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Joanna Newsom – Colleen

Colleen

Generally speaking, Joanna Newsom writes lovesongs.  More vaguely, her stories are those of open window breezes in a thin silk nightgown, chilly under the bed covers.  And most importantly, no one tells a better story.  Though the music is nearly genius every time, she is first & foremost a lyricist, packing every track with images, thoughts, tales on tales.  “Colleen” is perhaps her best first-person narrative, it’s up there on the list of all-timers without a dirigible doubt.  The peak, the tourniquet: “I don’t know any goddamn Colleen.”