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Een vrij confronterende hoes, maar hij dekt de lading perfect. Ze laat je heel dichtbij komen op allerlei momenten in haar leven. Alles op haar lijf geschreven met prachtige zang en ingetogen begeleiding op de piano. Meesterlijk, maar wel een lastig album.

Het mooiste nummer met afstand vind ik ‘Voicemail to Jill’. In de link staat het filmpje, hieronder de tekst. Ze behandelt het zware thema abortus als ze de voicemail van een vriendin inspreekt. Als je luistert en meeleest, rillingen en tranen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHXZFei0Do

Jill, it's Amanda, just waving from London
I know that you're going tomorrow, the hardest decision
And I've been on the side of the phone for a month
And I know you're in hell and you know that I know what you're feeling
Life's such a bitch, isn't it?
When you have a baby, they throw you a party
And then when you die they get together for a cry
But no one's gonna celebrate you
No one's gonna bring you cake
And no one's gonna shower you with flowers
The doctor won't congratulate you
No one on that pavement's gonna
Shout at you that your heart also matters
I'm not sure that you'll get this in time
I don't know if you're checking your voicemail at all
But in case it's the morning
And you're off at the green line and walking through Copley
I want you to stop for a second, I want you to listen
You don't need to offer the right explanation
You don't need to beg for redemption or ask for forgiveness
And you don't need a courtroom inside of your head
Where you're acting as judge and accused and defendant and witness
It's a strange grief but it's grief
Look at all the women in the street
You know the statistics, Jill
Even though they may not help
Isn't it amazing
How we can never tell
Who is in an identical hell
No one's gonna celebrate you
No one's gonna bring you cake
And no one's gonna shower you with flowers
The doctor won't congratulate you
No one on that pavement's gonna
Shout at you that your heart also matters
No one's gonna compliment you
No one's gonna nod their head
And wink in league with what you are pursuing
No one's gonna tie surprise balloons
Onto your desk at work
And no one's gonna ask you how you're doing
But I'll be back in Boston by next Thursday
Why don't I come over?
I can bring some friends if you want us to come
We can bring you cake and we can bring you flowers
We can bring you wine and we can talk for hours
Ukulele by request
We'll throw you the best
Abortion shower


4 september is Amanda te zien in de Meervaart in Amsterdam.

Tracklist:
1. All the Things (1:23)
2. The Ride (10:13)
3. Congratulations (0:37)
4. Drowning in the Sound (5:45)
5. Hold on Tight, Darling (0:40)
6. The Thing About Things (5:35)
7. Life's Such a Bitch Isn’t It (0:33)
8. Judy Blume (6:45)
9. Feeding the Dark (0:20)
10. Bigger on the Inside (8:29)
11. There Will Be No Intermission (1:01)
12. Machete (6:09)
13. You Know the Statistics (0:38)
14. Voicemail for Jill (5:34)
15. You'd Think I’d Shot Their Children (1:43)
16. A Mother's Confession (10:37)
17. They're Saying Not to Panic (0:27)
18. Look Mummy, No Hands (5:30)
19. Intermission Is Relative (0:54)
20. Death Thing (5:00)

Totale speelduur 1:17:53


Staat er compleet op, 10% par2 meegepost. Met zeer veel dank aan de originele poster.

“Muziek is kunst en kunst moet voor iedereen bereikbaar zijn, anders is het elitair.”