I hope this song will guide you home

[tanaise]

Well, I tried Gary Jules, and I'm not totally turned off, but I'm not sure how much I do like him. For all that I love just melancholy british boys, there's always an element of lightness in my bands, and I wasn't getting that from Gary. But I did really like whatever song it was I quoted from in the last entry.

And I adore the Postal Service, but I forget how different electronic groups sound live. For example, this boy sounds like he injured himself jumping from one note to another in the District Sleeps Alone Tonight (which I still love an obscene amount, even when it's not as pretty). Other songs shouldn't make as much difference, I'd guess. (We will become silhouettes, for example sounds about the same other than the annoying woman singer on it).

I'm wondering if the singer is canadian, as I can't imagine another nationality that would use a hockey metaphor in a love song. ;) (well, technically a not-in-love-anymore song--I see Nothing Better as the follow-up to Such Great Heights, not that I assume all relationships end or anything.)

(Ooh, and hannah, Nic just namedropped Bright Eyes, I'll have to look them up when I'm done with this piece)

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A little more on Gary...

[fingle.livejournal.com]

Rob Wolff and his wife Jodi weren't terribly impressed with the copy of Gary's latest album that I loaned, them but they amiably agreed to go into Hollywood when I received a last minute e-mail invite from Gary's "people" that said that he'd be doing a small show "just like old times"...

They really appreciated his live set, and I had to agree that I'd discovered Gary singing live, and it's where he really shines.

The song you quoted is No Poetry and contains some of his best lyrics, with the exception of The Boat Song, but I've always had a thing for both Amelia Earhart AND mermaids...

Now I have to go to the archives at KCRW and find some of the bands YOU mentioned! I love discovering new music.

Gary's going to be swinging through the East coast and points west on his current tour, if you're almost interested enough to see him live. www.garyjules.com for tour info...

Re: A little more on Gary...

[tanaise.livejournal.com]

I agree, his voice was nearly perfect on KCRW, and it wasn't really anything wrong with him that made me turn it off, just a little eh because the music was sounding too overall sad, not enough happy in the mix. (not *happy*, exactly, just, you know, not suicidal.) I probably will listen to it again, just to hear the No Poetry song again, and perhaps I'll make it all the way through this time. (I will admit that my enjoyment of it may have been hampered by the fact that I really really wanted to be listening to the Postal Service at that moment, so I might not have given it a completely fair chance.)