The Postal Service – A Tattered Line of String (2013)

The Postal Service is a long-distance collaboration between Ben Gibbard (singer/guitarist from Death Cab for Cutie) and Jimmy Tamborello (Jimmy recorded the Beachwood Sparks album Make the Cowboy Robots Cry and also records under the name Dntel). Ben and Jimmy sent music back and forth, between California and Washington, each adding new elements until the record was complete. The result is a sweetly charming, largely electronic album with a warmth not typically associated with the clicks-and-beeps set. As an added bonus, additional vocals on the record are provided by Jen Wood and Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis. [Source]


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Yello – Mean Monday (2011)

Directed by Daniel Cherbuin and Dieter Meier
Cast: Melanie Oertig, Boris Blank and Dieter Meier
Director of photography: Eric Lehner
Second camera and grading: Shamol Majumder
Editor: Daniel Cherbuin
Photography: Eric Meltzer and Martin Wanner
Styling and make-up: Merita Rikoska

Special thanks to: Mike Federer for providing the Citroen DS and Tom Rist for providing the Helsinki Club Zurich

Lyrics:

I’m gonna lose my mind when I hear your voice,
I love the games you play aint got no choice.

I’m a slave in the game playing it tough,
Running for love it’s getting rough
Sometimes stupid,Sometimes mean
But then I wanna tell you I’m incredibly keen,
Keen to tell you I’m just playing the cool
Please Margarita I’ve kissed the fool

Keen to tell you I’m just playing the cool
Please Margarita kiss the fool

Please Margarita hold me tight
Please Margarita show me the light

Show me the light….
Of love

Please Margarita hold me tight
Please Margarita show me the light

Show me the light….
Of love

“Well I believe it when you tell me that you love me…
I just have to believe everything that you say..
Sometimes I know….
you can be so vain but baby you know that I…I keep loving you”

I’ll never be the man you think you know,
I’m playing tough and I’m feeling low

I’m a slave in the game playing it tough,
Running for love it’s getting rough,
I never had in mind to be mean
Please Margarita incredibly keen
Keen to tell you I’m just playing the cool
Please Margarita kiss the fool

Please Margarita hold me tight,
Please Margarita show me the light

Show me the light…

“I keep loving you”

Please Margarita hold me tight,
Please Margarita show me the light

Show me the light…
Of love

Please Margarita hold me tight,
Please Margarita show me the light

Show me the light…
Of love



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Michael Jackson – Stranger In Moscow (1996)

“Stranger in Moscow” is the fifth and final single from Michael Jackson’s album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. The song was released worldwide in November 1996 but was not released in the United States until August 1997. The track was written by Jackson in September 1993, at the height of the highly publicized child abuse accusations made against him, while on tour in Moscow. The song’s music video depicts the lives of six individuals, including Jackson, who are left isolated and disconnected from the world around them.

“Even at home, I’m lonely. I sit in my room sometimes and cry. It’s so hard to make friends …I sometimes walk around the neighborhood at night, just hoping to find someone to talk to. But I just end up coming home”



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[Dedicated to H.K.]

Hebronix – Viral (2013)

Early this year, Daniel Blumberg announced his departure from Yuck to focus on his new project Hebronix, sending shockwaves through the media and his fanbase. The Hebronix debut LP Unreal sounds like a remarkable artist taking the shaky first steps in a completely new direction. At turns druggy and sluggish, beautiful and engaged, the record is a confounding near masterpiece. The new video for “Viral,” which we are proud to premiere, features Stacy Martin of Lars Von Trier’s upcoming Nymphomaniac, and Sonja Kinski, granddaughter of legendary actor Klaus Kinski. As you might expect, the video is just as trippy and eerily lovely as the music. [Source]



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