While still fronting Everybody Uh Oh, Keller left Champaign-Urbana on the heels of its last indie explosion (Hum, Braid, American Football) and holed up in his beloved Chicago, enrolling at Columbia College. It might not seem like it now, but there was a bit of a buzz brewing around Everybody Uh Oh, a fledgling band who were easily glossed up on the internet, and it was during that time that Keller was taken under the wing of uber-hip producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Grandaddy). Keller and Deck composed and recorded two remarkable songs together – “Hark” and “Sigh” – which were released on a nice yellow vinyl-only single in 2007. Wile milling about his hometown and making the occasional trip to New York, Keller and his cast of musicians opened a lot of big shows in Chicago for the likes of Spoon, Crooked Fingers, New Pornographers, Archer Prewitt, Stars, Final Fantasy, and others.
Since the expiration of Everybody Uh Oh, Keller has continued collaborating with Deck as well as longtime friend and producer Matt Mehlan, who experienced his own 15 seconds of internet fame with Skeletons & the Girl-Faced Boys. Recording sessions in which Keller and Mehlan cross-collaborate, which shift from Chicago to New York, ultimately produced the collection of songs of Normal People, which can only loosely be referred to as an album. After all, how exactly does one explain the eruption of the collection’s opener, “Friendmaker of Oppositedayland,” to someone who has never heard it? -- "It’s like a mariachi band fronting a Caribbean percussion crew, with a few detached M83-isms bleeping about in the foreground. Or like the Postal Service if the Postal Service wasn’t the soundtrack for Urban Outfitted yuppies." -- ???? What is that? Comparisons like that will go nowhere.
The point is that there are names that can be thrown at Baby & Hide – Xiu Xiu, Black Dice, Skeletons, Microphones, a more-drugs and less-dance Rapture – but none of them really stick to a sound so scattered and cerebral. There are moments scattered throughout Baby & Hide's songs that are easier to grasp – the sugary, distorted guitar that harkens back to Keller’s earlier work in Everybody Uh Oh, the blown-out backbeat, the flitting soft-twee keyboard flourishes – but that nonetheless manage to hold on to their artistic integrity within the flow of the 11 track collection known as Normal People, or the follow-up album, Cozy.
Wait - does that say 11 tracks on Normal People? It should technically say nine, although there are 11 songs that make up the set. The sticking point is in the closing trio – “Tasting My Eye,” “Take It,” and “In Sails” – which were composed as one nine-and-a-half-minute whole, but broken up for the sake of convenience on the album. The entire, unabbreviated tour-de-force, appropriately titled “Tasting My Eye, Take It In Sails,” can be heard as the opening track on the TEAM AV label sampler, Everything You Feared It Could Be. There the epic track is immediately followed by the previously unreleased song “I Love My Boyfriend.”
Although Keller is the only constant, he is at various times supported by Jeff Gorski, Leonard Joseph, Chris Pogorzelski, Drew Tarico, Matt Mehlan, Brian Deck. Free tracks can be downloaded at their offical website, www.babyandhide.com, or heard at their official Myspace site, myspace.com/babyandhide
Blues
Baby & Hide Lyrics
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ゆらめく鮮烈の勇姿
敵陣越えて轟く
爪と牙のシンフォニー
誰も奴を止めたりできない
進め 未知なる世界を
運命のジェネラル
立ちはだかる者全て 噛み砕け
どこに消えたのだろう
優しく甘い昨日(きのう)は
高鳴る竜の息吹が
奴を変えるシグナル
蒼の軍が大地を揺るがす
見せろ 強さの証を
最強のデジクロス
許せない現在(いま)を全て
噛み砕け
明日(あす)の行方が消えても
闘いは消えない
その果てにある何かを追い続け
進め 未知なる世界を
運命のジェネラル
立ちはだかる者全て 噛み砕け
The lyrics of "Blues" by Baby & Hide depict a vivid and intense scene of a courageous figure amidst burning flames. This figure, with their claws and fangs, transcends the enemy lines and resounds with a symphony of strength. The lyrics suggest that no one can stop this unstoppable force, as they forge ahead into the unknown world, guided by the destiny of a general. Anyone who stands in their way is destined to be crushed by their ferocity.
The lyrics then shift to questioning the disappearance of a gentle and sweet yesterday. It seems that the breath of a roaring dragon serves as a signal to transform the singer, indicating that they have changed. The blue army shakes the earth and demands to see proof of its strength. The lyrics emphasize the power of the strongest "Digicross," which represents their determination to crush everything they cannot accept in the present.
Despite the uncertainty of tomorrow, the fight continues and will not vanish. The lyrics express the pursuit of something that lies at the end of this struggle, urging the singer to keep advancing into the unknown world. Once again referring to the destiny of a general, the lyrics reinforce the idea that anyone who stands in their path will be crushed.
Overall, "Blues" by Baby & Hide portrays a relentless and powerful protagonist who will stop at nothing to overcome obstacles and forge ahead, guided by an unwavering sense of destiny.
Line by Line Meaning
蒼く燃える炎に
In the blue burning flames
ゆらめく鮮烈の勇姿
Dancing vividly with a courageous figure
敵陣越えて轟く
Overcoming enemy lines and roaring
爪と牙のシンフォニー
A symphony of claws and fangs
誰も奴を止めたりできない
No one can stop them
進め 未知なる世界を
Move forward into an unknown world
運命のジェネラル
The general of destiny
立ちはだかる者全て 噛み砕け
Crush everyone who stands in your way
どこに消えたのだろう
Where did it disappear?
優しく甘い昨日(きのう)は
Yesterday, which was gentle and sweet
高鳴る竜の息吹が
The strong breath of a dragon
奴を変えるシグナル
A signal that changes them
蒼の軍が大地を揺るがす
The blue army shakes the earth
見せろ 強さの証を
Show the proof of strength
最強のデジクロス
The strongest Digicross
許せない現在(いま)を全て
Crush all the unforgivable present
噛み砕け
Crush them
明日(あす)の行方が消えても
Even if the future disappears
闘いは消えない
The battle won't disappear
その果てにある何かを追い続け
Continue chasing something at the end
進め 未知なる世界を
Move forward into an unknown world
運命のジェネラル
The general of destiny
立ちはだかる者全て 噛み砕け
Crush everyone who stands in your way
Lyrics © TV Asahi Music Co., Ltd.
Written by: 陸 三条
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Peter Emmert
Sujrprise! Fats breaks into "Comin' Thro' the Rye" on the instrumental break!
Frank Rossi
This is the real good stuff. Love it.
D Doeser
Hide Away Blues . December 10 1949 was ik nog een baby 1 jaar kan ik me nog goed herrinneren 😅 🎼🎶
ROBERT CHESNOSKY
FROM FATS' FIRST SESSION FOR IMPERIAL. DEC 10 1949. POSSIBLY THE BIRTHDATE OF ROCK N ROLL??
Andreas Aichner
he was just 21 years old....-:)-:)