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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: November 25, 2015, 09:29:10 am »
that's a great interview. I like the introduction and the questions are different from the norm. you're friend is great!
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: November 17, 2015, 12:29:46 pm »
loving the glimpses into her life and home. I see her smile while she looks at sid and that is what's magical. she's stunningly beautiful as always.
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: November 07, 2015, 11:50:27 am »
1-Take it Easy. Lyric - "too young to let it go"
10- Ascension. Lyric - "I let go - and die"
Growth, maturity, giving over to your higher self. Letting go of what brings you down in order to ascend to who you are meant to be.
I've thought a bit about the order of the songs, and while they may sound better in a different sequence, the story progresses to ascension. Love, then loss, then love again. True love of another and for yourself.
10- Ascension. Lyric - "I let go - and die"
Growth, maturity, giving over to your higher self. Letting go of what brings you down in order to ascend to who you are meant to be.
I've thought a bit about the order of the songs, and while they may sound better in a different sequence, the story progresses to ascension. Love, then loss, then love again. True love of another and for yourself.
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Live Shows / Re: 11/04/15 Minneapolis MN - The Cedar Cultural Center (Review)
« on: November 07, 2015, 11:45:23 am »Thanks for the review! Glad you had an awesome time. Your mom sounds adorable.Haha, my mom can be quite interesting at times. She did a few other things that night...
When Vanessa came out the front doors before the show, my mom kept saying, "It's her! That was her! That was her!!"
And then during the opener, there was a strange rattling noise between songs and my mom loud enough for people to hear, "That was my stomach."
Yup
HA! I can't wait to embarrass my daughter some day. it will be super fun.
(not necessarily saying you were embarrassed, but this is something I could definitely see myself doing)
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Live Shows / Re: 11/04/15 Minneapolis MN - The Cedar Cultural Center (Review)
« on: November 05, 2015, 12:22:57 pm »
thanks! very detailed.
I see she hasn't switched things up too much though
I see she hasn't switched things up too much though
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: November 02, 2015, 12:38:50 am »
I did not know this. when I hear it I think: always moving, traveler, wordly, mysterious, beautiful, exotic. I didn't realize it was something derogatory, I'm sure she didn't either.
edit: I also think of someone who is more in tune with the earth and the healing/medicine it can provide. she has that running theme throughout the album of healers/shamans so I think to her, she means it along very positive lines. I guess ignorance (specifically my own) of an issue doesn't make it a non-issue. I myself have a positive reaction to the word but I am not European or of that descent that would be offended. Good to know
edit: I also think of someone who is more in tune with the earth and the healing/medicine it can provide. she has that running theme throughout the album of healers/shamans so I think to her, she means it along very positive lines. I guess ignorance (specifically my own) of an issue doesn't make it a non-issue. I myself have a positive reaction to the word but I am not European or of that descent that would be offended. Good to know
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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Re: Nothing Where Something Used To Be-- New Song 7/09/2015 (Lyrics)
« on: October 31, 2015, 06:19:27 pm »
i thought this would be my favorite but I don't think that it is.. at least not the studio version. I like parts of it but the chorus seems too much. Can I also just say that it realllllllllly bothers me it's not grammatically correct. "i'm the one THAT left" should be "I'm the one WHO left"
(fleetwood mac does this on silver springs too and it drives me insane). It doesn't change the flow of the song at all to replace it.
In the living room session version (which I like a lot better than studio) it sounds like she sings "i'm just drinking til I feel four" .. I know it's probably far, as in the studio version, but I like the idea of "four" because it's like seeing double (or more..) from drinking so much. get so drunk so you just have no idea what's going on.
(fleetwood mac does this on silver springs too and it drives me insane). It doesn't change the flow of the song at all to replace it.
In the living room session version (which I like a lot better than studio) it sounds like she sings "i'm just drinking til I feel four" .. I know it's probably far, as in the studio version, but I like the idea of "four" because it's like seeing double (or more..) from drinking so much. get so drunk so you just have no idea what's going on.
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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Re: River-- New Song 4/23/2015 (Lyrics)
« on: October 31, 2015, 06:14:53 pm »
I really like the lyrics to this song. I get the feeling it's about loving someone who is always on the road (musician? hehe) they are always moving around, no city or town every "keeps him" because he's a traveling person (gypsy). she talks about changing for the other person, rather than the travler changing for her. Just like a river, we cannot tame it, we have to go around it or some how navigate over it, figuring out a way to deal with it in our life.
