- Kate Bush's music perfectly reflects all of my sensibilities.
- Patrick Wolf is a VERY close second. Should I be stranded upon a deserted island with only those two, I would be contented.
- Sigur Rós is bliss. No other band or musician has achieved their level of union between audience and artist. They've purified their music to a level of emotional abstraction that immediately seizes and pulls the spirit inward, creating sound which relates universally to all of one's memories and all of one's dreams.
- Diane Cluck's lyrics are filled with such maturity, warmth, and earnestness and I relate strongly to the struggles of her heart and her love and admiration for nature and all the living things around her.
- Joanna Newsom sings like a tad-pole in a puddle of mud, and I love her endlessly for that.
- The Beatles will always have a place in my heart. "Blackbird fly."
- Bob Dylan's political songs used to move me, but now I'm more interested in his human songs about unrequited love and tear-filled memories.
- The Smashing Pumpkins were the first band to appeal to my imagination and they ignited a star in me that still shines, though now mostly freed from the river of angst and grief that swept it before.
- The Smiths are angelic and so is Jeff Buckley.
- Nico.
- Joni Mitchell taught your old, bitter English wife how to feel.
- The mention of Donovan always draws a smile upon my face. We need more boys like him.
- Peter Gabriel is a bitter old, old cynic, but when he's creative and when he's tender, it can be magic.
- David Bowie was flying to Jupiter in the Gemini space-craft, and he thought about you.
- Iron and Wine is like lying down with a good cat and just watching the world breeze outside of your window.
jan 31 2009 ∞
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