Musical Monday!
Okay, I need to leave for work very soon but I still need to finish getting ready, so I'll just post these two very very very cool songs by an amazing artist named Jill Tracy, from her album Diabolical Streak, who I happened to stumble upon and now I just love listening to this album - it makes me feel like slinking across a dance floor in a kind of tango, or singing onstage in a little jazz club with a slinky little Jessica Rabbit-type dress. It has such a sexy sound, and of course the lyrics aren't exactly happy but are kind of bad-girl-like. This stuff is just amazing! Oh and I couldn't find the lyrics anywhere to the first song I'm posting, Extraordinary, so under that song I'll paste in some things that have been written about her. (And I tried to add a picture of her album but blogger isn't showing anything once again.)
Jill Tracy - Extraordinary
From Amazon:
Jill Tracy is both villainess and heroine of her own musical netherworld. The San Francisco-based artist has garnered multiple awards and a devoted following for her evocative cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales.
Hailed by critics as a "femme fatale for the thinking man," Tracy was described by NPR’s All Things Considered as "utterly intriguing... luring you into a magical kingdom solely of her creation." LA Weekly calls her "very distinctive and exciting."
Her signature sound conjures up images of wonder cabinets, hidden passageways and opium dens, but at the same time, it’s shockingly new. Jill Tracy coos in a voice of cut-velvet smoke, ornately framed by her dark classical-cum-parlour piano, creating a world of opulence and danger, of magic and madness. As one critic put it: "You know it’s not safe here; but with Jill Tracy as your guide, you’ll be in no hurry to leave."
With her recent forays into filmmaking, writing, acting and theatre, Jill Tracy is redefining the image of modern day renaissance artist. But beneath her trademark sound and style lurks cold steel. No corporate-contrived cookie cutter blandness here. She is refreshing proof that smart... is sexy.
Also, visit Jill Tracy's website to read her full bio.
Jill Tracy - Evil Night Together
i'll hold your hand while they drag the river
i'll cuddle you in the undertow
i'll keep my hand on your trigger finger
i'll take you down where the train tracks go
let's wile away the hours
let's spend an evil night together
we'll drink a toast in the torture chamber
and you'll go down on a bed of nails
we'll rendevous in cold blood
i'll tie you up to the third rail
let's wile away the hours
let's spend an evil night together
who's gonna make you a hero
who's gonna blow you away
who's gonna make you a hero
hold it right there
it's a multiple down in solitary
and you'll uncover the evidence
shanghaied by a fishnet stocking
i'll hold you close while they dust for prints
let's wile away the hours
let's spend an evil night together
no need for cake or flowers
let's spend an evil night together
words and music by Jill Tracy