The Sky is Another Ocean

Greg Dulli sings Leonard Cohen’s Paper Thin Hotel:

The walls of this hotel are paper-thin

Last night I heard you making love to him

The struggle mouth to mouth and limb to limb

The grunt of unity when he came in

I stood there with my ear against the wall

I was not seized by jealousy at all

In fact a burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

I listened to your kisses at the door

I never heard the world so clear before

You ran your bath and you began to sing

I felt so good I couldn’t feel a thing

I stood there with my ear against the wall …

And I can’t wait to tell you to your face

And I can’t wait for you to take my place

You are the naked angel in my heart

You are the woman with her legs apart

It’s written on the walls of this hotel

You go to heaven once you’ve been to hell.

A heavy burden lifted from my soul

I heard that love was out of my control

Beautiful song and beautiful rendition.

January 9

hipsterparanoia:

THE TWILIGHT SINGERS

LIve at Webster Hall, NYC

Finally arrived today!

Great album!!

December 22

noiseofcarpet:

The Afghan Whigs - Honkey’s Ladder (Black Love, 1996)

A little birdie told me they may be reuniting above and beyond All Tomorrow’s Parties!

I would like to think morality would stop me but I’d be tempted to kill to see them again.

December 18

The Twilight Singers - Dynamite Steps

kjacko:

Rating:

7/10

Key Tracks:

On The Corner; Last Night In Town

Sounds Like:

The Verve, but more energetic

Sounds like nobody else but Dulli.

December 8

HOLY FUCKING HELL, THE AFGHAN WHIGS HAVE REUNITED?

comedowndaylight:

OH MY FUCKING GOD.

WHY DO I NOT KNOW ANYBODY THAT WILL FREAK OUT WITH ME?

HEART ATTACK.

I WILL FREAK OUT WITH YOU! Sadly I can’t go to either announced show but maybe they’ll do more. Considering that I wasn’t sure this, them playing again at all, would ever happen, it’s possible, right? The impossible, seeing them again, could happen, right?

December 7

“ Any possibility of an Afghan Whigs reunion? No. They don’t have that much money, bro. No one does, unless there’s some sheik—we’d totally dig that—that I don’t know about, or some Mark Cuban or Bill Gates or somebody like that. But it’s not gonna happen.

from a 2008 interview I did with Greg Dulli; this morning’s Billboard.com headline: “Afghan Whigs Reuniting for First Concerts in 13 Years” (via grungebook)

Ah but Dulli also said, a couple years ago, “Never say never, but I’m saying not right now.” And let’s not forget that he’s never stopped playing (quite gorgeously) those songs or that Curley has joined him on stage many times.

December 6

Lanegan’s new single

Am I the only one who can’t stand his voice? It grates on my nerves. I only like him when he’s half of the Gutter Twins. Otherwise, I just really don’t want to listen to him. I never liked the Screaming Trees or anything else he did, and I only got into the Gutter Twins because I’ve never NOT liked anything Dulli’s ever done. At least the cover of the new Lanegan album is pretty.

December 3

diegosapiamaia: Greg Dulli

diegosapiamaia:

Deixaram esse comentário no YouTube em um vídeo que fiz do Twilight Singers no T in the Park deste ano:

When I hear/watch this, I hear a distillation of all Greg Dulli’s inimitable songwriting talents. Sure he got close to the golden ring in the (warped) grunge era of the 90’s, but…

I agree—I loved and miss the Afghan Whigs but I’ve never NOT loved anything Dulli’s ever done. Most underrated singer/songwriter/performer ever.

(Source: diegosapiamaia)

October 27

pancakeshouse:

On a kick right now. Also, I’ve been in search of some mutual fans of this album for quite some time.

I love the band, and this is a terrific album though I have to admit that I always loved Black Love just a shade more.

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robosamurai:

The Afghan Whigs - John the Baptist

One of my favorites of theirs. There’s a boot somewhere where Dulli says he can only sing it live in New Orleans cause it’s the only place he has the horns the song needs.