By Kohl Glass
"Libera" Me From Hell comes from the final moments of the climax of the Gainax anime series Gurren Lagann. (What? Kohl's sharing a song from anime? Yeah.) If you know anything about Gainax, you'll know that music is a huge part of their shows and their music is, for the most part, FANTASTIC.
The opera can get a little grating, and the rap a little ridiculous BUT keep listening, all the way to the end. What I love about "Libera" Me From Hell is the juxtaposition of Operatic Latin and ESL Rap, that together, rockets to epic heights.
If you have time listen to it twice. It's a song that grows on you.
"Libera" Me From Hell by Iwasaki Tarou
Lyrics:
[Requiem aeternam. Dona eis, Domine]
Do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!
touch the untoucheable
break the unbreakable
raw! raw!
fight the power!
Power to the peeps, power for the dream
still missing piece scattering, so incomplete
we be the most incredible soldier from underground
see how easy, they all fall down
digging to the core to see the light
Let’s get out of here babe, that’s the way to survive, ya
top of the head, I’m on the set
do the impossible, don’t you wanna bet?
cuz, a lot of things changed, we be waiting in vain
if you wanna get by, no pain no gain
wow! fakers wanna test me again
sorry, my rhyme’s gonna snatch your brain, yo
I’m still starving for the straight up shit
we gonna make it happen with the crazy rap skill
get ready to rumble, now is the time, uh huh
if you ain’t know, now you know
good luck fellows!
[Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna,
in die illa tremenda. in die illa
Quando coeli movendi sunt terra,
Dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo,
dum discussio venerit atque ventura ira.]
2nd verse dedicates to the real peeps
what we got to say is so real thing
cuz, revolution ain’t never gonna televise
kicking the mad flow, microphone phenotype
open your third eye, seeing through the overground
I’m about to hit you with the scream from the underground
whole city is covered with the cyber flavor
“G” is in your area, one of the toughtest enigma
[Dies illa, dies irae,
calamitatis et miseriae]
[dies illa dies magna]
Do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!
touch the untoucheable
break the unbreakable
raw! raw!
fight the power!
[et amara valde. et amara valde]
what you gonna do is what you wanna do
just break the rule, then you see the truth
this is the theme of “G” coming through baby!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
FIGHT THE POWER!!!
[Requiem aeternam, dona eis Domine]
Do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!
touch the untoucheable
break the unbreakable
raw! raw!
fight the power!
what you gonna do is what you wanna do
just break the rule, then you see the truth
this is the theme of “G” coming through baby!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
[Requiem aeternam, dona eis Requiem]
Do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!
touch the untoucheable
break the unbreakable
raw! raw!
fight the power!
what you gonna do is what you wanna do
just break the rule, then you see the truth
this is the theme of “G” coming through baby!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
[et lux perpetua luceat eis]
what you gonna do is what you wanna do
just break the rule, then you see the truth
this is the theme of “G” coming through baby!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
[Libera me, Domine]
Do the impossible
see the invisible
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
[Libera me, Domine]
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
raw! raw!
fight the power!
Note:
Libera me is a part of the Requiem Mass of the Roman Catholic Church, as such it is in Latin.
here’s the lyric for “Libera me” part :
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda;
quando coeli movendi sunt et terra:
dum veneris judicare saeclum per ignem.
Tremens factus sum ego et timeo, dum discussio venerit atque ventura irae, quando coeli movendi sunt et terra.
Dies irae, dies illa calamitatis et miseriae; dies magna et amara valde.
Requiem aeternam, dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda.
Libera me, Domine, quando coeli movendi sunt et terra;
dum veneris judicare saeclum per ignem.
Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna in die illa tremenda.
Libera me.
and the translation :
Deliver me, O Lord, from eternal death on that awful day,
when the heavens and the earth shall be moved:
when you will come to judge the world by fire.
I tremble, and I fear the judgment and the wrath to come, when the heavens and the earth shall be moved.
The day of wrath, that day of calamity and misery; a great and bitter day, indeed.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord, and may perpetual light shine upon them.
Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death on that awful day.
Deliver me, O Lord, when the heavens and the earth shall be moved;
when you will come to judge the world by fire.
