What are you listening to?

Was watching a TV series the other day and this song came on. Hadn't heard it in a long time but one I always enjoy listening to...


Lyrics:

Well the smart money's on Harlow and the moon is in the street
And the shadow boys are breaking all the laws
And you're east of East Saint Louis and the wind is making speeches
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
And Napoleon is weeping in a carnival saloon
His invisible fiancee's in the mirror
And the band is going home, it's raining hammers, it's raining nails
And it's true there's nothing left for him down here

And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time

And they all pretend they're orphans and their memory's like a train
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
And the things you can't remember tell the things you can't forget
That history puts a saint in every dream

Well she said she'd stick around until the bandages came off
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
And Mathilda asks the sailors "Are those dreams or are those prayers?"
So close your eyes, son, and this won't hurt a bit

Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time

Well things are pretty lousy for a calendar girl
The boys just dive right off the cars and splash into the street
And when they're on a roll she pulls a razor from her boot
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
So put a candle in the window and a kiss upon his lips
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
Just like a stranger with the weeds in your heart
And pay the fiddler off 'til I come back again

Oh it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
And it's time time time, and it's time time time
And it's time time time that you love
And it's time time time
 
@ Altair

Thanks for sharing this version of Gaspard de la nuit. It's one of my favorite Ravel compositions and I have quite a few recordings of it in my collection. I had never heard before of the pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and I must say his interpretation is one of the most interesting renderings of these pieces I've heard in years, full of nuances and funny little details other interpreters don't succeed in emphasizing, very atmospheric as well and not too swift in tempo. I'm also in awe of the sound quality of this recording which conveys a very natural piano sound very rarely met.

Kudos ! :cool2:
 
I happened to hear this '90's acid nu-jazz song once streaming online and finally found my note with the band's name. It's really funky, but the opening line ("somethin ain't right") is what caught my ear and guided my interpretation of the rest of the lyrics.

I don't know what the song-writer intended, but I heard some familiar themes:

"I see thru you" (i.e. psychopaths)...ya dirty tricks...make me sick"

"I ain't gonna go blind for the light that is reflected"

"If you make sure you're connected, the writing's on the wall."

"But if your mind's neglected, stumble you might fall"

"Won't someone try open up your eyes. You must be blind if you can't see
the gapin' hole called reality."

_http://www.bitcandy.com/music/todayscandystereomcsconnected
(the full lyrics are printed below the song's audio on this page)
 
It's been a while since I found some new stuff that makes me cry... a good release of stress, dissapointment to give birth to new hopes new ideas... I come out of it feeling reborn... fresh

I loved a few songs from Westworld, yes I identified with the AI in there, as our struggle to be conscious and free. So maybe these songs sound different for me than they do for you.

Here is my favorite one that captures this feeling I have about the world called
This World


and another favorite tear jerker
around 2:20 minutes the chords hit my heart like a sledge hammer
sometimes the simplest of notes touch me deepest, like Cloud Atlas and so on....

 
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