My good friend, Christian, is kind of like a genius with music. He will listen to anything with a complete open mind and always goes right into the song; it's rarely background music for him... I envy and admire that about a person. When we were in college together, he introduced me to nearly every band that I currently have in my collection. We were both dj's at our college radio station and even after he graduated and I moved on to music director of the station, he STILL knew 500% more about music than I did. Then, as roomates in Boston, he would listen almost exclusively to Noise music. It's got an amazing history and a great connection with artists from a hundred years ago, but... BUT... much of the music is dissonance to my ears and so I would let him enjoy most of it on his own.
These days, I'll get an email from him every so often with a link to a song he thinks I'll like. That's one of the reasons Chris is a keeper; the boy looks out for me.
Now I'm not sure if I'm way out of the loop with this one, but I just now heard it and have it on repeat. I suggest you close your eyes, listen to the lyrics, and enjoy...
and then this is the same song live (it's a beautiful version... more atmospheric, I think I like it even better.)
There will be a couple guest bloggers posting here for future songs of the week (I'm trying to get Christian to contribute, but he's too shy). Can't wait to hear what they come up with.
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