The Last Melody Challenge
I was tagged by Jenna, whose pic is far better than mine.
Rules: "You will be sent to an abandoned island on your own, you will be allowed only one piece of music, just one melody, one song of your own wish, to carry with you.
- Which last melody would you chose to bring?"
Be sure to tag Elizabeth and Cecilia so they are sure to see it, tag THREE people you would like to see carry on this challenge, and tell us in your description why you have chosen this song.
I'd already done a set in the past for the first song that came to mind for this theme, but the more I thought about it, I realized there's another song.
“Bob Dylan gave me permission to be angry because of his song ‘Idiot Wind.’ None of us would like to be the person he’s talking to. That’s why I love Bob Dylan. He’s utterly honest. He can be real fucking nasty.” --Sinead O'Connor
"Idiot Wind" is an incredibly powerful whirlwind of a song. Throughout this near eight minute tour de force, you can feel Dylan's derision, anger, bitterness just oozing out in the lyrics. It is raw, and it is like none other, IMO, from his vast catalogue of songs.
Beyond the emotion though, this song is full of imagery, one can see the story being woven through the catharsis.
Just a few of the gems in this absolute tsunami of a song:
"There’s a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pourin’ out of a boxcar door
One day, you’ll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin’ around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Slowly into Autumn
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
This song has it all -- emotion, visuals -- and it's one I can listen to again and again.
I am tagging Cate, Creme, and Lexi to participate in this one.
The Last Melody Challenge
I was tagged by Jenna, whose pic is far better than mine.
Rules: "You will be sent to an abandoned island on your own, you will be allowed only one piece of music, just one melody, one song of your own wish, to carry with you.
- Which last melody would you chose to bring?"
Be sure to tag Elizabeth and Cecilia so they are sure to see it, tag THREE people you would like to see carry on this challenge, and tell us in your description why you have chosen this song.
I'd already done a set in the past for the first song that came to mind for this theme, but the more I thought about it, I realized there's another song.
“Bob Dylan gave me permission to be angry because of his song ‘Idiot Wind.’ None of us would like to be the person he’s talking to. That’s why I love Bob Dylan. He’s utterly honest. He can be real fucking nasty.” --Sinead O'Connor
"Idiot Wind" is an incredibly powerful whirlwind of a song. Throughout this near eight minute tour de force, you can feel Dylan's derision, anger, bitterness just oozing out in the lyrics. It is raw, and it is like none other, IMO, from his vast catalogue of songs.
Beyond the emotion though, this song is full of imagery, one can see the story being woven through the catharsis.
Just a few of the gems in this absolute tsunami of a song:
"There’s a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pourin’ out of a boxcar door
One day, you’ll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin’ around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
The priest wore black on the seventh day and sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards, near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Slowly into Autumn
I kissed goodbye the howling beast on the borderline which separated you from me
This song has it all -- emotion, visuals -- and it's one I can listen to again and again.
I am tagging Cate, Creme, and Lexi to participate in this one.