The lightest collab

"She did a splendid job bringing something very sweet to this song..."
(The Hello Morning's Facebook, March 7, 2012)

Find Kimbra hiding in the chorus, sticking to Steven Clifford vocals like a shadow:

"Bright Lights"

(track 8 of The Hello Morning's self titled debut album, 2012) 

(Tilt your head to the right to spot Clifford in the drink)

Tangled in translation

This post is a homage to the zillions of Kimbra fans that don't understand a word of English and must struggle with the lyrics of her songs armed with automated trangstlation tools.

This is what we get when we use Google Translator for translating "Old Flame" lyrics from English to Korean, then back to English (original lyrics on the left).

Old flame, it's always the old way When did it get so darned cold? You're so seasonal We flickered and swayed Each time the winter soul came I remember gold days Under love's warm haze Old flame, you're still the one that holds me Can't you feel it burning? Can't you feel it burning still? Old flame, I fell for your inferno Where did all the love go? Can't you feel the wind blow you closer to me? I went by your house today When did you get so hollow? So closed, so overgrown? But I flicker and sway Still dancing on the aftertaste I remember gold days Wrapped up in the warmth we made Old flame, you're still the one that holds me Can you feel it burning? Can you feel it burning still? Old flame, I fell for your inferno Where did all the love go? Can't you feel the wind blow? Smoke skies, colors and cloud nines Circles and straight lines and drowned eyes (Feel  there's something in the air) From such heights, I fell into fahrenheit And time only fuels the desire (When there's something in the air) It's always the old way When did it get so darned cold? You're so seasonal Old flame, burning Burning, burning still Old flame, inferno Where did all the love go? Na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na Na na Na na na na na na na Na na na na na na Na na na na na na na na

Former lover, always the conventional method When cold it's ridiculous? It is the season We blink and the left and right This winter has been the soul of every I remember one Friday Love under the warm mist Former lover, you still have me is the person who You can feel the burn? Do you still feel the burn? Former lover, and you fell for the hell of Where is all the love? You wind blow me feel close to you do? Today, I went home and When empty it right? So, I grew up so close? But I forgot shake Still dancing on the aftertaste I remember one Friday Wrapped in the warmth we made Former lover, you still have me is the person who Do you feel the burn? Do you still feel the fire? Former lover, and you fell for the hell of Where is all the love? Do you feel the wind blow? Smoke the sky, color, and Cloud Nine Drowning eye circles and straight lines and (Air, feeling something) At the same height, and I fell in Fahrenheit Only fuel the desire and time (Air at something) Existing methods always When cold it's ridiculous? It is the season Burning old lover, Still burning, burning Former lover, hell Where is all the love? NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

True, the last few lines are spot on.

New jack swing revival

Kimbra's rendition of the song "Every Little Step" (Bobby Brown) at the Falls Festival 2011/2012, in Lorne.
Watch the live performance here.

Also, at the Southbound festival in Busselton on January 7th,.2012: video.

And finally, get a glimpse of her performances at the 2012 Big Day Out festival HERE, here, and there.

Now you see it, maybe soon you won't

This post is about keeping alive Kimbra live videos.
YouTube has plenty of amateur footage that preserves the magic of live musical moments that otherwise would survive only in the memories of those who were there. But having these videos just one click away, everywhere, 24 hours a day, should not make us forget how precarious these virtual memories can be. YouTube channels come and go, for whatever reasons, and so does the recorded footage.

Typical obituary for a departed Kimbra live video.

Typical YouTube user's reaction when reading an obituary for a departed Kimbra live video.

I've tried to resurrect here two cherished Kimbra live videos which recently "passed away". I hope the owners (no way to contact them) don't mind that I uploaded these videos to my channel for keeping them available.



Kimbra performing "Good Intent" live at a promo event for The Sims 3 Pets at Studios 301 (Sydney) on September 2011. One of the verses of the song is sung in Simlish.
(Originally uploaded by YouTube user "financialpanda")

Kimbra and her band debuted a live version of "With My Hands" at Rhythm & Vines (Gisborne, NZ) in late December 2012. This is a rough recording of the performance at Summafieldayze (Gold Coast, Australia) one week later. The original footage  by YouTube user "mrjoshhunter" that went unavailable has been completed here with excerpts of this video by "Ivan Sam", showing closer views (included with his permission).