Comments on: covered in birds who can sing a million songs without any words

By: Faith Belair

Faith Belair — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:32:52 +0000

I heard this song on show that I love…and I have been trying to find it for over a year…Thank you so much!

By: david

david — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 01:09:08 +0000

Totally agree with top of the world being the perfect combination of amazing vocals and heartbreaking lyrics. and seeing her live even better.
her cover of springsteen’s stolen car is another that’ll bring tears.

By: James

James — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:13:11 +0000

Patty not only writes some of the saddest music in the world…she also writes some of the most powerful ever put to paper. The fact that she has the chops to accompany them only makes her greater and in a very elite league. Seeing her perform them live is a must for any fan, both devout or casual.
“Silver Bell” despite it’s aforementioned tracks is not Patty’s finest hour (though do hunt the download online as unfortunately it never saw the light of day thanks to Patty‘s crap label at the time). I would give my favorite vote to ‘Flaming Red’ which not only rocks out harder than any of her other discs, it features some of Patty’s greatest songwriting: “Mary”, “Peter Pan”, “One Big Love” Tony”, “Christina” and my all-time favorite, “Goodbye”.

On two other notes related to Patty:
Sadly, Patty lost her father this past year. Reading the newspaper obituary, It seems like he was a very unique man who lived quite a life and Patty must have been very lucky to have him as a father.
Secondly, this coming January we will be treated with Patty’s very first Gospel record produced by Buddy Miller and featuring a plethora of famous guests.

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:36:18 +0000

she always breaks my heart
such a wonderful talent

By: pattyfan

pattyfan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:07:11 +0000

Nobody captures “the ache” like Patty…

Some of my favorites

“You could cry or die or just make pies all day” Making Pies ~ 1000 Kisses

“Forty years go by with someone laying in your bed, forty years of things you say you wish you’d never said, how hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead” Long Ride Home ~ 1000 Kisses

There are many more…

By: browneheather

browneheather — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:21:40 +0000

i find it amazing how other people also hear the connection with “angel from montgomery,” that it’s not just me — a few weeks ago i was listening to patty griffin on the beginning of this jag that led to this post, and all of a sudden i switched over to my several versions of angel from montgomery, because there is a similar thread there hanging it all together. susan tedeschi’s version still amazes me, and it is absolutely THAT one line about coming home in the evening and having nothing to say — that’s the line that always gets me too.

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:52:38 +0000

I find it impossible to pinpoint a favorite Patty Griffin piece of work. With every album I think she’s grown and improved phenomenally….then I go back to “Living With Ghosts” and realize she’s always been phenomenal.

I recently had the inevitable John Prine epiphany while listening to “Angel of Montgomery” and got stuck on the line “how the hell can a person go to work in the morning and come home in the evening and have nothing to say.” I was suddenly stuck by how similar the feeling of that verse is to Patty’s “Long Ride Home” – the emptiness of lives lived together but separate. “40 years go by with someone laying in your bed, 40 years of things you say you wish you’d never said, how hard would it have been to say some kinder words instead?”
Phenomenal.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:08:52 +0000

First off, I visit this site every day and I never expected to find my humble blog mentioned here. So, thank you!

Second, I’m so thrilled to see this post–Patty is absolutely my favorite musician and practically any song you pull from her catalog will leave you fat with emotion.

If you’re interested in digging deeper, I suggest immediately checking out “Living With Ghosts”–you’ll find “Fly” on there. The first time I heard this album I was absolutely blown away by the power this woman sustains over 10 songs with just her voice and a guitar.

By: Jimmie Myers

Jimmie Myers — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:22:43 +0000

Your citation of “Top of the World” reminded me of one of my all time favorite songs: “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be” by Carly Simon. Just as Maine Character said above, it’s a perfect sad snapshot of a woman’s life. Destroys me every time.

By: Mateo

Mateo — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:46:20 +0000

In the original version on Patty’s Silverbell record that was never released is probably the most heartbreaking I’ve heard. The ending of the song has her Grandma singing on it. Patty’s said the song is about her and I’ve always taken some comfort from the fact that if this was her life, she was still able to sing. Incidentally, Patty’s also introduced the song Mary as a song also about her grandmother.