GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY director Dan Algrant realized that when he hired Jann as a featured vocalist and guitarist in the Jeff Buckley biopic that stars Penn Badgley and Imogen Poots. The movie will be released April 16th, 2013 by Tribeca Film / Focus World.
Jann’s album MOSAIC follows the indie success of REVERIE (2008) and SACRIFICE EP (2010) and the music video for DOING TIME. Produced by Grammy winner James Frazee (Esperanza Spalding, Blondie, My Morning Jacket) and David Bendeth (Paramore, Bruce Hornsby, Elvis Presley) MOSAIC was recorded between Fall 2011 and Winter of 2012/13. Double GRAMMY-winner Warren Russell-Smith, mastered MOSAIC.
MOSAIC’s songs tackle personal and topical subjects and bring together a variety of instruments, musical and lyrical styles from street influences of reggae and punk to calypso, to classic rock, and the folk and Afro-beat that has addicted fans of all ages to Jann’s music. Songs include Jann’s originals, “Still,” “Make It Better,” “Four Leaf Clover,” “On and On,” “Falling Tears,” and a playful duet “Beautiful One” with Rounder Records’ Carrie Newcomer. The album ends with a stunning a cappella cover of Tim Buckley’s “Song To The Siren.” Jann’s band The Edukators, Chris Marolf on bass and banjo, drummers Rob Mitzner and Patrick Carmichael, keyboardist/accordionist Lars Potteiger, and violinist Leah Potteiger worked on the album and contributed to the arrangements. Other featured guests include guitarists Florian Opahle (Ian Anderson, Greg Lake) David Bendeth, flautist Tia Roper and oboist Megan Marolf (Phillip Glass, Roger Waters).
Jann’s been as comfortable performing with pop and folk singer-songwriters from THE VOICE’s Rebecca Loebe and Brett Dennen to Suzanne Vega and Pete Seeger, as he has with jam bands including his friends in Rusted Root and songwriting partner Gary Lucas. He’s performed with acts rooted in jazz and blues such as Vonda Shepard, Michael Kaeshammer and the late Les Paul, and classical rockers Renaissance (both with Annie Haslam and the group’s co-founder Jim McCarty, also of The Yardbirds). Critics have placed him in the chamber pop as well as the singer-songwriter genres, and Jann welcomes their varied reflections, “There are no limits when it comes to making music. I’m defined by who I am and what I do, not how some marketing executive pigeonholes me. It’s melodic, lyrical, and rhythmic music. Music is about what the listener hears.”
Born in Germany, raised in Kenya, South Africa, and Hamburg, Jann came to the States as an exchange student in Cleveland, and performed in a wide range of musical projects including the Cleveland Opera Chorus, touring productions of Broadway shows (JEKYLL & HYDE, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR) as well as portraying The Pinball Wizard in THE WHO’S TOMMY before he started his band.
Jann’s music is heard on the GRAMMY-nominated HEALTHY FOOD FOR THOUGHT, on MTV CRIBS, the movie “Dead Broke” (Warner Bros.) featuring Paul Sorvino. He maintains a steady touring schedule of about 75-100 shows a year in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Long Goodbye
Jann Klose Lyrics
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I never thought someone like you would care
For someone like me that was neither here nor there
I wanted you to save me from myself
Like a fool I believed you'd stay with me forever
But forever was just too long
I said to you
And when I see you again
I won't be true
To you
I really want you near me I want you here
Call you into my room
Can't stop thinking about the way we were
Can't turn off this pain
I told you everything would be alright but you said:
"Don't try to save us now."
It's been a long goodbye
I said to you
And when I see you again
I won't be true
To you
Lord I've been running around
From one lover
One lover to another
Looking for you
It's been a long goodbye
I said to you
And if I see you again
I won't be true
To you
The lyrics of Jann Klose's "Long Goodbye" express the pain and heartache of a failed relationship. The singer confesses that they had never known anyone like their former partner before and that they had believed that the person would save them from themselves. Unfortunately, things did not play out as they had hoped. The singer realized that the person they had trusted to stay with them forever couldn't fulfill that promise, and forever was just too long. The song uses imagery of longing to describe the pain the singer feels, revealing that they can't stop thinking about the way things were and wanting their former partner near them.
The line "It's been a long goodbye" conveys the sense of a prolonged farewell that has not come to a definitive end. While the singer knows that they won't be true to their partner if they see them again, they still admit that they are running around from one lover to another, looking for someone like their previous partner. The line "Lord, I've been running around from one lover to another, looking for you," hints at the idea that the singer has not fully moved on and is still longing for the person they had been with previously.
In summary, "Long Goodbye" is a moving song that speaks to the universal theme of lost love and the heartbreak that comes with it. The lyrics highlight the pain of holding onto memories of the past while trying to move forward and finding someone new.
Line by Line Meaning
I had never known anyone like you before
You are special and unique, unlike anyone I have ever met before.
I never thought someone like you would care
I did not expect someone as amazing as you to show interest in me.
For someone like me that was neither here nor there
I never felt like I quite fit in, I was always somewhere in between.
I wanted you to save me from myself
I hoped that you could be the one to rescue me from my personal struggles and difficulties.
Like a fool I believed you'd stay with me forever
I was foolish to believe that you would always be a constant presence in my life.
But forever was just too long
The idea of staying together for eternity was too far-fetched and unrealistic.
It's been a long goodbye
Our parting has been drawn-out and difficult.
I said to you
I expressed to you my feelings of farewell and sorrow.
And when I see you again
If we meet in the future,
I won't be true
I cannot promise to be faithful or honest.
To you
To our relationship and connection.
I really want you near me I want you here
I crave your physical presence and support.
Call you into my room
Bring you to my personal, private space.
Can't stop thinking about the way we were
My mind fixates on our past connection and relationship.
Can't turn off this pain
I cannot shake off the emotional turmoil brought about by our separation.
I told you everything would be alright but you said:
I offered reassurance and hope for the future, but you responded:
"Don't try to save us now."
"We cannot fix our relationship at this point in time."
Lord I've been running around
I have been constantly searching and seeking for something.
From one lover
I have moved from one romantic partner to another.
One lover to another
My love life has been a series of fleeting relationships.
Looking for you
But I have never found someone as special as you.
Contributed by Mia O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.