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May 22, 2004
i highly recommend
Morrissey's new album, You Are the Quarry.
The thing I really love about Morrissey is that he sings such baleful, mournful, self-deprecating (bones and skin) angst-ridden songs in the happiest, most upbeat sort of ways. This is an absolutely amazing album. The only unfortunate thing is that it makes me realize I've been a Morrissey fan for 21 years now. Ouch.
Jem's debut album, Finally Woken.
Maybe I'm really slow--I guess you may have heard of her because her music was featured on the closing episode of the OC, but me, but well, I don't listen to the radio or watch TV much. I discovered Jem because I was suckered in by some marketing (go figure). While in Best Buy picking up the new Morrissey album, I overheard their "radio" station playing this killer song called "They." In a bit of synchronicity, I had just been reading about how most people believe things that "they" tell them. "They" being an anonymous body of people who instill beliefs such as, "you're too fat" or "you'll never amount to anything" or "if you wear that outfit 'they' will think you are dorky," and etc. The book I was reading was saying that if you actually break it down and try to determine who "they" are it probably is only a very small handful of people...maybe 2-3 people. It was an interesting exercise in helping you understand that a lot of our self belief is self-imposed. The song that Jem was singing, "They," seemed to be speaking directly to that. So of course I had to buy it.
And I'm very pleased I did. She just has a really wonderful sound, great lyrics and the song "They" is probably my new favorite.
"And it's ironic too
Coz what we tend to do
Is act on what they say
And then it is that way..."
Posted by crystallyn at May 22, 2004 07:31 PM
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