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Black and White Paintings
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Vocals and guitar by Julie Chow Bass by Jesse Davis...Featured in the short film "Anniversary" (2003)
julie chow
I am a singer-songwriter who currently resides in San Francisco, California. I have four self-produced albums: When Desires Collide (2001), The Stars Shine Bri
Hi, my name is Julie Chow, and I am a singer-songwriter who is currently based in San Francisco, California. I have released four self-produced albums: When Desires Collide (in 2001), The Stars Shine Bright Tonight (in 2002), Momentarily Disreplaced (in 2003) and Wheel of Fortune (Narcissus & the Echo) (2004). I occasionally songwrite with another musician called . You can hear our music at . We've done some live shows around Davis in the Spring of 2004. I've also collaborated on a couple tracks with . Surf on to his page to check out his trippy material. Prior to 2001, and I were part of an online collaboration known as The Dream Project. Those songs can be found .
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
Charts
Peak #768
Peak in subgenre #117
Author
Julie Chow
Rights
2003 Jalizca Tunes
Uploaded
December 16, 2003
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MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:28
Story behind the song
I wrote this song around October 2003 while at Cafe Roma, a coffee place close to the UC Davis campus. There were these great black and white paintings on display...and I thought it would be quite ironic as a blurb, being that paintings are usually done with vibrant color. The lyrics were a blurb by itself, and the guitar rift was just something that had been sticking around for a while. I can't really pinpoint who it was written specifically about, but I know I was trying to write a somewhat upbeat piece (although this piece doesn't really succeed 'cause it -does- have underlying melancholy to it...). Essentially, it's about the point after a person enters a relationship and it's that point where he or she thinks, "You know, I know I'm in love, but I could just as easily walk away from it." It's about falling in love, and being unsure about it, knowing the instability of relationships and human emotion, but it's optimistic in a sense in that it doesn't want to walk away. Bottom-line, it's about falling in love, and accepting it as it is.
Lyrics
All these black and white paintings All these colorless photographs All these shadows when the sun goes down I could give it up I could give it up for you I could give it up I could give it up for you All these soundtracks scratched in solitude All these words that hang heavy like drapery All these expressions like sticky cotton candy I could give it up I coudl give it up for you I could give it up I could give it up for you You bring it up on pedestal high And I can't deny, can't deny this euphoric symphony What more do I need? What else do I need? You paint it beautifully, everything... When the night breaks sunrise When the morn glides dew delicate Don't pull the wool out from under this warmth Don't throw it all - top tipsy - rosy hurl beautiful
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