Songs You May Have Missed #455

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Paper Tongues: “Love Like You” (2010)

Credit for introducing me to this song goes to Julie and Mike, who will enter their reception this Saturday accompanied by it. If you have a weakness for flat-out passionate, unapologetic love songs, or happen to be in the throes at the moment, this one’s gonna hit you where you live.

I’ll be the first to say
“I do love you so”
Be the last to walk away
From what we know

You can’t invent a Jones
Like us in this world
It only happens once upon
A time for boys and girls

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to be in love the way I do
Better is a day standing by your side
Your heart is like a castle in my sky

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to really be my rainbow
I could only start to imagine how
We survived to see this day

Only if I had the words to paint the moon
I would paint it on a star just for you
Then we’d get inside a boat made of clouds
And we’d never turn around, we’d go all out

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to be in love the way I do
Better is a day standing by your side
Your heart is like a castle in my sky

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to really be my rainbow
I could only start to imagine how
We survived to see this day

And mockingbirds they sing upon my tree
And the tower bells they ring and I believe
And I’m asking you to be my everything

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to be in love the way I do
Better is a day standing by your side
Your heart is like a castle in my sky

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to really be my rainbow
I could only start to imagine how
We survived to see this day

I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to really be my rainbow
I’ll never find another love like you
Who wants to be in love the way I do 

Songs You May Have Missed #454

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Mason Jennings: “Your New Man” (2008)

Mason Jennings entertains a live audience with the tale of his ex and her douchy new BF.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/01/05/songs-you-may-have-missed-276/

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2016/11/04/songs-you-may-have-missed-596/

Songs You May Have Missed #453

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The Shins: “It’s Only Life” (2012)

Like A.C. Newman of the New Pornographers, James Mercer’s brand of indie pop has a way of tapping into timeless elements of pop and rock yet simultaneously sounding fresh and of the moment. The band’s fourth album, which features Mercer’s songwriting, vocals and, in large part, instrumentation, is awash with lush melody and fresh turn of phrase–another characteristic Mercer and Newman share.

These two guys are among the most appealing songwriters in the genre, and I’ve got the feeling the originality of their work will be recognized for many years to come.

“It’s Only Life” in particular seems a towering achievement to me. I just can’t believe how many appealing turns of melody Mercer crams into this tune.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/04/30/songs-you-may-have-missed-404/

Songs You May Have Missed #452

landlady

Kirsty MacColl: “My Affair” (1991)

From one of England’s true national treasures, cheeky and talented songwriter Kirsty MacColl, lost to us tragically and too soon in a controversial 2000 boating accident.

Kirsty gave us, among other great musical moments, the retro girl-pop classic “They Don’t Know” (popularized by Tracey Ullman) and the Christmas duet “Fairytale of New York”, recorded with Shane MacGowan of the Pogues.

Kirsty is the daughter of folksinger Ewan MacColl. “My Affair” was her first foray into a Latin sound–she recorded whole albums of Latin-tinged pop later in her career–and it perfectly displays the lady’s witty lyrical style, as well as her mesmerizing voice.

Electric Landlady? One of the greatest album titles of all time.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2015/05/14/songs-you-may-have-missed-530/

Songs You May Have Missed #451

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The Concretes: “On the Radio” (2006)

Low-key but infectious, The Concretes create what has been called The Stockholm Sound, a sunny brand of pop sound from a country that doesn’t actually get a lot of sun.

Songs You May Have Missed #450

sloan

Sloan: “Nothing Lasts Forever Anymore” (2003)

Count the guitar tones used here by underrated Canadian power pop masters Sloan.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2012/04/09/songs-you-may-have-missed-71/

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