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Atmosphere - Always coming back home to you

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Atmosphere - Always coming back home to you

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As a scholar of narratives and storytelling I appreciate the twists and turns, the unexpectedness, and how the personal history becomes fused with the city streets.

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Atmosphere - Always Coming Back Home to You

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(the city of fury)
Artist: Gustavo Cerati
Describing Buenos Aires:

"Me verás caer
Como una flecha salvaje
Me verás caer
Entre vuelos fugaces
Buenos Aires se ve
Tan susceptible
Ese destino de furia es
Lo que sus caras persiste"

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Andy Warhol died in 1987, Nico died in 1988, but somehow Lou Reed pulled himself out of the creative doldrums. Long after the fearlessly transgressive art of the 60s with the Velvet Underground, no longer the rock’n’roll animal of the 70s, railing against socio-political poison, he rediscovered his punk mojo and delivered, in the first week of 1989, his most acclaimed album in many years, “New York”.

Its “fierce poetic journalism” (Rolling Stone) now called out, instead of wallowing in, urban squalor. Here he chronicles the decaying ideals of his beloved city as it sinks and burns like the fall of Rome.

Tracks like “Romeo Had Juliette”, “Dirty Boulevard” or “There is No Time” are like an angry love letter, open-hearted outpouring of empathy, despair, resignation, fury and outrage that fully utilised Reed’s intimidating powers of poetic communication to tackle racism, child abuse, aids, environmental issues, urban decay and more.

[this text borrows freely from https://www.loudersound.com/features/new-york-remembering-lou-reeds-creative-rebirth]

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Lou Reed - Dirty Boulevard Live (Night Music with David Sanborn, 1989)

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Song: Ezoteryczny Poznań
Album: Złodzieje zapalniczek

This song is about Polish city Poznań where the writer of this song Grabaż was born. He unfolds the special relationship you can have with a place that you know like a back of your hand, in both good and bad.

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Song: Ilmarinkatu
Album: Ilmarinkatu

“Ilmarinkatu” is a song by Kaupungin valot about a street of the same name in the district of Kaleva in Tampere, Finland. It criticizes the apparent individuality of the seemingly different people living on the street claiming that in today’s Finnish society everyone is the same, a protagonist of the same story and mind only their own business, behind their yellow lit windows that are just the same as the ones of their neighbour.

Ilmarinkatu, se on tavallinen katu
siel on asukkaina kaikenlaisii suomalaisii
ei ne paljo hymyile kun kävelee vastaan
keltanen valo vaan ikkunast paistaa
tässä pimeessä maassa ovet on haassa
tukittuna, lukittuna
ikkunasta seurataan elämää, onnea etsitään
ensimmäinen löytää ja kerkee sen piilottaa

tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman tarinan hahmoina - saman tarinan vankeina
tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman narun jatkeena
Ilmarinkadulla

myyntimies kauppas onnee paril eurolla
silti päivä vaihtuu aina yhtä harmaana
ne on ne tummat pilvet jotka taivaan peittää
ja ikuiset varjot pihan yli heittää
Ilmarinkatu, se on tavallinen katu
siel on asukkaina kaikenlaisii suomalaisii
kävellään kovaa mut puhutaan hiljaa
verhojen välist joku kadulle tiiraa

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Ilmarinkatu, se on tavallinen katu
siel on asukkaina kaikenlaisii suomalaisii
ei ne paljo hymyile kun kävelee vastaan
keltanen valo vaan ikkunast paistaa
tässä pimeessä maassa ovet on haassa
tukittuna, lukittuna
ikkunasta seurataan elämää, onnea etsitään
ensimmäinen löytää ja kerkee sen piilottaa

tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman tarinan hahmoina - saman tarinan vankeina
tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman narun jatkeena
Ilmarinkadulla

myyntimies kauppas onnee paril eurolla
silti päivä vaihtuu aina yhtä harmaana
ne on ne tummat pilvet jotka taivaan peittää
ja ikuiset varjot pihan yli heittää
Ilmarinkatu, se on tavallinen katu
siel on asukkaina kaikenlaisii suomalaisii
kävellään kovaa mut puhutaan hiljaa
verhojen välist joku kadulle tiiraa

tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman tarinan hahmoina - saman tarinan vankeina
tiistai Ilmarinkadulla
kaikki saman narun jatkeena
Ilmarinkadulla

