Destruction
I'm close to dropping this blog's Facebook feed and commenting. Both render this blog too literal and neither have ever done much for me here. Maybe blockquotes too. I haven't totally made up my mind yet, but just so you know in case they disappear someday soon. The blog and my writing here have lost their edge, and it's frustrating. I've now used that word twice today and neither time it's done me any good.
I'm listening to Ryan Adams' Demolition tonight, which is as great as compilation albums come for nine of its 13 songs. Answering Bell has quotes from Adams about all the songs, so here's excerpts from the nine. Absolutely none of them represent me because I can't think of a damn thing to say.
"It's a reaction to meeting someone pretty intense. It's a song about change. … I was looking for a way to express a bunch of crap I'd been dealing with and Hallelujah was the happy accident that came out. I finished the lyrics seconds before I recorded it. It's vague but to the point. … I think the sentiment is lovely. What I was saying was that the world can get fucked up as hell, but you will always mean the same thing to me. … Another totally unrequited romance, I guess. I really wanted someone's company and attention. In true singer-songwriter bullshit fashion I recorded the song and she flipped her wig. … It's a very mean song and I really shouldn't have written it. … Billy Mercer had told me this story about a woman jumping off a building. We were out in Nashville having a few beers because that's all there is to do there, and Billy said 'That's the building.' She'd gone up to the top, handed someone her baby and jumped. … Now I want to be the bummer king again, because someone's got to do it. A lot of the songs from that session are about a girl in Hollywood. It was a painful break-up, so I went back to Nashville, lost weight, took too many drugs and wrote that song. It's about missing someone and maybe missing myself. … It's saying I think I've fallen out of love with you and I'm feeling good about it. I'm free. For a second. … It was a really good week."
