Comments | isiscolo: just a song before I go

isiscolo

just a song before I go

Dec 01, 2008 15:19

Last night I realized, to my horror, that I was leaving for New Zealand in one week and had not started my yuletide fic yet! And my recipient, nos4a2no9 , is someone I like very much and really wanted to write something extraordinary for --

-- and then I woke up. And remembered that duh, I didn't sign up for yuletide this year, because, duh, going to New Zealand. But ( Read more... )

dreams, music

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thistle_chaser December 1 2008, 23:11:40 UTC

Last night I realized, to my horror, that I was leaving for New Zealand in one week and had not started my [info]yuletide fic yet! And my recipient, [info]nos4a2no9 , is someone I like very much and really wanted to write something extraordinary for --

-- and then I woke up.

That's funny. A couple nights ago I had a similar dream: That I had signed up in some HP artist holiday fest and OMG I can't draw! And my picture was due the next day!

Sheesh! I'd have hoped my brain could come up with something more reasonable; I'm no longer in the HP fandom and stick figures are the best I can draw!

isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:09:20 UTC

Oh, hee, your brain and mine are scarily similar when it comes to anxiety, I guess. I never realize my dreams are unreasonable while I'm dreaming them...

darththalia December 1 2008, 23:53:45 UTC

Thanks for the music! And thanks for the mention of DownThemAll--you always find out about the coolest Firefox extensions.

isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:07:20 UTC

You are welcome! And I do love DownThemAll - really practical for when friends host music on their websites :-)

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isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:05:39 UTC

I think you will like these! *mwah*

nomadicwriter December 2 2008, 00:24:09 UTC

I love David Ford. I've been following his stuff since he was in Easyworld (which was less alt-folk and more alt-indie rock) who were one of my very favourite bands of the 2000s. He's been getting steadily more acoustic since he went solo, which is less my thing, but he's still done some great stuff. The three song you posted are my favourites from his latest album, and "State of the Union" from the one before is just fabulous.

isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:05:05 UTC

I have both of his solo albums, but I didn't realize he was in another band before until I looked him up on Wikipedia. I actually like the quiet acoustic stuff a lot - would you recommend me trying to find Easyworld, or do you think it wouldn't be my thing based on my general preferences?

(And your icon - just perfect!)

nomadicwriter December 2 2008, 02:12:21 UTC

I find my "I know this one!" icon so useful.

Hmm. I don't know; I'm probably horribly biased because I love the band so much. I'd say "State of the Union" is about the closest to the Easyworld sound you get on the solo albums. But really, the tracks are quite variable: you've got some alt rock stuff with screechy guitars and heavy drums, mixed in with upbeat poppy numbers and quieter piano pieces. You might be better off checking out the second album, "Kill the Last Romantic", first, because that has more of the quieter piano stuff; "This Is Where I Stand" is definitely more of a rock sound. But I adore both of them, and I do think they're worth checking out if you like Ford's voice - it's all quite interesting and unusual and a bit hard to genre classify.

neotoma December 2 2008, 00:52:01 UTC

That's a doozer of an anxiety dream.

The music is lovely, and why have I not heard of John Prine before?

isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:01:38 UTC

You're kidding me. Say you're kidding. I mean, granted, you are ten years younger than I am, but - only one of the most seminal folkies of the 70s and 80s!

Or tell me you're not, and I shall upload you some more John Prine!

neotoma December 2 2008, 01:23:11 UTC

Sorry, I hadn't heard of him before. In the 80's I was listening to the Classic Rock station, and my parents old records from the 60s. ;)

isiscolo December 2 2008, 01:53:32 UTC

Well, then!

Picture Show - from the same album as All the Best. These are actually some of his more recent songs, from the 90s. I love the beat in this and the imagery.

Sam Stone - one of his classics. Antiwar folk song.

Dear Abby - another classic, an homage to that great dispenser of advice. Not that great a song, but funny as hell, and really, it's one of his signature songs.

The Bottomless Lake - This combines the humor of Dear Abby, the grimness of Sam Stone, and the wonderful combination of language and beat of Picture Show. (The rhyme, "We are falling down, down to the bottom / of a hole in the ground, smoke 'em if you got 'em" just makes me HAPPY.) Kind of a dorky song.

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness - this version is actually sung by Nanci Griffith, with Prine on harmony, but he wrote the song. Melodic country ballad about love troubles.

I hope you like these!