There are a couple of songs I'm listening to at the moment that get me 'right there'. Right in the place that makes me want to copyright the song as my own. Or jump out of the seat and try to teach myself to play the guitar for the 12th time. Or go back in time and become the angst-ridden teen that had enough energy and passion to write poetry late into the night. Or catch a plane, arrive at their home and ask "how is it you know my thoughts?"
1.) Anais Mitchell's child-like voice and unexpected note changes make me a little excited. They also make me want to go read up on my Greek literature so I can keep up with the references in her songs. My favourite at the moment is 'Your Fonder Heart'. The lulling sweet and simple finger-picked guitar mixed with a heart-felt floaty voice;
2) Whilst living in a small town on the border of
Turns out he made himself into a pretty good songwriter. And decided to write a little ditty about his childhood:
www.myspace.com/aaronpaulbeckum .
I actually try and stop myself from listening to his songs because they really do bring a part of my life back that I feel is personal and private, and it scares me a little bit that someone I haven't seen since I was 12 is out there singing about it. There aren't too many people in the world who can sing about swimming down the
3) The third one is going a little out of the folk genre and moving swiftly on to some kind of electronica. Artist is Scroobius Pip and song being 'Letter from God to Man'. I don't think this guy is a Christian, and I definitely don't agree with a couple of things he says in the song i.e.: "I was a simple being that happened to be the first to yield such powers". However, this song made me stop in my tracks, gave me chills from my little pinky toe to the bottom of my hairs. I found it extremely beautiful and sad all at the same time:
www.myspace.com/lesacvspip - Letter from God to Man.
8 comments:
I agree, it's so weird to discover someone else who has the same memories as us! And then to hear them singing about it... it's eerie.
I went to school with him. He's a neat guy.
My current favs are Zero 7, Sia and of course Imogen Heap. Probably not new to people overseas...but pretty new over here and I am addicted.
Sia's "Breathe Me"....UGH...makes me cry every stinkin' time.
We had a guy in our class in high school that had a band and wrote songs. He wrote a song for our graduating class, which I still have. I would LOVE to know what in the world happened to him!
hey beth - sia is one of my faves that i listen to a lot! her voice is just beautiful. i think i've memorised all of Zero 7's songs and imogen heap.. beautiful!! :)
Did you really go to school with Aaron, Sherry??? That's an unexpected connection!
So cool. Just knowing you like the same music makes me feel special. Like I'm not an old foagie.
Very thoughtful thoughts, though I know none of the music. I enjoy your thought processes.
Has it warmed up?
Stopping back by to let you know that Kev and I finally finished Chapter 4!
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