jdmel Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 from http://www.dickstaub.com/culturewatch.php?record_id=711 ay 11th, 2005 "Darth Vader still rules the Dark Side according to a USA Today online survey. The Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kaysettes Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 So young Christians MUST learn to use the of the lightsabre. Yes! Finally, church is worth it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Yes! Finally, church is worth it! Just be careful to pony up when they pass the collection plate around or you may end up frozen in carbonite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Just be careful to pony up when they pass the collection plate around or you may end up frozen in carbonite. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chip Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Pardon my ignorance, but I thought the song was about heroin, not the devil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Calexico Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Has Tweedy had a heroin problem? I don't recall that,I do recall the prescription drug thing but that's about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speakingoftomorrow Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I thought the song was actually about recovery. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wilco LP #7 Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 you guys are thinking too small. the song has something to do with temptation, a human emotion, not something as deducible as a single drug or drug problem, even if that's what originally started the songwriting here. whatever is chrome was probably jeff's source of temptation. something like the container his painkillers were in maybe? I really dont know these things, and its not entirely important, because, suffice to say, i understand the song on an emotional level. Nothing embodies the conflict that the song represents better than Tweedy's solo, which sounds struggling, resistant to a beautiful evil, on the verge of giving in. But does he give in? This is what I've always wondered. In terms of real life documentation, we all do know that Jeff went into rehab right around that time, so it can be assumed that his problems were present. But man, I really still can not tell whether or not, in the context of the song, he gives in. What do yall think? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 I don't think the song contains that episode. It seems like there is no mention of contest, just a strange and sleepy decent into something comfortable, otherworldly and suspect. It always reminds me of the scene in Train Spotting when McGregor OD's and he falls through the carpeted floor while Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" is playing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted April 1, 2007 Share Posted April 1, 2007 Yes! Finally, church is worth it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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