ALL THE TROUBLED HEARTS – The Vampire's Wife

ALL THE TROUBLED HEARTS Georgia from London recommended this beautiful, deeply spiritual song by London-based Iranian ambient artist, Hiatus. Such a gorgeous hypnotic song full of dark yearning. Just beautiful. Thank you Georgia! Love Susie. x

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZNGgF-9UeQ

Trouble is a force you think you understand

Everything that rises falls

But nothing on the sea, is nothing on the sand

Everywhere the darkness calls

I'm gonna make it up to you somehow

Trouble is a force you try to hide away

Nowhere to avert your eyes

But nothing in the night, is nothing in the day

Everywhere the darkness cries

I'm gonna make it up to you somehow

Trouble only moves one way

Nothing can escape this flame

All the troubled hearts

And all the distant stars, decay

The same

I'm gonna make it up to you somehow

Songwriter – Cyrus Shahrad

THE CARNIVAL IS OVER

I have just a simple song for you all from 1967, all the way from Australia (where my husband is), by The Seekers. I love this song, melancholy but so stirring, and Judith Durham, dressed in what looks like something from the archives of The Vampire’s Wife, is so touching. It is a song full of tears about the end of things and love’s enduring presence. We adore this song here at The Vampire’s Wife.

TIME AFTER TIME, LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT

Look at this heart-breaking piece of film of Little Jimmy Scott singing Time After Time and giving his thoughts on what a song is meant to be. He is a vast talent and a beautiful man; we met him at my husband’s Meltdown Festival in London in 1999.

TO DIE BY YOUR SIDE

I heard this wonderful version of The Smiths classic song "There is a Light That Never Goes Out" by the brilliantly ebullient Dum Dum Girls on the DJ Lonny’s amazing Cover to Cover on Radio Lewes this week. What a great show! What a superb song! What a joyful cover! ‘To die by your side is pleasure and a privilege’ indeed!