the song i meant to post earlier today
posted by Villain at 12:16 AM
Cowboy Junkies - Mining For Gold
when my older brother moved out to college - literally, the day he moved - i moved into my own room (his old room) for the first time in my life. i was 15 and in the most bitter fight for independence that a preppy, sheltered teenage mind could comprehend. now it's worth noting that when my brother moved to school, he reinvented himself. billy left a lot of things at home that day - the day he became "will" - and i had to sort through some of those things as they were occupying MY new room. this included a good many records... the cowboy junkies "trinity sessions" being among them.
i remember listening to this record the first time and wondering what it would mean to me if i were 3 years older. and seeing as how i just gave some thought to Last Tracks the other day, it seems like a natural progression to think about "First Tracks"... This song, to me, is one of the most impressive lead off tracks i can think of. i fully realize there are better songs - songs with more thought and impact - that lead off a record, but this song IS the damn record. hell, it's the BAND condensed into a minute thirty one. not many lead off tracks can make that claim.
but the real reason i'm posting this song at all is because somebody asked me to. because somebody had a shit day. and when it's all ... just wrong? there's certain music that you can count on to make the uncomfortable feel right. old soul and R&B music usually fits the bill. but if what you really want is to just need to sink into the hell bath of life sometimes, cowboy junkies can get the water running for you.
when my older brother moved out to college - literally, the day he moved - i moved into my own room (his old room) for the first time in my life. i was 15 and in the most bitter fight for independence that a preppy, sheltered teenage mind could comprehend. now it's worth noting that when my brother moved to school, he reinvented himself. billy left a lot of things at home that day - the day he became "will" - and i had to sort through some of those things as they were occupying MY new room. this included a good many records... the cowboy junkies "trinity sessions" being among them.
i remember listening to this record the first time and wondering what it would mean to me if i were 3 years older. and seeing as how i just gave some thought to Last Tracks the other day, it seems like a natural progression to think about "First Tracks"... This song, to me, is one of the most impressive lead off tracks i can think of. i fully realize there are better songs - songs with more thought and impact - that lead off a record, but this song IS the damn record. hell, it's the BAND condensed into a minute thirty one. not many lead off tracks can make that claim.
but the real reason i'm posting this song at all is because somebody asked me to. because somebody had a shit day. and when it's all ... just wrong? there's certain music that you can count on to make the uncomfortable feel right. old soul and R&B music usually fits the bill. but if what you really want is to just need to sink into the hell bath of life sometimes, cowboy junkies can get the water running for you.
