Madi Diaz — Be Careful
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All the girls in the Paris night
All the girls in the pale moonlight
All the girls with the shopping bags
All the girls with the washing rags
All the girls on the telephone
All the girls standing all alone
All the girls sitting on the wire
Who one by one fly into the fire
Be careful how you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
All the girls standing by your beds
All the girls standing on their heads
All the girls with the broken arms
All the girls with the deadly charms
All the girls in the restaurants
Pretending to be nonchalant
Funny girls on the TV shows
Close your eyes and they turn to snow
Be careful how you bend me
Careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
All the girls working overtime
Telling you everything is fine
All the girls in the beauty shops
Girls' tongues catching the raindrops
All the girls that you'll never see
Forever a mystery
All the girls with their secret ways
All the girls who have gone astray
Be careful how you bend me
Careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
For all the parents who are losing sleep
For all the babies that won't come to be
For all the reasons that are ours to know
It's my choice and I'm not alone
For every man who's standing next to me
For queer and trans and non-binary
For everybody with their own body
I will meet you all out in the street, so
Be careful how you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
Careful how you end me
Be careful how you bend me (Be careful how)
Be careful where you send me (Be careful where)
Be careful
Be careful how you end me
All the girls in the Paris night
All the girls in the pale moonlight
All the girls with the shopping bags
All the girls with the washing rags
All the girls on the telephone
All the girls standing all alone
All the girls sitting on the wire
Who one by one fly into the fire
Be careful how you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
All the girls standing by your beds
All the girls standing on their heads
All the girls with the broken arms
All the girls with the deadly charms
All the girls in the restaurants
Pretending to be nonchalant
Funny girls on the TV shows
Close your eyes and they turn to snow
Be careful how you bend me
Careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
All the girls working overtime
Telling you everything is fine
All the girls in the beauty shops
Girls' tongues catching the raindrops
All the girls that you'll never see
Forever a mystery
All the girls with their secret ways
All the girls who have gone astray
Be careful how you bend me
Careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
For all the parents who are losing sleep
For all the babies that won't come to be
For all the reasons that are ours to know
It's my choice and I'm not alone
For every man who's standing next to me
For queer and trans and non-binary
For everybody with their own body
I will meet you all out in the street, so
Be careful how you bend me
Be careful where you send me
Careful how you end me
Be careful with me
Careful how you end me
Be careful how you bend me (Be careful how)
Be careful where you send me (Be careful where)
Be careful
Be careful how you end me
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leathepea wrote:
That makes sense, since she wrote the song.
I hear some Patty Griffin in this.
That makes sense, since she wrote the song.
Sofa_King wrote:
It's not pretentious nor does it ruin anything. I for one am glad that they added that verse
Agreed. I struggle to see where the pretense is in the last verse. It's a lovely addition.
It's not pretentious nor does it ruin anything. I for one am glad that they added that verse
Agreed. I struggle to see where the pretense is in the last verse. It's a lovely addition.
ice-9 wrote:
It's not pretentious nor does it ruin anything. I for one am glad that they added that verse
Aww...c'mon. The addition of the pretentious, incongruous final verse ruins the subtle beauty of this Patty Griffin song.
It's not pretentious nor does it ruin anything. I for one am glad that they added that verse
Aww...c'mon. The addition of the pretentious, incongruous final verse ruins the subtle beauty of this Patty Griffin song.
beautiful - simply beautiful
Isn't this a Patti Griffin song?
It isn't often that music raises a tear in this office, but this one does. Superb.
Another of the recent new (to me) songs on RP that after immediately catching my attention and earning a 7 from me, after repeated listens I feel compelled to make it an 8. Love the mix even more these days!
Me likey. Refreshingly simple!
leathepea wrote:
I hear some Patty Griffin in this.
This is a cover of Patty's song.
syrengo wrote:
WTF? There is no auto-tune on her voice... the only thing that sounds "artificial" is her singing backup to herself on the chorus, doubling and tripling her voice.
nice but too much auto-tune on her voice... I'm sure she doesn't even need it ...
WTF? There is no auto-tune on her voice... the only thing that sounds "artificial" is her singing backup to herself on the chorus, doubling and tripling her voice.
syrengo wrote:
I genuinely can't hear any auto-tune ... particularly as she misses the note by a few cents several times.
nice but too much auto-tune on her voice... I'm sure she doesn't even need it ...
I genuinely can't hear any auto-tune ... particularly as she misses the note by a few cents several times.
nice but too much auto-tune on her voice... I'm sure she doesn't even need it ...
I hear some Patty Griffin in this.
Holy cow, this is good. I've never heard Patty Griffin's original, it's not in RP's catalog.
Madi's voice is just enough like Patty's that one imagines them doing a duet. I wonder if they'd be interested. It would be heavenly.
So sparse, so pure, just lovely. Would like to hear more of this.
chyk5 wrote:
She is the best!
Very tough to cover a Patty Griffin song. Lovely interpretation, but the original is bliss.
She is the best!
timmus wrote:
We are working on this. It happens when we add a new song that doesn't have much on it yet. We'll be going back through and adding the missing bits by hand.
What's with all the new RP additions being added without lyrics or without a publication year?
We are working on this. It happens when we add a new song that doesn't have much on it yet. We'll be going back through and adding the missing bits by hand.
Heard this here yesterday and sent it to my friends. Heard it again and decided I love this song. Thanks, RP.
EDIT: I wanted to read the lyrics and noticed that Madi and friends had added a powerful final verse to Patti Griffin's song. I found this in a Youtube comment: "... per a pitchfork article... that verse was written by Madi Diaz with her best friend Morgan Elizabeth Peirce." Makes a great song greater.
EDIT: I wanted to read the lyrics and noticed that Madi and friends had added a powerful final verse to Patti Griffin's song. I found this in a Youtube comment: "... per a pitchfork article... that verse was written by Madi Diaz with her best friend Morgan Elizabeth Peirce." Makes a great song greater.
What's with all the new RP additions being added without lyrics or without a publication year?
Very tough to cover a Patty Griffin song. Lovely interpretation, but the original is bliss.
Depeche Mode from this year sounds just like, well, Depeche Mode. That was followed up by this number, sounding very much like Joni Mitchell from the seventies. I'm caught in a time warp and loving it!
Am I the first commenter? Cool!
Nope, missed by eleven seconds!
Am I the first commenter? Cool!
Nope, missed by eleven seconds!
I think this is a lovely little song..
Patty's song was personal. Now it feels political. Write your own political song rather than rewrite someone else's deeply personal song. It's like when a stranger takes an interest in you and is very pleasant and friendly, and then starts talking to you about accepting Jesus as your savior. It betrays the humanity of the original conversation. It's cheap and shallow. I respectfully re-assert that this is a pretentious and shallow reinterpretation. I don't give a damn that the cheerleading fluffheads will disagree.
Agreed. I struggle to see where the pretense is in the last verse. It's a lovely addition.