Collection - Mom & Dad

Because today is the Parent's Day I gathered some songs about the lovely parents. 
Luv ya mom and dad :)

Ladies first! So let's begin with the songs about dear mom:

 Mama of the German artist called F-Raz (in the real life: Fahrang Raz..)

From Germany to Cuba - Madre by Orishas

 Then we will see how is it in Italian: 

Mamma  by singer/actress Milva

Mamo in Russian with the freaky video on the background where the singer 

Anastasia Prihodko gets old during the performance

Then the Finnish group called Värttinä sings about Maamo 

And I think I don't have to present you 

the Spanish Enrique Iglesias  

but today his singing about Mamacita 

Then to my very favorite: French Algerian band Les Boukakes singing Mama 

The one track by Spanish Haze (for real Sergio López Sanz) from Sevilla yay! 
Madre Amadisima - this isn't so rap as I'm used to hear from him. 

 Then we go a bit to the sideways for now it's about mother earth, but that's the same - mom is mom.
Mama Tierra by Macaco a Spanish band from Barcelona

Then we stay on the same subject
and let the German dancehall group Culcha Candela sing about Mother Eart

Salsa version of Madre interpreted by Colombian singer Yuri Buenaventura from guess where?
Yep, from Buenaventura.

Then my beloved Christophe Maé singing in French Maman
Check his other beautiful songs in my blog by cliking the name :)

Si maman si by France Gall also from France and with the clothes of 70's...

Because before mothers are moms they are always daughters first so lets take both.
Mothers and daughters interpreted by Belgian band Vaya Con Dios

And ladies and gentlemen! Daddies turn!

Tego Calderon from Puerto Rico sings to his dad: A mi papa 

Then a cheerful song about the dad who's head is not updated, his a bit untrendy. 

Papa t'es plus dans l'coup from the movie 8 femmes

Then Daddy gives a piece of advice: Mon pere m'a dit by mostly French Zebda
Sorry for the quality of the sound, find more about Zebda in my blog by clicking the name :)

The without fathers wouldn't be sons and vice versa so: 

 Like Father like son from the musical Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida

And in the end English blues and rock singer Joe Cocker
and his deep voice present My father's son

Post more links or songs if you know! :)

Jane Birkin feat. Mickey3d

Jane Birkin is a British actress and  singer though she sings most of her songs in French. Her became famous in late 60's when she played in a startling movie called Blowup. She met Serge Gainsbourg in tha shooting of her next movie Cannabis and fell in love. Then the musical part came along and they released a song "Je t'aime... moi non plus" ("I love you... not anymore"). The song was openly very sexual - terrible scandal and it was prohibited inter alia in Sweden, Spain and Italy and it became a succee. The on-off relationship of Birkin and Gainsbourg was well followed and totally break up came not until he deceased. Birkins other songs never reached the same level that the first hit and he lived very quiet life until in  2004 she made a comeback with a duo album Rendez-vous ("Rendezvous"). Every song is duet with an other celebrity and though the album has been harshly criticized I myself regard it one of her best albums.

Birkin has been part of les Enfoirés a massive group of francophonic artists and musicians.

Check also: La Gadoue ("Slush"), The simple story with Feist, Je m'appelle Jane (live),

One of Rendez-vous albums featuring artist was the vocalist Michaël Furnon (in the middle) of the French rock group Mikey3d.  He is known as Mickey and the following song that he has made plays with their names Jane and Mickey: "My name is Jane.. Your name is not Tarzan, Your name is Mickey... My name is not Minnie".

Check also:Ca m'étonne pas ("That doesn't surprise me"), Méfie toi l'escargot ("Be suspicious snail"), Matador, Ma grand-mère ("My grandma").

