Thursday, October 16, 2008
These Streets ; 7:10 PM
PAOLO NUTINI
He is this uber talented singer/songwriter and his voice is just whiny enough to love but not enough to hate.
He wrote some really good songs you may have heard before, like New Shoes, These Streets and Last Request. I especially love the last song. Apparently he wrote it based on a relationship he had in high school. I couldn't make out the other things he said because his accent is really hard to comprehend (he's Scot by the way, which makes me want to visit my aunt living there so maybe I'll see him!)but judging from the lyrics, it didn't go too well. Oh, but the chorus, it's just a perfect little song on how you feel just before breaking up with someone you really love.
The the story behind the lyrics for These Streets is also very meaningful, because it reminds you of how fast-pace this world we live in is and sometimes we got to be careful not to get stucked in.
Yes, thank god there still are talented musicians in this world who actually still sing. With all the crappy new music coming out, and with all the good singers who can sing but are still going into this new stream (like Mariah Carey, Britney and Madonna), please turn back before it's too late! It's time to celebrate GOOD music!(:
Into the big bad world Where it takes you 'bout an hour Just to cross the road Just to stumble across another poor old soul from The dreary old lanes to the high-street madness I fight with my brain to believe my eyes And it's harder than you think To believe this sadness That creeps up my spine And haunts me through the night
And life is good and the girls are gorgeuos Suddenly the air smells much greener now And I'm wondering 'round With a half pack of cigarettes Searching for the change that I've lost somehow
These streets have too many names for me I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in Orchy I'll get used to this eventually I know, I know
Where'd the days go? When all we did was play And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all Just a run and a jump into a harmless fall from Walking by a high-rise to a landmark square You see millions of people with millions of cares And I struggle to the train to make my way home I look at the people as they sit there alone
Life is good, and the sun is shining Everybody flirts to their ideal place And the children all smile as a boat shuffled by them Trying to pretend that they've got some space
These streets have too many names for me I'm used to Glenfield road and spending my time down in OrchyI'll get used to this eventually I know, I know
