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Rachael Yamagata — Little Life
Album: Elephants...Teeth Sinking Into Heart
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Released: 2008
Length: 3:51
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When all of this makes the news
Will they remember to tell it right
Or will devils make off in the night
Can you tell me why a god so high has us fight

As she lays in bed in her piece of ground
Will they remember her blessed soul
Or just that she lost all control
Can you tell me why she had to die alone

People wake up
People get moving
There's a life waiting here
Wake up
People stop doing
There's a life waiting here

When all our time is spent away
Will we remember the loves of our past
Or just that love never lasts
Can you tell me why
This little life
Goes so fast...
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The intro with the strings sucks me in and then Rachael's voice won't let me go.  Beautiful song.
Posted 4 months ago by Jayesea    [ Reply ]
Another one of my favorite artists I never would have discovered without RP. Rock on RP !!! 
Posted 5 months ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
beautifully sung and amazing prose
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
 dldowney wrote:

this is singing chops that Norah Jones aspires to




I Agree, completely!  GREAT TUNE!!   
Posted 1 year ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
this is singing chops that Norah Jones aspires to
Posted 2 years ago by dldowney    [ Reply ]
So much string noise!
Posted 2 years ago by pcicatar    [ Reply ]
NICE! Great voice! I never heard of her, prior to RP. Now I like several of her tunes. Thank You RP!
Posted 2 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
I saw her at a tiny venue in Southwark a few years ago - she's a great performer, and much more cheerful and funny than you might think from this song.  I would recommend checking out more of her stuff.
Posted 3 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
She sounds like Ray Lamontagne.
Posted 3 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
An underrated singer/songwriter. Always interesting lyrics from a woman's point of view, and interesting melodies. Especially like her 2011 album Chesapeake; great stuff.
Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Going to break my PSD button if you keep spinning yawners like this. Seems it's just been one after another today. Get out of your funk man!
Posted 7 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by Rastarik    [ Reply ]
 S-curvy wrote:
Thank you RP for this; like before, I've been waiting for ages to hear this again.

 
Again, it has been too long.  Wow, intense.  Thank you.
Posted 8 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
I thought this was Adele.
Posted 8 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Everybody in my alien space craft loves this song...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
2 > 7
Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Love it when a "downer" song has a exortation to get with it ....And people wake up People get movin Theres a life waitin here Get up People start doin Theres a life waitin here
Posted 10 years ago by clelaed    [ Reply ]
still very cool...  still love it...
Posted 10 years ago by Lazarus    [ Reply ]
Thank you RP for this; like before, I've been waiting for ages to hear this again.
Posted 10 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
What did I miss...."Parental Advisory?"
Posted 10 years ago by marty88210    [ Reply ]
Wow what a voice ......{#Daisy}.....nice
Posted 10 years ago by paradisepig    [ Reply ]
I like how this makes me think of Tom Waits' stylings in many parts...makes me want to dig out "Alice" and play it after this; it's so cool...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
This is really cool, haven't heard it before.
Posted 12 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Bump... 7 > 8 ... I've been waiting to hear this for quite a while.  Thanks RP.
Posted 12 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
3..2..1...PSD

edit: scored some Sufjan, "Chicago"..thank you, PSD!

Posted 12 years ago by icemang    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:
Her and Ray LaMontagne have to get together and do a CD together. They could call it "Pass the Sucrets, please".
Just kidding, just kidding. Actually I like her.
 
"Sucrets" - I haven't thought of those in years!
Posted 12 years ago by siandbeth    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
I like Rachael, but not this song.
 
Spill !  I have yet to hear a song of RY I don't like.  relax......it's radio

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Just as we know a chick flick when we see one, there are just some artists that only appeal to men.  It is what it is. 
To me, this song is like nails on a chalk board. 
Posted 13 years ago by lkovathana    [ Reply ]
I like Rachael, but not this song.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
I could SO do her! Wait! No I couldn't...she wouldn't want me! But...it DOES sound like she's singing directly to me. I love that!{#Beat}
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Makes me STOP and listen. Song and words are BEAUTIFUL
Posted 14 years ago by No_Where_Man    [ Reply ]
Appropriately, an imploring song of lament and wist to close out a year of lament and wist.  Rachael's rich and heartfelt voice, music and lyrics really are appropriate for this somewhat gloomy New Year's Day here, where I am.  May we all make this and every new year better than the last....

Her lyrics for "Little Life:"

"When all of this makes the news
Will they remember to tell it right
Or will devils make off in the night
Can you tell me why I got so high as I was flying?

As she lays in bed in her piece of ground
Will they remember her blessed soul
Or just that she lost all control
Can you tell me me why she had to die alone?

And people wake up, people get moving
There's a life waiting here
Get up, people start doing
There's a life waiting here

When all our time spent away
We remember the loves of our past
Or just that love never lasts
Can you tell me why this little life goes so fast?"


Posted 14 years ago by S-curvy    [ Reply ]
 buddyweiser wrote:
there's already Ray Lamontagne signing like that 
 
That's funny. I've always been across the room when this song came on and just assumed it was Ray.

Just now noticed it's the Yam.

Posted 15 years ago by neckbone    [ Reply ]
 bronorb wrote:
Her and Ray LaMontagne have to get together and do a CD together. They could call it "Pass the Sucrets, please".
Just kidding, just kidding. Actually I like her.
 
She has a duet with Ray on this record. BTW.

Posted 15 years ago by widespot    [ Reply ]
Incendiary!
Posted 15 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
Like her sound, want to hear more of her.
Posted 15 years ago by Shaker    [ Reply ]

torch song

 
–noun
a popular song concerned with unhappiness or failure in love.

