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Thursday, December 31st, 2009

Supernatural... Goodbye Vic Chesnutt

Vic Chesnutt by John Common


I don't remember how I ran into Vic Chesnutt's music... through a friend, probably.   That's the best way.  I heard this song - Supernatural - the first time in Pensacola, FL in 1993, I think.  It was from Drunk (1993).  I immediately went out and bought Is The Actor Happy? (1995) as well.

Those two records changed me as a listener, as a writer and as a person.  It's dark stuff.  And it's honest stuff.  And it's weird stuff.  And it knows how to laugh at itself too.  He loved words... that was obvious.  I got it.

I'm sorry Vic isn't alive anymore.  But I bet he's not in pain anymore either.

Here are the lyrics:

supernatural

built a king on compliments
charisma and advertisements
still they see him shimmer ephermeral
it ain't supernatural
or maybe

out of body experience
I flew around the little room once
on intravenous Demerol
it weren't supernatural

sudden smell..certain view
sparks a whoppin case of the deja vu
is it inexplicable
it ain't supernatural
or maybe

Here's a link to hear it:
http://popup.lala.com/popup/504684655126310024

Posted By John Common at: 2:12 pm

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