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Spirit On The Water Beautiful swing jazz love song with great piano and harmonica. Optimistic ending from the singer, who’s been around, but is still in the game: “You think I`m over the hill, you think I`m past my prime/ Let me see what you got, we can have a whoppin’ good time”–language clues you in to the putative time of this song...
When The Deal Goes Down A plaintive world-weary ballad, with the end close but the singer is ready for what comes. The beauty of the lyrics and of the song belie the inevitable, and evoke hope through the bond of a shared mortality and love shared : “In this earthly domain full of disappointment and pain/ You’ll never see me frown./ I give my heart to you, and that’s saying it true,/ And I’ll be with you when the deal goes down...
Ain’t Talkin’ The last track on the album maybe belongs higher up in my list. Mysterious, with biblical, Ovidian and other intertexts, and the singer not talking, just walking, he’s not sure where, but again with something still left to find. The melody and and mood of alienation put it there with “Time Out Of Mind’s” “Highlands,” the better song for my money...
...Boys and Girls in America” by The Hold Steady—Being only 16, I have never set foot in an establishment that serves alcohol and don’t really understand this concept of “bar rock.” The lead singer doesn’t even sing in this band, he just speaks the lyrics. : / 3. “The Life Pursuit” by Belle and Sebastian—I just thought they were a fortuitously named singer-songwriter duo. Whatevs. 4. “Silent Shout” by The Knife?...
...desired, and his tangible sadness on “Accidental Babies” rivals the near-tears delivery that Jewel owned back when she sang “You Were Meant for Me” all those years ago. She’s now happily married to a country singer. So maybe there’s still a ray of hope for young Rice. Then again, Jewel also sang at an audible decibel level and employed such useful songwriting devices as hooks and recognizable rhythm and syntax, so maybe...