MashUp Home Recent Entries Walnut Alley gets a facelift Indie Music Worth Hearing Tonight! Very Few Degrees of Separation in rva Peace is eating an ice cream sandwich When I Rule the Restaurant World Syndicate RSS 2.0 Monthly Archives August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 Put On A Slow, Dumb Show for You Karen Newton June 20, 2008 12:40 PM Some people actually listen to song lyrics and some don’t. I’ve accepted this fact, although I don’t understand it...how can you not care what a song is about? Sure, I like some songs because of the overall sound, but far more often, it’s the words that grab me. Which means I love it when I find another lyric-lover. Back on Valentine’s Day, each of us was asked to suggest a romantic song for the website. Without hesitation, my submission was “Slow Show” by The National. No one so much as commented on my choice. So I was thrilled and delighted when, during a conversation last night, I mentioned my romantic song choice, only to be told by a local musician that not only did he know the song, but he agreed wholeheartedly about how incredibly romantic it was. Okay, so he IS a musician, and maybe there’s a higher percentage of lyric lovers amongst musicians than in the general population, but I felt so validated knowing I wasn’t hearing a love song where there was none. I wanna hurry home to you put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain god I’m very, very frightening I’ll overdo it ...and I’m not even going to start on what a stellar set Marionette played at Cap Ale House last night. And from NYC, The Dig’s high energy inde pop kicked ass. There was a whole lot of good music in rva last night. .  Comments (1) | Permalink Page 1 of 1 pages