Does everything about me have to radically be thrown off kilter with this pregnancy?
Seriously?
I’m not talking about food. Hormones. Emotions. Clothing. Hair. Skin.
Nope.
The area currently effected is: MUSIC.
For the last two weeks I have pretty much been listening to one song. Over and over and OVER to the point that I am going effing MAD AND OUT OF MY MIND AND YET? I CANNOT STOP LISTENING TO THE DAMN THING.
Really, while it’s a great tune, the selection is socially embarrassing and jr. high-esque and it kinda makes me want to curl up in a little ball of pregnant shame with a bottle of Aussie Scrunch Spray and weep into my Trapper Keeper. (And I spout my love of Air Supply and Neil Diamond freely, so this has to be good, right?)
Ok…Breathe.
My current music obsession that I must at all costs KNOCK THE HELL OFF is:
Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi.
There.
I said it.
And if you mock me for this I will hunt you down, tie you up, duct tape your mouth and MAKE YOU LISTEN TO IT WITH ME ON REPEAT UNTIL YOU START TO BLEED FROM YOUR EARS!!!! I may be freakishly weak but hell hath no fury like a pregnant woman being mocked for her totally irrational musical taste.
PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY HELP A GIRL OUT.
I need musical distractions to get the lyric, “With an ironclad fist I wake up and french kiss the morning” out of my head.
(DUDE. What kind of freakishly lame lyric is that, anyway?! It makes me have a really obscene image of a mulletted and hairy chested John Bon Jovi taking care of his morning “ISSUES” *EHEM* in bed while making out with tongue with some imaginary chick laying on top of him or something. Of course, even though she is imaginary she probably has a matching mullet as well, only it would be spiral permed and frosted. ).
See what kind of mental hell the last two weeks has driven me to????
I tweeted the other day asking for great music finds and was diverted from my 9th grade shangrila for half a whole day and found some great new music (even if it was not appreciated by some. Hmmph!)
SO?
Help a girl out. Send me some new tunes. Or some old ones I may have missed out on. I know that people think of me as being a musical dork but honestly, I don’t know many who are as musically diverse as I am. I like at least a couple of examples of ALL kinds of music, even if it isn’t what I listen to regularly.
The main requirement????
PRETTY.
PRETTY. PRETTY. PRETTY. (Oh, and did I mention pretty?)
I would like something that is more obscure. A “diamond in the rough”, a new find. Ect.
I am a sucker for a ballad. I love great lyrics. Sad songs are fabulous. I love extremely catchy tunes as well (Think: “Love today” by Mika)
DISCLAIMER: If you send Mariah Carey I WILL kill you.
WHAT ARE THE “PRETTIEST” SONGS YOU KNOW?
Stumble it!
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I pink puffy heart “bed of roses”.
Right now, we both love Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” and I totally love Coldplay’s “Viva la vida”.
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How about Bryan Adams – Everything I Do.
Similar in feel to Bed of Roses…but less overblown.
Or Celine Dion – It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.
Terrible. I should be fired from commenting.
“I pink puffy heart “bed of roses”
I guarantee that after eleventy hundred straight listens to it? You would take that pink puffy heart and strangle it with your bra strap and then stomp its battered fuchsia remains with the heel of your shoe until it was obliterated forever.
;)
I’m not ashamed to admit that I heart Bed of Roses as well. I may or may not have made up a dance routine to that song once. Hee.
I’ll echo the love for Viva La Vida. Also, an album that I’m seriously hearting (and have been for the past few months) is “Eyes Open” by Snow Patrol. Anything by The Swell Season and Paolo Nutini is pretty fantastic as well.
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Oh girl. Well, while I was reading this and now am typing up my comment, I have Acid Tongue by Jenny Lewis on repeat… also absolutely LOVE The Uglysuit.
Steph
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Oh My. I believe it is time for an intervention.
My new favorite song that I just purchased on iTunes this morning is Never Alone by Jim Brickman, featuring Sara Evans. I just love Sara. I love her voice and her lyrics are always great!
I will email you the lyrics.
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I’m so sorry! I think I mentioned my hatred for the whiny voice of Bon Jovi recently. That is pure and simple hell-and worse than Chinese Water Torture!
Pretty songs? I found out you share the love for October Project, and “Take Me As I Am” is probably one of the best songs, ever.
