Aimee Mann — Avalanche
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Well I stepped into an avalanche
It covered up my soul;
When I am not this hunchback that you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn, learn to serve me well
You strike my side by accident
As you go down for your gold
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Is neither starved nor cold;
He does not ask for your company
Not at the centre, the centre of the world
When I am on a pedestal
You did not raise me there
Your laws do not compel me
To kneel grotesque and bare
I myself am the pedestal
For this ugly hump at which you stare
You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn what makes me kind;
The crumbs of love that you offer me
They're the crumbs I've left behind
Your pain is no credential here
It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound
I have begun to long for you
I who have no greed
I have begun to ask for you
I who have no need
You say you've gone away from me
But I can feel you when you breathe
Do not dress in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
You don't love me quite so fiercely now
When you know that you are not sure
It is your turn, beloved
It is your flesh that I wear
It covered up my soul;
When I am not this hunchback that you see
I sleep beneath the golden hill
You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn, learn to serve me well
You strike my side by accident
As you go down for your gold
The cripple here that you clothe and feed
Is neither starved nor cold;
He does not ask for your company
Not at the centre, the centre of the world
When I am on a pedestal
You did not raise me there
Your laws do not compel me
To kneel grotesque and bare
I myself am the pedestal
For this ugly hump at which you stare
You who wish to conquer pain
You must learn what makes me kind;
The crumbs of love that you offer me
They're the crumbs I've left behind
Your pain is no credential here
It's just the shadow, shadow of my wound
I have begun to long for you
I who have no greed
I have begun to ask for you
I who have no need
You say you've gone away from me
But I can feel you when you breathe
Do not dress in those rags for me
I know you are not poor
You don't love me quite so fiercely now
When you know that you are not sure
It is your turn, beloved
It is your flesh that I wear
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds — Avalanche (Leonard Cohen)
Sofa_King wrote:
The eyes of a raptor!
The eyes of a raptor!
MinMan wrote:
Appropriate from the best & call it an homage.
bought that album used, at a salvation army store
best purchase I ever made
Appropriate from the best & call it an homage.
bought that album used, at a salvation army store
best purchase I ever made
Hmm, another one I would never had heard off if I died yesterday. Great stuff!
Leonard Cohen? Sure sounds like him. Nice song nicely sung!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Appropriate from the best & call it an homage.
Appropriate from the best & call it an homage.
Bill just told me that this is a Leonard Cohen song! One I somehow had never heard! Kudos to Aimee Mann for having good taste! I'm starting with an 8, but I want to hear it again...
Is this actually a Cohen song? If not, she's TOTALLY on his vibe! Loving it!
That looks like Margot Robbie on the album cover. Gorgeous.
Melody channeling Leonard Cohen
This is really good, and different—not only from anything I have heard from AM previously, but from most new music that I come across.
Shocked that her Wikipedia article fails to mention her appearance as herself in an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer! 
forthbrdge wrote:
I love Avalan Che's music. Her "Aimee Mann" tribute album is great and at points, she even sounds a little like Aimee Mann.
Saw the cover and thought, "Is that the guy that is plastered on the T-shirts all the counter culture types in Camelot wear around the castle?"
No wait, that is Avalon Che.
No wait, that is Avalon Che.
I love Avalan Che's music. Her "Aimee Mann" tribute album is great and at points, she even sounds a little like Aimee Mann.
ProfessionalGeek wrote:
I agree that at certain points in the song her timbre is very similar to KC. However, in terms of singing, there is a bit of space between them.
She sounds a bit like Karen Carpenter in this one. Nice!
I agree that at certain points in the song her timbre is very similar to KC. However, in terms of singing, there is a bit of space between them.
Saw the cover and thought, "Is that the guy that is plastered on the T-shirts all the counter culture types in Camelot wear around the castle?"
No wait, that is Avalon Che.
No wait, that is Avalon Che.
She sounds a bit like Karen Carpenter in this one. Nice!
New Aimee Mann ! Awesome !
Nice homage to the late, great, L Cohen on the album cover.
See his "Songs of Love and Hate" album cover.