Klik Records Release -Sunset Blvd 'The Most Beautiful Girl'

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Klik Records New release -Sunset Blvd 'The Most Beautiful Girl' OUT 07.10.2008

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Μάλλον όλα ξεκίνησαν λίγο μετά το "Baltimore Days" ένα μεσημέρι σε ένα από τα καφέ του Hilton. Ήταν αρχές Φεβρουαρίου και το μόνο που ήμουν σίγουρος ήταν ο τίτλος του album: "The Most Beautiful Girl". Μόλις είχα τελειώσει ένα MP3 Compilation στο iTunes με τα χειρότερα κομμάτια που είχα ακούσει ever. Προσπαθούσα να καταλάβω πως μπορεί κανείς να συνδυάσει με τόσο κακό τρόπο μια Ντο ελάσσονα με τη Σολ. Μία Μι μείζονα με τη Λα.

Κάθε Υoutube βράδυ μου o Blind Willie Johnson "τραγουδούσε" το depression era blues "Black was the night, Cold was the Ground". To "Rainy Night in Georgia" μου μάθαινε πόσο απλό μπορεί να είναι ένα song, ενώ ο Marvin Gay με το "Inner City Blues" μου υπενθύμιζε ότι ακόμη και περίπου 40 χρόνια αργότερα life is still cruel that "makes you wanna holler"...

Θα μπορούσα να μείνω στα delta gospel και blues samples. Προτίμησα το f***** reality. Tην broken ιστορία μιας σερβιτόρας κάπου στη Nebraska, there where the west begins. Το desperation και τα extreme feelings μιας looser στο "That Kind Of Man". Από μια electric dubby version το Μάρτιο, κατέληξα στην ηρεμία μιας σχεδόν unplugged, remorseful εκδοχής. Θα μπορούσα να μείνω σε μόλις 10’’ από τα hobo chorus του Johnny Lee Hooker, στο legacy του "Ladies and gentleman Elvis left the building"… Επέλεξα τα lyrics από έναν cutting edge tech ήχο. Την ακουστική κιθάρα και το πιάνο στα πρώτα 32 μέτρα του "Think of Me", τις τρομπέτες στο "Shea Town" και τον Ι15 vibraphone του Korg M1 στο "Rain in 57th". Μόνο με μια bossa θα μπορούσα να ισορροπήσω τους στίχους του "Loving You". Κάτι σχεδόν ουδέτερο δίπλα στο Leave me there, close enough to the ocean… Κάτι μελαγχολικό όπως το train στο "Train comin".

Πολλές φορές καταλήγεις κάπου, φτάνεις σε ένα συμπέρασμα: Protection has no end… και ξέρεις πως αυτό μπορείς να το εκφράσεις μόνο μ’ ένα runaway blues σαν το "Laetitia".

Σήμερα, οκτώ μήνες μετά, το "The Most Beautiful Girl" μου μοιάζει σαν ένα μουσικό sequence που ξεκίνησε με το "Tell me about America" χωρίς ακόμη να ξέρω πότε θα ολοκληρωθεί... Σήμερα, οκτώ μήνες μετά είμαι βέβαιος ότι η μουσική δεν μπορεί πλέον να χαρακτηρίζεται με αδιάφορους προσδιορισμούς όπως jazzy, bluesy, loungy και ακόμη χειρότερα chill.

Σήμερα I spend my days drinking, smoking, wandering, steppin to the a.m.. And all the times I remember them saying: "honey you are the most beautiful girl, the most beautiful girl in the whole world…".

Sunset Blvd
Σεπτέμβριος 2008

Sunset Blvd Lyrics

The Most Beautiful Girl

I was born in a filthy dusty small town nearside a river, there, where the west begins. People said I was the most beautiful girl. The most beautiful girl, in the whole world. My father was a salesman. He was there for me till all my memories were starting to grow. He left us one day to find his california dream. To send us money. Provide us food. Prosperity. Never saw him again. ....

My mother re-married cause she believes in what is called a couple. And what a couple can do. She used to say that you can tell a man by his hair and a woman by her manners. She never left town. Had a fear of bridges. Never dared to cross the bridge. But she thinks she had a happy life and I’m ok with that.....

Life is cruel. So has been my ex husband. He fell in love with me just before the prom.. Now he lives two states away, east, working on the insurance business. Thinking back I believe that love is a one hit wonder. An ace you draw the right time just when you only need an ace for the flush. You usually end up with a high card or a pair but you always go for the flush…

Now I spend my days drinking, smoking, wandering. Looking for serenity.

I’m cheating my life with these one dime losers standing in front of this bench. Waiting for a cup of black coffee and their late night scrambled eggs. Sometimes with a shot of whiskey. Most of the times just eggs.

What kills me is I ’m getting 40 and I have to fight for every dollar I’ll ever make. What kills me is that I fight with all my strength left. Fight with all my strength left. What Kills me is that I got no spare change for you. What kills me is that I fight with all my strength left...

Every night I return home if you can call a trailer home, I like to stand in front of the mirror and comb my blonde hair. I’m combing it for hours. Till its straight and shiny. Every inch of it. And all the times I remember them saying, with all my strength left. Honey you’re the most beautiful girl. The most beautiful girl in the whole world...

