Displaying 0 To 0 Of 0 Comments Weekend Music Thread – Heart Beats Here they are, because I never tire of pointing out how awful they are. The lyrics to “Don’t Know Why”, most famously sung by Nora Jones: I waited ’til I saw the sun When I saw the break of day My heart is drenched in wine Out across the endless sea My heart is drenched in wine Something has to make you run » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 23, 2011 @ 9:48 pm “if you told me you were drowning, I would not lend a hand”. That is so funny. Usually when someone is drowning, they don’t “tell you”. They’re a little too busy for that. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 23, 2011 @ 9:44 pm Sorry AD, disagree with you. I think it is fine for people to interpret songs as they wish, but I think it is also possible to guess when some writers are just filling a melody with blather. My favorite example of this is the Nora Jones song “Don’t Know Why” (she didn’t write it, so she can still be adored! ) » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 23, 2011 @ 9:43 pm Not to mention, he’s a lousy song writer. I mean, that song, what is he even talking about? He’s been waiting for this moment, al his life…for what? He’s gonna kill somebody? It’s not clear. Is he talking to a lover who jilted him, or some horrible criminal…wtf is he babbling about? » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 23, 2011 @ 8:50 pm A Letter to the Arizona Legislature Neil Young wrote some songs about racism. With this one, you can pretty much just substitute “Arizona” for “Alabama”
» Posted By whatsthatsound On April 18, 2011 @ 4:58 pm That’s not in BSM’s statement at ALL! As you know, Krugman himself often gets pilloried by those who will brook no disagreement with the president. BSM is referring to the right, FOX, and all the phony “news” sources. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 18, 2011 @ 5:47 pm Cher, how on earth do you do this? I think it would take me more than 24 hours just to compile all this stuff, and then I’d have to sleep all the next day. But you? You’re amazing. Amazing, also, is the paper by the two members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. This is so encouraging, to see that even the brass are aware of what needs to happen, how we need to shift from a Guns Economy to a Butter Economy or go the way of Detroit. I really hope this message takes hold, in all branches of the military and in all corridors of power. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 18, 2011 @ 6:25 am Bacchanalian Honky Tonk Blues (Dylan Parody) Hi Cher, Those are really extraordinary! Thanks for posting. In this particular series of illustrations, I wanted the images to be as referential as the lyrics, so I borrow from Goya, Waterhouse, and Richard Doyle (uncle of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), who illustrated fairies, elves, etc. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 18, 2011 @ 4:21 pm Thank you, Auntie! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 1:10 am oh, that sounds reasonable… » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 8:19 pm Thanks e-cat. Why, that Hitchkockian presence could only be the same guy who appears in my av! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 8:18 pm hee hee. She was fun to draw! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 5:05 pm Parodies Make Laughs? » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 5:05 pm Just caught it now, on my Sunday morning. Thanks, foodchain! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 4:55 pm Coolness! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 4:54 pm Ha! What an interesting comment. Thanks, foxisms! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 4:51 pm Thanks, KT! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 4:50 pm Thanks, Adlib! I had a lot of fun with this. It’s pretty old, actually. It started out with just a few lines, trying to do something like “Highway 61”. But it sort of took on a life of its own afterwards. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 15, 2011 @ 10:07 pm Weekend Music Thread – The Poetry of Music likewise! » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 8:44 pm To my mind, no one is more adept at provoking sentiments of longing and melancholy than Neil Young.
» Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 7:38 pm exactly. “red and ruby chalice” “alabaster palace” They just flat out pour out of her mouth. I don’t know why this song isn’t better known. To me it is one of the finest pairings of words and voice out there. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 7:17 pm Johnny Mercer had a way with words, to put it mildly. “Moon River”, “One For My Baby (And One More For the Road)”, etc., but with this one he reaches a truly transcendent quality. Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than the summer night I can’t explain the silver rain that found me–or was that a moonlit veil? Was there such a night, it’s a thrill I still don’t quite believe, The flame of it may dwindle to an ember, and the stars forget to shine, » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 6:08 pm That’s hilarious! What did Dylan think of it? » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 16, 2011 @ 6:02 pm AD, maybe a link or something? You see, it only took me a little bit of digging to at least find one person that can argue against your charge. I’m not saying I disbelieve you, I just think that we should all be wary when such strong charges against people are tossed about. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 5:30 pm Quote from this link: “First, Disney hired Jews, lots of Jews. Disney was not himself Jewish, of course, but the success of his business owed a great deal to a Jew. The bedrock of Disney was Walt’s merchandising partner, the Jewish Kay Kamen, the man who helped make Mickey Mouse into a cult and who once remarked that Disney had more Jews in it than the Book of Leviticus. This was not an accident, occurring against Walt’s wishes. When Harry Tytle joined the studio as a production manager and told Walt that he was half-Jewish, Disney replied: “It would be better if you were all Jewish.” http://mydisneymania.blogspot.com/2008/01/disney-was-not-antisemite.html » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 5:01 pm I’m pretty sure he’d look at the slick, profit driven product of today and think that wasn’t exactly what he had in mind. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 4:54 pm It is, it is. It’s just breath-taking. I don’t think anyone has come close to this, not even Hayao Miyazaki. This is Fine Art, not the formulaic pap like Pocohantes and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 4:39 pm Wow! What movie is that? » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 12:43 pm The apologies should come from me. I just hate to see a post dangle, so I had to think of something. The opera “Faust” has a fantastic depiction of the Devil, so that’s what got me started along this trajectory. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 6:57 am Hey Mighty! This sequence, in particular, is amazing to me. The stuff Disney Studios (at its best) turned out when ol’ Walt was still alive was nothing short of amazing. So much better than the formulaic product of today. » Posted By whatsthatsound On April 17, 2011 @ 6:45 amComments Posted By whatsthatsound
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I left you by the house of fun
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I wished that I could fly away
Instead of kneeling in the sand
Catching teardrops in my hand
But you’ll be on my mind
Forever
I would die in ecstasy
But I’ll be a bag of bones
Driving down the road along
But you’ll be on my mind
Forever
I don’t know why I didn’t come
I feel as empty as a drum
I don’t know why I didn’t come
Have you ever listened to the words, or read the lyrics? Meaningless blather, just filling up the melody.
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Sorry, KQ, I’m not up on all the acronyms….
Can I get you to tweak it for me a bit? Try as I might, I can’t get the first three words to show up. It’s actually, “Well, the Great Whore…”, but that just keeps disappearing.
May it be as fun to peruse as it was to create!
When he sings “broke it down the middle”, I just about cry
Ella Fitzgerald, “The Midnight Sun”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f53xo_NNF8
The clouds were like an alabaster palace rising to a snowy height.
Each star its own aurora borealis, suddenly you held me tight
I could see the Midnight Sun.
The music of the universe around me, or was that a nightingale?
And then your arms miraculously found me,suddenly the sky turned pale,
I could see the Midnight Sun.
But after you were gone, there was still some stardust on my sleeve.
And we may see the meadow in December, icy white and crystalline,
But oh my darling always I’ll remember when your lips were close to mine,
And we saw the Midnight Sun.
Hopefully, I’ll have something intelligent to add at some point…
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