Whispering Trees-
Soil and Eclipse
I know I’ve
already reviewed this song but I don’t think this is going to be a review. I
don’t know what this is going to be but I feel the need to blog about this song
again because it’s amazing.
I asked if
the song was supposed to be sort of sad in nature because after the first
hundred times I listened to it I finally realized that it’s slightly
depressing. I’d say just look at the lyrics but it’s more than that obviously.
They have a sound in this song and I’ve listened to some other slower songs
that I was able to either find on YouTube or I brought on Itunes. I can’t say
any songs of theirs have such an effect of me like Whispering Trees does. I know
it’s just a song but that’s my point. It might be something inside of me, but
the only way I can describe what happens when I listen to it is that it’s like
a trance but I’m coherent to everything else around me, however it’s almost
impossible to stop listening to it. It’s not the curse of the repeat button
it’s more than that. I think it’s
kind of like Enya’s “Only Time,” I remember when I heard that after I was
reintroduced to Enya I was addicted to just that song and I had no idea why.
(Album Artwork)
Soil and Eclipse
has a very interesting sound I know I said I love layered vocals before but I’m
serious they’d be great even if they didn’t layer any vocals at all. I’m happy
they layered vocals for this song on the chorus because it helps a lot.
(Jay Tye and G.W. Childs)
I listen to
many different artists I currently have 2060 songs on my Itunes, not that
listen to every song all the time some stuff I haven’t listened to in months
sits on Itunes until I remember I liked it and then I listen to it again. Out
of all the musicians on that list in all honestly Soil and Eclipse stands out
the most. I don’t think I’ve ever been this confused, saddened, and yet happy
by one song in my life. I’ve had those emotions from separate songs but not all
in one song. I’ve been inspired by a lot of songs, but once again Whispering
Trees is on the top of that list right next to Evil Angel. If I could put the
little images I have in my head together maybe something awesome will happen
but for now they’re just little scenes that escape me every time I try to write
them down. Is it a story, a music video idea, a future movie idea? I don’t know
but I’ll figure it out one day. It could be all three of those things for all I
know.
Touching on
the emotional side of the song, there’s a lot going on both in context and out
of context. I’ll start with this part first:
“I could be
guided by heaven
I could be
guided by heaven
I must be
guided by heaven
I must be
guided by heaven”
You have to
listen to the song in order to understand the ‘out of context’ portion. Taking this
verse out of the song and just reading it loses the magic, just listen to this
point of the song the first time it comes around and compare it to the second
time. There’s a big difference in both of them and the same goes for the
chorus. I thought there was bitterness at some point in time and hopeful in the
other… The first time I heard the chorus I thought it was legitimately hopeful
and the second time for some reason I feel like there’s a struggle and
desperation, a sense of doubt. Like the first time it was sung you know that
there’s a belief in the message and then the second time it’s kind of unsure if
the right decision but it’s going to happen anyway. The third time is the
painful chorus it’s the same as the others but with this added to it:
“I chose my
fate
And now this
is my destiny”
The outro is
just someone walking away, if I had to put a picture to it that’s what would
happen. Random side note, I honestly wonder how it would sound if the lyrics
were actually, “I chose my fate and now this is the death of me.” I don’t know
why but that’s what I thought I was hearing and then I read the lyrics and I
was wrong. Actually I thought it was “Now this is my death of me,” but that
doesn’t make any sense…
The song has
an undertone of a painful transition, like something’s tearing your heart out
but you know it has to happen. I think that can be supported by the whispered
verses.
I’ve written
about 900 words so far according to Microsoft word and I’m still not sure what
I’m trying to say or if I’m happy with these 900 words.
(Press the little button and it should play)
Switching
gears to the Oakland 2k mix aka the remix of Whispering Trees. It is a whole
other entity within itself like I can’t compare this to the original song
because it’s so different yet it’s the same. It’s still whispering trees, it’s
still got the same tempo and all that stuff but there’s more stuff added to it.
DLI the name
attached to the remix of “Whispering Trees” doesn’t come up in Google search,
but thanks to Facebook I was able to ask about the mysterious DLI and I received
this answer:
“Count (Zero) is the singer of DLI. G.W. actually was in DLI
for several years and wrote a fair bit of material with them that will be
coming out later in the year. MO or Maurice Jackson remixed it with him. He
also did the Exile Remix. Hope this helps!” ~Jay Tye
I’m not
exactly sure who Count Zero is, but I don’t hear a third voice in the remix so
I’m guessing he didn’t sing he just helped with the remix since GW was a band
mate and presumably a friend of his. DLI did one hell of a job on the remix, it’s
like the best remix I’ve heard of a song in a long time. It’s not one of those
obnoxious remixes with unnecessary bass and stuff added to it. There’s some
cool stuff added to the opening and some of the vocals sounds like they’re
underwater and I say that in the nicest way possible. I adore the drums (I
believe it’s a tympani) added into the song at various points of the song.
With the
remix there’s another life added to the song but if you take that away you’re
left with an amazing song anyways. Both songs are equally great and they both
mean a lot to me even if I can’t find the right words to say to properly praise
and promote them.
Soil and
Eclipse create beautiful songs they deserve more fame than they have at the
moment. There also needs to be a place on the East coast preferably in New
Jersey as close to Atlantic City as possible (or in Atlantic City) that can
book them so they can add the East coast to their mini tour. I am anxious to
see them perform live…
Part five of
the anniversary review concluded.
~Pugsly~
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