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iirc Discover Weekly is largely influenced by what tracks other users have been adding to playlists, and this may explain the two songs about rain in this week's playlist - autumn is here
still felt eerie when "Chimacum Rain" (which I swear I've listened to on my Spotify account before, but nevermind) came on this Monday morning as I was looking out into the rain (followed by a nice cover of Link Wray's "Fallin' Rain")
weirdest track on the list was probably "Yip Roc Heresy" by Slim Gaillard and his Orchestra but the one I want to share with y'all is the synth pop gem "Pourquoi Tu Me Fous Plus des Coups?" by An Luu:
https://open.spotify.com/track/5qslwtsb10gXzmA6p1APKZ?si=env8ZsvETkSsOZYUqOXNsg
it's obviously a beautiful song, but my limited grasp of French led me to believe that there was something troubling about the lyrics, and upon closer inspection they seem to trade in metaphors of domestic abuse, but I can't really decode it and I don't know the context
through Google I came across this essay which mentions a similar encounter with the song https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/11/27/565968260/within-the-context-of-all-contexts-the-rewiring-of-our-relationship-to-music
to discuss the concept of obscurity in the age of streaming and algorithmic discovery I've started a new thread: obscurity in the age of streaming
― niels, Tuesday, 16 October 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
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