Sunday Afternoon Playlist: ‘The present now will later be past’
The best lyrics state the obvious. It’s the fact that artists can express in words what barely reaches our own consciousness. Bob Dylan profoundly sings in ‘The Times They Are A-changin” a simple law about the passage of time (in the title above), that when brought to light, can bring one comfort or distress. Similarly profound yet obvious is Benjamin Gibbard’s lyric, ‘The glove compartment is inaccurately named,’ in Death Cab’s ‘Title and Registration’. And finally, my favorite lyric of all time, from Billy Joel’s ‘Piano Man’, ‘Yes, they’re sharing a drink they call loneliness, But it’s better than drinkin’ alone.’
I’m not saying anything about the lyrics below, in fact, I don’t know these songs well enough to have dissected their lyrics. However, I am saying that music can console. It can tell us that, ‘the present now will later be past’ when the immediate is not looking so good, it can be upbeat when we are happy, it can be somber when we are sad. In other words, it makes good company. Enjoy the tracks below on this Sunday afternoon.
Click on player to listen to tracks- since the Broken Bell’s track is so new and hyped we did not add it to our player but linked below
Ok Go ‘Skyscrapers’
Here We Go Magic – ’Fangela’
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Heads Will Roll’
Bon Iver – ‘Blood Bank’
Broken Bells – ‘The High Road’
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