Comments on: Your Take: That Je Ne Sais Quoi http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/ The latest country music news and reviews. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:26:21 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Troy http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131891 Troy Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:45:46 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131891 From a Country song dolly parton I will always love you And outside of country my heart will go on. The movie probably has a lot to do with that one. From a Country song dolly parton I will always love you

And outside of country my heart will go on. The movie probably has a lot to do with that one.

]]> By: Stormy http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131309 Stormy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:49:07 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131309 Oooh, another good spine tingly song--Can You Live Without by Guy Forsythe. Its amazing how he soars from the blunt "Can you live without water for five days?" to the quiet "Can you live without her breath on your neck?" Oooh, another good spine tingly song–Can You Live Without by Guy Forsythe. Its amazing how he soars from the blunt “Can you live without water for five days?” to the quiet “Can you live without her breath on your neck?”

]]> By: Stormy http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131308 Stormy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:47:13 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131308 It is an interesting video. I'm liking Sarah more and more the more I hear of her which, unfortunately, does not happen too much anymore. It is an interesting video. I’m liking Sarah more and more the more I hear of her which, unfortunately, does not happen too much anymore.

]]> By: Chris D. http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131307 Chris D. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:10:27 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131307 Stormy, have you seen the music video for "Gravity"? It's pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mKQT08_rk Stormy, have you seen the music video for “Gravity”? It’s pretty cool:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3mKQT08_rk

]]> By: Chris J http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131304 Chris J Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:13:18 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131304 "The Guitar" by Guy Clark gets me every time I hear it. “The Guitar” by Guy Clark gets me every time I hear it.

]]> By: TenPoundHammer http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131300 TenPoundHammer Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:17:12 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131300 I'd say "Travelin' Soldier" by the Dixie Chicks as well. It's just so acoustic and haunting. I’d say “Travelin’ Soldier” by the Dixie Chicks as well. It’s just so acoustic and haunting.

]]> By: Stormy http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131298 Stormy Sun, 12 Jul 2009 14:32:22 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131298 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Lv_Feui8c There it is for everyone who hasn't seen it. Warning, its not easy to watch dry eyed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_Lv_Feui8c

There it is for everyone who hasn’t seen it. Warning, its not easy to watch dry eyed.

]]> By: Chris D. http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131295 Chris D. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:01:27 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131295 Update: I watched it, pretty sweet depiction fo the song. Update: I watched it, pretty sweet depiction fo the song.

]]> By: Chris D. http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131294 Chris D. Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:56:40 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131294 Stormy: No, I didn't! I'll look it up now... Stormy: No, I didn’t! I’ll look it up now…

]]> By: Steve Harvey http://www.the9513.com/your-take-that-je-ne-sais-quoi/#comment-131293 Steve Harvey Sun, 12 Jul 2009 11:40:53 +0000 http://www.the9513.com/?p=7356#comment-131293 This is an interesting discussion. There's a Rodney Crowell song called 'I Know Love Is All I Need' that I should hate, and had it been written by almost any other writer and performed by almost any performer, I probably would. But in the way of all inspired geniuses, there's an intangible spirit to the song that transcends it's trite message. The intimacy of the performance is peerless, the lyric captures a single, specific moment while simultaneously being so broad it is almost generic. The secret is that true creative talent comes at life from an ever so slightly different angle to the rest of us. It crystallizes a world within the song - it manages to make sense even if the lyric itself is nonsensical (see 80% of Bob Dylan's catalogue eg. Visions of Johanna). Great often express their message in a way that never would have occurred to anyone else. How often have you heard a song and thought 'I could've written that!' or heard someone else make a similar remark. The difference is - you didn't! And that's the gap. The simplicity of a lyric like 'I want to sleep with you forever' is why it works so well, but it took Rodney Crowell to occur to come up with it. Examples: I can't get no satisfaction - Mick Jagger I don't like a thing about the way we live - Rodney Crowell I've been loving you too long to stop now - Otis Redding I'm a substitute for another guy - Pete Townshend Alison, my aim is true - Elvis Costello I'll just touch your face and drift away, like smoke rings in the dark - Rivers Rutherford, Houston Robert I remember how you used to kiss me, now I'm gone and you don't seem to miss me. - Jim Lauderdale Each of those lyrics has an intangible element that just makes perfect sense to the ears - they just sound right! It's the same for a great guitar riff - Brown Sugar, Sunshine of Your Love, Satisfaction, Whole Lotta Love. They just work. This is an interesting discussion. There’s a Rodney Crowell song called ‘I Know Love Is All I Need’ that I should hate, and had it been written by almost any other writer and performed by almost any performer, I probably would. But in the way of all inspired geniuses, there’s an intangible spirit to the song that transcends it’s trite message. The intimacy of the performance is peerless, the lyric captures a single, specific moment while simultaneously being so broad it is almost generic.
The secret is that true creative talent comes at life from an ever so slightly different angle to the rest of us. It crystallizes a world within the song – it manages to make sense even if the lyric itself is nonsensical (see 80% of Bob Dylan’s catalogue eg. Visions of Johanna).
Great often express their message in a way that never would have occurred to anyone else. How often have you heard a song and thought ‘I could’ve written that!’ or heard someone else make a similar remark. The difference is – you didn’t! And that’s the gap.
The simplicity of a lyric like ‘I want to sleep with you forever’ is why it works so well, but it took Rodney Crowell to occur to come up with it.
Examples:
I can’t get no satisfaction – Mick Jagger
I don’t like a thing about the way we live – Rodney Crowell
I’ve been loving you too long to stop now – Otis Redding
I’m a substitute for another guy – Pete Townshend
Alison, my aim is true – Elvis Costello
I’ll just touch your face and drift away, like smoke rings in the dark – Rivers Rutherford, Houston Robert
I remember how you used to kiss me, now I’m gone and you don’t seem to miss me. – Jim Lauderdale

Each of those lyrics has an intangible element that just makes perfect sense to the ears – they just sound right! It’s the same for a great guitar riff – Brown Sugar, Sunshine of Your Love, Satisfaction, Whole Lotta Love. They just work.

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