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Song Lyrics: Your Emotional Favorites
Re: Soft TacoDamnit, now I wish I would have brought that CD to work with me today. I love that album. Ani Difranco - Dilate from Dilate:
and you are so lame you always disappoint me it's kinda like our running joke but it's really not funny i just want you to live up to the image of you i create i see you and i'm so unsatisfied i see you and i dilate Ben Harper - Roses From My Friends from The Will To Live: this may be the last time i see you forgive me for holding you close this may be the last time i see you so of this moment i shall make the most Um, in my room, one seam is a little off and I stare at it constantly. It's, like, destroying me.
~~Kristin~~ Re: Soft Taco
I love that album too, and I do have it with me . King of Carrot Flowers was the first Neutral Milk song that stuck in my head made me go out and buy the albums. An emotional favorite for me is Baby Can I Hold You by Tracy Chapman.
Re: Soft TacoTHinking about it I might have it in the car, will have to check at lunchbreak Two Headed Boy is the song that got stuck in my head and made me buy the album. Great stuff!
One of my fav's is Dave Matthews Band - Dancing Nancies. It's a song about wondering who you are and how you came to be that way. This was one of my favorite songs in high school when I was often wondering who I was, and why. It's tough for me to pick only a few lines, almost all of them mean something. The best version is from live at Red Rocks and it contains the following intro:
Don't you ever wonder, Maybe if things had been slightly different You could be somebody else Don't you wonder, maybe... If you took a left turn instead of taking a right, You could be somebody different Don't you ever wonder... Could I have been...? Don't you ever wonder, anyone, anyone? Don't you ever wonder, "Well, God, could I have been...?" Don't you ever wonder, anyone, anyone? My favorite verse: I am who I am who I am, well, who am I? Requesting some enlightenment... Could I have been anyone other than me? "To come to your senses, you must first go out of your mind." - Alan Watts
Re: Soft TacoYeah, "Two-Headed Boy Part One" was the first song of theirs that I loved, too. "The King of Carrot Flowers Part One" doesn't hold a candle to the song "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," or "Naomi," or really a lot of the rest of their songs, but it has the easiest lyrical clump to distill into a forum such as this one. I actually bought the album In the Aeroplane Over the Sea without hearing it first; I just took a friend's recommendation. Man, that was one of the best surprises ever.
Re: Soft TacoYes, it was p.I don't know why I forgot to add that. Did you hear Jeff Magnum's acoustic record Live at Jittery Joes"? What did you think of it?
Crunchy tacoOf course I heard it. I'm OCD as hell and have to own everything with Mangum's name on it. I think it's great. I love the extra little bit he tacks on to the end of "A Baby for Pree," and "Gardenhead," the aforementioned "Two-Headed By Part One," and "Naomi" all sound particularly good. I have to admit that the first couple of times I heard it I was annoyed at the baby that keeps screaming, and when I watched the video on my computer (which is a really cool feature, by the way), I got mad that it kept wandering in front of the camera, but the more I listen to the CD now, the more endearing it is. There are a couple of complete NMH concerts and Mangum solo concerts that can be downloaded from the web, and this CD sounds infinitely better than any of those (although some of the other, downloadable shows have really good rarities like "Rubby Bulbs," "Oh Sister," or "Little Birds" that are lacking from Live at Jittery Joe's; have you heard any of those?). By the way, have you heard that Orange Twin (the label that LAJJ is on) is supposedly releasing a compilation of NMH rarities by the end of 2004? There has been rumors about it for years now, but Orange Twin recently announced it officially on its website, so it looks like it might just happen this time.
Re: Crunchy tacoAt first I was turned off by the CD, but the more I listened to it the better it got. I actually should pull it out again since it has been awhile since I have given it a spin. I actually have never DLed any of the NMH shows, you know of any good sites/channels to find them on? I heard about the Orange Twin release awhile back, but I don't think it was confirmed then, so this is good news. Hopefully we will get it soon. I was actually at the site not too long ago looking at the NMH tees they have, I might actually order one for someone's xmas gift this year.
