| Pixies – Mr. Grieves Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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"Mr. Grieves" might be a stompy cabaret number, but it is the most cynical song on Doolittle. Here mankind has a foil, a personification of his drive toward extinction. "Mr. Grieves is the Death character of mythology," Thompson told the NME in 1989. And death waits patiently and unavoidably while man dithers ("do you have another opinion?") and wages war. The "man in the middle" could be a savior, or he could be man's pathetic last resort after he bombs himself back to the Stone Age. Either way, we blow it 'There's this theory that if not smarter than us, animals are aware of what's going on and if we could communicate with them, they could give us the answer of the future and make everything OK," he said. "But I'm assuming that a nuclear winter will mean that Mr. Grieves is going to win in the end." Doolittle by Ben Sisario - page 101 |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Sink Hole Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Wow - what a great song. Here's what Patterson Hood says about it: Patterson: "The Accountant", a short film by Ray McKinnon, inspired this song. The film is a very dark comedy about saving the family farm "by any means necessary". This incredible movie went on to win the 2002 Academy Award for Best Feature Short. We recorded Sink Hole live in one take our first day in the studio. The song itself tells a different story and utilizes the geography of my family's old homestead in North Alabama. At the foot of the McGee Town hill lays an actual thirty-foot deep sinkhole. In the end, the protagonist feels morally justified as he fantasizes about burying the foreclosing banker there. |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Angels and Fuselage Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Patterson Hood: Set inside the plane after the engines shut down and everything went quiet. Just the sound of the wind over the wings and your own heartbeat. http://www.drivebytruckers.com/writeup_sro.html |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Outfit Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Jason Isbell: This one focuses on the advice I got growing up, mostly from my father. We recorded the song just before Father's Day and I gave Dad a copy as a present. http://www.drivebytruckers.com/writeup_dd.html |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Goddamn Lonely Love Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Jason Isbell: I tried real hard to come up with a different way of saying this, but it just seemed to fit. Loneliness can be drowned if you hold it under long enough, but it takes a lot of other things with it. (http://www.drivebytruckers.com/writeup_tds.html) |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Outfit Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I sure coulda used some of this advice growing up in the south in the 60's - if I woulda listened to it anyway. Think me and my friends did the opposite of most of these things and suffered for it. Well, at least I never called what I was wearin an 'Outfit' :-> | |
| Drive-By Truckers – Angels and Fuselage Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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In 1977, the tour plane Lynyrd Skynyrd was traveling in crashed. Lead singer Ronnie VanZant, only 29 at the time, was killed in the crash, along with guitarist Steve Gaines, his sister Cassie Gaines, and the group's road manager Dean Kilpatrick. (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:dq2zefek7gf4~T1) |
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| Drive-By Truckers – Danko/Manuel Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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On March 4th 1986, the Band's lead singer, pianist, and drummer Richard Manuel died in a motel room in Winter Park, Florida, while touring with the reunited Band. His emotional, soulful voice and his beautiful songwriting was essential to the success of the original group. - http://theband.hiof.no/band_members/richard.html Rick Danko died of unknown causes in his sleep: Marbletown, N.Y., December 10, 1999 - Age: 56 - singer and bass player of the Band, (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781753.html) Counting Crows All My Love (Richard Manuel Is Dead) Got a message in my head that the papers had all gone Richard Manuel is dead And the daylight's coming on I've been wandering through the dark now I'm standing on the lawn |
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