"I Can Tell" by Michael Penn from the album Resigned (1997)
You know, it must suck to be Michael Penn. You're neither the most popular person at your family reunion (that would be brother Sean) nor even in your own household (that would be wife Aimee Mann). Instead you release an album every so many years and help produce an awful Liz Phair album. Fact is, though, that he might be the most consistent talent in his posse. For evidence look no further than Sean's brilliant turn in "We're No Angels" or the puzzling suckage of most of 'Til Tuesday's second album. Fact is, that while Michael has had only one minor hit (1989's "No Myth"), his work is uniformly interesting and that makes him a randomness favorite.
i'm pretty sure you were here but lately things tend to disappear like the days i never got around to i can tell when i'm without youPosted by mikewolf at October 17, 2004 06:41 PM
I should add that as much as I love this song the Yoda-like "out I never did figure it" really bothers me.
Posted by: mrw on October 17, 2004 09:02 PMI like it. It's got a nice organ swell or whatever that is always threatening to kind of come in and overtake everything. I wish I knew instruments enought to say, "Oh, yeah -- that's a Hammond B3." Maybe one day.
Posted by: Jesse on October 18, 2004 12:21 PMlove it. I've stuck with M. Penn from the beginning, but forget about this record. I think MP4 is my most listened-to these days. And watch out for Patrick Warren at the Sam Phillips show this week. . .
Posted by: spinsouth on October 18, 2004 10:15 PM