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Greg Laswell — My Fight (For You)
Album: Take A Bow
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Released: 2010
Length: 3:43
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Show me what is mine, take my finger
Drag it through where no one else will find
Take your time, I have got all night
Take your time, in the morning the sun will have its fight

Everything you see is all for your taking
Climb into my dreams and leave nothing
I have got all night, leave nothing
In the morning the sun will have its fight

And you know there's nothing
That I won't do for you here
That I won't do for you here
There is nothing that can stand up to my fight
For you, for you

So show me what is mine
Take my heart and drag it through your life
Take your time, I've got all night
Take your time in the morning where it's fine

And you know there's nothing
That I won't do for you here
That I won't do for you here
There is nothing that can stand up to my fight
For you, for you

And you know there is nothing
That I can't do for you, dear
That I can't do for you, dear
There is nothing that can stand up to my fight

And you know there is nothing
That I can't do for you here
That I can't do for you here
There is nothing that can stand up to my fight
For you, for you
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 molson wrote:
I am not sure why there are so many negatives floating around over this tune. I find it quite nice to listen to, thanks Bill!{#Cheers}
 
Yeah, it's a good song - nice groove.  Anyhow, at least three of the negative comments came from the same malcontent.
Im liking this guys work more and more as I listen.
REALLY like this song. Going to Spotify now...
 molson wrote:
I am not sure why there are so many negatives floating around over this tune. I find it quite nice to listen to, thanks Bill!{#Cheers}

 
Yep, my thoughts exactly. I'm not familiar with this but I like it.
Farewell was brilliant. This one, not so much.
This is dreary, eerie, peer-y; a clear and dreamy 8, in my mere opinion.
I am not sure why there are so many negatives floating around over this tune. I find it quite nice to listen to, thanks Bill!{#Cheers}
Rather Steven Wilson/Blackfield-ish. Growing on me. 
what a whiner   {#Boohoo}
Constructive Registration And Protestation, namely Crap
{#No} ..... not for me
Not really CHIC!

Sorry, Billy-Paps - you are more or las boring!

Better play his wife, Bill - Ethiopian genius GIGI SHIBABAW!


 calispera wrote:

I think I understand what you mean. I know how this kind of song could connect me to melancholy. But presently, it still connect me. Not to melancholy, simply to my heart. Much more enjoyable ;)

Melancholy is the ability to connect to a hurt heart. Connecting to a healthy heart is also possible. We often forget to use it.

 
wow...well said.

Grandfather of Bill?

BORING!


Massive Greg Laswell fan but this song certainly isn't his best.
 Rachoh wrote:
Sometimes when I hear songs like this, I cannot help but realize how I've changed. When I was more depressed, melancholy I would have been all over this song & artist. Today, my heart isn't in that place anymore and it's amazing, but I'll be honest sometimes — I miss that strange feeling of bliss that is found in melancholy; music seemed to be the only thing that touched it. And I miss that sense of connection.

But I do not miss the pain...so I'm blessed listening to this type of music as a reminder of how far I've come  {#Cheesygrin}

 
Clear, erudite, wise and simple. Thanks.
 Rachoh wrote:
Sometimes when I hear songs like this, I cannot help but realize how I've changed. When I was more depressed, melancholy I would have been all over this song & artist. Today, my heart isn't in that place anymore and it's amazing, but I'll be honest sometimes — I miss that strange feeling of bliss that is found in melancholy; music seemed to be the only thing that touched it. And I miss that sense of connection.

But I do not miss the pain...so I'm blessed listening to this type of music as a reminder of how far I've come  {#Cheesygrin}
 
I think I understand what you mean. I know how this kind of song could connect me to melancholy. But presently, it still connect me. Not to melancholy, simply to my heart. Much more enjoyable ;)

Melancholy is the ability to connect to a hurt heart. Connecting to a healthy heart is also possible. We often forget to use it.
{#Daisy} You seem to have keen insight..Rachoh wrote:
Sometimes when I hear songs like this, I cannot help but realize how I've changed. When I was more depressed, melancholy I would have been all over this song & artist. Today, my heart isn't in that place anymore and it's amazing, but I'll be honest sometimes — I miss that strange feeling of bliss that is found in melancholy; music seemed to be the only thing that touched it. And I miss that sense of connection.

