{"id":820,"date":"2003-01-12T00:01:24","date_gmt":"2003-01-12T08:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/journals\/jed\/2003\/01\/12\/820.html"},"modified":"2003-01-12T00:01:24","modified_gmt":"2003-01-12T08:01:24","slug":"shake-these-bones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/2003\/01\/12\/shake-these-bones\/","title":{"rendered":"Shake these bones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A couple months ago<\/a>, I mentioned that Angels in Daring<\/cite> (by Cindy Kallet, Ellen Epstein, and Michael Cicone) was one of my favorite albums. A kind reader wrote to let me know both of the K\/C\/E albums, and various related solo albums, are available for online purchase at the Overall Music website<\/a>. I hied me thither post-haste and ordered up a passel of CDs: both K\/C\/E albums and two of Kallet's solo ones, all as replacements for my old tapes.<\/p>\n

(I'm not as fond of the second K\/C\/E album, Only Human,<\/cite> as I am of the first, but Only Human<\/cite> contains the Bobs-like song \"I'm a Mammal,\" the best song about breast-feeding I've heard, which to me is worth the price of the album by itself. And the whole album features the trio's superb harmonies.)<\/p>\n

Anyway, a song from Angels in Daring<\/cite> just came up in the iTunes mix: \"Shake These Bones,\" by Malcolm Dalglish. The full lyrics can be found in Rise Up Singing;<\/cite> it starts out:<\/p>\n

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I'll show you what I'm feeling, Lord, every day<\/p>\n

I'll shake these bones and shout and sing my life away<\/p>\n

I'll shake these bones and I will shout and sing my life away,<\/p>\n

For it won't be long until these bones turn to clay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For someone who's not religious, I like a surprising number of religious songs. One thing I like about this song is the surprising but satisfying rhythm, with the second line of each verse repeated, with two syllables added, as the third line. But I also like the sentiments of much of this song, particularly this verse:<\/p>\n

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I'll show you how I'm living, Lord, every day<\/p>\n

I may not fall down on my knees and start to pray<\/p>\n

I may not fall down on my knees and worship you or pray<\/p>\n

But there's reverence in my laughter, Lord, anyway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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