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Laura Veirs — Galaxies
Album: Year of Meteors
Avg rating:
6.6

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Total ratings: 862









Released: 2005
Length: 3:26
Plays (last 30 days): 1
When you sing
When you sing
The stars fill up my eyes

Galaxies pour down my cheeks
Galaxies
Galaxies that flood the street
Galaxies

When we dance
When we dance
Eels and seagrass float on by
I'm ten thousand leagues beneath the sea
ten thousand leagues
ten thousand leagues
ten thousand leagues beneath the green
ten thousand leagues

When we kiss
When we kiss
Bears and boulders vibrate through the air

Gravity is dead you see
All I need is beating red
No gravity...
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 On_The_Beach wrote:

Her voice reminds me of Emily Haines of Metric (that's a good thing).



I totally thought this was Emily Haines. Jumped on here to rate it and discovered that I already had! 

8
Her voice reminds me of Emily Haines of Metric (that's a good thing).
Another artist I would not hear on commercial radio with it’s SSDD
 redeyespy wrote:
She looks like a poster girl for the Dewey Decimal System, and she rocks! A most agreeable combo there.
 
So true. Quite true. True. Funny ;-D
LOVE HER!  Whole album and Warp & Weft is great! 
Man, it's been a year already since the Case Lang Viers tour came to Dallas and what a great show it was Time flies!
Absolutely 10!
First time I'm hearing this.  Who needs gravity?  I am floating through the galaxy.  {#Meditate}
10!
This song is a perfect example of the fact that lyrics don't have to mean anything at all.
digging this
Amy Farrah Fowler
 aspicer wrote:
Andy why would I listen to this over Throwing Muses, Tonya Donnelly, or Kristin Hirsch??  

 
Who is Andy?  Anyhow, there should be more than three or four choices, shouldn't there?
Andy why would I listen to this over Throwing Muses, Tonya Donnelly, or Kristin Hirsch??  
Daria

Sounds great on vinyl also.....
Nice face, nice music! 
WONDERFUL - just wonderful!

Compare Laura's feelings to the likes of
 "THE NATIONAL"
 Exene wrote:
When we kiss, bears and boulders fly through the air? Did I make that part up?
 
When we kiss, when we kiss
Bears and boulders vibrate through the air
Gravity is dead you see

Shouldn't we be having a wake?

Starting to like this... a 6 for now, we'll see what happens.

When we kiss, bears and boulders fly through the air? Did I make that part up?
 fatale7 wrote:


I went to Carleton at the same time as Laura and as far as I know, the school doesn't offer a major in geography.  Perhaps you meant geology?

Either way, nice to hear a Carleton alum on RP!  And yes, it is a really good school. {#Yes}

 

I got geography from the poster I quoted. Wikipedia lists her academic focus as geology and Mandarin, courses of study, no doubt, that have been indispensible to her music career.{#Wink}

I'm happy to see that she has released an EP of acoustic folk, Two Beers Veirs , and is working on a new LP, July Flame.


 Inamorato wrote

Laura must be pretty smart, though...Carleton is a top-ranked school in Northfield, MN, the town where the James gang had their demise. I'm glad they still offer majors in geography.


 

I went to Carleton at the same time as Laura and as far as I know, the school doesn't offer a major in geography.  Perhaps you meant geology?

Either way, nice to hear a Carleton alum on RP!  And yes, it is a really good school. {#Yes}

ziggytrix wrote:
hey I just realized from where I recognize her; this gal guested on vocals with the Decemberists on Austin City Limits!
She does the female vocal on The Decembersists' heartbreaking Yankee Bayonet on The Crane Wife.


She's well worth seeing live. She does a really great solo set with delays and pedals creating multi-guitar and vocal tracks.
this ordinary looking girl's voice backed by grungy guitar licks is interesting
hey I just realized from where I recognize her; this gal guested on vocals with the Decemberists on Austin City Limits!
ChardRemains wrote:
First heard this cut on a free Paste CD. Nice! Laura is a 1997 graduate of Carelton College in MN, where she majored in Geography. She made the cover of their alumni magazine this month! Now that's success!

With that kind of success, who needs a Grammy?

Laura must be pretty smart, though...Carleton is a top-ranked school in Northfield, MN, the town where the James gang had their demise. I'm glad they still offer majors in geography.

I first heard this song on a Paste CD too.

