 Asking For Flowers (2008) [ larger cover art ] |
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You know what I wish?
It was just you and me
Sitting in this corner bar
You could tell me how you are
But I'm not going to lie
Or anything
You don't even have to speak
If you keep looking at me
And I could go all night
But they're turning up the lights
It would be so easy
To do or say anything
But I'm not going to lie
I’m not looking for love
I won't let you in my heart
But you are always on my mind
| Johnny_Wave (California, baby) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 21:43 Very nice song |
| Alexandra (PNW) | Posted: May 16, 2013 - 21:42 Red_Dragon wrote: love. love. love.  |
| templebeautiful | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 15:05 RP turned me on to her and I thank you immensely. I can't stop listening to her. I love everything she's done. |
| Red_Dragon (Redneck Nation) | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 19:57 love. love. love. |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 21:20 old dude votes 9. |
| Sawyer (Calgary, Canada) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:48 EdmoJoe wrote: Thought this was Neil Young's Cortez the Killer in the introduction. Me too also  |
| dsd (PDX) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:47 Thank you Bill, for the magnificent set this morning !!! |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 10:46 shellbella wrote: When this song comes up I stop what I'm doing and sigh.... Me, too. Then I get up and change the music before I fall into a coma. |
| hoppin_bob (vancouver BC) | Posted: Apr 02, 2013 - 22:26 No background or whateve - out of the blue - this is really good! |
| GeorgeMWoods | Posted: Mar 26, 2013 - 09:33 Love the meandering style of this one. |
| NicJohn (Northern Michigan) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 10:15 Thank you RP for introducing me to Kathleen Edwards! Her music has really grown on me. She is a new favorite for me. |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 10:10 Mystery Guest wrote: love it. There are certain songs whose musical architecture are so 'instantly familiar' that listening makes one feel completely 'at home'. When this song comes up, and I'm at home working, I sometimes pick up my old Stratocaster. You know those computer driving games where the road approaches and you have to steer accordingly ? Well the road often travelled that this song represents is so easy to steer that I can play along effortlessly, let go and sometimes surprise myself. it is for me the pinnacle of her achievements so far, nicely balanced with "Back to me" the cheeky rocker on another album. When this song comes up I stop what I'm doing and sigh.... |
| EdmoJoe (Edmonton, Canada) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 10:08 Thought this was Neil Young's Cortez the Killer in the introduction. |
| gypsyman (just passing through....) | Posted: Mar 19, 2013 - 23:31 Not only do I generally very much like Kathleen, but the bass line in this song is absolutely mesmerizing. And the harmonica bleeds sorrow. |
| Mystery Guest (somewhere else) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 23:27 love it. There are certain songs whose musical architecture are so 'instantly familiar' that listening makes one feel completely 'at home'. When this song comes up, and I'm at home working, I sometimes pick up my old Stratocaster. You know those computer driving games where the road approaches and you have to steer accordingly ? Well the road often travelled that this song represents is so easy to steer that I can play along effortlessly, let go and sometimes surprise myself. it is for me the pinnacle of her achievements so far, nicely balanced with "Back to me" the cheeky rocker on another album. |
| oaktreem (Australia) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 04:23 I am useless whenever this song is playing. I get stuck in my chair and my veins almost stop from funnelling. It is a remarkable song. I love it. |
| oaktreem (Australia) | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 04:20 my ears opened like flowers that swallowed me whole. absolutely beautiful. love it loud. love it every time. |
| rabaak | Posted: Mar 07, 2013 - 04:17 The bass on this is excellent |
| nightmann (kennewick, wa) | Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 11:19 more like this bill i love what this song does to my soul |
| Gajdzin (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 11:15 This grows on me. First I gave 5, on second listen 6, now 7. Maybe one day I'll give her 8? I normally reserve ratings 8-9-10 to the truly outstanding, my musical gods. We'll see. |
| kgish (Lost in the Netherlands) | Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 11:15 Kathleen's lyrics are amazingly well thought out and if you listen to her songs enough each and every one will strike a chord deep in your soul. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Mar 02, 2013 - 11:14 The drone....the drone....where is the PSD, quick! |
| whatshisname (West OZ) | Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 05:15 Everynow and then I hit across a song which kinda pulls me apart from that all too complicated person I have now become and in amongst all that mess of bits somewhere inside, something tells me that this past couple of minutes has been very special. Wow,I have stopped,I have actually stopped and am in the moment.......thankyou Ms. Edwards...oh thankyou. |
