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"Oh Amelia" is the second single from ROW about the Trans-Atlantic rower Tori Murden McClure. In this song, after two months at sea and nearly 60 days without any human communication, Tori hallucinates a visit from fellow explorer and pioneer of the skies, Amelia Earhart.
The song features two of my favorite music-makers from Kentucky, Rachel Grimes on piano and guest vocals by Brigid Kaelin. The ending text is some of the most beautiful writing I've encountered, from Walter Lippmann's column upon the death of Amelia Earhart, July 8, 1937. Joining us for the big ending is the choral ensemble SONUS a brilliant choir based in Nashville, TN.
lyrics
Who owns the sea?
Who owns the sky?
Out here underneath the stars
We set our course and fly
Of course we fly
Oh Amelia
I’m about as old as you
When you took your solo flight in 1932
Oh Amelia
Maybe our paths crossed
When you came down from the clouds to avoid the frost
How did you want to be remembered?
How did you want to be remembered?
Even though you lost the adventure
Was it still worth while?
How did you want to be remembered?
How did you want to be remembered?
Even though you lost the adventure
Was it worth your time?
Who owns the sea?
Who owns the sky?
Out here underneath the stars
We’ll be at home awhile
You and I
Oh Amelia
Did you feel any doubt
Falling from 3000 feet that time that you spun out?
Oh Amelia
You caught yourself, alright
And showed the world a woman’s place is sometimes first in flight
How did you want to be remembered?
How did you want to be remembered?
Even though you lost the adventure
Was it still worth while?
How did you want to be remembered?
How did you want to be remembered?
Spread your silver sings of adventure
And go out in style
The best things of mankind are as useless as Amelia Earhart’s adventure. They are the things that are undertaken not for some measurable result, but because someone, not counting the costs or calculating the consequences, is moved by curiosity, the love of excellence, a point of honor, the compulsion to make or to understand. They have in them the free and useless energy with which alone they surpass themselves. It is wild and it is free! But all the heroes, the saints and the seers, the explorers and the creators partake of it. They do not know what they discover. They do not know where their impulse is taking them. They can give no account in advance of where they are going or explain completely where they have been. They do the useless, brave, noble, the divinely foolish and the very wisest things done by man. And what they prove to themselves and to others is that we are no mere creatures of habit. No mere automatons in our routine. No mere cogs in the collective machine. But that in the dust of which we're made there is also fire lighted now and then by great winds from the sky. *
How do you want to be remembered?
How do you want to be remembered?
Even if you lose the adventure
Is it worth your while?
How do you want to be remembered?
* text set from Walter Lippmann’s column NY Herald Tribune July 8, 1937
credits
from ROW,
track released August 21, 2020
Musicians:
Rachel Grimes - piano
Owen Biddle- bass
Sam Smith- drums
Scott Moore - strings
Rob Berger- piano, keys, accordion
Marc Copely- el guitar
Kirsten Agresta Copely- harp
Dawn Landes- vocals, acoustic guitar, etc
Produced by Dawn Landes
Vocal Arrangements by Mary-Mitchell Campbell
String Arrangements by Scott Moore
Recorded by Jordan Lehning at The Duck (Nashville, TN)
Additional recording by Brandon Bell at Southern Ground, Justin Golden at Lala Land (Louisville, KY), Dawn Landes, and Scott Moore
Mixed by Pat Dillet
Mastered by UE at Sterling Sound
Dawn Landes is a singer-songwriter with roots in Kentucky and NYC, now living in North Carolina. She has released multiple
albums and her songs have been featured in commercials, popular films, and TV shows. Landes tours internationally and has performed with The Boston Pops, NYC Ballet, and at TED....more
Gonzo. Passion. The Ming Vase. Haunting and beautiful. Every listen brings a new favorite.
Do something like this again, Miss Emma. Please let the answer be yes. Please let the answer be yes! alien9
their songwriting and delivery is so authentic, it really makes me feel like I am there in a room with them maybe with a small group of people, that everything is going to be okay, we can share our hopes and our sorrows with each other. we will love again. youngrichhomeless
