posted September 23, 2007 02:33 PM         

By Yuca
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ukK9MC5i3g

YUCA
Genre: Rock
Home Town: Aldergrove
Web site: http://www.yuca.ca
Blog: http://
Sample Track: Listen
Members: Matt Borck - Lead Vocals & Guitar Jeremy Friesen - Bass & Backing Vocals James Pendleton - Lead Guitar Mike Newman - Drums

Bio: The Biography

In the back corner of an old barn, amidst an array of band posters, empty water bottles, broken drum sticks, old thrown away carpet, a single strand of christmas lights, two lava lamps and the hum of amps turned up to ten, you’ll hear the magical music that flows by the name Yuca.

With the rehearsal door closed and only the faint sound of the kick drum in the air, you’re curiosity leads you to tune your ear and wait silently. If you listen carefully you’ll begin to hear the beautiful, creative passion of Jeremy Friesen on bass building off the foundation that drummer Mike Newman, lays so effortlessly. Your excitement makes the air feel warm as your ear picks up on these graceful yet hard-edged, anthemic textures being played by guitarist James Pendleton. As icing is to cake, so are the emotionally charged melodies and soaring vocals that lead singer Matt Borck lays on top. You don’t want to move and you don’t have to.

The music that Yuca makes is relevant, accessible music for people everywhere. Yuca is very passionate about getting their music heard by as many people as they possibly can, ‘that’s why we’re making it’ states lead singer Matt Borck, ‘our credo is to combine an original sound with honest lyrics - charged with pure emotion”.

Since 2003, when Yuca was started, the bands intense longing for something more set them apart from what a rock band, and rock music, can and cannot do. Having been immersed in music their whole lives, you can hear that the magical music they create comes naturally; it’s in their genetic code.

Back at the door of the old barn, you begin to notice that as every track is being created and played it’s as if these songs know only to spread and consume. Now towering over the music you hear this clawing at the rehearsal space walls as the songs are crying to be let out. The door hinges are bulged as they strain to contain these wildfire songs in waiting. These songs couldn’t wait any longer.

Many rehearsals, group song-writing and long discussions into the night built the foundation for Yuca’s first full production recording.

Yuca chose Larry Anschell of Turtle Recording Studios, White Rock, BC - Canada to Co-Produce and Engineer Yuca’s first CD, ‘Things I haven’t said’. Larry is recognized as a leading engineer and producer whose credits include Sarah McLachlan, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Bryan Adams and Nickleback to name just a few.

Larry recently said about Yuca, “I could rave about Yuca’s intelligent lyrics, their infectious melodies and driving rhythms, but what amazed me most about working with the band was their cohesiveness, confidence and sheer musicianship. In 18 hours, ‘Things I Haven’t Said’ was recorded mostly live to analog tape without digital editing and was an incredible series of first takes from beginning to end (the equivalent of bowling a 300 or pitching a no-hit game!). Full of the elusive ‘IT’ factor, Yuca is a world class band and a breath of fresh air in the stale world of cookie cutter corporate modern rock.”

Listen and watch for Yuca to feed your soul.

posted September 23, 2007 09:54 PM         

That would be really really GREAT!!!

Thanks!!!

posted September 24, 2007 01:55 AM         

I'm still stuck on this band lately:

This video doesn't do this particular song justice at all. The song is so nice. The intimacy conveyed in this song about aging with someone who loves you is incredible to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b1mf75ETPU
(Love the bass solo at 3:01. It's simple, but always inspires me to hum along.)

I recommend watching all the DVD sections if you like them. There's something seductively earthy about this Piscean's voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNdblbrObhY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpolvINjo84
"The leaders of the free world are just little boys throwing stones...
And it's easy to ignore til they're knocking on the doors of your homes"

posted September 25, 2007 06:45 PM         

Street hustler comes up to me one day
And I'm walkin' down the street, mindin' my own business
Now he looks me up and he looks me down and says
"Hey man, what be this" and "What be that" and "Why you gotta look like that?"
Well I just looked at him, I kinda laughed, I said
Hey man, I am cool, I am the Breeze

Haven't you heard, there's a new revolution
Gotta spread the word - too much confusion

All hell's breakin' loose - hey hey have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose - overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose - day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose - in the streets there's a brand new way, yeah

You know we ain't always winners, but this is the life we choose
And we won't change or rearrange, and we ain't never ever gonna lose
It ain't always easy when the goin' gets rough
When you're gettin' even, you gotta show your stuff - tell about it now

Take a look around, only one solution
Set the world on fire, fight the institution
Gonna stand our ground, feel the new sensation
Something's goin' down - rock the nation

