MusiKid: The River

MusiKid: The River

Howdy guys! I was about to put up here some cover, but I decided to share with you one of the songs I wrote. I`m that kinda person who has to sing the way I feel and nothing else goes along. Just the way I want to and it`s the best way to control myself and then even let it out. And this is how I feel. Sit down, lean back, lay down or whatever you like and here it goes.
This one is called The River.



Here we go
F
My old friend
C
Here we go, come again
Dm
And I think
B
We`ll never
C
See again
F


Here we go
F
We lost our hands
C
And I don`t know
B
If I care
C
We`ll never be the same
B
again
F


Chorus
And we`re standing by the river
F
On the opposite sides
C
And we are looking in the mirror
B
Just how river flows by
C
We keep standing by same old river
F
But the opposite sides
C
And we wonder what this river
B
Brought and took from our lives
C
Yeah we wonder what this river
B
Brought and took
C
From our lives
F



I don`t know
How it went
Now you lost my name
I`ll never love again


We were so close
But I let you go
I was affarid, I hit the road
I`ll always be alone

(I put some guitar chords..it`s simple, you can give it a try)

Kid`s Kit: FREEDOM 14

Kid`s Kit: FREEDOM 14

Howdy everyone! How you been doin` lately? Well, I know your favourite Kid is back again with some fresh stuff to introduce you to. While we`ve been working on some pop/GM/Elton John and all stuff, I didn`t really get idea, what to put on blog. Then watching Freedom 90 again, I got a clue watching all those models. What I wanted to present, was image of these models, some 90s fashion all together put in this time. Well, sometimes the clothes do make the man.

Tatjana Patitz

Naomi Campbell

Cindy Crawford

Linda Evangelista

Christy Turlington

NOT ANOTHER FASHION BLOG!
(but including fashion)

Meeting up with GUYS OF DISGUISE

The guys of disguise

Hello everybody! Thanks for stopping by to check up on the Kid. As I`ve announced at the beggining of this month, we`re gonna make a little twist in our music machine and for a change, flow with the pop music. I managed to remember details from GM concert to serve them up here for you and to continue, I am about to meet some pop artists I respect and feel as very influent, with full of material to discover.

George Michael, who was declared as one of the greatest pop artists ever due to his vocal range and extremely sensuous way of presenting his music to public. That is why almost everybody loves him. I mean, come on, ask around, if they at least don`t love him, they sure know him. His lyrics tended do depict love purely. We have sweet romantic love as in I remember you, then we move on to some more sexually orientated lyrics, provocative as well as talkative (starting with the title of the song)  like I want your sex, Fast love and many different but from the same branch-love that ended up badly. But what needs to be reflected here is, these lyrics seem to provoke your empathy. If you happen to face a similar experience as George, you really get a clue what the man is talking about. The more you listen to it, the more you`re into it. When I first listened to Careless whisper I suppose I was around 8. We used to have this radio station, man I don`t even remember the name, anyway, they used to keep the saxophone intro (now I`m sure you got it in your memory somewhere  and you`re already whispering it to yourself right now.  And still convinced GM ain`t your type?) for the opening of their evening news or something. Well it kept playing in my head over and over again and suddenly I heard the whole piece on the radio. The result? Go figure! I was astonished. I`ve never heard such voice before. Due to my age, I was not especially into this way how to put the music to evoke people`s emotions and so on, but I was already aware he knew how to sing it so good, I kinda knew he`s been talking about (well not exactly, I figured it out some years later), but anyway, I was already a fan. Similar story but with different aspect is Sir Elton John, who is also very famous for his emotionally-filled songs. Your song would never turn out to be so famous if there won`t be love described in so simple way, one could only wonder, why didn`t he use the same words himself to tell how he loves somebody. Both of these artists took part especially for this reason on Freddie Mercury tribute concert 92.  

John, whose songs might be described as a bit more light as Michael`s (not comparing to the songs of Wham, but solo career), are also depicting emotions as they are, without any decorations. As heard in timeless heartbreaking classic Sacrifice (which I dare to compare with GM`s Careless whisper). The music gets into your ear, the melody is simple, but yet not too much so we shall not leave it to underestimation and the extra plus is his accompainment on the piano. What needs a special attention is The Lion King soundtrack and also the masterpiece dedicated to the princess Diana. I might declare myself as The Lion King (kinda) fan(atic) for having at home this cartoon in 3 different languages and I used to know it by heart (the songs and all) so I don`t know if music has something to do with it or not. Anyway, The Lion King won`t be the same without this important part.

Now at this point I would like to put under spotlight one important thing, which both of these artists have in common and it`s not only Don`t let the sun go down on me. I am not here to be the judge of their sexual orientation, but, what interest me, and I have spent some time on this, is the way they present it. I know the 90s were the years we could not declare them as strictly conventional, but also not so liberal one for one to be coming out so easy. It`s not like some people say, it`s easy if you`re an artist. You just come there and say whatever you want and people will like you anyway. Well I think the situation goes in slightly different way. If you happen to be a famous, a really big one, it`s even more difficult to present people who you really are when they thought of you differently from your beggings. It ain`t easy for somebody to play the role just to achieve the recognition and pay the huge price of being wrongly understood as somebody else. Especially when we talk about such intimate topics as sexual orientation. What I tended to notice is GM put special attention to his extremely macho performance back then. Even during his Wham years, both him and Ridgeley tried to act like normal straight guys, chasing after girls (what I have in mind is Tropicana club) and trying to be cool. Then he decided to present himself in kinda rock-macho look for Faith (leather jacket, guitar, ripped jeans and beard). Not macho enough? He added some supermodels,  good-looking girls, who were at the top of their career, in the Freedom 90 and Too funky. In Father figure and Careless whisper he still tried to give the impression of the great lover. Elton John tried it differently. He chose men and women actors to depict the story going on in the song, while he was only starring in some singing parts. And now imagine all those videos telling the truth. Would you still be a fan? Would you still like If you were my woman if you would hear if you were my man instead?

