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Kristin Hersh — Your Ghost
Album: Hips and Makers
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If I walk down this hallway
Tonight, it's too quiet
So I pad through the dark
And call you on the phone
Push your old numbers
And let your house ring
Till I wake your ghost

Let him walk down your hallway
It's not that quiet
Slide down your receiver
Sprint across the wire
Follow my number
Slide into my hand

Its the blaze across my nightgown
It's the phone's ring
I think last night
You were driving circles around me

I can't drink this coffee
Till I put you in my closet
Let him shoot me down
Let him call me off
I take it from his whisper
Your not that tough

It's the blaze across my nightgown
It's the phone's ring
I think last night (you were in my dreams)
You were driving circles around me
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A banana for taking this gem out of the drawer of my memory!
Posted 1 day ago by Bananetor    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:


I'm guessing this is German Google Translate; 


This song is a pearl. chicken skin.




Goosepimples
Posted 2 months ago by rorymacpherson    [ Reply ]
had the good fortune to catch her live. brilliant artist
Posted 4 months ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
and let your house ring
till I wake your ghost

gets me every time, has done so for thirty years now
a magnificent song
a heartfelt salutation to the people whose houses I see ringing when this comes on, beautiful people you
Posted 6 months ago by Exebeche    [ Reply ]
 sajitjacob wrote:


I'm guessing this is German Google Translate; 


This song is a pearl. chicken skin.


Why Google Translate? The English equivalent would be "goose pimples", an obvious parallel, right?
Posted 7 months ago by MM_Prague    [ Reply ]
This one still has burn power. 
Posted 1 year ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
 pmjett wrote:

Man.  Something about this song absolutely transports me to my 20 year old self and the relationship I was in at the time.  Love the song, but I have to sit down and let the emotion of that time come and go.  Whew.



me too, me too. i was 26 though.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
yep - this is good
Posted 2 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 Majoran wrote:

Dieser Song ist eine Perle. Hühnerhaut.



I'm guessing this is German Google Translate; 


This song is a pearl. chicken skin.

Posted 2 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
 jsed wrote:

Liked this song since it came out.  Would enjoy it more now if Stipe weren't singing.  So much overexposure at this point in his career.  It's the musical equivalent to hearing someone use "Groovy" "Gnarly" "Wicked" or "Def" in common conversation.  It's like a date stamp.   


How pompous of you to say, but clearly not as "Edgy" as you imagined.
Posted 2 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Dieser Song ist eine Perle. Hühnerhaut.
Posted 3 years ago by Majoran    [ Reply ]
 pmjett wrote:

Man.  Something about this song absolutely transports me to my 20 year old self and the relationship I was in at the time.  Love the song, but I have to sit down and let the emotion of that time come and go.  Whew.



me too! it stops me in my tracks every time!! I dont think i will ever not have that wave of emotion. its incredible how music works through emotion.
Posted 3 years ago by olea    [ Reply ]
Anyone suggesting that the Greg Laswell version is better probably hasn't been more wrong in their entire life.
This is inspired on so many levels whereas
Greg Laswell makes middle of the road dirges favoured by middle of the road US TV shows.
Posted 3 years ago by mrprmc71    [ Reply ]
 Proclivities wrote:

Well, it is a twenty-year-old recording, so I guess there is a sort of "date stamp".  


Greg Laswell's cover... 
Posted 3 years ago by argexpat    [ Reply ]
Sweet and sad, haunting, but oh so right for some long ago bittersweet love...
Posted 3 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
Great lyrics!!
Posted 5 years ago by cayennetea    [ Reply ]
Only 7 from me 
Posted 5 years ago by Tomasni    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite songs. Beautiful.
Posted 6 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
More Kristen please!!! {#Hearteyes}
Posted 6 years ago by cavemanleong    [ Reply ]
Oh Kristen...
Posted 6 years ago by JaySea1    [ Reply ]
Where was he? And what was he doing?
Posted 7 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
Man.  Something about this song absolutely transports me to my 20 year old self and the relationship I was in at the time.  Love the song, but I have to sit down and let the emotion of that time come and go.  Whew.
Posted 7 years ago by pmjett    [ Reply ]
I've always been intrigued by this song...two very talented artists, dancing their quirky voices together very edgily, and very well, I think.
Posted 7 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Rockit wrote:
Greg Laswells' version mucho better.

