tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post884719305266241937..comments2024-03-25T20:23:05.950-07:00Comments on The Song In My Head Today: Holly A Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-2067972914557824492013-03-15T07:33:02.089-07:002013-03-15T07:33:02.089-07:00Oh, this will be fun, tracking down all these song...Oh, this will be fun, tracking down all these songs. Thanks so much, everyone. <br /><br />BTW I now realize why Christ Stamey fits into my musical tastes so perfectly -- he's a longtime Nick Lowe acolyte: http://www.goldminemag.com/news/sxsw-2013-showing-some-love-for-nick-loweHolly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-5562367589244668662013-03-14T14:54:00.013-07:002013-03-14T14:54:00.013-07:00I've got two choices for this... and they'...I've got two choices for this... and they're both different approaches to the same thing: "14 Shades of Green" by Chris Stamey from his <i>Travels in the South</i> album (which also has a bizarre multi-layered Kierkegaard pun in its song titles) and Glenn Tilbrook's "This is Where You Ain't" from <i>The Incomplete Glenn Tilbrook</i>.<br /><br />Both songs are about places that seem haunted by events in the past and how being in those places again without someone you love can be such a bittersweet experience. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13372496375739714441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-52345728906805646602013-03-13T06:38:42.145-07:002013-03-13T06:38:42.145-07:00Another one that fits the bill is Christine Lavin&...Another one that fits the bill is Christine Lavin's "The Kind of Love You Never Recover From." In addition to the original recording, there's a live version that she introduces by telling you what to say if you ever hear this song while you're with your current lover.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-30316464151320172012013-03-11T19:51:18.979-07:002013-03-11T19:51:18.979-07:00. . . though the Stars' track comes closest.
...<i>. . . though the Stars' track comes closest.</i><br /><br />Hmmph. (though it's just sour grapes on my part, since it did come closest to matching the scenario, and Squeezing Out Columbus didn't take eight tries to get there).<br /><br />That said, I do recommend spending some time with both of the Ferron songs. I'm unapologetically partisan about, "ain't life a brook" but I think the way it gets from the first verse, "I know pretty soon you're going to leave our home / And of course I mind." To the final chorus, "I sold the furniture, I put away the photographs / Went out to dinner one more time / Skipped the bottle of wine / Had a couple of laughs /<br />And wasn't it fine.... " while giving emotional weight to all of the different moods in-between is remarkable. <br /><br />"Snowing in Brooklyn" is farther from the specific mood you were asking about, but I thought of it because of the line, "If you're thinking of coming back / <br />then come back you will. / If you're afraid of them talking, friend / They're all talking still"<br /><br />I think the song is really smart about the specific mood of somebody ending up isolated after a breakup for various reasons but partially just out of embarrassment. It is, I think, an example of claiming some, "tiny new bit of the geography of heartbreak."<br /><br />And, of course, the song that's farthest afield, "A Little More Blue" is the other one which most distinctly captures a distinct bit of emotional geography. . . .NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-3099651116288230442013-03-11T18:49:16.336-07:002013-03-11T18:49:16.336-07:00Knew I could count on you guys to throw some more ...Knew I could count on you guys to throw some more beauty tracks into the ring! Still haven't <i>quite</i> nailed the same point of view, though the Stars' track comes closest. This is something that Nick Lowe has made me aware of -- how rare it is for a songwriter to claim a tiny new bit of the geography of heartbreak. Nick does it all the time, of course. Holly A Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17828633442418722187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-42489772112039390102013-03-11T12:51:51.908-07:002013-03-11T12:51:51.908-07:00The only song I know by Chris Stamey is "In S...The only song I know by Chris Stamey is "In Spanish Harlem," but it's a beauty. A lovely tribute to the pop music that came out of that area of manhattan in the 1960s, it has evocative lyrics and a very pretty melody. It also scores points for name-checking Hal Blaine - who, admittedly, was an almost exclusively West Coast guy, but it's still a tribute appreciated by a huge Hal fan like me.wwolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-62018812370564431022013-03-10T15:52:10.372-07:002013-03-10T15:52:10.372-07:00There is a song by Canadian band 'Stars' c...There is a song by Canadian band 'Stars' called "Your ex Lover is Dead" Its the inner dialogue of 2 ex lovers as they independently reminisce about their relationship while sharing a cab. It kills me every time! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FMOJMhV9s Squeezing Out Columbusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36596203.post-40249561428335744582013-03-10T15:08:25.424-07:002013-03-10T15:08:25.424-07:00"Soho Square" by Kirsty MacColl? I don&#..."<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thaiW9bfBM4" rel="nofollow">Soho Square</a>" by Kirsty MacColl? I don't know if you'd say it's a song about heartbreak rather than living with heartbreak but it seems like it could fit.<br /><br />[As I said, I'm sure I'll think of more songs.]<br /><br />I should also mention <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYC7S1kEhVg" rel="nofollow">A Little More Blue</a> by Caetano Veloso (a song I've been meaning to write up for a while). In that case the heartbreak in question is having been exiled from Brazil. The song was written and recorded in London and is about a certain emotion of homesickness, "But today, but today, but today, I don't know why / I feel a little more blue than then..." (Footnote: I just looked it up on youtube, and I'm impressed with the video that somebody put together -- the images are very well chosen.]NickShttp://www.beforeyoulisten.comnoreply@blogger.com