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justling

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2006-05-16 15:16:37

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20y ago

Track 2 'impatience' starts out softly with Faye declaring september as the month of impatience. She then aggressively yodels 'la chart bo' (and we could hear an alarm going off, dooo dooo dooo, all the way. It's the obvious sound for impatience, and I think 'la chart bo' is just the kind of sound someone will make when s/he is impatient, say, like waiting to get into the bathroom and can't stop babbling until s/he get to go.) and then slow down for some breathy melodic sounds, then it's all 'la chart bo' again and then Faye does her signature nomadic lyrics-yodeling, much much more liberated than one could find in 'pledge.' Faye finally alternates between 'la chart bo's' and soothing whispers

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