 
That's an interesting opinion which I entirely disagree with.
Posted 7 years ago by enkay    [ Reply ]
This one stays with you...
Posted 7 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
Greg Laswells' version mucho better.
Posted 8 years ago by Rockit    [ Reply ]
love this
Posted 8 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
Saw her in a little basement folk club off Charing x road London , very good
Posted 8 years ago by Ishwara    [ Reply ]
Hersh and Stipe, a godlike combination in a great song. 
Posted 8 years ago by belipe    [ Reply ]
Does Patti Smith do this song?
Posted 9 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
Gawd, talk about tripping down memory lane. I used to play this song over and over and over, around the time it came out. I must have been going through yet another overly angst-y breakup at the time. I sure did love to wallow in those things. At the time. 
Posted 9 years ago by Grayson    [ Reply ]
AWESOME.  Thanks Bill
Posted 9 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
I like it.
Posted 9 years ago by bravadodon    [ Reply ]
Gosh this is twenty years ago that I heard this song.. and that time I have away the CD because g was in a depression and I couldn't hear it.
But now.. I am so happy to have found it again, thanks RP {#Dance} 
Posted 9 years ago by Ginetta    [ Reply ]
 jsed wrote:
Liked this song since it came out.  Would enjoy it more now if Stipe weren't singing.  So much overexposure at this point in his career.  It's the musical equivalent to hearing someone use "Groovy" "Gnarly" "Wicked" or "Def" in common conversation.  It's like a date stamp.   

 
Well, it is a twenty-year-old recording, so I guess there is a sort of "date stamp".  
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Liked this song since it came out.  Would enjoy it more now if Stipe weren't singing.  So much overexposure at this point in his career.  It's the musical equivalent to hearing someone use "Groovy" "Gnarly" "Wicked" or "Def" in common conversation.  It's like a date stamp.   
Posted 10 years ago by jsed    [ Reply ]
My favorite song by my favorite artist. Got to spend some time with her down in LA once long ago. Neat woman.
Posted 10 years ago by stalfnzo    [ Reply ]
This song's not for everybody, but then, it doesn't try to be. For some it's "barfo", for me its currently one of my favorites.
Posted 10 years ago by Transletto    [ Reply ]
 schitfitz wrote:
This song was iffy until the stereo got a hold of it. Fix the RIAA mix down and it's awesome.
 
What does this mean? This song contains a very quiet, very low bass sound that's particularly amazing. Is that what you're referring to?


Posted 10 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
 Peter_Bradshaw wrote:
{#Heartkiss} ......... so very good 9
 
Seconded. Kristin gives me the willies, in a very good way. 9 from the smitten {#Hearteyes} and spooked {#Eek} Nottingham jury.
Posted 10 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Every version is a sucko-barfo.
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
Chords out of sync with melody?
Posted 10 years ago by pcc    [ Reply ]
I built a very special 2 channel stereo just to listen to the music RP forced me to buy. This song was iffy until the stereo got a hold of it. Fix the RIAA mix down and it's awesome.
Posted 10 years ago by schitfitz    [ Reply ]
{#Hand}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
I really, really cannot decide if i like this song... perhaps it's one where one's current mood is as important as the song....
Posted 10 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss} ......... so very good 9
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Could definitely use more Kristin Hersh and Throwing Muses on RP!
Posted 10 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Definitely goosebumps...{#Clap}
Posted 10 years ago by janac13    [ Reply ]
the song I found my love with
Posted 11 years ago by FraeuleinBoe    [ Reply ]
Music to slit your wrists to. :-/
Posted 11 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
 Sasha2001 wrote:

These are sorts of things you get to do when you are Michael Stipe. I'll bet if I called Patti Smith up out of the blue and asked her if she wanted to be my valentine she would probably hang up and call the police.

