| 311 – Offbeat Bare Ass Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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lyrics in the first verse stem from an incident 311 had with the Boulder, CO police after playing a show at the Fox Theatre in 1993. Apparently their tour bus got pulled over( they had been smoking hash when this happened) and the officer wanted to search their tour bus. He was very suspicious of them for having shaved heads(nick, SA and chad) and asked them if they had any weapons which basically blew thier mind that he would think that. SA's verse is about how he and chad used to fuck with each other in gross ways, chad would hold SA down and fart on him and then later SA would get him back by doing something like rubbing is armpit in chads face "so you get it the picture just how sick we were then but before I jet 'Hey yo Chad sniff my finger man' ". The last verse voices the group's opinion on senseless anti-marijuana laws(which i too share) and how punishments should fit the crimes they were dealt for. Basically they state that smoking marijuana is a victimless crime and it should be your choice if you want to use it or not, not someone else's. |
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| 311 – Taiyed Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| cone is 100% correct, as is miTfan3, this is in my opinion the best live song 311 has. Always gets everyone all chill and mellow, smokin herbs n such. What really gets me is the way they change up the way they play it on nearly every tour. Going from the way Tim played it clean back in the day and Nick used a flange with an auto-wah for his part, chad throwing drum rolls in behind the beat before an awesome snare opening the 1st verse riff, and the solo, oh my god. in 2004 Tim began using an envelope filter for his rhythm playing and Nick switched to a solid but light distortion for his melodic lead, absolute bliss. This past year Tim has actually been using a wah-wah pedal for his parts and Nick remains with his distortion. Once again showing how diverse this song can be. SA is sick as ever as well. | |
| 311 – All Re-Mixed Up Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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To me this song is still about standing up to adversity and not dwelling on bad things that have happened to you, the extra verse is just another example of being "all mixed up" about something and just having to let go of regret and let things run their course. P.S. pulseox is wrong about them adding the extra verse live starting in 1999, they've actually been doing it since mid '96. I have 2 shows from 1996 where they sing the extra verse, way old skool. P.P.S It should be noted that there is no studio version of All Mixed Up with the extra verse(a.ka. All Re-Mixed Up), the extra verse is only played when the song is played live. Download and listen to many different live versions of this song at www.archive.org/audio |
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