| Ryan Adams – How Do You Keep Love Alive? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| It is a shame that some of the recorded songs are eclipsed by their live renditions. The BBC4 Sessions concert is, indeed, simply stunning. | |
| Nick Drake – Fruit Tree Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I've always read the line as "'til its stock is in the ground" - i.e when the fruit that has not sold is plowed back into the earth (to function as fertilizer, effectively). This would be in keeping with the metaphor. And the way Nick Drake pronounces 'stock' is in keeping with his educated accent: to hear 'stalk' would give him an American lilt. Anyone agree? |
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| The National – Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Yes, I would agree. Consider (from 'Mistaken For Strangers'): "another uninnocent, elegant fall into the unmagnificent lives of adults..." | |
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