by teepoo Chrysler and this Volkswagen commercial are the same song J Ralph- One Million Miles Away | MYSPACE DAYQUIL + NIGHTQUIL I'm pretty sure that is Billy Boy on Poison- When it Rains it Pours. Here's a vid of it: 2011 Ford Explorer Jónsi- Go Do | MYSPACE

One of CSV 's all-time favorite innovators and ammalgamators of sound goes by the moniker J Ralph. Quirky and eccentric, Ralph has always delivered tracks with a keen sense for rhythm and rhyme. He is famous for having no formal music training (can't read or write music), but I find it hard to believe when he was able to compose a masterpiece for a 99-piece orchestra and conduct. Let's just appreciate the talent that is J Ralph. Hear a piece by NPR on his Ralphness. From Lucky Number Slevin soundtrack [...]
on a long bus journey a friend & i made playlists for each other & did a music player swap. he wanted to read at the same time so requested songs without words, less distraction. playlist made, i forgot all about it until a few weeks ago following a discussion with some friends about the merits of lyrics vs no lyrics, and the way that you can build your own stories up out of the music, let your imagination run wild with it. as i went to sleep that night i listened to the playlist i had made and now [...]

City eating, city living, city sleeping, city music, city crying, city dancing.... Up to my ears in urbanism and I think I'm loving every painful moment of it. Been lost in the streets at night, been wandering, jabbering, willfully digressing and now... waiting...waiting... Let's grow in the dark, shall we? Lotus loves you all 1. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Cities in Dust ( Twice Upon a Time: The Singles, 1992 ) 2. The Drift - Invisible Cities ( [...]
For those of you who didn't see the comment by Colin, check it out now . Why? Because Colin gets a very large thank you from me for introducing me to my newest passion - J. Ralph. From his Wikipedia entry: "Joshua Ralph, better known as J. Ralph, is a musician whose songs have been featured in modern commercial advertisements for companies including Porsche, Nike, Volkswagen and Volvo. J. Ralph is unable to read or write music." I'm not one of those music snobs who believes that music created for advertising is wrong (although I [...]

classical // experimental Do you recall the beat of Busta Rhymes' Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See? Now imagine a man and woman singing operatically over that beat in Italian, with a gently plucked classical guitar and accordion filling the air. If you've seen Volkswagen's Big Day commercial, you're one million miles closer to what's in store with this adventure. So take a trip with a thrift shop warrior and hear what happens when an average Josh takes command of an 85 piece orchestra, as only part of [...]