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Eliza Gilkyson — Angel and Delilah
Album: Lost and Found
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:14
Plays (last 30 days): 3
Delilah says to her angel there's three of us at the wheel
Me, you, and your death wish
It's a love triangle it's a dangerous deal
Me, you, and your death wish

He's had a hard road to travel
He's got memories to lose
Can we go out into the desert where he can't find us
He's like Amboy at midnight
A ghost town with the blues
I an hear his boot heels crunching in the gravel behind us

I love the feel of your sorrow the scars on your skin
We could heal by tomorrow if love would take us in
But it won't take him, your death wish

Delilah says to her angel kick him out of the car
Drop him off at the truck stop in Pomona
Set him up with a stranger set him up at a bar
By the time he figures out we'll be in Arizona

I love the feel of your sorrow the scars on your skin
We could heal by tomorrow if love would take us in
But it won't take him, your death wish

Angel says to Delilah
Well you know you might be right
But I feel just like I'm dying
With you holding on to me so tight
So drop us off at the train yard drive on through the night
You'll be deep in the desert by dawn's early light

I love the feel or your sorrow the scars on your skin
But I'll be gone tomorrow if love should take us in
'Cause it won't take him, my death wish
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 lynnefredricksen wrote:

Of all Eliza Gilkyson's wonderful music, this is not one of her better songs.



I guess you never really absorbed the lyrics.
Of all Eliza Gilkyson's wonderful music, this is not one of her better songs.
 mywotacc0713 wrote:

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Spam Much?
We're here because we LOVE RP and the real people at the helm of this station. We're well aware of SpottyFly and others, but we are quite happy here Thanks. 
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 mywotacc0713 wrote:

There are many music streaming apps you can listen to music on Spotify and download the app for free at https://apksunny.com/spotify-premium/


WTF?

Radio Paradise has a free app and doesn't use computer coding to determine what music its listeners hear.

Pretty certain the pissify premium link you inserted is not free.
There are many music streaming apps you can listen to music on Spotify and download the app for free at https://apksunny.com/spotify-premium/

 Kate Miller-Heidke — The Devil Wears a Suit
Eliza Gilkyson — Angel and Delilah 
Is there a theme here?

 KaraokeVox wrote:

nice but there are a thousand performers that sound and look just like her



name one
nooo... not the Death Wish song again!
 
Edit: not my favorite but it's a staple of RP so I'm good with it.
Slow Train Coming-ish
Got a Bob vibe.
 petesoper wrote:

Does she pay Lucinda Williams royalties?



These two musicians are basically contemporaries. She has been at this for at least as long as Lucinda and I see no reason to see anything other than 2 musicians who are basically contemporaries and who write their own songs. I think this has more to do with living in the same country in the same era. Both are excellent, in my estimation. I have seen both in concert and will do so again as soon as feasible.
Does she pay Lucinda Williams royalties?
Killer lyrics. Ha, see what I did there? Seriously: seriously good song.
Love her voice
A strong 4 ... just Meh all around.
 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

 
As others pointed out before me already: totally beside the point.
mai sentita prima - brava e che grinta!
 jpfueler wrote:


that is because the leftoids have had humor surgically removed with all common sense and logic.
 
Soooooo true.
 jpfueler wrote:


that is because the leftoids have had humor surgically removed with all common sense and logic.
 
actually you couldn't be more wrong

http://www.cell.com/current-bi... 
 Proclivities wrote:

For someone who writes such an angry, sarcastic response, it's surprising that you seem incapable of recognizing sarcasm or facetiousness in someone else's post.  The poster you responded to clearly had admiration and respect for Eliza and was making light of her stage persona, yet you felt it necessary to go off on an unhinged, self-righteous tirade.  
 

that is because the leftoids have had humor surgically removed with all common sense and logic.
Sounds like getting into my wife's car: me, her, and her crazy-assed driving.
 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

 
For someone who writes such an angry, sarcastic response, it's surprising that you seem to have missed sarcasm or facetiousness in someone else's post.  The poster you responded to clearly had admiration and respect for Eliza and was making light of her stage persona, yet you felt it necessary to go off on an unhinged, self-righteous tirade.  
Good solid sound, makes me think at Patty Smith in her 'Horses'-days. Compliments from Amsterdam, Holland.
Sounds good A little Blues flavour there, for sure.
Compelling voice. Just great1
 fredriley wrote:

....- I was her kept toyboy. Ah, happy days. ........

