Cake? Anyone?
First, thank you for all your lovely comments. I’m going to break tradition and not answer them individually. I know! But I have to tell you, some of you made me blush! I probably should have closed comments on this post—not because I wasn’t interested in what you would say. But because SOME of you are incorrigible and I knew I wouldn’t be able to answer you without compounding my color. So. . . I’ll just say this, “Thank you, all!” IZ and I both have enjoyed reading all your well wishes.
I will also say this, the lyrics quoted at the bottom of that post are from the criminally neglected ELBOW. Most of you who read this blog with any regularity will know that I’m prone to pepper my posts with lyrics. This is nothing unusual. I admire gifted lyricists like some of you admire poets. Their ability to write with such power and yet, with such brevity takes me—and like most people, I think those memorable lines wander around my consciousness, taking up residence in a land unknown to them. Alien bards drafting the outlines of my narrative.
Who doesn’t have a soundtrack to their life?
But I have to tell you, it’s rare in the genre of music I listen to most, to find a band that can do it all. A band that hasn’t sold out to the 3.5 minute formula of radio fare. Intelligent lyrics rarely are written. But when they are and then married to astounding musicianship—you have to sit back and wonder, “Where the hell are the critics?” Seriously? I’m not kidding when I tell you this band is criminally neglected. It’s shameful.
And it’s not at all unexpected. We live, after all, in a world that has elevated the likes of Paris Hilton to the stature of Icon. My generation just keeps giving ground. We’re afloat in more sugar; it’s no wonder we’re comatose.
So, ELBOW. I’m guessing you’ve never heard of them. But I’ll warrant that if you listen closely, you won’t be able to stop. And you’ll be telling someone you know, someone like me, someone who appreciates amazing words coupled with astounding beats, “You’ve just got to listen to this band.”
And you’ll be adding words to the soundtrack of your life. Because, really, they’re just that good.
Ok, so here are a few links to “non-videos” on youtube and a sample of the lyrics. (The last track DOES have an amazing video) Sound quality is not what you’ll get if you buy the album… but it should give you some idea. I’ve not linked “One Day Like This”, because it’s linked in the last post. But I recommend you listen to it. There is something that feels so majestic about that song—almost like “worship”. But maybe, that’s just me.
ELBOW~~ The Seldom Seen Kid:
So I’m there,
Charging around with a juggernaut brow
Over draft speeches and deadlines to make
Cramming commitments like cats in a sack
Telephone burning, purposeful gait
When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch
Of a song that I know, and the world
Moves in slow – mo
Straight to my head like the first cigarette of the day
And it’s you, and it’s me, and we’re sleeping through the day
And I’m five years ago and three thousand miles away…
I plant the kind of kiss
that wouldn’t wake a baby
on the self-same face
that wouldn’t let me sleep;
and the street is singing with my feet,
and the dawn gives me a shadow I know to be taller.
All down to you, dear.
Everything has changed.
My sorriness
has made it to graffiti.
I was looking for
someone to complete me.
Not anymore, dear;
everything has changed.
When we make the moon our mirror ball
the street’s an empty stage;
the city sirens – violins.
Everything has changed.
So lift off love.
I have an audience with the pope
and I’m saving the world at eight
but if she says she needs me
she says she needs me everybody is going to have to wait
Grounds for Divorce (this actually has an amazing video)
There’s a hole in my neighborhood down which of late I cannot help but fall.
ELBOW *is* the cure to cultural diabetes… just sayin… 😉
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Seriously!! That’s the best comment ever written on my site. EVER. ~W
Never heard of Elbow but you’re right. They are good. I watched that last video — very compelling music and images.
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Oh, Liza Lee, it’s such a stunning album. Youtube doesn’t do it justice. And there is something amazing about listening to it as it was constructed. But, I’ve always been an “Album” girl, not a “singles” girl. 😀 ~W
Oooooh, new summer music! Thank you!
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Oh, it’s such an amazing album. It’s hands down, one of the best releases I’ve ever heard. ~W
I have never heard of Elbow either. I surely didn’t make you blush. I’ll have to go back and read your other comments.
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I blush pretty easily, more than you might imagine. ~W
I thought it was a wonderful song! And you’re right, I can’t wait to hear more…I love the soundtrack to my life as it’s constantly changing depending on what I happen to be going through at the time…
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This album is so worth buying. It really is. Sadly, they don’t get much air time. However, music for the masses they are not. 😀 ~W
MoC wants the cake recipe. 😀
I told her to ask you herself but she said you wrote such a lovely post that she didn’t want to shatter the mood. I guess she thinks I don’t have any problem ruining anything (and she would be mostly right).
So, the cake? Hmm?
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I sent you email. 😀 ~W
I LOVE Elbow. They are one of my favs right now – but I haven’t been able to figure out why Grounds for Divorce is named that. Cause when I tell people I like that song, they look at me weird. (You know…) So catchy – and I hadn’t seen the vid until now – thanks for sharing!
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Hmm… it’s a bar song. However, that first line: “Monday is for drinking to the Seldom Seen Kid” is a tribute to a friend of theirs who died a few years ago. As well, the last song: A Friend Of Ours, is a goodbye to him. THAT song makes me cry—something about Guy Garvey singing, “Love you mate” that takes my breath away. As for “Grounds for Divorce”… well, you spend that much time in your local watering “HOLE”, it’s probably grounds for divorce. Or that would be my guess. Emphasis on GUESS. 😀 ~W
Wendy, thanks for the recipe! It looks and sounds yummy!
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Oh, no problem! Enjoy. ~W
Wendy, thanks for the recipe. It looks and sounds yummy!
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. . . and welcome!! 😀 ~W
Double your pleasure … double your fun!
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Considering the title of my post, this comment made be blush and then laugh. Ha hah. 😀 ~W
Don’t know much
‘Bout Pennsylvania Dutch,
‘Cept: “Cookin’ wears out;
Kissin’ don’t” and their fudge!
I was moved to budge;
T’was your Elbow nudge.
Divorce would end, I would judge,
If it weren’t for the grudge.
But all of the above is neither here nor there;
Happy Anniversary – Love is in the air!!!
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Thanks, Bonnie. 😀 ~W
Great music! and the photos here makes my sweet tooth scream. Off to search for something sinful to snack on. Karin