An Open Song Share Invitation

Until now Song Share has been done by random invitation, but now I'd like to open it up to everyone. If you would like to do a Song Share (or if you want to do another Song Share, or if you want to do many and multiple Song Shares) write it (them) up and send it to me at: kohlglass@gmail.com

Where's what I will need from you for a Song Share.
1. A write up on the song
2. A link or some place we can hear the complete song online, traditionally this has been Youtube.
3. The lyrics to the song, if the song has lyrics.
4. The band's website and/or any other pertinent links you might want to include.
5. Anything else you can think of.

I'll take as many Song Shares as you want to do. This way we can build up a store that I will gradually post every (or every other) Monday. So please start sending them in!

Concert: Devotchka and Crooked Fingers

Crooked Fingers will be warming up your winter months by supporting friends Devotchka on the road, including a Crooked Fingers headline show in LA.

01/27 Aspen CO @ Belly Up Aspen w/ Devotchka tix
01/28 Salt Lake City UT @ In the Venue w/ Devotchka tix
01/29 Reno NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Grand Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
01/30 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
01/31 San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore w/ Devotchka tix
02/03 Los Angeles CA @ Bordello (901 E. 1st St.)
02/04 Solana Beach CA @ Belly Up w/ Devotchka tix
02/05 Tempe AZ @ The Clubhouse w/ Devotchka tix
02/06 Tucson AZ @ Rialto Theatre w/ Devotchka tix
02/08 Austin TX @ La Zona Rosa w/ Devotchka tix
02/09 Housotn TX @ Warehouse Live - Studio w/ Devotchka tix
02/10 Dallas TX @ House of Blues - Pontiac Garage w/ Devotchka tix

Check out the Daytrotter Session that Crooked Fingers recently recorded. Songs are up and available for download.

If anyone has concert announcements, or any other Music Night pertinent news, please send it to me and I'll put it up.

Song Share: Year Of The Rat

By Amy McKay

i have to admit that i probably may not have latched onto this song if i hadn't seen the video accompanying it. but, i did see it and i liked it. i think i just liked the idea of being able to hug away the world's and people's problems, as well as the idea that, when one and one come together, we're not two, but a stronger one (i.e., unified).

informational tidbits, per wikipedia:

Damon Gough chose his stage name from the title character in the TV show Sam and his Magic Ball. In 2002, Q magazine named Badly Drawn Boy in their list of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die", although this was as part of a sub-list of "5 Bands That Could Go Either Way" on account of Gough's tendency to talk and tell stories for extended periods rather than playing songs. The album One Plus One Is One (which contains "Year of the Rat") was a portrait of his personal life. Documenting a death of a close friend and the loss of a grandfather. Released in 2004, it was not a great commercial success, and Gough decided to leave his contract with XL Recordings after only one single was released.

As best as i can understand, the rat in the chinese zodiac is associated with protection and material prosperity, whatever that adds to it for you.



Lyrics:
(One, one, one, one, one, one. One, one, one, one, one, one)

June is on the run for so long
Pushed and pulled then shunned
It was so wrong
These fours walls crashing in won't stop me now
Cause I'm alive, I'm out tonight, all night

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

Streets with flags unfurled like treasure
Thank me for my words, it's a pleasure
Just don't ask me to stay 'cause I'll be gone
But it's alright I'm OK - always

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever
One plus one is one - together
One plus one is one - forever

Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Everybody needs to know it's the year of the rat
Every day we've got to hold on
'cause if we hold on we could find some new energy

"One plus one plus one plus one is four"

"One"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Plus one"
"Four"

Music Night: December 2008

Time: Friday December 19th, 2008, 8:00 PM
Location: The Glass House
Order: Who had somewhere else to go.

