Friday, March 9, 2012

You know there was death in Tallulah, Don't turn your eyes away

Artist- Company of Thieves
Song of the day- Tallulah

As you may have caught on, I am a big fan of female rockers. And one of the most underrated and under enjoyed is for sure Genevieve Schatz and Company of Thieves, which I was able to dance around like an idiot to with strangers tonight at their hometown concert. Schatz hits the bulls eye in vocal stylings and bad ass stage presence that has you dancing non stop and also feeling every lyric in their unique musical compositions. I have already fallen head over heals with their new album, especially today's song. The passed two weeks of sleepless nights worrying about my problems, my friends' problems, the world's problems (documentary Darfur marathon is a bad idea, lesson learned) and I began to get quite overwhelmed, as I do. But what I am continually taught will sound like my normal cliche B.S. But I think is best explained by today's song. Schatz explained that this song was written while they were on tour in Tallulah, LA. The entire town was abandoned, decayed and overwrought with death and at first they were frightened and sad at what surrounded them, but when they looked closer they saw the earth was reclaiming it. Vines were growing around blown out windows and greenery and life was slowly making its way back. So instead of a tragic song about a forgotten town, Tallulah is a celebration about life. So if you are feeling forgotten, overrun, and overwhelmed, this song is for you. Look closely, wait and see, don't turn your eyes away cause celebrating what you will overcome is worth the wait.



Soon there will be an excellent concert version of this song but till then, so you can appreciate the amazingness that is Company of Thieves:


We didn't have the money to tear it down, down
We didn't have the money to build it uh, uh, uh, uh, uh uh uh up
We didn't have the funding to make a name for ourselves?
What did you do?

Ooh girl. Be my girl!
You know there was death in Tallulah,
Don't turn your eyes away
Ooh girl! Be my girl!
You know there was death yeah

We didn't have the money to tear it down, down
We didn't have the money to build it uh, uh, uh, uh, uh uh uh up
We didn't have the funding to make a name for ourselves?
What did you do?

Ooh girl. Be my girl!
You know there was death in Tallulah,
Don't turn your eyes away
Ooh girl! Be my girl!
You know there was death yeah

Nothin' to see, or to learn, or to sell, or to send, or receive anymore
Ain't nothin' to see, or to learn, or to sell, or to send, or receive anymore
No one's home! Ain't no one home anymore.
No one's home!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Ooh girl. Be my girl!
You know there was death in Tallulah,
Don't turn your eyes away
Ooh girl! Be my girl!
You know there was death yeah

You know, You know.
You know, You know!
You know, You know,
You know, You know? Yeah!