Nice little video, along with great lyrics and music, from M. Ward.
 

There is nothing new under the sun – we all share, to one degree or
another, the desire to know – why!  A broken heart, a long night, and
how do we stay in the light?  Good questions all – questions the beg for
an interior life that is so hard to find in our day. Quit, stillness,
calm – the attitudes for and the results of being present with God.

I came across this ’90’s song and video.  I like it! It is one of those songs that gets into my mind – it has that hook effect.  I love the voice of the black woman singing (don’t know her name).

The old electronics – cutting edge back then – could fetch a bit of money these days for the nostalgia effect.  Too bad their drinking in LA got a little over done and led to the smashing of that bitchin’ Mac laptop (before the OS went all Unix) they were using to make their cool groves.  The song is from “Bran Van 3000,” a group out of Montreal (I think).  By the way, they have a new album that came out in 2010.

Official website: http://bv3.ca/

Alright, here is “Coming Up Close.”  IMHO, one of the best songs ever written.

I loved ‘Till Tuesday – the name, the music, the look, the album covers.  I’ve followed Aimee Mann long after the band broke up – have all her albums.  She has been referred to as the “last of the tortured artists” and an “artist’s artist”.  I remember in the mid-1980’s sitting in the studio working on my graphic design projects listening to this album.  “Coming Up Close” is easily the best song!  New Wave, female vocalists with low voices… I had a platonic crush on Aimee Mann.

Well, she really needs to have a guitar in her hands in this video – not so good at free dancing.  This was when MTV had “VJ’s” and actually played videos – all day!  Then, of course, there was the keyboardist.