think_about_it wrote:I don't know if anyone else has posted this (I looked but couldn't find it) BUT..Raine Maida is opening for Chantal in Mississauga on Nov 18 at the Living Arts Centre!
I got tickets today and I am SO pumped to see these two together
he's opening at all her shows on this tour... it was announced awhile ago. And I'll see you at the LAC... where are you sitting?
<I><B>"I know this sounds corny, and I might be a little bit drunk, but honest to god, thank you everybody"</B></I>
Random Name wrote:I saw her new video. I was sort of expecting something better. I thought the song was really good but the video is kind of bland. Nothing really happens in it....eh.
Did you see the MMM special where they talk about the video? The concept and discussion behind it was interesting and it made me think about and appreciate the video.
<I><B>"I know this sounds corny, and I might be a little bit drunk, but honest to god, thank you everybody"</B></I>
"Wow, nice to meet you. Nine years huh? That's a really long time. Are you going to stab me or something? Because if you are, can we get it over with?" ~Jer
You are never stronger than when you land on the other side of despair. ~Zadie Smith, White Teeth
"Luckily for fans of Chantal’s reflective and personal style of lyrical songwriting, basing this work on the rhythm hasn’t come at the expense of the words. As poignant as anything she has crafted, “Asylum” tells the tale of Chantal’s nanny – a war refugee from the Congo. “She is an incredible human being and her story touches our lives every day,” says Chantal. “While the memories of war and persecution will never leave her, the joy and safety she now has in her life and in our home is such a great comfort. But I know that she suffers in silence.”
The ghosts of war are not the only spirits haunting the album. When Chantal looked over the completed record she discovered ethereal presences lurking within the shadows of several songs. “I didn’t know that there were ghosts all over the album until it came time to title it,” she remembers. Intentional or not, these spirits repeatedly dart through the lyrics and themes.
“Ghosts Of You” is the second offering (after What If It All Means Something’s “Flying Home (Brenda’s Song)”) to a very close cousin who passed away too early in life. “My cousin Brenda was such a powerful force in my world,” Chantal remembers. “Her loss seems to hurt not more, but differently, every day. I feel her and that loss just as much as when she left this world. “Ghosts of You” is about our coming of age together and the beautiful safe haven we had in each other throughout our lives prior to her passing.”
Some of the ghostly inhabitants are more symbolic. Chantal wrote “You Blame Yourself” to address lingering memories from past hard times. “I have a lot of painful memories of being confused as a teen,” she says. “This is a dark song for anyone who hurts where they are and feels like they need to break out.”
With Ghost Stories Chantal asks us to follow her to a landscape shaped by rhythm, beauty and loss. While the spirits inhabiting this realm speak with the voice of the lost and the outcast, their tales of love, war, destitution, isolation and joy demand to be heard. "
<I><B>"I know this sounds corny, and I might be a little bit drunk, but honest to god, thank you everybody"</B></I>
"Luckily for fans of Chantal’s reflective and personal style of lyrical songwriting, basing this work on the rhythm hasn’t come at the expense of the words. As poignant as anything she has crafted, “Asylum” tells the tale of Chantal’s nanny – a war refugee from the Congo. “She is an incredible human being and her story touches our lives every day,” says Chantal. “While the memories of war and persecution will never leave her, the joy and safety she now has in her life and in our home is such a great comfort. But I know that she suffers in silence.”
The ghosts of war are not the only spirits haunting the album. When Chantal looked over the completed record she discovered ethereal presences lurking within the shadows of several songs. “I didn’t know that there were ghosts all over the album until it came time to title it,” she remembers. Intentional or not, these spirits repeatedly dart through the lyrics and themes.
“Ghosts Of You” is the second offering (after What If It All Means Something’s “Flying Home (Brenda’s Song)”) to a very close cousin who passed away too early in life. “My cousin Brenda was such a powerful force in my world,” Chantal remembers. “Her loss seems to hurt not more, but differently, every day. I feel her and that loss just as much as when she left this world. “Ghosts of You” is about our coming of age together and the beautiful safe haven we had in each other throughout our lives prior to her passing.”
Some of the ghostly inhabitants are more symbolic. Chantal wrote “You Blame Yourself” to address lingering memories from past hard times. “I have a lot of painful memories of being confused as a teen,” she says. “This is a dark song for anyone who hurts where they are and feels like they need to break out.”
With Ghost Stories Chantal asks us to follow her to a landscape shaped by rhythm, beauty and loss. While the spirits inhabiting this realm speak with the voice of the lost and the outcast, their tales of love, war, destitution, isolation and joy demand to be heard. "
Thanks!
By the way. CHantal will be on Canadian idol next week.. and i think she preforms the second day.
there is an intimate performance tomorrow at the Sony Studios in Toronto and I'm going - weeeeeeee!!! Can't wait to hear her perform the new stuff for the first time
<I><B>"I know this sounds corny, and I might be a little bit drunk, but honest to god, thank you everybody"</B></I>
SONY SUCKS! BOYCOTT SONY! (except Playstation, in which case SUPPORT SONY)
~*Megan*~
"Wow, nice to meet you. Nine years huh? That's a really long time. Are you going to stab me or something? Because if you are, can we get it over with?" ~Jer
You are never stronger than when you land on the other side of despair. ~Zadie Smith, White Teeth
