So, for a good long while I was following Neil Gaiman on Twitter and so I was aware of this “Amanda Palmer” person to which he is apparently engaged. But aside for this fact, that she is engaged to Neil Gaiman, and that she was/is part of the Dresden Dolls, I didn’t know anything about her.
Eventually, I started following her on twitter, too, because I felt like I was missing halves of whole conversations. (And, I was.) So, still knowing nothing about her other than she is a musician of some kind and is engaged to Neil Gaiman I started reading her tweets.
And, don’t we live in an odd world when it is totally normal to read text message sized “blog posts” from complete and utter strangers.
I’ve come to the conclusion that she is amazing and I love her music. I recently downloaded “Do You Swear to the Tell the Truth the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth So Help Your Black Ass”. And, it just made me smile. The whole song is just so full of joy and happiness and true things that should probably be said out loud more often. Truths like, “yes i come here often/sure i’ll have another one/but i don’t have to talk to you” and “and i’ve already spent too much time/doing things i didn’t want to/so if i wanna sit here and write and drink wine/you can bet your black ass that i’m going to.”
But, I think my favorite part of the whole song is that its piano, guitar, ukele, and trombone under her vocals. How crazy is that? How awesome is that? But, as you know, I enjoy odd combinations.
Album: DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOUR BLACK ASS
Artist: Amanda Palmer
Song:DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH THE WHOLE TRUTH
AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH SO HELP YOUR BLACK ASS
