Echo Sessions
Eleanor Underhill and Friends | Echo Sessions
Season 5 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Eleanor Underhill threads Americana, pop, R&B, and indie rock with psychedelic touches.
Eleanor Underhill's songwriting threads Americana, pop, R&B, and indie rock with psychedelic touches and orchestral flourishes in a work that achieves modern relevance and timeless feel. Defying easy categorization, her unique open-back banjo style, salty-blues vocals, and prolific writing ability remain a common thread.
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Echo Sessions is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
Echo Sessions
Eleanor Underhill and Friends | Echo Sessions
Season 5 Episode 11 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Eleanor Underhill's songwriting threads Americana, pop, R&B, and indie rock with psychedelic touches and orchestral flourishes in a work that achieves modern relevance and timeless feel. Defying easy categorization, her unique open-back banjo style, salty-blues vocals, and prolific writing ability remain a common thread.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[bright piano intro] ♪ I... ♪ - [Female Announcer]: Eleanor Underhill threads Americana, pop, R&B, and indie rock with psychedelic touches, coming up next on "Echo Sessions."
[upbeat rock music] ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ ♪ - [Male Announcer]: Echo Sessions is made possible by Prestige Subaru.
[upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ [soft rock music] ♪ White dress, red wine ♪ ♪ I don't mind a little stain ♪ ♪ Put my soul on the line ♪ ♪ I'm getting to used to the strain ♪ ♪ And it's hard to find ♪ ♪ Time to sit down for a meal anymore ♪ ♪ It's hard to find ♪ ♪ Time to stare up at the stars ♪ ♪ It's hard to find ♪ ♪ Time to drive to the Carolina shore ♪ ♪ And without you I'd never go ♪ ♪ Summer brought her a diamond ♪ ♪ The words glimmered on my phone ♪ ♪ Her friends working the crowds ♪ ♪ But she, she will never be alone ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's hard to find ♪ ♪ A faith unbending ♪ ♪ And it's hard to find ♪ ♪ A love unending ♪ ♪ And it's hard to find ♪ ♪ Graceful aging ♪ ♪ Though we know all things must change ♪ ♪ In the shadow of the greatest ♪ ♪ Generation this country knew ♪ ♪ Dimly lit with simple oils ♪ ♪ The youth struggles to shine true ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's hard to find ♪ ♪ Someone who knows their rights anymore ♪ ♪ It's hard to find ♪ ♪ A good song on the radio ♪ ♪ It's hard to find ♪ ♪ Regard for death or war ♪ ♪ It's just another day on the news ♪ ♪ White dress, red wine ♪ ♪ I don't mind a little stain ♪ ♪ I put my soul on the line ♪ ♪ I'm getting used to the strain ♪ [light rock music] ♪ Whoa, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ The situation grew riskier ♪ ♪ As my heart grew heavier ♪ ♪ And I know you were pissed and hurt ♪ ♪ And dragged my name on through the dirt ♪ ♪ But you know it was not my plan ♪ ♪ I was caught up with kin with a heavy hand ♪ ♪ And I hope that you can understand ♪ ♪ That I did my best in the circumstance ♪ ♪ But I never meant to say goodbye to you, my dear ♪ ♪ No, I never meant to say goodbye to you ♪ ♪ Now there's three sides to every story ♪ ♪ One for you and one for me ♪ ♪ You can rant and rave about how I've behaved ♪ ♪ If that's what you want to do, oh ♪ ♪ But the third side comes from way up high ♪ ♪ From a bird's eye view ♪ ♪ We're all criminals for our own desires ♪ ♪ That my friend is true ♪ ♪ But I never meant to say goodbye to you, my dear ♪ ♪ No, I never meant to say goodbye to you ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ I never meant for it to end this way ♪ ♪ But we all had dreams and bills to pay ♪ ♪ You know I want the best for you, babe ♪ ♪ That's what I think and that's what I say ♪ ♪ And I can still see your name in neon lights ♪ ♪ Your voice like an angel in the night ♪ ♪ With a harp and a fiddle strung ♪ ♪ You know it sounds so right ♪ ♪ 'Cause I never meant to say goodbye to you, my dear ♪ ♪ No, I never meant to say goodbye to you ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh ♪ ♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪ [soft rock music] ♪ Stranger things have come ♪ ♪ Scratching at my door ♪ ♪ Stranger things have come ♪ ♪ Waltzing on my floor ♪ ♪ Stranger things have come before ♪ ♪ I dreamed that we watched the sun ♪ ♪ From the school yard stadium ♪ ♪ The children were unraveling ♪ ♪ Hmm ♪ ♪ The lions tried to take me out ♪ ♪ But I fought back and stood my ground ♪ ♪ And then the plane came crashing down ♪ ♪ Hmm ♪ ♪ Stranger things have come ♪ ♪ Scratching at my door ♪ ♪ Stranger things have come ♪ ♪ Waltzing on my floor ♪ ♪ Stranger things have come before ♪ ♪ The farmhouse, it was Victorian ♪ ♪ The votes were counted one by one ♪ ♪ And I couldn't sleep again ♪ ♪ Everybody's running really late ♪ ♪ Shutters thick with white oil paint ♪ ♪ The black piano taught me how to play ♪ ♪ A mournful melody ♪ [soft rock music] ♪ She couldn't fly ♪ ♪ She couldn't fight ♪ ♪ She couldn't stay ♪ ♪ She couldn't wait ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking in ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking in ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking in ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking into the unknown ♪ ♪ She's walking in ♪ ♪ She couldn't fly ♪ ♪ She couldn't fight ♪ ♪ She couldn't stay ♪ ♪ She couldn't fly ♪ ♪ She couldn't fight ♪ ♪ She couldn't wait ♪ ♪ She couldn't fly ♪ ♪ She couldn't fight ♪ ♪ She couldn't wait ♪ ♪ She couldn't fly ♪ ♪ She couldn't fight ♪ ♪ She couldn't wait ♪ [soft rock music] ♪ There's a hole in my heart where the wind blows in ♪ ♪ I listened to sad songs and cried, I cried ♪ ♪ There's a hole in my home where the wind blows in ♪ ♪ And it rained on the night that you died ♪ ♪ Now, I work five jobs just to pay the bills ♪ ♪ And I work them so I can catch some thrills ♪ ♪ Oh, boy ♪ ♪ Well, I work five jobs ♪ ♪ But can I keep them 'til ♪ ♪ I'm far gone over the hill ♪ ♪ And I've got the cold wind blues ♪ ♪ The cold wind blues ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ And I make my list just to get the gist ♪ ♪ Of all the stuff I gotta do ♪ ♪ Oh my god ♪ ♪ I make my list, but the stuff I miss ♪ ♪ Will be written forevermore ♪ ♪ I've got the cold wind blues ♪ ♪ The cold wind blues ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ - All right.
Silas Durocher on the guitar.
[funky guitar music] Jacob Rodriguez.
[funky saxophone music] Chris Pyle.
[upbeat drum music] Lord have mercy.
♪ Well, I want our love and I want what's good ♪ ♪ Well, I hope that is understood my dear ♪ ♪ Yes, I want our love but I fear my heart ♪ ♪ Ain't acting the way that it should ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got the cold wind blues ♪ ♪ The cold wind blues ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ [upbeat jazzy rock] ♪ ♪ On the wheels of love we'll roam ♪ ♪ It's a Subie thing ♪ ♪ - [Male Announcer]: Echo Sessions is made possible by Prestige Subaru.
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