new soul [song of the week]

First of all, my apologies for being so absent in the past 2 weeks or so. Life has been hectic to say the least, but I've got few minutes to breathe. It's Tuesday, so it's song of the week day! I failed to do this last week, so I'll go ahead and use the song I planned on using then.

The song of the week is "New Soul" by Yael Naim.


Photo from http://www.myspace.com/yaelnaim

This is the song featured in the commercials for the new Macbook Air. (Otherwise known as Apple's latest stylish and overpriced attempt to take over the world. I have an iPod, yes, and I utilize iTunes, yes, but I love PCs and refuse to buy a Mac computer. But I digress.) I heard the song on the commercials and thought it sounded like Feist at first, but then I realized the voices were different. Some Googling and trip to iTunes led me to Yael Naim, a musician who was born in France and raised in Isreal. From what I've read about her, her album (on which she sings in English, French, and Hebrew) was recorded on a single computer in her home. The song is undeniably catchy and has that "sure we screw up, but everything will be just fine" vibe to it. That's actually why I was listening to it a lot last week-- we were drowning in exams and other nonsense, and it felt good to listen to a song about making every possible mistake and just shrugging it off with a few la-la-la's. The music video is quite fun as well, and implies a bit of a "life is what you make of it" message. Hope you enjoy!



I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take
But since I came here
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

I'm a young soul
In this very strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about what is true and fake
But why all this hate?
Try to communicate
Finding trust and love is not always easy to make

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...

This is a happy end
Cause' you don't understand
Everything you have done
Why's everything so wrong

This is a happy end
Come and give me your hand
I'll take your far away

I'm a new soul
I came to this strange world
Hoping I could learn a bit about how to give and take
But since I came here
Felt the joy and the fear
Finding myself making every possible mistake

La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la...