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Ilmarinkatu by Kaupungin Valot, released 31 May 2013 Ilmarinkatu, se on tavallinen katu siel on asukkaina kaikenlaisii suomalaisii ei ne paljo hymyile kun kävelee vastaan keltanen valo vaan ikkunast paistaa tässä pimeessä maassa ovet on haassa tukittuna, lukittuna ikkunasta seurataan elämää, onnea etsitään ensimmäinen löytää ja kerkee sen piilottaa tiistai

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Artist: Zade Dirani - featuring Karen Briggs and Charlie Bisharat

One night in Jordan Concert

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Amman - Zade Dirani - One Night In Jordan | Roya

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Artist: Pulp

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Artist: Plutonium 74
Album:

The song is in Finnish, but I can try to do a short recap of its themes: in contemporary Finnish music there is a big trend in writing songs about our capital, Helsinki. It seems that the city captures feelings and lifestyles of millennial, z and y generations so well, that certain locations and parts of town are used as expressions of feelings, values and emotions. I myself can relate to many of these places and things people do in the song in them. The chorus says in Finnish:

Kerran kunnia kuultiin Aleksis Kiven kadulla / Tahtiin samaan seottiin kuin ensimmäistä / Kertaa Dallapén puistikossa me kohdattiin

The street described in the segment is a well known "trashy" street in the most millenial/hipster part of Helsinki, Kallio (= rock in Finnish). In the beginning of the 1900's Kallio used to be a workers district and ever since it's been considered a bit trashy/dangerous/suspicious. Nowadays it's mainly full of hipsters, but it's a meeting point of two very different worlds. The verses mean something like: we once got into a fight in Aleksis Kivi's street / And we raved like the first time / when we met in Dallapé park.

In a way the song is a lot about raving and running around the city doing crazy hip young people stuff, enjoying life and still bringing a really absurd level to all of it. It's in a way a generation experience by citizens of Helsinki who are 30ish. It's funny how hard it is to explain it like this, I myself know every connotation and implication in those phrases as I'm from Helsinki. This is also one of my favourite songs!

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Artist: Peter Fox
Album: Stadtaffe (Citymonkey)

The main theme of the song is the bad, cold and hopeless side of city life. Lines like "Climb over schnapps corpses that rot on my way" or "Stomp through the vomit at Kotti" convey a picture of ugliness and death. "The red soup is dripping on the asphalt, I feel sick, I'll close my jacket because it's cold" describes how anonymous and emotionally cold the situation in the city is. "Everyone has a dog, but not one to talk to". But Peter Fox also throws in ironic remarks: "Stinks of booze, I'm broken - it's a nice life". So despite everything, he doesn't want to miss life in Berlin. Precisely because you can't hear any positive comments except for "it's a beautiful life" throughout the song, there is a relatively unexpected turn at the end: "You don't even look nice from afar, but the sun is just rising. And I know whether I want it or not that I need you to breathe ". Last but not least, Fox sticks to his love for Berlin, because as soon as new day begins, everything in the city looks completely different.

"Black to Blue"

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Peter Fox - Schwarz zu Blau (offizielles Video)

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Artista: Café Tacuba
Albúm: Avalancha de éxitos

Almost forgot about this song. FYI: Inhabitants of Mexico City are referred to as Chilangos and the lyrics are words particular to this city's urban society.

Pachucos, cholos y chundos, chichinflas y malafachas, acá los chompiras rifan y bailan tibiritábara

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Café Tacvba - Chilanga Banda (Video Oficial)

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Para la Habana que te mira
Para la Habana que esta al lado...

Hay una Habana que me encanta, una Habana mía.
Hay una Habana de pasión y melancolía.
Calor, tabaco, ron y poesía.
Y una sonrisa a cada rato con su picardía.

Hay una Habana que te asfixia con la bobería.
Hay una Habana de fe y de sabiduría.
Hay una Habana que está lista, otra que no se fía.
Así que ten cuidado'.

Recuerdo de un barrio bueno, donde se crece apurado'.
Bicicleta, caramelo, fiesta en la casa de al lao'.
Vendedores inventando y mirada de mujer.
Siempre te voy a querer Habana que está esperando.

Como si nada, como si nada.
Porque yo me siento bien caminado por la Habana.

Para la Habana que te cuida.
Para la Habana que te está esperando.

Porque yo me siento bien caminado, caminando.