| sandpebble (near Paradise) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 22:48 Cortez the Killer groove with a sexy girl voice  |
| westslope (BC coast) | Posted: Feb 22, 2013 - 22:47 dig wrote: One of her best. I like her anti-war song on the same CD, but yeah, this is her best to date. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Feb 21, 2013 - 23:24 becomes more Godlike on every listen |
| dig | Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 14:19 One of her best. |
| DJ_BellsEye | Posted: Feb 11, 2013 - 18:55 Reminiscent of Dido... haunting and beautiful voice. Thanks for this introduction. Long live Radio Paradise. |
| drreuss | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 15:27 one of the most brilliant and raw pieces of music of this decade ! the harmonica solo gives me the chills every time  |
| Krispian (Vancouver, BC) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 15:16 Alexandra wrote: Oh Kathleen.......what a lovely little song you've created. Goes straight to my heart every time and reminds me of someone very special. And of saying goodbye to a city I loved with all my heart. What a beautiful sentiment, and a beautiful song. |
| Alexandra (PNW) | Posted: Feb 03, 2013 - 20:41 Oh Kathleen.......what a lovely little song you've created. Goes straight to my heart every time and reminds me of someone very special. And of saying goodbye to a city I loved with all my heart. |
| toomanyollys | Posted: Jan 30, 2013 - 03:31 dew34 wrote: Song takes me to place that I sometimes forget. It could even be longer and that would be fine. There is anguish in it and sadness, but its a hopeful song, too. Really love it! 8-9!! You're absolutely spot on. 8 -> 9 here too. |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 18:37 Tippster wrote: Not one musical element in this song is out of place or tedious in this cranky old bastard's opinion. Simply gorgeous. Song takes me to place that I sometimes forget. It could even be longer and that would be fine. There is anguish in it and sadness, but its a hopeful song, too. Really love it! 8-9!! |
| michaele (A2 MI) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 15:15 Sad and beautiful. Every time I hear it, I love it more |
| bam23 (Berkeley) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 15:15 eswiley2 wrote: This is more of a feeling, than a song. A nice feeling. A very nice feeling.  This is an accurate description. I really like this, but it works better if I try and ignore the clumsy attempts to rhyme and let the flow of the music take over. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 22, 2013 - 15:13 Most songs are derivative of other cool predecessor songs. This one just seems so much more that way. i dunno |
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 16:01 oldsaxon wrote: Y A W N....time for my nap...or something actually musical...where's that PSD? Off you go for your nap then granddad, while the rest of us enjoy this exquisite piece of music. ; ) |
| 84MacGuy (Portlandia, Oregon) | Posted: Jan 21, 2013 - 15:44 This is the first Kathleen Edwards song I ever heard. Of course, I heard it a couple years ago on RP. Where else would you hear this kind of music. My enjoyment of her music has only increased over the last couple years. |
| Rockit (Ottawa ON) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 10:41 New category 11 - Cosmic |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 10:39 Y A W N....time for my nap...or something actually musical...where's that PSD? |
| shellbella (so california) | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 10:37 This song is so powerful... |
| MsJudi (Houston, TX) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 06:58 I thought Kathleen Edwards= Bird York, but the voices are too different to be the same person. Nice song, though. |
| eswiley2 | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 12:29 This is more of a feeling, than a song. A nice feeling. A very nice feeling. |
| Segue (Almost Paradise) | Posted: Jan 03, 2013 - 12:27 Rilly Rilly Good. Most Excellent. Deserves Her Own Category for This One. So Dreamy, I Forget To Submit. |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 19:14 Love this. See ya Kali-forn-ia in my rear view mirror.  |
| rspauldi | Posted: Dec 29, 2012 - 19:10 Rocks my world...... Roger Spaulding But of course a happy man's true paradise is his own good nature — Ed Abbey |
| Tippster (Washington, DC) | Posted: Dec 25, 2012 - 10:24 Not one musical element in this song is out of place or tedious in this cranky old bastard's opinion. Simply gorgeous. |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 10:49 h8rhater wrote: Well... aren't you well rounded. Give yourself a pat on the Bach. That made me laugh, thanks. Much better than listening to her sing. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 07:23 oldsaxon wrote: I'm a fan of Charlie Parker, Bach, Morcheeba and Amy Winehouse. Some songs just make me angry, this is one. Well... aren't you well rounded. Give yourself a pat on the Bach. |
| adroc (slightly left of centre) | Posted: Dec 21, 2012 - 07:22 This is a fantastically written, arranged, and performed song - one of her best, and a solid 9. |