Digging In The Dirt - Peter Gabriel

instructions;

listen by yourself with headphones and a box of kleenex, it's just real and powerful from beginning to end

VinaBlue said:

It's from Dilate, released in 1996. But I thought you didn't want anything angry? But seriously, you're entitled.

Ani's work is not to be slept on.

Supernova said:

Well, a little anger here and there is gonna come up anyway. But I was more moved by the second half:

and who am I
that I should be vying for your touch?
Yeah, who am I
I bet you can't even tell me that much

Unfortunately, so very true.

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[This message was edited Fri Jun 11 14:20:58 2004 by VinaBlue]

Slave2daGroove said:

Thanks for the suggestion, my friend.
You know, it's funny... My friend and I used to perform that when we played coffeehouses way back when. Him singing lead & on guitar (ovation) me on the drum & singing back up. Love that song.

"Digging In The Dirt"

Something in me, dark and sticky
All the time it's getting strong
No way of dealing with this feeling
Can't go on like this too long

[Chorus:]
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]
This time you've gone too far [x3]
I told you [x4]

Don't talk back
Just drive the car
Shut your mouth
I know what you are
Don't say nothing
Keep your hands on the wheel
Don't turn around
This is for real
Digging in the dirt
Stay with me, I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
Open up the places I got hurt

The more I look, the more I find
As I close on in, I get so blind
I feel it in my head, I feel it in my toes
I feel it in my sex, that's the place it goes

[Chorus]

I'm digging in the dirt
Stay with me I need support
I'm digging in the dirt
To find the places I got hurt
To open up the places I got hurt

Digging in the dirt
To find the places we got hurt
[This message was edited Fri Jun 11 14:21:39 2004 by VinaBlue]

tritoncin said:

Thank you for the suggestion. I will check that out.

Alana Davis - God of Love
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
Sheryl Crow - A Change
Pretenders - Talk of the Town
Queen Latifah - What Ya Gonna Do? (featuring Inaya Jafan)
Xscape - Is My Living In Vain
Tori Fixx - Good Thang
K.D. Lang - Save Me
Justincase - What I Wouldn't Do
Garbage - Special
No Doubt - Magic's In The Makeup
Meshell Ndegeocello - Bitter (1999) [LP]

That Meshell N'degeocello "Bitter" CD was a really good pick....what about Kelis "I hate U so much right now" for all the bitter,jaded,scorned exes.....

IF ANYONE HAD A HEART BY LUTHER VANDROSS HELPED ME.
ALSO, TRY TO FIND IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW - LIVE VERSION BY PATTI LABELLE.
SHE SET THAT FUCKER STRAIGHT ON THAT SONG!

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP & NEVER LET THEM SEE YOU DOWN!
[This message was edited Sat Jun 12 9:29:58 2004 by debbiedean2]

Here are some good songs in that vein:

End Of The Day -- Beck
No Use -- Jazzanova (original or beanfield remix)
Keep Looking -- Sade
Otha Fish -- The Pharcyde
Looking for Another Pure Love -- Stevie Wonder
I Believe . . . -- Stevie Wonder
Superwoman -- Stevie Wonder
I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying -- Sting
Be Happy -- Mary J. Blige
The Love I Never Had -- Mary J. Blige
Learnin' The Blues -- Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
Lush Life -- John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
Island Letter -- Shuggie Otis
time -- Musiq
Minute By Minute -- The Doobie Brothers

Since we're kind of on an Ani journey, I thought, why break the trend?! I guess these won't go on the positive comp cd, however, they're incredible songs, I just adore and revere the way she writes, she has a way of making her words so vivid, you can just taste the emotions that inspired them. There are so many one could post, but I'll just stick to two. All the best Vina sweets.

