{"id":929,"date":"2014-11-28T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T09:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/douglascowie.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2014-11-26T14:08:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T14:08:43","slug":"song-of-the-week-raining-in-darling-by-bonnie-prince-billy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.douglascowie.net\/?p=929","title":{"rendered":"Song of the Week: &#8220;Raining in Darling&#8221; by Bonnie &#8220;Prince&#8221; Billy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.<\/p>\n<p>This is &#8220;Raining in Darling&#8221; by Bonnie &#8220;Prince&#8221; Billy:<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p26kW302T1g\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes a song only needs to very simple things to create an unsimple effect. Softly-strummed electric guitar,\u00a0 bass notes (guitar? or bass?) playing only once a measure or so, a piano that joins on the second verse, which isn&#8217;t separated from the first verse by a chorus; bridge, crescendo to chorus, one extra line. Finish.<\/p>\n<p>This is the type of song I usually think of as &#8220;hit it and quit it,&#8221; though usually I associate the technique with punk, and although I could make a case for Will Oldham as a punk musician, I won&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Raining in Darling&#8221; doesn&#8217;t do anything for any longer than it needs to be done, or for any more times than it needs to be done. Nothing is repeated. The lyrics are delicate yet assured. The whole song explodes in that beautiful melody of a chorus, and oh, the longing, the longing it leaves you by only expressing itself once, and extending just that little bit beyond when the singer sings, &#8220;I know you do.&#8221; My breath leaves my lungs, but I forget to inhale.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"DouglasCowie\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Song%20of%20the%20Week%3A%20%22Raining%20in%20Darling%22%20by%20Bonnie%20%22Prince%22%20Billy\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each Friday I pick a song\u2013new, old, borrowed, blue\u2013that\u2019s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it. This is &#8220;Raining in Darling&#8221; by Bonnie &#8220;Prince&#8221; Billy: Sometimes a song only needs to very simple things to create an unsimple effect. Softly-strummed electric guitar,\u00a0 bass notes (guitar? or bass?) 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