Happy Birthday Translucent Soul! (Sept. 15)
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Happy Birthday Translucent Soul! (Sept. 15)
Good morning folks!
It's hard to believe that it's been 8 years since Translucent Soul was released on Sept. 15, 1998. Talk about Essential Ellis! I played that CD non-stop for months when it came out. I can remember lying on the floor with the volume up high letting the bass vibrate the floor under me. Two of my favorite Ellis lines of lyric can be found on that CD:
1. "I'm letting go 'cause holding on's killing me" and
2. "Embrace what you have in common; celebrate what sets you apart"
Here's our fun for the day. Below are the opening lines from each of the eleven tracks on Translucent Soul. Let's see if we can identify each song from the opening line. To make it more fun, let's each take only one.
1. So you found yourself a corner apartment
2. Street corner, cityside lane
3. I've got a farmhouse
4. I found you sitting on a suitcase crying
5. You grew up thinking you knew her
6. She's in an emotional prison
7. Seven times I traced your number
8. I'm a 1-man line at a 24-hour store
9. Tell the man who repairs the wings for angels
10. I got a call from Vance, he's an old friend
11. Maggie looks out her window.
I'll take the first one - the easiest.
"seven times I traced your number" is Seven
KarenZ
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"She's in an emotional prison" - I'm the One to Save
This was my first EP recording... and what a kicker it was!
As with Karen, I listened to it non-stop for weeks and weeks, absorbing every nuance of voice, every note.
One of the things I like especially about it is the dominance of Ellis's voice throughout the album. It's never overwhelmed by the instruments accompanying him.
Truly ESSENTIAL ELLIS!
This was my first EP recording... and what a kicker it was!
As with Karen, I listened to it non-stop for weeks and weeks, absorbing every nuance of voice, every note.
One of the things I like especially about it is the dominance of Ellis's voice throughout the album. It's never overwhelmed by the instruments accompanying him.
Truly ESSENTIAL ELLIS!
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10. I got a call from Vance, he's an old friend is Transluscent Soul
What a great song.
Sue Ellen
What a great song.
Sue Ellen
"...I implore you, I entreat you, I challenge you to speak with conviction, to say what you believe, in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it, because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to "question" authority, you have to speak with it, too."
Taylor Mali, "Like, You Know?"
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Thanks guys and gals! Only 4 to go! And it's been fun for me to read all your comments!
KarenZ
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"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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shari wrote:Finally! I get to participate!!! You guys are usually too quick for me....
7. Seven times I traced your number -- Seven!
I am still struck by the number seven and I love this song.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Shari
Not so fast Shari.....
KarenZ was too Quick for you from the start, as she answered the first one for us....happened to be Seven....so you're still UP!!!
If ya need any help, holla!!!
Have a great weekend too...and thanks.
"once we're inside, it's a carnival ride" ~ ellis paul
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Woops!
4. I found you sitting on a suitcase crying - The World Ain't Slowin Down...
K? Now I've participated!......or did I miss something yet again.....? "A" for effort? or eagerness? Oh yeah, neither of those begins with an "A".... "A" for attention...? no I guess I didn't get an "A" there either....
Shari
4. I found you sitting on a suitcase crying - The World Ain't Slowin Down...
K? Now I've participated!......or did I miss something yet again.....? "A" for effort? or eagerness? Oh yeah, neither of those begins with an "A".... "A" for attention...? no I guess I didn't get an "A" there either....
Shari
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How about straight A's for all the above?
Sue Ellen
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"...I implore you, I entreat you, I challenge you to speak with conviction, to say what you believe, in a manner that bespeaks the determination with which you believe it, because contrary to the wisdom of the bumper sticker, it is not enough these days to "question" authority, you have to speak with it, too."
Taylor Mali, "Like, You Know?"
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HI everybody!
Only ONE left! Anyone want to give it a try?
1. So you found yourself a corner apartment
KarenZ
Only ONE left! Anyone want to give it a try?
1. So you found yourself a corner apartment
KarenZ
"Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see." -- Ann Patchett in Bel Canto.
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