Artifice

these songs are the reason i love either/or:

speed trials

I used to skip speed trials on every album listen.

I'm in the Basement minority. I love that album. Sonically and lyrically beautiful. "Twilight" alone is enough to buy this album. I recommend it on vinyl, by the way.

 

Followed by:

XO

Either/Or

Stand strong brother. We are the few, the proud... I completely agree with you.

"You just kinda wasted my precious time, but don't think twice, it's alright" (Don't Think Twice)

Found out just recently that is my dad's favorite line, and one of mine as well. Good bonding moment between father & son.

Hell yes!

Is Ivan Drago in this one? It is my viewpoint that he should have received his own spinoff film franchise, ala Red Sonja starring his on-screen handler Brigitte Nielson, where he fought Clubber Lang, Thunderlips and The Master Blaster from 'Mad Max III: Beyond Thunderdome'...at the same time, w/ world peace at stake.

Best. idea. ever.

Jeff Buckley = greatest singer/songwriter ever for me, so i'm biased

Not nearly prolific enough to deserve mention as one of the greatest songwriters, plus some of his better songs were co-authored. Still, IMLTHO he's the best singer I've ever heard and an incredibly underrated guitarist.

It is weird (but not offensive) to me to read or hear about people who haven't heard him or don't get him. Definitely a "DOES NOT COMPUTE" moment for me. At his best (which was often) he had no contemporary equal, even when he did show off.

Back on topic:

 

it was

I've said it before, but yeah. It's memorable and affecting.

I used to know a little square

So long ago, when I was small

All summer long it had a fair

Wonderful fair with swings and all

I used to love my little fair

And at the close of everyday

I could be found, dancing around

A merry-go-round that used to play...

"Ah, mon amour

A toi toujours

Dans tes grands yeux

Rien que nous deux"

All summer long my little fair

Made everyday like a holiday

Night after night it used to play

And people came there from so far away

And everyone sang that little tune

All around town you heard it played

Even Pepi from Napoli

He sang to Marie

This serenade...

"Ah, mon amour

A toi toujours

Dans tes grands yeux

Rien que nous deux"

All summer long my little fair

Made everyday like a holiday

Night after night it used to play

And people came there from so far away

And everyone sang that little tune

All around town you heard it played

Even Pepi from Napoli

He sang to Marie

This serenade...

"Ah, mon amour

A toi toujours

Dans tes grands yeux

Rien que nous deux"

I can't forget my little square

Even though I'm so far away

I can't forget my little fair

Maybe it's still there, still there today

I sometimes hear that little tune

playing in a dream of long ago

And in my brain runs the refrain

That old French refrain I used to know...

"Ah, mon amour

A toi toujours

Dans tes grands yeux

Rien que nous deux"

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Figure eight as double four

Figure four as half of eight

If you skate, you would be great

If you could make a figure eight

That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself

1 x 8 is 2 x 4

4 x 4 is 2 x 8

If you skate upon thin ice

You'd be wise if you thought twice

Before you made another single move

Figure eight as double four

Figure four as half of eight

If you skate, you would be great

If you could make a figure eight

That's a circle that turns 'round upon itself

Place it on it's side and it's a symbol meaning infinity