 
{#Angel} smile to both comments
Posted 11 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:

Funny thing - hearing Michael Stipe in this song just made me recall the interview I watched this past Sunday on CBS about Patti Smith!!  The first Valentine's Day she spent alone after her husband passed away, Michael Stipe called Patti up on the phone, introduced himself and asked if he could be her valentine.  She said yes, and hung up smiling, feeling less alone.  I thought that was such a sweet story!

 
These are sorts of things you get to do when you are Michael Stipe. I'll bet if I called Patti Smith up out of the blue and asked her if she wanted to be my valentine she would probably hang up and call the police.
Posted 11 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Love this, gives me goosebumps.  SO much better than Greg Laswell's pale imitation.
Posted 11 years ago by oddbod    [ Reply ]
 Shesdifferent wrote:
I think I just realized that I have never really liked this song

 
It's been spreading rumors about you behind your back...    {#Whisper}
Posted 11 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
ein netter song,  {#Angel}
Posted 11 years ago by mistabird    [ Reply ]
 Yes, Great cover ! Danimal174 wrote:


It was Greg Laswell's version, I think.

 


Posted 11 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
This is pretty annoying.....


Posted 11 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]
I used to like it better back when I was into R.E.M. as well... now it comes off as a forced "by-the-numbers-americana" tune

...and I do hope I never ever hear it in sequence after Teng's "The Passage" - it can really kill the perfect mood of that song
Posted 11 years ago by testpilot    [ Reply ]
I think I just realized that I have never really liked this song
Posted 11 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
love this song. always makes me stop whatever I'm doing and listen
Posted 12 years ago by smartn1    [ Reply ]
If I try to mosaic while listening to this, I will cut my finger off by accident. This is actually a fairly high complement..
Posted 12 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]


Flooding



Posted 12 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
love this.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 REMaster wrote:
Nice tune. Reminds me of Patti Smith. Also nice vocals from Michael Stipe.
 
Funny thing - hearing Michael Stipe in this song just made me recall the interview I watched this past Sunday on CBS about Patti Smith!!  The first Valentine's Day she spent alone after her husband passed away, Michael Stipe called Patti up on the phone, introduced himself and asked if he could be her valentine.  She said yes, and hung up smiling, feeling less alone.  I thought that was such a sweet story!
Posted 12 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
Another tape lost in the mists of time. Damn that was a good album... now where is that itunes button...
Posted 12 years ago by sajitjacob    [ Reply ]
Really good.  Keep hoping to hear Sundrops, from the same cd. It's a solid 9.

Posted 12 years ago by emh    [ Reply ]

50 Foot Wave is mo betta. really raw and edgey. can not believe it's the same girl


Posted 12 years ago by DD rabbi_phil    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
"let your house ring until I wake your goat"
 
Yeah, that would be truly annoying. My goat takes ages to go to sleep once it has been stirred by the phone.
Posted 13 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
I like how in the chorus two singers are saying two different things ("You were in my dream" / "I think last night") suggesting confusion as to whether it was a dream or not.
Posted 13 years ago by pixel-pusher    [ Reply ]


 SpamNRice wrote:
I could get very lost in a bottle listening to this... add some rain and I'd be gone.
 

this comment is right on
Posted 13 years ago by fatcatjb    [ Reply ]
 REMaster wrote:
Nice tune. Reminds me of Patti Smith. Also nice vocals from Michael Stipe.
 


I heard Patti, too. Made me look to see if it was!
Posted 13 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]

If Kristin was listening I imagine she would be incredibly honored to be following four of the most magnificent pieces of music ever written.

Prince - When Doves Cry
The Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Beethoven - Symphony No.5 - Allegro Con Brio
Pink Floyd - Time


Posted 13 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
I could get very lost in a bottle listening to this... add some rain and I'd be gone.
Posted 13 years ago by SpamNRice    [ Reply ]
Wow!
Posted 13 years ago by chris_the_man    [ Reply ]
 Snoopy2 wrote:
Think it should be called driving circles
 
Think I agree with you.{#Clap}
Posted 13 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
"let your house ring until I wake your goat"
Posted 13 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Nice tune. Reminds me of Patti Smith. Also nice vocals from Michael Stipe.
Posted 13 years ago by REMaster    [ Reply ]
Think it should be called driving circles
Posted 13 years ago by Snoopy2    [ Reply ]
I havent heard about her for a long time. Mistake!
Posted 13 years ago by AndreasL    [ Reply ]
One of my favourite songs by one of my favourite artists - beautiful.  And the first thing i learnt to play on guitar.
Posted 13 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 Danimal174 wrote:


It was Greg Laswell's version, I think.
 
