I am in love... I am a fool...

[heidi]

Further to my last post, I decided when I got in the car to go to the bank that I should bite the bullet and listen to my newly downloaded from itunes Finn Bros songs from the Everyone Is Here EP...

I've had then for a bit of time, now, but I haven't played them because I've been terrified. I've lost faith in bands before - everything but the girl broke my heart in 1998 when they went techno and abandoned the acousitcs and orchestrals I fell in love with, and I admit that I did not love Neil Finn's last album, One Nil.

But I am in love, again. In love with it all and crying stupidly and desperately with love for their voices and their music and their wonderfulness, and my God it's been 22 years since I fell for Neil Finn and he still makes my head spin.

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So that's the question of the moment. Has a band ever broken your heart by not living up to their prior brilliance? Have you fallen out of love with a musician or even been too afraid to listen to something new? What did you do? And when you listened, did you swoon? Did you cry out of love or misery?

Comments

[lena-pink.livejournal.com]

Really? I love all of her albums. Somehow, all of her songs seem to touch me in some level. Admittedly, my favourite is Fumbling Towards Ecstasy, but I love anything by her. Her weakest yet has been Surface, in my opinion.
I'm very much a lyrics person...I may like a lot of bands, but my favourites are only three or so. None of my real favourites (Goo Goo Dolls, Sarah Mclachlan and Coldplay) have voices that I particularly like, but their lyrics and melodies just do it for me. They totally own me :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

My favorite is also "Fumbling"...wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. And wonderful.

I have to agree with you, sometimes it really is the lyrics...Kate Bush has to be my favorite lyricist, sometimes her voice rubs me the wrong way.

[lena-pink.livejournal.com]

My favorite is also "Fumbling"...wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. And wonderful.

Couldn't agree more :) My favourite from it is Plenty, but the whole thing just blows me away.

I love songs that are only melodies, but sometimes there just seems to be something missing...and, mostly, if the lyrics suck, I just can't bring myself to listen to it. Chris Martin's (Coldplay) voice can irritate me (though it's sort of rare), but I just love their songs.

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I thought I would really like Coldplay, but they're a bit too...ballady for me. The only song that I really like by them is "The Scientist", which is fab. Other than that I haven't really liked anything on the radio.

[lena-pink.livejournal.com]

My favourite song by Coldplay is Amsterdam...I don't know if you'd classify it as a ballad, but I think it's just brilliant. A Rush of Blood to the Head comes a close second. Neither of them were played on the radio, as far as I know...though I don't listen much, so I might be wrong.
And yes, The Scientist is wonderful :)

[valis2.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check them out further. Thanks!

[lena-pink.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! *feels guilty for flooding Heidi's LJ with comments unrelated to her entry*

[lena-pink.livejournal.com]

Oops, I meant Surfacing :D