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If you know me well, you know “The Blue Giant”.
This song and the one-shot music video I made for it while living in Kathmandu, Nepal took my music career to another level.
I created the original version of “The Blue Giant” with my friend Baxtak, an incredible ethnofusion producer from the UK and somebody who brought light into a dark, lonely time for me. It started with him letting me spit on one of his reggae-infused tracks at the music clubs in Kathmandu, and later he fully produced the track for me to record and publish.
NCIS: Los Angeles included “The Blue Giant” on Season 9, Episode 8, which allowed me to buy my home studio microphone and gave me confidence to continue making music. And Baxtak introduced me to Haquin, who has become my main producer for the last several years. Without “The Blue Giant”, I don’t know what my career would look like… or if I’d even still have one.
So when my friend Mike O’Hehir pulled me on stage with his band, Coyote Island, jamming on “The Blue Giant” made sense. It brought me back to those long months in Kathmandu, when jamming with the house bands at the local music clubs kept me sane.
I wrote “The Blue Giant” about powerful people who abuse their power. When I was living in Kathmandu, there was no place I could really call home, and it felt like every government in the world had raised its middle finger up at me. The song let me vent that frustration and speak as an equal to the people making my life difficult.
Lyrics & Translation
Fish ููู ูุง ุจุนูุตูุจ ู ุง ุจุฌูุฑูุจ ุนุงู ููู ู ุฃุตุทุงุฏููู ู ุชู ู ุง ุนูู ุญุงูู ุฎููู ูุด ู ุง ุชูููู ูุด ุนูููุง ูุงุฏ ุงูุญูู ูุฃููููู ูุดู/ุดุงุดุงุช ู ุง ุจูุนุฑุถูุง ุฑูุดูุงุดุงุช ุจูุฑุดููู ุณูู ููู ู ุบุทู ุจูููุฑูุฏุฉ ุงููุง ุบูู ูุงุฒุงุช White ish ุุญูููุจูุ Scottish, ุนูุซู ุงูู Fetish ุจููุง ูููุดู ู ุงูู ููุฒู ูุงุจุง.. ู ุง ุชุนุงู ููู ุนููู ุงููู ู ูุฌูุฑููุฏ ููุฑูุฉ ู ูุฑุชูุฏูุฉ ุฃููุง ุญูููู ุงููุตู ู ููุนูุจูู ู ูุณูุฑูุญู ูุฌุงูุจ ู ูุนู ุงูุนุฏูุฉ goalูุตูุชูู ู ููู ุดูุทูู ุจุนูุฏุฉ ู ุฃุฌุช ุจููุตู ุงูู score ุญูุทููู ุช ุฑูููู ููุงุณู ูููุณููุฑุช ุฃุนูู ู ุง ุชุณููุท ุตูููุชู ุนูุฑุงุณู ูุง ุฒูููู ุฉ ุฎุฏููู ุดู ูููููุงุถูุฉ ุฑูุญ ุชูุงูููู ู ูุญุจูุณ ุฌูุงุชูุง ูุนูู ููููู ุฅูุชููุงุถุฉ ูุง ู ูุฏูุญุฉ ุณูุญูุจู ุงูุฏู ูุงุทุนู ู ููููู ุงูุฃูู ูุฉ ุฎููููู ุบุงู ูู ุบุงู ูุถ ุฑูุญ ุฅูุชููู ููู ุจุงููู ูุฉ ุงูุฑูุฌูู ุงููุฃูุฒุฑูู ุงูุนู ูุงู ุถูุฎู ูุ ููุณููุน ุงูุขูุงู ููุฎูู ู ุจูู ูุซูู ููู ูุชูุฑ ููุฎู ูุ ูููููู ููู ุจุดูููุฉ ููุญู ู (ุดููุฉ ูุญู ) ููู ููู ุจุดููุฉ ูุญู (ุดููุฉ ูุญู !โฆ ุดููุฉ ูุญู !โฆ ุดููุฉ ูุญู !) ุงูุฑูุฌูู ุงููุฃูุฒุฑูู ุงูุนู ูุงู ุถูุฎู ูุ ููุณููุน ุงูุขูุงู ููุฎูู ู ุจูู ูุซูู ููู ูุชูุฑ ููุฎู ูุ ูููููู ููู ุจุดูููุฉ ููุญู ู (ุดููุฉ ูุญู ) ููู ููู ุจุดููุฉ ูุญู ูุงุจุง ูุงุฏ ุฌููู! ููู ููู ุจุดููุฉ ูุญู (ุณู ุงุน) ุฃุตููู ูุงูุญูููุ ููุตููู ู ุญุจูู ุถู ูู ู ุดุจููุ ุฅูุถูู ูู ู ุฏุจูู! ุจูู ูููุจู ุฅูุนูุฏุงู ุงููุณููุฉ ุจูู ูููุงู ุฃุดูุงุก ุงูููุตูุฏุฉ! ุจุชูู ูู ุงูุตุฏูุฉ ุชุฌู ูุนูู ููู ุฃุนุทูู ุฏูููุดู ู ุคู ู ููู ููุฎูุงู ุชูู ุงูุนุงูู ุจุถูุฎุงู ุชููุ! ุฃูุง ูุงุฌุฆุ! ููุฑุฌููู ุณูููุฏ ุฅูุงู ุชูู ููุถุนู ุบูุฑ ู ููู ุ ูู ุงูุชููุณููุท ุตุงุฑ ู ูุถูู! ุตูุบูุฑ ุฑุงุณูู ููุจูุฑ ู ุฎู ุทูุงุน ู ู ููุงูุฃูุถูุฉ ุตูุบูุฑ ุฑุงุณูู ููุจูุฑ ู ุฎู ุทูุงุน ู ู ููุงูุฃูุถูุฉ! ุดูุชูู ู ูุฑููุฉ ุจูุฑููู ู ุฑูุช ููุญุธูุฉ ู ูุฑููุฉ ุณูุฃูุช ุงูููุฑููุฉ ููู ุจุชููุฏู ูุงูุนูู ู ุญู ูุฑููุฉุ (ููู) ุตุฑุช ุชุถุญูู ูู ู ุชุณุชูุญูู ุชุทููุจ ู ููู ููุจู ู ุง ุงูุฃุฒุฑูู ุงูุนู ูุงู ูู ุฑูู ุท ููู ุงูุฃุฑุถ ุนูููู xูข ุฎูููู ุตูุฑุชูู ุนุงููุฉ ู ูุชูุชููู ุจุฏูู ูู ูุฉ ูุงุจุง ู ุงุฑูุญ ูููุงูู ุนูุด ูุฃู ูุณูุญ ููู ุงููู ุฉ!
