I was interested in what good lyrics you guys have heard thus far this year. I thought of this after hearing the line,
I'm writing a list
Of songs I can sing by myself
"Backstage with the Modern Dancers" - Great Lake Swimmers
i'll add more as i come across them.
and it doesn't have to be from this year, just something you heard for the first time this year.
ReplyDelete"We think the same things at the same time, we just can't do anything about it" --Thom Yorke
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about Alicia Keys
ReplyDeletecouldn't keep from crying
When she was born in Hell's kitchen
I was living down the line
I'm wondering where in the world
Alicia Keys could be
I been looking for her
even clear through Tennessee.
---Bob Dylan
Maybe the sun will shine today
ReplyDeleteThe clouds will blow away
Maybe I won’t feel so afraid
I will try to understand
Either way
--Tweedy
yeah, that was another good one I was going to put up, gel paco.
ReplyDeletealong with:
ReplyDeleteI trust no emotion, I believe in locomotion. . . --Tweedy
and the like.
Totally agree, that albums is full of beautiful little concessions.
ReplyDeleteThe streetlights glow
Comes and goes
When the sun comes back
As we all can plainly see
Embracing the situation
Is our only chance to be free
I’ll side with you
If you side with me
--Tweedy
Goodness! Another great song!
ReplyDelete"this town seems hardly worth the time" the shins
ReplyDeleteThe lyrics are pretty much elementary psychedelic cliches buried under vocoder and effects, but the Black Moth Super Rainbow album, Dandelion Gum, is the best new album I've heard all year.
ReplyDelete"Sometimes I wish I was a pretty girl
ReplyDeleteSo I could wreck myself in the shower."
---Robyn Hitchcock
(To me it sounds like he's saying "root myself" which would be even better, but the official lyrics pages says otherwise).
It's from his recently re-released album "I Often Think of Trains", which is an incredible listen
"So I took a job
ReplyDeletecleaning toilets
at a nightclub
in Baltimore
And I guess that's that"
-Cass McCombs
His new album Dropping the Writ is more likely my favorite album I've heard this year.
no wonder, then, that he's not stopping in Bmore on his way down from Philly next month.
ReplyDeletebut he is stopping by Chapel Hill next month. Yea for me. Seriously, check out his stuff, it's beautiful.
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