Nellie McKay - Goodbye

[Froike]

She has me at the first  bars!

[jakiner]

i like this version especially the background singers! i wish it sounded like this on Home Sweet Mobile Home but i like that version too..

[diamonddog13]

@jakiner Actually, one of the bonus tracks on HSMH is a version of the song that sounds much like this.

[diamonddog13]

I think this song will be on her new CD Home Sweet Mobile Home with the title "Adios".

[coffeebeaner]

I think this song is about fascism in the United States. "And if the faithful find a sinner" if another oil pimp like Bush comes to power with Cheney and all the rest in the background and institute more horrible laws, "I'll have to leave all I have loved" Meaning run away. And maybe she's an anarchist?! "Chasing the ghost of anarchy" And she's saying anarchism is unachievable now. "Goodbye Strong constitution" And what's left of the republic.

[TheKorious]

@coffeebeaner Agreed...

[Michaelsharvest]

No sound?

[gdoomy]

LoL. GodotheInfantry u got no idea who she is or what she sings. Lady Gaga??? pop garbage??? Please listen at least few of her songs and tell me thats pop gargage.

Nellie is briliant.

[GodotheInfantry]

I don't know what everyone is talking about. She is not amazing. She's on par with Lady Gaga...just more pop garbage.

[sutorokokoro]

@GodotheInfantry It really depends what you want from your music. If you like a message in your songs then you might listen to Nellie, if you like empowerment or cult movement to Lady Gaga, and if you are a riff lover to Joan Jett. Be careful when calling something trash.

[philochs]

If time runs like a river

I saw my people bathed in blood

And if the faithful find a sinner

I'll have to leave all I have loved

(Goodbye) Goodbye my hypocrite heathens

(Goodbye) Goodbye oh lost dynamite

(Goodbye) Goodbye oh rinky-dink heathens

And may you lie yourselves to sleep tonight

[philochs]

We're marching through the madness With not a soul about to see We're moving through the fortress Chasing the ghost of anarchy (Goodbye) Goodbye, oh strong constitution (Goodbye) Goodbye my false paradise (Goodbye) Goodbye, all my charm's highfalutin And may you lie yourselves to sleep, tonight (Goodbye) Goodbye my Frankenstein lady (Goodbye) Goodbye oh pagan delight (Goodbye) Goodbye, and good riddance baby And may you lie yourselves to sleep, tonight

[VonBonSchmon]

Every... song... is exceptional. I think I've fallen.

[nedmanxxx]

wow ....this chick is capable of anything....up to and including the world...she's deep ...and sweet !

[cmontero4]

Great song, thanks for posting it! I think it's from the TED2008 conference; at least there is a similar version in the full audio from the talks.

[catheeutube]

Oh My Goodness!!! IS this from the Christmas Concert last year in NYC - Concert Hall?

Or - maybe the New Year's Eve show at Joe's Pub??

WOW

[CPunk1703]

what show is this from? or concert

[bearhugg2]

Now, this one is really rare. Hope she gets all the loving appreciation due a quivering spirit....exciting.

[CPunk1703]

what song is this and where on her discogrophy is it located

[diamonddog13]

It isn't yet on her discography. Since there is a recorded backing track, I imagine this will be on Nellie's next studio album.

[CPunk1703]

nellie kill me

[CPunk1703]

wow this is great...best underappreciated songstress

[mrmarks65]

Thanks for posting this song.