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This is one CD to which Lu has contributed a song where I plan to buy the whole CD as opposed to just the download of Lu’s song. With Lu and Chuck on it, how can I go wrong? 😉
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
Although the birthday party admission is free, Ticketmaster is charging a $20 convenience fee.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Tom
@stoger wrote:
and any photos of Tonyg at age 10 will be most welcome.
Especially any of him running through the sprinkler! 😆
Tom
@tonyg wrote:
For my 10th birthday party, the neighborhood kids came over and we played games in the back yard, then bobbed for apples. Then my mother turned the hose and sprinkler on and we ran through it. Hilarity ensued.
No pin the tail on the donkey, tonyg? 😥
Tom
@stoger wrote:
What, can’t remember the Roberto Bolano novel title OR the film clearance? Welcome to the brain cell depletion club, TO.
Mr. stoger – have we met? Your “handle” rings a bell… 😉
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
Wow -really bad -several times Rodney is referred to as Crowley instead of Crowell. Impressive editing and fact checking.
And, to add insult to injury, the author’s byline below the piece identifies her as “the research editor at Mother Jones” (emphasis added)… 😯
Tom
The article is titled, “Songs for the People You Wanna Drag Behind Your Car” – maybe it should be retitled, “Articles by Critics You Wanna Drag Behind Your Car”… 😉
Tom
@TOverby wrote:
Come on Tom, you know critics don’t actually listen to the records. That’s old school. 😮
^ “Like” 😆
Tom
This article from Mother Jones misattributes “Long Time Girl Gone By” to being sung by Lu, when it is actually sung by Emmylou Harris. I don’t see how in the world the author could get their two voices confused! 😯
“If I could cross a bridge from now to then/open up my chest and let it in/I wouldn’t fight so hard against the pain/I’d let it rain,” croons the narrator in “Long Time Girl Gone By,” sung by Lucinda Williams.
Tom
The DVD of the documentary, Blaze Foley – Duct Tape Messiah, is now available for online ordering…
Tom
That IS weird. Not that I do not like “Buttercup” – I do – but what does it have to do with Louisiana? ❓
I guess they just went with the opener from her latest studio album (out of laziness?)…
Tom
Well, according to Amazon.com, this will be released on June 19th. And, at least at this point, it looks like my fears are realized – the only option is to purchase the import CD for $44.17… 😛
Tom
P.S. Yup – found this iTunes preview, but when I followed the links and attempted to purchase the download, I was notified it is only available in the Australian iTunes Store… 👿
At least I am able to listen to a 90 second preview while in the Australian iTunes store… 😐
Okay, like “God I’m Missing You” from Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell, I have downloaded this song and then listened carefully to piece together the lyrics. I’ll admit, I struggled with this one a bit more than “God I’m Missing You”, probably due to Lu’s breathy, emotive vocals. I had to listen to a YouTube video of Mr. Chapman performing the song live, and then another cover of the song to figure out some parts, then listened to Lu’s version again to verify. I think I have these down to a “T” – here they are:
Just a memory in the distance
Just a long lost railroad line
A thread that can’t be broken
That runs through your life and through mineI love it when you want me
I love it when you care
You know I don’t scare easy
But I do get scaredWhen it’s that time of night
Nothing seems to turn out right
And dreams can drift right out of sight
When it’s that time of nightWe have left behind
Places others never get to
There are some places hard to find
And you recall and I forget toSometimes you make me wonder
Will I stumble, will I fall
Take me for what I am
Or not at allIt’s that time of night
And nothing seems to work out right
And dreams can drift right out of sight
When it’s that time of night
When it’s that time of nightLovers start to fuss and fight
Over what is wrong and what is right
It’s that time of night
That time of nightAnother beautiful, beautiful song…
TO, despite your saying that you think this song is different musically than anything Lu has ever recorded, I found it sonically very similar to “Kiss Like Your Kiss” – the version with Elvis Costello from the True Blood soundtrack. At least, I think the lead-in to that song has a very similar “sound” to this one.
Well done again, Lu!
Tom
I downloaded this song today from Amazon.com. It is so beautiful, it is mind-blowing.
I have this obsession with loading song lyrics in iTunes, especially for songs Lu has written and / or performed. Certainly, this song is no exception. But, since I downloaded just the one song instead of buying the CD, I do not have the lyrics in the liner notes to which to refer (assuming they are even there). And, I can not find them anywhere on the Internet.
So, at the very real risk of being made fun of for “misheard lyrics”, this is what I picked out by careful listening. I am fairly confident I got most of them correct, except for the line after “Your old black umbrella” – “Fades half in the rain” just doesn’t seem right to me, but that is what it sounds like. Also, I’m not so sure about the first four lines of the stanza that begins (at least as I heard it), “You’re every curled rose bud”.
Does any one have the definitive lyrics to point out what I got incorrect? Or, does anyone hear anything differently than I did? Thanks for any help…
I heard a siren
And you came to mind
You were the pretty part of us
I’m what’s left behind
The equation’s remainder
The last standing sign
God, I’m missing youYou’re mouth’s still so soft
Your countenance fair
Time stretches to shape you
Right out of thin air
But it can’t hold the image
If I blink you’re not there
God, I’m missing youAre you gone forever?
Are you gone for good?
Or have I gone crazy
Wishing you would?
Come ’round the next corner
Step off of that train
Your old black umbrella
Fades half in the rain
God, I’m missing youYou’re every curled rose bud
Entranced in my eye
Each turned a cold collar
And your gaze slides by
The sanded down moon
In a tar paper sky
God, I’m missing youThe night’s down to nothing
The stars have withdrawn
The horizon splits open
That silvery dawn
The ghost of your breathing
Won’t leave me alone
God, I’m missing youAre you gone forever?
Are you gone for good?
Or have I gone crazy
Just wishing you would?
Come ’round the next corner
Step off of that train
Your old black umbrella
Fades half in the rain
God, I’m missing you
God, I’m missing you
God, I’m missing youTom
