What music are you listening too?

Live version;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHOIT1ROk8&NR=1

Studio version;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClgfwBMsB1w&feature=related

At Seventeen


I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth...

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say "come dance with me"
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems at seventeen...

A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said: "Pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly...

So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debitures of quality and dubious integrity
Their small-town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen...

To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
the world was younger than today
when dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me...

We all play the game, and when we dare
We cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say: "Come on, dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...
 
Blackbird said:
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQaD2CAi9A
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Thanks for posting this. I watched the Grammys last night and watched them butcher this beautiful song. I don't know why they didn't ask these two to perform it because there are some songs that can't be improved through interpretation. :th
 
So right now instead, I'm listening to..

Snow Patrol Ft. Martha Wainwright - Set The Fire To The Third Bar


It's in the trailer for Dear John, which IMO looks ridiculous but the song is great lol

ETA: I found the song I was looking for! It's called Day Job and its by Sunshine State! Weee!
 
sylvie said:
Blackbird said:
Are you going to Scarborough Fair?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYQaD2CAi9A
Click to expand...
Thanks for posting this. I watched the Grammys last night and watched them butcher this beautiful song. I don't know why they didn't ask these two to perform it because there are some songs that can't be improved through interpretation. :th
Click to expand...
I often wonder why people try to do covers like that. I didn't watch the Grammys but I heard Stevie Nicks was on with Taylor Swift. I don't know if I dare watch.
 
Ok, I watched and I shouldn't have.

I don't dislike Taylor Swift, she's talented and has made it big at a young age; but she's not the type of musician that captivates me, personally.

She didn't sound up to par on her own songs, let alone Stevie's 'Rhiannon'. :/

Time to look up Scarborough Fair..


Ok, Couldn't find it. Only found Lady Gaga dancing around in a Tinkerbell suit??

'Take my picture Hollywood! I wanna be a star!!' :lol:
 
The soundtrack to Twilight. :P There's just something about that movie that I love. :hu Next I'm listening to the score from Twilight.
 
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