Music to share

[rachelmanija]

If you like the song, buy the CD. And do tell me if you like them, especially if they're new to you.

Thousands are Sailing, by the Pogues, from If I Should Fall From Grace of God. A gorgeous ballad about saying good-bye, among other things. I never even got so far/That they could change my name

Bijou, by Stew, from Guest Host. I have no idea how to describe this one, and would love to hear what you think of it. I just think it's really cool and unique. Imagine your grandma drunk with pearls/Chipped nail polish/Going home with girls

Coming Back to You, by Leonard Cohen, from Various Positions. If all you know is other people's covers of "Hallelujah," you are in for a treat. There are many in your life/And many still to be/Since you are a shining light/There's many that you'll see

Cowboy Singer, by Dave Carter and Tracey Grammar, from Tanglewood Tree. I love everything about this song-- it's a perfect little short story-- but perhaps the last verse the best. Seventeen years she has been in this world/
Wide-eyed and wistful, pretty little mormon girl

Texas River Song, by Lyle Lovett, from Step Into This House. A particularly good, and quite traditional version of an old folk song. The slow San Antonio courses the plains/But I never will walk by the Brazos again

Comments

[affreca.livejournal.com]

I love Dave Carter's songs. Pure poetry.

[wordsofastory.livejournal.com]

Oh, thank you! These are lovely; I particularly like the Pogues one.

[ex-filmmaker362.livejournal.com]

Tanglewood Tree is by far my favorite Dave Carter/Tracey Grammer CD. The title song is a great love song, but "Hey Conductor" is just plain fun.

Carter died way too soon.

[m-nivalis.livejournal.com]

Sometimes friendsfriends browsing can be quite rewarding. This was one of those times.
I snagged Coming back to you. Thank you very much!

[oyceter]

Yay, thank you! I took all of them except the Pogues, since I already have that. Haven't had a chance to listen yet, but am excited, especially about the Carter/Grammer one!

[larryhammer]

I think I've already asked this, but have you heard Lucy Kaplansky's version of "Cowboy Singer"? The gender switch works, oddly enough.

---L.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't. I always picture the narrator in Carter's version as a sort of American John Constantine, but I can see it with the genders reversed also.

[movingfinger.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the Lovett pointer!

[coffeeem.livejournal.com]

Serendipity rules--Steve just mentioned "Texas River Song" (also called "Down By the Brazos") day before yesterday. Thanks!

Thanks for the songs

[eileenlufkin.livejournal.com]

I already have Cowboy Singer because I paid money for Tanglewood Tree after the umpteenth time I listened to Melina and Shalott's vid The Mountain without really watching it. This was after I had watched it even more times, since it's a good vid. It's Lord of the Rings; comparing and contrasting Frodo and Aragorn. If you like vids at all I recommend it.

http://www.intimations.org/vidding/