Here it is my loves:
1. Nora - Richard Shindell
I love this song so much. He is one of the premier songwriters in the contemporary folk scene today. His music is melodic and smart. It is from this song that I formed a fascination with the letters written between Heloise and Abalard who's legendary romance was plagued with great pain and misfortune. If you like this song you should buy his compilation with Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplansky; Cry Cry Cry. Or ask me to burn it for you.
2. Some Surprise - Lisa Hannigan & Paul Noonan
Lisa Hannigan is famous for lending vocals to the Damian Rice albums and Paul Noonan is the front man for Bell 1X.
3. Blood and Peanut Butter - B.C. Camplight
A local band who I hear is big in Europe. I cannot confirm this but they did draw a decent crowd when the played at Johnny Brendas.
4. We Get On - Kate Nash
The lyrics are like a poorly written diary entry that somehow really work when set to music. Perez loves this chick.
5. Eve, The Apple of My Eye - Bell 1X
Yup, I like this band.
6. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out - Bessie Smith
Gerry & The Jeepsters opened with this song while performing at a sports bar in Rhode Island. I got so drunk that night that I asked my brother-in-law for cash to buy their home made album (I didn't) and loudly proclaimed that if I ever got married I would hire them to play at my reception. There was also a man there with the biggest face tattoo I have ever seen. He caught me staring and I made no attempt to be subtle about it. I think if you are going to get your face tattooed you should expect drunk girls to stare at it when you are out in public.
7. If I Ever Leave This Wold Alive - Flogging Molly
An Irish band I should have saved for my St. Patty's day mix. It's off the P.S. I Love You soundtrack. I will probably rent it when the DVD comes out.
8. Things We Don't Need Anymore - Jenny Owens Young
I listened to this on Perez. Autumn and I loved it. This song describes how I felt Chistmas 2006.
9. Graduation Day - Chis Isaac
10. What's a Girl to Do - Bat for Lashes
11. Lost Count - Ebba Foresberg
This was my anthem for a quite a while a few years back.
12. Sorry - Maria Mena
I am ending this mix on a sad note.
*This is the earliest painting of Heloise and Abalard and art historians say that they are holding an invisible bible. I like to think about why the artist chose to do that.
3 comments:
I think the point of a face tattoo is to get drunk girls to stare at you.
I have always liked this painting, but I never knew what they were holding.
This compilation sounds good too. I am always open to new things.
P. S. I Love You is pretty good. You would like it. One of the songs in there I recognized from your Christmas CD.
I always just assumed they were gesturing with their hands. I suppose that occurred to me more readily than the idea of an invisible bible. Gesture. What kind of a word is 'Gesture'?
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