I know she said this album was not "biographical" but i can see this being about her and John, except she is the gypsy, the untraditional person who did not want to get married, and John was the one changing his ways to fit in to her life.
I know she said this album was not "biographical" but i can see this being about her and John, except she is the gypsy, the untraditional person who did not want to get married, and John was the one changing his ways to fit in to her life.
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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Re: Blue Pool (new song, lyrics discussion)
« on: October 31, 2015, 06:11:04 pm »
i wish the video for this was different. I like having the glimpses (fast and not clear...) in to her life and what I'm guessing was part of the recording/making the album process. I enjoy victor and the go pro camera is neat. But I envisioned something a bit different, mostly for the ending with the piano outro. It reminds me of that fast motion video of flowers growing or plants growing. So I envisioned the literal interpretation of that sort of visual, real or animated, of ivy growing over a wall with vegetation growing out of control.
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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Re: Ascension (new song, lyrics discussion)
« on: October 31, 2015, 06:08:38 pm »I love this song. I've actually played it multiple times as opposed to 'In the End' that I listened to maye once or twice
i agree. I have listened to this way many more times than in the end. Even though it ends with ".. and die" I feel like this songs is actually very hopeful. Mostly because of the arrangement and the music itself. At first I thought the song had to do with our life cycle.. we are young, we navigate life, we grow old, we die.. we ascend to some "higher" level, be that what you want to call heaven or the other side, or some other form of after life. But as I listened, it dawned on me that it could be about something a bit deeper.
As we grow older, grow up, mature, we navigate the canyons of our lives.. we navigate the darker, colder part of our selves that we must delve in to and confront in order to grow past them and ascend to a more fulfilling way of life. Finding our true and higher self, connecting with that self, and LIVING as that self.. letting go of the old self. Letting go of that ego. Letting that old self and that ego die, in order to ascend to a more rich, well rounded, less egocentric, person.
in contrast, In the end was written for her brother in order to cope with the untimely death of a friend. that song was saying that in the end we come back around, we become one with all that's around us, we turn to dust, return to the ground, etc.. it was trying to be comforting in a morbid sort of way. the music in that song did not interest me as it does in this one. this song is more about death of the egocentric self in order to appreciate that connectedness we have to each other and the earth.
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Vanessa Songs / Lyrics / Sheet Music / Re: The Willow (Lyrics) (new song 9/10/2013) lyrics discussion
« on: October 31, 2015, 04:23:12 pm »
i figured I'd write this here since it's willow - specific and not the album in general..
I just realized today that there is no violin in the studio version! What it thought was plucking must be guitar because skye/violin is not listed in the song
super bummed because the jig-like quality I love in the live version is a bit lost in the stuido. It's definitely still there and I still love the song, but sad about the strings. I'm glad we have the option of listening to the live version on the delux album.
I just realized today that there is no violin in the studio version! What it thought was plucking must be guitar because skye/violin is not listed in the song
super bummed because the jig-like quality I love in the live version is a bit lost in the stuido. It's definitely still there and I still love the song, but sad about the strings. I'm glad we have the option of listening to the live version on the delux album.
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Live Shows / Re: 10/29/2015-- Live @ Ludlow Garage, Cincinatti, Ohio (Review)
« on: October 31, 2015, 04:20:10 pm »
thank you for the review! I'm excited about the shirt, though I'm sure it won't fit me very reminiscant of the painting. was it just skye with her or the guitar folks as for the one show a few weeks back?
very reminiscant of the painting. was it just skye with her or the guitar folks as for the one show a few weeks back?
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: October 27, 2015, 04:51:50 pm »FINALLY GOT THE CD.
Required a bit of running around to the USPS offices yesterday but worth it.
