And the road a-winding goes From golden gate to roaring cliff-side And the light is softly low As our hearts become sweetly untied Beneath the sun of California one
There are too many things for me to write about this song. How this is the perfect two songs stacked together to make one song. How the length of the song is carried by the dreamy nature of the tune and playing. How the song reminds me of the stretch of the California Highway One between Carmel and Big Sur. How I fell I feel in love with this song while I was traveling alone in Europe. How the first time I heard this song I play it ten times in a row. How the song strikes the perfect cord about being alone. How this song in an amazing ending to an unexpectedly good album. How I cried when I saw them play it live.
We're calling all bed wetters And ambulance chasers Poor picker-pockets, bring 'em in Come join the youth and beauty brigade
We're lining up the light-loafered And the bored bench warmers Castaways and cutouts, fill it up Come join the youth and beauty brigade Come join the youth and beauty brigade
What amazes me still is how they are calling to there listeners. They are calling to the misfits and losers of the world and saying "We are you, You are us." It caught me the very first time I heard this song. They are ending their first album by calling all their fans. it is a brilliant move.
There are lots of songs about California. I have learned that is because California is a millions different things to 40 million people. This song is about my California.
I figured I had paid my debt to society By paying my overdue fines At the Multnomah County library, at the library They said "Son, go join up go join the youth and beauty brigade"
I have been taking part in Aught Music blog. It is an music blog put together by Jeremy Bushnell. The point is for people to write little love notes or appreciations for the songs of the last decade. The project is broken up to be done year by year. We have just finished up 2000. I am sending my posts for 2001 songs that will be posted over the next couple of weeks.
If you like you can see my posts. I would suggest looking through all the posts. There is a lot to look at there. I would recommend it all.
I love the sample of a marble being dropped. I really like this album. It is my favorite Rap album of 2009 so far. I am not sure what that says about me.
This is the song for Kate and My first dance at our wedding. The Lyrics might show you why.
Shooting off vicious collections of words The losers make facts by the things they have heard And I find myself trying hard to defend them
I made decisions some right and some wrong And I let some love go I wish wasn't gone These things and more I wish I had not done
But I can't go back And I don't want to 'Cause all my mistakes They brought me to you
I have some "friends" they don't know who I am So I write quotations around the word friends But I have a couple that have always been there for me
And I missed some fun 'cause I worked through the dawn Expecting your praise when I returned home But I paid the cost 'cause I got left alone for the songs
But I can't go back And I don't want to 'Cause all my mistakes They brought me to you
This song really reminds me of Pavement a lot. That is not a bad thing. I guess that is bound to happen when you have former member of Pavement in your band.
I love when a band tries to be in that space between what I am comfortable with and what I have not heard before. I think that song fills space nicely.
I love when I hear a song that both lyrics and music sound true to me. This song feel like an idea I have been carrier around in my skin for years, but had no way to express. That feeling is something I love about music.
I hate when I hear people compare Antony and the Johnsons to someone else. I want to tell them to slow down and just enjoy that Unique thing that he is bringing to music.
The anger in this song is both compelling and silly. Eminem succeeded because he had this feeling of authenticity. This song really speaks to that authenticity.
What I love about this song is that it reflects both the idea of truth and age. I can see how Bruce Springsteen might find this song to be true about himself. That is when Springsteen is at his best. When he and his listeners are finding the truth.
I listen to that song and it proves to me that the guys from the Gaslight Anthem have spent a lot of time listening to Rock N Roll. I think it does something good for this song.
This is straight ahead punk that boarders on Mindless. If I listened to this every day it would rot my brain, but it is good to mix it up from time to time.
I think this is a perfect example of where my musical taste is right now. Light pop, slightly off mainstream, well crafted, and something no one I know is listening to.
I love this song, but if makes me feel that Black Francis' best days are behind him. There is something here that is past his peak. It would have been great in the early 90s.
For some reason I think I should like the Dirty Projectors, but I don't. I think this song night show way. It has some ingredients I like, but they are mixed wrong.
I remember loving this song when I first heard it, but it sounds dated now. It seems like so much has changed since 2001. It reminds me of a place the world no longer is at.
I think Conor Oberst is the perfect guy for people who like pop structures but more going on under the covers. I think this song is no different. You can listen to the song as a simple pop song or something much more.
This is a great song. The first time I heard it I thought it was a perfect send up of the Pet Shop Boys. Kate and I sing this song to each other all the time.
You don't measure up to the expectation. When you're unemployed, there's no vacation. No one cares, no one sympathizes. You just stay home and play synthesizers.
There's something about the hollow sound of this live recording that is haunting. The baby crying in the background helps too. This is an amazing recording.
The other day I was describing Midomi to Eric. For him these website is a version of hell. It is a web site where you can listen to amateurs sings acapella versions of songs. If you want to, you can record your own versions of the songs and post them on the site.
I can best describe this web site as an old fashion time suck. The kind of time suck that have become an art in the age of the internet. I keep on searching for more and more songs. There is something about listening to these songs that is just addictive.
For the most part cover songs are about truth. There is some other truth to that song that you never heard before. Really good covers makes you think something totally different about the original version. It is not that these versions have showed me any new truth about these songs. Most of the tracks you hear either how much the people love the song or how they really want to sing it well.
On the news I saw a story about the National Review writing the list of the 50 best consertative rock songs. I read the list and I am not sure what they were going for. Some songs should be on this list like Taxman and Sweet Home Alabama. I am just not too sure about Sympathy for the Devil or Gloria. I think they are reaching some of the time.
Lets look at a song like I Fought The Law. The average conservative I know is pretty much the law and order time. They are not fighting the law most of the time.
The list is pretty cute, but I think there are better songs that could have made it. Then again I am long looking toward rock stars for the most balanced political thought.
This is one of the best idea I seen in a long time. To tell the story of your life one song of a time, really gives people a chance to know you. Todays pick is one of my favorite songs off all time. It has a lot of great meetings.
UPDATE: There used to be a URL on this page for Bullwinkle's song of the day page, but that page has gone away.
