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Martha Wainwright — See Emily Play
Album: I Know You're Married But I've Got Feelings Too
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Released: 2008
Length: 2:16
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Emily tries but misunderstands
She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams
Till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play

Soon after dark Emily cries
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound
Till tomorrow

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
See Emily play
See Emily play
Emily play, Emily

Put on a gown that touches the ground
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily

There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Free games for May
See Emily play
Free games for May
See Emily play
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um, i only heard this faintly at the coffee shop once and I want to hear it again so i rated it.
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Damn good song, just an iffy sorta cover!... not convincing.
Posted 15 years ago by Limpopoking    [ Reply ]
 denbear wrote:
This song always makes me think of The Nice - Little Arabella.
 

Now HERE was a great group and a fun song!
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 Mugro wrote:
Of all the songs to cover, why this one?
 
EXACTLY!

My initial reaction was, "Not in your life, Martha."
Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Of all the songs to cover, why this one?
Posted 16 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
Bowie does this one much better !  see Emily play it.  see Jane run


Posted 16 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Ooooh .... BAD!  Big fan of both Martha and Floyd, but this is just a bad cover :(
I think I need another listen, but my snap judgement is thumbs down.


Posted 16 years ago by kailou    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Never heard anyone else cover this, cool! And speaking of covers, the one on this reminds me of the Vargas pin-up gal draped across the hood on that Cars' classic, Candy-O! How incredibly sexy the human body and all it contains or projects can be!

 Listen to Bowie's cover from Pinups.  That was my intro to the song and to Syd's Pink Floyd.


Posted 16 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]
Despite those legs....

...ick
Posted 16 years ago by sirrus    [ Reply ]
This song always makes me think of The Nice - Little Arabella.
Posted 16 years ago by denbear    [ Reply ]
Never heard anyone else cover this, cool! And speaking of covers, the one on this reminds me of the Vargas pin-up gal draped across the hood on that Cars' classic, Candy-O! How incredibly sexy the human body and all it contains or projects can be!

Posted 16 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
I like Martha Wainwright but this is sooooooooo flat comparing with the Floyd original ...

Oscar 
Posted 16 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
please stop playing this crap
Posted 16 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
Nice rendition of a CLASSIC song.................
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
 AphidA wrote:
Syd's version is much better.  This isn't horrible though.
 
Agreed. Makes me wonder what she was thinking, other than to perhaps generate a flurry of comments herein.

Posted 16 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Papernapkin wrote:
Love the album cover.

I agree.  With the title it creates a kind of sad an sexy story in one pic.  By the way the album is really interesting.  By that I don't mean it's-not-good-but-have-to-get-on-the-bandwagon (I'm not a newspaper rock critic), it's just that it develops with each listening and I'm still in the process.  And this song fits well in the mood of the album.

Posted 16 years ago by Dior    [ Reply ]
This song fits perfectly with the album title: not exactly feel-good material, hard to pin down. I like most everything Loudo's kids do, including this.
Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Well It's pretty good for a cover. Much prefer the original though.
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]

"there is no other day" {#Umbrella}


Posted 16 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
Syd's version is much better.  This isn't horrible though.
Posted 16 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
This is a travesty.
Posted 16 years ago by Excelsior    [ Reply ]
 pdemeester wrote:
Never really liked the original. Always seemed to be a cheesy 60's mainstream attempt. This version was slightly better given Martha's flavour but still nothing to write home about.

 

Syd Barrett wrote this one, that dude was absolultly fucking nuts, there was nothing mainstream about this song. This dude was tripping acid out of his mind when he wrote this.

According to A Saucerful of Secrets: The Pink Floyd Odyssey, by Nicholas Schaffner, Emily is the Honourable Emily Young (b. March 13, 1951), daughter of Wayland Hilton Young, 2nd Baron Kennet, and nicknamed "the psychedelic schoolgirl" at the UFO Club.

During the sessions for the song, David Gilmour was a visitor to the studio, after being invited by Syd. He was shocked by what he perceived as a change in Syd's personality, and Syd did not appear to even recognise his old friend, despite having invited him there in the first place.
Posted 16 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
I prefer the Pink Floyd version
Posted 16 years ago by h_in_bristol    [ Reply ]
This actually sounds more creepy than Pink Floyd's, I didn't think that was possible.
Posted 16 years ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
huh?
Posted 16 years ago by RobRyan    [ Reply ]
Ho hum
Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Love the album cover.
Posted 16 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Never really liked the original. Always seemed to be a cheesy 60's mainstream attempt. This version was slightly better given Martha's flavour but still nothing to write home about.
Posted 16 years ago by Lakeview    [ Reply ]
The universe of music could easily survive without this crapy cover. A solid -10
Posted 16 years ago by Chumbawamba-1984    [ Reply ]
Well, that was interesting...
Posted 16 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
This is really cool, more of a feminine interpretation of this song. Makes me feel like it's a sweet mom singing it of her child whereas the Bowie and Syd Barret versions, while awesome, are just more musical trippy trips. Syd's version's more like his girlfriend's acid trip and Bowie's is more like wistful about a tripped out woman. This version is sweetness instead of psychedelic.
Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft    [ Reply ]
Not my cup of tea.
Posted 16 years ago by n4ku    [ Reply ]
tcbeatie wrote:
*blink* *blink*
As somebody else said, the song's all about atmosphere . . . this just ain't quite the same.
Posted 16 years ago by Xeric    [ Reply ]
Bowie's version on Pinups is waaaay better I'm thinking.
Posted 16 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
Second time today Bill's played her...
Posted 16 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
Dave_Mack wrote:
I like Martha and Floyd, but I don't get this cover. Lyrics really aren't the strong point of this song, so there's not much Martha can do with it. For me, it's all in the atmosphere of the PF original.
I agree completely.
Posted 16 years ago by deepfatfried    [ Reply ]
At first, I thought "NO WAY! This is a travesty!" Then, it kind of started working for me. I'm still on the fence about it, but I think I'll give it a chance.
Posted 16 years ago by QueenLucia    [ Reply ]
I like Martha and Floyd, but I don't get this cover. Lyrics really aren't the strong point of this song, so there's not much Martha can do with it. For me, it's all in the atmosphere of the PF original.
Posted 16 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
First I thought it was a very rare Kate Bush Cover of Pink Floyd... Pretty ok version.
Posted 16 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by gumby    [ Reply ]
*blink* *blink*
Posted 16 years ago by tcbeatie    [ Reply ]
I am digging it so far. Not much of a departure from the original really, but not bad... love me some early Pink Floyd any way i can get it.
Posted 16 years ago by ch83575    [ Reply ]
...nice selection!..
Posted 16 years ago by mandolin    [ Reply ]