  

And still you had a deathwish?


 fredriley wrote:

....- I was her kept toyboy. Ah, happy days. ........

 

Oh fred.  Stop bragging!  
Very nice!
For a moment I heard Beth Hart and Bonnamassa.
Eliza is welcome anytime!
I love Patti Smith


fredriley working that six-pack, eh kcar?
 fredriley wrote:

She looks like the woman I went out with in the late 80s - I was her kept toyboy. Ah, happy days. She (my GF) couldn't sing like this, mind. What a fine voice  - 8 from the nostalgic Nottingham jury.
 
{#Roflol}{#Dancingbanana}{#Clap}{#Notworthy}

You have completely blown my mind and made my day before Thanksgiving. ROFL: fredriley as Kept Toyboy. Never, never would have imagined this. 

still of Richard Gere and Lauren Hutton from  
"Hold me, fredriley! Let me sing some Eliza Gilkyson for you!"

Good on ya, mate. 

 
this is outstanding. i dearly love a nod to the death wish in the morning. also reminds me, oddly, of hearts and bones - paul simon.
more important, i can hear dylanish riffs, and in fact would not mind hearing mr. dylan sing it, with or without ms. gilkyson.  Damn her name is hard to spell. oh well, hope to see more of it. 
Everybody in my homeless camp thinks this song is cool...
nice but there are a thousand performers that sound and look just like her
Just love her voice.  BTW, attached lyrics are (mistakenly) for Easy Rider
 Cynaera wrote:
Ooooh - what would really go well after this is Shirley Manson's "Sampson and Delilah."  Powerful stuff.
 

Miss you so much, Cynaera...

this song is cool...
Channel separation!
 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

 

I nominate you for the noble piece prize dude.  {#Lol}   {#Eyes}  {#Clap}
Patti Smith be proud of this daughter. Always wondered why after PSG the world had to be inflicted with so much carap music. Well done.
 TerryS wrote:
Saw her last Sunday, she has a powerful stage presence.
 
I'll bet.  Her voice is powerful and sure with a realistic touch of huskiness, and automatically assumes the position of attention.  Sounds like she's not close to her decibel limit on this recording.
 Cuse wrote:
For the longest time I thought this was Joan Osborne...'till I looked.
 



..ya make a good case for actually looking, Cuse-!..(heh!)..

..my 1st exposure to Gilkyson..good 8 at the outset..thx as ever, RP!..
Joan osborne mixed with Patti Smith .like it!
Saw her last Sunday, she has a powerful stage presence.
Great segue from Blown Away.
 
Yes, let's get those 1% evangelicals in power! 
spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?
 


 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

 
I for one can appreciate the tongue-in-cheek nature of this comment.  Those that are offended by it either don't get the dark humor or find the comment cuts a little too close to the bone for their comfort.

 Jelani wrote:
 idiot. 

{#Chillpill} Pretty sure he was kidding...irony through hyperbole, yes?

 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

  Oh, come on, spacemoose - you KNEW a response like that would draw fire.  I agree that it's a bit over-the-top (and true) in relation to the comment for which it was a response, but something tells me there's a lot more of an undercurrent than what ended up in your comment.

jelani, calling someone an "idiot" just because they post a comment with which you don't agree is, in my opinion, childish and dismissive. As is my response to you:  {#Nyah}

Ahem.  Having said that, I'ma go hug a tree, donate my last five bucks to Animal House Shelter and Sanctuary, and have a shot of Bacardi while sitting in my garden, soaking up a little of the rare autumn sunshine.{#Sunny}


 Jelani wrote:
 idiot.
 
