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[senoritafish]

Pleasant suprises in the mail the last two days - yesterday Onna sent me some video CDs (fansubs of a series called Gravitation) which she claims she's going to corrupt me with (heh, you're too late!), which I'm going to have to find some time to watch.

Today the KCRW Sounds Eclectic CDs from Amazon - I had wanted to order the first one anyway before it sold out. Neil Finn had come into the station and performed a quiet acoustic version of "Throw Your Arms Around Me," and it's included on this compilation album, along with the likes of Yo Yo Ma, Shiveree, David Grey, and Willie Nelson. I first heard this song when I saw Crowded House at Expo'88 when I was an exchange student in Brisbane. He did it with Eddie Vedder when I went to see him at the Coach House last March - gorgeous version which someone on the mailing list provided in mp3 format a few days later. However recording of it are kind of hard to find, maybe because Neil didn't write it, but borrowed from another group, I think....(edited - yes, it was an Australian group called Hunters and Collectors)


I will come to you at nighttime
And I will raise you from your sleep
I will kiss you in four places
As I go running along your street
I will squeeze the life right out of you
I will make you laugh and make you cry
Though I never forget it
You will make me call your name
and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin and let's get started
And you wil throw your arms around me

I will come to you in the day time
And I will watch you in your sleep
I will kiss you in a hundred and sixty five places (alt. I will meet you in high places)
As I go running along your street (alt. I will touch your head and touch your feet)
And though I disappear from view
I will never say good-bye
Though I try to forget it
You will make me call your name
and I'll shout it to the blue summer sky

And we may never meet again
So shed your skin and let's get started
And you wil throw your arms around me


Such simple lyrics. Why are they so affecting? *Sigh*
Just a simple person I guess..

Comments

[jcald89.livejournal.com]

gotta love the KCRW. I haven't subscribed yet, but I'm going to soon. KCRW is definitely something that LA needs to have.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm bad - I haven't subscribed yet. But there's so many good public stations, I can't subscribe to them all. At least they'll get a little something from my CD purchase.

Any decent commercial stations don't seem to last very long - they get sold to Spanish language stations. That's happened to three of my favorites in the last few years.

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[jcald89.livejournal.com]

You know, I swear I heard a mariachi band playing taps when I turned on 94.3 the day it switched over.

[senoritafish.livejournal.com]

It's why I'm tempted to get DSL (though I can ill afford it), so I can listen to internet radio. www.radioparadise.com is pretty good, if they don't get put of business by having to pay through the nose for royalties.

BTW, Hope you have a Happy Birthday! With lots of good music!