wasn’t sufficient faith
one time a week
to listen… to listen…

My vegetable voice
I need my feet tied up today
In the air I know I am nothing less
than what I can be
I resist pushing you to another game of chance
In the air, the anxiety in my voice reverberates

My vegetable voice
vegetable
Vegetable love

the ultimate tease song

Zulema — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:06:19 +0000

Here are the lyrics to the song Amo dejarte asi by Gustavo Cerati from his Siempre es Hoy album.

Gustavo Cerati – Amo dejarte asi (Love to leave you like this)
Divina obscenidad Dar el maximo de piel Sin librarte de mi Amo dejarte asi. Palabras profanas de tu boca pura Toda mi dulzura pendula sobre ti. Amo dejarte asi. Amo quedarme asi. Amo dejarte asi. Amo quedarme asi.	Divine obscenity Give the maximum of skin without liberating you of me Love to leave you like this. Profane words from your pure mouth All my sweetness pendulates over you. Love to leave you like this Love to stay like this Love to leave you like this Love to stay like this
© 2003 Gustavo Cerati

Gustavo Cerati – Amo dejarte asi
(Love to leave you like this)

Divina obscenidad
Dar el maximo de piel
Sin librarte de mi

Amo dejarte asi.
Palabras profanas
de tu boca pura
Toda mi dulzura
pendula sobre ti.

Amo dejarte asi.
Amo quedarme asi.
Amo dejarte asi.
Amo quedarme asi.

Divine obscenity
Give the maximum of skin
without liberating you of me

Love to leave you like this.
Profane words
from your pure mouth
All my sweetness
pendulates over you.

Love to leave you like this
Love to stay like this
Love to leave you like this
Love to stay like this

I never realized the lyrics were so simple. They’re very sensuos as they describe a couple either before or during a sex act. Teasing plays a large part in a sexual relationship, in any kind of relationship. He sings about giving just enough to keep his lover wanting more. The deliciousness of having your lover slowly swinging above you like a pendulum but never touching.

Also, I’m sure we’ve all been in situations where “profane words” spill out of our mouths during those heated moments. You simply must listen to the song to get the full effect.

mirate en mi

Zulema — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:25:08 +0000

So I’m hella upset today at work and I started listening to my “calm down” playlist in my iTunes. One song struck me and I’ve been playing it on repeat for a while now. I decided to translate it here for you.

Lucybell – Mirate en mi see yourself in me
en dos palabras creo ser el que demora el paso como el sol dias cuando te abres veo la luz la que demora cuando debe iluminar dias siente mi alma muda siente que no se nada en dos palabras creo ser el que se quiebra cuando ve gritar vida cuando me crees veo la luz la que demora cuando debe iluminar vidas siente mi alma muda siente que no se nada yo veo magia atenta mírate en mi siente mi alma muda soy un payaso-niño mírame	in two words, I believe I am the one who delays the way like the sun days when you open yourself, i see the light the one that delays when it should illuminate days feel my soul muted I feel that I don’t know anything in two words I believe I am the one who breaks when he sees screams life when you believe me I see light the one that delays when it should illuminate lives feel my soul muted I feel that I don’t know anything i see attempted magic see yourself in me feel my soul muted I’m a boy-clown look at me
© Lucybell

Lucybell – Mirate en mi
see yourself in me

en dos palabras creo ser
el que demora el paso como el sol
dias

cuando te abres veo la luz
la que demora cuando debe iluminar
dias

siente mi alma muda
siente que no se nada
en dos palabras creo ser

el que se quiebra cuando ve gritar
vida

cuando me crees veo la luz
la que demora cuando debe iluminar
vidas

siente mi alma muda
siente que no se nada
yo veo magia atenta
mírate en mi
siente mi alma muda
soy un payaso-niño
mírame

in two words, I believe I am
the one who delays the way like the sun
days

when you open yourself, i see the light
the one that delays when it should illuminate
days

feel my soul muted
I feel that I don’t know anything
in two words I believe I am

the one who breaks when he sees screams
life

when you believe me I see light
the one that delays when it should illuminate
lives

feel my soul muted
I feel that I don’t know anything
i see attempted magic
see yourself in me
feel my soul muted
I’m a boy-clown
look at me

miel

Zulema — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 02:10:26 +0000

I’m going to translate for you the ~~pseudo~~ quasi-obsessive lyrics of Zoé’s song Miel. Barely made use of Diccionarios.com because the words are pretty easy.

