Quickly, now—download this track:
“Until We Bleed” — Kleerup featuring Lykke Li
No, really. Download it.
I’m attempting to convey something here, to translate the vocabulary of my heart.
Let me try that again: What I’m trying to do is provide a soundtrack for Mia Tyler ‘s photography, so I’d appreciate it if you’d just humor me for a minute, O.K.? (& that’s with a “please” & “thank you”)
I can’t tell you if it’s a song Miss Tyler would choose herself; hell, I don’t even know I’d pick it, if I were given the chance. I don’t know much of anything, except that chance is how this intersection happened:
I flipped open my laptop, navigated my cursor and clicked the iTunes icon—you know the one, the CD symbol covered by a pair of musical notes? They’re a water-cooler blue, the blue of an aquarium. A blue not unlike that of my screen-saver, but the click of another icon—planet earth engulfed in flames: the search engine, Firefox—eclipsed that hue when a page snapped open on this rectangle I gazed into, eyes skimming a page of tweets. I don’t know that I’ll ever be comfortable with that phrase , a 140-characters-or-less challenge to “Think long thoughts in short sentences.” [Ferlinghetti]
But anyway, just as Lykke Li‘s ethereal voice crept through my speakers, I happened to be scrolling through these images. The combination of Li’s sensual, airy timbre with Tyler’s photographs, delirious with warmth; the harrowing rise of bows stroking cello strings with the lyrics “Lights black; heads bang/You’re my drug/We live it…”
Well, I was sideswiped by emotion.
Enjoy,
† Here’s To All That’s “Bound To Linger On”: †
12:35 pm, February 10, 2010momatella /
[An Aside] Ferlinghetti: you’re quoting, & I’m doting! He writes spare, but with ironic punch & wry reflection.
Clint, I don’t know what/who you were channeling, but this was no accident ! The deceptively girlish voice singing such heavy/blunt phrases provided a severe counterpoint within itself, lending additional irony to the powerful, yet vulnerable photography. . .
If nothing else has poignantly pointed to your role as a living Catalyst–this pairing certainly did!
9:58 pm, February 9, 2010Alex /
i have a new-found respect for her, after reading and seeing this.
very cool!
<3
3:28 am, February 9, 2010Vivienne /
Seems about right, if you ask me. Extrodinary pictures, varied moods, but all with a kind of…. urgency, or energy.
XX
11:07 pm, February 8, 2010beetleginny /
I am loving this C. Thanks for sharing! xoxxo!