Beautiful song with a verse melody that is unforgettable. Gotta love that second verse: "guitars", "stars", "hand", "land"! -Top Notch song. I think it is about (in fact all of 'Crooked Rain') is about the Music industry, LA life and California culture. As Stephen Malkmus said in the Liner notes of 'Crooked Rain', "We made our Hotel California" - another record about the Music Industry.
Yep, gotta agree. Crooked Rain is about the music industry (specifically, indie culture being appropriated by the major labels), Los Angeles, and California culture in general. CR,CR is like the '90s indie equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's self-titled LP or Rumours in the way it evokes California.
Yep, gotta agree. Crooked Rain is about the music industry (specifically, indie culture being appropriated by the major labels), Los Angeles, and California culture in general. CR,CR is like the '90s indie equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's self-titled LP or Rumours in the way it evokes California.
Now of course Malkmus and Spiral Stairs know California very well, having grown up in Stockton, but I always find it amusing that CR,CR was recorded in New York in the fall and early winter, because it's very much a California summer record!
Now of course Malkmus and Spiral Stairs know California very well, having grown up in Stockton, but I always find it amusing that CR,CR was recorded in New York in the fall and early winter, because it's very much a California summer record!
Beautiful song with a verse melody that is unforgettable. Gotta love that second verse: "guitars", "stars", "hand", "land"! -Top Notch song. I think it is about (in fact all of 'Crooked Rain') is about the Music industry, LA life and California culture. As Stephen Malkmus said in the Liner notes of 'Crooked Rain', "We made our Hotel California" - another record about the Music Industry.
Yep, gotta agree. Crooked Rain is about the music industry (specifically, indie culture being appropriated by the major labels), Los Angeles, and California culture in general. CR,CR is like the '90s indie equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's self-titled LP or Rumours in the way it evokes California.
Yep, gotta agree. Crooked Rain is about the music industry (specifically, indie culture being appropriated by the major labels), Los Angeles, and California culture in general. CR,CR is like the '90s indie equivalent of Fleetwood Mac's self-titled LP or Rumours in the way it evokes California.
Now of course Malkmus and Spiral Stairs know California very well, having grown up in Stockton, but I always find it amusing that CR,CR was recorded in New York in the fall and early winter, because it's very much a California summer record!
Now of course Malkmus and Spiral Stairs know California very well, having grown up in Stockton, but I always find it amusing that CR,CR was recorded in New York in the fall and early winter, because it's very much a California summer record!