Incubus, Wish You Were Here.

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Putting Incubus in the week where I talk about Metal could be controversial. But to me their roots are those of the hard-rock scene. And they started like that. When they want to rock they rock like no-one.

Technically they are accurate players that perform difficult music with an ease that can trick you if you don’t pay much attention. Although I found many interesting ideas in all the musicians, my favourite are Mike Einziger, the guitarist and Jose Pasillas II the drummer.

Enziger’s playing is intrincate and elaborative. I listen to him as an artisan of the guitar playing. He suffered from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, a common wirts wound that many guitarist suffer. Now he seems to be OK and is playing with the band while attending Harvard University composition degree. I know he knows how to write a song. Now I guess where all this learning will take him and his mates. I’d love to hear it!

Pasillas’s playing, as a drummer is a mystery to me. I don’t get all the rhythm pattern at first. Ok, I can feel the rhythm, but I mean, what is he playing? That’s my main goal listening to Incubus (aside from enjoying it all!!). I need to know how Pasillas played that pattern or the other one. It is amazing sometimes how simple is the answer, but sometimes, you need to practise a lot to attain his ideas at the drums. A genius. To me, the new Steward Copeland.

I offer you these songs. I Wish You Were Here is one of my favourite tunes and it is a great example of Incubus music. Then there is this craze funk-soul-disco madness that is Antigravity, to end with Black Heart Inertia, their latest single, from the “Greatest Hits plus new song” release from june.

Incubus - I wish you were here

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I dig my toes into the sand
The ocean looks like
A thousand diamonds strewn
Across a blue blanket
I lean against the wind
Pretend I am weightless
And in this moment
I am happy happy

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here

I lay my head onto the sand
The sky resembles
A backlit canopy
With holes punched in it
I'm counting UFOs
I signal them with my lighter
And in this moment
I am happy happy

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here

The world's a rollercoaster
And I am not strapped in
Maybe I should hold with care
My hands are busy in the air
Saying

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
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Summer Romance(anti-gravity love song)

this is one of my favorite songs by Incubus. its simply a tribute... i did not make this by the way, i just uploaded this! =D
"Summer Romance (Anti-Gravity Love Song)"

I'm home alone tonight.
Full moon illuminates my room, and sends my mind aflight.
I think I was dreaming up some thoughts that were seemingly
possible...with you.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we're alone.
I think I've found a way for you and I to finally fly free.
When we get there, we're gonna fly so far away.
Making sure to laugh; while we experience anti-gravity.
For years, I kept it to myself.
Now potentialities are bound, and living under my shelf.
Simply choose your destination from the diamond canopy,
and we'll be there.
So I call you on the tin can phone.
We rendezvous at a quarter-two, and make sure we're alone.
I think I've found the way for you and I to finally be free.
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Incubus - Black Heart Inertia (New Single) HQ

Multi-platinum Epic recording artist, Incubus, is gearing up to release MONUMENTS AND MELODIES, a two disc collection of the bands greatest hits and rarities, on June 16. The collection is a must have for fans of the band whose extraordinary career has spanned over a decade, has spawned twelve Top 10 hits four of those landing at # 1, and six studio albums, the last being Light Grenades which debuted at #1 on Billboards Top 200, marking the highest charting album debut of the bands career.

To celebrate the release of MONUMENTS AND MELODIES, Incubus is offering fans the opportunity to pre-order the album here. The album pre-order automatically enters fans into an exclusive Internet pre-sale where they will be amongst the first to purchase tickets to an upcoming show on the bands highly anticipated Monuments and Melodies Summer Tour. The tour will officially kick off July 9th at the Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre in San Diego, CA and will cover 31 major cities across the U.S. and Canada, including dates at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and two nights at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

The two disc collection will be released in two configurations, a two disc CD, and a four disc LP. The first disc includes the bands biggest hits including twelve Top 10 singles such as Drive, Wish You Were Here and Pardon Me, as well as two brand new tracks, Black Heart Inertia and Midnight Swim (both produced by Brendan OBrien). The second disc consists of rarities that the band has recorded over the years, including a brand new cover of Princes Lets Go Crazy. Album artwork for MONUMENTS AND MELODIES was designed by lead singer, Brandon Boyd.

Adding to the rarities on the physical release, Incubus will launch the most comprehensive collection of Incubus audio, video, and photos in a new section of www.enjoyincubus.com called The Vault. Many of these items have never been seen or were released in limited editions. Each individual copy of the physical album will include a unique code that can be used to upgrade the users account at www.enjoyincubus.com and allow them to download all of this incredible Incubus material.

Following in the footsteps of the incredible radio story for the bands single, Love Hurts, which went to # 1 at alternative radio and will impact Adult Top 40 on March 17, Incubus will release Black Heart Inertia, the first new single from MONUMENTS AND MELODIES, on April 16. Fans can log onto the bands website to stream a 45-second sample of the track.

Brandon Boyd, Michael Einziger and Jose Pasillas II formed Incubus in 1991 when they were high school classmates in Calabasas, CA. Chris Kilmore joined in 1998 and Ben Kenney in 2003. The bands big break came in 1999 with the release of the double-platinum selling album, Make Yourself, which included the singles: Pardon Me, Stellar, and Drive. The groups third album, Morning View, released in 2001, debuted at number two on the album chart and included the radio hits Wish You Were Here, and Nice To Know You. The most recent release from Incubus, Light Grenades, blazed onto Billboards Top 200 in 2006, debuting at #1."
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Incubus links:
Official Webpage.

Official YouTube Channel.

Incubus en español.

Make Yourself Foundation.

At Wikipedia.