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This is my 11th contribution for 14valentines and I'm glad the project is nearly at an end because it's exhausting to post every day. I'm learning that I just can't do it. This is why I usually lurk LJ.
I've got the last part of girl!Adam to post, a post about inspirational women in my life and a Greta/Vicky T I've been throwing around for a while. Before that, though, I've got a post about Martha Wainwright.
Anyone who knows me know that my love for Martha is wide-ranging and never-ending. I got into her in 2007 (which is the Year of The Songwriter, to be honest) and saw her for the first time last May. I saw her again in October, and I'd like very much to see her this year too.
For the uninitiated, she's the sister of Rufus Wainwright and the daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. She's married to producer Brad Albetta who is also an adorable failbot. He plays bass in her band, but he also plays the piano, and I've seen him play drums, too. I'm glad that she seems to have a really functional relationship, because she deserves it. Her family is not the most functional. I'm not really going into that (doublefourtime did a lot more; I'm hoping she'll leave a link to the post). I'm celebrating how amazing Martha is and how much her music means to me.
She's my highest played female artist. She's someone I admire greatly. I like that she's smart and strong and sexy and that she lacks confidence in her talent even though she's amazing, and I like that she's honest and raw and that her music is universal but that it does, I think, have a resonance for women.
This picture was taken by Neal Casal of the Cardinals (as in Ryan Adams &)! She is fully Cardinal-approved!
Some of my favourite songs:
Far Away
I have no children
I have no husband
I have no reason
To be alive
Oh, give me one
Depressing lyrics, amazing melody
G.P.T
Catch a ride or cop a feel
I won't be late I won't decline
your invite tonight this starry cold night
One of her finest examples of a "big" song. I think this is almost the closest she comes to Rufus' grandiosity. (Is that a word?)
You Cheated Me
You cheated me and I can't believe it
I've been calling since four o'clock last night
You cheated me and I can't believe it
I saw you singing and dancing in the rain
All the way home
To me this isn't about a broken relationship but a broken friendship and the way it stings.
Hearts Club Band
I ride on the back of your life
But I never take your advice
You were cruel in a different way than I was used to
And you have the funniest smile I've ever seen
If this song isn't about her dad, I'll eat my own arm. It just is.
This Life
Oh, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song,
There's a song
It's in my head
There's a song, there's a song
A little country song
That's in my head
The first line of this refrain breaks my heart into about a thousand pieces.
When The Day Is Short
And on the jukebox is your
Is your only song & I
I have never remembered the words
Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Oh I wish I wish I wish I was born a man
So I could learn how to stand up for myself
Like those guys with guitars
I've been watching in bars
Who've been stamping their feet to a different beat
To a different beat
To a different beat
I've said lots about this song, and how it got me through some difficult times. It's about Loudon, from when he dedicated a song to her (maybe "One Man Guy"? which is about how selfish he is. Rufus covered it and made it about a man he was in love with) and upset her. But this verse makes me ache, so much.
I Wish I Were
I listen to the radio
Not music but the talk shows
I watch a lot of PBS and BBC
I don't want to meet the press
I'm scared, I'm scared of what I see
I never got this song (so you might not either) until I saw her perform it; the pain and the sincerity really come across.
Bleeding All Over You
My heart was made for bleeding all over you
And I know you're married but I've got feelings too
I love the rawness of this. It's possibly my second favourite Martha song.
Factory
These are not my people, I should never have come here
I know a place, I've seen the face
Take the coast from factory to factory
And this is my favourite. It seems like a long ago song made modern, if that makes sense. It simultaneously reminds me of sailors coming home and being stuck in a metropolis. Hey I never said I made sense.
Dis Quand Reviendras Tu
Sam almost weed when Martha played this last May; it's easy to see why. In October Brad played piano for this and there was just the two of them onstage and it was honestly like being in someone's living room and watching their relationship. I admire that honesty.
See Emily Play
A cover, and so much better than the original.
Love Is A Stranger
A cover of the Eurythmics song; it's much better than the original in my opinion.
Bye Bye Blackbird
A cover of Bye Bye Blackbird which I can't listen to without thinking of my dad. Here I go, singing low...
Lolita
I got my eyes on you
I got my eyes on you all of the time
Based on the novel. It's very, very creepy. And amazing.
Question of Etiquette
Now I don't know where your mommy met my daddy
It doesn't matter, it might be shady
But I like you, maybe you'll like me
And we can pretend that we are a family
An honest look at her family. This might not be everyone's cup of tea but fuck it, I'm a Manics fan, I like a heart on a sleeve.
Laurel and Hardy
He's Laurel he's Hardy he's the life of the party
And he's got great taste in furniture
Wakes up at noon plays the piano til he swoons
Goes out for food
This is about Rufus. It's beautiful; just the perfect mix of love and bitterness.
(Little Sister
Little sister come and sit beside me, beside me
And we'll play a tune on this old piano, forte
Just for a while, just for a while, just for a while
'Til your hair becomes a powdered wig
And I become a total bastard
Feet that hardly reach the pedal
Sewn to a tremendous shadow
This is Rufus' song about Martha. I don't know which came first but I have a tremendous amount of love for both of them)
This is my review of Martha last October. This is Sam's post about when we saw her in May, but it's flocked (might she unlock?). This is Sam's public post about when she saw Martha the first time. This is a lovely article about Martha and her marriage (I like marriage! I'm sorry! I'm married and it's important to me!). This is about the second album. This is about about the show that Sam and I saw last May. Now I'm going to bed.
