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Oh my god
What have I done
Chasing some mirage in my Mojave sun
Don't say every chance is lost,
Please don't say anything at all
In sand and thorns
I'm walking forth
Bare and blinking as the day that I was born
Bells in spires of China white
Ring for an Augustine tonight
Oh now, I'm breaking down
Oh let me be
Let me be your Augustine
Lead me now
I understand
Faith is both the prison and the open hand
Bells on low on high
Will you ring for Augustine tonight
Oh now I'm breaking down,
Every illusion in between
All the lies that I have seen
Oh let me be your Augustine
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: May 23, 2013 - 14:09 It is a nice song - I keep trying to hear it for who she is and all I can hear is Tori Amos (but without the great piano and orchestration).... I will not perseverate on this - just my final peace. ;-) |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 19:16 love this song... LORENZO: —William Shakespeare |
| rdo | Posted: Mar 21, 2013 - 19:15 Great song. Few songs i would recommend just on lyrics...this is one...great poetry |
| blackjackshellac (Montreal) | Posted: Feb 25, 2013 - 04:26 The 3.5 year old gives this an eight. I think that's a bit overrated, but there's no arguing with this kid, so 8 it is. |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Feb 18, 2013 - 09:04 SWEET. A perfect voice. Mysterious, thoughtful music. |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 21:04 Everybody in my church loves this song... |
| hbs47 (SE England) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 08:33 aspicer wrote: She has MUCH to thank Tori for.....too bad she did come up with this sound before her - it might then be more worthy of respect. Still a pleasant tune however. But I'll take Tori over this any day - much more talented and soulful. Tori 1980 onwards, Vienna 2000s, but Kate 1970's. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 13:02 Vienna, I love this song so much...I'll post twice. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: Dec 24, 2012 - 12:59 Song of the new century?  |
| logic (Divide, CO) | Posted: Oct 22, 2012 - 20:06 Hannio wrote: If only. Kate Bush made and continues to make interesting music. Vienna sings nicely and her piano playing is good, but her music is in the end pretty forgettable. Have to say I agree with Hannio, Proclivities, and Ziggytrix. Enjoy listening to Vienna Teng and own a few of her albums. However, it is ultimately pretty forgettable for me (except for "Passage", find myself singing that to myself from time to time, hmm). Also, I'm not familiar with Augustine, but I was expecting to hear Tori  -logic (who is fully aware that his work is derivative of Hannio, Proclivities, and ziggytrix) |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 10:11 Proclivities wrote: Ground that Kate Bush trod upon over thirty years ago? If only. Kate Bush made and continues to make interesting music. Vienna sings nicely and her piano playing is good, but her music is in the end pretty forgettable. |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 20:12 ziggytrix wrote: Really? I find this song very derivative of Amos' work. Teng pulls it off, and puts her own touch on it. But they're both treading familiar ground, IMO. Ground that Kate Bush trod upon over thirty years ago? |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: Jul 20, 2012 - 09:45 Love the lovely. She has a sweet, sensuous, crystalline voice and great arrangements. |
| pallasathene82 (NY, NY!) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 12:19 I love Vienna Teng so much, but it's songs like this that I wish she could just belt it all out. |
| TerryS (Another SW) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 21:22 fredriley wrote: This song might be related to Augustine of Hippo, a Christian saint who famously declared, in his youth, "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.", on account of his wrestling with the 'sin' of lust. Which goes to show that even saints can be horndogs :) Some people want lust, but incontinence? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 21:20 gorgeous song... everybody in my hotel room is singing along with it right this minute... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 08:47 This song is soooo beautiful... love it madly... |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Apr 09, 2012 - 08:32 She has MUCH to thank Tori for.....too bad she did come up with this sound before her - it might then be more worthy of respect. Still a pleasant tune however. But I'll take Tori over this any day - much more talented and soulful. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 03, 2012 - 13:39 ziggytrix wrote: Really? I find this song very derivative of Amos' work. Teng pulls it off, and puts her own touch on it. But they're both treading familiar ground, IMO. Derivative because she's a woman that plays piano? I see very little similarity between the whacko Amos and the delight of Teng...but, yeah, go on and feel that woman and piano thing makes sense...what do I care. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 17:24 All 28 people in my hotel room right now just expressed their appreciation of this song... |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 12, 2012 - 04:20 Well it is not horrible, what a pleasant surprise. |
| Ubaldo (Hurricane Alley, FL -- Inside the Cone) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 04:14 Love this lady. Thanks, Bill! |
| Handy_Chicky (Fairfax, CA... in the woods) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 01:02 Just slipped back home from her show at Freight and Salvage in Berkley. Oh the lovelynessess of Vienna. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:34 haretic wrote: Methinks thou dost speak in code, brother. Party on! Thank you! Love this beautiful and emotive song... Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. William Shakespeare |
| haretic (toward Abad, just south of Maitri) | Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 10:21 Methinks thou dost speak in code, brother. Party on! romeotuma wrote: Only 18 to 24 are here right now... we be very careful with our fires... hope you are having a lovely Sunday... love this song... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 09:02 Cynaera wrote: I've been told that the fire marshalls in Vegas are pretty lenient about the codes, but unless your room is the size of a convention center, you'd probably better shoo a few of those people out.  Only 18 to 24 are here right now... we be very careful with our fires... hope you are having a lovely Sunday... love this song... |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 09:36 This song might be related to Augustine of Hippo, a Christian saint who famously declared, in his youth, "Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.", on account of his wrestling with the 'sin' of lust. Which goes to show that even saints can be horndogs :) |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 09:36 romeotuma wrote: Right this minute, 42 people... I've been told that the fire marshalls in Vegas are pretty lenient about the codes, but unless your room is the size of a convention center, you'd probably better shoo a few of those people out. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:48 romeotuma wrote: Right this minute, 42 people... yikes! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:46 gypsyman wrote: how menny iz dat? Right this minute, 42 people... |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:45 romeotuma wrote: Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... how menny iz dat? |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:44 Everybody in my hotel room loves this song... |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:44 rabaak wrote: I enjoy almost all of her songs that I hear on RP. Another artist that I never knew about before I started to listen to RP. Put me in that column too.  |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Nov 28, 2011 - 16:40 aspicer wrote: Nice......AND....it would be great if it had ANY originality. Maybe she should JUST do Tori Amos covers? Then at least she would be authentic about the music she is playing?! must be relying on the aberrant name. (WTF is a vienna teng, anyway?) |
| aspicer (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Nov 09, 2011 - 15:54 Nice......AND....it would be great if it had ANY originality. Maybe she should JUST do Tori Amos covers? Then at least she would be authentic about the music she is playing?! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Aug 31, 2011 - 20:02 This really is a magnificent song... love it... |
| amoreena (west whatnot) | Posted: Jul 31, 2011 - 10:14 Thank you for playing something other than Blue Caravan....... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:31 kingart wrote: Music like great cheesecake: SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET and LUSCIOUS. I like this description... well said... I agree... |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: May 23, 2011 - 11:30 kingart wrote: Music like great cheesecake: SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET and LUSCIOUS. Not sure that is a compliment.  |
| kingart (Brooklyn NY) | Posted: May 04, 2011 - 18:10 Music like great cheesecake: SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET and LUSCIOUS. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Apr 21, 2011 - 22:11 We be dancing... love it... |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:34 Rooney wrote: As usual romeo, I agree totally with your taste in music. Excellent indeed. Thank you! This really is a fantastic song... |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 09:32 coccyx wrote: lu-hu sser-her This is Vienna Teng, not Beth Orton. |
| GT66 | Posted: Mar 02, 2011 - 15:16 I love this woman's music, her writing, her voice: 10. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 11:55 I've bumped this up to 9. It's really growing on me!  |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Jan 23, 2011 - 11:54 romeotuma wrote: excellent... As usual romeo, I agree totally with your taste in music. Excellent indeed. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 09:31 excellent... |
| Moak (Reading, PA) | Posted: Nov 28, 2010 - 07:25  |
| ortega1 (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Nov 21, 2010 - 10:31 rabaak wrote: I enjoy almost all of her songs that I hear on RP. Another artist that I never knew about before I started to listen to RP. exactly! I remember, when I heard first time another song of her - "Drought", right here on RP. |
| rabaak | Posted: Nov 15, 2010 - 16:06 I enjoy almost all of her songs that I hear on RP. Another artist that I never knew about before I started to listen to RP. |