Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Antony and the freaking Johnsons

I'm sitting her listening to Antony and the Johnsons' version of The Guests. I'm obssessed with it, I wanna cry it's sooo good it's jam packed with emotions and I mean it that I'm honestly fighting tears. I think if theres anyway we can cover this song or something would be intense. Hopefully I'll take it in my own hands with my band, but Leah is totally against his voice and I dont know if she'd be up for it. But today in STAC while we listening to them, I didn't know what to make of him. I honestly had a strong dislike for the first song, but when you played The Guests I went insane. I wished it didn't stop. When I hear it, I picture like a Colonial party, almost like the tale of The Headless Horseman because I think of Icabod Crane at the ball dancing about and all this crazy shit, especially when he says "No one knows where the night is going" I just freak out. I'm madly in love with this song I wish I could describe it. I also feel bad for the singer because I feel like he just wants love, a genuine pure love and it's next to impossible to find and it reflects in his music. He talks about wanting to be held and I get the feeling he wants some sort of (for lack of a better term) closure or actually REASSURANCE that he isn't alone and I think it's tragicly beautiful. Thats all until further notice

2 comments:

  1. The Guests has been stuck in my head for days. It blows me away. I think they're great, but in doses... a few solid hours of A and the J's and I'd throw myself out a window.

    Mike and I were discussing in class doing a version of The Guests for STAC live much like we did Bohemian Rhapsody. You down for it?

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  2. I'm very down with it, I was hoping you'd say you'd wanna do it for STAC night. But what would I do for it? Like bass, because I only heard Antony and the Johnsons' version of The Guests and there was no drums in it, and I think I'm gonna try to get a new drum set so I'm not sure, but I still would do it!

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