{"id":195,"date":"2006-03-26T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-26T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=195"},"modified":"2015-11-01T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T22:01:27","slug":"watch-the-sky-go-around-emily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2006\/03\/26\/watch-the-sky-go-around-emily\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the sky go around&#8230; [Emily]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/ayearofsongs\/images\/blogimages\/Emily2.jpg\" alt=\"Emily [alternate version]\" align=\"left\" border=\"1\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The version of <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emily<\/span> below borders on punk folk, at least in relation to how I normally play the song. This version is faster, edgier, looser&#8230; but it&#8217;s still fingerpicked, midtempo. The neofauvist angle is more in the abandon of the vocals (translation: once again I throw aside my first GF&#8217;s admonition that <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Effort is a sign of incomplete mastery.<\/span>)<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-195-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Emily_v2\/20060325_Emily_v2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Emily_v2\/20060325_Emily_v2.mp3\">http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Emily_v2\/20060325_Emily_v2.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>EMILY<\/p>\n<p>On a lake<br \/>\nthe faded yellow row boat<br \/>\ndrifts in lazy circles<br \/>\nwhile I fall in love with you<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emily Emily<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">watch the sky go around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emily Emily <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">watch the sky<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Willows weep<br \/>\ntears melt in cool water<br \/>\nyour white cotton dress<br \/>\nyou warm brown legs<br \/>\nyour deep green eyes<br \/>\nEmily<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emily Emily<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">watch the sky go around<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Emily Emily<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">watch the sky<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 78%;\"><br \/>\n(C)1982, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The version of Emily below borders on punk folk, at least in relation to how I normally play the song. This version is faster, edgier, looser&#8230; but it&#8217;s still fingerpicked, midtempo. The neofauvist angle is more in the abandon of the vocals (translation: once again I throw aside my first GF&#8217;s admonition that Effort is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,340],"tags":[556,624,558,784],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2003,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/2003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}