recently got a hold of beth orton’s latest album “comfort of strangers.”

i enjoy listening to music a lot, be it classical, jazz, triphop, rock, or unclassifiable.

oh, talking about genres reminds me of what one of my students said last semester when we were talking about genres of writing. half expecting some funny and not-so-polite responses, i asked, “so, what genre does avril lavigne’s music fall into?” one of the students immediately yelled out “shame.” ok. now i’ve written it here, it doesn’t sound too funny, but when it happened, it was very funny. i’ve got nothing against avril lavigne personally.

there are two songs that i really enjoy in “comfort of strangers.” here are the lyrics:

Worms

Worms don’t dance they haven’t got the balls
No matter how do you do
It’s just you do that’s all
You got what it takes to knock at my door
You wanna get all excited
Never been here before

And now I’m your apple eating heathen
The original sin
Well you ain’t got my faith
So best keep your belief
I had waited forever to love someone
I swear I heard you thank your god that time
For having me come along

Chickens don’t fly but they have got the wings
No matter how hard they try
They bump into things
They’re all running around
Knock their heads on the ground
They got a wish bone where their backbone should’ve grown

And now I’m your apple eating heathen
Any old rib stealing eve
Well you don’t have my faith
So best keep your belief
I had waited forever to love someone
I swear I heard you thank your god that time
For having me come along

Intimacy reduced to cruelty
Had you believe like this was meant to be
And I look for the magic
But you got away with it
That’s all

Comfort of Strangers

I know the stars that shine on me
Are brighter than you and I may ever be
I know there’s an answer to your question
But I don’t know that I could word it right

Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be
I’m not sure, should I just say it out loud?
Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be
Alright this time I’m gonna keep that in mind

One love is better than not enough
I’d rather have no love
Than messing with the wrong stuff
It’s just the comfort of strangers
Always the comfort of strangers…

I know the sun that shines on me
On better terms than you and I may ever be
I know there’s an answer to the question
But I’m not sure that I should word it right

Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be
Everytime you’re gonna set me free
Say what you mean don’t tell it like it could be
Alright this time let’s take it right home to see

One love is better than not enough
I’d rather have no love
Than messing with the wrong stuff
It’s just the comfort of strangers
Always the comfort of strangers

Well some of those are like best friends
Best friends…
Ones that keep you coming round again

I usually don’t listen to country music at all. I avoid the genre as much as I can. Although some of the songs in this album do go beyond the “folk boundaries” (well, the boundaries are set according to my highly personal classification rules anyway) sound too country-ish for my liking. But I really do enjoy listening to this album, and I particulary enjoy the lyrics. They’re fantastic. If you have a chance, do listen to it :)

While listening to this album and other great music, I’m patiently waiting for the release of Ego-Wrappin’s new album On the Rocks!.

Very excited. Very.

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