Feel free to ask more/talk at me.
I've got the last part of girl!Adam to post, a post about inspirational women in my life and a Greta/Vicky T I've been throwing around for a while. Before that, though, I've got a post about Martha Wainwright.
Anyone who knows me know that my love for Martha is wide-ranging and never-ending. I got into her in 2007 (which is the Year of The Songwriter, to be honest) and saw her for the first time last May. I saw her again in October, and I'd like very much to see her this year too.
For the uninitiated, she's the sister of Rufus Wainwright and the daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle. She's married to producer Brad Albetta who is also an adorable failbot. He plays bass in her band, but he also plays the piano, and I've seen him play drums, too. I'm glad that she seems to have a really functional relationship, because she deserves it. Her family is not the most functional. I'm not really going into that (doublefourtime did a lot more; I'm hoping she'll leave a link to the post). I'm celebrating how amazing Martha is and how much her music means to me.
She's my highest played female artist. She's someone I admire greatly. I like that she's smart and strong and sexy and that she lacks confidence in her talent even though she's amazing, and I like that she's honest and raw and that her music is universal but that it does, I think, have a resonance for women.
This picture was taken by Neal Casal of the Cardinals (as in Ryan Adams &)! She is fully Cardinal-approved!
Some of my favourite songs:
Far Away
I have no children
I have no husband
I have no reason
To be alive
Oh, give me one
Depressing lyrics, amazing melody
G.P.T
Catch a ride or cop a feel
I won't be late I won't decline
your invite tonight this starry cold night
One of her finest examples of a "big" song. I think this is almost the closest she comes to Rufus' grandiosity. (Is that a word?)
You Cheated Me
You cheated me and I can't believe it
I've been calling since four o'clock last night
You cheated me and I can't believe it
I saw you singing and dancing in the rain
All the way home
To me this isn't about a broken relationship but a broken friendship and the way it stings.
Hearts Club Band
I ride on the back of your life
But I never take your advice
You were cruel in a different way than I was used to
And you have the funniest smile I've ever seen
If this song isn't about her dad, I'll eat my own arm. It just is.
This Life
Oh, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song, there's a song,
There's a song
It's in my head
There's a song, there's a song
A little country song
That's in my head
The first line of this refrain breaks my heart into about a thousand pieces.
When The Day Is Short
And on the jukebox is your
Is your only song & I
I have never remembered the words
Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Oh I wish I wish I wish I was born a man
So I could learn how to stand up for myself
Like those guys with guitars
I've been watching in bars
Who've been stamping their feet to a different beat
To a different beat
To a different beat
I've said lots about this song, and how it got me through some difficult times. It's about Loudon, from when he dedicated a song to her (maybe "One Man Guy"? which is about how selfish he is. Rufus covered it and made it about a man he was in love with) and upset her. But this verse makes me ache, so much.
I Wish I Were
I listen to the radio
Not music but the talk shows
I watch a lot of PBS and BBC
I don't want to meet the press
I'm scared, I'm scared of what I see
I never got this song (so you might not either) until I saw her perform it; the pain and the sincerity really come across.
Bleeding All Over You
My heart was made for bleeding all over you
And I know you're married but I've got feelings too
I love the rawness of this. It's possibly my second favourite Martha song.
Factory
These are not my people, I should never have come here
I know a place, I've seen the face
Take the coast from factory to factory
And this is my favourite. It seems like a long ago song made modern, if that makes sense. It simultaneously reminds me of sailors coming home and being stuck in a metropolis. Hey I never said I made sense.
Dis Quand Reviendras Tu
Sam almost weed when Martha played this last May; it's easy to see why. In October Brad played piano for this and there was just the two of them onstage and it was honestly like being in someone's living room and watching their relationship. I admire that honesty.
See Emily Play
A cover, and so much better than the original.
Love Is A Stranger
A cover of the Eurythmics song; it's much better than the original in my opinion.
Bye Bye Blackbird
A cover of Bye Bye Blackbird which I can't listen to without thinking of my dad. Here I go, singing low...
Lolita
I got my eyes on you
I got my eyes on you all of the time
Based on the novel. It's very, very creepy. And amazing.
Question of Etiquette
Now I don't know where your mommy met my daddy
It doesn't matter, it might be shady
But I like you, maybe you'll like me
And we can pretend that we are a family
An honest look at her family. This might not be everyone's cup of tea but fuck it, I'm a Manics fan, I like a heart on a sleeve.
Laurel and Hardy
He's Laurel he's Hardy he's the life of the party
And he's got great taste in furniture
Wakes up at noon plays the piano til he swoons
Goes out for food
This is about Rufus. It's beautiful; just the perfect mix of love and bitterness.
(Little Sister
Little sister come and sit beside me, beside me
And we'll play a tune on this old piano, forte
Just for a while, just for a while, just for a while
'Til your hair becomes a powdered wig
And I become a total bastard
Feet that hardly reach the pedal
Sewn to a tremendous shadow
This is Rufus' song about Martha. I don't know which came first but I have a tremendous amount of love for both of them)
This is my review of Martha last October. This is Sam's post about when we saw her in May, but it's flocked (might she unlock?). This is Sam's public post about when she saw Martha the first time. This is a lovely article about Martha and her marriage (I like marriage! I'm sorry! I'm married and it's important to me!). This is about the second album. This is about about the show that Sam and I saw last May. Now I'm going to bed.
Feel free to ask more/talk at me.