Karen Zoid - Meisie Wat Haar Potlood Kou (Official Audio)

"Meisie Wat Haar Potlood Kou" is taken from Karen Zoids Gold selling sophmore album "Chasing the Sun" available on all streaming services and for DL on iTunes / Amazon.

"...Sure, some listeners are going to dismiss middle class ditties like "Black Guitar" and "Born to Shine" from Karen Zoid's new album Chasing the Sun as middle-of-the-road misfires. But by alternating agitated rockers ("Foto's Teen die Muur") with introspective acoustic ballads ("Beautiful", "Meisie wat Haar Potlood Kou"), the South Afrcian rock goddess insistently delivers a series of aural postcards that make for liberating listening.

The decision to kick off with the ballsy rasp of "Oh my Love" delivers, immediately entices the listener with its angst-filled simplicity. While "Suburbs" is an intimate snapshot of the hellish everyday experience of life's many cul-de-sacs with Zoid's wail transforming seemingly trite sentiments into an irony soaked exploration. Yet rather than tread water in the inner thematic quagmire though, the singer surges straight into the defiant anthem "Ons Soek Rock & Roll", declaring her missionary intent with an incisive mix of straightforward guitar driven glory.

Of course, savvy singer songwriter that she is, she's not afraid to return to an intimate mood, with "Deurmekaar" a wistful and confessional reflection on lost love. While lyrics like "Ek ken jou lyf/Ek ken jou taal/Ek ken jou goed/Ek ken jou kaal" might alienate those listeners who prefer fully clothed metaphors, Zoid is an entirely different rock beast. Eschewing pretension for a forthright lyricism on the biting socio-cultural critiques of "Verandering", "Forty Seven" and "Danville Diva" this is one "rock chick" who simply calls it how she sees it:

"Woolies, Edgars, Mr Price/In die Tydskrif lyk dit nice/Diselhemp, designer drugs/Julle e-mail ek wil faks/Maak staat op jou eie smaak/Sonder labels is jy naak/it's all just marketing baby..."

- 9/10 by Miles Keylock

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[davidamrama]

I never had a bigger crush than what I had when Chasing The Sun was released. Good Lord, what a voice.

[jacgoosen]

Meisie wat haar potlood kou
Dink bietjie te veel
Dan snipper die verf af
En gaan sit in haar keel,
Dit onderbreek haar dagdroom, Sy vergeet wat sy wou sê
Maar die meisie wat haar potlood kou
Weet wat sy wil hê


As jou pad dalk sou kruis, met die meisie wat haar potlood kou
Dan's daar een ding wat jy moet weet
Dans's daar een ding wat jy moet onthou
Sy ken jou dalk... alreeds


Die meisie wat haar potlood kou, sê vir my sy huil nie
Hoekom in trane?
My oë is klaar blou
Ek huil sommer oor enige iets
En soms dink ek aan jou...


As jou pad dalk sou kruis, met die meisie wat haar potlood kou
Dan's daar een ding wat jy moet weet
Dans's daar een ding wat jy moet onthou
Sy ken jou dalk... alreeds


Vyf paintings het jy geverf
Jeff Buckley Halleluja
Tot jy vir my 'n pel uitkerf


As jou pad dalk sou kruis, met die meisie wat haar potlood kou
Dan's daar een ding wat jy moet weet
Dans's daar een ding wat jy moet onthou
Sy ken jou dalk... alreeds

[wednesday]

Damn.., trane.., memories. Ek kan nie onthou wat ek gister gedoen het maar sal die woorde nooit vergeet

[davidgaian]

Beautiful!

Translation for those of us not lucky enough to be born Dutch?