Kayak: “Now That We’ve Come This Far” (1981)
The second sublime ballad we’ve featured from the 1981 Merlin album by one of Holland’s finest rock bands.
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Songs You May Have Missed #605
26 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: kayak, now that we've come this far?
Songs You May Have Missed #604
09 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: over the rhine, snow angel
Over The Rhine: “Snow Angel” (2007)
From Over the Rhine’s excellent 2007 seasonal album, “Snow Angel” isn’t strictly speaking a holiday song. But it is an outstanding and timeless-sounding original composition by Linford Detweiler, one half of this husband-wife duo along with vocalist and guitarist Karin Bergquist.
And it is a great occasion for a good weep.
You’ve been warned:
Once upon a winter
It seems so long ago
My one and only love and I
Fell down upon the snow
And as the dusk was falling
From our gray and goose down sky
We heard the old cathedral bells
Ring out our lullaby
Snow angel, snow angel
Someday I’m gonna fly
This cold and broken heart of mine
Will one day wave goodbye
Goodbye to this cruel wicked world
And all the tears I’ve cried
Snow angel, snow angel
I’ll meet you in the sky
The rumors of a distant war
Called my true love’s name
He packed his leather suitcase
And spoke no word of blame
We walked a while together
I tried to hide my fear
He told me not to be afraid
And whispered in my ear
Snow angel, snow angel
Someday I’m gonna fly
This cold and broken heart of mine
Will one day wave goodbye
Goodbye to this cruel wicked world
And all the tears I’ve cried
Snow angel, snow angel
I’ll meet you in the sky
They brought my love home from the war
In a cart pulled by white mules
The Christmas bells rang out that day
Oblivious as fools
And as the snow began to fall
I kissed his frozen face
They told me in his woolen coat
His last few words were placed
Snow angel, snow angel
Someday I’m gonna fly
This cold and broken heart of mine
Will one day wave goodbye
Goodbye to this cruel wicked world
And all the tears I’ve cried
Snow angel, snow angel
I’ll meet you in the sky
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Songs You May Have Missed #603
01 Dec 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: she is gone, silver seas
The Silver Seas: “She is Gone” (2007)
Formerly known as the Bees, The Silver Seas are led by Daniel Tashian’s guitar and considerable pop songwriting chops.
Here piano is at the forefront, with soft stabs of chords overlaying an effortlessly contagious melancholy melody and an easy lilting rhythm reminiscent of Bob Lind’s “Elusive Butterfly”.
It’s gently intoxicating, like much of Silver Seas’ material.
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Songs You May Have Missed #602
27 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: oh land, rainbow
Oh Land: “Rainbow” (2011)
Danish singer-songwriter Nanna Øland Fabricius is a former student at the Royal Danish and Royal Swedish ballet schools. When a back injury forced her to give up her dancing career she focused on music, Anglicizing her middle name to create the pseudonym she records under.
Her self-titled second album (which was her debut in the U.S.) rose to #5 on the Danish pop chart.
She creates the kind of electro-dance pop that brings Santigold and Robyn to mind.
But mixed in with the dance beats is the occasional ballad, such as album closer “Rainbow”, which explodes into a radiant, color-saturated chorus befitting the song’s title.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2017/02/24/recommended-albums-72/
Songs You May Have Missed #601
27 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: cemetery row, colin meloy, the minus 5
The Minus 5 with Colin Meloy: “Cemetery Row” (2006)
Scott McCaughey and the Minus 5 summon Colin Meloy to sing the praises of life as a ghost. Given that many of Meloy’s own tunes depict harrowing and macabre scenarios, fans of his band the Decemberists know he’s perfectly cast here. Creepy.
Eyes that never close, hands too numb to hold a glass or a matchstick.
Everybody knows this old house is cold and crowded with halfwits.
Cemetery Row is not such a bad place — don’t you want to go?
Lemonade and gin.
Life is wearing thin by general consensus.
Nothing is a sin.
Fall out of your skin so free and defenseless.
Cemetery Row is not such a bad place — don’t you want to go?
Bars that never close on every corner, Cemetery Row.
Used to be afraid.
Now we love to fade into the procession.
No more the insane
Memory lane runs in the other direction
Cemetery Row is not such a bad place — don’t you want to go?
Bars that never close on every corner, Cemetery Row.
See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/03/16/songs-you-may-have-missed-361/
Songs You May Have Missed #600
26 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in Songs You May Have Missed Tags: now and then, the proclaimers
The Proclaimers: “Now and Then” (2005)
This one’s extremely personal for me, as I associate it with the loss of my own father. No further words are necessary here. If the song’s point of view is relatable for you, it will probably mean something to you too.
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