Songs of the Week #1- Editors Pick
“sometimes our feelings might not be our own”
CARRIE:
“Biological” - Air
This song begins with dreamlike, extraterrestrial melodies, with lyrics that are like an alien describing a human, making humanity sound exotic and remote. A jovial guitar plunk starts to come back down to earth, familiar and regular as a front porch. The real break-through to the earth I know and the body I live, comes four minutes into the song with an enveloping soft rush of sound, full and authentic.
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SHENYAH:
“To Be A Dancer (I'm Alive)" – Lovers
Sometimes we just simply feel heavy and can't quite put our finger on exactly why. This song hit home for me this week when I felt despondant while driving home from work. I pulled over my car and sat and listened. It reminded me that sometimes our feelings might not be our own, but from the openness we hold for the places we live.
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JOHN:
“A Letter to Elise” – The Cure
In my current state of heart ache, every word resonates. This is, in my opinion, the saddest song in the Cure catalog. It brings me a sense peace even as it makes me cry. I don't feel so alone in my ache.
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ROY:
“Hammer Down” – Magnolia Electric Co.
In light of Jason Molina's death, I've found myself listening to his song "Hammer Down" a lot. It's so simple and gorgeous, and in retrospect feels like some kind of self-eulogy.
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MATTY:
"I Don't Wanna Go" – Johnny Flynn
Music from the motion picture soundtrack for the film, A Bag of Hammers
I noticed this movie in the new releases section of Netflix on demand, and it grabbed my attention enough to give it a shot. The plot of the film involves a couple of clever but thieving young guys who are roommates and best friends for life. When their tenant dies, they're left to deal with her young son, and offered the chance to grow up, and make something of their lives. When the entire music soundtrack is written and performed by a single artist, there can be wonderful synergies between music (and lyrics) and the telling of the story, and Flynn surely does that in this film.
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