Shawn Colvin - "Sunny Came Home"

[Cerro de Casa]

For a very short period in the '90s, Shawn was rather the QoL in Americ. And what a wonderful song.

She says, days go by
I'm hypnotised
I'm walking on a wire...

The Irish loved this one too (unsurprisingly.) Anyway, for all the pleasant production and instrumentation, it's about a woman that burns down her own house.

 

[VoR]

I love Shawn. The 'A Few Small Remains' album is an all-time banshee fave of mine.

 

[VoR]

Shotgun Down The Avalanche is her best song though. The lyrics just floor me.

 

[VoR]

 

[ameraal]

incidentally i've had this alisted on my ipod (there was a thread recently, wasn't there?)
lovely song from a really nice period for women "singer/songwriters"

 

[funky]

she's no PAULA COLE

 

[VoR]

This is a really lovely cover version too...

 

[VoR]

I suspect nobody cares but me and possibly Suedey, but I just learned Shawn is doing a surprisingly extensive UK & Ireland tour later this year.

 

[Suedehead]

SOLD OUT IN Cardiff!

 

[Devil]

The song really should be a ten, a nine from me is criminal.

 

[Joseph]

I always pegged her as one that would escape the “Lilith Fair” tag and sustain a decent sized career.

 

[VoR]

I saw Shawn in Leeds tonight, she was great! Surprisingly witty. I particularly enjoyed her rather rambling story about being haunted by the ghost of Ol Dirty Bastard.

I was saddened by the lack of Shotgun Down The Avalanche, which is far and away my favourite song of hers, but it was the only really notable omission.

 

[funky]

I should like her, but she leaves me cold for whatever reason.