Hay…

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Version ZAZ

Sous le ciel de Paris
S'envole une chanson
Hum hum
Elle est née d'aujourd'hui
Dans le cœur d'un garçon
Sous le ciel de Paris
Marchent des amoureux
Hum hum
Leur bonheur se construit
Sur un air fait pour eux

Sous le pont de Bercy
Un philosophe assis
Deux musiciens, quelques badauds
Puis les gens par milliers
Sous le ciel de Paris
Jusqu'au soir vont chanter
Hum hum
L'hymne d'un peuple épris
De sa vieille cité

Près de Notre Dame
Parfois couve un drame
Oui mais à Paname
Tout peut s'arranger
Quelques rayons
Du ciel d'été
L'accordéon
D'un marinier
L'espoir fleurit
Au ciel de Paris

Sous le ciel de Paris
Coule un fleuve joyeux
Hum hum
Il endort dans la nuit
Les clochards et les gueux
Sous le ciel de Paris
Les oiseaux du Bon Dieu
Hum hum
Viennent du monde entier
Pour bavarder entre eux

Et…

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ZAZ - Sous le ciel de Paris (Clip officiel)

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 Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso)

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 Eu Vim da Bahia (Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso)

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Eu vim, eu vim da Bahia cantar
Eu vim da Bahia contar
Tanta coisa bonita que tem
Da Bahia, que é meu lugar
Tem meu chão, tem meu céu, tem meu mar
A Bahia que vive pra dizer
Como é que faz pra viver
Onde a gente não tem pra comer
Mas de fome não morre
Porque na Bahia tem mãe Iemanjá
De outro lado o Senhor do Bonfim
Que ajuda o baiano a viver
Pra sambar, pra cantar pra valer
Pra morrer de alegria
Na festa de rua, no samba de roda
Na noite de lua, no canto do mar
Eu vim da Bahia
Mas eu volto pra lá
Eu vim da Bahia
Mais algum dia eu volto pra lá
Eu vim, eu vim da Bahia cantar
Eu vim da Bahia contar
Tanta coisa bonita que tem
Na Bahia, que é meu lugar
Tem meu chão, tem meu céu, tem meu mar
A Bahia que vive pra dizer
Como é que faz pra viver
Onde a gente não tem pra comer
Mas de fome não morre
Porque na Bahia tem mãe Iemanjá
De outro lado o Senhor do Bonfim
Que ajuda o baiano a viver
Pra sambar, pra cantar pra valer
Pra morrer de alegria
Na festa de rua, no samba de roda
Na noite de lua, no canto do mar
Eu vim da Bahia
Mas eu volto pra lá
Eu vim da Bahia
Mas algum dia eu volto pra lá
Eu vim da Bahia
Mas eu volto pra lá
Eu vim da Bahia
Mas algum dia eu volto
Eu volto iê
Porque o samba nasceu lá na Bahia
E se hoje ele é branco na poesia
Ele é negro demais, ele é negro demais no coração

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Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil - Eu Vim da Bahia (Vídeo Ao Vivo)

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Artist: Boney M
Album: Nightflight to Venus

Rivers of Babylon es una canción compuesta por Brent Dowe y Trevor McNaughton en 1970 y popularizada por la versión de 1978 de Boney M.

Más que describir una ciudad como etnógrafo urbano (jejeje), esta canción habla de una historia (que ocurrió en una ciudad), que se basa en el salmo 137 y 19 de la biblia; y expresa el lamento del pueblo judío exiliado en Babilonia (hoy Irak).

En aquel entonces el ejército babilónico tomó y destruyó Zión (fortaleza jebusea situada en Jerusalén, mencionada en la biblia como "la madre de todos los pueblos"), y obligó a sus ciudadanos a vivir un exilio en Babilonia que duraría 50 años.

En varias ocasiones la canción ha sido vetada debido a la polémica que puede causar en torno "al anhelo del pueblo judío de volver a Jerusalén", sin embargo, también ha sido motivo de empoderamiento para otras personas; el tema ha sido retomado por muchos artistas, una de mis versiones favoritas es la de Rocky Dawuni, Mermans Mosengo y Jason Tamba, de la fundación Playing for Change, https://playingforchange.org , filmada en el desierto de Joshua Tree, con la intención de mandar un mensaje de esperanza.

"Now how shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?"

