Music Video Weekend: Ryan Adams, “When the Stars Go Blue”
September 26th, 2009 Posted in Music“Where do you go when you’re lonely? Where do you go when you’re blue?”
I think about music all the time. Always have. Listen to it, read about it, close my eyes and feel it. I hate to say this, but I think I care about music the way Lewis Buzbee cares about books. And yet I’m not too clear on how that relates to this blog. It always feels a little self-indulgent whenever I talk about music and show clips. I think: There’s some reader out there who gets really annoyed whenever I do this.
But I.
Can’t.
Stop.
Myself.
By way of throwing a bone to that angry, hostile reader, I’ve moved “Music Video Friday” to “Music Video Weekend,” because somehow that fits better.
Anyway: I’ve listened to this song a lot over the past month or two. A truly sublime melody, deeply beautiful. For those new to Ryan Adams, please don’t confuse him with Bryan Adams (yuck). He’s done a lot of great work over the years, but I think his recent disk, “Easy Tiger,” would be a good place to start. The track below is from his 2001 disk, “Gold.”
2 Responses to “Music Video Weekend: Ryan Adams, “When the Stars Go Blue””
By Kurtis on Sep 26, 2009
I love this song so I feel bad inserting a correction, but Ryan’s first solo disc was “Heartbreaker.” And there was a few before that with the band Whiskeytown, which include some of his best work.
Mostly I agree with the importance of the “Ryan/Bryan” distinction. Urban legend has it that he got so sick of people requesting “Cuts Like a Knife” that he now throws people out if they do it.
BTW, I read Six Innings and thought it was excellent.
By jimmy on Sep 26, 2009
Kurtis, thank you for the correction. And yes, big cheers for Whiskeytown; great band.
Thanks about Six Innings, that’s a great compliment coming from the author of MUDVILLE. (It’s on my list, honest!)