Lusting for the Contrast Podcast and Some Andrew Bird News
Every week it happens--I'm filled with lustful longing to hear the latest contrast podcast. Today is no different and, in case you haven't figured it out yet, the theme is "Lust." Folks had a good time choosing songs for it, I can guarantee. You can listen to/download it here and fulfill your own burning desire to hear it.
My pick this week is not what you might call an "in your face" lust song. It's more about a woman who knows better and is actually fighting the urges she feels, albeit unsuccessfully. It's a clever little song, me thinks, and says a lot in a few words.
Amy Rigby--"You Get to Me" mp3 off Sirens (buy) This Sirens compilation disc is wonderful, I'm sure I've mentioned that before.
Next week's theme will be yet another episode of "Musicians Introduce Their Own Songs," so you'll have to wait until the following week to participate, if you're so inclined. Maybe it will be another one of the seven deadly sins?
In totally unrelated yet equally if not more exciting news, Andrew Bird just completed a Daytrotter session and they have five songs up for download, two of which are previously unreleased. He also sneaks in the news that his next album will be out in May of '08. Ahhhhhh!!!! Go snag them here. Songs available: Fiery Crash, Lull, A Breaks B (unreleased, actually by an Illinois band called Dianogah), Plasticities, and The Giant of Illinois (also unreleased). Bird is recording the new album with the band Dianogah, so this is a foretaste of things to come.
Here's the album version of "Fiery Crash" so you can better appreciate the mournful magic he makes of it during the Daytrotter session. The intro alone was enough to bring tears to my eyes.
Andrew Bird--"Fiery Crash" mp3 off Armchair Apocrypha (buy)
I like that Lusty pick you made, it is subtle :)
Ooh! Thanks for the Halloween candy with the Andrew Bird! Haven't
listened to the CP yet, but I generally like Amy Rigby. I have a funny (to
me, anyway) story about her I'll have to tell you one of these days.
Cheers!
Mmm, lust...
rachel--thanks, i thought it would probably be the only subtle one, but
nat's bruce cockburn song is pretty low-key, too. and yeah, isn't that
great about andrew bird? he is one busy guy.
Amy Rigby played at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, MA, about 10
years ago. The local radio station played a fair bit of her music in the
days preceeding the show, so I bought a couple of tickets and went to see
her. The show started out fine, but over the course of the set, my friend
and I noticed that Rigby introduced almost every song with a comment along
the lines of "now here's a song about a relationship that ended badly" or
"this song is about being dumped", etc. It ended being hilarious to us, to
the point that we were laughing out loud at her intros, because they were
really just an exercise in saying the same thing in many different ways.
I'm pretty sure Rigby wasn't amused; it's not easy to be unintentionally
funny, especially when you're singing songs of heartbreak in an intimate
setting like the Iron Horse. I've always wondered if Rigby remembers that
show, or got that response much. I can only imagine it happened more than
once, but perhaps she worked on her intros a little more after that night!
Very exciting news on the Andrew Bird front. Before my eyes were opened up
to the world of blogging I didn't think anyone else on the planet knew
about Andrew Bird. Coming from the North East of England he isn't really
going to shift many records with our demographic. Then I saw him at the
Scala in London. He can keep his London fans. Although I found some leary
Northerners who made me feel at home.
mulrine--i'm confused--was his show ok and his fans were rude or did you
not like his music? i saw him in may (in philadelphia) and he was
wonderful. thank you so much for you kind words, btw. i added you to the
blogroll. : )
wre--i think this anecdote puts you almost in as bad a light as mine did
me! ;-)
I do feel kinda bad about it, but not *really* bad. My true colors
revealed... I feel so free now, though!! :)
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