But I do not miss the pain...so I'm blessed listening to this type of music as a reminder of how far I've come  {#Cheesygrin}
 


Sometimes when I hear songs like this, I cannot help but realize how I've changed. When I was more depressed, melancholy I would have been all over this song & artist. Today, my heart isn't in that place anymore and it's amazing, but I'll be honest sometimes — I miss that strange feeling of bliss that is found in melancholy; music seemed to be the only thing that touched it. And I miss that sense of connection.

But I do not miss the pain...so I'm blessed listening to this type of music as a reminder of how far I've come  {#Cheesygrin}
i kinda like this.
Greg is Good
Rafter101 wrote:
I took my Elbow CD, my Porcupine Tree CD, my Coldplay CD, and my Portishead CD, and smashed them into a little ball. Came up with Greg Laswell.
 
Yep.  With lots of PT.


 ziakut wrote:

Somehow find myself agreeing with this post. Greg Laswell has some talent as a songwriter, but the movement of his music and voice sorta grates my nerves.
 
I don't know...I always seem to be turning his music up...
I also love the album artwork. 
I took my Elbow CD, my Porcupine Tree CD, my Coldplay CD, and my Portishead CD, and smashed them into a little ball. Came up with Greg Laswell.
 Byronape wrote:
Greg Laswell occupies that uncomfortable place (for me) between indie singersongwriter and wanna-be hip soccer mom minivan music.  

If there are any soccer moms out there on RP, I don't mean to offend.  Maybe it's a local thing, but the soccer mom comment around here is a reference to any woman with children who drives a boring people mover, thinks that everything their kid does deserves a freaking prize, and that they should automatically get all the best parking spots because they managed to do something that humanity has been doing for a long, long time...  breed.  I hate that. 
 
Somehow find myself agreeing with this post. Greg Laswell has some talent as a songwriter, but the movement of his music and voice sorta grates my nerves.
UN ENORME COUP DE COEUR POUR CETTE CHANSON. J'ADORE
Greg Laswell occupies that uncomfortable place (for me) between indie singer\songwriter and wanna-be hip soccer mom minivan music.  

If there are any soccer moms out there on RP, I don't mean to offend.  Maybe it's a local thing, but the soccer mom comment around here is a reference to any woman with children who drives a boring people mover, thinks that everything their kid does deserves a freaking prize, and that they should automatically get all the best parking spots because they managed to do something that humanity has been doing for a long, long time...  breed.  I hate that. 
 lily34 wrote:
for a quick second i thought it was elbow...
 


Seriously! With just a hint of Coldplay at times. (Don't be hatin' y'all!) Quite nice!
I LOVE this — very Elbow-ish indeed
for a quick second i thought it was elbow...
He is perpetually on my list of artist to check out. Really need to investigate him further.
What's so depressing about this song? People are nuts.
I like the cover of the album. The peeling paint on the wall, the peeling paint on the desk....the "writing desk" with no paper on it, no pens. The writing desk with all the discards crumpled and torn under it....
Relative to Bill Laswell?
 Cynaera wrote:
This is so depressing - the CD cover looks like my apartment before I painted it... I wish I could like this song, but it drags me down to a place I don't want to ever go again. 
 
Please, make it stop          
Quite a good song: engaging production sound and I don't find it depressing at all.

This is so depressing - the CD cover looks like my apartment before I painted it... I wish I could like this song, but it drags me down to a place I don't want to ever go again. 
Not that everyone has to sound edgy and daring, but this one - much like "Take Everything" from the same record - just feels like by-the-numbers indie pop to me.
 mandolin wrote:
...stretchy vowels...
 
That's good, right?

Greg's voice is growing on me the more of his songs I hear.

...stretchy vowels...