Well, no.
 
don't worry, spacemoose, your irony is not wasted on everyone! (wait a minute, is that irony?!)

 
Rooney wrote:


Are you angry?  There ARE people in the world who view liberals as the scurge.  However, your reaction, altho' understandable, is a little over the top.  Take it easy moose, and let the people who disagree just go on their merry way.  {#Wave}
 


For the longest time I thought this was Joan Osborne...'till I looked.
I like this singer/songwriter a lot.  Catch one of her vids on youtube and enjoy yourselves.  Very genuine, very
classy, and very talented.  Eliza has much to say.  {#Yes}

 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

 

Are you angry?  There ARE people in the world who view liberals as the scurge.  However, your reaction, altho' understandable, is a little over the top.  Take it easy moose, and let the people who disagree just go on their merry way.  {#Wave}
 spacemoose wrote:

Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?
  idiot.


 cc_rider wrote:
Saw her a few years ago, opening for Loudon Wainwright III. Actually liked her better than Loudo, but he is definitely an acquired taste anyway. She was amazing as always. She wears her folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal heart on her sleeve, so she's not everyone's cuppa, but hey.
 
Yeah, all those folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal bastards, with their compassion, concern for future generations, and thought for people other than themselves.  We should line em all up against the wall, or disappear them, or conduct shock-therapy torture on them like we did in Chile, Argentina, Guatemala...   Screw anyone who thinks there's anything more important than the profit margins of the wealthiest one percent right?

Great to hear from her! Great song, packed with attitude and some nice guitar licks! {#Clap}

8
 songbirdfemme wrote:
I like the line "me, you, and your death wish.." thats clever!
 

Charles Bronson would be proud.
Saw her a few years ago, opening for Loudon Wainwright III. Actually liked her better than Loudo, but he is definitely an acquired taste anyway. She was amazing as always. She wears her folkie-pinko-hippie-liberal heart on her sleeve, so she's not everyone's cuppa, but hey.
Who's the guitarist?

Found 'im

Tony Gilkyson (her brother - of "X" fame) on guitar

 isayhoomhom wrote:
She looks like a middle school teacher. I hated middle school.
 
She looks like the woman I went out with in the late 80s - I was her kept toyboy. Ah, happy days. She (my GF) couldn't sing like this, mind. What a fine voice  - 8 from the nostalgic Nottingham jury.

I love this song!  First heard it on another alternative station, KPIG, which stopped broadcasting in our area.  Anyway, Eliza has become one of my favorite alternative/folk/blues/ singers.  I recommend her song "The Great Correction" if you want to blow all your candles.  Thanks RP for playing her again.

Never heard Eliza here on RP, yesterday i bought the album Red Horse by Red Horse. Eliza is one of the three masterminds behind that production... Amazing!!!

Ooooh - what would really go well after this is Shirley Manson's "Sampson and Delilah."  Powerful stuff.
Just saw her at Blue Rock Studios in Wimberley, Texas a few weeks ago.  What a venue (look it up) and what a voice!  (and songwriter!!)
Oh, and she just bought a house here!

 doctec wrote:
tompoll wrote:
I was getting more Joan Osborne.
  
 Mugro wrote:
Me too. I was beginning to think that Bill had played her twice in a couple of hours until I checked the playlist. I like this song though.
 

Joan Osborne called, she wants her voice back.
 
How could she say that ... if she had no voice? Yes, my mind is blown...

Eliza Gilkyson by *NezumiWorks
Kelseigh Nieforth   ©2005-2010 *NezumiWorks

Live at the Library & Archives Canada, Ottawa, September 5, 2005.

Eliza was amazing. Not having her band, she was given the freedom of a lone woman with a guitar on a bare stage. She dispensed with her format and simply played whatever songs she liked, in whatever order she liked. Between, she joked with audience members, told rambling stories about places she'd been and people she'd known, and made a close bond with all of us in so doing. She even took requests! If I ever had doubts about Eliza being a superior artist, they were put to rest that night.




