Music Is... Real Life (Joan As Police Woman)

I was completely inspired to review this album by a blogger I follow known as The B-Side. He laid out her forth studio album "The Field" and gave it a pretty positive review, considering today was his first time hearing it. So, the cover above is for her debut album released June 12, 2006 and a year later hear in the U.S. Judging from what I've heard from this point I can say that my outlook towards this record will be favorable as well.

Indie/rock. That's been the main description regarding her music as a whole. In my opinion I feel that there's more to be said for this one than just placing a common label upon it. Details? Sure. I like albums that I have to listen to a few times in order to get the meaning. That's exactly what I'm finding in this case. Ms. Wasser has enveloped "Real Life" around a true story telling technique that indeed shines through. I know I'll have to listen tot he whole album again and again in order to get a full understanding of what she's saying here. I found one particular full track on YouTube that I love. It's the last song on the album titled 'We Don't Own It'. Extremely dialed down track. No hoopla or anything. That goes for the whole record. Simple. Guitar, maybe some drums and a few other effects. The lyrics are confusing me a bit. I get them but I don't. I'll let you read them and draw your own conclusion.

We don’t own it


You will know by the way
That he cuts his eyes
Looks away from the door
That walked in you
You will know it will go
Down in history
How sweet he was to you
And all the others


So hand it over
Cause we don't own it
It's in the mystery
Our silent fantasy
Cause i
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it


All you know is the way
That he made you feel
He made you feel safe enough
To feel at all
It's all there in the moment
You understood
That he's not going on
And you're still going on


So hand it over
Cause we don't own it
It's in the mystery
Our silent fantasy
Cause I
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it


It's his story
Our subtle jealousy
Cause i
Nor you
Could ever
Know what it's like
To have the night fall
And be felled by the night
No, we don't own it

 

I guess that's real life though. Constantly looking for a certain understanding of things...Check this out though. A few listens is never a bad thing.

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