Saul Williams - DNA
I've been reflecting upon my iPod recently. A lot of the stuff you find in there is stuff you wouldn't find on the average black man's iPod. And While I realize the obvious answer to that is 'I'm not the average black man' I had to try and figure out precisely what it was that drew me to some of this music. In a completely left-brain sense, a lot of it isn't very good. The voices, the instruments, the composition. And yet, I not only like it, I covet it. i crave, at times, the disonorous rasp of CocoRosie, or Cat Power's addled interpretations. So what is it about these songs?
In a word: Poetry. They blur the lines between song and spoken word, all of them. And with a little bit of prompting i'm almost always singing along. The lyrics are the first thing I get down, before the tune or the rhythm. All my music, at least all the music I really, really go nuts for, blur the line between song and poem.
Just a nutty little piece of reflection for you. Carry on.
Milk Thistle - Conor Oberst
