Couple corrections--It's "Got into a van" instead of band, and you left out the last verse that goes "Now they save me my place/ Over there in the corner/ and I never get tickets/ now I only get warnings/ But when I was broke I needed it more/ but now that I'm rich they give me free coffee."
Anyway, I think the meaning is fairly obvious, he joined a band and his life changed! The song highlights and makes fun of the fact that nothing's for free when you're a nobody, but once you're famous people just start giving you free shit.
The story Ben tells when he plays Toronto/Rochester is that the song emerged from a coffe shop in Rochester (Java's) by the Eastman School of Music. The version he plays in Rochester is different, but the chorus is identical.
The story Ben tells when he plays Toronto/Rochester is that the song emerged from a coffe shop in Rochester (Java's) by the Eastman School of Music. The version he plays in Rochester is different, but the chorus is identical.
He played it in '07 at the RIT Field House, and again a few weeks back at Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY.
He played it in '07 at the RIT Field House, and again a few weeks back at Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY.
I went to a coffee house
Right next to the music conservatory
And they gave me some food
And they didn't charge me
And they gave me some coffee
And they didn't charge me
And when I was broke, I needed it more
And...
I went to a coffee house
Right next to the music conservatory
And they gave me some food
And they didn't charge me
And they gave me some coffee
And they didn't charge me
And when I was broke, I needed it more
And now that I'm rich, they give me coffee
But I appreciate it
Because they make very good coffee
And I think that it is the coolest coffee shop
Because everyone's not so fucking (sour/dour) like they are at other coffee shops
Well God damn
Couple corrections--It's "Got into a van" instead of band, and you left out the last verse that goes "Now they save me my place/ Over there in the corner/ and I never get tickets/ now I only get warnings/ But when I was broke I needed it more/ but now that I'm rich they give me free coffee."
Anyway, I think the meaning is fairly obvious, he joined a band and his life changed! The song highlights and makes fun of the fact that nothing's for free when you're a nobody, but once you're famous people just start giving you free shit.
The story Ben tells when he plays Toronto/Rochester is that the song emerged from a coffe shop in Rochester (Java's) by the Eastman School of Music. The version he plays in Rochester is different, but the chorus is identical.
The story Ben tells when he plays Toronto/Rochester is that the song emerged from a coffe shop in Rochester (Java's) by the Eastman School of Music. The version he plays in Rochester is different, but the chorus is identical.
He played it in '07 at the RIT Field House, and again a few weeks back at Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY.
He played it in '07 at the RIT Field House, and again a few weeks back at Waterstreet Music Hall in Rochester, NY.
I went to a coffee house Right next to the music conservatory And they gave me some food And they didn't charge me And they gave me some coffee And they didn't charge me And when I was broke, I needed it more And...
I went to a coffee house Right next to the music conservatory And they gave me some food And they didn't charge me And they gave me some coffee And they didn't charge me And when I was broke, I needed it more And now that I'm rich, they give me coffee But I appreciate it Because they make very good coffee And I think that it is the coolest coffee shop Because everyone's not so fucking (sour/dour) like they are at other coffee shops Well God damn
-- Rochester Lyrics -- Courtesy of Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U-9FVoIF68