That version played yesterday.  Most folks longed to hear this version; Bill delivers!

Posted 13 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
 Shimmer wrote:
Kristin's memoir, Rat Girl, is on my night stand these days. Providence, RI, 1985 - I was there!
 
Oh, boy - one more book I need to buy.  This song creeps me out, a lot like Fever Ray's stuff does. It evokes unnerving, black-and-white scenarios of things that are where they shouldn't be - like a tricycle in a tree during a lightning storm.  I love the music, but I think it's probably one of those songs I won't be able to listen to very often because I'm too easily frightened these days. (I'm getting old and wussy.)

Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Kristin's memoir, Rat Girl, is on my night stand these days. Providence, RI, 1985 - I was there!
Posted 13 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
This gives me goose pimples. As the late, great John Peel often said, good music should scare you, and this is really unsettling. 9 from the wonderfully spooked Nottingham jury.
Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I've loved this track ever since I first heard it.
Posted 13 years ago by GuiltyFeat    [ Reply ]
Really good melody.
Posted 13 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
" ... singing in circles, around me."
Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:
LOVE YOU, KRISTIN....!
 

Good to see I agree with stingray on 1(!) thing.

Spain from the Sunny Border Blue album is a great song, if anyone feels inclined to upload it..


Posted 13 years ago by le_colonel    [ Reply ]
LOVE YOU, KRISTIN....!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Wow, posters seem to love this dirge! The Holidays are a dark time, indeed.
Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 newwavegurly wrote:
I think a different version (a cover, perhaps?) of this song was used in "Grey's Anatomy" last night...
 

It was Greg Laswell's version, I think.
Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
I think this morning this song is driving circles around me
Posted 14 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
An intriguingly pretty piece.

Posted 14 years ago by kaybee    [ Reply ]
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Great song ... I should be sitting outside alone on a warm, moonless, breezless summer evening watching fireflies again the black night sky. 
 
Very, very well put.  Maybe follow it with "Fade Into You."
Posted 14 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the ending of "True Night" (Criminal Minds, Season 3, Episode 10), with Johnny McHale in his psychiatric hospital room, calling his deceased girlfriend's cell phone over and over again, just to hear the voicemail message.
Posted 14 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
wiki

Hersh's music is known for its chords, sonic treatments, and a vocal style ranging from softly melodic singing to impassioned screaming. Some of her signature contributions to popular music include addressing the complexities of life through impressionistic, sometimes hallucinatory lyrics about everyday feelings and varying mental states. A few of her songwriting subjects have included childbirth ("Hysterical Bending"), love ("Tar Kissers", "Lavender"), surreal vignettes ("Delicate Cutters", "Fish"), death ("Limbo"), emotional anguish ("The Letter"), loss of custody of her first son ("Candyland"), and the shedding of a relationship's anxiety ("Snake Oil").

Hersh has used images such as apples, water, diamonds, eyes, the sea, snow, ice, rain, fire, the sun, sand, and cowboys. On occasion she has used historical figures like anorexic suicide Ellen West as metaphors in depicting a state of mind. Eccentric characters encountered in her family's travels have made occasional appearances in songs such as "Ruthie's Knocking"; a 2005 live solo set list included a then-untitled song ("Under The Gun") about a "parrot lady" character she met while visiting Lake Michigan.