Chris Smith - Hear Me Out by Silverstine
Stiney - Tacobel Cannon by Ratatat
Marshall Glass - Riverboat Captain by Joe Purdy
Sam Stinocher - So Let Go by The Good Life
Heather Glass (by Proxy) - Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan
J.C. Glass - John Allyn Smith Sails by Okkervil River
Kohl Glass - Way Out There from the Raising Arizona Soundtrack
Chris Glass - Believe by The Bravery
Todd Hamilton - A-Punk by Vampire Weekend
Bonus - The Ballad of Kilty Larkin by Angus McKay

Song Share: AM180

By Scott Stinocher

This is a band that i really love. Sadly, they are no longer making music, but this is still one of my favorite songs all time. I don't really have a ton to say, so you will just have to enjoy it.

A.M. 180 by Grandaddy



Lyrics:
Don’t change your name
Keep it the same
For fear I may lose you again
I know you won't
It's just that I
Am unorganized
And I want to find you
When something good happens

If you come down
We'll go to town
I haven't been there for years
But I’d be fine
Wasting our time
Not doing anything here
Just doing nothing

We’ll sit for days
And talk about things
Important to us like whatever
We'll defuse bombs
And walk marathons
And take on whatever, together

Song Share: As Tall As Cliffs

By J.C. Glass

Richard Edwards formed the band named Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s in 2004. He named the band after Gwyneth Paltrow’s character Margot Tenenbaum from Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums. After recording 25 songs for their second albam with Epic Records in October 2007, the band disagreed with Epic over which songs to include on the album. Consequently, two versions of the album were released: “Animal”only on vinyl, the band's preferred version, and “Not Animal”, a traditional CD release chosen by the label. This song appears on both versions. I hope you enjoy it!

As Tall As Cliffs by Margot and the Nuclear So and So's

Lyrics:
I tell tales tall as cliffs
You've got a lisp
Kid, those things are hard to miss
When you're drunk you just make love, honey please
Like you've got somewhere to be

But I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night
And I can't bear to hear the things about last year
I've been up all night, up all night

You came well-equipped
With a gun on your hip
And some poison on your lips
But when we wake up in our makeup
We'll be clean 'cause we ain't got nowhere to be

And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth
And I can't talk to you the way I wanted to
I've been telling lies, but I'll tell you the truth

Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving tonight

Darling, I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving

Baby I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving
You know I'm tired
I should be leaving, leaving alright

Song Share: The Girl

by Francisco Manzo-Flores

Alright, so this is my first attempt at Song Share, so I am starting out by tipping the toes into the water so to speak and going in with an easy-to-like entry from City and Colour. Those of you that know me are aware that my taste in music is pretty broad, and in time I expect to be able to bring into this forum a variety of music, but I felt it might be wise to start out with something that will serve as a good foundation for the rest. No need for me to wreck my reputation before I get started :D.

This particular song was one of those accidental finds during one of many downloading sessions where a name catches your eye and you download it simply out of curiosity. As it turns out City and Colour has a lot of pretty good stuff, most of it on the acoustic rock vein, of which this is a pretty good sample. Though not overly complex in formula, I think it is the simplicity of this song, the paired guitars and straight froward lyrics that make it so approachable. Anybody that has ever been in a relationship (I think that is all of us), knows how easy it can be to lose perspective, become selfish and take a partner for granted when they have been next to you for so long, or here and there one might hit that bump on the road that wakes you up to the treasure you may be holding to. Without being overly preachy or beating the subject on the head with a mallet, this song expresses the spirit of gratitude in a folkishly charming way. I do hope you guys like it.

The Girl by City and Colour



Lyrics:
I wish I could do better by you,
Cos that's what you deserve.
You sacrifice so much of your life,
In order for this to work.

While I'm off chasing my own dreams,
Sailing around the world,
Please know that I'm yours to keep,
My beautiful girl.

And when you cry a piece of my heart dies,
Knowing that I may have been the cause,
If you were to leave, fulfill someone elses dreams,
I think I might totally be lost.

But you don't ask for no diamond rings,
No delicate string of pearls,
That's why I wrote this song to sing,
My beautiful girl