i wonder: is your life more interesting than mine, or are you just better at noticing it? how brilliant are you really, and do i only care when i don't know what you mean? do you love me, or how often do i never answer when you ask me that? i feel the real questions that keep us up at night are baffling incongruences forgotten easily until dark falls again. it fascinates me, that magic mix of the mundane and divine, because you fascinate me. she does, too, this girl who remembers enough in the morning, or knows how to record it in song before the light burns anything in its path away. she's Dutch.
i know you know, perhaps more than i do, every gash and scar and question Bettie Serveert ever committed to music. we played it past midnight past all those parties that made us feel fat in the dark and like bad kissers but invincible and immortal. we mouthed the words as we fed off of each other's fire, or cried alone silently and bit our lips to bleeding, waiting out another thousand years with indie rock and bewilderment. you remember. Carol van Dyk was so down with that shit. it was like she could make you believe you exist.
"I can't trust the things I see for I can only trust in me. And if the whole world should drop dead, I'll build my own inside my head."
~D. Feathers from Lamprey (1995)
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Co-coward from Dust Bunnies (1997)
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"it was like she could make you believe you exist" ...This so reminds me of something I read the other day...a couple leaning against a tree and looking at the open field ahead and the enormous sky above, their existence was insignificant.
And your life if more interesting than mine...I have no doubt. I'm mostly uninterested...except here on your page. ; )
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great post Ilay. (x 2 now) :)
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Damn! Got so entranced by your words, I forgot to comment on how I liked the tunes...(couldn't get co-coward to play for me though)
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Dear Poe - My sister across the sea. I can't even begin to tell you about my love for this band. I've have some very transcendent moments listening to their music, including a point at a concert where both band and audience became one inside the music and were transported to a place beyond time and space. I would love for Carol and the boys to get the recognition they deserve, but it's most likely they will simply remain the private pleasure of a mass of yearning, questioning humans like us.
:-)
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Ian...by any chance did you catch them at the 7th St. Entry back in the early 90's? Maybe 93 or so? Just curious. If by chance you were there, we would have been at the same show!
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Your writing continues to flourish. That has to be the most verbose and accurate assesment of this music that could ever be written. Actually hit one I am familiar with this time. You should be highly compensated to come up with this shit.
There's a great Bettie Seveert concert video at Fabchannel
http://www.fabchannel.com/bettie_serveert_concert
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Hey MG - yep, I would have been at both. Fan-tab-bulous!
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that is sweet. I was only here in the cities for a limited time around then. Am I remembering right? it was at the 7th St right? both times? I was only around the cities a lot from Jan 03 - June 03 then moved to Denver. I was only aware of seeing them once. That is awesome that we were at the same show.
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You two are awesome! That's so exciting!!!
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isnt that crazy? SunnyD...the 7th St. Entry is a super small venue. it is big living room small. it is pretty crazy, there is a good chance we might have stood next to each other. .....its a small world.
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....after all....you too are fantastic music citizen's.
See how that message flows so well into your's. (hehe)
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Wow! That was powerful...Nice!
The grass is always greener. It's the human condition. We can't help it.
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SunnyH! You crack me up. GIRL, you got the music flow!!!!
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Very enjoyable words. Ones which I must reread. And listen to the music again.
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SunnyD, awww quick grab me a tissue, i think you've made me cry. seriously, what very kind words.
"a couple leaning against a tree and looking at the open field ahead and the enormous sky above, their existence was insignificant" - sigghhh. everytime i hear a truly beautiful song, it makes me feel so small in comparison to the beauty that surrounds me.
darn, you're right, Co-coward isn't playing. tried posting it again but can't get it to work. >/
Mike, my answer to your question is in the other post. :D but let me just say, you and LMI in the same concert in the nineties - i luv that! luuuv unexpected connections, makes me giddy-tingly all over. and when it involves a street corner, you two have a movie right there!
Lady Miss Sister, oh my, speaking of smallness, your entire comment has me convinced that i am too small a Bettie Serveert admirer compared to you! that was some beautifully written shit - pardon my French. (; i so read ya, that kind of transcendence and being transported is what i hope to achieve everytime i go see a show, but people moshing and condom balloons make it just a tad harder to do, so when it does happen... perfect. lurv the thought of Bettie S being a few of us's private pleasure.
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Scott, always happy to find music both of us like. "You should be highly compensated to come up with this shit." - okay, i think i'm going to print-screen this now and go see my CEO about that MacBook Air. ;D
Annie, glad you like. "It's the human condition. We can't help it." - you guys are the best. not only will i demand things from the boss now, i will do so without any guilt whatsoever!
gsmattingly, a belated welcome to mog, first of all. (: sometimes a rational writeup simply doesn't do justice to how you really feel about certain music, and this is the only way to do it.
alright, let's try this again... Co-Coward from Dust Bunnies.
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well, i don't know. the mp3 plays fine over here. that's twice i've uploaded it (two different codes/filenames) so-- can't get it to work.
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My most memorable thoughts do come at night crawling out from the pit of the pendulum which is day and night. So yes, I know what you know. Or do I?
(Thanks for the words and food for thought)
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(; i can tell - no, i know - that you know. glad you found the food for thought to your liking.