Michael Franti
As we sit in front of our computers, earphones jamming tunes to keep our subconcious busy whilst we figure out CSS hacks and PHP includes, most of us remain oblivious to the conflicts that many are going through. The majority of us are unaware of the hassles that people have to endure everyday.
Michael Franti is all to aware of these problems and while we’re ranting and raving about our screwed up pizza deliver order, Michael is writing song lyrics about the dark cloud corruption and politics whilst highlighting the silver lining of hope that gives most the ability to endure.
Michael Franti is a song writer singer with a baritone voice that rivals the deep and resonous Mr White himself. His powerful CD ‘Stay Human’ has actually been out for ages and I think there’s actually a new CD of his, which I haven’t had the privilege of hearing yet. The deep and beautiful harmony of his deep voice and the light female backing vocals will give you chills as he sings about real political issues. There’s no beating around the bush for this man. He tells it as it is.
“Oh my God” is one of the most powerful songs on the CD. Here’s an excerpt of the lyrics from that song:
you can make a life longer, but you can’t save it
you can make a clone and then you try to enslave it?
stealin’ DNA samples from the unborn
and then you comin’ after us
‘cause we sampled a James Brown horn?
A live version of this song is available for download.
My CD of the week is an old one, but definately a powerful and moving collection of songs from Mr Michael Franti - Stay Human.
Michael Franti, Spearhead, Disposable heros, some of my favourite music of all time. The guy is a genius!
I don’t know if you have listened to Spearhead’s Home album but I can’t say enough good stuff about it, a classic!