Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Mumford & Sons

Today has been brought to you by this:
Mumford & Sons - "Home/Untitled" (Live on KBCO) by TwentyFourBit.com

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Greg Laswell

I need to admit something in order to properly introduce this, here goes, and feel free to judge away.... I like to tell myself normal people watch tv with their feet up, relaxed on a couch with a notepad and pen in their hand so they can frantically jot down any glimpse of lyric they want to hear the whole song to - new or old. That way, I would be completely normal, as there are a million notes to self scattered throughout my desk,apartment and life in general with just parts of lyrics I hear, not just via tv, but throughout the day that I want to follow up on. Clearly, normal human behavior. I dont think I've come to terms with exactly how normal I am, because if I'm with someone when my ears perk up to a song, I'll revert to my phone and write myself emails to mask this normalcy. Needles to say, my inbox is currently clogged, and I have happy butterflies thinking about it. Nothing is more exciting to me than reviewing my notes to self.

So, I was watching the audition episodes of SYTYCD (Canada version) this week, and like the completely normal person I am, I wrote down all the songs I wanted to look up/add to certain playlists. There were 12, fyi. One in particular was a cover of This Woman's Work, not because I liked it better/less than the Maxwell or Kate Bush versions, but simply because its such a beautiful song and I hadnt heard this version before ....After a brief youtube search, enter Greg Laswell. Be prepared to want to take a long drive on a warm night, with a clear sky and the windows open on a country road when you hear his voice. (another favorite passtime of mine. Imagine the paper/email lyrics that come out of such activity! the wealth!!!) Also very reminscent of something you'd hear on Grey's Anatomy, probably because his songs have been. See how normal people are also good detectives?

Let your ears breath this in: