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Patty Griffin — Burgundy Shoes
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion)
Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 15:31
 
 cc_rider wrote:

Because we keep our emotions hidden most of the time. When something draws out our emotions, which Ms. Griffin seems to do effortlessly, we seem to like the experience. Even the sad emotions. Maybe especially the sad emotions, they remind us who we are, where we've been, who we've known.

Like our dear friends Ann (Cynaera) and MelissaB. And all the others who've passed through our lives.
 
Poignant and true. cc_rider has expressed eloquently the perfect sentiment that was felt and hardly shared. I too miss our dear friends.

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 10:03
 
 ScottN wrote:
Song is great as is most of her work,  But what I really want to know is  Did she marry Robert Plant?
 
The rumor here in Austin is yes, she did indeed marry him.  My son is their neighbor! And they are living in the house Patti has been in for quite some time.  

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Dec 07, 2012 - 10:00
 
 ziakut wrote:
Chilling and sad. Why should I like something that makes me feel this way?
 
Because we keep our emotions hidden most of the time. When something draws out our emotions, which Ms. Griffin seems to do effortlessly, we seem to like the experience. Even the sad emotions. Maybe especially the sad emotions, they remind us who we are, where we've been, who we've known.

Like our dear friends Ann (Cynaera) and MelissaB. And all the others who've passed through our lives.

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: Aug 13, 2012 - 19:36
 
Yellow moon risin'.

zillah
(Fall in Philadelphia)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 08:32
 
One of my favorite Patty Griffin songs - such an amazing evocation of a childhood memory.  Brings tears to my eyes every time.

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 08:31
 
Cynaera wrote:
I have reached the point where I just can't bear to listen to Patty Griffin's tender music - every single song seems to remind me of my long-deceased mom and dad.  I love her voice and I love her music, but I must just be getting old and foolish and soft and sentimental...  I'll always rate it highly when it comes on, but I'll also mute it because one can only cry so many tears before it hurts like a chest-cold.
 
We really miss you, Ann...  wish you were here...  you are with your parents now...

rest in peace... 

"10"

Keef
(Confluence of the American River)
Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 08:28
 
Awesome!

Catecaneverall
Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 08:03
 
PSD paid off! Thanks for this great song!

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 11:10
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I have reached the point where I just can't bear to listen to Patty Griffin's tender music - every single song seems to remind me of my long-deceased mom and dad.  I love her voice and I love her music, but I must just be getting old and foolish and soft and sentimental...  I'll always rate it highly when it comes on, but I'll also mute it because one can only cry so many tears before it hurts like a chest-cold.
 
We really miss you, Ann...  wish you were here...  you are with your parents now...

rest in peace... 

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: May 27, 2012 - 11:03
 
Song is great as is most of her work,  But what I really want to know is  Did she marry Robert Plant?

Rebis
(Chicago)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 21:47
 
Patty Griffin is pretty much always a big win.
 

soulcollision
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: May 10, 2012 - 21:45
 
holy f, beautiful.

dkeifer
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 12:09
 
such a beautiful song

bev
(Reno, NV)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 12:06
 
 dogpound wrote:
Bill's going for the wrist slit trifecta
 

HA! Oh, I'm so there with you on that feeling about these songs today...probably evoking something more beautiful and calming if you caught me in a different mood, though...

whtahtefcuk
(Flagstaff, AZ, USA)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 12:05
 
Bill... do you need someone to talk with... I got your back.


By the way I love Patty Griffin

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 12:04
 
Bill's going for the wrist slit trifecta

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 07:58
 
 ssg wrote:
Wherever you go whatever you do
I'll be right here wearing burgundy shoes. 
 
Mine aren't quite burgundy, but the angels want to wear them.


cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 07:56
 
 jules44 wrote:
And then, try to listen to Patty Griffin's "Goodbye" which is about Jeff Buckley...good god, it gets me every time!
 
Oh yeah, no matter how many times I've heard it, that song just crushes me. So beautiful and perfect and sad. Just like Jeff, I guess.

Thanks Jules.


jules44
(Sunny North Carolina)
Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 15:09
 
 cc_rider wrote:

I know what you mean. Patty Griffin's music cuts right to the core. I love it, but damn sometimes it's hard to hold it together. Couple of Jeff Buckley's songs do that to me too.

 
And then, try to listen to Patty Griffin's "Goodbye" which is about Jeff Buckley...good god, it gets me every time!



ckcotton
Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 16:06
 
I just fell asleep waiting for it to end....

 

phlattop
Posted: Aug 21, 2011 - 09:13
 
 ssg wrote:
Wherever you go whatever you do
I'll be right here wearing burgundy shoes. 
 
And I'll bet there were people back in 1991/1992 that Bryan Adams had borrowed the melody from an earlier song. Old news. So let's just move on, shall we?


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 12:13
 
 Dave_Mack wrote:
This song is so beautiful.  Even though it's happy, it's hard not to cry.
 
I know what you mean; there is something very distinct and remarkably emotional about her voice.


Byronape
(Snorkeling in the River Styx)
Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 12:09
 
 ssg wrote:
Wherever you go whatever you do
I'll be right here wearing burgundy shoes. 
 
I was just about to mention that the intro sounds just like the mess of a song from Robin Hood.  It was a while before I could respect Sting again after that.

