Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts
The Best One Man Example of Local Awesomeness
I pretty much created this category just for Dylan Charles, because he’s that cool. He’s a twenty-something musical genius who performs and hides out in Bisbee, AZ. The best amateur folk artist I’ve heard in quite some time – he plays a plethora of instruments, and can own a guitar like nobody’s business.
Dylan Charles – Time For Breakfast
The Best Remix/Cover Album, of ALL TIME…EVER.
What is better than Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Sarah Vaughan, and Dinah Washington all on one album? Nothing, you say? WRONG. The only thing better than a greatest hits album of all of the old Verve artists, is that same greatest hits album sampled, reworked, and remixed by the likes of such artists as Massive Attack, Thievery Corporation, Tricky… etc etc etc. Grandma Betty loves this album. My son loves this album. All of my obscure-music-snob friends love this album. I heard it played at Burning Man, during a raging party. I heard it wafting out of the rolled-down car window of a middle-aged couple on their way to church. EVERYONE loves this album… and though I generally don’t like to give advice- if you don’t enjoy this outstanding aural experience, you may want to consider seeking professional help. Take my word for it – don’t even download the first album – just go straight for the 4 disk boxed set. You won’t be disappointed.
Posted in songs, surprise me!, videos on 10/26/2009 10:30 pm by verbal
Posted in songs on 10/04/2009 03:50 pm by verbal
something beautiful – by The Newsboys (listen here)
I wanna start it over
I wanna start again
I want a new a new beginning
One without any end
I feel it inside
Calling out to me
It’s a voice that whispers my name
It’s a kiss without any shame
Something beautiful
Like a song that stirs in my head
Singing love will take us where
Something’s beautiful
I’ve heard it in the silence
Seen it on a face
I’ve felt it in a long hour
Like a sweet embrace
I know this is true
It’s calling out to me
It’s a voice that whispers my name
It’s a kiss without any shame
Something beautiful
Like a song that stirs in my head
Singing love will take us where
Something’s beautiful
It’s the child on her wedding day
It’s the daddy that gives her away
Something beautiful
When we laugh so hard we cry
It’s the love between you and I
Something beautiful
Posted in songs on 07/16/2009 11:12 pm by verbal
hour follows hour – by Ani DiFranco (listen here)
hour follows hour like water follows water
everything is governed by the rule of one thing
leads to another
you can’t really place blame
cuz blame is much too messy
some was bound to get on you
while you were trying to put it on me
don’t fool yourself
into thinking things are simple
nobody’s lying and still the stories don’t line up
why do you try to hold on to
what you’ll never get a hold on
you wouldn’t try to put the ocean in a paper cup
[i have had something to prove
as long as i've had something that needs improving
and you know that every time i move
i make a woman's movement
first you decide what you've gotta do
then you go out and do it
and maybe the most that we can do
is just to see each other thru it]
hour follows hour like water in a river
and from one to the next we don’t know
what each hour will deliver
we just call it like we see it
we call it out loud as we can
and then afterwards we call it all water
over the dam
and maybe the moral high ground
isn’t as high as it seems
maybe we are both good people
who’ve done some bad things
i just hope it was o.k., i know it wasn’t perfect
i hope in the end we can laugh and say
it was all worth it
[i have had something to prove
as long as i've had something that needs improving
and you know that every time i move
i make a woman's movement
first you decide what you've gotta do
then you go out and do it
and maybe the most that we can do
is just to see each other thru it]
we make our own gravity
to give weight to things
and then things fall and they break
and gravity sings
we can only hold so much is what i figure
we try and keep our eye on the big picture
and the picture keeps getting bigger
too much is how i love you
but too well is how i know you
i’ve got nothing to prove this time
just something to show you
i guess i just wanted you to see
that it was all worth it to me
