"Lopin' Along Through The Cosmos" for me. Those strings...
― Number None, Thursday, 8 March 2012 11:45 (twelve years ago) link
Would have went for "The Kiss", but it could have been easily any track off Heart Food.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:25 (twelve years ago) link
No votes for "'til Dreams Come True"? Y'all had some lead ears.
― Three Word Username, Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:32 (twelve years ago) link
I woulda voted Lady-O.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Lady-O and Crayon Angels got stiffed.
― Suede - the fabric, not the band (DL), Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
love love love the frida version of crossmaker
― if you ever leave me peggy, leave some propane at my door (zachlyon), Thursday, 8 March 2012 20:55 (twelve years ago) link
ooh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=0feFedDW_iQ
― rural juror (get bent), Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:36 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^^ <3 this vid!
― yuoowemeone, Wednesday, 12 March 2014 11:05 (ten years ago) link
2.3 Emerald River Dance (home recording) 3:08 0
this is one of the most beautiful things ever put to tape imohttps://open.spotify.com/track/4QGlZqAxFtcjV97rULUVTn?si=3o-K4ObtQHm-A64OVRV_EQ
It seems like everyone's so afraid of emotion cause they can't bear the painBut the deeper sorrow carves in the heart of your being the more joy you can contain
― niels, Monday, 23 July 2018 09:51 (five years ago) link
Donor ftw
Kyrie Ellison also referenced in a Maria Minerva house track
― No angel came (Ross), Monday, 23 July 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
The Kiss is probably the most beautiful song ever written
― J. Sam, Monday, 23 July 2018 12:09 (five years ago) link
Kiss is so gorgeous
― No angel came (Ross), Monday, 23 July 2018 12:24 (five years ago) link
The Donor is incredible - those harmonies
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Blinding me, his song remains reminding meHe's a bandit and a heartbreakerOh, but Jesus was a crossmaker
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 17 November 2021 17:15 (two years ago) link
^Some of the best lyrics ever on that song, especially this:
He wages war with the devilA pistol by his sideAnd tho' he chases him out windowsAnd won't give him a place to hideHe keeps his door open wide
― J. Sam, Monday, 13 June 2022 00:31 (one year ago) link
0 votes for “When the Bridegroom Comes” is a shame
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Monday, 13 June 2022 01:46 (one year ago) link
Yep, same for The Lamb Ran Away with the Crown
― J. Sam, Monday, 13 June 2022 04:38 (one year ago) link
Emerald River Dance (home recording) is really one of the best recordings ever
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 13:00 (one year ago) link
JWACM is really kind of singular in lyrics, vocal, style, I can't think of anything else like it, and it's so good and so clever
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 16:33 (one year ago) link
I'd put Soldier of the Heart in my top 5 (and I rate her general catalogue extremely highly)
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
The Pearl is a top 5 for me that didn't get much love
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 17:11 (one year ago) link
I like both of her "proper" albums, and don't know a lot about either addiction or religious faith, but I have some cognitive dissonance how someone who apparently had so much trouble simply living takes such a tone of rectitude or spiritual confidence in her songs. I don't hear any doubt or questioning in her music.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
california baby. also i don't think loving drugs and having a wild side would be viewed by j.s. as having trouble simply living. also when have drugs and wildness been at odds with intense inner spirituality. also trauma factors in here with the addiction and disregulation part imo.
the bbc radio documentary and the newish rolling stone piece are worth checking out.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 14 June 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
I did read that Rolling Stone article, it gave a more nuanced perspective of her life than the strictly tragic one you would get if you only read liner notes and reviews.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 14 June 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
must be this one? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/judee-sill-songwriter-profile-1130869/look fwd to reading it
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 07:37 (one year ago) link
I guess her wild history (she was involved in armed robbery as well as hard drugs etc) seem perceptually at odds with her bookish, ascetic and dry persona, not to mention the music which is about as far from rock n roll derring do as it gets. But yes, these are all just assumptions we make
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 12:46 (one year ago) link
I never dug "Jesus Was A Crossmaker" much. I was saddened to see it on a compilation once because I'd never be drawn in to hear more from just that song. I heard "The Kiss" on a compilation and I needed more urgently. I should probably hear the former again because people think so highly of it.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
i think it's incredible but i don't think she has another song quite in that vein, i.e. it's unique. that's about as peppy as she gets afaik. if you get more out of "the kiss" i would definitely give a listen to the rest if you haven't already, sorry if you have i wasn't clear on that from your post.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
one of the things i love about her work is that it still startles me. it's both very sophisticated and very singular. i can still put the albums on and think "holy shit what and who am i listening to".
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
I heard a brief interview once with Andy Partridge, who was moved to tears by "The Kiss." IIRC, it was on an episode of the KCRW Unfictional podcast about Judee's life and work.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 21:22 (one year ago) link
Yeah I got her stuff many years ago after hearing that compilation appearance of "The Kiss", it was one of those excitingly impatient moods where I was just needing it.
When did people find out how she died? Maybe memory is fooling me but I thought when I got into her in the 00s, nobody knew where she went?
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 21:45 (one year ago) link
I don't really hear "rectitude" or "spiritual confidence" in most of her music, hard to see where one would get that other than maybe in The Kiss. There's a much more complex, playful, and sometimes cynical engagement with religion going on in most of her work. Jesus Was a Crossmaker and The Pearl are two obvious examples that come to mind.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 22:16 (one year ago) link
I get the sense that she found something approaching spiritual enlightenment through drugs but also very self-consciously understood the tension in this, and had a tragic sense that it was always slipping out of her grasp again, in part because it was achieved through drugs, and in part because that's just how it is.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 22:19 (one year ago) link
That's an excellent explanation.
I don't really hear "rectitude" or "spiritual confidence" in most of her music
I guess I'm thinking of songs like "The Vigilante" or "Soldier of the Heart", the more straightforward devotional things.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 16 June 2022 01:50 (one year ago) link
this is a beautiful tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-YWVGJIHcs
― corrs unplugged, Thursday, 16 June 2022 07:54 (one year ago) link
Once I heard a serpent remark....
― buzza, Thursday, 16 June 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
"Make my fear fuel, and the fuel hi-octane" <3
― J. Sam, Thursday, 16 June 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
lady-o has always been her song that stuck with me the most. i assumed that was the canonical pick but now everyone is going for cross-maker.
― na (NA), Thursday, 16 June 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
i kept meaning to hear that case/lang/veirs record, what a beautiful tribute.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
the boston music hall performance of that is one of my favorite judee sill moments, moves me to tears every time.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:05 (one year ago) link
i'm not even sure who 'lady-o' is for me - the earth maybe lol
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 16 June 2022 16:06 (one year ago) link
wow hadn't heard that boston music hall performance, it's wonderful
― corrs unplugged, Friday, 17 June 2022 10:49 (one year ago) link