mountain bed

i'm with gamecocks. it's damn good but almost too depressing for me to listen to.

Wow...too depressing?? Never thought I'd hear those words on a JT-related site

and yet another for Mr. Heartbreak...

JOE (somewhat exhausted):

These executives have plooked the fuck out of me

And there's still a long time to go

Before I've paid my debt to society

And all I ever really wanted to do was

Play the guitar,and bend the string like

Reent-toont-teent-toont-teenooneenoonee..

I've got it

I'll be sullen & withdrawn

I'll dwindle off into the twilight realm of my own secret thoughts

I'll lay on my back here till dawn in a

Semi-catatonic state

And dream of guitar notes that would irritate

An executive kind of guy..

(And sure enough,Joe dreams up a few of those guitar notes that every executive despises...those low ones...every exec knows it's only the records with the high-squeally ones that get to be hits...except for Duane Eddy)

Well I guess that one did the trick

If they only coulda heard it

Have a dozen of 'em woulda strangled

While they was suckin' on each other's dick

But that was only a bunch of imaginary notes I played

Just a little extra somethin' to keep me

Goin' from day to day

But that's okay...

I'll be gettin' outta here pretty soon

Then I won't have to live in this ugly fuckin' room

Can't wait to see

I can't wait to see what it's like

On the Outside Now....(etc.,etc.,etc...)

(and Joe just lays there dreaming of imaginary guitar notes for years on end,until they finally let him out...)

The B-Side is gonna be called "The Claritin Allergy Song"

I'll hope for the best here but my respect for these guys went down the tubes years ago.

Who---do you think you are?

What do you mean

When you put us all down

Walkin' round in circles

With your nose to the ground

You think you're sayin' something

Because you're makin' a sound

You say you've seen it all

You don't want to see no more

But you don't get up & go

Until they throw you out the door

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

I'ts a long,long,long,long way to go home

Any which way you are tempted to roam

It's a long,long,long,long,long,long way

Way to go home

Who----'s it remind you of

What do you do

When you do your own time?

Did you run away

From the scene of the crime?

I feel as though I know you

Could you spare me a dime

It's a lot less than prison

But it's more than a jail

I'd tell you all about it

But that's another tale

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

Any which way you are tempted to roam

It's a long,long,long,long,long,long way..

You say you've seen it all

You don't care to see no more

Of the hungry,the homeless

The sick and the poor

You say you've seen enough

To last you all your days

Like the moon in high Heaven

You're just going through a phase

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

Any which way you are tempted to roam

It's a long,long,long,long,long,long way

Way to go home

Who----do you want to be?

What do you need

To set your body free?

I don't mean to pry

This ain't no third degree

But looking at you baby

You remind myself of me

There's any way to tell you

Any way,any way to persuade

I'd really love to spare you

The mistakes I've made

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

It's a long,long,long,long way to go home

Any which way you are tempted to roam

It's a long,long,long,long,long,long way

Way to go home

RIP Vinnie!

Everybody has been burned before

Everybody knows the pain

Anyone in this place

Can tell you to your face

Why you shouldn't

Try to love someone

Everybody knows it never works

Everybody knows,and me

I know that door

That shuts just before

You get to the dream

You'll see

I know all too well

How to turn,how to run

How to hide behind

A bitter wall of blue

But you die inside

If you choose to hide

So I guess instead

I'll love you...

I got this in the mail yesterday and it's actually pretty good. Probably the most shocking was Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love) at #65. I agree he's a great songwriter but he had to be one of the more obscure acts on the list.

Vigilantes of Love..WOW! Hadn't heard that name for years...my wife & I had our 1st date seeing those guys at the Patio(a Tupelo stronghold) & we were impressed

Kudos,Groo! I'll be adding this one..

once was a young man

who had a strange dread

from the tops of his shoes

to the bottom of his head

put his face to the wall

as he got up out of bed

he was drawn to the call

never knowin where it led

the strangest feeling grew & grew

and through his mind it spread

somehow everybody knew

the secrets in his head

with no mistake from what he heard

a most uncommon sound

his vision blurred,his breathing stirred

no reason could be found

no reason could be found

so he turned out the lights

and he locked every door

tried everything he might

but he heard it all the more

then he ran to the hillside

and he wandered by the shore

heard the sound even louder

than the ocean's mighty roar

so he sat right down,the truth to learn

brushing back his wild mustache

and as he left no stone unturned

his life before him flashed

his mind complained,his body groaned

his faith put to the test

and making no left turn unstoned

he got it off his chest

straightforward,he confessed

so the story doesn't end here

if it ever does at all

just a letter to the sender

handwriting on the wall

take a ride by the hillside

take a wander by the shore

hear the sound even louder

than the ocean's roar

hear the sound even louder

than the ocean's roar...

It's the agnostic atheists!!!!

--Robert.

Hey now,let's not offend!

Scott

I'll be watching

 

I know this is hardly 'going out on a limb',but that's the best damn movie I've ever watched..

Probably be nuttin' but hoops for me this weekend

Scott

"Pale Blue Eyes" is good, but yeah, the whole adultery angle to it could make it weird. I was speaking from experience with "Perfect Day" though--that song is gold.

Both good choices...since we're talking Looooo,if they're into the kink,"Venus in Furs"

Ok then,I must say my wife loves Mountain Bed & California Stars..bless her..

Scott

Some thoughts & opinions from Row #19...

I would've wrote more last nite but we were all wrung out from the daze events..including someone hitting my truck on the way down Everyone was OK tho...

After that,things improved significantly.Wine tasting at Olivers in the afternoon,excellent Dragonfly I.P.A. at Upland pre-show (thanx for the heads up on that place,Boots )

As for the show itself,nice call to open w/ Airline on the day after Easter! I've been to a number of tour openers with other bands (esp. GD) & they usually have a rough kind of electricity all their own...cues blown,little mistakes but HIGH energy! Not really the case for most of last nite....what i heard was a very professional,well-oiled machine cranking out the stock setlist w/ few surprises.Not a bad thing at all,but I DO love surprises!! As has been said,setlist zen IS the key to enlightenment.

Very strange crowd at first...then Jeff started talking about Woodgrain's letter.Not long after he seemed to goad the crowd into loosening up a bit & BOOM!! People start running down front to the pit (thought it was a Phish show there for a minute).Damned if ya do,damned if ya don't.

Spiders I found to be especially good..near the end of the song,they dropped it down to a near-whisper & then SLAMMED right back into the finale

I agree w/ This Year's Girl in that Always in Love was a definite highlight for me...actually the run from about Monday on was really rockin' & achieved some transcendence..it just wasn't one continuous mind-blower.

My wife was at her first show & LOVED it! Got many of her faves so that was nice...I think she's been converted!

Absolutely a fine evening W/ perfect weather & an excellent show! Thanks to all!!

Scott

Woody to open,Woody to close

Scott

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