Kristen Hersh - Your Ghost
Kristen Hersh, “Your Ghost”
Call it a Saturday favorite songs project, if you will. Or if you’re interested in calling things things.
I have my lists of favorite songs, mostly by Neil Young, the Beatles, etc., but there’s a whole second list of songs I love that I never get to say I love because people say what’s your favorite song, and I think “Like a Hurricane,” by Neil Young, and miss Frank Sinatra . . .
So consider the next few posts as me making amends.
Hersh’s “Your Ghost” is wonderful on many levels: evocative lyrics, a guest appearance by Michael Stipe, and a chord sequence of three chords done in a revolving four chord sequence (if you’re a guitar player you’ll understand, it’s wonderfully difficult to keep up with while remaining totally simple).
posted by John Gallaher @ 11:41 AM
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So hard to play, even though it's so easy. An utterly beautiful piece. And then Stipe as a bonus.
Indeed, I worked it up once, but I never could memorize it. I always need to watch the changes.
Maybe I just needed to play it 1,000 more times . . .
1000 times should do it. :-)
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