16 October 2007

Pretty Little Things

Again, I need a soundtrack option here* because I while I really like the lyrics to this Shriekback song, it's exponentially better when you can hear the skittery percussion and pizzacato strings (and is "pizzacato strings" a redundant phrase?) under the almost falsetto vocal. Perfect for a dark, windy night in October.

Pretty Little Things

How they glisten. How they shine. I wish that they were mine
Half-good but not evil - make me feel so very fine.
Oh my, my my... so pretty I could cry
When I saw them for the first time, I thought that I would die

So pretty so pretty those pretty little things
So pretty so pretty those pretty little things

I can't stand the temptation, wanna touch but I don't know
Shiny bright and squeaky clean - pretty little things I love them so
Pretty things are kind of wicked - make my sick heart feel so glad
I'm sure that nothing so pretty could be bad...

So pretty so pretty those pretty little things
So pretty so pretty those pretty little things
So pretty so pretty those pretty little things
So pretty so pretty those pretty little things

Complicated as a flower glamorous as anything
Dangerous and evanescent - yes oh yes those pretty things
Boiling up and bubbling over warm and soft and simmering
Make me holler and sing - pretty pretty little things

So pretty so pretty those pretty little things
So pretty so pretty those pretty little things


*I mean one where you can hear the music, not just where I cite it

1 comment:

Stan Harding said...

Completely ignoring the main point of your post, I focus on the minute and say that "pizzicato" would only be redundant if the strings were plucked by default (harp, guitar, lute). For orchestral strings, "pizzicato" is plucked and "arco" is bowed (the default).