So three songs from a trip to and from Multnomah Falls.
To the falls:
Stolen Car by Patty Griffin (a remake of the Bruce Springsteen song). Patty Griffin has the ability to take the saddest, most painful of songs and somehow make them even more sad and painful. Not that it’s not beautiful and amazing. I’m just saying.
Sweet Jane (live) by The Velvet Underground, which always makes me smile for some reason. Cowboy Junkies, of course, did a wonderful delicate version of this, and I love the VU version as well. So delicate and – I don’t know – caring and comforting somehow.
From the falls:
Totally different tone with Sledgehammer by Peter Gabriel. Now I know this is played all the time on the radio, but here’s why I’m playing it: Whenever I listen to it, I feel like this is the universe talking to me. (I guess I feel a lot of songs are kind of like that.) And then a conversation between myself and the universe. Too weird? Maybe. But there you are. And I just love the groove and the build and the lyrics and they all come together and it’s just wonderful.
And of course the video is fun, but listen to the song before you watch the video.
“You could have a ski train if you just lay down your track…”
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