I haven't felt this way since my massive crush on an absolutely fabulous Nigerian gentleman in February or March, earlier this year. This time, however, it's a couple that has stolen my heart. The term threesome now has a whole new sheen to it ;-)
It's all thanks to a lame TV serial that I've recently been watching late into the night - Dirty Sexy Money. As one of the episodes came to an end, I heard this beautiful intoxicating sound that just seeped into me and I've been hooked ever since.
It's the folk-pop band - The Weepies! How have I not heard them before? They are absolutely amazing and don't let the name fool you; they make you do anything but weep (unless they're tears of joy)! So if you haven't heard them before, please make sure you do ASAP. And if you already have, shame on you for not telling me sooner!
The Weepies speak to me in a way that nothing has in the recent past. Last week, I managed to get my hands on three of the four albums they've released since 2003 and I haven't stopped listening since. The fourth album is a smallish one compiled exclusively for iTunes and anyway, has some of the songs from the other albums.
I love the clear and earthy voices of Deb Talan and Steve Tannen and there's not a single song that I want to skip while listening. I also find the simple, clean acoustic sounds very uplifting; even the sad songs make me smile. And the lyrics! All I can say is WOW.
Someday when we're old and worn
Like two softened shoes
I will wonder on how I was born
The night I first ran away from you.
These lines are from my current favourite song - Somebody Loved. It's a song from their first album (Happiness, 2003), and maybe I like it because it's the first one I heard but it's just lovely. It's my new lullaby and I've been falling asleep to it every night since I first heard it.
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The title track from Happiness is another favourite (the title of this post is from the song). I also love World Spins Madly On and Painting by Chagall (Say I Am You, 2006); and Can't Go Back Now and Old Coyote (Hideaway, 2006). Oh, who am I kidding? I LOVE them all. To repeat myself, their music is just so simple yet intoxicating - like home-made wine!
I'm so tempted to add a music player widget to my blog right now, so that you can have a listen. But I have to back-up my hard disk, have lunch, and then decide whether to make a birthday cake or not for tomorrow! So just search for The Weepies on Youtube and listen to some of their songs, before you decide for yourself.
Ok, I'll be nice and link just a couple - Somebody Loved and Painting by Chagall. Let me know what you think of them, and also if there are other similar, fairly new artists that you think I might like. I've been stuck in the 60s and 70s for far too long!
Also check out this interview of The Weepies, it's really interesting.
In case you're wondering, that wonderful Nigerian gentleman I was talking about earlier is Fela Kuti. The flames still burns, bright and strong!
3 comments:
Thanks for that - loved it. Chagall has always been special to me; I gazed at his ceiling in the Paris Opera House knowing that it was 'the end of the affair'.
Also there was a little chapel near where I used to live with a window by him in memory of a local man's beloved daughter, who drowned in a boating accident.
Pat, thanks to the song I've been looking at some of Chagall's paintings. I like one in particular - bride and groom against a bright blue background, with a bright yellow moon in the corner. My favourite colours!
How lucky of you - being able to gaze at his ceiling in the Paris Opera House.
i also liked the nobody knows me at all wala video..songs are nice..most of them :)
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