Now Hear This: Patty Griffin

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Now Hear This: Patty Griffin
by Marissa Davis

There is a point in everyone’s music life when they realize what they really truly love. Most of the time we figure it out in our teen years, those years when we realize that our parents’ music isn’t what we like, and that our parents are too old because they can’t stand having music turned up loud. In my case, I’m lucky not to have gone through that because my parents, or at least my Mom, likes everything I do, with the occasional exception, such as Metallica.

“Elizabethtown,” a movie with Orlando Bloom and Kirsten Dunst, was a big moment in my movie and music life. The movie could have been about my family, and I loved every part of it. Then came the music. My friend said, “Marissa, you are going to love this CD! Go buy it now, like now!” I obliged.

On the CD was Patty Griffin’s song “The Long Ride Home,” and right away, I fell in love with Griffin’s voice and the way her voice and the song complemented each other. She was on my iPod’s “25 Most Played” playlist immediately. After listening to that album, I kept coming back to her song. She was like Billie Holiday; I couldn’t stop listening to her. I felt the pain in her voice as she sang. I knew what she was going through.

I found her song “Rain” a couple months ago, and it recently shuffled up on my iPod. I sat down and realized that this was going to be a new favorite. Yes, Dad, that’s right, I said it’s my favorite, again. It has secured a spot on my “25 Most Played” playlist, next to “Drag” by Placebo and “Elegy for Dunkirk” by Dario Marianelli.

Griffin has a very expressive voice. She is like Billie Holiday in respect to talent and voice. Both are deep and expressive: you can feel every emotion they sing. Griffin has been nominated for a Grammy and has released seven albums. The guitars and other assorted instruments in her songs are a distinctly country sound. All in all she is an excellent singer to whom I give four and a half stars out of five.

DJ M’s Playlist
1. The Long Ride Home- Patty Griffin
2. Far Away- Nickelback
3. My Body is a Cage- Arcade Fire
4. Black Dog- Led Zeppelin
5. Untouched- The Veronicas

"I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lives"

Industry news:

Green Day is coming out with a new album May 15th!

"21st Century Breakdown" is going to be another Rock Opera album like "American Idiot".

Reports say its going to blow away "American Idiot".

I'm wicked stoked. I can't wait for May 15th! My brother Poodle and his class graduate High School and the new Green Day Album comes out.

Hope you're having a good break up/Spring.

Love,

DJ M

"i'll be close not far, in your darkest day I will light your way your sun and your shadow"

This morning has been an intersting one. Nothing like awaking to Brigadoon playing. Some how I turned on my tv and pressed play on my remote. I was sleep movie watching, seriously how awesome is that. :D

Important things this week:

TAXES!!

Don't forget you gotta do 'em!

other than that, nothing really awesome going on other than the snow melting! Woot!



Playlist for April 13


1. Monday, Monday- Mama's and the Papa's
2. Sun and Shadow- Wide Awake
3. Top Yourself- The Ranconters (X)
4. I Got You Dancing- Lady Soveregin (X)
5. All That I Know- Collective Soul
6. Plasuir d'amor- Michael Kamen
7. Austria- Michael Kamen
8. Pick Up- Just Blaze (X)
9. Heading East to get West- Rockford Mules (X)
10. Just Like Heaven- The Cure
11. After Hours- We are Scientists
12. Talking Road of Bones Blue- Rockford Mules (X)
13. More and More of Your Amor- Bitter:Sweet (X)
14. Starlight- Muse
15. Parapule- Michael Kamen
16. Headscarf- Michael Kamen
17. Heartbeats- Jose Gonzales
18. Xavia- The Submarines
19. From Devil's Spit to Angel's Tears- Rockford Mules (X)
20. Straighten Up and Fly Right- Natalie Cole
21. I Dreamed There Was no War- The Eagles
22. Hear You Me- Jimmy Eat World
23. Redditon Redeye- Rockford Mules (X)
24. Stars- The Love Language (X)
25. I Could be the One- Donna Lewis
26. Galway Girl- Steve Earle
27. L.O.V.E- Nat King Cole
28. Secret Lives of Daydreams- Jean-Yves Thiaduet
29. Good Vibrations- Gym Class Heroes
30. Black Star- Eliza Lumely
31. A Girl I Knew- The Vines
32. The Funeral- Band of Horses
33. Orange Amber- The Vines (X)
34. Last Train Home- Ryan Star