song: Porchlight
artist: Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
album: Furnace Room Lullaby
released: 2000-02-22length: 3:29
So far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Miles away
Days have gone by and I've barely gone
Safe on the road that speeds from your front door
I can't turn around 'cause I long to be forgiven
It hangs in my hair and the hems of my clothes
I thought in the madness my arms could not hold
I can't tell you why 'cause I long to be forgiven
So far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Miles away
I'm sorry to tread on your patience, my dear
My heart might be willing by this time next year
I can't make you wait 'cause I long to be forgiven
So far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Miles away
Days have gone by and I've barely gone
Safe on the road that speeds from your front door
I can't turn around 'cause I long to be forgiven
It hangs in my hair and the hems of my clothes
I thought in the madness my arms could not hold
I can't tell you why 'cause I long to be forgiven
So far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Miles away
I'm sorry to tread on your patience, my dear
My heart might be willing by this time next year
I can't make you wait 'cause I long to be forgiven
So far away
Curses wild upon you
Hungry and gaining
Porchlight burns so far away
Neko Case & Her Boyfriends
Neko Richelle Case (; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case has a powerful, untrained contralto voice, which has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a powerhouse [which] seems like it might level buildings," "a 120-mph fastball," and a "vocal tornado". Critics also note her idiosyncratic, "cryptic," "imagistic" lyrics, and credit her as a significant figure in the early 21st-century American revival of the tenor guitar. Case's body of work has spanned and drawn on a range of traditions including country, folk, art rock, indie rock, and pop and is frequently described as defying or avoiding easy generic classification.
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I'm not just being negative for the sake of being negative. I really am mystified by the positive feedback.
'fraid it's a sucko bardo for me. (And incidentally for my cool 18 year old daughter...)
I find it genuinely incomprehensible how people feel the need to identify themselves as musicians before they comment; as if they have a heightened sense of what good music is or is not. As for Neko, I find her bending, flating and sliding of notes very artistic and pleasing to the ears. Her style on her earlier recordings is reminiscent of country greats such as Hank Williams (senior), Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. To me, that's a good thing. To each his own.
I find it genuinely incomprehensible how people feel the need to identify themselves as musicians before they comment; as if they have a heightened sense of what good music is or is not. As for Neko, I find her bending, flating and sliding of notes very artistic and pleasing to the ears. Her style on her earlier recordings is reminiscent of country greats such as Hank Williams (senior), Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn. To me, that's a good thing. To each his own.
thank you
First of all, though very similar, the "entire melody" is not "borrowed" from "Mother" - it's a pretty basic chord progression and simple melody. Both songs have their melodic roots in traditional folk music, but who knows - among the three or four co-writers of this tune, maybe someone really likes the Floyd tune. Secondly "Law and Order — Criminal Intent" did not start airing until about a year after this album was released. Incredibly, "crime scene" photography (real or posed) has been around a lot longer than television has. True, though, Photoshop does get an awful lot of product placement.
I'm not just being negative for the sake of being negative. I really am mystified by the positive feedback.
'fraid it's a sucko bardo for me. (And incidentally for my cool 18 year old daughter...)
As a musician, you're probably somewhat familiar with songs where singers warble and yodel with deliberate, off-key notes. It was especially common in early country and western music, which I believe Ms. Case is jokingly emulating in this song. Your mystification with why others may like a piece of music, which you do not like, is another issue.
I'm not just being negative for the sake of being negative. I really am mystified by the positive feedback.
'fraid it's a sucko bardo for me. (And incidentally for my cool 18 year old daughter...)
Sorry, absolutely agree. I know there is a huge cultural divide which I can't appreciate, but to my ears this is desperately bad.
I'm not just being negative for the sake of being negative. I really am mystified by the positive feedback.
'fraid it's a sucko bardo for me. (And incidentally for my cool 18 year old daughter...)
Neko was definitely heavier into the country tradition of sliding into those off-pitch notes back then. You know the "miles a... urrrrr,.. way" stuff. She doesn't tend to do that on her more recent records, thankfully as far as I'm concerned.
I'm not just being negative for the sake of being negative. I really am mystified by the positive feedback.
'fraid it's a sucko bardo for me. (And incidentally for my cool 18 year old daughter...)
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of churches loves this song...
Everybody in my church loves this song...
Pink Floyd should sue — this is straight off The Wall, note for note. "She won't let you fly, but she might let you sing ... " — Pink Floyd, Mother, The Wall (1979).
I was trying to figure out what song this reminded me of. As for the suing, our society is too litiginous.
I expected to be let down at a recent concert, how could she really be that good live. She was. . . .and she was funny - and joked with Kelly Hogan between songs, and kind of got choked up with the little kids that were dancing by the stage. . . It was a great night. I think I love her! Don't evr miss the chance to see her live.
Yes, I know what you mean... love this song...
This song is soooo good for the ears...