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Hem — Reservoir
Album: Funnel Cloud
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Released: 2006
Length: 3:12
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Late last night I missed my train
I walked back to the car and drove home again
Just outside of Pittsburgh, it's really not that far
Saw a light come shining across the reservoir

The sun in California, it drops right into the sea
I took a couple pictures; they don't mean that much to me
But just outside of Pittsburgh, I saw it from my car
The light shines to the bottom of the reservoir

The starless night come fall around me
Over all we've left undone
I know a light that shines forever
Howsoever we may run

The moon hung on a hillside in eastern Tennessee
With rows of honeysuckle blooming over me
But the iron hills of Pittsburgh, where all my memories are
Gathering light around the reservoir
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Love this band, great stuff for when your in a chill mood. Love to see them live some day but hasn’t worked out yet.
Posted 3 years ago by bowerp64    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
i'm not a fan of Hem. but i did get stopped by this tune. then i read the comments. she sound nothing at all like joni mitchell, i totally don't get that at all. and i'm not even a huge fan of JM. anyway...best Hem song i've heard. and my bestest friends used a Hem song as their processional at their wedding 4 yrs ago (which changed my life) and i can't even like the song for that reason. wish i could. anyway, this is no joni mitchell.
 

No, it is not Joni Mitchell.  Why compare anyway?  Appreciate them or not but they are not trying to be Joni.
Posted 4 years ago by jjjeanae    [ Reply ]
 DownHomeGirl wrote:
"East" Tennessee, not "eastern" Tennessee... it is an East Tennessee thing.  Eastern Pennsylvania.  East Tennessee.  Nobody is going to know what I'm talking about.


Can you explain away colleges like Eastern Illinois University or any other of our Illinois school with cardinal coordinate directions in their name??  

Posted 5 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
 DownHomeGirl wrote:
"East" Tennessee, not "eastern" Tennessee... it is an East Tennessee thing.  Eastern Pennsylvania.  East Tennessee.  Nobody is going to know what I'm talking about.

 
Artistic license.  The extra syllable is needed so the line comes out the proper length.
Posted 6 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
ROCK AND ROLL!!!!! m/
Posted 8 years ago by junebaby65    [ Reply ]
I so enjoy Hem's songs, this goes well on a quiet Christmas morning.

 
Posted 8 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]

Since they are from my hood they get extra points from me.

BTW, no Brooklynite who takes themselves seriously sounds like Joni Mitchell {#Wink}


Posted 9 years ago by bitbanger    [ Reply ]
 DownHomeGirl wrote:
"East" Tennessee, not "eastern" Tennessee... it is an East Tennessee thing.  Eastern Pennsylvania.  East Tennessee.  Nobody is going to know what I'm talking about.

 
Just avoid from Iron City, TN.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Had to look to see who was responsible for this vacuous, boring, sappy excuse for a song, and lo and behold: Hem! I have yet to hear anything from this band that passes for good.


Posted 10 years ago by leafmold    [ Reply ]
really wish these guys would start touring again
Posted 10 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
 lily34 wrote:
i'm not a fan of Hem. but i did get stopped by this tune. then i read the comments. she sound nothing at all like joni mitchell, i totally don't get that at all. and i'm not even a huge fan of JM. anyway...best Hem song i've heard. and my bestest friends used a Hem song as their processional at their wedding 4 yrs ago (which changed my life) and i can't even like the song for that reason. wish i could. anyway, this is no joni mitchell.

 
gawDAM that's an awesome song comment! i can't decide which non-sequitur to ponder first...{#Drunk}
Posted 11 years ago by coccyx    [ Reply ]
i'm not a fan of Hem. but i did get stopped by this tune. then i read the comments. she sound nothing at all like joni mitchell, i totally don't get that at all. and i'm not even a huge fan of JM. anyway...best Hem song i've heard. and my bestest friends used a Hem song as their processional at their wedding 4 yrs ago (which changed my life) and i can't even like the song for that reason. wish i could. anyway, this is no joni mitchell.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
but only because she mentions pittsburgh.
Posted 12 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
"East" Tennessee, not "eastern" Tennessee... it is an East Tennessee thing.  Eastern Pennsylvania.  East Tennessee.  Nobody is going to know what I'm talking about.
Posted 12 years ago by DownHomeGirl    [ Reply ]
Another beautiful song that I would never have heard if it wasn't for RP. 
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:

Thank you for the background information!  I really am starting to love Hem's music - it suits me when I'm feeling hostile and unreasonable... Brings me back to earth and calms me down. {#Meditate}
 
What's wrong with feeling hostile and unreasonable?

Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 brander wrote:


Sally Ellyson got the job by sending a tape of her singing (a capella) lullabies. The band had placed an ad in the Village Voice and had just about given up when...

 
Thank you for the background information!  I really am starting to love Hem's music - it suits me when I'm feeling hostile and unreasonable... Brings me back to earth and calms me down. {#Meditate}
Posted 13 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
A really nice, evocative tune.
Posted 13 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
Yes, very nice
Posted 13 years ago by tphord    [ Reply ]
"The iron hills of Pittsburgh are all my memories are...."

For some reason, I always picture my sister Linda singing this.
Posted 13 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
Her voice is just amazing. So distinctive, so clear. Wonderful.
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 bam23 wrote:

It's really great that you reserve your strong emotions for the things in life that really matter. Or is this your response to many things?
 
:thumbsup:
Posted 14 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
 CatFitz wrote:
I hate Joni Mitchell - even re-incarnated.
 
It's really great that you reserve your strong emotions for the things in life that really matter. Or is this your response to many things?
Posted 14 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
 CatFitz wrote:
I hate Joni Mitchell - even re-incarnated.
 
poor u
Posted 14 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
oh it's not Joni M?
 
Posted 14 years ago by BowTieDad    [ Reply ]
I hate Joni Mitchell - even re-incarnated.
Posted 14 years ago by CatFitz    [ Reply ]
 Papernapkin wrote:
Borders on dentist office music.
  Yes, good for the dentist office!!

Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 CalOF wrote:
I think I'd enjoy that voice even if she were singing the phone book.
 
Eight six seven five three ooh ni eee ine!
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
Borders on dentist office music.
Posted 15 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
It's "East Tennessee," not "Eastern Tennessee."
/nitpick

but a nice song otherwise
Posted 15 years ago by DownHomeGirl    [ Reply ]
 jjbix wrote:
WHO IS THE GAL with the sweet voice? Tell me more about HEM!








Hem brings peace and quiet to an otherwise chaotic thursday at work!!
 



Sally Ellyson got the job by sending a tape of her singing (a capella) lullabies. The band had placed an ad in the Village Voice and had just about given up when...

Posted 15 years ago by brander    [ Reply ]
Quite possibly the best song ever about Pittsburgh.  Since John Gorka lost his guitar there, anyway.  

Posted 15 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
 dolfan wrote:
Hem ROCKS!!
 

I saw them in concert in Asheville, NC 2 years ago - and surprisingly, they did break away from the "Hem sound" and really rock out - and Sally was pregnant!.

. . .but I agree that they ROCK . . .even without rocking out.

I am a huge fan after that show.
Posted 15 years ago by bindi    [ Reply ]
 auburntigerrich wrote:
Sadly, I find this one to be just a little too country compared to what I've heard of Rabbit Songs on RP. And Rabbit Songs is first on my list of stuff to purchase. Still tasty, but not as tickling or moving.
 

Rabbit Songs has its country-style feel too on a few songs. Enough for me to notice the country-twang-guitar-and-vocals, and comment about it, but not enough for me to discard the disk as "too country".

It's been a long day, if that sentence sounds jumbled (and even if it didn't).