Deliver me, Lord, from eternal death on that awful day.
Deliver me.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Song Share: Kings and Queens
By Kohl Glass
I heard this song on the radio going into work today and . . .
A song with a chorus of effusive yelling, ever escalating along a U2 like guitar, topped by a crowd singing . . . just seems to be where it's at for me.
Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars
Lyrics:
Into the night
Desperate and broken
The sound of a fight
Father has spoken
We were the kings and queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Into your eyes
Hopeless and taken
We stole our new lives
Through blood and name
In defense of our dreams
In defense of our dreams
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
The age of man is over
A darkness comes at dawn
These lessons that we learned here
Have only just begun
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
I heard this song on the radio going into work today and . . .
A song with a chorus of effusive yelling, ever escalating along a U2 like guitar, topped by a crowd singing . . . just seems to be where it's at for me.
Kings and Queens by 30 Seconds to Mars
Lyrics:
Into the night
Desperate and broken
The sound of a fight
Father has spoken
We were the kings and queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
Into your eyes
Hopeless and taken
We stole our new lives
Through blood and name
In defense of our dreams
In defense of our dreams
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
Heaven and Hell
The age of man is over
A darkness comes at dawn
These lessons that we learned here
Have only just begun
We were the Kings and Queens of promise
We were the victims of ourselves
Maybe the Children of a Lesser God
Between Heaven and Hell
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
We are the Kings
We are the Queens
Monday, August 24, 2009
Song Share: Sweep the Leg
By Kohl Glass
I dig novelty songs, especially ones that take unique perspectives of characters from pop-culture . . . so, I loved Sweep the Leg by No More Kings instantly. But it's not just the content, I really dig the song too.
From Youtube: For fans of great music and "The Karate Kid". The "Sweep the Leg" music video is for the first single by a new band No More Kings. The video features the cast of the original "Karate Kid" including Johnny (the bad guy), Daniel-son (the good guy), Sensei Kreese (the evil sensei), the original Cobra Kai (the cronies), and another special guest.
An interesting side note, the video for Sweep the Leg was written and directed by William Zabka, who played Johnny in The Karate Kid. Notice all the other references to "the 80's" in the video as well.
I often find myself wondering what the lives of 80's antagonists would be like now, decades after their defeat. Sweep the Leg kind of answers that question.
Sweep the Leg by No More Kings
Lyrics:
"Ichi, Ni, San, Shi
Ichi, Ni, San, Shi"
I didn't see it comin’
creepin’ up from behind
I was almost swallowed whole
by the thrill of the fight
it wasn't for the money
and it wasn't just for fun
I wanted to make a mark
I just wanted to be some one
I heard the devil whisper in my ear (uh huh)
he made his message clear when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oh good god now you gotta believe me
It never really mattered
I was always under control
Monkey hear, monkey think
there is no fear in this dojo
I was a super hero
king of 1985
I showed no mercy
I was always Cobra Kai
but I caught a crane kick to the face
(uh huh)
I guess he sealed my fate when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oh good god now you gotta believe me
good god you gotta believe me
good god, good god
oh, good god now you gotta believe me
oh good god now you gotta believe me
oh good god now you gotta believe me
I heard the devil whisper in my ear
He made his message clear when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oooohoooh
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
good god now you gotta believe me
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg
Sweep the leg (johnny, johnny)
good god you gotta believe, you got to believe me
I dig novelty songs, especially ones that take unique perspectives of characters from pop-culture . . . so, I loved Sweep the Leg by No More Kings instantly. But it's not just the content, I really dig the song too.
From Youtube: For fans of great music and "The Karate Kid". The "Sweep the Leg" music video is for the first single by a new band No More Kings. The video features the cast of the original "Karate Kid" including Johnny (the bad guy), Daniel-son (the good guy), Sensei Kreese (the evil sensei), the original Cobra Kai (the cronies), and another special guest.
An interesting side note, the video for Sweep the Leg was written and directed by William Zabka, who played Johnny in The Karate Kid. Notice all the other references to "the 80's" in the video as well.