Zoé – Miel
no se, pero me duele comprender, cómo fue que terminamos, la risa se quedó detrás, llena de polvo y lágrimas rojas, bésame con tus ojos de miel, que me hablan de un mundo que ya no conozco. háblame de ti, no me dejes solo, quiero descubrir por qué le tengo tanto miedo al amor. perd� la ruta del delf�n, so�é que estaba muerto, mas tarde pude revivir, estaba solo en un barco de fuego. háblame de ti, no me dejes solo, quiero descubrir por qué le tengo tanto miedo al amor. puedes hablarme de ti, para que ya no me sienta solo, miedo al amor, miedo a la muerte a la libertad. © 2001 Zoé	don’t know but it hurts to understand how it was that we ended [broke up] the laughter stayed behind, full of dust and red tears kiss me with your eyes of honey that speak to me of a world I don’t know anymore talk to me about yourself, don’t leave me alone, I want to discover why I’m so afraid of love. I lost the dolphin’s route, I dreamt I was dead, later I was able to revive, I was alone on a boat of fire. talk to me about yourself, don’t leave me alone, I want to discover why I’m so afraid of love. you can talk to me about yourself, so that I won’t feel alone anymore fear of love fear of death [fear of] the liberty.
Zo�

Zoé – Miel

no se, pero me duele comprender,
cómo fue que terminamos,
la risa se quedó detrás,
llena de polvo y lágrimas rojas,

bésame con tus ojos de miel,
que me hablan de un mundo que ya no conozco.

háblame de ti, no me dejes solo,
quiero descubrir
por qué le tengo tanto miedo al amor.

perd� la ruta del delf�n,
so�é que estaba muerto,
mas tarde pude revivir,
estaba solo en un barco de fuego.

háblame de ti, no me dejes solo,
quiero descubrir
por qué le tengo tanto miedo al amor.

puedes hablarme de ti,
para que ya no me sienta solo,
miedo al amor,
miedo a la muerte
a la libertad.

don’t know but it hurts to understand
how it was that we ended [broke up]
the laughter stayed behind,
full of dust and red tears

kiss me with your eyes of honey
that speak to me of a world I don’t know anymore

talk to me about yourself, don’t leave me alone,
I want to discover
why I’m so afraid of love.

I lost the dolphin’s route,
I dreamt I was dead,
later I was able to revive,
I was alone on a boat of fire.

talk to me about yourself, don’t leave me alone,
I want to discover
why I’m so afraid of love.

you can talk to me about yourself,
so that I won’t feel alone anymore
fear of love
fear of death
[fear of] the liberty.

Zo�

This sounds to me like a song of obsessive love with a sprinkling of self-discovery. The singer is afraid of being alone and when he is alone–in his dreams–he seems to feel tortured and facing death “on a boat of fire.” But he knows he’s afraid of being alone and asks ‘her’ to talk to him about herself, about anything to help him find out why he’s afraid. He’s basically afraid of the free feeling of being alone: “fear of liberty.” What an interesting song!

frio

Zulema — Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:38:22 +0000

I’m going to translate for you the lovely lyrics of Zoé’s song Frio which I kind of don’t understand so sometimes going from spanish to english helps me a bit. Major use of Diccionarios.com on this one. (I hope to do their song Polar also. I’ve already translated their song Love which makes great use of imagery. I mean I can just picture an anemone of light!)

Zoé – Frío
aliento de bélico acento. demonios de una polución. sirena colgada del cielo. revolver pornográfico. superhipnotizadores pájaros invertebrados son. noticiero diferido, transmisiones invertidas. frío, frío cuando me hablas, frío cuando tus ojos creen que debo ser como tu crees que es mejor vivir y ser. © 2003 Zoé	breath of military accent. demons of a pollution. mermaid hanged from the sky. pornographic revolver. (they) are super-hypnotizer invertebrate birds. deferred news (bulletin), inverted transmissions cold, cold when you talk to me, cold when your eyes believe that I should be how you believe it is better to live and be.
Zo�

Zoé – Frío

aliento de bélico acento.
demonios de una polución.
sirena colgada del cielo.
revolver pornográfico.

superhipnotizadores pájaros invertebrados son.
noticiero diferido, transmisiones invertidas.

breath of military accent.
demons of a pollution.
mermaid hanged from the sky.
pornographic revolver.

(they) are super-hypnotizer invertebrate birds.
deferred news (bulletin), inverted transmissions

cold, cold when you talk to me,
cold when your eyes believe that I should be how you believe it is better to live and be.

Zo�

Ok, I still don’t know what to make of that. He sees in his mind awful images of the world ending with military taking over (perhaps causing it) and gets mixed messages from society (inverted transmissions). Someone, I’m going to assume a ‘girlfriend,’ isn’t much help either. She is distant and wants to define who he should be and how he should live his life.

Zoé – Love

Zulema — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:20:44 +0000

I found the lyrics to a song I love! The artist is Zoé and the song is called Love.

Zoé – Love
En tu planeta me quedé, Fue por un tiempo y nunca fue mi plan, Pero mi nave se averió Y ahora estoy perdido aquí, En mañanas con tres soles Y múltiples visiones, montañas transparentes, anémonas de luz, Part�culas de amor y recuerdos de tí. Love, love, love. © 2003 Zoé	In your planet I remained, Was for a time and it was never my plan, But my ship was damaged and now I am lost here, In mornings with three suns and multiple visions, transparent mountains, anemones of light, Particles of love and memories of you. Love, love, love.
Zo�

I just thought that was so beautiful.