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Keep Your Head Down
Shoes to the pavement Who will you be running from tonight There is nothing real here to hurt you Wires crossed, a switch just flipped So look your lover in the eye Cause you know how you feel And you’ve lost all you can lose Hold your ground, hold your ground You’ve gotta wait for it to come around, come around Keep your head down Keep your head down Words said in secret Whispers…
Um. What? All the songs in the playlist so far are Garrison Starr.
Song Review: Garrison Starr & the Milk Carton Kids - “Fireworks”
It’s almost the Fourth of July, Garrison Starr sings to open “Fireworks.”
But Starr’s remake of an old song with the Milk Carton Kids is less about the holiday and more about another kind of lightning that sometimes strikes in summer.
Fireworks, lights and sparks/so beautiful in the dark/you’re beautiful in the dark, Starr, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan sing on the chorus of this gentle, acoustic ballad.
Despite Starr’s lead vocals, “Fireworks” now sounds like Kids’ play, which seems to the point as she said: “I haven’t had many people cover my songs or want to do a new version like this … (it) just filled my heart up.”
Ryan, a former roommate of Starr’s, said the tune “is one of my favorite (of her) songs” and called the composer “one of our generation’s great voices.”
“Kenneth complements her so well on guitar. … I was just honored she wanted to record this song together all these years later.”
Grade card: Garrison Starr & the Milk Carton Kids - “Fireworks” - B
7/3/23
September 3, 2021: Girl I Used To Be by Garrison Starr
*Album on YouTube here
Girl I Used To Be arose from Garrison Starr’s experience growing up as a lesbian in a highly conservative, evangelical Christian community. As a whole, the album tells a story of confusion and isolation and, eventually, self-acceptance. Read about the story behind it here.
Resources for social change:
Palestine masterpost
Black Lives Matter masterpost
(via https://open.spotify.com/album/6UJrYe6I7d2ibWjAspSxUQ?si=ocq7WlS6T_me0Ee0mhsO4Q)
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Girl I Used To Be (2021) … uplifting surprise …
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This is the best song for today.
My Sister, My Brother ~ “Don’t Know How To Love You” (2020)
Isn’t it strange to be strangers? Look at all the ways we don’t know each other now. How did we get to be strangers?
Mooseville USA
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Garrison Starr
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Lesbian
DOB: 29 April 1975
Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, producer
