Well, it doesn’t get much more experimental than this…
We admit this music isn’t for everyone, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t part of the culture!
Tune-Yards (stylized as tUnE-yArDs) is the music project of New England native, Merrill Garbus. When performing live, Garbus creates drum loops on the spot and layers these with ukulele and vocals, in addition to electric bass played by Nate Brenner.
Sound fun? It is! Her videos and live shows are known to be quite exciting and anything but normal. We call it art…
Watch her video from 2011 for her song Bizness…
How about recreating this video in our Chinese classrooms? That means I might have to pick up the ukulele again…
“Bizness”
Lyrics 歌词
If I represent the one that did this to you
Then can away the part that represents the thing that scarred you
I say, get up, stand up, get up, stand up, get on it
Yes sir, I am no longer who you thought this one would be
We end up around the mountain that I climb to lose you
I said, I said give me the business that business could work through
I say, ask me but all my wisdom departed
Tell me but all my wisdom departed but
Help please at least answer me this
Answer me, answer me
What’s the business, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
From a distance, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
I’m a victim, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
I’m addicted, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
If you just press your fingers down under my skin (Go on and do it, go on and do it)
Lift up, dig up, lift up, dig up and bleed for me, and bleed for me
I say, I’ll bleed if you ask me
I’ll bleed if you ask me
That’s when, that’s when, he said no
What’s the business, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
From a distance, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
I’m a victim, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
I’m addicted, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away
I’m addicted, yeah
From a distance, yeah
I’m a victim, yeah
What’s the business, yeah
I’m addicted, yeah (Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away)
What’s the business, yeah
I’m addicted, yeah
From a distance, yeah
I’m a victim, yeah
What’s the business, yeah
Don’t take my life away, don’t take my life away