i have always admired the young actress emmy rossum. she is so gentle yet seductively talented with her acting and singing. you will remember her most in her role as christine in the phantom of the opera starring opposite gerard butler. in 2007, emmy debuted her first solo album called "inside out." i bought it as soon as i heard about it.
i love it.
you have to kind of like calming, running-through-a-field-of-flowers- type music to really appreciate it. and i do. haha her voice is so angelic. she wrote nearly every song her way. she wanted it to be like that. all the many voices in each song you hear is emmy. she recorded herself singing each high and low note and then combined them all to make each song. her voice also substitutes many instruments. i remember reading in an article about her once that she wanted to create an album that was her and what was inside her.
here are some pictures of her from her album and her first music video, "slow me down" which is one of my favorites from the cd.
the song lyrics are from her song "falling." it is one of my other favorites.
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What's coming over me
I've no control
I hear a voice saying get a hold
Of yourself you seem like
Someone else I don't know
Where have my senses gone, I lost my way
With every touch you intoxicate
Pull me in, stop making
My head spin, I'm losing it
Upside down my feet can't find the ground
My mixed up mind's a blur
I trip on every word
Cause I'm falling, falling fast Like I always do
Tell me it won't pass
I've everything to lose
Stop me before I go too far Go on go on keep me falling
Hold my tongue before I say too much
Please don't run
I need to know because
I'm gonna let go c'mon catch me
Go on go on keep me falling
You are everywhere inside my head And I'm all tangled up in your web
So surreal but I like how it feels
In this reverie
Just a look and I'm not thinking straight I'm addicted I don't wanna wait I'm letting go
Of everything that I know, I'm losing it
Up and down my spine go shock waves now
Tumbling heels over head
Lost in this maze again
Cause I'm falling, falling fast Like I always do
Tell me it won't pass
I've everything to lose
Stop me before I go too far
Go on go on keep me falling Hold my tongue before I say too much
Please don't run I need to know because
I'm gonna let go c'mon catch me
Go on go on keep me falling
the songs on the album:1. slow me down: the first single and the favorite of most.
2. inside out: the song that is also the title of the album. i like this one because it kind of causes you to sway back and forth listening to it. it is very relaxing. it is about how she wonders if you will still love her if you see what she has inside.
3. stay: this one is not my favorite mainly because of the beginning. i am not a fan of the sound of the many voices singing.
4. falling: one of the ones i like the best. it is about "fallin" in love. :)
5. the great divide: this one is phenominal because emmy's voice is incredible. she said in an interview that she had to work for days practicing to train her voice to preform such range.
6. lullaby: this one isn't really a lullaby to me. it is very much like "stay" in the aspect of i do not like the beginning voices. but i like the rest of the song.
7. don't stop now: i love this one too. it is kind of sad because it is about a girl and how she is in love with a man but he doesn't love her back. he loves another. so she is saying that the only way she can get over it is if he continues to ignore her.
8. high: this one is a 50/50 for me. i don't love it but i don't hate it. it is one of the more faster one ones. but none of her songs are really faster, haha, just a little faster than the rest.
9. a million pieces: i like this one as well. except for the beginning verse. her voice sounds a little strange in my opinion.
10. rainy days and mondays: this song is a remake from way back in the day. i love it just because i can listen to it when i am depressed. :)
11. anymore: this one means a whole lot to emmy. she wrote it for her dad who left her and her mum when she was really little. i like this one too.
photos found on emmy's website:
please check this beautiful album out. emmy worked her ass off to make this her own. it is very different than you would expect and very unlike the popular music of today. and this is why i love it.
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keep daydreaming. :)
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