I love unexpected songs showing up just because . . .

Sending love to Jerre Medford!

“I bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance”

Time to start thinking about albums of the year. Kind of slim pickins’, but Fleet Foxes’ self titled effort is up there. “Tiger Mountain Peasant Song” is one of my favorite picks…

I feel in love with a beautiful boy on the black sand
He took me away, I was never the same on the black sand
He said, “Who’s going to love you buried underground?”
Oh, on the black sand
A mother unwed with a scar down her chest on the black sand
She met her mate on the old army base back in Thailand
Who’s going to love him, when all that’s lost is found?
Oh, on the black sand

On the black sand

I have this dream where I’m down on my knees on the black sand
I’m facing the sea as the wind pushes me down to my hands
Who’s going to mind, when the end is nigh?
Oh, on the black sand

On the black sand

On the black sand

Kelly has never gotten enough credit for introducing me to this band. I eventually would have discovered, but likely too late to garner any interest which would have been a damn shame.

Just wait until you here this song. Ryan Adams (The Cardinals) meets Rufus Wainwright. Outstanding -

Orange sky don’t go
Manhattan looks like someplace else
Cloudy with a low fog shell

Into the crowded streets I go
Eventually they lead me back home
Where we used to live
I live alone and into bed I go

I wish that I could tell you just how I felt
I don’t pray I shower and say goodnight to myself
And when I close my eyes, I feel like a page
With a crossed out name
With a crossed out name

I kiss her mouth and I know
For everything there is a word
For everything but this
I like the dresses the shoes and the clothes
And everything you know that goes
With loving a girl I suppose

I wish I could tell you just how I’m hurt
Pinpoint the location; it’s in another universe
And when I close my eyes
I see a fire so plain
And my crossed out name
Crossed out names
I see a crossed out name
I see a crossed out name

Some tech difficulties on the first song, but hang with this show. Andrew Bird gets it, and this is amazing.

I’ve had the pleasure to see Bird play live on more than one occasion. He is a looping genius with violin, whistling & guitar.