Term papers are enemies. This is indisputable. Please write them for me. Something on Kant or Rousseau or whatever. Just mimic my style and refer to some of my favourite bands and I think we'll get away with it, OK? Good. In return, you get free mp3s. Now it is time for you to pay.
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Gordon Lightfoot - "(That's What You Get) For Lovin' Me"
It was using the guitar/bass introduction/theme to this song that my editor, Max Maki, taught me that Gordon Lightfoot is good. Will you prove to be as good a student as I was? [Buy]
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Melon Galia (feat. Conor Oberst) - "n'en parlons plus"
My editor, Max Maki, has as of yet been unable to teach me that Bright Eyes is good. I don't really like him. But, I can attest to the powerful soporific effects of this tiny baby of a song. It sounds like a record player in a light rainstorm on a warm night or it feels like pulling a heavy quilt up to your neck on one of those late fall/early winter nights when it's cold outside but before the heat in your building is turned on.
It is, however, entirely amoral. With no regard for consequences or my well-being, "n'en parlons plus" wants me to go to bed right now instead of soldiering on and studying a bit more, like I should do. [Buy]
Posted by Jordan at November 30, 2004 5:58 AMYou don't like Conor Oberst/Bright Eyes? I am really looking forward to his two new albums. I haven't heard much of it, but the songs from the singles (Lua and Take It Easy) are very promising.
Posted by Jack Owl at November 30, 2004 1:30 PMI've always had a soft sport for Gordon Lightfoot...my wife doesn't understand it...but oh well...
There's something about a musician who wears their heart on their sleeve that makes it all good, eh?
Posted by guanoboy at November 30, 2004 1:40 PMI grew up with Gordon Lightfoot. I have a real sentimental attachement to his voice and especially the "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".
Posted by Jesse at November 30, 2004 4:47 PMI'm actually quite fond of "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Heard it for the first time, once, in high school, didn't hear it again for about a decade, and recognized the melody immediately in some department store.
And Bright Eyes is quite good IMO.
Posted by Tuwa at December 1, 2004 2:00 AMFinally, someone posts Gordon Lightfoot on a blog! Do check out his first two album, available on one disc from Bear Family: Lightfoot & The Way I Feel.
He's on my best and worst concert lists: amazing solo acoustic, god-awful with a band that included a keyboard player emulating the string parts to his hits.
Thanks.
Posted by muddybrookrambler at December 1, 2004 10:02 AM
and it will begin playing. All songs are also available to download: just right-click the link and choose 'Save as...'
