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Strong Badinter
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I just pre-ordered Sarah's album, and the free download that came with it, called Parasol, i also got. I went to see Sarah Dec 1, 2006, and she perfomed a song called Sweet Virginia. So when i listened to Parasol, I was surprised to find out that the two songs are actually the same!!! I can't wait for sarah's album now, It'll be really good.


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TS
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Yeah, I was wondering why it was called Parasol and not Virginia.

hehe randomly both are also names of Tori Amos' songs.

this track is so much fun. What a great chorus!
 
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ProdigyBoy
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Sarah originally courted the name of that song as Sweet Virgina but since December 2006 I think she started to call it Parasol.

You might even catch the misheard title of "Paris Swan" that fits too.

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Immanuel
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Funny...I always thought it was Parisol Big Grin
 
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themaxonline
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I feel like I'm missing out on so many potentially good Sarah songs because I chose to buy the physical CD instead of the digital album on iTunes... there are three that I can't get now.


"And now I think I'll get through..."
 
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Matthew C. Clark
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I cannot get the song "Parasol" because I don't live in Canada. Mad I live in Michigan!
 
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ProdigyBoy
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quote:
Originally posted by Matthew C. Clark:
I cannot get the song "Parasol" because I don't live in Canada. Mad I live in Michigan!


There is still hope that it might see light of day. See this post on littleslean.

http://littleslean.blogspot.com/2008/01/baroness-those-that-made-cut.html

Cameron


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Amanda
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What is the Virginia part of the song about?
 
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Heliosis
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I don't think Sarah's ever explained the song in detail.

I've assumed it's about a woman named Virginia. But I don't know for sure.


I Was Born By An Old Streetlight
Where The Men Lean Out Of Their Windows At Night
And I Was a Lead In The Orphan Choir
And I Sang With All My Might...
 
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ProdigyBoy
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Below is Googled lyrics for the song. Not sure why Virgina, as a rhyme or play off the Rolling Stones.

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Long-necked, shipwrecked, terrified swan
Lies in her mind left a burner on
We crowd into the grand salon
We're watching the mansion burn

And I'm not quite down with the way they roll
They throw knives from their eyes at my parasol
And I'm only human after all
Go easy on me

It's not like a country lane
A day on the beach in Spain
I'm courting the madness I cannot explain

Oh Virginia
We didn't know you had it in ya
Oh Sweet Virginia

And I coughed this up in a sooty perfume
Out of my mouth like a feather plume
And now here's one more crazy tune
Adversity rings my bell

The wound came loose with a terrible stench
Pain left a stain on my piano bench
And I chased it with a monkey wrench
Cursing my broken French

It's not like a country lane
A day on the beach in Spain
I'm courting the madness I cannot explain

Oh Virginia
We didn't know you had it in ya
Oh Sweet Virginia

And no can't play that in this serious hall
Only apes, wearing capes, get the curtain call
Your invitation to the ball
Must be lost in the mail

And I don't quite feel like working this crowd
The rest has requested I dumb it down
They'll run your circus right out of town
If you won't abide, but it's suicide

Not like a country lane
A day on the beach in Spain
I'm courting the madness I cannot explain

Oh Virginia
We didn't know you had it in ya
Oh Sweet Virginia

We didn't know you had it in ya
Oh Sweet Virginia


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