for many years, i have avoided listening to Dave Matthews. it is not to say that i do not enjoy his music, but speaks more to the fact that i went to Luther College - a place that has more DMB fans than anywhere else on the planet (i am convinced) and i did not want to be a part of that craze - instead i joined camps with the Church of Ani DiFranco...what can i say? i'm a lesbian and a feminist and have spent many years surrounding myself with women's music...i digress...
this past weekend, i decided it was time to give dave a chance (especially since i have had so many of my friends tell me about how great he is in the recent months). despite my avid avoidance of him, i own a surprisingly large number of his albums...and, because i went to Luther College, i of course have the first live concert recorded by this dynamic guitar duo: Live at Luther College.
i was house/cat sitting for my friend this past weekend, and she let me borrow her car, so while i took the time to drive from my house to hers, i made sure to grab my Luther College CD case and i put the first CD in it into the CD player and let loose. as i was driving, i found myself really getting into Dave and Tim. it was precisely at the moment of track 8 on disc 1 of the Live at Luther College CD that i knew i had to blog about the experience.
i think what i enjoyed the most from this experience was that it was just Dave and Tim playing their guitars and singing. i have never really heard Dave's music w/o his full band and there was something really intimate and unique...and less...(i know i will probably get in trouble for this one) produced...
anyway, this particular song resonated with me, hence my sharing it with y'all today. i dig the simplicity of the bass line and how it reflects a sort of climbing up...moving forward sensation. but the combination of this bass line with the melody and the lyrics create another layer onto this sense of progress...and turns into something calming...i think that was what drew me to this song...it is calm...and perhaps i am reading too much into it, but for me, i feel that it is not just any sort of calm, it is a patient calm...and that is what i am most needing in my life at the moment. this year has brought about many changes and i am looking forward to the progress that comes with change, but am also stuck in this 6 month limbo of getting to where i know i'm supposed to be, rather than where i am at the moment...i need a patient sense of calm while i move forward with the changes that will shortly ensue in my life...
again i digress....
this song has been on repeat all weekend, and into this week...and will probably make its way into my daily playlist of 'must hear' songs...consider myself a new follower of Dave...i'm still green and learning and deciding how strongly i feel about him, but i do know that he is very talented and amazing...and deserves some credit...he got this 'ladies primarily' music listening lesbo to stop and pay attention. that's gotta be worth something, right?
the end.
love,
meggo.
Lover Lay Down :: Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds
Spring sweet rhythm dance in my head
Slip into my lovers hands
Kiss me won't you kiss me now
And sleep I would inside your mouth
Don't be us too shy
Knowing it's no big surprise
That I will wait for you
I will wait for no one but you
Oh please lover lay down
Spend this time with me
Together share this smile
Lover lay down
Spend this time with me
Walk with me, walk with you
Hold my hands your hands
So much we have dreamed
And we were so much younger
It's hard to explain that we've grown stronger
A million reasons life to deny
Let's toss them away
See you and me we
Lay down look see
She and (s)he (meggo edit)
By my lovers side
Together share this smile
Lover lay down
Oh please oh please
Please lover lay down
Oh please lover lay down
And you weep lover lay down
Cause it's over lover lay down
Say love, say love, say love, say love, say love
Could I love you
Could you love me
Could I love you
Could you love me
Could I love you
Could you love me
Could I love you
Could you love me
Darling it's all the same
All the same 'til we dance away
Chasing me all around
Leading me all around
Leading me all around in circles
Chasing me all around
Leading me all around in circles
Say.......
(the song starts around the 50 second mark)
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