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Instructions: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in LJ along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they're listening to.
Only 7? Descriptions not really in-depth because I am le tired.
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
That woman has a golden voice, and when she uses it to belt out the first two choruses of 'deep red bells, deep as I have been done', it shows. The song's melody loses track a bit for the third verse, and the beginning of the third chorus isn't nearly as good as it could be, but the transition into the chorus is simply orgasmic, as the band slows down with her to celebrate the beauty of a life in the moments before it fades. It's also got beautiful lyrics to it, some of Neko's best on Blacklisted (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is still a more lyrically mature album, but Blacklisted has it's definite charms).
PJ Harvey - The River
For a song so built on repetition, it really is beautiful. A simple three bars of piano, repeated incessantly, a few flourishes of trumpet, and PJ crooning the same words with slight changes again and again is so very beautiful still. The sense of loss and acceptance is very strong in this song, and the endless chanting "like a pain in the river" is healing.
Tori Amos - Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen wrote a beautiful song, Tori played a beautiful piano. It's a fantastic combination, enough that I'm learning the piano part. The cold sense of loss and resignation, with the beautiful poetry in the letter, and concluding with the question unasked and simply "L. Cohen" is genius. I adore Leonard Cohen, but mostly listen to covers of his songs as his voice tends to grate after a fw songs. This is one of my favorites.
Bjork - Triumph of a Heart (Audition Mix)
Tarzan having sex + yodeling + mouthwash. Oh Bjork, how I love you.
Patty Griffin - Top of the World (Early Version)
Thanks to Stacy for sending this to me, because it's beautiful and I love it. I've always found this simple confession of a song to be remarkably moving, with a stirring strings arrangement and in this version, a beautiful little piano bit. The cracks in Patty's voice really add life to what could be very stereotypical lines, and even the final "whoa, whoa, to the top of the world" repetitions are heartbreaking, especially as it comes in with a kick-snare drum after a few minimalist piano keys are tapped.
Kate Bush - Never Be Mine
Kate's a mixed bag for me. Some of her stuff I love, some of it I hate, and some I just don't notice until months later. Never Be Mine snuck up on me today, as I found myself humming the sweet, lonely "they're setting fire to the corn fields/the smell of burning fields will now mean you and here" and thinking about associative memory. It's what people do. The line is very true, I suppose, and the rest of the song, with simple lyrics and intstrumentation, doesn't need to be any more detailed or overdone than it is. It's elegant and innocent and heartfelt, and maybe it deserves appreciation just for that.
Paul Simon - I Don't Believe
This song is frustrating. It's disjointed, and contains cliches, and some really irritating instrumentation. And yet the ending, which ties up what Dostoevsky spent an entire frigging book on saying (thank you, Notes from Underground), is beautiful and a perfect observation.
Tags to stacyx, diable_cajun, twitchnosewitch, millym, rose_indigo, rxglitterpill and kali921.
Only 7? Descriptions not really in-depth because I am le tired.
Neko Case - Deep Red Bells
That woman has a golden voice, and when she uses it to belt out the first two choruses of 'deep red bells, deep as I have been done', it shows. The song's melody loses track a bit for the third verse, and the beginning of the third chorus isn't nearly as good as it could be, but the transition into the chorus is simply orgasmic, as the band slows down with her to celebrate the beauty of a life in the moments before it fades. It's also got beautiful lyrics to it, some of Neko's best on Blacklisted (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood is still a more lyrically mature album, but Blacklisted has it's definite charms).
PJ Harvey - The River
For a song so built on repetition, it really is beautiful. A simple three bars of piano, repeated incessantly, a few flourishes of trumpet, and PJ crooning the same words with slight changes again and again is so very beautiful still. The sense of loss and acceptance is very strong in this song, and the endless chanting "like a pain in the river" is healing.
Tori Amos - Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen wrote a beautiful song, Tori played a beautiful piano. It's a fantastic combination, enough that I'm learning the piano part. The cold sense of loss and resignation, with the beautiful poetry in the letter, and concluding with the question unasked and simply "L. Cohen" is genius. I adore Leonard Cohen, but mostly listen to covers of his songs as his voice tends to grate after a fw songs. This is one of my favorites.
Bjork - Triumph of a Heart (Audition Mix)
Tarzan having sex + yodeling + mouthwash. Oh Bjork, how I love you.
Patty Griffin - Top of the World (Early Version)
Thanks to Stacy for sending this to me, because it's beautiful and I love it. I've always found this simple confession of a song to be remarkably moving, with a stirring strings arrangement and in this version, a beautiful little piano bit. The cracks in Patty's voice really add life to what could be very stereotypical lines, and even the final "whoa, whoa, to the top of the world" repetitions are heartbreaking, especially as it comes in with a kick-snare drum after a few minimalist piano keys are tapped.
Kate Bush - Never Be Mine
Kate's a mixed bag for me. Some of her stuff I love, some of it I hate, and some I just don't notice until months later. Never Be Mine snuck up on me today, as I found myself humming the sweet, lonely "they're setting fire to the corn fields/the smell of burning fields will now mean you and here" and thinking about associative memory. It's what people do. The line is very true, I suppose, and the rest of the song, with simple lyrics and intstrumentation, doesn't need to be any more detailed or overdone than it is. It's elegant and innocent and heartfelt, and maybe it deserves appreciation just for that.
Paul Simon - I Don't Believe
This song is frustrating. It's disjointed, and contains cliches, and some really irritating instrumentation. And yet the ending, which ties up what Dostoevsky spent an entire frigging book on saying (thank you, Notes from Underground), is beautiful and a perfect observation.
Tags to stacyx, diable_cajun, twitchnosewitch, millym, rose_indigo, rxglitterpill and kali921.