JE M'APPELLE JANE

Dis Birkin, c'est quoi ce vieil accent que tu traînes et qui te rend l'air antipathique ?
C'est l'accent britannique.
Dis Birkin, pourquoi tu vas marcher dans la gadoue alors que ça salit tes bottes ?
C'est que je suis gamine.
Dis Birkin, pourquoi tu sea tu sex et puis tu sun dès que le mois d'août se radine ?
C'est que je suis caline.
Dis Birkin, c'est quoi ce vieux jean sale que tu trimballes depuis 1969 ?
C'est que je suis radine.

Je m'appelle Jane et je t'emmerde.
Toi tu ne t'appelles pas Tarzan.
Tu t'appelles Mickey, je t'emmerde.
Moi je ne m'appelle pas Minnie.

Dis Birkin, pourquoi t'as pas grossi en vieillissant t'es toujours aussi belle qu'avant ?
C'est que je suis maline.
Dis Birkin, pourquoi tu te mets toujours à pleurer dès que quelqu'un est en danger ?
C'est que je suis sensible.
Dis Birkin, pourquoi tu ne t'énerves jamais on dirait que tu fuis la colère ?
C'est que je suis fragile.
Dis Birkin, c'est quoi ces yeux qui regardent dans le vide on dirait que t'es dans la lune ?
C'est parce que je m'ennuie.

*Je m'appelle Jane...*

MY NAME IS JANE

Say Birkin, what is that old accent that hangs with you and makes you look antipathic?

It's a British accent.

Say Birkin, why do you march in the slush thouh it makes your boots dirty?

Because I'm a girl.

Say Birkin, why do you sea you sex and then you sun as soon as the month of august comes?

Because, I'm in need of cuddle.

*My name is Jane and I bore you

Your name is not Tarzan

Your name is Mickey, I bore you

My name is not Minnie*

Say Birkin, why haven't you gained weight when you've got older, you're as beautiful as alway?

Because I'm sly.

Say Birkin, why do you stat to cry when someone is in danger?

That's because I'm sensible.

Say, Birkin, why don't you never get nervous, they say that you escape from anger?

That's because I'm fragile.

Say Birkin, what are those eyes that look into emptyness why they say that you are in the moon?

That's because I'm bored.

*My name is Jane... *

Susheela Raman

Susheela Raman is a Tamil - English - Indian singer, songwriter and composer. In her music you can hear the mixture of jazz, ambient, folk, trance, blues, carnatic and a hypnotic sound that captures you. while you're listening. She has released four albums, the latest in 2007.

Grewing up she learned Indian classical music and later blues-like voice techniques. She has been teached by Shruti Sadolikar "one of the greatest living Hindustani vocalists"* and she has collaborated with many musically gifted musicians all over the world.


Check also: Maya, Bolo bolo, Love Trap Live, Mahima, Mamavatu, Voodoo Child, MySpace, Ennapane Live, Listen to tracks of Susheela Raman, Awards for World Music, Raman tells.


Here is what she has wrote of the song Woman that I have selected for today:

Woman is a song about someone in a destructive relationship who is looking for the way out. As Susheela urges her on, the song transforms into a mesmeric chant invoking the Goddess Kali, a kind of archetype of feminine power. Susheela’s family has long tradition of Kali devotion and the intensity that comes through shows it. The song also describes situations she can relate to in her own family history. Indian woman have often had to endure a lot…family and social structures are very patriarchal and women are expected sometimes to sacrifice their own happiness on the altar of family honor. Woman features the amazing Egyptian percussion virtuoso Hosam Ramzi (who has played with many artists including Peter Gabriel and Page and Plant).

Woman

Woman, where’s your dignity?
How can you lie there while the lover destroys you?
He doesn’t know your worth
But you bear his burden and make it yours
Why do you cry?

Woman, don’t be tortured by a madman
You’ve got to get out
The prison door is open

Woman
Oh, woman why do you rest here?
Is your love an ignorant sacrifice?
Roles you learned to play
Conspire against you and hold you down
Why don’t you fight

Woman, don't be tortured by a madman
You've got to get out
The prison door is open

Um Krim Kali e Nama