-Loving You

Loving you couldn’t be more easy
Missing you couldn’t be more hard
Loving you

Sink me in the deeper pain
Teach me the language again
Travel me in distant lands
Dance me your dangerous dance

Steer to windward of life
Steer to leeward of life
Tell me it’s a long way
Tell me it’s a long way

Hum me the sadest rimes
Whisper the purest ones
Heal me with midnight prayers
Feed me with morning lights

Show me where seas end
Lead me where sun aches
Fly me where clouds fade
Use me as much as you can

Leave me there
Close enough
To the ocean
Say Goodbye
Hold my hand
My devotion

Am I tired
Am I numbed
As the mire
Am I sad
Am I wrong
Or a liar

Take me as far as you can
Wish I could know where will end
Tell me it’s a long way
Tell me it’s a long way

Sink me in the deeper pain
Teach me the language again
Travel me in distant lands
Dance me your dangerous dance

Steer to windward of life
Steer to leeward of life
Tell me it’s a long way
Tell me it’s a long way

Hum the saddest rimes
Whisper the purest ones
Take me as far as you can
Wish I could know where will end

Am I tired
Am I numbed
As the mire
Am I sad
Am I wrong
Or a liar

Take me as far as you can
Wish I could know where will end
Tell me it’s a long way
Tell me it’s a long way

-Baltimore Days

I Know I’ve been
Fool and mean
I said I’ve been
Fool and mean

Gambled all my money
Borrowed some too
Trampin’ around
Thinking of you

Baby baby baby baby
I’m begging on my knees

I Know I’ve been
Fool and mean
Baby I said I’ve been
Fool and mean
Baby baby baby baby
I’m begging
Begging on my knees

I ain’t no good
I know I lied and cheat
Oh lord have mercy on me
Boy I mistreated you
Boy I mistreated you

I Know I’ve been mean
So mean and fool
Cause I’ve been cheating and lying on you
One of these mornings
I’ll find my way home
One of these days
I’ll chase the blues away

-That kind of man

I Know, I know I’m just a loser baby
A trash for you
I Know, I know you gonna leave me baby
Don’t lie you wont
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so damn fool
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so damn used

That Kind of Man you are (Chorus)....

I Know, I know you gonna say you need me
I’m just a pawn
I Know I have to hurt you baby
Can’t stand no more
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so alone
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so damn fool

That Kind of Man you are

I Know, I know I’m just a loser baby
A trash for you
I Know, I know I have to shoot you baby
So beg no more
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so damn fool
Can’t believe I was so foolish, so damn used

That Kind of Man you are

-Laetitia

I carry a saint in my heart
and a sinner on my bag
My eyes are meek and my head slides right
as Laetitia leans on me
touching these horrible hands of mine

I’m feeling calm
I taste my thoughts
I smell my sweat as it stains this path
leaving traces for the dogs behind
leaving all the proof they need to find me guilty
to charge me things I’ve never done
as there is no place
no place for the innocent man
I Know I can’t hide myself
as long as this sunset mocks my night
I Know I got to protect myself
protect her
to be on guard
to search for a den
Until I’ll find myself
Either torn to pieces
Either safe and sound

She wears a long orange dress
with no extra frills
someone could tell it a gown
someone as naive as me
with no knowledge of women, and how they name things
her ribbon is clean
and her socks are white
her wrist is supple
and I think she wears a ring of mine
My fuckin sight is repellent
A cruel truth I can’t deny
but my eyes are meek and my head slides right
as Laetitia leans on me
touching these horrible hands of mine

I passed the night smoking one of my last cigarettes
I passed the night staring at her gentle mouth
kissing her lips
Crawling my fingers
Upon her luster hips
My fuckin sight is repellent
A cruel truth I can’t deny
but my eyes are meek and my head slides right
as Laetitia still leans on me
touching these horrible hands of mine

I got no mirror to comb her hair
no soap to wash her face
I got no brush to clean her teeth
no cloth to polish her shoes
I have to be on guard
to search for a den
taking always the longer less direct road
cause protection
Protection has no end

The motherfucker now sleeps deep in this pond
and I feel free
I’m heading west
for five hundred miles
I’m as happy as a bug
and as guilty as a prey
I’m as quiet as a sin
and quick as a fly
My eyes are meek and my head slides right
as Laetitia leans on me
touching these horrible hands of mine.

Sunset Blvd - The most Beautiful Girl

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6TW8q2nqY

SUNSET BLVD - Train Comin' - The Most Beautiful Girl (2008)

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8LpGDqQbR0

sunset blvd 11 05 2008 BSB party 5yearsklik records

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Στα τέλη των 80ς o Γιώργος Δουδός μυείται στην roots reggae και το dub, στην dance, αλλά και την αμερικανική jazz. Λίγο αργότερα στο trip hop και την chill cinematica. To 1995 δημιουργεί το project Delay Exhibition. Το 1998 ηχογραφεί με τον Michael Blake των Αμερικανών Alphabet Soup, τον Spikey Tee (MC των Morcheeba και Bomb the Bass) και το 2000 με έναν από τους κορυφαίους dub παραγωγούς, τον The Rootsman. To 2000 κυκλοφορεί το "Little", με την συμμετοχή του J- Walk απ΄την Grandcentral Records. Το EP γνωρίζει σημαντική ραδιοφωνική επιτυχία και το "Little" κερδίζει μια θέση στο tracklisting πολλών compilations. Η νέα δεκαετία θα ξεκινήσει με μια σειρά από remixes και παραγωγές και συνολικά με πάνω από 17 συμμετοχές σε compilations και ηχογραφήσεις, για τις μεγαλύτερες Ελληνικές εταιρείες. Τον Ιούνιο του 2005 κυκλοφορεί το πρώτο του άλμπουμ "Versions of Truth" με το οποίο ουσιαστικά οριοθετεί το μουσικό πεδίο των Delay Exhibition, ενώ ταυτόχρονα αρχίζει ένα νέο, πιο jazzy και freestyle project. Τους Sunset Blvd. O Sunset Blvd έχει ήδη στο ενεργητικό του δύο album γοα λογαριασμό της
Klik Records με πωλήσεις που ξεπέρασαν παγκοσμίως τις 13200 αντίτυπα.