Suddenly I See

Suddenly I See by KT Tunstall



In this 21st century, hipster, indie music is main stream but it isn't, world that we live in I am not supposed to like KT Tunstall. But I do.

And you know why? Because she writes and sings great pop songs. I sort of touched on the entire anti-pop world that we live in the other day. (I blame Gen X and the alternative/grunge movement of the early 90s which rejected pop... in name only but another day). And I still see nothing wrong with pop. Pop is good. It's fun, it's catchy, and sure it might not mean anything beyond what it means, but what's wrong with that?

See sometimes the simplicity is the beauty. When Jeff Tweedy sings "The ash tray says/you were up all night", it's beautiful because of the simplistic image that it creates in one's mind, it's a heavy but simple image. When Mason Jennings sings "Do you think about me?" it's the same deal—the simplicity of coming out and saying what we all think all the time is great.

So when KT puts some catchy hooks (and a neat-o opening rift) to some simple lyrics it works because many of us have had that moment when suddenly we see what we want. Maybe it's love at first sight. Maybe it's a rush one gets from reading Jane Austen or buying some shares of stock. Or maybe it's just seeing Patti Smith and realizing that you want to be a musician. It is that simplistic beauty—her face is the map of the world, you can see she's a beautiful girl—that makes this song so great.

Two more things:
-This is easily one of the best songs of the decade.

-Who hasn't been left hanging on a word? And isn't that a great feeling?