All hell's breakin' loose - hey hey, have you read the news
All hell's breakin' loose - overloadin' 'n' blowin' my fuse
All hell's breakin' loose - day and night, baby, night and day
All hell's breakin' loose - ah, take it

Haven't you heard, only one solution
Gotta spread the word - you gotta tell it to the people now
Take a look around, feel the new sensation
Set the world on fire - rock the nation

All hell's breakin' loose, all hell's breakin' loose
All hell's breakin' loose - baby baby baby baby whoo

posted September 25, 2007 06:52 PM         

It's a God awful small affair
To the girl with the mousey hair,
But her mummy is yelling, "No!"
And her daddy has told her to go,
But her friend is no where to be seen.
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seats with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen,
But the film is sadd'ning bore
For she's lived it ten times or more.
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

Sailors
Fighting in the dance hall.
Oh man!
Look at those cavemen go.
It's the freakiest show.
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy.
Oh man!
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show.
Is there life on Mars?

It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow.
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again.
See the mice in their million hordes
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads.
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns,
But the film is a sadd'ning bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more.
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

posted September 25, 2007 06:54 PM         

Starlight
I will be chasing a starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Lets conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You here in my arms

Far away
This ship has taken me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

posted September 25, 2007 07:28 PM         

[SPOKEN:]
We walked the narrow path,
beneath the smoking skies.
Sometimes you can barely tell the difference
between darkness and light.
Do you have faith
in what we believe?
The truest test is when we cannot,
when we cannot see.

[SUNG:]
I hear pounding feet in the,
in the streets below, and the,
and the women crying and the,
and the children know that there,
that there's something wrong,
and it's hard to belive that love will prevail.

Oh it won't rain all the time.
The sky won't fall forever.
And though the night seems long,
your tears won't fall forever.

Oh, when I'm lonely,
I lie awake at night
and I wish you were here.
I miss you.
Can you tell me
is there something more to belive in?
Or is this all there is?

In the pounding feet, in the,
In the streets below, and the,
And the window breaks and,
And a woman falls, there's,
There's something wrong, it's,
It's so hard to belive that love will prevail.

Oh it won't rain all the time.
The sky won't fall forever.
And though the night seems long,
your tears won't fall, your tears won't fall, your tears won't fall
forever.

Last night I had a dream.
You came into my room,
you took me into your arms.
Whispering and kissing me,
and telling me to still belive.
But then the emptiness of a burning sea against which we see
our darkest of sadness.

Until I felt safe and warm.
I fell asleep in your arms.
When I awoke I cried again for you were gone.
Oh, can you hear me?

posted September 27, 2007 01:06 PM         

This may be silly for some people but when my much loved cat, Mirandee developed cancer of the face that spread very fast, as I nursed her, gave her water intravenously, gave her her medication to prevent seizures as the cancer spread to her brain, and held onto her while watching her life slip away - this song I heard often on the radio.

It was how I felt about Mirandee. As I watched her suffer and tried so hard to keep her with me I realized I was being selfish and she also was fighting so hard to stay with me. The vet said most cats would have given up but that Mirandee was fighting so hard to stay alive was a testament of her love for me.

I knew I would have to let her go but all I kept wanting was just one more day with her. She too. Strange. But when I came to the acceptance of her death at 20 1/2 year old, Mirandee accepted it too.

I still think of Mirandee. She died 3 years ago. I have a memorial stone for her in my garden. I always cry when I think of her and I have been thinking of her again lately. Wish I could have had many more one more days with Mirandee. She was my special angel kitty and we had a very close bond.

Okay. Now I am really crying. Her picture is here on my computer desk. This song just tears me apart but it how both Mirandee and I felt about each other.

After her death I thought of all those times that I just took it for granted that we would have another day. I thought of all the times due to being my being distracted or too busy I didn't take time to just sit with her, play with her and hold her in my lap. She would lay here on the floor next to my computer chair just to be near me and seemed content with that. But I still feel bad about the times I lost thinking we had that one more day.

posted October 07, 2007 03:23 PM         

" Footprints "

T.O.K.

Unknown Lauguage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfw1c5qoVAQ

I would like to also give this song to " SkyHawk ", because of something that she said to me in her e-mail this morning, really Struck " MY HEART ", THE BRIGHT LIGHT that BLINDS YOU from SEEING HIM NOW!!! WOW!!!

posted October 08, 2007 09:41 AM         

Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIAWY4LLsEw

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat
But always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances
But they're worth taking
Lovin' might be a mistake
But it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart
Leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out
Reconsider
Give the heavens above
More than just a passing glance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
I hope you dance
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
(Where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small
When you stand by the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me you'll give faith a fighting chance

And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
Dance
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
(Time is a real and constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who)
(Wants to look back on their youth and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)

posted October 08, 2007 10:16 AM         

So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all on board
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.

