"The Thermals were on tour in Omaha . We were staying with some of the Saddle-Creek Records crew.
The morning after we played, I woke up to a conversation in the kitchen. The first thing I heard was, 'The next song I write is going to be called ‘The Luckiest Asshole I’ve Ever Met!’' From what I gathered, she was talking about the guy she was dating, who happens to be a very popular member of the Saddle-Creek roster. I thought it was a perfect line no matter who she was talking about. So I got up and went down to the basement with my manual typewriter and my tape recorder. I wrote out all the chords and the lyrics and I gave them to her before we left. I told her it was a gift for her band. She acted grateful, but from that point on she treated me like a freak with a crush on her. I found that pretty amusing.
I haven’t heard from her since, so I recorded the song for Kind Of Like Spitting. Since it’s written from a woman’s perspective, my sister Sandy sings the main character’s vocals and I do the back-ups.
There is no malice in the lyrics. None of the lines are based on fact. I tried to give the character a real love for the 'asshole.' In a way, I guess I took my own life and luck and went from there. Anyone who gets to sing for people is lucky. And when it comes to love, who hasn’t been labeled an asshole?"
"The Thermals were on tour in Omaha . We were staying with some of the Saddle-Creek Records crew. The morning after we played, I woke up to a conversation in the kitchen. The first thing I heard was, 'The next song I write is going to be called ‘The Luckiest Asshole I’ve Ever Met!’' From what I gathered, she was talking about the guy she was dating, who happens to be a very popular member of the Saddle-Creek roster. I thought it was a perfect line no matter who she was talking about. So I got up and went down to the basement with my manual typewriter and my tape recorder. I wrote out all the chords and the lyrics and I gave them to her before we left. I told her it was a gift for her band. She acted grateful, but from that point on she treated me like a freak with a crush on her. I found that pretty amusing. I haven’t heard from her since, so I recorded the song for Kind Of Like Spitting. Since it’s written from a woman’s perspective, my sister Sandy sings the main character’s vocals and I do the back-ups. There is no malice in the lyrics. None of the lines are based on fact. I tried to give the character a real love for the 'asshole.' In a way, I guess I took my own life and luck and went from there. Anyone who gets to sing for people is lucky. And when it comes to love, who hasn’t been labeled an asshole?"