Finger-pickin’good

featuring > Nico > Emiliana Torrini > Joanna Newsom > Joni Mitchell > José Gonzalez > Elliot Smith > Papa M > Mory Kanté among other great artists

1. Time After Time - 2000 - Blix Street Records 2. Chelsea Girl – 1967 - Polydor 3. I, Lucifer – 2004 - six degrees records 4. Home – 2003 - Post Parlo Records 5. Fisherman’s woman – 2005 – Rough Trade 6. Clouds – 1969 – Warner Bros 7. Not a Pretty Girl – 1995 - Righteous Babe 8. Lady & Bird – 2003 - Labels 9. Veneer – 2005 – Phantom 10. Time Of No Reply – 1979 - Hannibal 11. The End is Near – 2004 - Touch & Go 12. The Optimist - 2001 - Astralwerks 13. Os Afro-Sambas - 1966 - Forma 14. Sabou – 2004 - Riverboat 15. From a Basement on the Hill – 2004 – Anti 16. One EP – 2003 – Domino 17. [single] – 2000 - Mantra 18. The Milk-Eyed Mender – 2004 – Drag City 19. Facing Future – 2003 - Mountain Apple Company 20. Pause – 2001 - Domino 21. Ma Ya – 1999 - Putumayo

Compiled in July 2005. Tracks selected by Jody G. and Gilles P. sharing songs and thoughts. Drawings by Anne Bacheley, visit http://anne.bacheley.free.fr Thumb up to: Jamie, Natalie, Jody’s grandpa, AC, Arno, staff@café Salonen, Roskilde festival ‘05, JTFA.

Joanna Newsom – Sprout and the beans Israel Kamakawiwo Ole' - Somewhere Over The Rainbow I slept all day I woke with distaste And i railed And i raved

That the difference between The sprout and the bean It is a golden ring It is a twisted string And you can ask the counsellor You can ask the king And they'll say the same thing And it's a funny thing Should we go outside Should we go outside Should we break some bread Are y'interested And as i said I slept as though dead Dreaming seamless dreams Of lead When you go away I am big-boned and fey In the dust of the day And in the dirt of the day And the danger, danger drawing near them was a white coat And the danger, danger drawing near them was a broad boat And the water, water running clear beneath a white throat And the hollow chatter of the talking of the tadpoles Who know th'outside Should we go outside Should we break some bread Are y'interested

(E.Y. Harburg/George Weiss/Bob Thiele) Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high And the dreams that you dreamed of Once in a lullaby Somewhere over the rainbow Blue birds fly And the dreams that you dreamed of Dreams really do come true Someday I'll wish upon a star Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops High above the chimney tops thats where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly And the dream that you dare to,why, oh why can't I? Well I see trees of green and Red roses too, I'll watch them bloom for me and you And I think to myself What a wonderful world Well I see skies of blue and I see clouds of white And the brightness of day I like the dark and I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people passing by I see friends shaking hands Saying, "How do you do?" They're really saying, I...I love you I hear babies cry and I watch them grow, They'll learn much more Than we'll know And I think to myself What a wonderful world Someday I'll wish upon a star, Wake up where the clouds are far behind me Where trouble melts like lemon drops High above the chimney top that's where you'll find me Oh, Somewhere over the rainbow way up high And the dream that you dare to, why, oh why can't I?

Eva Cassidy - Kathy's Song

It's just that I've been losing so long.

(Paul Simon)

I've stopped my dreaming, I won't do too much scheming These days, these days. These days I sit on corner stones And count the time in quarter tones to ten. Please don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.

I hear the drizzle of the rain Like a memory it falls Soft and warm continuing Tapping on my roof and walls My mind’s distracted and confused My thoughts are many miles away They lie with you when you’re asleep Kiss you when you start the day And as I watch the drops of rain Weave their weary paths and die I know that I am like the rain There before the grace of you go I

Nico - These Days (Jackson Browne) I've been out walking I don't do too much talking These days, these days. These days I seem to think a lot About the things that I forgot to do And all the times I had the chance to. I've stopped my rambling, I don't do too much gambling These days, these days. These days I seem to think about How all the changes came about my ways And I wonder if I'll see another highway. I had a lover, I don't think I'll risk another These days, these days. And if I seem to be afraid To live the life that I have made in song

(The real) Tuesday Weld La Bête et la Belle Au lendemain de nos déboires, pourra-t-on parler d'amour, mon amour Ecoute bien cette histoire, c'est l'histoire de la bête et la belle Dieu sait que j'ai ramé mais j'ai gardé mes sous, ma pauvre dignité car l'argent est la revanche que la bête prendra sur la belle. Les drogues étaient trop douces mais quelle esquisse, petite folie mon amour Les drogues sont la seule route qui fera de la bête une belle Ne me demande pas pourquoi j'ai tellement peur de mourir alors que la mort verra la bête s'unir à la belle Bien qu'il nous ait brûlé parlons encore d'amour car l'amour est le plus vrai, c'est le cadeau de la bête à la belle Ne me demande pas pourquoi j'ai tellement peur de mourir alors que la mort verra la bête s'unir à la belle

