sementes e raízes

ouço tanta música que às vezes esqueço de colocar alguns hits pessoais pré-esforçado (a vida inteira, praticamente). aí dando aquela passada de lei pelo original pinheiros style me deparo com o clipe de "the seed 2.0", dos sempre excelentes the roots e com participação de cody chesnutt. pra mim é uma das melhores músicas dos anos 2000, saída diretamente do disco phrenology (geffen, 2002).



e aqui segue a versão original de chesnutt, muito mais crua e menos pop (e chamada apenas de "the seed"), registrada no disco the headphone masterpiece (ready set go, 2002), o único (até agora) de sua curiosa carreira.



o sujeito meio que sumiu após o sucesso de "the seed 2.0" e em seu myspace dá pra sentir que tá em outra. saca só:

Cody has been living life in its momentary expression as a husband, a father, and a student of God. Life has been his muse, his wife; his child, the earth, wind, and the sun are his text book. During this time he has created a multimedia video and soundtrack entitled The Last Adam and a new collection of songs entitled The Live Release. The Live Release is a unique experiment in music, an exercise of the living word. In essence Cody is releasing his new project anew on stage for his audience. Cody has assembled this body of work in the tradition of the African story tellers and his audience is a part of a camp fire circle. Cody will often ask the audience not to clap in between songs; his intent is to tell a story, share a fluid continuous expression. Todays Cody ChesnuTT is an expression of pure art; pure expression in its purest form. A man, an instrument, and the living word.

tem também outra versão de "the seed" aqui, dessa vez bem acústica, gravada por chesnutt pra bbc.