Simon ,'Safe'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Heh. I always like reading the blurbie things for a particular album when purchasing from iTunes, and the blurb mentioned exactly that, so I was already forewarned.
Having just listened to it, I don't know that I would have figured it out, but the lyrics would have piqued my interest enough to make me go look them up/find out what the hell Randy was singing about.
I'm just happy with the name check of Claudine Clark in that article.
I like the revised cover, David.
I do, too.
Back to Randy,
I think he's kind of wasted on soundtracks and people that only know him for his broader satire can miss some of his unbelievably lovely and subtle early songs.
It's funny. I'd heard Burn On before, and I'm pretty sure it was part of a movie soundtrack (though I'll be damned if I can remember which one). I do remember listening to the lyrics during whatever movie it was, and being able to tell it was about a river that caught fire. Not sure it was entirely appropriate to the film, but again I don't remember for sure.
Loved Randy's You Can Leave Your Hat On much better than Joe Cocker's version.
And am just now wrapping up listening to the album with God's Song. Yep, there's few better than Randy for stinging indictments of God/religion.
Yep, there's few better than Randy for stinging indictments of God/religion.
Yep, but also capable of songs of heartbreaking beauty and subtlety like "I Think It's Going To Rain Today."
Something I've always loved about Randy is how he can make a bouncy, cheerful sounding song, like Great Nations, that becomes so heartbreaking when you actually listen to the lyrics. Sail Away and Burn On do a similar thing, but they're slow and beautiful rather than bouncy and cheerful.
Anyone here listening to Feist? She is in heavy rotation on KCRW and that means her music is probably on a lot of ads and soundtracks I don't know about, as there's a lot of spillover from KCRW playlists. I just got her new CD and am liking it--like Amy Winehouse on 'ludes. She's an interesting songwriter and is also playing around with sound a lot.
eMusic has one song by her - on the Folk Off compilation. [link] I'll have to grab that when I get home.
There's a new Feist album out. Which I see now Robin just said. It's pretty swank. Her earlier album(s) are also worth looking in to.