Mara Carlyle, "I Blame You Not" (2005)
"I blame you not/Although my heaaaaart is breaking/Love, ever lost to me/Love's lost for good/I blame you not, I blame you not."
For this modern day torch song, Mara Carlyle -- a ukulele-playing chanteuse who's worked with Plaid, Jamie Lidell, and Matthew Herbert (to whose label she's signed) -- we are in a smoky bar, in the time after the breakup. A time for self-examination, for deciding what went wrong when.
So: "I blame you not/I blame you not/Although you shine like a diamond/There's no light to your heart/I've known so long." In other words, it's not me, it's you. Not me. You. But I don't blame you.
"I blame you not/Although my heaaaaart is breaking/Love, ever lost to me/Love's lost for good/I blame you not, I blame you not."
For this modern day torch song, Mara Carlyle -- a ukulele-playing chanteuse who's worked with Plaid, Jamie Lidell, and Matthew Herbert (to whose label she's signed) -- we are in a smoky bar, in the time after the breakup. A time for self-examination, for deciding what went wrong when.
So: "I blame you not/I blame you not/Although you shine like a diamond/There's no light to your heart/I've known so long." In other words, it's not me, it's you. Not me. You. But I don't blame you.
posted by Brittle-Lemon at
1:12 PM
6 Comments:
Do you know Mara's version of Jamie Lidell's Game For Fools? Killer.
By
Guuzbourg, at 5:00 AM
Yes! That was actually the first time I had heard her. I know I now need to seek out her contributions to Matthewe Herbert's big band record.
By
Brittle, at 5:13 AM
but what do you think of piximerie?
By
Anonymous, at 11:41 AM
I've only heard the snippet on the iTunes store! I know! My life has a huge hole in it.
By
Brittle, at 12:05 PM
yes you should patch this hole right away and find piximerie, because it is very very nice - even if you're tired of mashups...
By
Anonymous, at 7:59 PM
speaking of ukelele's: did you check out Mareva on my blog? A former miss France who puts together Frech yeye-rock with Polynesian ukelele-music? Awesome, rilly.
By
Guuzbourg, at 11:51 PM
Post a Comment
<< Home