I still have a flame gun For the cute, cute, cute ones And I saw your hand With a loose grip On a tight ship I still have a flame gun For the cute ones To burn out all your tricks And I saw your hand With a loose grip On a very tight ship And I know In the cold light There's a very big man There's a very big man Leading us into Temptation Jackson, Jesse, I've got a son in me Jackson, Jesse, I've got a son in me And he's related to you He's related to you He is waiting to meet you He's related to you He's related to you He is dying to meet you Backhand, role reversal Where is someone? Backhand, reversible roles I know there's someone I still have a flame gun For the cute ones To burn out all your tricks And I saw your hand With a loose grip On such a tight ship And I know in the cold light There's a very big man Leading us into Temptation Jackson, Jesse, I've got a son in me Jackson, Jesse, I've got a son in me And he's related to you He's related to you He is waiting to meet you He's related to you He's related to you He is dying to meet you He's related to you He's related to you He's related to you He's nude as the news, nude as the news Nude as the news, nude as the news All over, all over, all over, all over, all over, all over, all over You
It's intense watching her facial expressions and emotions at play, especially when she lets go and belts it out. She's singing 'off mic' and not directly facing the audience, either.
Still give me goosebumps and take me back to this moment when teenager I had to have an abortion, I remember staring at the ceiling, tears dripping down and by listening to this song I felt less alone, felt like if I was with this girl and like she was with me, sharing the same grief.. music saves
hello, idk if you've come across what she said ab the song in 2007: "’i've never told anybody what that song’s about. I wrote it when I was young. When I was making it up in my mind, I was feeling remorseful, I’d had an abortion when I was 20. I felt guilt and the same about that - which I still feel, but I’ve forgiven myself. I’d just seen Patti Smith perform for the first time - knowing she had two children, her being a figure of feminine strength for me, connecting with her strength, wanting to have it or work up to it and to fulfill my need for that strength, which I didn’t have when I wrote that song. So it meant that I carry the soul of that child in me forever. I’m not real educated. There’s a lot of societal anger: no education about when you get pregnant. There’s self-hatred. I’m not the enemy; society didn’t force me to have the abortion. But it’s years of stories meshed into one triumphant one: I can carry the soul with me, hopefully, in my mind or my heart. Carry the soul with me. I’ve never told anybody this. So there it is, for the world to see."
Un moment d'une grâce sans nom. Une tenue, une dignité exemplaire. Si le Hard Rock existait ( ça se saurait d'ailleurs ... ) ce serait quelque chose de cet ordre là !
I was uncertain re the date since it's on RU-vid now but was originally aired in France, and 12-10 usually means December 10 in US, but October 12 in many other countries. I thought this link to a purportedly contemporary source cleared up that it would indeed mean October 12, 1996: rvm.pm/on-french-tv-today-cat-power-at-nulle-part-ailleurs-1996-2/ But evidently that source (RVM) is likewise confused, as they elsewhere give the date of the performance as December 10, 1996: rvm.pm/on-french-tv-today-cat-power-at-nulle-part-ailleurs-1996/ And then this source, which compiles a list of her recorded performances, indicates that in 1996, December rather than October would have been when she was in France: odetochan.forumgratuit.org/t39-bootlegology-building-an-anthology-of-cat-power-bootlegs So it looks like it means December 10 after all.
C'est assez marrant une conversation avec 3 mois d'écart entre les réponses... Je l'ai vue à Evreux, elle était ivre morte, plusieurs ont quittés la salle parce qu'il se passait rien.... Enfin des bouts de chansons pas finis dont elle se rappelait plus les paroles une bouteille de rouge à la main. Finalement le groupe est arrivé , elle s'est réveillé et la deuxième partie de concert était géniale. Depuis, le problème c'est que je suis tombé amoureux d'elle!
j'étais à ce concert également, si je me souviens, elle avait demandé au public de s'asseoir, pendant qu'elle venait chanter dans la salle... Un de mes plus beaux souvenirs de concerts, un moment unique loin des shows calibrés, identiques sur toutes les dates de tournées tels qu'on peut les voir aujourd'hui.
(Presque) vue vers 95 à Marseille, où elle a joué en gros 3 chansons, en essayant de s'accorder, visiblement perdue dans cette petite salle, en grattant n'importe quoi, en racontant n'importe quoi avant de s'effondrer en larmes et quitter la scène après avoir joué celle-là 30 secondes en disant que c'était trop difficile. Très déçu par la demoiselle à l'époque, depuis je fais un blocage sur le reste de sa discographie....
Comment ne pas tomber amoureux en voyant cette performance?! How to not fall in love seeing this performance?! Aidez moi, svp ça fait 19 ans que je cherche ce putain de remède. Help me; plz i't's been 19 years since i'm looking for that bloody remedy. PS: I know Puscifer got one and i'm taking it pretty often, but it ain't enough. Je sais que Puscifer à un remède et je le prend souvent, mais ça ne suffit pas.
Vue pour ma part à l'Arapaho le 3 décembre 96. Concert très décevant pour cause de problèmes techniques à répétition. Vue à nouveau à Bourges (le 19 avril 97), mais je n'ai pas le souvenir d'un bon concert. Salle trop grande pour sa musique et public venu (presque) exclusivement pour Placebo. Par contre le concert du lendemain au Café de la Danse était vraiment excellent.
Vue aussi à L'arapaho le même soir, pour la première fois. Pas du tout déçu au contraire, extrêmement touché par la fragilité et le malaise de chan visiblement agacée par un larsen. Elle s'interrompit plusieurs fois et râlait mais cela renforçait plutôt la beauté de sa voix et l'intensité de la musique. J,en étais à chialer.😢 Et la prestation a npa reflète exactement cette émotion. Vue aussi le même soir au café de la danse, toujours très prenant mais pour le coup plus carré et plus lisse. Je me rappelle m'être retrouvé par hasard dans un resto vers Bastille juste après le concert, le groupe avec Shelley a côté de chan juste derrière nous. Je voulais leur parler mais je n' ai pas osé 😅
Thank you so much Carpettower for flagging this song up for me. Google plus puts you in my 'People you might know' list, and I stumbled on to your post a couple of days ago. Absolutely love this song now too. HOLY SHIT THIS SONG!
Timmy Gun I'm glad you liked it :) If you like this song, you should look up Cross Bones Style or American Flag, from her album Moon Pix. I love that album, and knowing that you like Interpol and Radiohead AND this song of course, I know you'll find that album to be incredible! It's funny, I meant to respond to your comment a while ago on the Amarillo post, I did actually respond, but I didn't do that stupid + thingy to reply and I assumed you didn't see it, so I deleted it. :(
Awww you shoulda just let that post live on forever :( I'm pretty sure I did read all your replies but I just didn't get round to responding. Sorry about that. Sweet I will go check out that album today. Thanks so much :)
Oh no sorry I had meant to write that I had deleted my comment, not the post :) And don't worry about it, are you kidding? I'm off to check out Howling Bells If they're anything like Cat Power, I have to listen to some of their stuff Thanks :)
Johnny Deutschemark Hah, beat me to it. I’ve seen this video 20+ times, and tonight I start watching it again... and I’m just like, what? Where is Emilio Estevez?
