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[phineasjones]

i'm fairly certain i'll regret this but whatever, i'm in a mood. someone who shall remain nameless ;) recently induced in me a bout of nostalgia for my college days, particularly the a cappella group part. after listening to my old a cappella group's cd... man. even the horrific badness makes me tear up. we had no idea how good we had it. no idea.

anyway. to share my nostalgia, i will share some tracks. i can't put in all the disclaimers i'd like to, because it would be pointless. and i won't tell you whose mic i wished i could have turned off, because it will be obvious to anyone with half an ear.

my a cappella group sang only songs by, for or about women.

this is me singing kate bush's woman's work. it's SO weird to hear 21 year old me. so weird. this would be... 1997? somewhere about there. i sound like someone else, and yet like me. bizarre.

woman's work

and here's a song just for contrast. madonna's human nature. i'm the squeaky top voice. i had to stand in a corner of the studio, facing the wall to sing that part so it wouldn't be overly piercing. heh.

human nature

and this is the funniest of all to me. a local lesbo folk singer invited us to sing backup on this one tune of hers. there had been a time when i thought she was grate but even by the time we recorded this, i was more amused than anything else. i mean... it's a song about joan of arc and it has the lyric, "joan was cool, yeah, she was pretty dreamy. all the peasant folks, they thought that way." ahahaha. also, "shared a mead and a loaf of a bread." a loaf of a bread? huh? ok, then, without further ado...

joan

Comments

[elynrae.livejournal.com]

You have such a beautiful voice. *is in awe*

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

thanks, sweetie.

::does not know what to do with compliments::

[jjtaylor.livejournal.com]

That's right. That's what school sounded like. You totally made me cry. Also, I love your voice.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

well, good. glad i wasn't the only one a-cryin'. ;)

[novembersnow.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Alas for being at work! I can't wait to listen to these at home later. :)

after listening to my old a cappella group's cd... man. even the horrific badness makes me tear up.

Oh, man, do I ever understand that sentiment. *hugs*

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: yeah. ::sigh:: this whole college v. the real world things... i think college was 'real' too, it was just better.

[wildgreentide.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wish I could download these! Stupid ancient computer. I actually have that Joan of Arc song on a tape that Claire made me ages ago, but I didn't know that was Nice Shoes singing on it! Cool. And I'd especially love to hear your version of "This Woman's Work", since that was MY big song in my college a cappella group... and, oh yeah, the badness. And yet, the love.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

hee! you have joan! how funny.

i'll have to inflict the cd on you sometime. and how funny - about woman's work. such a killer song... with the sad, sad, sadness.

and the love. yes.