Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Kurt Cobain. You're still awesome. You'll never be forgotten.

The Civil Wars

I have so much to tell you about, yet I'm not sure if it will all fit in one post. At least the way I have this post envisioned it won't.

This band was on the front page of iTunes last week as a free download, I listened to one song off the album then bought the entire thing. The band is The Civil Wars. The name itself intrigues me. It sounds interesting. The Civil Wars are made up of John Paul White(who bears a striking resemblance to Johnny Depp) and Joy Williams, that's important. They write most of the songs and the songs are amazing. So credit goes to them for writing addicting songs. As of right now their album, Barton Hollow, is number 8 on the top albums list on the US iTunes. They just sound magical. Their voices blend together so perfectly. I just love the way their voices sound, period. The album is on repeat on my stereo at the moment. All of the songs are sweet and simple. "Barton Hollow" starts off with a little ditty called '20 Years.' I was telling everybody that they were like folk artists. That's what it sounds like to me. Right now my favorite song on the album is "My Father's Father." It is ah-mazing. I mean the lyric 'the winding roads that led me here, burned like coal and dry like tears, so here's my heart, my entire soul, and here's my ticket I want to go home.' That's what I think they're saying. That's what I hear. Anyway, I love it. The song has given me a strange fascintion with old train tracks that manages to make it's way into every one of my English journals. There's something about train tracks. They seem so cool. I'm talking about the train tracks that run through forests. Those are the ones that I really like. Ok, back to the Civil Wars. The title track "Barton Hollow" is easily the most country sounding song on the entire record. I like it all the same. So, the music video is in black and white and I think it rocks. I love the running montage at the end of the video. When it came on CMT the other I nearly had a fit, at 7 in the morning, too. Then there's "Poison and Wine." Ahh. That's the song I have at the top of the post. It was featured on "Grey's Anatomy" my favorite TV show, something I didn't realize till I read it. Taylor Swift also featured it on one of her playlists. "Poison and Wine" is just perfection. I love it. If you like that song, I highly suggest going and buying the entire album. The combination of their voices, the guitar, the piano, the pure emotion, the lyrics. Goodness, it's fantastic. "I wish you'd hold me when I turn my back...I don't have a choice, but I'd still chose you." Then that line in the chorus that's repeating like a million times-"I don't love you, but I always will." I know I can relate to the line. Purely because I have family. I get so mad at my family, upset, tears all that stuff. No matter what happens I know I will always love them. It's just like that. The last song that I'm going to talk about is "Falling." That's the song that really got me hooked. I don't know what it is about that song, but I really enjoy it. Make sure to check out "Dance Me To The End Of Love" too. Another one of those songs that I just love the title in itself. Who am I kidding, just go check out the entire album. If you're like me you won't regret it one bit.

Yes, I love this band. That's all I can say.

OK, it's late and I still have things to do. Everything else that I wanted to write will have to wait till a later time. I just realized that I have only done four blog posts so far this year. I need to step it up a little bit. :)

till next time

shelby