Customer Reviews

Black Winged Bird

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
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Nina Persson is the lead singer of the Swedish band the Cardigans and her instantly recognizable voice gives this beautiful track a lovely bittersweetness.

Nina Persson's "Black Winged Bird" is lilting and soothing, romantic and bordering on melancholy. The relaxing flow of this song makes it inherently listenable as foreground or background music.

I particularly like the fact that the song relies on Nina's vocal talents and not on overdone electronica or instrumental overkill. The strings and other back-up instruments that complement Persson's voice are spot on.

While this song may not have the pop appeal or driving force it usually takes to gain major recognition, I've had this track on my iPod's playlist ever since it was made available at Amazon.com.

This song isn't what I'd cal mainstream country, folk, or even pop, but is an intruiging mixture of those genres. I don't really like country that well, but I LIKE this song.

Thanks for a nice track Nina and Amazon!

5 stars!

ahhh, the Cardigans, no wonder why. Beautiful song, lovely haunting voice, like Nina Gordon.

A lovely voice, a great song, and right now it costs nothing. If the RIAA were more interested in releasing great music than suing customers, this song would have already received significant airplay.

Black Winged Bird is a great little song that I was more than happy to download for free through Amazon's emerging artist free releases. However, it hasn't sold me on "The Cake Sale," in general, so I guess in this case the marketing didn't work. That said, this is a nice song, and one that I don't mind letting find its way unto my mp3 player.

I have to wonder if the title is in reference to the Counting Crows "Rain King" from their album August and Everything After. If that's the case, it's a nice nod a a pretty fantastic song (sorry Cake Sale, but you're no Counting Crows, at least right now) from a true classic.

Again, this is not a bad song, just not on that got me to buy more music from "The Cake Sale."

This is seriously one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. The Cardigans' "Long Gone Before Daylight" is one of my all-time favorite albums, and the beautiful melancholy of this song has a similar feel. Can't get enough of Nina's voice, especially when it's on top of such great music.

One of my favorite free Amazon downloads, in heavy rotation on my playlist. I've liked her solo work since she sang "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" on the Boys Don't Cry movie soundtrack. It is finding songs like these that keeps me coming back to your free downloads. Thanks, Amazon!

It's a pleasant song. The singer has a nice voice and the song is relaxing. I liked it a lot in the beginning, lost a little interest as the song progressed, but it was better than a lot of stuff out there if you like the peaceful female vocalist style. It's really quite enjoyable.

I'm not sure about her other stuff, but this song's a worthwhile addition to your collection, especially since it's free. It's a nicely done ballad; it's not too sappy or saccharine, her voice isn't too whiny or emotional. It's just right, and a good addition to my "Sleepy" playlist.

About 2/3 of the way into this song the energy level increases a bit and the song becomes somewhat reflective, with Nina having already sung the lyrics. I really loved her voice, it's very pure. I'll be looking into more of her work in the future.

Lyrics:
Night can't come quick enough
My faults shine in the sun
A train bridge of spies
watches all the cars collide

I roll my green sleeves over ruby
I don't blame you for doing it to me
Real girls don't take aim
like kings do these days

I made my mind up to be a black-winged bird
Never turn my head for how things were
Leave the bluest skies for boys to burn

And I'll soar on my way
Sad as the state of things we can't change

Now were paper dolls all aflame
In houses that all look the same
Rows of regret
An arson for a wilderness

I hide my saints in the willow trunk
You started me on this junk
Now my black lungs are blue
But I'm still singing to you
I'm still singing to you...