Teitur: Poetry and Aeroplanes

I had a meeting at a nearby Borders yesterday and decided to see if they carried any Sufjan Stevens CD's.  His CD, Illinois, is fantastic.  But no luck on finding more Sufjan. 

While looking for his stuff I stumbled across a CD with a sticker on the front with a quote from John Mayer.  The CD is "Poetry and Aeroplanes" by Teitur and the quote said, "It's unbelievable...the best record I've heard in a long time."  That was enough to get me to listen to some of the songs at Borders, and they were very good.  So I dropped $12.99 and got the CD.

Wow!  Great CD.  Teitur is a Danish singer-songwriter and his music is sorta Paul Simon-ish.  Great melodies, acoustic, folk, poetic. Check out a video of a live performance of "Sleeping with the Lights On." and the CD at Amazon.

Here are the lyrics to another great song.

"You're the Ocean"

There’s too much sky, not enough blue
There’s too many questions to why I love you
There’s too many clouds, not enough sun
The rain must fall on everyone
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mine
You’re the ocean
There’s too much doubt and not enough dare
There’s too much decision everywhere
There’s too much talk and not enough time
Let’s close our eyes and not our minds
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mind
You look for leads, I follow clues
You love to win, I dare to lose
Mostly you’re a mind game in my head
You are earth, I am water
I can give you what you’re after
You can be the word…I can be the rhyme…
There’s really nothing you can do
You’re going where I’m going too
Stay beside me, stay beside me
I want you
I’m fire-you’re the ocean
I’m energy-you’re the rhythm
Love is somewhere in between
What you believe and what you dream
I’m just trying to make you mine
You’re the ocean

Comments

[Vicki Chapman]

I'm really loving those lyrics. I'll def be checking him out.

[Scott Michael Ringo]

Checking out Teitur now on Rhapsody for free. You really need to check the service out. For $10 a month I listen to thousands of CDs. Hopefully by the end of the month I will have an ipod for my birthday and can load it up for free with everything it can hold from Rhapsody. I had an ipod when they first came out that I was taking with me to Europe so that I could have worship music. I was doing missions work and just before leaving I got convicted to spend that much money on something like that when going to do missions so I took it back. Now I have been without one for years. Hopefully for my birthday I will get enough in gift cards to best buy to add to the other ones I have been saving for a year now and have it.

[James Paul]

Just listened to Teitur myself. Good stuff. And I'll add an AMEN to Scott's Rhapsody plug. I make a living on a laptop and Rhapsody has improved the quality of life in my little "hole." I would guess most of us spend a lot of time on our laptops/desktops. So...get a decent pair of speakers and sign up!