Sunday, March 27, 2005

spring break
spring break

it's really great

I'm feeling a bit fear and loathing esque, (in big misspelled words) right now, ie the sheer rediculosness of the endavour is just cause enough for its execution

nine songs with commentary, because. I really like music.

1. Al Green - Love and Happiness; honestly this song just fucking rocks. If you can't dance to this; it's not the song.

2. Gladys Night - Midnight Train to Georgia; ..."LA proved to much for the man.." This is my biggest fear in a nutshell. Failure, busted dreams, and living at home.

3. Wilco - We're Just Friends; I've been there.

4. Creedence Clearwater - Long As I can see the Light; another one that just fucking rocks, it's not the lyrics, its the rasp of humanity in the voice, the swagger of the snare drum, ah whatever, I just like it.

5. Beatles - Golden Slumbers; my favorite song by them.

6. Badly Drawn Boy - A Minor Incident; from the About a Boy soundtrack, it really explains the situation well, the scene actually has no dialogue in it, there's just this song to explain his mother's attempted suicide. responsiblity for your own life, depression, and it's not your fault, all rolled into a song.

"There's nothing I could say
To make you try to feel ok
And nothing you could do
To stop me feeling the way I do
And if the chance should happen
That I never see you again
Just remember that I'll always love you"

7. Townes Van Zandt - Cocaine Blues; it's a simple tune, that really works. It's too bad that mp3 files don't wear out like records, because then I could say something like oh I listened to that one so much the record grooves are worn, but they don't so all I can say is that I listen to this one a lot.

8. Jack Johnson - F Stop Blues; uh it's pretty sweet all around. It feels pretty post high-school and I think I'm not bitter enough for it - "look who's laughing now, now that you wasted how many years and you've barely even tasted anything remotely close to everything you boasted about." - eh, maybe it's not so bad after all, part of me likes it. Yep, Jack Johnson in high school, I am a young un.

9. Nick Drake - Don't Think Twice (Dylan cover); his voice and fingerpicked guitar kind of shine through the haze of the Lo-fi recording quality. Dylan wrote it, but I like this version better. It says "goodbye" really well, and I think that's not a bad attitude to borrow once in a while.

the end.for now

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