We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

posted October 08, 2007 11:05 AM         

We're playing those mind games together,
Pushing barriers, planting seeds,
Playing the mind guerilla,
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth,
We all been playing mind games forever,
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil.
Doing the mind guerilla,
Some call it the search for the grail,
Love is the answer and you know that for sure,
Love is flower you got to let it, you got to let it grow,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Faith in the future outta the now,
You just can't beat on those mind guerillas,
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind,
Yeah we're playing those mind games forever,
Projecting our images in space and in time,
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure,
Yes is the surrender you got to let it, you got to let it go,
So keep on playing those mind games together,
Doing the ritual dance inn the sun,
Millions of mind guerrillas,
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel,
Keep on playing those mind games forever,
Raising the spirit of peace and love, not war,
(I want you to make love, not war, I know you've heard it before)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8dHUfy_YBps

posted October 10, 2007 09:12 PM         

I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs, I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singin' this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be, baby
I've treated you unkindly but girl can't you see
There's no one more important to me
So darling can't you please see through me
'cause we're alone now and I'm singin' my song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth, withholdin' nothin'
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better so if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love's in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for my life, 'cause you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I've loved you for my life, yes, you're a friend of mine
And when my life is over, remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singin' my song for you, yes
We were alone and I was singin' this song for you, baby
We were alone and I was singin' my song,
Singin' my song, singin' my song, singin' my song
Singin' my song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGc0OoZEsM&mode=related&search=

posted October 12, 2007 09:23 AM         

Finger Eleven

" One Thing "

posted October 12, 2007 11:53 AM         

"Thousand Mile Wish"

Forgive me if now I wear the face of worry
This time alone could never cause any doubt
But I’ve been cold too long
Such a strange time to find myself coming down as the rain
With all these holes my love,
To fill up from the middle
This storm could stay all night

So can you stay until we close our eyes
Til your dreams hold mine
Just stay until we know we tried one more time

Cause laughing lovers can overcome their closest demons
And they’ll go on and they won’t let go
They saw something that they know
Has never come so close
Can it stay here for us, for now?

Can it stay until we know ourselves?
I’m torn as I tell
You’re the story that I know and fell from
I’m so far into your story I don’t know why
We think we’re in control
When we lie between the lines

We’ll find a line to follow
It’s got to show real soon
Or we’ll never reach this high

We climb a little further
Cause there’s nothing we can’t get around together
Further gets colder until nothing was all that I saw around

posted October 12, 2007 09:58 PM         

R.E.M.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_XFMCgeI7c

Oh, life is bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

(chorus)
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight, I'm
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour I'm
Choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up
Consider this
Consider this
The hint of the century
Consider this
The slip that brought me
To my knees failed
What if all these fantasies
Come flailing around
Now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

(repeat chorus)

posted October 12, 2007 09:59 PM         

R.E.M.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91euxMQ0Zyg

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

posted October 13, 2007 09:14 AM         

This is the starting tune for the day!!!

Crystal Waters- Gypsy Woman

" 100% Pure Love "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0opYQjVcVE

PUMPING!!!! LOL!!! Dancing Around!!!

posted October 13, 2007 09:17 AM         

I'm going to go and meet My Star Mother soon, Very Soon!!!!

posted October 13, 2007 11:40 PM         

This song is for you, Star Daughter

Though I like Joe Cocker's version of the song better.

With A Little Help From My Friends - Beatles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poUoCggQZd0

Written by
Billy Shears

What would you think if I sang out of tune,
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.

What do I do when my love is away.
(Does it worry you to be alone)
How do I feel by the end of the day
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
No, I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I'm gonna to try with a little help from my friends

Do you need anybody?
I need somebody to love.
Could it be anybody?
I want somebody to love.

Would you believe in a love at first sight?
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.
What do you see when you turn out the light?
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
Mmm I get high with a little help from my friends,
Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends

posted October 13, 2007 11:45 PM         

Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYtpTot7hQ

Up Where We Belong

Who knows what tomorrow brings
In a world where few hearts survive
All I know is the way I feel
When its real I leep it alive
The road is long there are mountains in the way

Love lift us up where we belong
Where the eagles fly on a mountan high
Love lift us up where we belong
Far from the world below
Where the clear winds blow

Some hang on to used to be
Live there life looking behind
All we have is here and now
All our lives out there to find
The road is long and there are mountains in my way
But we climb the stairs everyday

Chorus

Time goes by no time to cry
Just you and I alone