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It was one of these Friday nights with (dr.) Mario and (future dr.) Antonio (hehe) at Trash Palace when I first heard this song for the first time. At first I couldn’t understand why a wave of euphoria started spreading across the dance floor. After a minute though I started realising the reason. I hadn’t heard such a catchy tune for a long time now. And then there was this voice! Familiar voice; but nooo it can’t be him …his repertoire doesn’t include this kind of music. But I can’t be wrong. Antony has such a characteristic voice. So characteristic that it’s impossible to forget or at least not pay attention to!

And then the next song started playing and I was left with the question. But I was at Trash Palace. The following tune can easily make you forget the previous ones. And this was the case once more. So days passed and I randomly heard this haunting song on (best) radio in the rush half hour between deciding what to wear for the office and eating my (always) minimalistic breakfast. The important here is that I also heard the name of the song, and realised how correct I was about Antony. It was him. Lending his magnificent voice to the first grand hit of the “fanciest groove of the moment” according to an early description at last.fm; Andrew Butler’s Hercules & Love Affair project.

This wiki has now been changed to something more modest, but still the acceptance of this musical project is impressive and that’s fair in my opinion. “Hercules is the brainchild of NY resident, producer and DJ Andrew Butler & The Love Affair is one of the most inventive and original collaborative studio projects in many years, where beautiful, bruising harmonies and tensile rhythms collide in resurgent soundscapes and emotive dancefloor workouts.“… as less modest this info can be!

SO… all this intro for “Blind”? Maybe I’m exaggerating (and to tell you the truth …that’s the truth! I’m exaggerating) but you cannot easily bypass a dance track with vocals from Antony Hegarty (yeap! the one from “Antony and the Johnsons“) and this unique Balkan-style melody. Of course “Blind” is not big news for all the early music adopters out there. But as for every decent pop/dance track, remixes are part of the game. And one of them is probably this summer’s hit. If I liked the original version a lot, I should admit I like the “Frankie Knuckles Dub” version 4.3 times more (hehe…. someone please close my laptop’s lid now before I write more crap things… !).

Anyway, back to reality. Just listen to the track and sing the lyrics. That’s all a legal (lol) blog can offer to its non-existent readers. The play button is just a few pixels away.

As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
And we would get closer
Get closer
Oooooh

As a child, I knew
That the stars could only get brighter
That we would get closer
Get closer
Leaving this darkness
Behind

Mmmm-mmmm
Oooooooh

Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
When I find myself alone
Find myself alone
Oooooh

Now that I'm older
The stars should lie upon my face
And when I find myself alone
I feel like I
I am blind

Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Feel it
Like I am blind
I am blind

I wish the stars could shine now
For they are closer
They are near
But they will not present my present
They will not present my present

I wish the light could shine now
For it is closer
It is near
But it will not present my present
It makes my past and future painfully clear

To hear you now
To see you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Ooooooh

To see you now
To hear you now
I can look outside myself
And I must examine my breath and look inside
Because I feel blind
Because I feel blind

I feel it
I feel it
I feel it
Like I
Like I'm blind
Ooooooh
The movie will
Mmmm, and feel it
Oooooh, I feel it
Feel it

This entry was posted on Monday, February 18th, 2008 at 11:48 pm and is filed under General, Music.