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Published June 12, 2009 by Rebecca Matheson

Rebecca Songs

I have found a Rebecca song! It is by Iron & Wine and I rather like it. Know any other ‘Rebecca’ish’ songs? Wow I’m self indulgent.

Belated Promise Ring

Sunday morning, my Rebecca sleeping in with me again
There’s a kid outside the church kicking a can
When the cedar branches twist she turns her collar to the wind
The weather can close the world within its hand

And my mother says Rebecca is as stubborn as they come
They both call to me with words I never knew
There’s a bug inside the thimble, there’s a band-aid on her thumb
And a pony in the river turning blue
They say,” Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take”
My Rebecca says she never wants a boy
To be barefoot on the driveway as they wave and ride away
Then to run inside and curse the open door

I once gave to my Rebecca a belated promise ring
And she sold it to the waitress on a train
I may find her by the phone but with a fashion magazine
She may kiss me when her girlfriends leave again
They say, “Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take”
I think I could never love another girl
To be free atop a tree stump and to look the other way
While she shines my mother’s imitation pearls

Sunday evening my Rebecca’s lost a book she never read
And the moon already fell into the sea
Saw the statues of our fathers in the courthouse flower bed
Now they blend with all the lightning-tattered trees
They say, “Time may give you more than your poor bones could ever take”
My Rebecca said she knew I’d want a boy
A dollar for my boardwalk red balloon, to float away
She would earn a pocketful to buy me more

Music

Music Rebecca song

Published November 28, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

Stoneking & Brownbird

Apologies to inflict yet another video on you, but last night Geoff, Laura, Tim S and I had the pleasure of seeing CW Stoneking. He currently sings… erm, callipso jazz and it certainly doesn’t sound like it should be coming out of this white aussie guy – although I can’t say he’s a typical specimen (Doesn’t that word make you cringe?). It was quite amazing. The crowd at Rubys was vastly colourful in age and in style.

The age have an article on him

Prior to Stoneking, was this guy, Brownbird Rudy Relic, whom when we saw listed on the blackboard outside- first thought was two bands, then one… and turned out to be this one guy. One that made up for about twenty. As someone described it – it was like Elvis on a chair. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone perform quite like it. I’ve also never seen anyone open their mouth quite that wide, or drink so much water in such a short time.

An excellent and very different night out.

Culture Music

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Published July 21, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

It pisses me off when…

…the speaker/preacher makes a hand motion for the guitarist (or other musical person) to continue playing softly in the background while they pray. If that’s NOT emotional manipulation or the more gentle explanation of mood managing, then why not keep playing through the announcements! Oh the realisation! You can pray without a backing track AND people can actually connect with God without a mood enhancing soundtrack.

Christianity Church

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Published February 28, 2008 by Rebecca Matheson

Wedding Music Answers

originalpianosolosartonly.jpgWhat song did you walk down the aisle to?

Remember this?

It took us a very long time to decide (or maybe it was my fault) but this was our ‘yes we’ll use it unless we find something else that’s ‘perfect’. Ha. It was just right and no we didn’t find anything else – I was not disappointed, I think I kind of wanted it to be this underneath everything.

What song did you walk out to?

It was imperative that U2 featured somewhere in the day and you might as well watch it with the amusing video clip. It was just a fun song to walk out with and did hold some meaning for things we believe and agree with.

What song did you sing during the service, and why?

We went fairly traditional here, with a hymn (shock horror). We were originally going to have two songs, one hymn – because Geoff loves it, and one probably more modern familiar. The second didn’t happen because we couldn’t find one we wanted and came to the conclusion that we’d keep things shorter but just going with the one. We had friends help out with the music and Robyn lead a beautifully upbeat – How Great Thou Art, skipping the woods glades verse. If I could’ve had one more hymn (and really one is enough) I would’ve liked Be Thou My Vision… but then my parents used that, so I’m not sure.

What about the music through the signing of the registry?

My little sister Hannah and her boy Dan and another mate, Steve sang an adapted version of a My Friend the Chocolate Cake song. Geoff and I actually didn’t know the song very well at all. More Heart Than Me is actually on their Myspace page at the moment. Hannah sang a ‘more cheerful’ version and they interchanged a few shes with he’s to fit us. It was fantastic – I heard more of it during their practice than on the day.

What an odd post…

image from here

Music Wedding

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