Tuesday 9.11 - José González

9/12/2018

7 Comments

“Cycling Trivialities” from In Our Nature – ’07

Swedish singer-songwriter of Argentinean descent
Genre: indie folk
Instruments: classic guitar and vocals
2003 to present
History:
- First generation Swede, influenced by Latin American folk
- First band was punk (influenced by Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, The Misfits, etc…)
- Released first album Veneer while still studying for his PH.D in Biochemistry
- In Our Nature influenced by The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

7 Comments

Matthew C

10/11/2018 12:17:39 pm

This was my favorite track of the year so far. The lyrics, the guitar playing, and the atmosphere it created was amazing. The lyrics and the mean won me over. It was a 9 out of 10

Alanna

10/11/2018 12:20:46 pm

10/10, i'm a big fan of jose gonzales and i really like his song crosses. and heartbeats is pretty good too. i liked the repition in this song and the light melody, it was very easy to listen to and was like a breath of cold, crisp air on a rainy fall morning. it created its own atmosphere and i felt myself seeing the world in front of me in a different point of view. i really like songs like that.

Cameron. G

10/11/2018 12:26:18 pm

Jose Gonzalez really rocked both the philosophical scene and the musical scene with this wonderful song. The first wonderful part of this song I noticed was the tempo. Thoughtfully slow and precise. This goes hand in hand with his meaning behind the song, life is but a cycling triviality; a droning pointless existence. Near the end of the song i also noticed that the tempo got faster and a little more violent, which i believe expresses his feeling of intense questioning of the human existence. I also loved the tone of his voice; gentle but firm which matches really well with the skillful precise guitar to create this sort of wonderful duo between his guitar and his voice. The melody throughout the song was, to put it in simple terms, one of the most wonderful sounding things i've ever heard. This song to me was definitely very good but i feel in order to have a good comprehension of the song you would need to have lyrics with you which i dislike, but does not reduce its perfect score of a ten.

Ryan M

10/18/2018 12:52:45 pm

This song was definitely one of the best ive listen to so far.It creates such a soothing atmosphere by engulfing the listener with soothe guitar playing with a soft voice that you couldnt help but listen to.The chill background and deep lyrical representation was beyond amazing.

Jon "espresso deppresso" Titus

10/18/2018 01:13:15 pm

At first this song didn't resonate with me and it would have probably been a heard once and forgot about, but it got stuck into my head. I kept humming the main chorus about cycling trivialities so I ended up relisteing to it. My second listen was alot better, I definitely felt what the lyrics where about alot more. The whole feeling about how nothing matters just resonated with me. Though unlike some songs where that might get me mad and wanna change that this one just kinda makes you accept it. 9/10

Ramon Ayon

10/18/2018 01:18:45 pm

This song is great because it’s telling a life lesson and telling you that everything is gonna be fine it’s just a part of the process of life. The melody is great and the instruments used are good too. 7/10

Yesenia A

10/20/2018 07:05:41 pm

I rate this a 9. I rated it a 9, because I really like the instruments that were incorporated into the song. I also find his voice to be very unique and different.

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Tuesday 9.11 - José González

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