Go Long by Joanna Newsom
“Bill Callahan as Bluebeard and a last stanza which appears to include three cryptic references to Will Oldham albums; Ms Newsom at her enigmatic best.”
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Bill Callahan as Bluebeard and a last stanza which appears to include three cryptic references to Will Oldham albums; Ms Newsom at her enigmatic best.
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always no matter what
Eleven words for this melody Her Paean (2.00 - 2.32) makes me a Paul Pry at her pantry, waiting for a Bridie, I find she's a Zelig as Agnification places her now in the field, and now Pavonine and now away she flies an Ookpik through forests to the sky. Upwards she blends with a cloudy blue and like a Galactagogue of the gods the clouds draw in behind her. Meanwhile, Moomin-like the forests still quiver with her presence, a Heartbreaker, and Nazzy, I cannot shake it out of my ear.
SOFT BREAKING BAD SPOILERS AHEAD. Newsom examines the Bluebeard fable in this song, but all I hear is a reaction to the decisions and consequences of Walter White. 1. "But you don't even know/ your own violence./ Run away from home —/ your beard is still blue" 2. "Who made you this way?/ Who made you this way?/ Who is going to bear/ your beautiful children?/ Do you think you can just stop,/ when you're ready for a change?/ Who will take care of you/ when you're old and dying?" 3. "Will you tuck your shirt?/ Will you leave it loose?" 4. (From Skyler's perspective)
"Wolf-spider, crouch in your funnel nest./ If I knew you, once,/ now I know you less./ In the sinking sand,/ where we've come to rest,/ have I had a hand in your loneliness?" Of course Badfinger's "Baby Blue" was a perfect song to end the series. But this song is a perfect runner-up.
And what is Heisenberg but the 21st century reincarnation of the terrible, terrifying outlaw Bluebeard?
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