 Businessgypsy wrote:
If you make really good choices and are extremely lucky, you will survive to an age that allows you to drink deeply of all the hidden treasures the world lays at your feet. I wish you fortune in your journey.

 
Wow.
Deep thoughts. {#Cheesygrin}
isayhoomhom wrote:
She looks like a middle school teacher. I hated middle school.
If you make really good choices and are extremely lucky, you will survive to an age that allows you to drink deeply of all the hidden treasures the world lays at your feet. I wish you fortune in your journey.

Amboy at midnight?
Quite desolate indeed.
 songbirdfemme wrote:
I like the line "me, you, and your death wish.." thats clever!
 
Seconded.  It's a great line.

A "7" from the West of Icelandic Volcano Clouds Jury

 isayhoomhom wrote:
She looks like a middle school teacher. I hated middle school.
 

I´d be listening to that class closely...this is good stuff
 isayhoomhom wrote:
She looks like a middle school teacher. I hated middle school.
 
Cross-Projection? {#Ask} {#Sunny}

She looks like a middle school teacher. I hated middle school.
Qh,,here's that chick that can sing and with the good musicians !{#Yes}

tompoll wrote:
I was getting more Joan Osborne.
  
 Mugro wrote:
Me too. I was beginning to think that Bill had played her twice in a couple of hours until I checked the playlist. I like this song though.
 

Joan Osborne called, she wants her voice back.
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Anne Murray called; she wants her wig back.
 
Now that's just plain mean!

 MojoJojo wrote:

Me no likey.


  Me neither {#Sad}


Anne Murray called; she wants her wig back.
 tompoll wrote:
I was getting more Joan Osborne.
 

Me too. I was beginning to think that Bill had played her twice in a couple of hours until I checked the playlist. I like this song though.
I like the line "me, you, and your death wish.." thats clever!
Thanks for playing more Eliza!! I love every song she sings/plays.
This song grabs me, and I like her vocals on it.

However, upon checking out the album as a whole, I like her vocal quality and the lyrics less.

I still really like the base feel of many of the songs, though.

Patti Smith? Marianne Faithfull?? She's so much more melodic than both of those (great) ladies!

Me no likey.




boring.
Excellent! Who would think this was the daughter of the guy who wrote "Bare Necessities" for Disney?
 tompoll wrote:
I was getting more Joan Osborne.
 
Same!  I was thinking slightly older Joan Osborne.  Liked it.

Wow.

She might hate it but my first thought is when I heard this was: Marianna Faithfull?. In the mean time I bought the album, by using the Amazon click as to generate revenue for RP. The album is nice but Angel and Delilah is the best song of it. The rest is too much "folky" for me. If you like folk, go check it out!
 RadioDoc wrote:
Wow. How the hell did I miss her?

This is great stuff.
 

Yea, me, too!
songbirdfemme wrote:


okay, but you never hear men commenting on how all men sound the same, post modern drivel? no way dude.


Let me be the first then. Most post-modern (wtf is that?) male singers have the same raspy, whispering, I-can't-really-sing voice. Ray La Montagne, the dude from Coldplay (though he can almost hit a note) plenty of others but I gotta get to work.

 Atlantis wrote:

You don't really hear it said about women, either.   Sometimes a guy's voice reminds you of another singer, sometimes a woman's voice reminds you of another singer.

I'm not sure what your point is as there no difference between the genders here.

 

I was commenting on someone applauding that this singer sounds different than other female singers, and how he sometimes thinks they all sound the same.. My point is that there are similarities in voices, not just female voices, get it?
 songbirdfemme wrote:


okay, but you never hear men commenting on how all men sound the same, post modern drivel? no way dude.
 
You don't really hear it said about women, either.   Sometimes a guy's voice reminds you of another singer, sometimes a woman's voice reminds you of another singer.

