Amazing song. Saw him perform it live and was intrigued; after finding a recording, I'm awestruck. I love when Josh writes maritime songs - it's fascinating, what with him being from Idaho and all.
There's a clear association between this song and Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee", which is about a narrator's love for a girl named Annabel Lee. Their love is so strong that the angels grow envious, and send a wind, 'chilling and killing my Annabel Lee'. Full text here:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Annabel_Lee
Not only do the name and the themes correspond, the meter and the style of repetition that Josh uses evoke Poe's poetic style. The waltz count that underlies Josh's fingerpicking (ONE two three, sounds more like one-and-a-two-and-a-three-and-a in this song) is reminiscent of the trochaic rhythm (Stressed-unstressed-unstressed) in Poe's poem, and indeed in the name 'Annabel'.
Yeah I heard it live and made the connection immediately. In Poe's poem, Annabel dies and Poe says that "nothing can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee," just as the boat in the song dies, although at the hands of the narrator, and he says that he still dreams about her and everything. Very cool song, can't wait for this album.
Yeah I heard it live and made the connection immediately. In Poe's poem, Annabel dies and Poe says that "nothing can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee," just as the boat in the song dies, although at the hands of the narrator, and he says that he still dreams about her and everything. Very cool song, can't wait for this album.
Amazing song. Saw him perform it live and was intrigued; after finding a recording, I'm awestruck. I love when Josh writes maritime songs - it's fascinating, what with him being from Idaho and all.
There's a clear association between this song and Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Annabel Lee", which is about a narrator's love for a girl named Annabel Lee. Their love is so strong that the angels grow envious, and send a wind, 'chilling and killing my Annabel Lee'. Full text here: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Annabel_Lee
Not only do the name and the themes correspond, the meter and the style of repetition that Josh uses evoke Poe's poetic style. The waltz count that underlies Josh's fingerpicking (ONE two three, sounds more like one-and-a-two-and-a-three-and-a in this song) is reminiscent of the trochaic rhythm (Stressed-unstressed-unstressed) in Poe's poem, and indeed in the name 'Annabel'.
Yeah I heard it live and made the connection immediately. In Poe's poem, Annabel dies and Poe says that "nothing can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee," just as the boat in the song dies, although at the hands of the narrator, and he says that he still dreams about her and everything. Very cool song, can't wait for this album.
Yeah I heard it live and made the connection immediately. In Poe's poem, Annabel dies and Poe says that "nothing can ever dissever my soul from the soul of the beautiful Annabel Lee," just as the boat in the song dies, although at the hands of the narrator, and he says that he still dreams about her and everything. Very cool song, can't wait for this album.
I looked up the poam and your right it fits perfectly with the song. Thanks for the tip.
I looked up the poam and your right it fits perfectly with the song. Thanks for the tip.