Others that may fit your criteria:
*Behind the Waterfall, David Lanz and Paul Speer (no vocals, but pretty)
*Love love love Marillion, and my favorites are “Made Again”, “Sympathy”, “Kayleigh” and “Easter”. There are a lot of pretty songs interspersed among some great progressive rock.
*Why Worry, Dire Straits
*Basia. I can’t think of a dud among all of her albums, but the prettiest are “Yearning”, “Time and Tide” and “Ordinary People”
*You probably have a great knowledge of show tunes. My audition piece is a beauty from “Starting Here, Starting Now” “Autumn”. When I perform it, no one seems to know it-but it’s very melancholy.
*A pretty 38 minutes is the soundtrack, “The Man from Snowy River”
*Kellie Coffey does a great cover of “Dance with my Father” and a 3 hanky song of her own “I Would Die for That” about her struggles to have a baby. Beautiful voice
*”Flesh and Blood” Wilson Phillips
This is probably overkill, but I’m a little nuts about my music. Heck, I’ve got three mixes I used in doing classes at a previous job that are two hours of pretty stuff. I just play those when I need to destress.
Hopefully, someone hits on a song or a hundred to wash Bon Jovi out of your brain!
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Don’t know what else I can suggest other than what I already have, however I can get that song out of your head. Just watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-FeOoKDq4
or this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaCCG7QkM
possibly these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8kfV-P_6E0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUyTZlJnRns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyooALwfxO8
Those’ll get any song out of your head.
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Lakes of Pontchartrain ~The Be Good Tanyas
Hasn’t Hit Me Yet ~Blue Rodeo
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Check out J Minus. I’m in love with Someone for Everyone right now. It’s pretty.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=114427671
Also, I have a moral obligation to plug my husband’s friend’s band, Something to Yield.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=15055437
@Backpacking Dad.
I.FREAKING.LOVE Blue Rodeo. “Dark Angel” with Sarah McLachlan has got to be one of THE prettiest songs on the planet.
For good lyrics I love Billy Bragg and Wilco. Not necessarily pretty, but cool like 1996. ;)
Pointing and laughing. POINTING AND LAUGHING.
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You have, have, have to listen to February, by Dar Williams. You will cry. You’d cry even if there weren’t hormones invading your body.
You might also want to try Breathe, by Annie Nalick. Love…!
I heart ballads, too. Here are a couple of my favorites.
The Luckiest, Ben Folds
One Moment More, Mindy Smith
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Song about parenthood by Marc Cohn. (warning, it rips my guts out)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9KvlZWQzRA
http://www.musicmademe.com/song/lyrics/63023
Is the link to the Bacon Brothers lyrics for Brown Eyes, another parenting song that kills me. I couldn’t find the song anywhere to link to. Yes it’s Kevin Bacon and his brother. I got their first album FOROSOCO as a fluke. Best spontaneous music choice I’ve ever made.
Just thought I’d list these in honor of your happy news.
Ben Folds is awesome.
Maybe it’s my age, but I just can’t get into popular music anymore. I came from the Elvis years, and we need not say anymore about that!
Now, I listen to classical music on Public Radio. OK, shoot me!
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Sam Harris’ new album “free”
has the prettiest , saddest ballad ever
called “Before you go”
and his cover of “I can’t make you love me” is angelic.
Check out Holly Cole- esp her cover of “I can see clearly now”
and Ray Lamontagne’s new album is very pretty.
good luck with that whole Bon Jovi thing!’
oh, also
for great lyrics: Brett Dennen – he does happy music.
Okay I am a nerd…I am refraining from mentioning the one that will totally blow my cover then you all will realize I am NOT a late-twnties housewife, but really a 55 year old empty-nester.
So instead I offer Gavin Rossdale’s Newest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8Qvm24dbU
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Okay I am a nerd…I am refraining from mentioning the one that will totally blow my cover then you all will realize I am NOT a late-twnties housewife, but really a 55 year old empty-nester.
So instead I offer Gavin Rossdale’s Newest:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8R8Qvm24dbU
i’ll play this game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzxDRA93Nk
oh, pretty… then this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_BoZ_Qdyl0
Anything Aerosmith – might not be “pretty” but there is nothing like “Deuces are Wild”, “Dream On” or “Sweet Emotion”. Also for another 80’s shout out -”November Rain” by Guns ‘N Roses.
