
Blue Cactus: “Resolution”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 2m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
Blue Cactus performs “Resolution” from their 2025 album, “Believer.”
“Resolution,” a song by Blue Cactus from their 2025 album “Believer,” was born out of Steph Stewart’s New Year’s resolutions. Ultimately, she boiled them down to one aspiration: to be a better listener.
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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Blue Cactus: “Resolution”
Clip: 3/27/2025 | 2m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
“Resolution,” a song by Blue Cactus from their 2025 album “Believer,” was born out of Steph Stewart’s New Year’s resolutions. Ultimately, she boiled them down to one aspiration: to be a better listener.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[gentle music] ♪ If I could tell you ♪ ♪ One more thing ♪ ♪ I'd be softer ♪ ♪ I wouldn't be so mean and I'd just listen ♪ ♪ To what you sayin' ♪ ♪ When you're looking away ♪ ♪ You ain't gotta say anything, ♪ ♪ Anything ♪ ♪ I'm here ♪ ♪ I could see you come next spring ♪ ♪ I'd shower you with love, kisses raining ♪ ♪ And then we'd go dancing ♪ ♪ When the music plays ♪ ♪ Life ain't no fair, just stare ♪ ♪ You don't seem to care anyways, ♪ ♪ Anyways ♪ ♪ I see you ♪ ♪ Are we going or are we comin' back ♪ ♪ Are we going or are we comin' back ♪ ♪ Are we going or are we comin' back ♪ ♪ Are we walking or are we running out of time ♪ ♪ If I could tell you one more thing ♪ ♪ I'd just listen to what you're saying ♪
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Clip: 3/27/2025 | 5m 25s | “Believer,” performed by Blue Cactus, is a song of hope in a desperate time. (5m 25s)
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Blue Cactus: “This Kind of Rain”
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Clip: 3/27/2025 | 4m 1s | In “This Kind of Rain,” Blue Cactus focuses on the phrase “when it rains it pours.” (4m 1s)
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Preview: 3/27/2025 | 30s | Blue Cactus delivers dreamy country and Americana sounds that will keep your head in the clouds. (30s)
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Shaped by Sound is a local public television program presented by PBS NC
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