But they both did it. They came out under the public eye, with the great chaos, pomp or how you want me to call it. And they maintain their success. One of the really cool songs is Outside, having some funny details from his unfamous incident hooking up with the undercover cop. What got out of this was interesting song and a really cool video with dancing scene right in the public bathroom (where the scene happened). When he admitted his homosexual orientation he started to be really opened about very personal questions (also about Anselmo Feleppa and his other relationships with men, going on pride parades etc.). Elton John took another step by marrying David Furnish and adopting two kids. And yet, gay man who admitted he slept with so many man prostitutes he is lucky not to be having aids, remained a important persona in the music industry, due to his special outfits and remarkable glasses. So to conclude, the music remained. The fame is still here even though maybe some of the fans gave up on them. I ain`t surprised, you don`t have to sleep with the guy. If you like it, you listen to him, if not go find another one. No matter how the persona stays big, what really matters to me, might be something more than a video with love story of two people of different sex.

Kid`s Pit: WILL REMEMBER YOU

KID`S PIT: WILL REMEMBER YOU

 It`s been three years since the last Symphonica`s concert just before George Michael`s struggle with disease got him from stage for a long time.
First-account report from George Michael`s Symphonica 2011 Zagreb show.

Will remember you

Red velvet curtains. Shining black Armani suit. Dita waving from her champagne glass. Johnny Matis, Nina Simone, Rufus Wainwright, Elton John, Amy Winehouse… They were all there along with the 41 members of finely tuned symphonic orchestra. They were all there along with 12.000 people who came to the sold out treat of the man with the silky voice, unforgettable smile and with pair of sunglasses.

»Good evening, Zagreb! I `m here for the first time and I like it very much,« was only the grand opening of the show, which was overall very emotional. George Michael visited Arena Zagreb on 20th September 2011 to present another aspect of his music soul to his supporters and fans. In his over-two-hour show soon after the first tones the artist of Greek-Cypriot origin proved he is still using all of his well-shaped vocal range and his energy on stage. The performance looked and sounded mostly like a well prepaired theatre show where the main protagonist is showing the story of his life and is accompained by some of the finest musicians and backvocalists. 

Tears, energy and cabaret

George, who is very well known for sharing his feelings with fans, sang some of his greatest hits, among Cowboys and Angels, Kissing a fool, Understand and also Where I hope you are. The last one was dedicated to his long term partner Kenny Goss, with whom he separated recently. Michael stayed on the large stage in complete darkness and said it with such feeling as he said »This is for my mother« before singing You have been loved. One could feel he is standing next to him and like he is talking to you, telling his story and waiting for you to say how you feel about it. It appeared to be more like private club cabaret and especially not like huge sold out performance. Even the visuals appeared to be so, the stage was covered in red, white or blue tones, once in the background the moon and the stars were shining and in the next moment, there was a picture of Dita doing her champagne glass show. Just the way the whole event was more like theatre show, sometimes sad and sometimes powerful and energetic, the visuals reflected this temper of the gig.The first half of a concert was more pop-filled. Michael kept the audience filled with energy while he sang not only his greatest hits, but also the songs of the people he adored. This was wonderful news for the visitors, while they could enjoy themselves listening sounds of the incredible different-styled vocalists joined under the great sound of Michael. Some of the fans might be expecting more popular hits, but the others surrendered themselves to cover songs. Each and every ont of them was special and deliberately put in the great shape filled with his own style and emotions. Not only he knows how to make jazzy My baby just cares for me sound great and funny (especially for his And even Ricky Martin customed verse), his clear vocals sound amazing in different registers and his vibrato is so sensuous that John and Elvis are dead almost made everybody cry and it was not only for they met their doom, but Michael spread his sound deep in fan`s hearts so they could only imagine how the sound would be if the three would join on stage together. »I `ll be right back!« said Michael to break the applause and on the stage appeared the clock that was counting down 15 minutes when the artist would be back.

I`m your man!

After the pause, George introduced his covers of the evergreen classics including Wild is the wind and Roxanne, which sounded even more pure and profound from Michael`s lips than Sting `s. To put some older pieces aside, George showed his moves in different version of Rihanna `s Russian Roulette, which was a real surprise for the visitors. He also dedicated a part of his show to Amy Winehouse, who tragically passed away only few months before the show. Her Love is a losing game was accompained by huge images of her in the background. Finally, what what should not be missing, was the grand closing of more than spectacular show. Praying for time was continued with Feeling good, where the musical accompainment with the brass section and percussion dictated the rhytm and couldn `t leave the visitors indifferent. George, who said, he liked the Symphonica `s fans the most of all, thanked them with encore-mix of Amazing, Wham `s I `m your man and Freedom 90. 48-year old Brit danced himself all around the stage and it didn `t take long before everybody was dancing.Michael had a taste of life. Just the way his friend Elton John put it, he got to know much of the sorrow and pain. He fought battles with himself and with the public, but his extroverted persona and love for music dragged more and more fans together. His music is eternal, just in the way his vocal will always remain as one of the best vocalists and especially the most emotional. Some of the lines may be difficult, but some may be simple, but neither matters. The only thing it matters, you hear him. Once you do, you won `t forget it. Just the way he said, he won `t forget Symphonica. Gently, with the most calm and sensuous sound he said goodbye along with I remember you.