Posted 14 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
Good song. Greg Laswell does an excellent rendition of this on his "Covers" EP. You can listen to a sample via Amazon at the link below -

https://www.amazon.com/Covers/dp/B002VFA6PG/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1274123874&sr=8-8

Posted 14 years ago by Danimal174    [ Reply ]
Great song ... I should be sitting outside alone on a warm, moonless, breezless summer evening watching fireflies again the black night sky. 
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
YEEEEES!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
i do remember liking this whole album; it's on cassette somewhere.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Just bumped it from a 9 to a 10. Kills me. A dark room, a full bottle and a loaded gun. And I mean that in the best way.
Posted 14 years ago by Photo-John    [ Reply ]
 JaySea wrote:
Haunting and enigmatic... Kristin continues to amaze and enchant 
 
{#Curtain} whispers, "What Jay said."  For he expressed it so well. {#Bounce}

Posted 14 years ago by SusanHiddenPoet    [ Reply ]
Very Patti Smith
Posted 14 years ago by Buzzardcheater    [ Reply ]
 Anax wrote:

I followed LongGoneDaddy's link and got the 50 Foot Wave version. Thanks.

I like Michael Stipe, though you don't have to. However, in the choruses that he sings with Kristin in her solo version, she raises her voice and screams them in the 50 Ft Wave one. Or call it a hoarse gargle. I'm just saying, she seems to have wanted that sound.
 
I still liked it enough even so that I bought it when it came out, even with Michael Stipe {#Music}
Posted 14 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
This is all about my ex & I...  Every few months, I like to hear it and really crank it... 

But then again, I just worked 10 nights in a row and didn't have the time for any Xmas nor New Year's.  It's just nice to be sitting at home, in my PJ's, having a cocktail, glad I don't have to go out in the Very COLD weather!

Call me crazy...   I don't care.  But this song is all about my ex & I.  Sometimes, I miss him...

Posted 14 years ago by Gatlinburger    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:

Makes me wonder why they thought sticking him in there would be a good idea...
 
I followed LongGoneDaddy's link and got the 50 Foot Wave version. Thanks.

I like Michael Stipe, though you don't have to. However, in the choruses that he sings with Kristin in her solo version, she raises her voice and screams them in the 50 Ft Wave one. Or call it a hoarse gargle. I'm just saying, she seems to have wanted that sound.
Posted 15 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
 EaLaSpada wrote:
Michael Stipe is the Michael McDonald of the late 90s. You can find him everywhere.
 
I thought he pretty much stuck with REM but Radio Paradise has shown me that he is quite a musical collaborator. 
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 LongGoneDaddy wrote:


yup, agreed!  The 50 Ft Wave version (Kristin's band) is even better...check it out: https://50footwave.cashmusic.org/
 
Makes me wonder why they thought sticking him in there would be a good idea...

Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I really like this song except for the parts with Micheal Stipe squealing..
 

yup, agreed!  The 50 Ft Wave version (Kristin's band) is even better...check it out: https://50footwave.cashmusic.org/
Posted 15 years ago by LongGoneDaddy    [ Reply ]
 DaveInVA wrote:
I really like this song except for the parts with Micheal Stipe squealing..
 

Same here.
Posted 15 years ago by ambrebalte    [ Reply ]
I really like this song except for the parts with Micheal Stipe squealing..
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 reason06 wrote:
I was prepared to like this song. But then I looked up the lyrics and they don't make sense. Let who walk down your hall?
 
An approach. An essence.
They just used this song on Dollhouse, season 2, episode 8.
Very affecting. 
Posted 15 years ago by Anax    [ Reply ]
 EaLaSpada wrote:


Michael Stipe is the Michael McDonald of the late 90s. You can find him everywhere.
 
very funny  thanx

Posted 15 years ago by MannAudioltd    [ Reply ]
Nice, in a creepy sorta way. 
Posted 15 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
I think a different version (a cover, perhaps?) of this song was used in "Grey's Anatomy" last night...
Posted 15 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
This works well for me..
Posted 15 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
 Mike_Sneade wrote:
Very nice. Is that Michael Stipe on backing vocals ?
 

Michael Stipe is the Michael McDonald of the late 90s. You can find him everywhere.
Posted 15 years ago by EaLaSpada    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite albums. Delighted to hear it here!
Posted 15 years ago by EaLaSpada    [ Reply ]
Haunting and enigmatic... Kristin continues to amaze and enchant 
Posted 15 years ago by JaySea    [ Reply ]