Paolo Giovanni Nutini (born 9 January 1987) is a singer/songwriter from Paisley, Scotland. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany and his mother is Glaswegian, although his father’s family have been in Scotland for four generations[1]. His influences include David Bowie, Damien Rice, Oasis, the Beatles, U2, Van Morrison, Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac.
And life is good and the girls are gorgeous
Suddenly the air smells much greener now
And I’m wondering ’round
With a half pack of cigarettes
Searching for the change that I’ve lost somehow…
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This is one of my favorite videos and songs of all times. For some reason, it makes me cry….well, not really, but still, it’s a touching song, a masterpiece. It is supposed to be inspired by the novel The Famished Road. I’ve never read that book, but I guess I will have to now.
This is what Thom Yorke says about the song:
Street Spirit is our purest song, but I didn’t write it. It wrote itself. We were just its messengers; its biological catalysts. Its core is a complete mystery to me, and, you know, I wouldn’t ever try to write something that hopeless. All of our saddest songs have somewhere in them at least a glimmer of resolve. Street Spirit has no resolve. It is the dark tunnel without the light at the end. It represents all tragic emotion that is so hurtful that the sound of that melody is its only definition. We all have a way of dealing with that song. It’s called detachment. Especially me; I detach my emotional radar from that song, or I couldn’t play it. I’d crack. I’d break down on stage. That’s why its lyrics are just a bunch of mini-stories or visual images as opposed to a cohesive explanation of its meaning. I used images set to the music that I thought would convey the emotional entirety of the lyric and music working together. That’s what’s meant by ‘all these things are one to swallow whole’. I meant the emotional entirety, because I didn’t have it in me to articulate the emotion. I’d crack…
He’s cuban, a believer of the revolution. You may not like him, but for this time, put politics aside. He’s a great composer and guitar player. He sings his own songs, though he’s voice is kinda weird, but you’ll learn to like it.
This song is called “Quien Fuera”, and it’s one of the best songs of his. This version is kind of strange and very different to the original one. Hope you enjoy!
Stevie playing the guitar in MTV’s Unplugged, back in 1990. The person that uploaded this video to youtube said:
Stevie did this Unplugged show in 1990 for MTV. Joe Satriani did some songs before him and after him. SRV played 3 songs, Rude Mood, Pride and Joy and Testify. This is Stevie at his finest (and soberist), a few months before he died.
