I had to ration myself when Joanna Newsom’s third album Have One On Me was finally released. It had 3 discs! I’d waited years for just one! This amount of divine providence could only mean one thing: I would have to control myself and swear that I would only allow myself to listen to Disc 2 of the album once I’d listened to Disc 1 at least 10 times through. Newsom is without doubt the greatest singer/songwriter that has ever been born so this was like manna. With this amount of anticipation my reaction to finally hearing Disc 2’s closing track Go Long was probably to be expected. I was driving (I love driving and listening) and at the moment that Newsom’s voice reached the first of those soaring high notes I just inexplicably burst into a massive flood of tears. I almost swerved off the road! But the song doesn’t stop there. Knowing she’s got you all raw and vulnerable she goes for another one of those unbelievable high melody lines. This second one did for me. I was literally wailing by the time I’d pulled over and eventually I had to finish the song hunched over, sobbing into the steering wheel. It was pure catharsis… And the crazy thing is that I had nothing to be sad about at the time at all. Life was good. It was as if these were Newsom’s own tears violently possessing my body and forcing their way out, or perhaps they were from some huge ancient hurt that I’m not conscious of.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 04:26:56 +0000
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