BC singer-songwriter Dan Mangan sings his hauntingly-beautiful ballad “Basket” live on Q with Jian Ghomeshi
Sunday, October 25th, 2009Filed under: Irked Audio
Singer-songwriter Dan Mangan, speaking to Q radio host Jian Ghomeshi about the song Basket:
It’s a bit of an ode to my grandfather. After he passed away, I kind of came up with this idea that your life is a basket, and throughout your life you’re putting greeting cards and letters and notes into this basket. And every story, every experience that you’ve ever shared gets fueled into this basket that becomes you. And you are shaped by everything that’s ever happened to you or around you. He started to lose his memories, he started to mix things up, he started to call me his own brother’s name, and he’d confuse my brother and I. And I thought, y’know, that’s really tragic, and what do you do when the basket starts falling apart, and all those letters and stories fall to the ground? So the song is about getting old and pissed off, but then at the same time it’s about the redemption, it’s about holding on to those memories.
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Listen to Dan Mangan’s overwhelmingly-moving live performance of his song Basket off the new album “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” (Then go buy Dan’s music on iTunes!):
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Learn more at DanManganMusic.com
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