If you have not heard of Serena Ryder, do yourself a favor. Recently, I have had the good fortune of seeing concerts with opening acts I have never heard of and then instantaneously grown to love (in some cases more than the bands I have actually gone to see). Surprising opening acts as of late include: A Fine Frenzy opened for Brandi Carlile...awesome. Grand Ole Party and The Bird and the Bee opened for Rilo Kiey...very yes. The Start opened for Kenna and She Wants Revenge...pretty yes. And Serena Ryder opened for Sara Bareilles and Paolo Nutini...incredible. I highly recommend purchasing her Joplin-esque EP, Told You In A Whispered Song, from iTunes. It's only $4.49; you can't beat that. I mean, unless you steal it. And if anyone "official" is reading this...I never ever ever ever never ever hardly ever steal music.
Below are lyrics to one of my favorite (I cannot pick a favorite off of the EP...they are all too good) Serena Ryder songs. Also, check out Brand New Love. Enjoy!
Weak In The Knees
Would you mind if I pretended we were somewhere else,
doing something we wanted to?
'Cause all this living makes me wanna do
is die 'cause I can't live with you,
and you don't even care.
Would you mind if I pretended I was someone else,
with courage in love and war?
I use to think that's what I was,
but now this lying hurts too much,
and I don't know what for.
I'm weak in the knees for you,
but I'll stand if you want me to.
My legs are strong and I'll move on,
but honey I'm weak in the knees.
Would you mind if I walked over and I kissed your face
in front of all of your friends?
Would you mind if I got drunk and said
I wanna take you home to bed?
Oh, would you change your mind?
I'm weak in the knees for you,
but I'll stand if you want me to.
My legs are strong and I'll move on,
but honey I'm weak in the knees.
It was over, it's over before it began.
I'm a witness to love...
why can't you understand?
I won't give up my heart.
I won't sell you my soul.
Don't you know it was you?
You could have had it all.
I'm weak in the knees for you,
but I'll stand if you want me to.
My legs are strong. I'll move on.
Honey, I'm weak.
Oh, honey I'm weak for you.
For you.
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2 comments:
Your blogs make me chuckle. Thanks kid!
And now I've downloaded pretty much everything Rilo Kiley has recorded, thankyouverymuch. I'll move on to the rest, but you're always good for a fantastic new artist for the ipod. :) I miss you! :D Make some chicken and rice and think of me.
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