For Bon Iver
I’m not supposed to write this right now. I’m at work and should focus on e-mails and bookings and worse yet, the stats they keep on me.
But I did something I shouldn’t have. I put on Bon Ivers album“For Emma, Forever Ago” something I picked up while I was in Sweden. And my whole world changed with the first strike of his guitar.
I became a bird and I flew out this office. Can a bird’s heart ache? I flew as high as this music could carry me. I was on top of a mountain, looking up, looking down. Can birds cry? I saw the waves die beneath me, but be reborn again. I became the wind and drifted…I was at a show. I fell in love with this shaggy bearded young man with a simple guitar. I wanted to tell him how amazing he was, but the words got stuck in my throat. I smiled. Birds do smile when they dance.
Justin Vernon (aka Bon Iver) wrote and recorded a majority of the songs on this album (which was actually released a year ago) while spending four months in a remote cabin in Wisconsin. Listening to the music, I can hear the wind that moaned outside his window and see the sunshine that reflected on the glistening snow.
Good music brings you to places. For a few minutes I forgot I was sitting at an office desk at 6.45 pm on a random Wednesday evening.
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Bucket list: Will listen to these songs.
Should I be in a certain mood? Hold a glass of coffee or wine?
Purchase CD used at Amazon?
I would say a quiet, rainy day, a glass of luke warm, red wine and a lurking contemplative mood. You should be able to buy the CD in most music stores or online.
Enjoy! 🙂
Luke warm red wine? Gotta develop a taste for that.
Ordered the CD. Had four good reviews at Amazon, but could not get because of international regulations.
Got it through alibris.
Let you know of my take on it.
Cool. I think you will like it. As for the luke warm wine, I figured the music has the type of simple, rustic feel that doesn’t require anything stylish.