Music & Lyrics: Soil, Soil Saturday, September 08, 2007 musical chimes
My relationship with Tegan and Sara began six years ago. I must have read about them in a magazine and I'm sure the article started with "Twins. Canadian. Gay" as that seemed to be the norm for writing a review about them. I didn't immediately rush to my local music store to buy their music, rather, I went through a few fan reviews of their live shows. Their first two albums were a bit hard to get so I just listened to live bootlegs of their shows. They seemed funny enough but I was really trying to stay away from folk-ish pop music. They released If It was You and I got confused. Were they the same girls that sung "Proud" and "My Number?" The new album was catchy enough. They dropped their accoustic guitars and had a much louder and fresher sound. I still had a hard time figuring out who was singing what song. All along I kept asking myself, would I have listened to them if they were not gay? Their first albums didn't make much of an impression but I went back. The same goes for The Indigo Girls (hey, don't groan), would I have had my mini obsession many many years ago if they were not women loving women? When my 10th grade teacher played their music in my Lit class, besides their great harmonies, I thought they were just another band.
With Tegan and Sara's new album, I didn't immediately love it. I'm not sure what I was looking for but when I listened to "I Was Married" I cringed a little. I had gotten so used to their So Jealous sound that almost shunned the new album altogether. The Con was a grower album for sure. Sara's songs are so layered that I end up picking new musical phrases each time I listen to her songs on my new headphones. And Tegan's in your face songs are surprisingly relatable which is why I chose "Soil, Soil" as my Music & Lyrics pick this week. It's short, honest, genuine and gets to the point.
Oh and I'm feeling directionless, yes
But that's to be expected and I know that best
And in creeps the morning and another day's lost
You've just written one dream and I reply fast
All you need to save me
All you need to save me
Call
And I'll be curled on the
floor hiding out from it all
And I won't take
Any another call
I feel like a fool so I'm going to stop troubling you
Buried in my yard a letter to send to you
And if I forget or God forbid die too soon
Hope that you'll hear me know that I wrote to you
All you need to say to me
all you need to say to me
Call
And I'll be curled on the
floor hiding out from it all
And I won't take
Any another call
Labels: lyrics, music, soil soil, tegan and sara
Music & Lyrics: Nothing Can Change This Love Saturday, August 25, 2007 musical chimes
can i talk about sam cooke for a moment? can i talk about how incredible his music makes me feel or how i crank up the volume so loud whenever his music comes on?
he's one of those rare vocalists that, i believe, can never be replicated. his delivery when he sings is like no other (second best is otis redding but i'll get to him another time). from the first words sung by cooke on "Nothing Can Change This Love," you know that you are about to embark on a sweet musical journey. i know of two other artist who has covered this song but no one can do it justice like the original. while he shares the title of soul music innovator with ray charles, little richard, and james "mr. dynamite " brown , the posthumous release of "A Change Is Gonna Come" was an indication of the direction he might have taken had he not been in that hotel room that night. nevertheless, he left a superb catalog of compositions where someone like me can gush about.
i've started a new format where i'll include this little flash player and the lyrics at the end. click on the name of the song for more options.
If I go
A million miles away
I write a letter each and every day
'Cause honey, nothin',
Nothin' can ever change this love
I have for you
Ooh, make me weep,
You can make me cry
See me comin'
And you can pass me by
But honey, nothin',
nothin' can ever change this love
I have for you
Ooh, you're the apple of my eye
You're cherrie pie
And oh you're cake and ice cream
You're sugar and spice
And everything nice
You're the girl of my, my, my dreams
But if you wanted to leave me
And roam
When you got back
I'd just say
Welcome home,
'Cause honey, nothin',
Nothin' nothin' can ever change this love
I have for you
I know that nothin',
Nothin' can ever change the love
I have for you