First heard this cut on a free Paste CD. Nice! Laura is a 1997 graduate of Carelton College in MN, where she majored in Geography. She made the cover of their alumni magazine this month! Now that's success!
Mmmm thanks for the celestial set again Bill it's making me want to burn a themed cds set or 3
Nice!
Laura is totally Indie in sound and by all appearances! Magnificent!
She could try to look a little more Indie on the cover of her album, but it's a nice song )))))
messydiner wrote:
I keep thinking this is Teagan & Sara.
That's who I thought it was too!
14 and a half minutes.... and counting!
eman wrote:
LV, i'll make you a Salmon dinner anyday... The Northwest rocks...!!!
Hope this girl's not a vegan for your sake...
Celestial playlist: Laura Veirs - Galaxies The Flaming Lips - Vein of Stars Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
Pretty standard, decent emo. But from a chick! For me, enough to raise it from a 6 to a 7.
brandog wrote:
If this wasn't so senseless and boring, I'd hate it.
It's too mediocre for hatred.
I keep thinking this is Teagan & Sara.
escapist wrote:
I was impressed by the album as a whole, and if you like this song and the other song Bill had been playing (Cool Water) I'd strongly recommend buying this. One of the best CDs I've bought from hearing some tracks played here.
Kinda late on the the "thanks", but much grass just the same...
SpamNRice wrote:
So... what about the rest of this CD? Any good? I hate to be trapped into buying for one song and getting 10 other sucky songs...
I was impressed by the album as a whole, and if you like this song and the other song Bill had been playing (Cool Water) I'd strongly recommend buying this. One of the best CDs I've bought from hearing some tracks played here.
So... what about the rest of this CD? Any good? I hate to be trapped into buying for one song and getting 10 other sucky songs... As for the looks? Who freakin cares? She can sing and she's kinda cool in a psycho, freak, hug those tree's, and feed the children NOW! kinda way Humor folks...
federico wrote:
No, sorry, I am not interested in saving the whales. Good day.
kgish wrote:
I would say that this is a pretty cool number. And I do not care what she looks like on the cover, it's the voice that counts.
Have to agree with you there.
off topic...but i pulled out Galaxie 500, Today and listened to it end to end twice yesterday...forgot just how good it was. long live dean wareham! pobaldy wrote:
galaxie 500 -- i wish
No, sorry, I am not interested in saving the whales. Good day.
otto63 wrote:
Good voice, song of no value, face undiscribable
this made me laugh! i have no idea what it means!!
d-mac wrote:
Clever playlist, Bill. :) Laura Veirs - Galaxies The Flaming Lips - Vein of Stars Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
galaxie 500 -- i wish
d-mac wrote:
Clever playlist, Bill. :)
Fully agreed! I like this song :)
GChevy410 wrote:
growing on me too...very slowly 3 to a 4
I started at about at 3 too; now it is at a 7. I doubt it will get higher as the chorus is a bit on the annoying side.
Clever playlist, Bill. :) Laura Veirs - Galaxies The Flaming Lips - Vein of Stars Moby - We Are All Made Of Stars
LV, i'll make you a Salmon dinner anyday... The Northwest rocks...!!!
I would say that this is a pretty cool number. And I do not care what she looks like on the cover, it's the voice that counts.
redeyespy wrote:
She looks like a poster girl for the Dewey Decimal System, and she rocks! A most agreeable combo there.
LOL. I've always had a major thing for librarians.
Good voice, song of no value, face undiscribable
Just heard this again and i've had to up the rating from 7 to 9. I know, sounds a bit crazy but it's really grown on me. Plus I think she's kinda cute in a school teacher type of way !
redeyespy wrote:
She looks like a poster girl for the Dewey Decimal System, and she rocks! A most agreeable combo there.
Love it. Love Paste. Thanks RP. Laura and I are having a cup of tea before we go back to information architecture.
Papa_John wrote:
LOL Paste ROCKS!
Most definitely! I've been a subscriber since Day 1 - Victoria Williams and Mark Olsen were the cover for that one. The samplers have always been great.
... ...
Liked it when I first heard it. So much that I bought the whole CD from iTunes. Now I am sick of it. Happens sometimes....
TheLoneIguana wrote:
I got in on that Tracks magazine promo that RP promoted a while back. I got maybe three issues of the free subscription, then a letter saying they were cancelling the magazine. They transferred all the subscriptions to Paste, which I was buying anyway! /Good Karma that day
