Randomness Signed Gibbons

So I don’t watch TV that much. But the few times I’ve seen (or rather heard) the new Macbook Air ads, they just make me want to grin and do a finger dance. No, not this one! The happy pointy-finger dance you do when you’re just having fun.

The reason for all this glee is Yael Naim’s catchy tune “New Soul” which absolutely makes the ad for me. I don’t care that the Macbook Air can fit in an envelope. I’m just enjoying the muze! So, for your listening pleasure, here’s “New Soul”:

Oh yeah, I went out and bought her CD at HMV for $11.99 and I’m enjoying most of it. A lot of the songs are in Hebrew with little bits of French thrown in. It’s always harder for me to connect with a song if I don’t understand the lyrics. But the sound is really enjoyable. All but the cover of “Toxic,” which I simply can’t dissociate from Britney. But overall, it’s a pleasurable new music discovery!

Actually, Yael Naim’s music and especially this video remind me of a movie I recently watched called, “Once.” It tells the story of an immigrant girl who meets a busker. He plays a guitar that is literally worn through on the streets of Dublin. She studied piano for many years, but now she cleans houses. During her lunch break, she plays the pianos in a piano shop. They develop a friendship and undertake the ambitious project of recording a CD together. I love the idea of strangers coming together to create. Throwing out little strings of friendships that might create some ties but could just as easily rip, leaving just the ragged ends of memories.