Very excited to be opening up for Bass Science, Babylon System, and Hippinshlog. Canal Club has been a very hot venue lately and this show looks to continue that trend. For more information on the show, the facebook event is listed here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217453361613768
I promised to reblog this ... So! --- some free tunes from my good friends at Betamorph over on the Rub-A-Dub-Dubb blog! Check out D Jastah on facebook.
This post is about some of my favorite Nirvana tunes, Kurt would have been 44 last month.
I just read that the woman this song was written for, didn't even find out it was about her until she read it in a book after Kurt's passing! I think I like the acoustic MTV version best.
Meanwhile - I was 11 when this album came out, I definitely didn't grasp the full meaning of any of the tunes back then. The album version of this track has the most guitar overdubs then any other tune on the album. One clean track and five distorted tracks! Apparently Kurt had to be tricked into re-recording the overdubs. (There are also rumors whether or not this is about his girlfriend at the time too)
One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you ...
About a girl, lyrics:
I need an easy friend I do, With an ear to lend I do, Think you fit this shoe I do, But DO you have a clue?
I'll take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night. Free ...I do
I'm standing in your line I do, Hope you have the time I do, Pick up number two I do, Keep a date with you
I take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night. Free
I need an easy friend I do, With an ear to lend I do, Think you fit this shoe I do, But do you have a clue?
I'll take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night, no I can't see you every night... free
I just found this version of "Baby I'm just a fool" --- really into the acoustic guitar and the piano that is in the background. My fav verse from this song starts w/ "Baby I'm just man ..."
Baby I'm just a fool, tearing all my heart out just for you It gets so hard to do, I'm cold and cored and frightened just like you Oh hey, my mama said "Now, come on let's head it out of here" Heaven, it ain't easy, you know I got the scars to say I'm here
So easy to hold your hand, so hard to let it show You're so fucking self-assured, I'd rather let you down than let you go There ain't nowhere you have been that I need to go There ain't nothing you can learn that I need to know
Baby I'm just a man, but I've got the dreams of gods and kings Well I can't hold my thoughts, my mind is full of a thousand different things I get some blood inside and I can't even see the stuff, it's clear Hell, it should be easy but I've got the heart of men of fear
So easy to hold your hand, so hard to let it go So fucking weird inside, I'd rather let you down than let you go There ain't nothing that you can teach me that I need to know There ain't nothing you can give me that I need to own
Baby I'm just a fool, tearing all my heart out just for you It gets so hard to do, I'm cold and cored and frightened just like you Oh hey, my mama said "Now, come on let's head it out of here" Heaven, it ain't easy, you know I got the scars to say I'm here
So easy to hold your hand, so hard to let it show You're so fucking self-assured, I'd rather let you down than let you go There ain't nowhere you have been that I need to go There ain't nothing you can learn that I need to know
My goal at least for this afternoon is to make it through these two tunes w/out getting totally overwhelmed by emotion. Honestly there isn't much to say - these tunes speak for themselves. Tonight is all about playing my Burial vinyl collection.
Ok --- so a week later and here I am. I without a doubt am better than last week, if I am following the stages of grief properly then I think I'm at step 4, depressed and lonely. This song captured my feelings today - for one, it is in fact raining - but the lyrics are totally an expression of how I feel right now, the video is only bonus. Taken by surprise and still so full of love I am! I think this is my official TMI blog post.
