hey. i love natalie merchant, and all of my friends make fun of me for it, ha. what song is that? do you know who, in particular, it is about? i'm not sure if i've heard it or not.
Really??? How could anyone make fun of her? I don't even own any of her albums but I've liked a lot of her songs. Her voice is probably the most beautiful female voice I've ever heard sing. The song was written about, and for River Phoenix. It's on "Tigerlily." I discovered it about 4 years ago when I heard it was about River. It's kind of hard to listen to, but it's so beautiful. Do you remember when Mtv was doing "Unplugged" concerts all the time? Oh my gosh, that was my favorite back then. We didn't have Mtv so I had to go to my grandma's to tape it! lol. Anyway, that's when I first was introduced to Natalie Merchant, when she did an unplugged with 10,000 Maniacs. I fell in love with the song "Because the night". The piano parts were soo beautiful.
ok, well i have definitely heard it. i owned tigerlily, i actually have like 4 or 5 natalie merchant cd's which is why i was curious as to where the song came from. i have a 10,000 maniacs cd, too. the funny thing is, one of my friends stepped on tigerlily accidentally because it was on the floor or something, and it cracked. i never re-bought it, so i guess the song slipped my memory at this point. re-reading the lyrics, it does ring a bell.
"because the night" was originally a patty smith song. do you know who she is? i don't actually think you would enjoy her music, but she was and continues to be a major influence on a lot of modern female singer/songwriters.
Oh my gosh, I use to be OBSESSED with Michael Stipe so I most definitely know who Patti Smith is. Did you ever hear Rem's "Ebow the letter"? She sings back up in it. It's one of my favorite songs. I didn't know she originally sang it but I do know that all of these fine singers and musicians are connected through friendship. Natalie's friends with Michael Stipe, probably with Patti too. I can't imagine it being as pretty as 10,000 maniacs version though. Do you like her music? You should somehow listen to "river" though. Go on Amazon and listen to the first snippet of it. It's so beautiful, I think that because it's about him that it makes it more beautiful though.
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"because the night" was originally a patty smith song. do you know who she is? i don't actually think you would enjoy her music, but she was and continues to be a major influence on a lot of modern female singer/songwriters.
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