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On the subject of music that can instantly bring me to sobbing...

Jane Siberry, "You don't need"

You don't need anybody
You don't need any comfort
You don't need any lovers
You can get it from yourself
You don't need anyone to want you
Don't want anyone to need you
And I know you must be there
'Cause people stop to talk to you
People stop to talk
People stop to talk to you

#janeSiberry #music #nowListening

youtube.com/watch?v=m7GWYqCdgo

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@MarkIngs
#FortnightFridayMusic
Friday June 30, the word is Magic

Song: The Magic Beads
Artist: Jane Siberry
Album: Jane Siberry (1981)
Video: youtube.com/watch?v=sYWhO_s-1k

Lyrics:
But babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again?
When will I see you again?

Jane Siberry's first, self-titled album is more straight folk, musically, than her next few, but lyrically it was already off-kilter. This song, my favourite, seems to be about...a genie, perhaps? Conjured up by somebody (using magic beads) who then abandoned her in the desert to wait for his return. (Verses are from her POV but if the chorus, above, is from the summoner...) (Also..what are "paper tools"?)
#music #JaneSiberry

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Jane Siberry has an excellent 2-CD album, CHILD, that's a recording of a live concert in New York City in 1997.

"What Is This Fragrance Softly Stealing?" is performed by the whole ensemble. I'd never heard this hymn before this album, but I love lines like "What is this Wonder all around us / filling the air with music light! / Shepherds! some Magic here hath found us!"

janesiberry.bandcamp.com/track