Benjamin Gibbard - Carolina

Emiliana Torrini -Sunny Road

Elliott Smith - Memory Lane

Papa M - Flashlight Tornado

Every scream went bleeding through these paper walls and all the make-up in the world couldn't hide the scars I leave today, I'm packing light: a suitcase, some toiletries The rolling hills and willow trees of Carolina wait for me

Wrote you this I hope you got it safe It's been so long I don't know what to say I've travelled 'round Through deserts on my horse But jokes aside I wanna come back home You know that night I said I had to go You said you'd meet me On the sunny road

this is the place you'll end up when you lose the chase where you’re dragged against your will from a basement on the hill and all anybody knows is you're not like them and they kick you in the head and send you back to bed isolation pulled you passed a tunnel to a bright world where you can make a place to stay but everybody's scared of this place they're staying away your little house on memory lane the mayor’s name is fear his voice patrols the pier from a mountain of cliche that advances everyday the doctor spoke of cloud he reigned out loud "you'll keep the doors and windows shut and sware you'll never show a soul again" but isolation pushes you ‘til every muscle aches down the only road it ever takes but everybody's scared of this place they're staying away your little house on memory lane if it's your decision to be open about yourself be careful or else be careful or else I'm comfortable apart it's all written on my chart and i take what's given me most cooperatively i do what people say and lie in bed all day absolutely horrified i hope you're satisfied isolation pushes past self-hatred, guilt and shame to a place where suffering is just a game but everybody's scared of this place they're staying away you're little house on memory lane youre little house on memory lane

flashlight and tornadoes cooling uppity cadence it's a bold move, little girl that you're impressing perhaps a stylus or a curtain would elude from the truth of our depth a little longer what a fortunate collapse of dignity has ensued we bask in the freedom of our youth a woman searches for a man of clay and golden light that my name displays on a marquee of silent films a man looks for a woman of light blue clay it's your summertime skippity do skippity dee doo rye yea I saw us in there we were in a gospel church we broke down at the dance the white chick in black pants the deacon blew the cap right off my head a congregation can lift the boxes of this world the flowers come alive we do more than just survive it's your summertime skippity do skippity dee do rye yea a woman searches for a man of clay and golden light that my name displays on a marquee of silent films a man looks for a woman of light blue clay it's your summertime skippity do skippity dee doo rye yea

You never learned, the rules have changed since we were nine This isn't school: boys don't assault the girls they like The taste of blood, the claim of love: these two will here on cease to be sprouting from your fists and tongue 'cause Carolina waits for me Fields of grain go whipping by from the window seat I'm drifting in, I'm drifting out catching up on sleep I couldn't get Indentured since the very crest of 17 I left my keys and broken dreams 'cause Carolina waits for me I will never forgive a single day Mile markers seem to call my name and say, "you're safer now. Through every town, we'll light your way in reflective green all the way" The entire state of Carolina waits for me

It's time, meet me on the sunny road it's time, meet me on the sunny road I never married Never had those kids I loved too many Now heaven's closed its gates. I know I'm bad To jump on you like this Some things don't change My middle name's still 'Risk' I know that night So long long time ago Will you still meet me On the sunny road It's time, meet me on the sunny road It's time, meet me on the sunny road Well, this is it I'm running out of space Here is my address And number just in case. This time as one We'll find which way to go Now come and meet me On the sunny road

Turin Brakes Underdog (Save Me) Two black lines streaming out like a guidance line. Put one foot on the road now where the sybourgs are driving, With the WD-40 in their veins the screeching little brakes complain. With the briefcase empty and the holes in my shoes, I try to stay friendly for the sugary abuse. So tell my secretary now to hold all of my calls, I believe I can hear through these walls. Oh please save me, save me from myself. I can’t be the only one stuck on the shelf. You said you’d always fall for the underdog. Well I’ve been dreaming of jetstreams and kicking up dust, A thirty seven thousand foot of wonderlust And with skyline number 9 ticked off in my mind, Oh can you hear me screaming out now through the telephone line. Oh please save me, save me from myself. I can’t be the only one stuck on the shelf. You said you’d always fall for the underdog

