Joanna Newsom - Colleen

Colleen; from the album Joanna Newsom and the Ys Street Band [2007]

Category:

Music

Tags:

• joanna newsom
• ys street band
• collen
• folk
• ys

[SpringSkies]

Colleen = Girl in Irish.

This song seems to entail the plight of all Colleens, or all girls in the world.

My name is Colleen. :)

[pacocrowley]

@SpringSkies Wow, I didn't know that! It has a more complete meaning (for me) now. Thanks for sharing that.

[VictorJhonson]

my name is colleen, i love this song

[restorededition]

The energy of this song is awe inspiring!

[Yoursaffectionately]

mermaid.

[chaya84]

simply magical, as always :)

[leschatsmusicale]

this is my new favorite song.  I can't believe how brilliant this is

[Lunarvirgin]

@SpringSkies Thank you for letting us know of such a lovely thing! Since it's an Irish culture thing, it makes sense that this song sounds inspired from Celtic music, or so it seems to me.

[Lunarvirgin]

I am so, so in love with this, my spine felt cold and I paralysed. This is like music created by ethereal beings, elven girls.

I wonder what instruments have been used for this song...

[superfluousness321]

I think in addition to the feminist slant of the plight of all women, this song also speaks to anyone who has ever felt they were a fish out of water. "...that empty air, like stepping for a missing stair..."

[Yoursaffectionately]

" It seemed I overwatered everything"

[insanityvideoskid]

You ain't forgotten everything.

[ClichedNameFTW]

This is my new favorite song. I just love Joanna Newsom!