[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]
Eliza Gilkyson — Dionysian Love
Album: Through The Looking Glass
Avg rating:
6.3

Your rating:
Total ratings: 1138









Released: 1993
Length: 3:52
Plays (last 30 days): 4
share tweet wikiwebsitesearchamg
cd
mp3
search
Once again he walks with me
Along the beauty way
My winged messenger
My warrior child of clay
Waves crash
As his coat of many colors comes undone
Revealing to me the mystery
Dionysian love

Jeweled worlds are born
As passion pulls me in
Fragrant scent of spices
Perfume of his skin
Rushing into this heart of mine
To mingle with my blood
Reveal yourself again to me
Dionysian love

On this island in the ocean
At the edge of all we know
Vows again are spoken like we did so long ago
But to my soul I am speaking
My Dionysian love

See how far he travels out into the waiting worlds
To dance among the princes
And the radiant temple girls
Tasting all the splendid forms
The dream world is made of
And bringing it all back home to me
Dionysian love

On this island in the ocean
At the edge of all we know
Vows again are spoken like we did so long ago
But to my soul I am speaking
My Dionysian love

Tides pull with the motion of his hips
Honeyed words of ecstasy falling from his lips
Stars give approval from the sacred sky above
Reveal yourself again to me
Dionysian love

On this island in the ocean
At the edge of all we know
Vows again are spoken like we did so long ago
But to my soul I am speaking
My Dionysian love
Dionysian love
Dionysian love
Comments (51)add comment
I love this, I thought it was Chrissie Hynde playing.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Lemonhead    [ Reply ]
 timmus wrote:

1993... I wonder why no stations were playing stuff like this.  Meanwhile they couldn't go 10 minutes without playing another Haddaway or Jon Secada song.


Don't knock haddaway
Posted 1 month ago by red04star    [ Reply ]
 diannemck56 wrote:

Had to look up Dionysian.

1. relating to the god Dionysus.
2. relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature."dark, grand Dionysian music"



There's also a Dionysian Wiccan collective of all female witches.
Posted 2 months ago by IndyDoug    [ Reply ]
Hey...is this one of them songs that lyrics of words you don't know, then you gotta look the up?

I don't know if I like that... getting smarter and such.
Posted 6 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Yow!
Posted 8 months ago by Dr_Ross    [ Reply ]
1993... I wonder why no stations were playing stuff like this.  Meanwhile they couldn't go 10 minutes without playing another Haddaway or Jon Secada song.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
I like the lyrics. A step up.  God of madness and insanity?  No wonder I felt a kindred soul.
Posted 2 years ago by LizK    [ Reply ]
 acolt wrote:

Doin' it for me.  8 and skip.

There you go. I've found a little skipping mate for you.

Posted 2 years ago by SnapDragon66    [ Reply ]
Not doin' it for me. 2 and skip.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:


Bill just said: "Ah, yes - Dionysus, my kind of deity."


Yes, Dionysus is the god of the grape, wine harvest, and wine making, but also the god of insanity and ritual madness. We might be forced to ask Bill for a clarification. 
Posted 2 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 thundrpants wrote:

Had to look cuz I thought it was Chrissy.




better.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Had to look cuz I thought it was Chrissy.
Posted 3 years ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
 diannemck56 wrote:

Had to look up Dionysian.

1. relating to the god Dionysus.
2. relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature."dark, grand Dionysian music"



Bill just said: "Ah, yes - Dionysus, my kind of deity."
Posted 3 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
sounds little like beth orton 
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Eliza already 71 years old? Boy does time pass by quickly 
Posted 3 years ago by geonuine    [ Reply ]
 mattenuttall wrote:

Saw here live a few months ago. Her father was a songwriter for Disney. She closed her set with one of her father's songs - "Bare Necessities" from Jungle Book.



Why doesn't Base Necessities get any play here?


I do know I've heard Trust in Me a few times on RP.... Still, my fav is Louis Prima's I Wanna be Like You.


iirc Bill plays Los lobos' version of Like You
Posted 3 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Art_Carnage wrote:
Saw here live a few months ago. Her father was a songwriter for Disney. She closed her set with one of her father's songs - "Bare Necessities" from Jungle Book.

dmcanany wrote:

Why doesn't Base Necessities get any play here?
 kcar wrote:


Mos def a crime against humanity. Tongue out of cheek though, it was one of my fave songs from childhood. 


I do know I've heard Trust in Me a few times on RP.... Still, my fav is Louis Prima's I Wanna be Like You.
Posted 3 years ago by mattenuttall    [ Reply ]
The Eleusinian and Dionysian Mystery Religions of ancient Greece which many scholars believe to be psychedelic. 

"Revealing to me the mystery of Dionysian Love"   
Posted 4 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
Thought Rickie Lee Jones had upped her style!? Still a groovy track🥳🥰
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:

Saw here live a few months ago. Her father was a songwriter for Disney. She closed her set with one of her father's songs - "Bare Necessities" from Jungle Book.

dmcanany wrote:

Why doesn't Base Necessities get any play here?
 

