From: owner-vicious-thorn-digest@smoe.org (vicious-thorn-digest) To: vicious-thorn-digest@smoe.org Subject: vicious-thorn-digest V7 #72 Reply-To: vicious-thorn@smoe.org Sender: owner-vicious-thorn-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-vicious-thorn-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk vicious-thorn-digest Monday, October 6 2003 Volume 07 : Number 072 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: ok, now the cd ["Kung Fu Girl" ] Re: ok, now the cd ["Kung Fu Girl" ] Shelly Harland [MadCadmium@aol.com] Re: ok, now the cd [LidiaEliz@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 09:26:09 +0100 From: "Kung Fu Girl" Subject: Re: ok, now the cd > 1. Indifference > I had that same nervousness that Jus described as soon as I put the disc in. > Then Kristy starts off the album with one of her signature oooooooh's as if > to allay any fears about where this disc is heading. Her voice here reminds > me of the 'Happily Ever After' days -- raspy, guttural. Fave lyric: > "If you thought I wanted a poem in blood and wine, > then why did you hold me with stares but not speak your mind?" Exactly! Kristy starts to sing, and you just want to shout 'Yes! It's Kristy!' I LOVE this song, I set my cd to play it every morning as my wake up call. :) I still like the two opening lines 'Take this rose I promise it won't die before we fade to a pre-tensed goodbye' > 2. Imagination > This is a fresh little tune. The gratuitous amounts of cymbals give that > soccer ball air-freshener hanging on my rear-view mirror a workout. The > chorus is pretty catchy and I love how Kristy delivers the word "nothing" in > the line "nothing of value left to defend" -- another example of how Kristy > is a bit like Harriet Wheeler of The Sundays... how they deliver certain > words in an unexpected and distinct manner. Oh yes, I'm right there with you when you say that Kristy can deliver a word. My friends still make fun of me because of my love of the word 'pain' (crowded out by pain) in the song Blood Red. :) > 3. At The Border > Beautiful and pure. Fave lyric: > > "I've never gone this far, > held on to my guitar > and all its sorrow singing" > > At the end of the tune, Kristy stuffs a lot of emotion into that little word > "time" -- it has 3 syllables once she's through with it :) I love the way she sings this. I love how she goes high on the word 'She's' and I love the way the words 'over to' run right into each other. One of the things about Kristy, she NEVER sings anything in a bland way. I've yet to come across one of her songs where you think " that's 'nice' " you know? Where it's pretty, but uninteresting. She never lets us down. :) :) :) Jus ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 09:26:52 +0100 From: "Kung Fu Girl" Subject: Re: ok, now the cd > 4. Home For Angels > It's comforting to hear Kristy maintain her idiosyncrasy for angels. This is > a brooding number that bubbles and simmers slowly. Johnny's whale-call > guitar is a real highlight that would make even Martin Tielli proud. This has now become my favourite song. I just can't get it out of my head, it''s constantly there! I'm sorry, I can't put my finger on it, I just love it. It totally puts me at ease and gives me a fantastic chilled out feeling (I'm one of those people that finds it almost impossible to relax so I value the things that can make me feel so at ease) It's like that chilled spaced out feeling you get after you've had accupuncture and they give you that head massage with the Chinese medicine-only you don't have to pay #25 a session for it and nobody tells you you smell weird! :) > 5. Run Away > To my ear, Run Away begins almost as if it were trapped within a box until > that first cymbal crash finally releases the song into daylight. > Featuring good amounts of the vocal layering that Lauren mentioned earlier, > voices skirt above, below, and through the body of the song. I enjoy the way > the lyrics are delivered as if they were measured -- "you run, run, [pause] > run." > Jimmy Paxson really carries this tune with some busy drum work. Probably the > best candidate for radio release with its hooky chorus. Fave lyric: > "You have built this sunless world > It's your design > Not someone else's mind" You picked my favourite lyrics from the song. :) I also love the way she sings 'Oh you don't face yourself' > 6. Hollywood > To be honest, I didn't even recognize Hollywood until the word itself came > up in the lyrics. To my ear, this is Hollywood On Benzos -- much slowed down > from the earlier version. > If this song were an emotion, it would be loneliness. Cello seems to have > that power; don't know why more artists don't use it. Although I am glad > more artists don't rhyme the word 'happy' with 'agape'. But how cool is the note that comes after the word agape! I like this version better than the one we heard way back. Don't get me wrong, I loved that version, I just like this version better. :) I like the pace, I think it really works. My favourite line has to be 'Let's pretend that even pain won't mean you lose.' I'm looking forward to you getting on to If Only, how cool does she sing 'no such thing as bombs in flight'! And how long does she hold that note for!!!! And then again on the word 'harmony'! Anyway, I have to go to work now. :( Jus > More to follow... > > J o h n N o g u e i r a G u e l p h O n t a r i o C a n a d a ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 17:29:14 EDT From: MadCadmium@aol.com Subject: Shelly Harland Shelly Harland is not on the Chimera album, but according to her site she has recorded a special song with Delerium that will be available as a Chimera bonus song in the online service known as iTunes Music Store. You will need an Apple computer and the program called iTunes 4 to download the song. I have been checking each week for the past 3 weeks to see if it is available, but so far it is not. I can't wait, I know it will be good. Also, did you guys read in the K.T diary about Kristy Thirsk and Shelly Harland starting a side project band? That's gonna be cool. Chad ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:26:21 EDT From: LidiaEliz@aol.com Subject: Re: ok, now the cd ahaha.. yeah.. I could never tell what that word was, so I was excited when I could finally read it in the liner notes. I would've never guessed. :D My favorite part of that song, and what I think is possibly the most beautiful moment on the CD, is at the end of the bridge, where she sings "nothing fails" for a long time, and her voice sounds a bit harsh and grating, and then suddenly it drops away into a really soft and sad sounding "eeeee" or something. I love that. The first time I heard it I had to play it again a few times. Lauren In a message dated 10/3/03 2:18:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, JNogueira@cgtower.com writes: > 6. Hollywood > > To be honest, I didn't even recognize Hollywood until the word itself came > up in the lyrics. To my ear, this is Hollywood On Benzos -- much slowed down > from the earlier version. > > If this song were an emotion, it would be loneliness. Cello seems to have > that power; don't know why more artists don't use it. Although I am glad > more artists don't rhyme the word 'happy' with 'agape'. ------------------------------ End of vicious-thorn-digest V7 #72 **********************************