I often find myself wondering what the lives of 80's antagonists would be like now, decades after their defeat. Sweep the Leg kind of answers that question.
Sweep the Leg by No More Kings
Lyrics:
"Ichi, Ni, San, Shi
Ichi, Ni, San, Shi"
I didn't see it comin’
creepin’ up from behind
I was almost swallowed whole
by the thrill of the fight
it wasn't for the money
and it wasn't just for fun
I wanted to make a mark
I just wanted to be some one
I heard the devil whisper in my ear (uh huh)
he made his message clear when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oh good god now you gotta believe me
It never really mattered
I was always under control
Monkey hear, monkey think
there is no fear in this dojo
I was a super hero
king of 1985
I showed no mercy
I was always Cobra Kai
but I caught a crane kick to the face
(uh huh)
I guess he sealed my fate when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oh good god now you gotta believe me
good god you gotta believe me
good god, good god
oh, good god now you gotta believe me
oh good god now you gotta believe me
oh good god now you gotta believe me
I heard the devil whisper in my ear
He made his message clear when he said:
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
oooohoooh
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg (johnny)
good god now you gotta believe me
Sweep the leg (johnny)
Sweep the leg
Sweep the leg (johnny, johnny)
good god you gotta believe, you got to believe me
Monday, May 18, 2009
Song Share: Tapha Niang
By Kohl Glass
In October 2008 Sony released this statement:
"During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused. We will confirm the new launch date shortly."
This is the aforementioned background music track: Tapha Niang by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra
The offending phrases are:
1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').
2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').
In October 2008 Sony released this statement:
"During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it has been brought to our attention that one of the background music tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two expressions that can be found in the Qur'an. We have taken immediate action to rectify this and we sincerely apologise for any offence that this may have caused. We will confirm the new launch date shortly."
This is the aforementioned background music track: Tapha Niang by Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra
The offending phrases are:
1- In the 18th second: "كل نفس ذائقة الموت" ("kollo nafsin tha'iqatol mawt", literally: 'Every soul shall have the taste of death').
2- Almost immediately after, in the 27th second: "كل من عليها فان" ("kollo man alaiha fan", literally: 'All that is on earth will perish').
Monday, February 2, 2009
Song Share: Paraan
By Kohl Glass
Once upon a time there was a guy named Matt Harding who had a deep love of travel and an odd little way of dancing. While in Vietnam one of Matt's travel companions suggested that they video Matt doing his little dance in front of a famous land mark. It was a success and Matt started recording his dance at all the landmarks he visited, then uploading the videos to the Internet. These videos grew in popularity and in 2008 Matt was sponsored by Stride Gum to dance in 42 countries over 14 months, with a cast of thousands . . . the end product being Where the Hell is Matt? (2008).
For the production Matt had Garry Schyman compose the song Paraan, which in my opinion totally makes the video. Dancing is harmony. Seeing Matt dance with people all over the globe to this beautiful slowly building exotic song stirs up joyous feelings of a literal brotherhood of Man . . . at least in me any way. I rushed out and purchased Paraan from iTunes shortly after seeing this video. I love this song so much. It lifts me every time I hear it. Keep dancing, Matt, keep dancing.
Paraan by Garry Schyman
Once upon a time there was a guy named Matt Harding who had a deep love of travel and an odd little way of dancing. While in Vietnam one of Matt's travel companions suggested that they video Matt doing his little dance in front of a famous land mark. It was a success and Matt started recording his dance at all the landmarks he visited, then uploading the videos to the Internet. These videos grew in popularity and in 2008 Matt was sponsored by Stride Gum to dance in 42 countries over 14 months, with a cast of thousands . . . the end product being Where the Hell is Matt? (2008).
For the production Matt had Garry Schyman compose the song Paraan, which in my opinion totally makes the video. Dancing is harmony. Seeing Matt dance with people all over the globe to this beautiful slowly building exotic song stirs up joyous feelings of a literal brotherhood of Man . . . at least in me any way. I rushed out and purchased Paraan from iTunes shortly after seeing this video. I love this song so much. It lifts me every time I hear it. Keep dancing, Matt, keep dancing.
Paraan by Garry Schyman
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