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José González

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Gothenburg, Sweden (2003 – present)

José González was born in Gothenburg, Sweden to Argentinean parents in 1978. In 2003, he released his debut album, Veneer, in Europe. The album has since been released in the UK, on April 25, 2005, and in the United States on September 6, 2005.

The song

Crosses, from Crosses EP and the later Veneer, appeared on the finale of the second season of the popular American television comedy-drama The O.C.. His cover of

Heartbeats (also from Veneer) was used in a recent Sony BRAVIA TV commercial featuring coloured bouncing balls in San Francisco.

His trademark sound is solo acoustic guitar with soft melody. His work, although mostly original, does include acoustic covers of great hits such as

Love Will Tear Us Apart,

Born in the U.S.A., and

Teardrop.

José is one of three members of the band Junip

José González also appears in the recent Zero 7 album The Garden, in which he sings on 3 new tracks and on a reworked version of

Crosses.

www.jose-gonzalez.com

Veneer
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In Our Nature
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Teardrop (Live)
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Crosses EP
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Top Tracks

1	Heartbeats full track	9,366
2	Crosses full track	4,337
3	Teardrop full track	3,038
4	Down The Line	2,800
5	Slow Moves full track	2,757
6	Killing For Love full track	2,754
7	Lovestain full track	2,687
8	Remain full track	2,629
9	Stay in the Shade full track	2,558
10	All You Deliver full track	2,383
11	Hints full track	2,375
12	Deadweight on Velveteen full track	2,362
13	How Low	2,295
14	Save Your Day full track	2,148
15	Broken Arrows full track	2,122

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Sparrowhawkged wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Saw them gathering sticks from the ground.

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saulkenji wrote:
Thursday afternoon

ja toj kupil! lek ilal

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Mynameisluca wrote:
Wednesday evening

god damn. just leave the covers be. go see him live. you will be amazed..its a beautiful show.

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hibbster26 wrote:
last month

I don't thik it is his own fault that the most popular songs are his covers. That's just because people tend to take the easy way and just listen to what made the artist popular in the first place. His own stuff is way better then his covers. It takes time for people to realize that I guess. But you make a valid point nevertheless.

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JBiiJB wrote:
last month

meh. I mean I think that both originals are way, way better. The guy is talented though. Not trying to bash, just think he made it big off someone's else's work kinda thing. Slow Moves and Crosses are great though.

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x35JOW337 wrote:
last month

if you cant respect a guy for taking two songs, changing their sounds completely and making them his own then who the hell can you respect!

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JBiiJB wrote:
last month

I'd probably respect this guy more if his two most popular songs weren't covers. Other than that, he's pretty talented. He should spend more time writing his own material.

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these_old_shoes wrote:
last month

A compromise between honest and lies....

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mamanjetaime wrote:
last month

love every inch of his stuff

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WhereIsMyLove wrote:
last month

Love Heartbeats!

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chaticha wrote:
last month

du är så bra josé!

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lovespirals wrote:
last month

one of the great artists of our time, imho.

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weemies wrote:
last month

His voice is amazing. Soft, gentle yet very resonant and powerful.

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hibbster26 wrote:
last month

José is beyond awesome...

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APRILELIZ wrote:
last month

Haunting. So glad classical guitar is not dead.

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ama- wrote:
last month

I should buy his albums

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ffion_nia wrote:
last month

delightful. inspiring...

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CaptainZozobra wrote:
last month

Крут Пацанчег!!!!)

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boyfone wrote:
last month

Viva José González!

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PXNCHOBEAR wrote:
last month

One night to be confused :D

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