Matt Sweeney & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - 'Bed Is For Sleeping'
To you, O faithful reader, wherever you may be: I apologize. It's been a hectic week complete with hospital visits, new releases, an unhealthy obsession with Joan of Arc (band, not historical figure) and the first full week of school. It is about to become even more complicated with the most recent incarnation of my favorite show, Nip/Tuck. Who knew something so trashy could be such an unending source of joy?
Either way, on a completely unrelated note, everything is most certainly for something. I am prompted to think that much of life is figuring out what certain things are actually for (what their function is) and treating them appropriately. I've heard similar conceptual truths manifested in other ways and in other words, but the simplification is satisfying. That is proposition one.
Proposition two is about music rather than life experience. There is a lot of great music out there that is not great simply because of its melodic element but also for its arrangement/instrumentation (while the truly great song can gauge the adequate amounts of each to create a truly expressive piece). There is also great music out there that is great because of its simplicity. While I have tried (quickly) to simplify what comprises much of our daily lives (what function did that statement serve? why am I here? what good is it to listen to this/read this/watch this?), Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham have created a completely beautiful piece of music with nothing but guitar, bass and vocals. Within, the lyrical content explores simple concepts which in turn build on themselves in order to comprise what we perceive to be our lives. Their medium? A very simple three minutes of music. 'Bed Is For Sleeping' is a wonderful song that can be found on the critically acclaimed and fan adored 'Superwolf' album, which I would highly recommend. With that, I leave you. Nip/Tuck on FX at 10pm if you're interested. Who will be the love of Christian Troy's life? Surely it cannot be himself!
Bed Is For Sleeping by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Either way, on a completely unrelated note, everything is most certainly for something. I am prompted to think that much of life is figuring out what certain things are actually for (what their function is) and treating them appropriately. I've heard similar conceptual truths manifested in other ways and in other words, but the simplification is satisfying. That is proposition one.
Proposition two is about music rather than life experience. There is a lot of great music out there that is not great simply because of its melodic element but also for its arrangement/instrumentation (while the truly great song can gauge the adequate amounts of each to create a truly expressive piece). There is also great music out there that is great because of its simplicity. While I have tried (quickly) to simplify what comprises much of our daily lives (what function did that statement serve? why am I here? what good is it to listen to this/read this/watch this?), Matt Sweeney and Will Oldham have created a completely beautiful piece of music with nothing but guitar, bass and vocals. Within, the lyrical content explores simple concepts which in turn build on themselves in order to comprise what we perceive to be our lives. Their medium? A very simple three minutes of music. 'Bed Is For Sleeping' is a wonderful song that can be found on the critically acclaimed and fan adored 'Superwolf' album, which I would highly recommend. With that, I leave you. Nip/Tuck on FX at 10pm if you're interested. Who will be the love of Christian Troy's life? Surely it cannot be himself!
Bed Is For Sleeping by Matt Sweeney and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
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