Alice Boman - Waiting

I recently discovered this song at the end of Season 2 of Transparent. It's beautiful and haunting, and fits perfectly with the scene. Ever since then, it hasn't left me.

{ moon song by karen o }

The Moon Song, written and sung by Karen O, was recently nominated as one of the Best Original Songs for the Academy Awards. It was written for the Spike Jonze movie Her, about a heartbroken man who falls in love with a computer operating system. If the song is any indication of how sweet and intimate the film is, I can't wait to see it.

I'm lying on the moon

My dear, I'll be there soon

It's a quiet starry place

Time's we're swallowed up

In space we're here a million miles away

There's things I wish I knew

There's no thing I keep from you

It's a dark and shiny place

But with you my dear

I'm safe and we're a million miles away

We're lying on the moon

It's a perfect afternoon

Your shadow follows me all day

Making sure I'm okay and

We're a million miles away

{ when harry met sally }

The Mindy Project has been one of my favorite shows lately. Her character's confidence is sexy and charming and her life is like a rom-com. I found a fan-made music video of how the show parallels with When Harry Met Sally. So cute.

{ new bob dylan video }

Bob Dylan released an official music video for "Like a Rolling Stone" today, making it modern and current again by letting viewers flip channels only to find that they are all lip-syncing to the song. Awesome!

You can watch it here: http://video.bobdylan.com/desktop.html

{ spanish harlem incident }

One of my favorite Dylan songs to end the week with.

This week has been pretty busy, but somehow I survived all of it. I’m totally ready for Winter break! Hope you’re hanging on there too. Have a great weekend.

{ duquesne whistle }

Today, Bob Dylan unveiled the music video for his first song on his new album. It’s pretty exciting stuff right here for all Dylan fans. Not only is his material brand new, but it’s totally Dylan, even if it doesn’t sound or look like him.

Duquesne Whistle sounds like it was written in the 30’s, rising out of the Depression with its lively beats and full of hope and optimism. But of course, listening to his lyrics, you’ll realize it’s more than about the thrill of life. It’s about moving forward, getting to that unknown destination.

Like the song the music video is full of dichotomy. There is the old time sound with it’s youthful melody; the video has the sweet innocence of love and then contradicting it with pain and anger; old Dylan walking with his entourage at night and the young romantic walking by himself at day looking for his love. Even though Duquesne Whistle sounds outdated upon hearing, it couldn’t be more modern and relevant to our culture today. Perhaps this is about falling in love and falling so hard you’re willing to endure anything – even pain – to be with them. Perhaps this song is about chasing that something and going anywhere to get there.

Or perhaps Bob Dylan believes it’s better to not be foolishly in love and to remain cool and detached from the emotion completely – untouched by anything.

{ like a rolling stone }

 

He could possibly be the coolest song-writer ever.

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Okay, it might be an understatement to say that I am fascinated about the legacy of Bob Dylan. Even though there are only a hand full of songs I really like out of his plethora he’s written, it’s still true that the lyrics in every song is pure poetry, especially those written at the height of the civil rights movement and the 60’s.

But I’m certainly not the only one still obsessed with his music. This year marks his 50th anniversary in the music industry and there have been many films about Dylan and even one in the works about his album ‘Blood on the Tracks’. The world will never be over this song and dance man; even with over hundreds of songs, no one could really understand him, except to only speculate through his music.

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