My mission as of two days ago is to clear out some of my Not Yet Listened To pile of CDs. I’m sure a lot of you have those, whether it’s actual CDs or mp3s you’ve downloaded. There’s just too much fantastic music to be heard and not nearly enough time to listen to it all. So I gathered up all the albums that have been wasting away on my shelf and put them all in one place. I reckon there must be at least a few hidden gems in there, so that’s where I’ve been picking my music from, rather than just automatically grabbing the tried and true.
Today I finally listened to Devendra Banhart’s Cripple Crow. I also have Nino Rojo and I like it well enough, but I think Devendra Banhart is someone you really have to be in the right mood for, so I don’t listen to it very often. I downloaded Cripple Crow from emusic so long ago that I can’t even remember doing it, and just stuck in the pile, never seeming to be in the right mood for ‘ole Devendra and his lovely freakiness. But today was the day and it’s a great album; it’s pretty and weird and funky all at the same time. I have this soft spot for Devendra, he’s so tiny and adorable. But today was the first time I really listened and I think I found the first gem in my pile.
“Chinese Children” had me laughing out loud to myself - is it a politically correct song or completely politically incorrect? Is he singing about how Chinese children would be lovely anywhere and everywhere, or is it a song about how you just can’t get away from those damn Chinese children? I’m kidding, of course. Devendra Banhart makes these crazy songs very sweet somehow; he’s got a childish innocence that makes even the silliest thing charming.
Devendra Banhart - Chinese Children
(This song is dedicated to my good friend Tam, stuck in the rain in Spain. She knows why.)
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