Re: Crunchy tacoYeah, there's one or two on http://www.knerd.com/~sashwap, and they're the best ones I've heard. That's also where I got the "Rubby Bulbs" lyrics I listed above. They're the most comprehensive NMH site I've seen; way better than http://www.neutralmilkhotel.net.
Well I have been cleaning and going through stuff and came across an old Billy Bragg CD of mine, I forgot how brilliant he is as a songwriter and performer. A few songs really hit me on the album Back to Basics, but for now I will share one:
The Saturday Boy I'll never forget the first day I met her That September morning was clear and fresh The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes And the way she rubbed herself Against the edge of my desk She became a magic mystery to me And we'd sit together in double History twice a week And some days we'd walk the same way home And it's surprising how quick A little rain can clear the streets We dreamed of her and compared our dreams But that was all that I ever tasted She lied to me with her body you see I lied to myself 'bout the chances I'd wasted The times we were close Were far and few between In the darkness at the dances in the school canteen Did she close her eyes like I did As we held each other tight And la la la la la la la la means I love you She danced with me and I still hold that memory Soft and sweet And I stare up at her window As I walk down her street But I never made the first team, I just made the first team laugh And she never came to the phone She was always in the bath I had to look in the dictionary To find out the meaning of unrequited While she was giving herself for free At a party to which I was never invited I never understood my failings then And I hide my humble hopes now Thinking back she made us want her A girl not old enough to shave her legs
Sky Fits Heaven, Madonna - from Ray of Light
Travelling down this road, watching the signs as I go I think I'll follow the sun, isn't everyone just Travelling down their own road, watching the signs as they go I think I'll follow my heart It's a very good place to start Love At First Sight, Kylie Minogue - from Fever Everything went from wrong to right And the stars came out and filled up the sky The music you were playing really blew my mind It was love, at first sight. -------------------------------
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Counting Crows - Holiday in Spain Hop on my choo choo, I'll be your engine driver in a bunny suit and... Someone stole my shoes, but i've got a couple of bananas and bottle of booz This is a great song to listen to when you just want to get away from everything. You can see the full lyrics here:http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/C/Counti ... lyrics.htm And listen to it live here:http://www.annabegins.com/ go to the multimedia section and look under the Hard Candy album. BTW these are legal concert recordings approved by the band, not ripped of the albums. "To come to your senses, you must first go out of your mind." - Alan Watts
winter wonderlandCranberries' 'when you're gone':
"but i miss you when you're gone that is what i do and its going to carry on that is what i do" Jewel's 'what's simple is true': "the more I live the more I know what's simple is true i love you" Sarah McLachlan's 'fear': "but I fear i have nothing to give i have so much to loose here in this lonely place tangled up in your embrace there's there's nothing I'd like better than to fall but I fear I have nothing to give" I feel that with the tracks I've chosen, I find them more emotional because of the way they're sung, beautiful voices full of emotion. Oh and I totally agree with you Nothingman, about Counting Crows' "Mrs Potter's Lullaby" having a moment of awakening about it. I've always luved that song, it makes me feel really good though, an uplifting track. *~Emerald~* "Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent."
Evanescence "missing" (unreleased track)
Please, please forgive me, But I won't be home again. Maybe someday you'll look up, And, barely conscious, you'll say to no one: "Isn't something missing?" You won't cry for my absence, I know - You forgot me long ago. Am I that unimportant...? Am I so insignificant...? Isn't something missing? Isn't someone missing me? [CHORUS] Even though I'm the sacrifice, You won't try for me, not now. Though I'd die to know you love me, I'm all alone. Isn't someone missing me? Please, please forgive me, But I won't be home again. I know what you do to yourself, I breathe deep and cry out: "Isn't something missing? Isn't someone missing me?" [CHORUS] And if I bleed, I'll bleed, Knowing you don't care. And if I sleep just to dream of you And wake without you there, Isn't something missing? Isn't something... Even though I'm the sacrifice, You won't try for me, not now. Though I'd die to know you love me, I'm all alone. Isn't something missing? Isn't someone missing me? "Apparently Delia Fischer smiles at everyone. She probably comes from one of
those small towns where everyone's friendly and smiles at you for no reason. I hate that type of town." -- Brian Who is onlineUsers browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest |