Music Folk/Singer/Songwriter thread.... - Page 2

**Rausch** · 02-26-2010, 03:38 PM

Here is the place for the new mellow for the old ****s.

The Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Ben Harper, or even Dave Matthews fans.

Sounds similar enough to warrant listening:

The Swell Season...

from banjo bandstand on Vimeo.

Red House Painters...

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:05 PM

Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:08 PM

Leonard Cohen The Future

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:22 PM

Classic folk for you: Simon & Garfunkle The Only Living Boy in New York

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:25 PM

Matt Pond PA Halloween

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:28 PM

My Morning Jacket Golden

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:31 PM

This is one chilling song and video. Sufjan Stevens John Wayne Gacy, Jr.

His father was a drinker
And his mother cried in bed
Folding John Wayne's t-shirts
When the swingset hit his head
The neighbors they adored him
For his humor and his conversation
Look underneath the house there
Find the few living things, rotting fast, in their sleep
Oh, the dead

Twenty-seven people
Even more, they were boys
With their cars, summer jobs
Oh my God

Are you one of them?

He dressed up like a clown for them
With his face paint white and red
And on his best behavior
In a dark room on the bed
He kissed them all
He'd kill ten thousand people
With a sleight of his hand
Running far, running fast to the dead
He took off all their clothes for them
He put a cloth on their lips
Quiet hands, quiet kiss on the mouth

And in my best behavior
I am really just like him
Look beneath the floor boards
For the secrets I have hid

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:34 PM

Another absolutely chilling song from Sufjan Stevens. Casimir Pulaski Day

Goldenrod and the 4H stone
The things I brought you when I found out
You had cancer of the bone

Your father cried on the telephone
And he drove his car into the Navy yard
Just to prove that he was sorry

In the morning, through the window shade
When the light pressed up against your shoulderblade
I could see what you were reading

All the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications you could do without
When I kissed you on the mouth

Tuesday night at the Bible study
We lift our hands and pray over your body
But nothing ever happens

I remember at Michael's house
In the living room when you kissed my neck
And I almost touched your blouse

In the morning at the top of the stairs
When your father found out what we did that night
And you told me you were scared

All the glory when you ran outside
With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied
And you told me not to follow you

Sunday night when I cleaned the house
I found the card where you wrote it out
With the pictures of you mother

On the floor at the great divide
With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied
I am crying in the bathroom

In the morning when you finally go
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low
And the cardinal hits the window

In the morning in the winter shade
On the first of March, on the holiday
I thought I saw you breathing

All the glory that the Lord has made
And the complications when I see His face
In the morning in the window

All the glory when He took our place
But He took my shoulders and He shook my face
And He takes and He takes and He takes

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:42 PM

This one's a little difficult for me because it was the song I played at my father's funeral last summer. It's a gorgeous song.

Sufjan Stevens Vito's Ordination Song

I always knew you
In your mothers arms
I have called your name
I have an idea
Placed in your mind
To be a better man
I've made a crown for you
Put it in your room
And when the bridegroom comes
There will be noise
There will be glad
And a perfect bed
And when you write a poem
I know the words
I know the sounds
Before you write it down
When you wear your clothes
I wear them too
I wear your shoes
And your jacket too
I always knew you
In your mothers arms
I have called you son
I've made amends
Between father and son
Or, if you haven't one
Rest in my arms
Sleep in my bed
There is a design
To what I did and said

|Zach| · 02-26-2010, 06:50 PM

Cosmic has taken care of all the great stuff Sufjan offers. IMO one of my favorite artists without qualification.

I also really enjoy Josh Rouse. A whole lot...

Here are some of my favs below.

Josh Rouse

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:51 PM

Something upbeat and fun from Sufjan Stevens Decatur

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Cosmic has taken care of all the great stuff Sufjan offers. IMO one of my favorite artists without qualification.

I know man, you and I have both been bringing Sufjan to the board a few times in the past. It's time peeps got real and started appreciating him for the remarkable artist that he is.

Josh is great too...load those vids of Josh!

|Zach| · 02-26-2010, 06:58 PM

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Ahhhhh....thank you! thank you! thank you! I saw those guys on Letterman and had just switched to Letterman after the commercial break. I didn't catch their name and thought they rocked! I now know who they are!

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 07:08 PM

The National Daughters of the Soho Riots

I have your good clothes in the car
So cut your hair so no one knows
I have your dreams and your teeth marks
And all my fingernails are painted

I'm here to take you now

You were right about the end
It didn't make a difference
Everything I can remember
I remember wrong

How can anybody know
How they got to be this way
You must have known I'd do this someday
Break my arms around the one I love
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
Break my arms around my love

Break my arms around the one I love
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
Break my arms around my love

I don't have any questions
I don't think it's gonna rain
You were right about the end
It didn't make a difference

I'm here to take you now

Out among the missing sons and daughters of the SoHo riots
Out among the missing sons and daughters of the SoHo riots

I'm here to take you now

How can anybody know
how they got to be this way
You must have known I'd do this someday
Break my arms around the one I love
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
Break my arms around my love

Break my arms around the one I love
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
Break my arms around my love

Break my arms around the one I love

**CosmicPal** · 02-26-2010, 07:18 PM

Billy Bragg & Wilco doing Woody Guthrie songs. The original folk artist. Great album.

California Stars

02-26-2010, 03:38 PM
Rausch Mindful Taoist German Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $6491662	Folk/Singer/Songwriter thread.... Here is the place for the new mellow for the old ****s. The Cat Stevens, Paul Simon, Ben Harper, or even Dave Matthews fans. Sounds similar enough to warrant listening: The Swell Season... from banjo bandstand on Vimeo. Red House Painters...
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02-26-2010, 06:05 PM	#16
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02-26-2010, 06:08 PM	#17
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Leonard Cohen The Future __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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02-26-2010, 06:22 PM	#18
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Classic folk for you: Simon & Garfunkle The Only Living Boy in New York __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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02-26-2010, 06:25 PM	#19
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Matt Pond PA Halloween __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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02-26-2010, 06:28 PM	#20
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	My Morning Jacket Golden __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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02-26-2010, 06:31 PM	#21
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	This is one chilling song and video. Sufjan Stevens John Wayne Gacy, Jr. His father was a drinker And his mother cried in bed Folding John Wayne's t-shirts When the swingset hit his head The neighbors they adored him For his humor and his conversation Look underneath the house there Find the few living things, rotting fast, in their sleep Oh, the dead Twenty-seven people Even more, they were boys With their cars, summer jobs Oh my God Are you one of them? He dressed up like a clown for them With his face paint white and red And on his best behavior In a dark room on the bed He kissed them all He'd kill ten thousand people With a sleight of his hand Running far, running fast to the dead He took off all their clothes for them He put a cloth on their lips Quiet hands, quiet kiss on the mouth And in my best behavior I am really just like him Look beneath the floor boards For the secrets I have hid __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
Posts: 10,840

02-26-2010, 06:34 PM	#22
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Another absolutely chilling song from Sufjan Stevens. Casimir Pulaski Day Goldenrod and the 4H stone The things I brought you when I found out You had cancer of the bone Your father cried on the telephone And he drove his car into the Navy yard Just to prove that he was sorry In the morning, through the window shade When the light pressed up against your shoulderblade I could see what you were reading All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications you could do without When I kissed you on the mouth Tuesday night at the Bible study We lift our hands and pray over your body But nothing ever happens I remember at Michael's house In the living room when you kissed my neck And I almost touched your blouse In the morning at the top of the stairs When your father found out what we did that night And you told me you were scared All the glory when you ran outside With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied And you told me not to follow you Sunday night when I cleaned the house I found the card where you wrote it out With the pictures of you mother On the floor at the great divide With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied I am crying in the bathroom In the morning when you finally go And the nurse runs in with her head hung low And the cardinal hits the window In the morning in the winter shade On the first of March, on the holiday I thought I saw you breathing All the glory that the Lord has made And the complications when I see His face In the morning in the window All the glory when He took our place But He took my shoulders and He shook my face And He takes and He takes and He takes __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
Posts: 10,840

02-26-2010, 06:42 PM	#23
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	This one's a little difficult for me because it was the song I played at my father's funeral last summer. It's a gorgeous song. Sufjan Stevens Vito's Ordination Song I always knew you In your mothers arms I have called your name I have an idea Placed in your mind To be a better man I've made a crown for you Put it in your room And when the bridegroom comes There will be noise There will be glad And a perfect bed And when you write a poem I know the words I know the sounds Before you write it down When you wear your clothes I wear them too I wear your shoes And your jacket too I always knew you In your mothers arms I have called you son I've made amends Between father and son Or, if you haven't one Rest in my arms Sleep in my bed There is a design To what I did and said __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
Posts: 10,840

02-26-2010, 06:50 PM	#24
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $2986768	Cosmic has taken care of all the great stuff Sufjan offers. IMO one of my favorite artists without qualification. I also really enjoy Josh Rouse. A whole lot... Here are some of my favs below. Josh Rouse
Posts: 54,757

02-26-2010, 06:51 PM	#25
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Something upbeat and fun from Sufjan Stevens Decatur __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
Posts: 10,840

02-26-2010, 06:58 PM	#27
\|Zach\| For The Glory Of The City Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Casino cash: $2986768
Posts: 54,757

02-26-2010, 07:08 PM	#29
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	The National Daughters of the Soho Riots I have your good clothes in the car So cut your hair so no one knows I have your dreams and your teeth marks And all my fingernails are painted I'm here to take you now You were right about the end It didn't make a difference Everything I can remember I remember wrong How can anybody know How they got to be this way You must have known I'd do this someday Break my arms around the one I love And be forgiven by the time my lover comes Break my arms around my love Break my arms around the one I love And be forgiven by the time my lover comes Break my arms around my love I don't have any questions I don't think it's gonna rain You were right about the end It didn't make a difference I'm here to take you now Out among the missing sons and daughters of the SoHo riots Out among the missing sons and daughters of the SoHo riots I'm here to take you now How can anybody know how they got to be this way You must have known I'd do this someday Break my arms around the one I love And be forgiven by the time my lover comes Break my arms around my love Break my arms around the one I love And be forgiven by the time my lover comes Break my arms around my love Break my arms around the one I love __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
Posts: 10,840

02-26-2010, 07:18 PM	#30
CosmicPal Learn it. Know it. Live it. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: St. Petersburg, FL Casino cash: $10004900	Billy Bragg & Wilco doing Woody Guthrie songs. The original folk artist. Great album. California Stars __________________ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - Four blessings upon my fellow planeteers: Older whiskey, younger women, faster horses, and more money.
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