(Did you see Basia was recommended? Wasn’t that what Rod had on his answering machine?? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! And speaking of which, what ever happened to our Romance Novel?)
Miss you! Come up for some pregnancy induced Sushi cravings – I found a new place that’s SUPER YUM!!
hmm…not sure where the last comment went…
How about “Welcome Me” or “Hammer and a Nail” by Indigo Girls?
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Hmm..What about Bed of Roses by Bon Jovi?
or maybe that old Bon Jovi song that I think was called Bed of Roses or something?
or MAYBE that one song that has the words ‘ironclad fist’ in it? Can’t remember the name.
or how about the Barney song?
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HA HA HA HA HA HA.
LAUGHING.
CAN’T…TYPE….
And I am loving some of these. They are purdy.
P.S.
Mr.Lady,
You may point and mock me all you want as long as you feed me some damn birthday cake.
MMMM…CAKE…MMM…
Some of my favorite songs, all by the same artist:
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=cc1493a8a920e37de179
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=061b69049bd96c11cfb5
http://www.godtube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=524386ac63b9f4843f0b
These are all by Nichole Nordeman. She is a Christian artist but these 3 songs will appeal to a very wide audience. The third is about asking God for things/help. It was written during the very bad drought that Colorado suffered in the last decade or so, (she lives in Colorado.)
I hope no one is offended by these choices-Nichole is an amazing artist, has a beautiful voice, and I’m really craving this cd-my car stereo is busted and that is about the only time I have to listen to music. They are pretty!
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Bon Jovi is so hawt. I forgive them for that lame song. I, for one, do not want to be french kissed in the morning. MORNING BREATH EWWWW.
I feel totally ballad-less right now but it seems like you are getting ample suggestions.
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Seems like you already get Sarah Mclachlin. Try her tune “Posession”
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Loralee~
I saw you on Lisa’s page over at FB. She talked me into signing up a few weeks ago :)
A (russian) prettie haunting me this month:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siNsgbIWhAQ
I can’t stop singing that one. Doesn’t bother me – but me kids are a little sick of it.
Hugs to you,
~Brook from high school :P
LOL. As much as I love Jeff, here’s the link I meant to post!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wigqKfLWjvM
HUGS :D
~Brook
imogen heap’s “hide and seek” and dashboard confessional’s “stolen”
I love Ingrid Michaelson’s “The Way I Am.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJOzdLwvTHA
And I, too, am totally digging Jason Mraz’s “I’m yours.” Not pretty so much, but catchy.
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OMG!!! BROOK!!!
I realize that it has been 15 very long years since we graduated. GAH!
It’s so good to hear from you. I hope that you are well. I actually thought about you the other day when I took a swig of coffee. You probably have NO memory of the day we sat in VI and you told me coffee tasted like earth and you had to get your daily fix of “Dirt”. Heh.
P.S. Now I have an additional witness that I was a total dork in high school.
P.S.S. Erin Mc.L is on here as “MacPiper Girl” Tell her hello, too!
Do you know Pink Martini? Shall I send you a cd of them?
Because they are fantastic.
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Kalai??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuR5nRdSL-c&feature=related
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Too funny… I don’t remember that exact conversation, but I do still have an affinity for the Dirt, so I’ll have to trust you on that one :P
How fun – I will have to peek around for Erin. Is she on FB? I will head over there and add you guys.
As far as attesting to your dorkdom in H.S., it’s sort of that “Fabulous Dork” that only a small handful of truly fantastical people can appreciate. I think you may have even moved on to Fabulously Outlandish by now, or better yet Quintessentially Quirky.
Wow, 15 years. Don’t remind me.
~Brook
I’ve been enjoying Bon Iver lately. That’s a link to their MySpace blog with video of live studio performances and a link to a free 4-song EP. It’s most excellent.
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Cant help you babe, all I have going round and round my head is Thriller and The Lime and the Coconut song (courtesy of my son) and The Flood by Escape the Fate (courtesy of my Damn Emos)
and Lalalalalalalalala I am not listening when they are both going at the same time.
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So song obsession this pregnancy is “Soul Meets Body” by the Death Cab for Cutie. Peanut totally knows it now, too. Another one I could listen to again and again even when not pregnant is “Someday” by The Carpenters.
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Uh, pregnancy brain. Obviously there’s no “the” before Death Cab.
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How about “Sweet child of mine” by Guns N Roses… hey, at least he didn’t perm his hair or wear a mullet although he did rat it up pretty good for I think this very video- anyway- something about this song get me-
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Firefly by Dan Zanes… not just for kids, IMHO.
http://www.danzanes.com/nighttime/song_firefly.shtml
I’m on a big “said the whale” kick right now. I love their song “The Light is You.” Makes me happy.
Also, anything by “Owen” from their album “At Home with Owen” is gorgeous. I am partial to “Bad News” and “Sad Waltz of Pietro Crespi.”
Good luck!
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For the love…
…and consider this an initial mocking.
You’d scare me, but even with my magic leg, i can still outrun a pregnant girl.
I fear not.
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I’m doing my best not to laugh, yanno. But it’s just so hard not to!
I’d go for Pink Martini, or even 30 Seconds to Mars (which is beautiful in its own way). Or NXZero i you fancy something in a completely foreign language which you may or may not understand…
I’m with you on the ‘pretty’ music bit! I hope you like some of these.
Tori Amos. So much love. ‘Spark’, ‘Sister Janet’, ‘Bouncing Off Cloud’… I could go on for hours. YouTube will have loads.
Heather Nova. ‘Island’ is my favourite.
Imogen Heap. ‘Come Here Boy’, ‘Hide & Seek’, ‘The Walk’.
Ben Christophers. ‘Songbird Scrapes the Sky’.
Conjure One. ‘Tears from the Moon’ or ‘Manic Star’.
Vast. ‘Desert Garden’, ‘Dirty Hole’.
Holly McNarland. ‘Fly’ and ‘Stormy’.
I’m with you on the pretty music front.
Rasputina. ‘New Zero’.
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Okay, in keeping with that era, some pretty songs that I have on my i Pod that make my teenager want to hurl heavy objects at me are “Heaven Help Me” by Deon Estes (?) and George Michaels and Meatloaf’s “Two out of three”. Trust me, they’ll linger on the brain too.
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Maybe you should switch to some classic 80’s rock ballads.
“Here I Go Again On My Own” by Whitesnake has been stuck in my head for DAYS.
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The entire “Once” soundtrack. Purchase, download, borrow or steal it. The entire thing is beautiful.
Oh, and to the person who suggested “February” by Dar Williams — excellent choice! Definitely a tera-jerker!
Jason Mraz’s “Plane” is gorgeous. I like him although I’m pretty sure I could throw him. With one arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KmEijRUBq8
My preggo-soundtrack lately has consisted of a lot of Death Cab For Cutie’s recent album. “Grapevine Fires” is beautiful.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE2XlY0Cj6E
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First of all, I must say whenever I hear any Bon Jovi song, I picture him the way he looks today…..SO EFFIN” HOT! So, somehow I am okay with that song. I do understand how it could get frustrating though.
I’ve been listening to Madame Butterfly constantly, which probably isn’t the most uplifting…..
Teague is obsessed with ‘Hey there Delilah,’ by the ‘Plain White T’s.” And the old school band “Thin Lizzy.” Although none of those are ‘pretty.’
Piper is going through a Billy Joel phase, he has some pretty ones.
Aaron loves ‘Andrew Bird’ he has some great ones, maybe check him out.
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Probably not something you missed, but I like Broken, by Seether and Amy Lee.
Not “pretty” so much as “sublime” – but one of my all time favorites is Franz(?) Biebl’s Ave Maria which I DIE every time I listen to. So beautiful.
Love your description of “your type of music” – I also have eclectic tastes in music, but have recently decided that my favorite kind is … the kind I can sing with! Leaves it nice and open, but usually means strong/pretty melody, nice vocal harmony ALWAYS a plus, etc…
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falwyn,
You sound like my twin. If you can’t sing to it, are you getting all antsy?
Hubby sings, too and we battle out who is singing which harmony line-we’re weird that way.
Loralee, this inspired a blog post of my own for a future Soundtrack Sunday. Thanks!
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Heart of The Matter – India Arie (my current cry fest song)
Sober – Kelly Clarkson
Why – Annie Lennox
Breathe Me – Sia
Colorbling – Counting Crows (both Breathe me and this one, both have similiar piano notes… at least they sound that way to me, but I’m not music expert)
those are the few that came to the top of my head at this moment…
I also love a good sad song with great lyrics!!
Oh, yes, geez, thanks for making me listen to that. I’m awash in self pity from all of those soggy things listed (Come on, Mraz, ‘if the plane goes down’?). Sorry guys, I go for the old classics, the more amusing ones that just get stuck in your head. I posted some a few weeks ago, but you can go see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4zRe_wvJw8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxH39QlRuhg
or the slow ones?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aYt2Js7Gjg
Can’t really sing along to this one, but the video makes the guitar just stick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLNyVLbqdEg
OK, feel free to ignore them if you want to.
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Kenny Chesney’s brand BRAND new one just out yesterday called I’m Alive. He sings it with Dave Matthews. I’m no country music fan, but I love this one.
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Can’t find my Bon Jovi cures on YouTube, so I’m sending you the files by email. I’m completely on a Kelli O’Hara kick since I just got her new CD. So, that’s what they’re from. And they are VERY pretty. :o) By the way, I totally take credit for your current obsession. Tee hee!
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Have you heard the song ‘Spiralling’ by Keane? It’s off their latest album and I find it incredibly catchy. It doesn’t fall into the “prettiest” category per se, but it’s still good. I also like ‘Cath’ by Death Cab for Cutie.
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I really loved the late ’80s and early ’90s for music (Have I ever told you about my huge, long-lasting crush on Bryan Adams?), so I would never mock you for listening to Bon Jovi. That being said, boy do I ever have some suggestions for you:
-KT Tunstall, “Heal Over”
-Damien Rice, “Lonelily”
-Fiona Apple, “Waltz (Better than Fine)”
-Keren Ann, “In Your Back”
-Mason Jennings, “Darkness Between the Fireflies”
-Regina Spektor, “Samson”
-The Pierces, “Three Wishes”
-Rachael Yamagata, “Reason Why”
-Better Than Ezra, “Closer” (With you being pregnant and all, this one should totally slay you.)
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Seriously, you like Neil Diamond too? I just got a huge steaming pile of shit for buying tickets to his concert this December. But you know, he may be dead soon….could be a girls last chance!
My recommends~
Pasion – Sarah Brightman with Fernando Lima
Lost – Michael Buble
Back Home to Me – Sophie Millman
Thank You – Lizz Wright
The Promise – Tracy Chapman
Someday – John Legend
Watching the Wheels – John Lennon
Just for fun – The Night I Punched Russell Crowe – Gaelic Storm
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It doesn’t even compare to Bon Jovi, but lately I’m loving “Merry Happy” by Kate Nash. It makes me, well, happy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zdi2IF5ezw
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try dropkick murpheys-forever great irish punk love song
or
flogging molly-far away boys another irish punk love song
please dont let the punk part throw you. the words are beautiful
oh yeah and rancid-who woulda thought
Hey, LL try Marit Larsen “If A Song Could Get Me to You” Good stuff.
And I really, really like John Mayer’s album “Heavier Things” – it was a super-duper Pregnancy Album for me! My son is still instantly calmed by JM. <3 LL
I know you asked a while back, but you probably can understand this!
That song they’re playing on TLC constantly was bugging me. I had to know who was doing it, because I loved the offbeat rhythm and those harmonies. Found out it’s a band, Fisher.
Oh my gosh, just search for them on You Tube. They’ve got a great one that reminds me of Mary Fahl’s phrasing, even though the vocal style is so very different-I Will Love You:
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=180349
Now on my short list of things I want for Christmas!
I had to dig up this post to say ‘thanks a lot’. Here it is, 4 months after you posted this, and I’m listening to Bed of Roses at full blast (on my headphones) at work, trying not to burst out into song at full volume.
“dancing” by Elisa
“The Kill” 30 seconds to Mars
“Gravity” Sara Bareilles
“Need” hana pestle
“my skin” Natalie Merchant
“Hide and Seek” and “the moment I said it” by imogen heap/
“let it be” the Beatles.
“Sound of Silence” Simon and Garfunkel
“Dust in the Wind” Kansas
sorry I’m too late! :p