SOUNDTRACK: SHARON VAN ETTEN-“Radio Cure” (from WILCOvered, UNCUT Magazine November 2019).
The November 2019 issue of UNCUT magazine had a cover story about Wilco. It included a 17 track CD of bands covering Wilco (called WILcovered or WILCOvered). I really enjoyed this collection and knew most of the artists on it already, so I’m going through the songs one at a time.
Sharon Van Etten continues down her more ambient and mellow style with this cover of “Radio Cure.”
She plays everything–keys and piano–hushed and echoed while her voice soars around the song. About a third of the way in, the drums kick in, giving it a but of oomph.
I really like the original of this song and I don’t quite like the direction she went with this cover.
[READ: February 17, 2020] “With the Beatles”
I have realized that I really enjoy reading Murakami’s words. I don’t always understand what’s happening. I don’t often understand why one part of a story is put with another part. And often when I’m done I’m not entirely sure what happened. But I really enjoy the journey.
This was one where some parts seemed mysteriously tucked into the story. It kind of all works thematically, but it’s still a bit disjointed. Nevertheless, I enjoyed reading the whole thing.
The narrator starts by saying that he doesn’t mind getting older, it’s seeing other people who have gotten older that is so weird. Really it forces him to admit that his youthful dreams are gone.
He will never forget a girl (a woman who used to be a girl) whom he didn’t actually know. It was 1964 and this girl was hurrying down the hallway of their school, skirt aflutter, clutching the LP of With the Beatles–the original British version. Their black and white faces were facing out as she ran. He has turned this memory into a beautiful moment–he thinks he remembers the way she smelled even (if that is possible). The moment was thrilling.
But he never saw her again in two more years at school.
He has met many women over the yeas and always tried to recreate that moment to no avail. (more…)
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