Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Ryan Adam and the Cardinals: Cardinalogy


Sometimes I will go weeks without listening to music solely. When I was in high school this would have been a travesty. I listened to music all the time as a teenager, but that's all I would be doing. I would be staring at the ceiling listening to music. Now, I'm lucky if I remember to flip on my iTunes as I get ready in the morning, or remember my iPod or can cook with music on. This thought all came about because I recently acquired the new Ryan Adams and the Cardinals album Cardinology. I've been listening to it on repeat as of late. I quite enjoy it. It's great to listen to when working, when getting ready before work, and in the evenings. It's something I can listen to just by itself. I don't feel like I need to be multitasking when I listen to it. It's because I don't feel like I'm being idle when I'm listening to it. I emailed it to a friend of mine the other day when asked to recommend some good Ryan Adams tune-age. I started with Fix It, and then realized that couldn't just be it. There are so many good ones on this album—pretty much all, except "Magick." And that once was obviously going to be not the greatest based solely on the spelling. It makes it seem like it will be about the card game Magick, popular with Dungeon and Dragons fans the world over.

In any case, "Cobwebs" is my new favorite today.
Somewhere impossible light still shines and every smile is as if new
Sometimes I feel like the static in the attic is making me just confused

If I fall will you catch me?
If I'm sorry, sorry enough
If I fall will you pity me?
Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs?
Confuse my love for the cobwebs?

I always pause if I can on fifth avenue look uptown with my head in the stars
Somewhere the buildings give way to sunlight give way to east and west central park

If I fall will you catch me?
If I'm sorry, sorry enough
If I fall will you pity me?
Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs?
Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs?
For the cobwebs?

Will you confuse my love for the cobwebs?
Confuse my love for the cobwebs?
For the cobwebs?

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