Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop (& My Obsession)
I've been pretty obsessed with Jose Gonzalez recently--his music is just so cool, in a folky ethereal way. Checkout this awesome video of the song "teardrop", which has religion all over the place (the flying jesus is my favorite part)
And for those of you music buffs who said: "Hey, that's a cover of a massive attack song, not an original!" here's the original:
It's pretty compelling as a song and video. It's a fetus singing about its own abortion, according to critics. Here are the lyrics:
Love, love is a verb
Love is a doing word
Fearless on my breath
Gentle impulsion
Shakes me makes me lighter
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Nine night of matter
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Black flowers blossom
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Water is my eye
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire of a confession
Fearless on my breath
Most faithful mirror
Fearless on my breath
Teardrop on the fire
Fearless on my breath
Stumbling a little
Stumbling a little
That led me to look closer at Obama's policy on abortion, which I found conveniently summarized here.
Sort of a cool exercise. I spiraled from a piece of media into a concept into a current event about that concept, and learned some new things at every step of the way. It happens all the time to me (I was called Kurious Keintz in college for a reason), but I've never really thought through the sequence before. It also summarizes how I learn best--spiraling towards the truth. A truth spiral. I like that concept.
Also, I saw a comment on the Jose Gonzalez YouTube video that the teardrop version by the Elbows is even better, so here it is:
2 comments:
don't hate me, but I don't really like jose gonzalez. i just can't get past his voice. of the three videos, elbow was the best (and least weird). it was interesting to read obama's stance on abortion. i actually didn't know much of that info b/c I don't take that issue into account when I vote; it's just too polarizing and there are no easy solutions on either side. it's tough though b/c while I do agree with a lot of what he said - and I do agree that people, the church especially, should be helping and supporting women who find themselves with unwanted preg. or having chosen to have an abortion - for me, it's still a moral issue that I have trouble separating. I just wish it wasn't so polarizing between the left and right and religious and not; it makes people get so ugly.
i LOVE him. but i love you too :)
I agree on abortion. Like all things that are of such personal nature, the issue of abortion is incredibly sensitive.
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