Dilate Ani DiFranco

life used to be life-like
now it's more like show biz
i wake up in the night
and i don't know where the bathroom is
and i don't know what town i'm in
or what sky i am under
and i wake up in the darkness and i
don't have the will anymore to wonder
everyone has a skeleton
and a closet to keep it in
and you're mine
every song has a you
a you that the singer sings to
and you're it this time
baby, you're it this time

when i need to wipe my face
i use the back of my hand
and i like to take up space
just because i can
and i use my dress
to wipe up my drink
i care less and less
what people think
and you are so lame
you always disappoint me
it's kinda like our running joke
but it's really not funny
i just want you to live up to
the image of you i create
i see you and i'm so unsatisfied
i see you and i dilate

so i'll walk the plank and i'll jump with a smile
if i'm gonna go down
i'm gonna do it with style
and you won't see me surrender
you won't hear me confess
'cuz you've left me with nothing
but i've worked with less
and i learn every room long enough
to make it to the door
and then i hear it click shut behind me
and every key works differently
i forget every time
and the forgetting defines me
that's what defines me

when i say you sucked my brain out
the english translation
is i am in love with you
and it is no fun
but i don't use words like love
'cuz words like that don't matter
but don't look so offended
you know, you should be flattered
i wake up in the night
in some big hotel bed
my hands grope for the light
my hands grope for my head
the world is my oyster
the road is my home
and i know that i'm better
off alone

Done Wrong Ani DiFranco

Done Wrong
the wind is ruthless
the trees shake angry fingers at the sky
the people hunch their shoulders
hold their collars over their ears and run by
it's a cold rain
it's a hard rain
like the kind you find in songs
i guess that makes me the jerk with the heartache
here to sing to you about how i been done wrong

i am sitting, watching
out the window of the coffee shop
and i'm waiting, waiting
waiting for it to let up
i am rocking like a cradle
warming my hands with the cup in between
i am leaning over the table
holding my face over the steam

and before it gets so cold
that the rain turns to snow
there's just a couple things
i'd like to know

like how could you do nothing
and say, i'm doing my best
how could you take almost everything
and then come back for the rest
how could you beg me to stay
reach out your hands and plead
and then pack up your eyes and run away
as soon as i agreed

it just all slips
away so slowly
you don't even notice till you've lost a lot
i've been like one of those zombies
in vegas
pouring quarters into a slot
and now i'm tired
and i am broke
and i feel stupid and i feel used
and i'm at the end of my little rope
and i am swinging back and forth
about you

and before it gets so cold
that the rain turns to snow
there's just a couple things
i'd like to know

like how could you do nothing
and say, i'm doing my best
how could you take almost everything
and then come back for the rest
how could you beg me to stay
reach out your hands and plead
and then pack up your eyes and run away
as soon as i agreed

VinaBlue said:

If that is your real picture then who ever left you is FOOL!!!

nthamix said:

namepeace said:

Thanks!

VinaBlue said:

No problem. I have unfortunately had plenty of practice and I have often turned to music as a solace.

I would also recommend Peter Gabriel's "Passion." It is a beautiful CD, mainly instrumental, but it can be a very healing experience.

namepeace said:

I really like this guy.

Namepeace, you are sofa king cool

IT'S A MOTHERFUCKER - EELS

it's a motherfucker
being here without you
thinking 'bout the good times
thinking 'bout the bad
and i won't ever be the same


it's a motherfucker
getting through a sunday
talking to the walls
just me again
but i won't ever be the same
i won't ever be the same


it's a motherfucker
how much i understand
the feeling that you need someone
to take you by the hand
and you won't ever be the same
you won't ever be the same

How in the hell could I forget the blues?!?!?

I think it's a quote from that movie crossroads with the karate kid, but it goes;

"The Blues ain't nuthin but a good man feelin' bad"

Clapton unplugged - really hits me hard, I think it's because it was around the time he lost his son

Howlin' Wolf - Some stuff is happy, some is sad but it's all blues

Muddy Waters - get a best of or something

Diva said:

Thanks for posting these, Diva. These are amazing lyrics.

CarrieMpls said:

Rid of Me! !!!!!

Slave2daGroove said:

Many thanks, my brother. Cool recognizes cool . . .