Same story here. I bring it to work after I am through reading it and put it in, well, let's say a place where a lot of reading takes place. Several of my freeloading co-workers will send me email asking when I'm bringing in the next issue for the "library." Great magazine.
She looks like a poster girl for the Dewey Decimal System, and she rocks! A most agreeable combo there.
AliGator wrote:
Yeah. This is growing on me.
growing on me too...very slowly 3 to a 4
Dig it, fo sho!
Yeah. This is growing on me.
been digging this song for about two weeks now. Very much into it. Very nice voice and music compilation here, imo
rdyce wrote:
I love this song. Very unique and, mellow..but with that cool indie chick edge!
... ...
Ewwwww nasty
Oh... this is nice.
I love this song. Very unique and, mellow..but with that cool indie chick edge!
Imkirok wrote:
Oh man, is that siren (or whatever) sound that keeps nagging in the background ever annoying. Make it stop!
no, no, she is the siren. quite nice.
built to spill follower?
I like very much. (I actually saw her in concert before recieving the Paste sampler)
When we kiss, when we kiss Bears and boulders vibrate through the air
This number is pretty cool: liked it the very first time I heard it.
...flashing back now...
Papa_John wrote:
Paste ROCKS!
I got in on that Tracks magazine promo that RP promoted a while back. I got maybe three issues of the free subscription, then a letter saying they were cancelling the magazine. They transferred all the subscriptions to Paste, which I was buying anyway! /Good Karma that day
AphidA wrote:
Another good song from a Paste Sampler. Note: In some photos, Laura Veirs looks like Jon Stewart in drag. Don't believe me? See this.
I have this Paste sampler too - the whole thing is awesome. The very first time I listened to it, this song caught my attention. I like it! Especially her voice and vocal choices - as well as the "siren" or whatever it is effect. Love the way she sings "When we kiss..." HOLY COW! Even Jon Stewart in drag couldn't look as much like Jon Stewart in drag as that photo! Too bad that looking like a dork with glasses wasn't as cool when I was, say, 13...
At first I thought it was Cat Power... however this sounds quite nice.
I thought her first album was better. Check out the song Rapture.
Dork! Cool tune, though.
Papa_John wrote:
Seattle ;-)
I guess that's what I get for being born in Seattle but living in Minnesota since age 5.
Imkirok wrote:
Oh man, is that siren (or whatever) sound that keeps nagging in the background ever annoying. Make it stop!
I was looking out the window for an ambulance or a fire truck.
AphidA wrote:
Another good song from a Paste Sampler. Note: In some photos, Laura Veirs looks like Jon Stewart in drag.
LOL Paste ROCKS!
UltraNurd wrote:
I'm trying to figure out the accent... the pronunciation of "galaxies" in intriguingly weird.
Seattle ;-)
Another good song from a Paste Sampler. Note: In some photos, Laura Veirs looks like Jon Stewart in drag. Don't believe me? See this.
Bizzarefall wrote:
I like it, so far...
I dont know why but I like this song...
rcurrier wrote:
This tune has every bit as much excitement as the artist is showing in that cover photo. If she's bored, imagine how we feel.
Just because neither the music nor her cover have her bouncing off the walls means that she is bored. Perhaps, with having a physics teacher as a father, she is a more "low-key" person. It doesn't mean that she doesn't make nice music. Sometimes I like thrash metal, but usually I like relaxing, pretty music - which is exactly what this is.
I'm trying to figure out the accent... the pronunciation of "galaxies" in intriguingly weird.
This is fun. I knew her (slightly) years ago when I was in college. Her father taught some of my physics classes and sometimes had students over for pizza. I remember a cute, skinny little kid, but I don't remember her singing. It's fun to see that she is making it big! As for the music, I kind of like it. I didn't think much of it at first, but it has really grown on me.
This tune has every bit as much excitement as the artist is showing in that cover photo. If she's bored, imagine how we feel.
Oh man, is that siren (or whatever) sound that keeps nagging in the background ever annoying. Make it stop!
cracking tune but typo alert, it's Veirs not Viers BG
Gawd, I mist be the only one who found this plodding and repetitive in a really yawn-inducing way. Just awful.
beautiful lyrics
" a thousdand boulders vibrate in the air" and the award for best lyrical metaphor goes to....
I have another of Laura's albums...her songs aren't always coherant, but they are quirky and groove me. Just like this song does! Nice addition!
This is a cool song and the album overall is very tasty!
I like it, so far...
I always liked being first. Good office music, nothing that wows me but nice.