The Editorial Board has decided that what this blog needs is music. Laura Ingraham lists great music on her blog every day. Scott Johnson periodically posts erudite mini-essays on music. Charles Johnson used to post the album he was listening to as he blogged. Omri Ceren posts something to do with music (I think) every Wednesday.
So the Board asked me to find something for JCI that would fit a specific niche: it had to be an engaging and talented new band; it had to have music informed by diverse influences — say the Beatles and Hank Williams; it had to mix the rhythm and harmony of modern rock with the loneliness of country music; and it had to have a touch of poetry in the lyrics.
Plus the band had to have a great name. It took a while, but here it is: The Lincoln Bedroom, performing “I Just Want to See Her Face Again.” Listen to it before you read the lyrics posted below.
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I Just Want to See Her Face Again
I just want to see her face again
To fix her memory in my mind.
To paint a picture of what might have been
If only I hadn’t been so blind.
It’s true that I once held her in my arms
But didn’t know just what I had.
Now I pine away
And rock this barstool every day
Thinking what I did bad.
No more hiding
No more whiskey diving
On down the line
I’ve been so blind, I couldn’t see.
To paint a picture of what might have been,
To make believe that it’s still way back when,
To see her how I couldn’t see her then,
I just want to see her face again.
I just want to know where she is now
And if she’s found somebody new.
And to see if he has figured how
To do the things I couldn’t do.
She was once a part of me back then
And I was once a part of her.
Now I’ll never be more than a faded memory
Thinking about how things were.
Chorus.
(Written by David Richman).
The members of The Lincoln Bedroom are: Isaac Laskin, David Richman, Ben Woodlock, and Josh Zetumer. The complete list of influences includes: Whiskey, Southern gals, cowboy hats, down home cookin’, wrestling gators, Hank Williams, the Beatles.
Here are the upcoming appearances:
September 3, 2007: The Gig 7302 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046
September 19, 2007: The Knitting Factory — Alterknit Lounge 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028