January 8, 2004
Forget About It
Posted by Larry Karnowski at January 8, 2004 3:24 PMBy Alison Krauss and Union Station
(written by Robert Lee Castleman)
Forget about it
I'm admittin' I was wrong
And I'll just take what's mine
And walkin' right out the door
Forget about it
I'll split and I'll be gone
And you'll have memories
You'll find hard to ignore
'Cause after all
I see you sometime
Maybe when I will recall
How you drove me crazier
Forget about it
When forever's over
I won't remember how much
I loved you anymore
Forget about it
Put me out of your head
Now that you're free and easy
Out there on the town
Forget about it
When you're lying in bed
Just wishing
I was there to lay you down
'Cause after all
I see you sometime maybe
When you will recall
How I drove you crazier
Forget about those starlit nights
Laying by the fireside holding you tight
I can't remember when I felt so right
So just forget about it
Forget about it
When you see me on the street
Don't wink, don't wave
Don't try to tease me with your smile
Forget about it
If we chance to meet somewhere
Don't think it's cause I'm trying to reconcile
'Cause after all
I see you sometime maybe
When I will recall
How you drove me crazier
Forget about those starlit nights
Laying by the fireside holding you tight
I can't remember when I felt so right
So just forget about it
I love this song. It's got such a jumble of emotions all wrapped up in it.
It's all about that crazy-love feeling when you're just so hurt and so lost and so pissed off that you just can't think straight. You can hear the sadness and aching in the song, and the longing for what was -- "forget about those starlit nights/laying by the fireside holding you tight". So you know they had something good. And you know she loved him -- "when forever's over/I won't remember how much/I loved you anymore". Ouch! It just hurts reading that line, nevermind hearing it in Alison's beautiful voice. But he just drives her crazy, crazier still. She's got to get out.
Maybe later she'll go back to him. Hell, if he's got any sense, he'll chase after her. You never know, but you've never lived until you've lived this song. It hurts like hell, but you know you're alive. Do older people have more sense then to fall in love? Or are they just too tired? Too worn out?
(And before anyone asks -- no, I'm not in love right now. This song has spoken to me for a long time now, but it's starting to yell at me this week. I don't know why. And the only way to make the yelling stop is to put it on the blog.) ;-)
well, this is the one--the one i finally had to come out of my secret blog-reading closet for and whistle a tune. by george, boy, i think you've got it--the whole schmack and some fine tangents, too.
Posted by: jen at January 8, 2004 4:24 PMAhh, the secret blog-reading closet. Thems were the days. Jennifer, I think it is your flowery-phrased and imagery laden blog-thoughts that might be inspiring these crazy doctor kids and computer geeks to try their hand at turning a phrase and waxing poetic. Or maybe it's that "hot chocolate" Larry's drinking. And Larry, don't be talking smack about Ryan Adams to me- he's in that category of artists to which I turn a blind eye (or deaf ear) to their indiscretions and only hear their genius. Hope that yelling in your head subsides. Maybe you should lay off the hard stuff. Too much HC can bring a man down faster than a German engineered masticulator.
Posted by: valerie at January 8, 2004 5:20 PMLarry, send us the picture of Seth and Becky. Your mom said so.
Posted by: valerie at January 9, 2004 1:11 AMValerie, I'll send the pic when you or your husband respond to my email about the Japan trip! How's that for blackmail? ;-)
(And please don't reply about it here. Trip details, even for Merlefest, are a No-No on the blog.)
Posted by: larry at January 9, 2004 9:21 AMOh man, has Larry been hatin' on Ryan Adams???
I also had to say I love that AKUS song. One of my favorites by them, actually, and that's saying a lot. Every time I think I know what that song is about and think I can relate to it, something else happens and I'm reminded of that song, but now relate to it in a different way. Ahhhh, nuance. The best part about it, I think, is the balance between being hurt but also being pissed and having the pride to say "you'll be sorry, too."
Posted by: Stacy at January 10, 2004 2:34 PMNo, I'm definitely not "hating" on Ryan Adams. I just was a bit disappointed in his Rock N Roll and Love Is Hell Pt 1 albums. They're not bad, just not as good as I'd like.
The only problem with Ryan (besides his bad attitude) is that he's just too prolific. Sometimes not EVERTHING you write should be released. Still, he's a freakin' genius, and I'll keep buying his albums.
And the best part of this song to me, Stacy, is the "you've pissed me off and I'm outta here" but with a "but I'll pretend I won't miss you" and "I wish it didn't have to end this way". All the anger and sadness at the same time.
Posted by: larry at January 10, 2004 2:52 PMOh, OK. Now I have to give you a "right-on" with the Ryan Adams. I have been succeedingly more disappointed with each album since Heartbreaker. Now, I know Whiskeytown is over (sob!) and of course he's going to get farther and farther away from that, but still. It hurts. Heartbreaker was awesome, and Gold was mighty good. Even the latest ones are, you know, oh-kayyyyyy, but you see which direction the slope is heading. One point to ponder:
Heartbreaker -- collaborates with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings.
Rock n' Roll -- collaborates with Parkey Posey.
Slope ... downward ... must ... come back up ....
Posted by: Stacy at January 11, 2004 3:13 PMRight, and in between - Gold was with Alannis Morrisette. ;-) Right in the middle there, huh?
An interesting side-note to that though-- he dated Beth Orton for a little bit there. She's a crazy mix. She's the only person who can collaborate with Ryan Adams and Emmylou Harris AND William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers ON THE SAME CD!! It's pretty good -- her latest albumm, Daybreaker.
Posted by: larry at January 11, 2004 7:02 PM
