The Load Out/Stay Lyrics
Of all the songs in my collection, this is the ONLY one I can listen to over and over again without getting bored. It's just amazing. It combines a meaningful ballad and a reworked version of a great oldie. I can't believe only three people have posted about it.
this song is absolutely my favorite. you know there is this type of song that is so very manly and extremly melancholic, now this song is one supremacy of this kind. throughout the whole song I can totally feel the sadness of the man, driven around by his career and the crowds, knowing he is being liked while still feels the blue of stardom way of living. I would say it's damn close to the keynote of some of bruce springsteen songs.
This is off the Running on Empty album, which was written and recorded during a tour. Many of the tracks refer to the difficult life out on the road, but this to me really nails that mixture of long hours of loneliness and boredom interspersed with brief periods of excitement and elation.
Probably my favourite album.
From Running On Empty, the first time I heard this song, I loved it! Whenever the deejay prefaces a song saying, "stay tuned, the next one's by Jackson Browne"... my fingers are crossed that it will be The Loadout/Stay. I don't know why the song speaks to me so deeply. I have no personal experience of what it is like to be performing on the road, but this song delivers the message with a wallop. I guess my favorite part of the song is how The Loadout melds so perfectly into Stay, as if the second song was intended to be a refrain. Certainly on my top ten list, I just don't get to hear this song often enough.
this totally captures the attitude of our groups and roadies. i love this song.
I adore this song. It's one of my Dad's favourites, and when it came on in the car while we were driving, we'd turn it up real loud and just sing our hearts out.
I think my Dad always secretly wished he was a musician - he lives vicariously through this song.
I'm going to see Jackson Browne on Friday here in Melbourne, I'm so excited.
oh man, i didnt see this. i just suggested stay by jackson browne, i feel dumb. but i love this song.
close i meant similar, not inferior or anything.
This man is great in concert...and this song captures that spirit...
But when that last guitar's been packed away You know that I still want to play So just make sure you got it all set to go Before you come for my piano
Lord I love Jackson; how considerate of him to make an album appreciating people whose work often goes unnoticed and thankless. He'll always be one of my favorites.