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I love the organ section of Bionis' Awakening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75Iq2SK_neM and the atmosphere conveyed by Land of Morytha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDZxC7y7Xag

On a stroll through Youtube, I came across this TV show performance by Fleetwood Mac in 1976. They were a band when they were not clicking on stage, they were fairly good. But when they start getting it together on stage they are phenonenal! This performance has the transformation well documented!

The whole band is quite likely stoned out of their minds from imbibing backstage, and they start Rhiannon pretty much phoning it in from the album. Then about at the 2:20 mark, they start going off-script thanks to Stevie Nicks. The band comes together in a jam for the next couple minutes, and at the 4:18 mark, Stevie really lets it unwind into the finale! Incredible!

This message here is for those of us who like lyrics that are a little too real and a little too weird and a little too unpolished and imperfect and raw. And for people like that...who have never heard of Kimya Dawson. These are a bunch of songs by her. Ready? Set. Go!

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I Like Giants

When I go for a drive
I like to pull off to the side
Of the road, turn out the lights,
get out, and look up at the sky

And I do this to remind me
that I'm really really tiny
In the grand scheme of things
and sometimes this terrifies me

But it's only really scary
cause it makes me feel serene
In a way I never thought I'd be
because I've never been
So grounded and so humbled
and so one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled,
I am one with everything

Rock and roll is fun but if you
ever hear someone
Say you are huge
look at the moon,
look at the stars,
look at the sun

Look at the ocean
and the desert
and the mountains
and the sky

Say I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust inside a giant's eye

When I saw Genevieve
I really liked it when she said
What she said about the giant
and the lemmings on the cliff
She said "i like giants."
"especially girl giants"
"Cause all girls feel too big sometimes,"
"regardless of their size"

When I go for a drive
I like to pull off to the side
Of the road and run and jump
into the ocean in my clothes

And I'm smaller than a poppyseed
inside a great big bowl
And the ocean is a giant
that can swallow me whole
So I swim for all salvation
and I swim to save my soul

But my soul is just a whisper
trapped inside a tornado
So I flip to my back
and I float and I sing

I am grounded, I am humbled,
I am one with everything
I am grounded, I am humbled,
I am one with everything

So I talked to genevieve
and almost cried when she said
That the giant on the cliff
wished that she was dead
And the lemmings on the cliff
wished that they were dead
So the giant told the lemmings
why they ought to live instead
And when she thought up all those reasons
that they ought to live instead
It made her reconsider all the
sad thoughts in her head

So thank you genevieve,
cause you take what is in your head
And you make things that are so beautiful
and share them with your friends

We all become important
when we realize our goal
Should be to figure out our role
within the context of the whole

And yeah, rock and roll is fun
but if you ever hear someone
Say you are huge, look at the moon,
look at the stars, look at the sun
Look at the ocean
and the desert
and the mountains
and the sky

And say I am just a speck of dust
inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust
inside a giant's eye
I am just a speck of dust
inside a giant's eye

And I don't wanna make her cry
Cause I like giants.

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The Competition
By: Kimya Dawson

I never wanted to be better than my friends
I just wanted to prove wrong the people in my head
the ones who told me I'd be better of dead
the ones who told me that I would never win

When I delivered newspapers, they said I was too slow
When I was a barista, they said I made lousy foam
When I worked in retail, they said I was a slob
Much too dumb for school, and much too lazy for a job

So I rode my bike like lightning
And I made cappuccinos that would make the angels sing
Took two showers a day, and I dressed up like a princess
Shook my fist in my own face and said, "I'll show you who's the best!"

I wrote the kinds of papers teachers hang up on their walls
I was employee of the month at seven different shopping malls
And one time playing football I pulled the tendons in my leg
To prove that I was tough I hopped on one foot
And finished up the game

I thought if I succeeded I'd be happy and they'd go away
But first thing in the morning I'd still wake up and I'd hear them say
"You're fat, ugly, and stupid, you should really be ashamed
No one will ever like you you're not good at anything."