I'm not sure what your point is as there no difference between the genders here.

 wferrier wrote:
 
 

Whoa stop the post modern drivel! Take note: anyone who is honest about it can tell whether a chick is singing during a certain era; you can hear a distinct difference between the voices of the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and so on. Why? I don't know. The timbre, inflection, and overall quality are distinct to the decade. The same applies to guy voices.


 

Yep to that. You either like it or you don't...................
Nice lyrics to this number, and a very nice rendition.


 songbirdfemme wrote:


okay, but you never hear men commenting on how all men sound the same, post modern drivel? no way dude.
  

 

My position is that since the 1980s guys have not been in the same league with the female artists. They have that 80s, 90s, etc quality of voice; but I know who my favorite chicks are just the same. Yes the guys all sound alike to me-just plain bad!



 wferrier wrote:
 
 

Whoa stop the post modern drivel! Take note: anyone who is honest about it can tell whether a chick is singing during a certain era; you can hear a distinct difference between the voices of the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and so on. Why? I don't know. The timbre, inflection, and overall quality are distinct to the decade. The same applies to guy voices.


 

okay, but you never hear men commenting on how all men sound the same, post modern drivel? no way dude.
 songbirdfemme wrote:

yeeeah, all the female singers sound alike, just like all white people - black people - asian people look the same. come on dude!

  
 

Whoa stop the post modern drivel! Take note: anyone who is honest about it can tell whether a chick is singing during a certain era; you can hear a distinct difference between the voices of the 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, and so on. Why? I don't know. The timbre, inflection, and overall quality are distinct to the decade. The same applies to guy voices.




But this woman rocks...
 Gednabb wrote:
Now SHE has a different voice from many other female singers. I really feel so many sound just alike.
Nice track. IMHO.
 
yeeeah, all the female singers sound alike, just like all white people - black people - asian people look the same. come on dude!

MsJudi wrote:
omgwhoisthisandhowdoifindmorefromher? :D Gawd, Bill, do you know how much I love you?
Check for her to come through Austin- she's there a lot. I don't remember her playing in Houston. Sad that big ole city is so short on live music...
Wow. How the hell did I miss her? This is great stuff.
mandolin wrote:
...i can't picture this song coming out of the woman on the cover - she looks like the nice mother sitting behind the PTA bake sale table...
Hey, she looks the image of a woman I went out with for 3 years, who was 13 years older than me and seriously feckin' HOT! A 'MILF' well before the term was invented :o). This is a fine number, and well worth an initial 7 from the Nottingham jury, likely rising on future hearings.
Now SHE has a different voice from many other female singers. I really feel so many sound just alike. Nice track. IMHO.
Saw her opening for Richard Thompson. Great (if short) set. She was playing solo (as was Richard) but had a lot of power and passion. Definitely worth the effort to see her live if you can.
mandolin wrote: ...i can't picture this song coming out of the woman on the cover - she looks like the nice mother sitting behind the PTA bake sale table... MsJudi wrote:
You'd be amazed at what we can accomplish, despite looking like someone's mother. ;)
She is someone's mother: her drummer's! She's also the daughter of Terry Gilkyson...
This is in one word - AWESOME!
mandolin wrote:
...i can't picture this song coming out of the woman on the cover - she looks like the nice mother sitting behind the PTA bake sale table...
You'd be amazed at what we can accomplish, despite looking like someone's mother. ;)
omgwhoisthisandhowdoifindmorefromher? :D Gawd, Bill, do you know how much I love you?
The daughter of a very famous songwriting father, talented in her own right.
I'm getting pretty much milquetoast.
...i can't picture this song coming out of the woman on the cover - she looks like the nice mother sitting behind the PTA bake sale table...
joanie wrote:
Does she try to sound like Patti Smith?
I was getting more Joan Osborne.
Nice guitars, good voice...I like it.
Does she try to sound like Patti Smith?
My first thought on hearing this is that it must be a cover of a Michael Penn song that I've not heard before.
Interesting track indeed.