"These chickens are fish in a barrel
And the tall one is gonna be for sale"
A now departed friend had a theory that this line was a pointed reference to Harvey Danger, and specifically Sean Nelson. Sean was the tallest member of HD, and indeed just tall in general, and in the early 2000's HD was on hiatus with Sean joining TLW. (Hence his linkage to "the tall one is gonna be for sale"....jumping from HD to TLW)
So, When I Pretend to Fall was released in 2003. At a TLW show in Chicago circa 2007 he went up to John Roderick pre-show with this theory, and John always playing coy just kind of laughed it off. However, Blue Diamonds was of course a regular part of the set list at this point. He and I score front row standing places for the show, so John def saw us from the start of the set. It's Blue Diamonds time and right as this lyric comes up John stares directly at us with this big sh** eating grin staring right at us and nodding.
For my friend, this was all the confirmation he needed.
Now, to be fair, John might have been just playing with us....it's not outside of his nature.....we'll never know for sure.
"These chickens are fish in a barrel And the tall one is gonna be for sale"
A now departed friend had a theory that this line was a pointed reference to Harvey Danger, and specifically Sean Nelson. Sean was the tallest member of HD, and indeed just tall in general, and in the early 2000's HD was on hiatus with Sean joining TLW. (Hence his linkage to "the tall one is gonna be for sale"....jumping from HD to TLW)
So, When I Pretend to Fall was released in 2003. At a TLW show in Chicago circa 2007 he went up to John Roderick pre-show with this theory, and John always playing coy just kind of laughed it off. However, Blue Diamonds was of course a regular part of the set list at this point. He and I score front row standing places for the show, so John def saw us from the start of the set. It's Blue Diamonds time and right as this lyric comes up John stares directly at us with this big sh** eating grin staring right at us and nodding.
For my friend, this was all the confirmation he needed.
Now, to be fair, John might have been just playing with us....it's not outside of his nature.....we'll never know for sure.