The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill :: Lauryn Hill

My album of the day is The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill. Like many other teens at the time, I found out about Lauryn Hill via MTV (back when they actually played music videos most of the time) when she was still a part of The Fugees. Also, like many others, I became immediately obsessed with The Fugees and was really devastated when they split up. However, as soon as Lauryn Hill put forward her first solo album in 1998, it became a part of my daily routine...until I went to college. So, for a solid 4 years, I listened to this album pretty much every day of my life. It literally became the soundtrack to my high school career. But the weird thing is that I only remember sharing my love for this album with one friend, and that wasn't until my senior year of high school.



Some of my favorite tracks include Superstar; Every Ghetto, Every City; and Everything is Everything. I liked Doo Wop (That Thing), but that was also everyone else's favorite track when the album became popular...

Anyway, I'm sharing it with y'all now and I hope that it brings back some happy memories and you can think about what you were doing 10 years ago...before you had your ipod and macbook.

"You know it's hot, don't forget what you've got. Lookin' back, lookin' back, lookin' back..." - Every Ghetto, Every City by Lauryn Hill

The end.
Love,
Meggo.

I am including this youtube video for Can't Take My Eyes Off of You because I couldn't get it on the playlist player, but also because it was one of my favorite songs from the album! Enjoy :)

Beautiful Friend :: Cranes

I recently re-discovered Cranes, when I was traveling. I saw the CD on a table, and all kinds of nostalgia came flooding back.

My brother used to play this amazing music (circa 1993). Rough melodies with sharp industrial beats, contrasted with this mysterious female voice, almost impossible to understand. This is Cranes.

"Beautiful Friend" is probably their most beautiful, and most accessible, song.

I feel those days without end
when we used to be friends
those summer days were spent
in search of hope and happiness

we used to while away our days
in a beautiful haze
I guess I knew one day
that you'd be moving long away

you said go back to your dream
back to your wilderness
go back along the walk
maybe you'll find some happiness

I wept a thousand tears for you
for my love that came true
and soon I realized
I'd always dreamt it'd come to this

And though that time passes by
and that our lives have changed
but our love was special
our love was strange

And though my heart broke
in time it did mend
except when I think about the time
that we used to be friends

Joining U :: Alanis Morissette

I just realized that in all the confusion of the week, I forgot to post... sorry!

I've been having more luck mining my past for inspiration than finding new good stuff... double sorry for that.

I've been rocking out to some old Alanis Morissette. "Joining U" is one of my favorite songs- I really wish this had been one of her hits, not songs like, "Hand in My Pocket" or "21 Reasons."

"Joining U" is about a young man who was thinking about killing himself because he's gay. This YouTube video is great because it gives all the lyrics. I love how Alanis puts it out there that being gay is not all you are. You are not your country, your culture, your leaders, your labels... Those things that other people use to define you are just their words. It's not who you are.

Coast is Clear :: Curve

I was on a mission to find this song! I remember this blaring through the wall of my older brother's room when I was a kid. I think I even had an old hand-me-down cassette with this song on it, but today I couldn't remember what it was called.

So. Curve. So Beautiful. I always loved the singer (Toni Halliday). She's so plaintive and mesmerizing. Enjoy.

P.S. I also love how this clip is from MTV's "120 Minutes." People who had cable used to tape it and then pass the tapes all over school. I remember it being so cool! To catch some Cure or They Might Be Giants and get a whiff of that other world out there, somewhere...

Above my bed in this ugly room
Hangs the whisper of the sandman
You can be my father, for the love you show
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and always will be

Take it, I don't want it, you can have what you like
Just don't try and trick me to sleep
Then turn out those lights

You can be my father, for the love you show
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, and always will be

Dreams of meeting truth (be my father)
Dreams of meeting truth (for the love)

I said you can be my father for the love you show
It's just a little too late
It's never enough to swallow those pills
Now I'm sick, now I'm sick, now I'm sick

Just when you thought it was alright [x2 ]