Baden Powell - Canto de ossanha (Vinicius De Moraes) O homen que diz ''dou'' não dà Porque quem da mesmo, não diz O homen que diz ''vou '' não vai Porque quando foi jà não quis O homen que diz ''sou'', não é Porque quem é mesmo é ''não sou" O homen que diz ''estou'', não està Porque nimguém està quando quer Coitado do homen que cai No canto de ossanha,traidor Coitado do homen que vai atràs de mandiga de amor Vai, vai, vai, vai não vou Vai, vai,vai, vai não vou Vai, vai, vai, vai não vou Vai, vai,vai, vai não vou Que eu não sou nimguém de ir Em conversa de esquecer A tristeza de um amor que passou Não, eu so vou se for pra ver Uma estrela aparecer Na manhã de um novo amor Amigo, sinhô, Saravà Xango me mandou lhe dizer Se é canto de ossanha, não và Que muito vai se arrepender Pergunte pro seu Orixà Amor so é bom se doer Pergunte pro seu Orixà Amor so é bom se doer Vai, vai, vai, vai amar Vai, vai, vai, vai sofrer Vai, vai, vai, vai chorar Vai, vai, vai, vai dizer au

Joni Mitchell – Both sides, now

Ani Difranco - This Bouquet

Bows and flows of angel hair and ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere, I’ve looked at cloud that way. But now they only block the sun, they rain and snow on everyone. So many things I would have done but clouds got in my way.

got a garden of songs where i grow all my thoughts wish i could harvest one or two for some small talk i'm always starving for words when you're around nothing on my tongue so much in my ground half the time i got my gaze trained on your motel door fourth door from the end rest of the time my gaze lays like a stain on the carpeted floor if it weren't for my brain i'd go over and make friends too bad about my brain 'cause i'd like to make friends. see the little song bird unable to make a sound even though she follows her words from town to town we both have gardens of songs and maybe it's okay that i am speechless because i picked you this bouquet

I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now, From up and down, and still somehow It’s cloud illusions I recall. I really don’t know clouds at all. Moons and junes and ferris wheels, the dizzy dancing way you feel As every fairy tale comes real; I’ve looked at love that way. But now it’s just another show. you leave ’em laughing when you go And if you care, don’t let them know, don’t give yourself away. I’ve looked at love from both sides now, From give and take, and still somehow It’s love’s illusions I recall. I really don’t know love at all. Tears and fears and feeling proud to say I love you right out loud, Dreams and schemes and circus crowds, I’ve looked at life that way. But now old friends are acting strange, they shake their heads, they say I’ve changed. Something’s lost but something’s gained in living every day. I’ve looked at life from both sides now, From win and lose, and still somehow It’s life’s illusions I recall. I really don’t know life at all.

Lady and Birds – Stephanies says

José Gonzales - Heartbeat

(Lou Reed)

(The Knife)

Stephanie says that she wants to know Why she's given half her life, to people she hates now

one night to be confused one night to speed up truth we had a promise made four hands and then away both under influense we had demons in to know what to say mind is a razorblade to call for hands of above to lean on wouldn't be good enough for me, no one night of magic rush the start of simple touch one night to push and scream and make believes. ten days of perfect tunes the colors red and blue we had a promise made we were in love to call for hands of above to lean on wouldn't be good enough for me, no and you, you knew you had to fight devil and you, kept us away with wolf teeths sharing different heartbeats in one night to call for hands of above to lean on wouldn't be good enough for me, no

Stephanie says when answering the phone What country shall I say is calling from across the world But she's not afraid to die, the people all call her Alaska Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind It's all in her mind Stephanie says that she wants to know Why it is though she's the door She can't be the room Stephanie says but doesn't hang up the phone What sea shell she is calling from across the world But she's not afraid to die, the people all cal her Alaska Between worlds so the people ask her 'cause it's all in her mind It's all in her mind She asks you is it good or bad It's such an icy feeling it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska, it's so cold in Alaska

Nick Drake – Time of No Reply Summer was gone and the heat died down And Autumn reached for her golden crown I looked behind as I heard a sigh But this was the time of no reply. The sun went down and the crowd went home I was left by the roadside all alone I turned to speak as they went by But this was the time of no reply. The time of no reply is calling me to stay There is no hello and no goodbye To leave there is no way. The trees on the hill had nothing to say They would keep their dreams till another day So they stood and thought and wondered why For this was the time of no reply. Time goes by from year to year And no one asks why I am standing here But I have my answer as I look to the sky This is the time of no reply. The time of no reply is calling me to stay There`s no hello and no goodbye To leave there is no way.

The New Year – The End's Not Near The end's not near It's here Alleluia Spread the cheer And watch the millenarians Throw a party for a thousand years You won't see the pious praying They'll be too busy flaying All the martyrs with better ways To stop the world decaying If you call me I won't be home I'm hiding from the kingdom come They can't see everything on earth With the satellites and the roving drones This is why hell is underground Like a reclaimed bad part of town We don't want to lose our souls We're the saints who don't want to be found