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[?]Jonathan Emmesedi »
@jemmesedi@c.im

ROSALÍA - Berghain (Official Video) feat. Björk & Yves Tumor
youtu.be/htQBS2Ikz6c?si=1604rv

I like this MV and don't think it's kitsch, but I will have to find Hugh Morris's full critique which is mentioned in the Grauniad:

>>Classical critic Hugh Morris... calling it “new musical kitsch”... accused Rosalía of perpetuating the “genrefication” of classical music and using “pre-digested musical gestures as a shortcut to depth or emotional power”.<<

theguardian.com/music/2025/nov

[?]Theo de Bruijn »
@TheodeBruijn@mstdn.social

Some days are good shopping days 😀.

A collection of CDs

Alt...A collection of CDs

    Amélie boosted

    [?]African Music Forum (AMF) »
    @blogamf@indieweb.social

    Mystery of the lost Mandela song

    amf.didiermary.fr/mystery-lost

    Shortly after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990, a South African equivalent of "We Are the World" was recorded to celebrate Madiba’s freedom. But the song and the video sank without a trace. Here, for the first time, the video maker tells the secret history of "The People Want Mandela" and how it […]