SONG OF THE DAY [#282]

'lyra' | kate bush

maybe this picture of kate bush was the inspiration behind asking her to sing a song for 'the golden compass' soundtrack. she looks like she might have been the model for those really terrible airbrushed fantasy t-shirts you see the guys with unfortunate facial hair patterns wearing as they cruise through the mall on their way to the game shop to pick up the latest RPG. rock on. it's not a knock on kate--she's a stunning woman--but seriously, what's the with the wreath on your melon? maybe she was trying out for a role opposite james mcavoy in the 'chronicles of narnia' [more on that later] or something. i dunno. she looks like she could live in a forest with a bloke named puck. am i right or am i right?

i never saw the 'the golden compass' [i found the book painfully slow and plodding], so i don't know how this song, from the soundtrack, fits into the film. i imagine it plays over the end credits, which i'm starting to believe is a requirement of the modern-day score. i don't know why, but in almost every score, there's a vocal in the closing credit music. seriously. and they're usually really, really, really terrible songs with overblown vocals and bombastic productions. thankfully, kate bush knows how to sing and exercises restraint instead of cutting loose like all the kids on american idol. it's not the greatest song in the world, but it is a pretty nice little ditty and a worthy collection to her impressive catalogue. way to go, kate.

'can't take it in' | imogen heap

second up to the plate it the always awesome imogen heap. i just barely heard this song for the first time today. it sounds like every other imogen heap song, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, is it? i don't remember this song playing over the end credits of 'the chronicles of narnia,' but i'm sure it did. it has to. it's the rules. i can't really imagine it playing during the movie, since, you know, it takes place during world war ii. i suppose overdubbed vocals could have existed in the 40s, but probably not. know what i'm saying?

i remember the first time imogen heap came to salt lake city. she played at borders. it was nutty. there were like, oh, i dunno, 15 people there? this was like 2002, i think. she was making serious eyes at my friend nathan. he denies it to this day, but i have witnesses. and reliable ones at that. but that's another story and i'm going to bed so you don't get to hear the rest. actually, there isn't anymore, so i don't know why i even bothered to write that and continue writing...must...stop...now.

→ kate bush: lyra [from 'the golden compass']
→ imogen heap: can't take it in [from 'the chronicles of narnia']