Don't know if anyone noticed that the artwork inside (if you lift the CD) is a replica (of sorts) of the painting (by Vanessa's grandfather) but done by Jo Ratcliffe - the artist who did the album art for ROTR and this album as well.
yes I did notice that. also the artwork on her twitter page at one point, not sure if it still is or if you can only see it on computer view. I remember the colors thinking they were unlike ROTR error colors (dark)
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: October 25, 2015, 03:34:19 pm »While I love some songs on rabbits, it was always my least favorite album--proably because it was so different than her previous work. Her old versions of FWF were my favorite and I didn't like the dreamy vibe of this. But his album. It's perfect. I know sales wise it's not expected for much but if V still lurks around here I hope she knows what a dream record this is. It's the perfect time for it and it's hauntingly beautiful. My bro works for buzzfeed and I think I convinced him to do a review of the album for some extra publicity.
that would be awesome, buzzfeed gets a lot of traffic.. someone did a piece on adele releasing a single on Friday too. that definitely could have overshadowed Vanessa's release
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General Vanessa Carlton Discussion / Re: Liberman
« on: October 23, 2015, 09:17:05 am »
I'm going to write my quick thing before reading anyone else's stuff so if I repeat stuff, sorry!
First off when I opened my package I was brought to tears. I am so ecstatic and proud that Vanessa has shared such an intimate moment of motherhood with us. I had always wondered if she'd ever step up to the plate like some celebs (namely Alyssa Malano) and post a breastfeeding pic on instagram or twitter. I figured she would never, being she's so private in the first place and this can be a hot button issue (don't get me started on why it shouldn't be, that's a whole other thread for a whole different website). So when I opened my package to see her in such a gorgeous snapshot on the lyric book cover... I was very moved, and every time I think about it I am moved. As a mother, a nurse, and a lactation consultant I just couldn't be more proud to be a fan of hers.
On to the music!
I had actually given in and listened to the album stream the other night at work. we were having a craptastick night and I just needed it to calm me down, and it did. It brought me in to a zone where I could just relax and forget about all the stuff going on around me. Now that I've got the album it will be on repeat (after nap time of course).
House of Seven swords was not one of my favorites I had heard live, but this album version is fantastic. I'm so glad the production of unlock the lock is so minimal, that was my favorite live. operator is so good. it's done in a pop way but an alternative pop way. it actually reminds me a lot of the music she was listening to shortly after rabbits came out .. she posted songs that she liked almost daily back then and I downloaded a bunch of them. so this album feels to me almost like i'm listening to her play list. lyrics are inspiring, and build upon themselves as always. I had worried about all the lyrical repetitiveness in the songs I had heard live but it works in the studio versions. I have nothing technical to add but I am very impressed by this album, I like the way it's been done. I'm glad we have the live versions of most of the songs, but I think I'll be listening mostly to the studio versions! Each version of the song is like it's own song anyway.. related but not exactly the same. I think I remember someone saying that nothing where something used to be sounds more hopeful on the studio version, and more remorseful and sad for the live version, and I totally get that now that I've listened to the studio one. ok that's all I have to add!
First off when I opened my package I was brought to tears. I am so ecstatic and proud that Vanessa has shared such an intimate moment of motherhood with us. I had always wondered if she'd ever step up to the plate like some celebs (namely Alyssa Malano) and post a breastfeeding pic on instagram or twitter. I figured she would never, being she's so private in the first place and this can be a hot button issue (don't get me started on why it shouldn't be, that's a whole other thread for a whole different website). So when I opened my package to see her in such a gorgeous snapshot on the lyric book cover... I was very moved, and every time I think about it I am moved. As a mother, a nurse, and a lactation consultant I just couldn't be more proud to be a fan of hers.
On to the music!
I had actually given in and listened to the album stream the other night at work. we were having a craptastick night and I just needed it to calm me down, and it did. It brought me in to a zone where I could just relax and forget about all the stuff going on around me. Now that I've got the album it will be on repeat (after nap time of course).
House of Seven swords was not one of my favorites I had heard live, but this album version is fantastic. I'm so glad the production of unlock the lock is so minimal, that was my favorite live. operator is so good. it's done in a pop way but an alternative pop way. it actually reminds me a lot of the music she was listening to shortly after rabbits came out .. she posted songs that she liked almost daily back then and I downloaded a bunch of them. so this album feels to me almost like i'm listening to her play list. lyrics are inspiring, and build upon themselves as always. I had worried about all the lyrical repetitiveness in the songs I had heard live but it works in the studio versions. I have nothing technical to add but I am very impressed by this album, I like the way it's been done. I'm glad we have the live versions of most of the songs, but I think I'll be listening mostly to the studio versions! Each version of the song is like it's own song anyway.. related but not exactly the same. I think I remember someone saying that nothing where something used to be sounds more hopeful on the studio version, and more remorseful and sad for the live version, and I totally get that now that I've listened to the studio one. ok that's all I have to add!