I fell in love with Citizen Cope a couple years ago when I heard "Son's Gonna Rise" on some television show soundtrack (a google search found it on One Tree Hill but let's hope not). I remember someone fabulous (ahem) burning The Clarence Greenwood Recordings album for me and my instant addiction. Somehow, after the clutter that is my car consumed that CD in conjunction with my last computer crashing, Citizen Cope vanished from my musical horizons. Until this past weekend, when I saw Ricky Gervais' new movie Ghost Town, which featured CC's "Sideways". Ricky wanders the streets of New York during his character's soul-searching moment of revelation scene, pensive and sullen, as it starts to rain. CC's husky voice croons "Theesee feelings won't gooo awayyy...they've been knockin' me sidewayyss". All of a sudden, it all came back to me: I love Citizen Cope! And: Where the heck has he been? Now, I'm rediscovering his music. And it's new and exciting all over again—like finding a favorite shirt in the back of your closet that you forgot you had. However, a new find for me = torture for those around me. And in this case, it means driving certain people I live with C-R-A-Z-Y with my incessant playing...of the same song...on repeat...for days. Yep, when I'm in a stage, I'm in a stage. But I do plan on educating myself with all of his work since I've become aware that my music M.O. is to be baited by mainstream marketing and slowly enlightened through my own research. I'm working on this. But I love his genre-blending style, his keepin' it real laid-back attitude, his artistic integrity, and most of all, the way he wears his hair. If I was a dude, I would totally rock that.
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