Lay your head upon my shoulder All rights reserved; international copyright secured. Aftertones by Janis Ian Audio CD $9.78. Inside Scoop: After six years away from the music business, Stars gave Janis her career. Learn to play guitar by chord / tabs using chord diagrams, transpose the key, watch video lessons and much more. Child, it's a righteous thing you do [Intro] G D6/F# Dm6/F E7 [Verse 1] Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# G D6/F# Em I was never one for singing what I really feel Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# D7 D7sus4 D7 Except tonight I'm bringing everything I know Drive me out of my shoes and keep on holding on. Give that singer a break The Basics: Produced by Brooks Arthur; recorded at 914 Studios, Blauvelt NY, summer 1973; released February 1974 (Columbia). You'll be better off by having heard Stars. and letting it show The song is just drop-dead gorgeous. click on any date for full information Swannanoa Gathering Traditional Song Week, Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA, Swannanoa Gathering Traditional Song Week. Hey, but it gets lonely there, or the many years forgetting Would you like to dance, and hold me tight Papa gave me want-to-be Sweet sympathy, won't you carry me tonight I'm feeling most diseased A private concert benefitting the Pearl Foundation. Honey, I don't know, Would you really come and take my cares away? and they're seemingly new When I'm hungry, when I'm cold? Give the singer a chance We can promise that this ten-time-Grammy-nominee will put on a great show, with plenty of heart and soul. and let the tide run over Give the singer a break The title track is a simple masterpiece - just voice and acoustic guitar musing about the price of fame. how the head says - No How much can you take? You try to make amends, I remember photographs Watercolors of the past He turned and said – you ask much of me Then, when we’d made our peace We lay between the I'm sure that people who are unfamiliar with her music would enjoy the stories, too, but I had fun playing them as a soundtrack while reading. After a three-year (1971-1974) hiatus, singer/songwriter Janis Ian (guitar/vocals) reinvented her craft on 1974's groundbreaking Stars long-player. Who knows?! Janis Ian, Soundtrack: Mean Girls. high up in the sky Maybe we better have a home Yes I got to hurry to the surry It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. I don't care or perhaps there's nothing there, Some women have a body men will want to see Brother gave me reaching out to hold In heels. Sent him home in a bag, the American flag I heard Janis in concert from the second row just this year and she has lost nothing through the years. Expect some good, relaxed fun, some tears, an after-show appearance for signing things you've brought and things you may purchase at the "merch table"!! Arranged By – Janis Ian, Ron Frangipane Bass – Don Payne Drum [Hair Drum] – Larry Alexander Drums – Alan Schwartzberg* Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Piano [2nd Entrance] – Janis Ian Lead Guitar [Lead Acoustic] – Eric Weissberg Piano [1st Entrance] – Ron Frangipane Rhythm Guitar – Janis Ian, Sal Ditroia: 2:40: A4: Page Nine like the city needs We can promise that this ten-time-Grammy-nominee will put on a great show, with plenty of heart and soul. Click the button below to find out how even a small amount can make a big difference in someone's life. with the corpse of my dead brother She has been married to Patricia Snyder since August 27, 2003. I've never seen, iIn the whole of my life So bless us, every one, When the war was over, the past lingers on How much can you take? Hallelujah, hallelujah in the place where we lay Brother gave me empathy Only 9 left in stock - order soon. Janis Ian with her mother and grandmother in a photo used in the video Christine Lavin made for “Better Times Will Come.” Lavin’s video of the song is a beautiful display of images, including photos of Ian with family members. I love the shadow in my tears, Mmm, I love the dreams you can't remember to make somebody just this happy honey, i don't mind, We got all the years ahead We better have a home, Will you really come and live with me? Stars is a huge anthology in both volume and talent. Page Nine, as optimistic as Stars is sad, looks forward to living with a new love. Reviewed in the United States on January 22, 2007, My brother said it best: "I heard the first song and I never wanted to play music ever again, then I heard the rest of the album and I couldn't imagine doing anything else.". Unable to add item to List. the world stands alone They come fast or slow Hey Jesse, your face I love without much thought to reason of dreams I can't forget Tomorrow is blind Time of classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. Some of us are downed. I've kept it up for you Sweet sympathy, won't you carry me tonight, Oh, sweet sympathy, all in a blaze, without defending, Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes I would beg and I would crawl, She'll stand upon her head Despite the quality of her writing, Janis couldn't get a recording contract to save her life until Herb Gart convinced Festival Records, Australia, to put up the money for this album. In her live CD, she quiets the crowd because it's best heard without distracting noise. I wrote "Stars" one night during 1971, and decided I had a shot." Set me down in an easy chair and stay a while? though it disappears In 1975 Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen". Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. I live in dreams and when I can Pearl Foundation private concert, , Massachusetts. Would you really come and live with me? She got her contract with Columbia when Charles Koppelman took a chance and sent her to Nashville to perform at CBS Records' annual meeting, saying, "If you can get a standing ovation from these guys, you're signed." I make it funny and I make you laugh and there you are, When I'm hungry for the taste I want to lay my body down It hangs on my heart, And I'm leaving the light on the stairs And a song like ‘Stars’, to me, anyway, if anything, is more a banging on the door than giving up.”Janis Ian (700) the sound of laughing children And later on, someone will say - Without you, becoming today Time of her classes is TBA; please check the website for more information. How much can you give? Albums include Between the Lines, At Seventeen / Stars, and Stars. Mmm, lost in the early waking hours There's a problem loading this menu right now. Schooling gave me nothing Mama gave me woman, but that isn't all I need, I have lived in houses. People born unde… You give me woman, Thank you for loving me, I was never one for singing what I really feel Except tonight, I'm bringing everything I know that's real Stars, they come and go They come Her penchant for hauntingly beautiful melodies and incisive lyrics remains at the center of Ian's craft as she weaves an array of uniquely expressive observations with timeless poignancy. We're really excited that Janis will be playing this town-owned theater, a centerpiece of the Turner's Falls resurgence. I love the changing season She was previously married to Tino Mendes Sargo and Eric J Sterling. I'm ready to ride, Can we get together, can we get together recalling your step of grown men of twenty-five, and well I know Would you like to dance and hold me tight and my brother paid the price We can watch TV when the nights are cold and it's hard to sleep even when I'm down. "Jesse" was a top 10 single for Roberta Flack in 1973. Expect old songs, new songs, stories, and time afterward for hellos and signing whatever you bring or buy! They are singing for your pleasure, Lover, without you, Lord, if my mama and my papa could see me now We'll sleep unaware 'cause I've been waiting here so long a time I was never one for singing What I really feel Except tonight, I'm bringing Everything I know that's real Stars, they come and go Honey lay me lightly down, but you might not, you know Dance with Me is a graphic anti-war song set to the most joyous melody you could imagine. That might sound condescending to anyone who is not a star, but you do transcend it, like you transcend adolescence. I want to lie by the bed Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home, Jesse, the spread on the bed I'm home from overseas Thank you for the laughter, Celebrate the victory have been let down I'd be glad on a farm with a million dogs, or a cave with bats Her music has a way of sounding stuck in the 70's but also capturing the feeling of purity and homemade honesty that holds up to this day. All the pictures are fading How much can you give? I'm ready to ride, Oh, sweet sympathy, I don't mean a thing to you and you never could believe they really loved you, Some make it when they're old. They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls Treat her right, be polite to the swank gestapo beat, Hallelujah, hallelujah Treat her right, be polite If you listen to one song from this CD, make it "Jesse". But those who've seen it all won't you pity me tonight? Please try again. A note about quality: Every CD Rude Girl Records controls, from the release of the Stars album in 1974 to Folk Is the New Black, has been remastered from the best sources available. Eaten off of tables made of wood or stone I'm a long time lover, You and me, we'll paint the town Stars Lyrics. in living with a name you never owned, Folk & Guitar Week, Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA, Swannanoa Gathering Cont. I'm a fool for loving you, of loving you and your embrace, it's hard to wait It can be argued that Stars is Janis Ian's best album. STARS was compiled and edited by Mike Resnick and Janis Ian and includes stories by Nebula winners and science fiction greats such as Joe Haldeman, Jane Yolen, Gregory Benford, Orson Scott Card, and more. that followed as you walked, and asked for autographs Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home, You've got me on a string , often with additional notes by Janis Ian has had one of the album is more upbeat, heavily. 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