When I get angry, I don't try to catch you like a fish And I'm not trying to take my anger out on you So don't tell me thereโs no such thing Cause on the screens they don't show you machine guns They just spray their poison on you like a smiling flower Aleppian, Scotch, Ottoman, white-ish Without snapping and the music is fetish Dude, don't treat me like a rejected ball I'm the referee in the middle and your stadium is my stage And I brought all the equipment with me You received a shot from me and it reached the middle of the goal So I broke a record and I destroy the biggest score Don't ash on my head; find yourself an ashtray Youโll find me inside it creating an intifadah Hey Madiha/compliment, boycott the leaders of the nations And stay dark, I'll meet you on top Boycott.. boycott.. boycott.. the leaders of the nations And stay dark, I'll meet you on top The Blue Giant Man, he filled the ways with bullshit His facade is a vivid color So he painted the whole world with piece of coal Piece of Coal.. So he painted the whole world with a piece of coal Piece of Coal.. Piece of Coal.. Piece of Coal Yaba/Dude, this is craziness These words are original, create and stitch Put them together and make them battle, join, and dance My heart tore because of your killing way And I find the poem, shrapnel inside you I wish coincidence would make me meet you To impress the definition of โI believeโ on you Your Majesty, the world is big as you I'm a refugee, so show me your residency My situation is not important, so failing has became a habit Make your head smaller and your brain bigger and get out of this room I saw you once outside and I asked the litany Where it's gonna take us, when the eye is already red So you started smiling at me and asking me for favors Before the Blue Giant comes and sweeps the floor with your body before I do Keep your image high and unattainable I promise I'll keep climbing to your height to show you who we are
After recording a demo during the jam sessions at Mike O’Hehir’s studio, I decided to re-record my vocals in my own home studio. Catch my best furry friend Amira at the end of the video ๐ธ.
Then, we got invited to open for dub band Zion Train at their comeback show in Portland, Maine. I invited my friend Duncan Hardy to play qanun for our cover of Abdelkader. But during the very first rehearsal, we realized that the qanun sounded incredible on ALL the songs in the set.
So I invited Duncan over to record some magic for this new version of “The Blue Giant” too! I love how the track ends with his qanun solo.
Want to hear the finished song?
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Or watch the livestream premiere from this Tuesday:
