Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Story - Brandi Carlile (20 April 2011)


Released in 2007 this is Carlile's second album. Love this album!!! Great songs - The Story, Turpentine, Wasted, Cannonball and Josephine. 

The song, The Story, was used in an episode of Grey's Anatomy. A video was created, first airing on the season 3 recap episode, Every Moment Counts. The video helped boost sales and downloads of the album increased. 
The Story was also used in ads promoting the Australian drama series, McLeod's Daughters. On 25 April 2008 Carlile performed The Story and Turpentine on the BBC2 show Later...with Jools Holland. 
The song The Story was also used in the 2008 Super Bock commercial, the most popular beer in Portugal, which has made the album The Story reach number 4 on the Portuguese Album chart. 
The song is currently used in a General Motors television commercial aired on American and Canadian television showcasing their new line-up of more fuel efficient cars. Due to the ad airing heavily during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the song increased in downloads.
The song The Story was used in a montage of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno during the opening and closing of the Ohio State-Penn State football game on ABC on October 25, 2008. The song is currently used in a Tracker television commercial aired on South African televisions Network.


All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
Yeah you do and I was made for you
You see the smile that’s on my mouth
Is hiding the words that don’t come out
And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed
They don’t know my head is a mess
No, they don’t know who I really am
And they don’t know what I’ve been through but you do
And I was made for you
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true I was made for you
Oh yea, it’s true I was made for you

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