Posted 15 years ago by gabbadar    [ Reply ]
Or the menu at Outback. CalOF wrote:
I think I'd enjoy that voice even if she were singing the phone book.
Posted 16 years ago by alux    [ Reply ]
I think I'd enjoy that voice even if she were singing the phone book.
Posted 16 years ago by CalOF    [ Reply ]
auburntigerrich wrote:
Sadly, I find this one to be just a little too country compared to what I've heard of Rabbit Songs on RP. And Rabbit Songs is first on my list of stuff to purchase. Still tasty, but not as tickling or moving.
I mostly agree... but I found "Funnel Cloud" to be much better after a few more listens, to the point where it is very moving to me.
Posted 16 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
jjbix wrote:
WHO IS THE GAL with the sweet voice? Tell me more about HEM! Hem brings peace and quiet to an otherwise chaotic thursday at work!!
See them live! Really!! They only come out west once in a while, but well worth the ticket price.
Posted 16 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
optimusprime10 wrote:
joni mitchell?
That's what I thought, too!
Posted 16 years ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
Gorgeous, as usual.
Posted 16 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
nice enough but all her songs sound the same to me.
Posted 17 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
thank you. One of the best benefits of RP!! auburntigerrich wrote:
Here's the band: Sally Ellyson - Vocals Dan Messe - Piano, Glockenspiel, Celeste, Harmony Vocals Steve Curtis - Guitar, Mandolin, Harmony Vocals Gary Maurer - Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Harmony Vocals Bob Hoffnar - Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro Mark Brotter - Drums, Percussion Heather Zimmerman - Violin George Rush - Bass Dawn Landes - Harmony Vocals, Glockenspiel I read a while back that Sally was discovered shortly after the band had given up looking for a vocalist. What a find, eh? Try "Waltz" on Rabbit Songs.
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
jjbix wrote:
WHO IS THE GAL with the sweet voice? Tell me more about HEM! Hem brings peace and quiet to an otherwise chaotic thursday at work!!
Here's the band: Sally Ellyson - Vocals Dan Messe - Piano, Glockenspiel, Celeste, Harmony Vocals Steve Curtis - Guitar, Mandolin, Harmony Vocals Gary Maurer - Guitar, Mandolin, Harmonica, Harmony Vocals Bob Hoffnar - Pedal Steel Guitar, Dobro Mark Brotter - Drums, Percussion Heather Zimmerman - Violin George Rush - Bass Dawn Landes - Harmony Vocals, Glockenspiel I read a while back that Sally was discovered shortly after the band had given up looking for a vocalist. What a find, eh? Try "Waltz" on Rabbit Songs.
Posted 17 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Hem ROCKS!!
Posted 17 years ago by dolfan    [ Reply ]
WHO IS THE GAL with the sweet voice? Tell me more about HEM! Hem brings peace and quiet to an otherwise chaotic thursday at work!!
Posted 17 years ago by jjbix    [ Reply ]
...so nice... I agree that "Rabbit Songs" is best, but there are a few on "Funnel Cloud" that really move me as well.... but nothing as much as "Lazy Eye" or "Half Acre."
Posted 17 years ago by mfassett    [ Reply ]
BBill's been drummin up a blindin playlist this eveng & tonight. Hem are so good.
Posted 17 years ago by vaiodon    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
hmmm. very pretty. so far, though, nothing has quite measured the beauty of Rabbit Songs as far as I'm concerned.
Yup...
Posted 17 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Sadly, I find this one to be just a little too country compared to what I've heard of Rabbit Songs on RP. And Rabbit Songs is first on my list of stuff to purchase. Still tasty, but not as tickling or moving.
Posted 17 years ago by auburntigerrich    [ Reply ]
Provisionally a 7. Maybe next time an 8 or a 2.... the jury is still out.
Posted 18 years ago by Old_Pat    [ Reply ]
joni mitchell?
Posted 18 years ago by optimusprime10    [ Reply ]
I like this.
Posted 18 years ago by davin    [ Reply ]
I like Hem.
Posted 18 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Good to hear something that hasn't yet been co-opted for a Liberty Mutual commercial.
Posted 18 years ago by radiojunkie    [ Reply ]
hmmm. very pretty. so far, though, nothing has quite measured the beauty of Rabbit Songs as far as I'm concerned.
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Bad_Art wrote:
Does someone know if this is a cover? Something about it rings a bell ...
No. This is a Hem original.
Posted 18 years ago by Janssen    [ Reply ]
Me likes me some Hem. Deys so good!
Posted 18 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
Does someone know if this is a cover? Something about it rings a bell ...
Posted 18 years ago by Bad_Art    [ Reply ]
mmmmmmmmmm, yummy, new Hem.
Posted 18 years ago by pigglywiggly    [ Reply ]