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Artist: Calle 13 & Rubén Blades
Album: Los de atrás vienen conmigo

La Perla is a settlement in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Allá abajo en el hueco en el boquete

Nacen flores por ramillete

Casitas de colores con la ventana abierta

Vecinas de la playa puerta con puerta

Que yo tengo de todo, no me falta nada

Tengo la noche que me sirve de sabana

Tengo los mejores paisajes del cielo

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Calle 13 - La Perla (Short Version) ft. Rubén Blades, La Chilinga

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"A live session with an artist or a band, invited to play on the street, in a bar, a garden, an apartment with the unexpected, doubts and extraordinary."

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take away shows | La Blogothèque - We Love Filming Music.

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take away shows | La Blogothèque - We Love Filming Music.

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A live session with an artist or a band, invited to play on the street, in a bar, a garden, an apartment with the unexpected, doubts and extraordinary.

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Artist: Carla Morrison & Natalia Lafourcade
Album: Mientras tú dormías

Also part of La Blogotheque series A Take Away Show, this video was filmed in Mexico. The two artists perform alongside Leopoldo Casasola, a bull fighter who practices while the two artists sing and play their guitars.

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Carla Morrison + Natalia Lafourcade | La Blogothèque - We Love Filming Music.

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En bonus, la toute première vidéo qu'on a filmée à Mexico : un duo charmant, une association de voix magnifiques... et un toréador, Leopoldo Casasola, renommé apparemment, ravi de faire la guest-star avec ces talentueuses demoiselles... On le comprend !

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Carla Morrison + Natalia Lafourcade | La Blogothèque - We Love Filming Music.

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En bonus, la toute première vidéo qu'on a filmée à Mexico : un duo charmant, une association de voix magnifiques... et un toréador, Leopoldo Casasola, renommé apparemment, ravi de faire la guest-star avec ces talentueuses demoiselles... On le comprend !

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Artist: Lianne La Havas
Album: Is Your Love Big Enough?

Although the song has little to do with cities, I wanted to post something from Take Away Show, a series produced by La Blogotheque. In their videos, we are able to enjoy the artist's urban experience while performing. In this video, La Havas is filmed while performing in the streets of Paris in 2011.

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Lianne La Havas | No Room For Doubt | A Take Away Show

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Artist: PJ Harvey & Thom Yorke
Album: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea.

A love story in New York.

Can you hear them?
The helicopters
I'm in New York
No need for words now
We sit in silence

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Artist: PJ Harvey
Album: Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Inspired by Harvey's time living in New York.

Threw my bad fortune
Off the top of
A tall building
I'd rather have done it with you
...
In Chinatown
Hung over
You showed me
Just what I could do

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I start with several music videos/songs by PJ Harvey. I admire her work, love her music and find that her songs take us to different places in different forms, never in the same way, even if in the same album. In her album, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (released Oct. 2000), she takes us through the night life of New York city and the city's diverse neighbourhoods. Almost like poems dedicated to the city. Read a review here.

In 2015, in collaboration with photographer Seamus Murphy, she published The Hollow of the Hand, a book of PJ Harvey's poetry and Murphy's photographs of their trip to Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington DC. As put by Kate Kellaway from The Guardian, her "poems are scene-setting souvenirs". Her travels also inspired the album, The Hope Six Demolition Project (2015), which was recorded live, "the public were invited to stand behind a one-way glass and watch Harvey and her band making the album in a specially constructed studio in London's Somerset House".

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Artist: PJ Harvey
Album: The Hope Six Demolition Project

Inspired by Harvey's travels through Afghanistan. Read more about this song here.

The packs of sandy-coloured dogs
Walked streets that looked like building sites
But piles of rocks and dust and smog
Could not block out a different light

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Artist: PJ Harvey
Album: The Hope Six Demolition Project

Inspired on Harvey's visit to a neighbourhood in Washington DC. Read more about this song here.

They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here
They're gonna put a Walmart here

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PJ Harvey The Community Of Hope Andrew Marr

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PJ Harvey - The Hope Six Demolition Project New Album Out Now Directed by Seamus Murphy Produced by James Wilson Edited by Sebastian Gollek Production company: JW Films Out now on iTunes (http://po.st/THSDP3) Out now on Amazon (http://po.st/AMZ04) http://www.pjharvey.net http://po.st/PJHarveyFB http://po.st/PJHarveyTW http://vevo.ly/Ws5qyp

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Artist: PJ Harvey
Album: The Hope Six Demolition Project

Inspired on Harvey's visit to Kosovo. Read more about the song and album here.