- Trust-Billy Bragg. Have never been able to figure out if this is sung from a girls or boys POV. Rape is never upbeat.
- I Love You, Creedence-Casiotone For The Painfully Alone. Song for the hipster lonely.
- Damage-David Sylvian. "I only want to be in love"
- $35-The Aluminum Group. What makes this one sad is it is a true story. Listen to the lyrics and I'll tell you the story relayed to me offline.
- Medicine Bottle-Red House Painters. "I drank so much tea I wrote my letter in Kanji"
- Mexican Wrestler-Jill Sobule. Guess you can't force love.
- Il Adore-Boy George. This placement was a toss up between this and Culture Club's Less Than Perfect. Still not 100% on my choice.
- Scorn Not His Simplicity-Sinead O'Connor
- Marie-Townes Van Zandt. Homeless people and miscarriages. Fun.
- Till The Heart Caves In-kd lang. Lost unrecorded Roy Orbison tune.
- Half-Life Duncan Sheik. Always thought this was a song about being in the closet. Take it as you see it.
- Your Next Lover-Lori McKenna. and it goes a bit rootsy, sorry.
- Would You Still Have Fallen-Holly Williams. Got me through my dad's death.
- New Favorite (Edit)-Alison Krauss
- Come Pick Me Up Ryan Adams. The last 2 are more angry than sad. And he says Fuck.
- Why Don't You See Me?-Concrete Blonde. My default breakup/unrequited love song.
Bonus Track: Make It Easy On Yourself-Jerry Butler. Before my second attempt at uploading I realized I have 3 minutes of space left so stuck this on. I remember a break up in 98 where I went out to Hunters for a rebound the next day. As my friend Paul drove my drunk ass home, i turned this up on the car radio and screamed this out the window till I cried.
Hey Marc - Jeff. This was such a personal challenge, I wondered if I'd get into any of the compilations. I feel mine most, yet liked yours best, probably because of the diversity of the tracks, and we always like what's new. It sounded personal, not as though it was made to move me, but as though it was made to move you. And that was the challenge. I also thought your art won the most spot-on for theme (Colin wins for art best matching his title, Matt wins for art with the highest polish). Standouts: I was already linked to Half Life as it happens to be in a compilation I did called Summer Solstice (a sequel to Winter Sky); Why Don't You See Me is so passionate - I'd like to hear the story behind that; Medicine Bottle has that left brain groove (not trance or chill, but simply hypnotic); Would You Still Have Fallen was instantly my fav, I listened to it over and over. And what would a heart tug CD be without a bit of country - Your Next Lover is a good one (I actually have a bunch I could choose from this genre, but didn't want to scare off the midwesterners). Technically, the flow was pretty good, songs moved naturally one to the next. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeffery! Very sweet of you.
ReplyDeleteAlmost every song on here meant something to me at some point. There was even one I couldn't post since it was too close to the bone. But Why Don't You See Me was my song in about 92. I fell for this seemingly perfect man in St Louis after college, but he was only about conquering guys. Once he got you (had you), he didn't want you. And not physically, but emotionally. I found this out from 3 of his conquests after the fact.
I guess we've all had a "St. Louis" guy. I tend to be an idiot of the heart, and more than once fell for someone interested only in a sport fuck. A good friend warned me about one of them too - but oh, this was going to be different. D'oh! The embarassing part is that I think I have also been the bad guy in the scenario.
ReplyDeleteSorry for the delayed review -- there were several really strong standouts for me on the disc.
ReplyDeleteI really adored "I love you, Credence" -- not usually my style for music but it struck a great chord in me. This was, by far, my favorite on the disc.
The song by Jill Sobule also was really great. She is one of those artists I tend to like but never have crossed the threshold into buying one of her albums.
New Favorite - the lyrics pack the punch in this and I can empathize with it oh so well.
The Boy George song was great and a real departure from what I associate with him. I think of this song as very much like something that Marc Almond might do.
It doesn't come as much surprise that you have Ryan Adams on here -- obviously, I like him. That song is really evocative as well.
Scorn not His Simplicity - no one does plaintive like Sinead. Good addition.
Art:
As Jeff put it the art has one of the best feels for the compilation. Well done.