Archive for the ‘Music’ tag
Because It’s Thursday
And for no other reason – apart from the fact I was just listening to it.
Wednesday musical hangover ‘for the win’ (as “the kids” say ;-)
YouTube Pick Of The Week: Just Jack – ‘Embers’
Early post this Wednesday as I know it’s going to be a busy day.
This week’s YouTube pick is exactly as the title here suggests. Again, if you have Spotify, I’d urge you to listen to this on there as well, as the BBC Radio1 LiveLounge version I’m posting here sounds a little different/more raw/better/worse than the album version.
It’s a cracking track regardless, and as the opening one on the new album, All Night Cinema, marks a fine return from the man who brought us Starz In Their Eyes. The lyrics, if you are interested in them (and I was, as they are both simple and brilliantly arranged), are:
The facts and the figures,
They overwhelm and stifle,
everything that you thought you knew.
The facts and the figures
They overwhelm and stifle,
from the very first breath you drew
The facts and the figures
They overwhelm and stifle
(Repeat on Canon)
everything that you thought you knew.
and the petty decisions that you think make a difference.
So tiny that they blow away like dust
So tiny that they blow away like dust
(Canon)
Embers, embers, embers
Through all of the devilish things we do,
( I cant help my stupid hope )
Through all of the devilish things we do,
(It’s always with me)
The facts and the figures,
They overwhelm a stifle,
everything that you thought you knew
So tiny that they blow away like dust
(Embers, embers, embers …) (Canon)
So tiny that they blow away like dust
We are all embers
from the same fire
We are all embers
from the same fire
We are all embers
from the same fire
We are all embers
from the same fire
We are all embers
from the same fire
Anyhow, enjoy!
Thursday Song – YouTube Pick Of The Week
It’s Thursday, but this song is good for any day really. James Yuill’s No Surprise (Earth Version). I read in the paper today that the recession is over in the UK, that the crunch is slowly expanding, but at the same time an 88 year old American shot a guard (who was only doing his job and later died) in the Holocaust Museum, Washington D.C. At the same time, Swine Flu could officially be a pandemic by the time you read this.
The thing is, we need to just take stock, chill out, not worry too much and do what needs to be done. There are things that need to be done, and there are people that can do them. Anyway…
Me? Well I didn’t vote for the BNP in the European elections (and for an excellent piece on how that party won 2 seats, see Ross Burton’s piece on that), I’m working on a ‘serious’ poetry collection, and I’m entering poetry competitions with the hope of writing some words some people like.
That’s it really. Oh, and good song eh?
