Hmmm. Here's a song written for The Hunger Games. Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars. I really dislike Taylor Swift, so I'm having a hard time deciding if I like it. It doesn't sound like her normal stuff.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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Rayne - Dec 23, 2011 1:18:39 pm PST #17127 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
Gris - Dec 23, 2011 1:52:21 pm PST #17128 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Oh, the Civil Wars are so great! I will have to listen to that pronto. (I actually like Taylor Swift just fine)
Gris - Dec 23, 2011 1:59:27 pm PST #17129 of 30000
Hey. New board.
I thought that was really beautiful. And clearly written by The Civil Wars, not Swift - quite melancholic and melodic, which is their stock in trade. Beautiful harmonies.
I like Swift for teeny pop-country, but this is something else. Folky and lovely. I hope they put it in a good spot in the movie.
tiggy - Dec 23, 2011 3:50:03 pm PST #17130 of 30000
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
that was really pretty. i don't like TS, but i do like The Civil Wars.
Maysa - Dec 23, 2011 5:39:48 pm PST #17131 of 30000
The Hairpin covers Cary Grant, finally.
Nice article, but I've never understood the persisting conventional wisdom that Cary Grant "played slight variations on the same character". Walter Burns in His Girl Friday has absolutely nothing in common with his character in Holiday - yet it's always said that he basically played himself.
§ ita § - Dec 23, 2011 5:53:24 pm PST #17132 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Am I having Third World problems? I can't see the song...
SailAweigh - Dec 23, 2011 6:12:08 pm PST #17133 of 30000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I just went to it and it says it's been blocked by UMG for copyright reasons.
Amy - Dec 23, 2011 6:16:10 pm PST #17134 of 30000
Because books.
That's so weird -- I just listened to it not a half hour ago. But I'd opened the link this afternoon and left it there, so.
Rayne - Dec 23, 2011 6:20:48 pm PST #17135 of 30000
"Oh no! Has falling sky liquid once again caused you the sadness?" -Starfire
You can listen to a sample of it on iTunes. And the song has definitely grown on me.
ETA: It's available on io9 now.
§ ita § - Dec 24, 2011 3:23:54 am PST #17136 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It's not bad. I don't get why people (not here) are freaked out. I've never heard her before, so I don't have that reflex. It's not my thing, but it's sweet and plaintive and the story definitely had that side to it, with Prim and everything.