Mos def a crime against humanity. Tongue out of cheek though, it was one of my fave songs from childhood. 
Posted 4 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 Matt_Maurer wrote:
A lot like Tanika Tikaram?
 
Except she's about 19 years older. But yeah, I can hear the comparison.
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Surprised she didn't get sued for borrowing too much from Ring of Fire.
Posted 4 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
Impressive talent here!!!
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
A lot like Tanika Tikaram?
Posted 4 years ago by Matt_Maurer    [ Reply ]
First time I looked up 'Dionysian' was when Ray Manzarek, in an interview, used the word to describe Jim Morrison.
Posted 4 years ago by firefly6    [ Reply ]
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Saw here live a few months ago. Her father was a songwriter for Disney. She closed her set with one of her father's songs - "Bare Necessities" from Jungle Book.
 
Why doesn't Base Necessities get any play here?
Posted 4 years ago by dmcanany    [ Reply ]
Pretty good song going to bump it up if I hear it again
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Ring of fire...
 
It's vaguely similar in the pre-chorus but it's a different chord progression, though both songs have pretty rudimentary progressions
Posted 5 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 ExploitingChaos wrote:
Ring of fire...
 

True That
Posted 5 years ago by Noni163    [ Reply ]
Had to look up Dionysian.

1. relating to the god Dionysus.
2. relating to the sensual, spontaneous, and emotional aspects of human nature."dark, grand Dionysian music"
Posted 5 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 softjeans wrote:
Eulogy wrote:
Feels just like every other country song to me... Fake.
They file Eliza under "folk," where she was just nominated for a Grammy...but she's as tough as any rocker. Who else would write an ode to Hiway 9? (The road to Baghdad -- and it's a darn good song, too.)
 
I think I was at the show where she introduced that song. Cactus Cafe, and Baghdad was all over the news. She opened for Loudon Wainwright III, but she held her own. After the show I heard several people say 'I liked Eliza Gilkyson better'.

To be fair, Ol' Loudo is kind of an acquired taste.
c.

ps: Good thing Bush 43 cleaned up Iraq, huh?
Posted 5 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
Ring of fire...
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
Rickie Lee Jones?
Posted 5 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
I so enjoy early Eliza rather than her newer stuff......although this is pretty commercial for her....Nice to hear tho'
Posted 5 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
There are so many good songs by Eliza Gilkyson but RP seems to play the ho hum ones, like this one. Maybe my tastes are different than Bill's :) But my favourites are: Wildewood Spring (from Beautiful World), Heart Of A Man (Lost and Found version), Richmond Boy (Lost and Found), to name only three. The last 2 show her sweet way of expressing love for a man. Why listen to female singers if they don't express a woman's point of view? A lot of her songs are political and "activist" in nature, but these show her heart. Just a suggestion to RP to keep mining Eliza's albums for more of those.
Posted 6 years ago by tinypriest    [ Reply ]
Strong voice, good and captivating   (kinda Dylan-esque : )
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
She uses big words.
Posted 7 years ago by merobreno    [ Reply ]
There's a little melody somewhere in here that keeps reminding me of a Joanna Newsom song. I'd love to hear some Joanna Newsom on RP.
Posted 8 years ago by themusicroob    [ Reply ]
Eulogy wrote:
Feels just like every other country song to me... Fake.
They file Eliza under "folk," where she was just nominated for a Grammy...but she's as tough as any rocker. Who else would write an ode to Hiway 9? (The road to Baghdad -- and it's a darn good song, too.)
Posted 19 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
In my aged ear I hear 1988. I hear Tanita Tikaram (click here)
Posted 20 years ago by 4999thnewuser    [ Reply ]
I'm not big on folk/country-ish music, but I really like her voice :)
Posted 20 years ago by stripes    [ Reply ]
thought i needed to adjust my speakers when the playlist said this wasn't another humdrum halfhearted attempt to remake the johnny cash classic "Ring of Fire". snoozer. sorry.
Posted 21 years ago by nook    [ Reply ]
How could there be anything \"generic\" about pagan passion to a country tune ? Can\'t see it on the bill at the Opry next time Dubya stops in.
Posted 21 years ago by philarktos    [ Reply ]
Saw here live a few months ago. Her father was a songwriter for Disney. She closed her set with one of her father\'s songs - \"Bare Necessities\" from Jungle Book.
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
Good energy here.
Posted 21 years ago by justDave    [ Reply ]
Melody during the chorus sounds like Johnny Cash... Very generic, derivative... I think at least there is some heart there... which gets it a 4.
Posted 22 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Please, please, please play more Eliza. She is brilliant, and doesn\'t get the air time she deserves. Anything from Hard Times in Babylon would be great, especially, \"Engineer Bill.\" You must know it--be my holy man--play more Eliza.
Posted 22 years ago by kephra    [ Reply ]