Copyright Criminals is a new documentary on the rise of sampling, specifically in hip-hop music, and the cultural and legal effects it has caused. From the Copyright Criminals Web site: Copyright Criminals examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money." In conjunction with the film’s development a contest was held at ccMixter challenging community members to sample select voice-overs from the film to create an original track. All of the tracks are available for free at ccMixter under a CC Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC BY-NC).. Full story: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/20204
¿Cuántas veces has sentido que si supieras "algo", ese "algo" podría cambiar tu vida radicalmente? ¿Qué te gustaría saber hacer y nunca has encontrado quién te lo explicase? ¿Cuántas cosas puedes enseñarle a tus amigos que les puede ayudar? ¿Conoces a alguien que sabe hacer algo "valioso", "curioso", "especial"?
Este documental, co-producido por ZEMOS98 Gestión Creativo Cultural e Intermedia Producciones, narra la experiencia vivida en el IES Antonio Domínguez Ortiz (situado en el barrio de las Tres Mil Viviendas de Sevilla) durante el desarrollo del taller de Banco Común de Conocimientos de Platoniq en el Festival Internacional ZEMOS98- 11 edición. Una mirada crítica y desafiante al interior del sistema educativo tradicional, una pregunta formulada en forma de respuesta: la educación puede suceder en cualquier momento, en cualquier lugar.
These 90’s grunge and alternative bands changed the rock music landscape forever. Many of us lived by their records and can remember how they impacted our lives. Too bad 99% of us still have no clue what the hell they were saying or talking about. It was a good thing that most of our CD’s then came with lyrics in the jacket. Yet even still, there was an occasional song that left us to question what we were reading. These are those songs with the videos to prove it.
10. The Cranberries- Zombie
I would blame this one on her accent but if Colin Farrel and Christian Bale can sound like New Yorkers in some of their movies, is it too much to ask for some emphasis on the v’s and i’s? Shirley Manson sang for Garbage about the same time as this and she was Scottish, yet we could actually tell what she was saying. On second thought, maybe not. I don’t remember, I was too busy looking up her skirt at every performance to see if the carpet matched the drapes.
9. Jane’s Addiction- Stop
At one point towards the end of the song the lyrics read,
“Hum… along with me… Hum along with the t.v. oh oh, oh, on no”
That is about all you can do in this song; hum. Of all the songs on this list, the lyrics are the most baffling. And of all the singers on this list, I would pick Perry Farrell to have written them.
8. Silverchair- Israel’s Son
This was the first song on their debut album. It sent two messages, expect to rock the fuck out and expect to do a lot of reading in the CD jacket. Even more baffling than the lyrics is how the lead singer manages to sound like that considering they recorded this when he was 15. If I tried to sing this when I was 15 it would sound like someone was beating Mickey Mouse with a pitchfork. Must be all the Vegemite.
7. Alice in Chains- Them Bones
Another song that many people think they know the lyrics to the second it comes on the radio, and then quickly turn up the volume and stare out the window so their friends don’t see them mumbling shit. I thought I knew the lyrics too. I might actually, but when I tried to watch the youtube video I got scared shitless when I thought I stumbled onto one of those fake vids with the screaming witches. So I’ll go by what I remember and assume it is inaudible until someone releases a Pokemon dub on youtube that I can watch.
6. Stone Temple Pilots- Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart
God, this is just a mess. Great song sure but 2 minutes in I am trying to still decode the first 10 seconds. Scott Weiland is singing this like he is all coked up and high. Actually, he probably is.
5. Rage Against the Machine- Freedom
Seems kind of pointless to be such an outspoken band with so politically enraged songs and lyrics, yet not make any of them audible. I thought the issue was Zack de la Rocha, but then they broke up and picked up Chris Cornell who normally you can understand to form Audioslave. They released their first song with Cornell sounding like he was drunk and Zack de la Rocha suddenly sang Bob Dylan better than Bob Dylan. Must be the band.
4. The Smashing Pumpkins- Cherub Rock
The chorus reads,
” Who wants honey As long as there’s some money Who wants that honey?”
That leads me to believe this song was one of those cuts where they were just demoing the music and he started blurting out shit. At some point the demo got mixed with the final cut and they said fuck it and threw it out there.
3. White Zombie- More Human than Human
I am not really sure if this song is hard to understand. Usually anytime I hear the sexual moans of a woman, everything else suddenly becomes a blur. But the music video cuts out the sex cries and I still don’t understand shit. Something about an astro creep, jigsaw man, and a whole lot of yeahs are all I can make out beside the chorus. Sounds like either the theme song to Saw VII or a really cool porn.
2. Pearl Jam- Even Flow
Sure you know the chorus, but if you can honestly say you had any clue what the hell he was saying before opening the CD jacket then you should be one of those Navajo windtalkers. I hear “Freezing with Lassie sitting on the devil made of concrete, again.” Which makes perfect sense to me if the song was titled Even Blow.
1. Nirvana- School
Kurt Cobain never was very articulate with his words. Most of the time it was for the best. You would think that when you write a song with only 15 words in it, you would clue us in on one of them. Not the case here. Even though I know the true lyrics to this song, I still find myself questioning the accuracy of those.