And sometimes I'd rise to the challenge
But other times I'd feel so bad that I could not get out of bed
And on the days I stayed in bed, I sang and sang and sang
About how crappy I felt, not realizing how many other people would relate

Now people send me emails that say thanks for saying the Things they didn't know how to say
And the people in my head still visit me sometimes
And they bring all of their friends but I don't mind
I play my guitar like lightning
When I sing, I like it when you sing too loud and clear
Different voices different tones all sayin' "Yeah, we're not alone"
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here
I got good at feeling bad, and that's why I'm still here

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"Lullaby For The Taken"

Bombs are dropping, smoke fills the air
I wanna duck and cover but I've gotta stay out here
'cause I know myself and if I hole up in my room
I'll be consumed by the doom and the gloom

So I called john 'cause I know he knows sorrow
He said "i'll be in the city tomorrow"
So I go down and I watch him sing
And the way he sings sends a chill right through me, yeah

And now there's a mountain goat
Precariously balanced on the frog stuck in my throat
It says "sometimes whispering's okay,
But maybe you'd feel better if you screamed today"

The lady took the baby
I know she loves the baby
But the baby has a daddy
And his daddy loves him too
How could she take the baby?
Maybe she's gone crazy
She won't share
It's not fair
There's nothing I can do

The lady took the baby
I know she loves the baby
But the baby has a daddy
And his daddy loves him too
How could she take the baby?
Maybe she's gone crazy
She won't share
It's not fair
There's nothing I can do

Tuesday night grandma curled up in my bed
By wednesday morning my grandma was dead
I was in charlotte, I took the bus home
Her shoes, watch, and teeth were still in my room

And as I lay me down to sleep I felt her spirit rise up through me
She said "i got to live a long eighty six years, dry your tears.
I know it's hard but please let go so I can meet your grandpa in the undertow
Chin up girl, you've got to be strong, and know when you're singing I'm singing along"

The lady took the baby
I know she loves the baby
But the baby has a daddy
And his daddy loves him too
How could she take the baby?
Maybe she's gone crazy
She won't share
It's not fair
There's nothing I can do

The lady took the baby
I know she loves the baby
But the baby has a daddy
And his daddy loves him too
How could she take the baby?
Maybe she's gone crazy
She won't share
It's not fair
There's nothing I can do

Little bitty baby so far away
We hope that you can come home soon
When we're not together, now or ever
Always remember I love you

Little bitty baby so far away
We hope that you can come home soon
When we're not together, now or ever
Always remember I love you

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"Caving In"

Have you ever been swindled by a swindler who lies?
Cause he wants to see you smile, have a good time, be inspired
And he doesn't want for you to cry or know he cries inside
So he hides behind his great triumphant rock and roll disguise
You want things to be real but you really can't deny
You feel excited and on fire, is it wrong to lie and say he's fine?
When the reason he's not fine is the pressure of the power changing lives
In just one hour all these people will be better people

Take this job and shove it, adios, I'm a ghost
I am leaving for the coast and I'll never work for anyone again
I'm not your saviour or your heavenly host
I'm just a piece of zweiback toast getting soggy in a baby's aching mouth
I'm going south, like the geese I just goosed you
And so maybe I seem loose to you but I don't even wanna spoon
I did once, but I don't now
Now that I see how you do things, the way you play and sing's amazing
But the way you play the game is crazy, you don't have to say you're sorry
You don't owe me anything, don't owe me anything

Sometimes it seems like I've got all the answers
But the answers aren't the same when the questions keep on changing
Like how will I react when I see my mother crying
Every single day cause she is afraid of dying?
And how will I contain my anger when delilah
Plays unchained melody instead of lost in your eyes?
And where will I go where I can feel safe
When my family sells this place and we all split up and move away?

I'm trying to be brave cause when I'm brave other people feel brave
But I feel like my heart is caving in

I'm trying to be brave cause when I'm brave other people feel brave
But I feel like my heart is caving in

I'm trying to be brave cause when I'm brave other people feel brave
But I feel like my heart is caving in

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((These are not even the most raw and unfiltered songs, I chose the MILD ones that are the LEAST weird. There are ones that are even WEIRDER than this. Goodness, I love Kimya Dawson so much for writing some of this blunt stuff. Especially "The Competition" which I think is a great description of negative self-talk than we all do and how she dealt with it. It's so in your face everything she writes. Love love love. Okay fangirl moment is complete. I love things like this. I can't explain it. Have a good day, everyone! Please be good to yourselves.))

Here's a couple kamen rider things
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgqFycosWkQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1SlDPd_WSI

a couple songs i heard recently and liked
Sober Up - AJR
broken - lovelytheband
Nico and the Niners - twenty one pilots
(v These ones were actually a long time ago xD)
All Time Low - (totally forgot)
The Verge - Owl City
My Everything - Owl City
Scars to Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara
Lost Boy - Ruth B

This is Faun live at the Mediaval Festival in 2010. It was a tone where they were going through woman lead singers after Lisa Pawelke left the band, and this was a golden moment. The reverb mix is beautiful!