Posted 15 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]
inindian wrote:
As a matter of fact she easily looks as Japanese as other "half" Japanese do! Believe me, I've seen her up real close like 2 feet away after the show. She's very small, unasuming and friendly and keeps up a good bourbon lubricated conversational raport with the audience between songs...in a small venue!  

BillG wrote:
Her father is Japanese.

Jack_Jefferson wrote:
Is Yamagata Japanese?  If so, is her husband Japanese or, maybe, is she adopted?  She doesn't look Asian, let alone Japanese.


Posted 15 years ago by inindian    [ Reply ]
there's already Ray Lamontagne signing like that 
Posted 15 years ago by buddyweiser    [ Reply ]
i must say i'm tired of hearing this woman
Posted 15 years ago by gclement    [ Reply ]
Her and Ray LaMontagne have to get together and do a CD together. They could call it "Pass the Sucrets, please".
Just kidding, just kidding. Actually I like her.


Posted 15 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
 Frater_Kork wrote:
Whatever happened with Fiona Apple by the way?
  I've posted the same exact questions on RP with no response. It's a mystery I guess.

Posted 15 years ago by Mandible    [ Reply ]
Why are so many female singers belting out these rich, dark, haunting torch songs -and the boys are warbling out so many whiney ditties in weak falsettos? 

Posted 15 years ago by Dog_Ear    [ Reply ]

This is a fantastic song.
Ooo And ejsamuel, I just saw your comment, that was a great mix from a couple weeks ago i think, but the single song, this one...is amazing as hell, more and more
i love this womans voice!
ejsamuel wrote:
SuzenJueL wrote:
WOW. What a great mixover from Verve's Billie Holiday to this.
Rachael's voice is raspy, deep, sexy and vulnerable. Just a great haunting voice with very little acoustic 'enhancement'....i LOVE her 'confession and her 'thought'...very moving....

Easy on the contrast SuzenJuel!!! {#Cool}



Posted 15 years ago by SuzenJueL    [ Reply ]
 SuzenJueL wrote:
WOW. What a great mixover from Verve's Billie Holiday to this.
Rachael's voice is raspy, deep, sexy and vulnerable. Just a great haunting voice with very little acoustic 'enhancement'....i LOVE her 'confession and her 'thought'...very moving....

Easy on the contrast SuzenJuel!!!  {#Cool}
Posted 15 years ago by ejsamuel    [ Reply ]
Whatever happened with Fiona Apple by the way?
Posted 15 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
WOW. What a great mixover from Verve's Billie Holiday to this.
Rachael's voice is raspy, deep, sexy and vulnerable. Just a great haunting voice with very little acoustic 'enhancement'....i LOVE her 'confession and her 'thought'...very moving....
Posted 15 years ago by SuzenJueL    [ Reply ]
 BillG wrote:

Her father is Japanese.
  
Child of a broken family shuttling between mom in NYC and dad in No. Va. I give her credit, but not for this song.

Posted 15 years ago by 25demayo    [ Reply ]
 wrangler wrote:

sounds like the female ray lamontagne



 
{#High-five}  spooky...I was going to write the exact same thing!!!

Posted 15 years ago by lalalisa25    [ Reply ]
I like a couple of tracks off of this release. This isn't one of them. Thanks for playing, though.
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Jack_Jefferson wrote:
Is Yamagata Japanese?  If so, is her husband Japanese or, maybe, is she adopted?  She doesn't look Asian, let alone Japanese.
 
Her father is Japanese.
Posted 16 years ago by William    [ Reply ]
 wrangler wrote:

sounds like the femal ray lamontagne

 
That's what I was thinking, especially in the verse parts. It sounds like that terribly off-key RL song that often plays here.
But then the chorus swoops in, and I suddenly begin enjoying instead of cringing. Although, frankly, it still doesn't make up for the rest of the song.

Posted 16 years ago by notremotely    [ Reply ]
Is Yamagata Japanese?  If so, is her husband Japanese or, maybe, is she adopted?  She doesn't look Asian, let alone Japanese.
Posted 16 years ago by Jack_Jefferson    [ Reply ]
Love her.  Raw honesty.
Posted 16 years ago by coffee-eyes    [ Reply ]
OK, this is a joke - you guys are trying to get me to think that this song sucking is only in my head, right?  You almost fooled me.  Now, where did I leave those meds.
Posted 16 years ago by Radar416ams    [ Reply ]
...god, she's amazing...
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]
 gabbadar wrote:
The flow of the song for some reason kept reminding me of Widespread Panic's Old Joe... Maybe just me.

And someday, somewhere
Some things get hit by lighting
And some things just don't
Hope we live long and lucky
 

interesting.  i don't hear that at all.  but, interesting....
Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]

sounds like the female ray lamontagne



Posted 16 years ago by wrangler    [ Reply ]
The flow of the song for some reason kept reminding me of Widespread Panic's Old Joe... Maybe just me.

And someday, somewhere
Some things get hit by lighting
And some things just don't
Hope we live long and lucky
Posted 16 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
... so smooth...
Posted 16 years ago by petesku    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate}
Posted 16 years ago by chinablue    [ Reply ]
Oh dang, I get up to goto the restroom and miss the first part of a new song for RP.
Well I like the sound halfway through lol.

{#Curtain}
Posted 16 years ago by Kittee    [ Reply ]

From her new album — very long-anticipated by fans like me.

Check out her first album too for some phenomenal tunes.
Posted 16 years ago by element1    [ Reply ]
Sublime.
Posted 16 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]
interesting, pretty voice.
Posted 16 years ago by songbirdfemme    [ Reply ]
...wow!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]