I just can't rate this very well because I keep hearing that crap song!


ssg
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Posted: May 29, 2011 - 04:49
 
Wherever you go whatever you do
I'll be right here wearing burgundy shoes. 

ladron
(:O)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 21:27
 
I really love the singing on the verses at the beginning and end, but the middle really detracts.

Dave_Mack
(Still hangin' in the Twilight Zone)
Posted: Apr 27, 2011 - 15:34
 
This song is so beautiful.  Even though it's happy, it's hard not to cry.

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 07:05
 
I am a big fan of Ms. Griffin's. I recently saw her performing with Band of Joy in Atlanta's Fox Theater. Although the show was superb, I still want to go and see her performing as the main artist. Cheers! {#Cheers}

Kittee
(NC- Dreaming of the Mountains)
Posted: Mar 11, 2011 - 18:43
 
Patty G.  <3 u Lady.
All her music is so touching.  The Long Goodbye is my favorite.

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:15
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I have reached the point where I just can't bear to listen to Patty Griffin's tender music - every single song seems to remind me of my long-deceased mom and dad.  I love her voice and I love her music, but I must just be getting old and foolish and soft and sentimental...  I'll always rate it highly when it comes on, but I'll also mute it because one can only cry so many tears before it hurts like a chest-cold.
 
I know what you mean. Patty Griffin's music cuts right to the core. I love it, but damn sometimes it's hard to hold it together. Couple of Jeff Buckley's songs do that to me too.


cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Feb 23, 2011 - 14:11
 
 SinisterDexter wrote:
Wow, she sounds a lot more like Shawn Colvin than she does herself.
 
You should see 'em together.


SinisterDexter
Posted: Feb 13, 2011 - 08:14
 
 james_of_tucson wrote:
The progression of the Pachelbel Canon, used by WAY more than "a hundred" others.... 

One of the funniest YouTube videos ever:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

govna
(beantown)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 10:42
 
we danced to that at out wedding.  i love that song.

james_of_tucson
(Tucson AZ)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 10:42
 
 huebdoo wrote:
Even if it does have the same progression as Richard Marx, Journey and about a hundred other bands :) 
 
The progression of the Pachelbel Canon, used by WAY more than "a hundred" others.... 


ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 10:40
 
Chilling and sad. Why should I like something that makes me feel this way?

SinisterDexter
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 07:51
 
Wow, she sounds a lot more like Shawn Colvin than she does herself.

dogpound
(the island on which I belong)
Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 07:49
 
 dogpound wrote:
good lord winter needs to end.
 
I'm quoting myself and I still feel this way!

huebdoo
(San Fran)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 13:01
 
As for Richard Marx - I think this chord progression is used in about a thousand tunes... I think its almost stock file like using Chuck D or James Brown to a hip hop band for sampling.

That aside - I wonder how many of us will be thought of in this way by our children? I do so want my children to look up to me this way, I guess I want to give them everything that I didnt have and opportunity to have, and I would be so incredibly proud if one of my daughters was to write a song like this... I cant think of anything better than being a parent and mentor to my kids.

Even if it does have the same progression as Richard Marx, Journey and about a hundred other bands :) 

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 12:52
 
I have reached the point where I just can't bear to listen to Patty Griffin's tender music - every single song seems to remind me of my long-deceased mom and dad.  I love her voice and I love her music, but I must just be getting old and foolish and soft and sentimental...  I'll always rate it highly when it comes on, but I'll also mute it because one can only cry so many tears before it hurts like a chest-cold.

titanium667
(Oakmont, PA USA)
Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 12:50
 
An 8.  For Bryan Adams!

Moak
(Reading, PA)
Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 05:39
 
 helgigermany wrote:
Not for me!
 

{#Yes}  For me!

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 13:30
 
Not for me!

hulabell
Posted: Oct 20, 2010 - 13:28
 
Yet another wonderful song that was used so elegantly on an episode of "One Tree Hill." That show was my guilty pleasure until about 2 years ago. But the song reminds me of the scene and it just grabs the heartstrings. 

rbschader
Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 20:46
 

This voice, preceded by Brick by Ben Fold Five, while I am framing a treasured card from a girlfriend from 20 years ago.  Bill, you are really pulling the emotions tonight.



Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 07:52
 
Patty Griffin's voice frequently breaks my heart... I love her music. {#Sunny}

acolt
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Sep 08, 2010 - 07:51
 
Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you . . .

vicariance
(awesome like a billion hot dogs)
Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 08:27
 
I wasn't listening closely and I thought this was Vienna Teng.  Similar Tori Amos type intensity with a Sarah Mclachlan type purity of sound.  And I'm not embarrassed about using those two as paragons of their aspects.

Stingray
(EUROPE)
Posted: May 30, 2010 - 12:12
 
Billy and the girls!

You are a true "Frauenversteher", Billy-boy!

topherg87
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 02, 2010 - 05:22
 
jeezy creezy...

this is beautiful


ddbz
(The Midwest)
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 21:40
 
 dogpound wrote:
good lord winter needs to end.
 
"March middle something".... I laid ot in the sun... with my clothes... I could use some ROCK

SusanHiddenPoet
(Texas)
Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 21:35
 
{#Curtain}  Love this song ... so tender!  {#Group-hug}