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The music "Spiritual" inspired Annie Proulx when writing the dozy embrace.
adrian:
"The most difficult scene was the paragraph where, on the mountain, Ennis holds Jack and rocks back and forth, humming, the moment mixed with childhood loss and his refusal to admit he was holding a man. This paragraph took forever to get right, and I played Charlie Hayden's and Pat Methany's 'Spiritual', from their album 'Beyod the Missouri Sky(Short Stories)' uncountable times, trying to get the words. I was trying to write the inchoate feelings of Jack and Ennis, the sad impossibility of their liason, which for me was expressed in that music. To this day, I cannot hear that track without Jack and Ennis appearing before me." -Annie Proulx
I loved this music upon first hearing it. It has a somewhat, melancholy mood with a definate western feel. It is sad and beautiful and unforgettable.
OverTheRainbow:
Wow, that's interesting! Thanks for sharing that! ;D
Ellemeno:
Hi Adrian, yes, I downloaded it from iTunes when I read about it, and added it to my enhanced BBM soundtrack playlist I've made. It's a very beautiful piece of music. I wonder if anyone has told Charlie Haden?
Here is a youtube video of a slowed-down Dozy Embrace set to the tune. Enjoy:
adrian:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on July 10, 2006, 02:10:23 am ---Hi Adrian, yes, I downloaded it from iTunes when I read about it, and added it to my enhanced BBM soundtrack playlist I've made. It's a very beautiful piece of music. I wonder if anyone has told Charlie Haden?
Here is a youtube video of a slowed-down Dozy Embrace set to the tune. Enjoy:
--- End quote ---
Thanks Clarissa. Now try listening to the music, at dusk, while reading that scene from the book! That is the feeling that Annie Proulx was experiencing while writing that scene. There are lyrics too. Apparently, I read, that 'Spiritual' was written by Charlie's son. Not sure though.
stevenedel:
Music and words of Spiritual were originally written by Charly Haden's son Josh. The text goes:
Jesus, I don't want to die alone
Jesus, oh Jesus, I don't want to die alone
My love wasn't true
Now all I have is you
Jesus, oh Jesus, I don't want to die alone.
Jesus, if you hear my last breath
Don't leave me here
Left to die a lonely death
I know I have sinned
But Lord, I'm suffering
Jesus, oh Jesus, if you hear my last breath.
All my troubles
all my pain
will leave me
once again
once again.
Of course, Proulx refers to the textless Haden/Metheny version, from their album "Beyond the Missouri Sky" (which I came across in a local store and bough on impulse because I love the title, and it has a gorgeous inside cover photograph of a big, cloudy, sunset sky. Frankly, apart from Spiritual, I don't care much for the rest that's on it... :-\)
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