Joshua Radin
Joshua radin has long been an artisit that zach braff raves about, and even if you've never heard of him you prpbably have. His songs have been used in Grey's Anatomy, which pretty much means that everyone in the world has heard of him!
That said, his name popped up on myspace today so i cruised on over to his page and i think i'm in love! Its weird, maybe i'm getting older and i'm getting over the angsty-emo-punk-pop-rock music that has long been a staple in my life. Sure i still love JEW, FOB, Yellowcard, Dashboard, my new find Boys like girls, but i'm heading slowly and surely towards adults acoustic rock! David Ford, Joshua Radin, Damien Rice, David Grey, Snow patrol..... Hmmm, growing up!
So, here's some Joshua Radin Lyrics, check out his myspace page, and then the other bands i like to!
Closerso, we're alone again
i wish it were over
we seem to never end
only get closer
to the point where i can take no more
the clouds in your eyes
down your face they pour
won't you be the new one burn to shine
i take the blue ones every time
walk me down your broken line
all you have to do is cry
hush my baby now
your talking is just noise and won't lay me down
amongst your toys in a room where i can take no more
the clouds in your eyes
down your face they pour
won't you be the new one burn to shine
i take the blue ones every time
walk me down your broken line
all you have to do is cry
photographs and brightly colored paper
are your mask you wear in this caper
that is our life
we walk right into the strife
and a tear from your eye brings me home
the clouds in your eyes
down your face they pour
won't you be the new one burn to shine
i take the blue ones every time
walk me down your broken line
all you have to do is cry
The Fear you won't fallDiggin a hole & the walls are caving in
behind me, airs gettin thin but im trying
im breathing in
come find me
it hasnt felt like this before
it hasnt felt like home..before you
And i know its easy to say, but its harder to feel this way
And i miss you more than i should, than i thought i could,
i cant get my mind off of you.
i know your scared that
i'll soon be over it,
thats part of it all
part of the beauty of falling in love with you,
is the fear you wont fall
it hasnt felt like this before
it hasnt felt like home..before you
And i know its easy to say, but its harder to feel this way
And i miss you more than i should, than i thought i could,
i cant get my mind off of you.
and i hate the phone, but i wish you'd call
thought being alone, was better than, was better than...
And i know its easy to say, but its harder to feel this way
And i miss you more than i should, than i thought i could,
i cant get my mind off of you.
cant get my mind off of you,
And i know its easy to say, but its harder to feel this way
And i miss you more than i should, than i thought i could,
i cant get my mind off of you.
Fast becoming about me and my music!
its weird what i put into different blogs. I think thats the problem i have with having four of these things now. thats right, four. Myspace, msn, blogspot and facebook! What am i thinking! I don't have enough thoughts to fill four blogs! But i don't want to neglect any of them, or repeat myself too much, or wallow in the depressive, coz we all know how easy that is to do. So today i decided to write about my music. I love music. When picking which sense i'd give up, speech, sight, hearing i'd give up sight in an instance coz either of the other two would derive me of singing and listening to music.
its amazing how some songs have such a visceral effect on you. Songs that you can hear once and relate to so much that they make you cry or smile, songs that instantly take you back to a moment or a person. I have songs that are deeply linked to other people without even knowing if they've ever heard the song before. REM's man on the moon is a Jo song. U2, especially Electrical storm and The hands that built america are robyn, all robyn with her hair and her smile, in an instant i'm with her. Elephant love medly is my mum, as is day dream believer. Summer rain remind me of my sister as an akward teenager. Eskimo Joe, who's new album i love and will soundtrack my summer, is all PK. Especially listening to it at night. Its all confined cars and lights flickering off the bonnet, quiet nights.
I think thats what i love so much about music, that its a trigger. A trigger to emotions or memories or energy. It can make me smile or cry, relax or get pumped. I don't understand how people can accept silence when so much music is better. A bit of snow patrol to take you from warm summer day to cool night. A bit of David Ford when all i want to do is lie in the dark. Beyonce for dancing, Boys like Girls for jumping, Dashboard for studying. Music offers you reflection and the chance to feel like your part of something. To go, hey, that person feels what i feel!
What i find interesting is how different people classify what is a good song, where personal tastes come from. I Love lyrics, i like nothing better than a song that makes it so clear what that person is feeling, and its even better if it comes with an acoustic guitar and some strings. i think i like this style of acoustic rock because it accentuates the mood. My sister loves Techno and i don't get that. Whats the point of a song with no lyrics? Whats to like? thumping bass? Whoop whoop. I also like smplicity and i think that is why i don't like chick music that much. There's too much focus on the vocal abilty rather than the story of the song. The vocal is there to sell the song, not the other way around. I don't like fuss, and the warbling of the Christina's and Mariah's of the world are fussy! Where my love of emo/punk/rock fits i dunno, i suppose its more lyrics.
So, i have a new song lyric that i want to add. I love a lot of songs at the moment.... Snow patrol's eyes open album and Eskimo Joe's Black Fingernails, red wine (BTW hop ripped off was it that wolfmother hogged the ARIA's. i hate wolfmother. they're crap) are both getting heavy rotation, but i have to pick a song soooooo.....
You Could Be HappyYou could be happy and I won't know But you weren't happy the day I watched you go And all the things that I wished I had not said Are played on lips 'till it's madness in my head Is it too late to remind you how we were But not our last days of silence, screaming, blur Most of what I remember makes me sure I should have stopped you from walking out the door You could be happy, I hope you are You made me happier than I'd been by far Somehow everything I own smells of you And for the tiniest moment it's all not true Do the things that you always wanted to Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do More than anything I want to see you go Take a glorious bite out of the whole world
