Inertia

I should be sleeping right now, but I am writing instead.  I have these words swirling through my mind:

My true love died in a dirty ol' pan of oil that did run from the block,

of a Falcon Sedan 1969, the paper said '75.

There were no survivors, none found alive...

So, first the words distract me, then I hear the melody that belongs to these words creep into my mind and finally I begin to hum.  Of course, what else but a song can get me this worked up?  I have this amazing ability to hear the composition replayed in my head just as I would hear it on the record.  The only problem is that after it loops in my brain for awhile, I want to listen out loud and sing along.  Talk about a HUGE distraction from sleeping.

For those of you who don't know me well, and for those of you who do...  I am usually a good, no, GREAT sleeper.  Typically I can sleep when and where that I choose.  I could literally curl up in a ball on most floors (as long as they are clean), and fall asleep if I want to.  So tonight, what song is distracting me from my blessed slumber?  What minstrel wrote words and music that so distract me?

Neko Case.  Who else?

Fox Confessor Brings The Flood is a rare and perfect album that Neko Case released in 2006 and it still mesmerizes me to distraction.  Even the one song on the album that would typically annoy me can convince me to listen to it.   Strange because I am good at skipping through what I deem to be the "fluff" on most albums.  Even Neko Case's fluff is not fluff.

Once I started humming the afore mentioned song, I just had to keep going through the remainder of the album.

There are moments in a musician's career or life where magic happens.  Moments.  Neko Case had an entire album full to the brim of these moments.  How?  I don't know.  Her next album, Middle Cyclone was released in 2009 and was better than good for sure, but to me it still pales in comparison to the 2006 release.  How does one recreate such perfection?  Maybe she will figure it out and amaze me again.  All I know is that five years later, I still catch myself visiting that album with just my mind and then needing to listen to it after I touch on it in thought.  I can't even pick a song highlight for you because they all hold such power over me that to pick one over the other is too traumatic.

You can say that I am melodramatic if you like, and I am for great music, but listen to this album as soon as possible and then just try to tell me that I am wrong.