Forget About My Home

John Vanderslice “D.I.A.L.O.”

The irony here is that as John Vanderslice’s character sings about his need to leave his life behind and go it alone, his voice is shadowed by that of a woman, and the tune itself is open and inviting, like a futuristic campfire song. He sounds as though he is trying to talk himself into the decision, and can barely stand the thought of feeling so alone, even if he’s halfway there.

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El Rego et Ses Commandos “Feeling You Got”

I am reasonably certain that most or all of this song is sung in English, but that doesn’t keep it from being entirely inscrutable. Not that words are the point here — it’s all in the bounce and throb, the shuffle and swagger, and in hollers and shouts that communicate enthusiasm and desire in any tongue. I hear that beat come in, and it’s on.

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