cuneyt81 Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 right here: http://treblezine.com/features/118.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 Wilco - "A Shot In the Arm" (Reprise, 1999) There's something painfully tear-jerky about a sad lyric set to a particularly beautiful arrangement; this is something Jeff Tweedy knows all too well. Wilco's third album summerteeth contained 14 such emotional maelstroms, its single "A Shot in the Arm" being one of the heaviest. Its tune is graceful and elaborate, yet upbeat, simultaneously borrowing the best of The Beatles, Big Star and The Beach Boys to be reconfigured into an awe-inspiring original. Tweedy's lyrics are somewhat cryptic. As he sings "the ashtray said you were up all night" he could be speaking to a friend or a lover, or even himself, and creates a clever musical metaphor with the lines "we fell in love/ in the key of C" and "you followed me down/ the neck to D." Some speculate the song is about drug use, its imagery of needles and "something in my veins bloodier than blood" used as central themes. Only Tweedy knows for sure. Yet two simple words, the quiet resignation in his remark "you've changed," are by far the most devastating. Long before he admitted as such, Jeff Tweedy was trying to break our hearts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewR Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 I can't believe that some people thought this song was overrated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmackey34 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 "A Shot in the Arm" was the first Wilco song I ever loved... it's just an incredibly fucking fantastic song, especially live. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mpolak21 Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 Radiohead took the top two spots, maybe a little excessive but I can't say I disagree with anything in the top ten. Any list with Neutral Milk Hotel that high is fine by me. --Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virtualreason Posted August 3, 2007 Share Posted August 3, 2007 That list needs MORE RADIOHEAD! But #13 sounds about right. Suspiciously absent from the list: MMMBop! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Glad Nirvana isn't in the top 10. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 That list needs MORE RADIOHEAD! ugh no it doesnt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 ugh no it doesnt I'm pretty sure 1/10th of that list was Radiohead. And I've yet to hear a single thing by Radiohead that makes me say "wow." I may be in the minority on that, but they're not that great. I can understand a few songs by them on there because I know they have a fairly sizable fan base but please... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
virtualreason Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Songs you need to hear: How to Disappear Completely, Idioteque, Paranoid Android, Street Spirit, and (my all-time favorite song) Fake Plastic Trees. That's just my shortlist, but they're Radiohead's best songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Lists are ridiculous anway(ask half of a yearly subscrption to Rolling Stone) but it was nice to the boys so high. And Pavement. And Neutral. Air? Who actually bought that album? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radiokills Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 I'm pretty sure 1/10th of that list was Radiohead. And I've yet to hear a single thing by Radiohead that makes me say "wow." I may be in the minority on that, but they're not that great. I can understand a few songs by them on there because I know they have a fairly sizable fan base but please... yay! finally! someone who wouldnt go gay for radiohead! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hi my name is Lee Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 That was a pretty good pop list, I think. They might be giants should have been in the top 10, "Birdhouse in your Soul" is such an achievement in songwriting. The list was overwhelmingly white too. annnnnd. I bought that Air album Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Not a bad list there (Diamond Sea, Carry the Zero, Black Hole Sun to name a few), but way too much Radiohead fluffing imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted August 4, 2007 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Am I the only one who is not aware of this trebel 'zine? The blurb on "Shot in the Arm" was good, though. The only Radio Head song I believe I would know if I heard them on the radio is "Creep." I did see them on a late night talk show about 5 years ago and thought the tune they did was decent, but as much as I've tried I can not get into their music. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dondoboy Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 That was a pretty good pop list, I think. They might be giants should have been in the top 10, "Birdhouse in your Soul" is such an achievement in songwriting. The list was overwhelmingly white too. annnnnd. I bought that Air album You gave it to your little sister though, right? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 They might be giants should have been in the top 10, "Birdhouse in your Soul" is such an achievement in songwriting.I like you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
remphish1 Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Yay Elliott Smith, Blur, Bjork, TMBG, Radiohead, REM sounds like a perfect list to me! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Kinsley Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 The list was overwhelmingly white too. You'd think that the decade where hip hop broke out big time would have more than the Beastie Boys and Snoop.* Both deserved it, but even if rap isn't your thing, it deserves more of a nod than that. Was Lauren Hill on there? Also, I was pleasantly shocked to see Wilco not only on the list, but so high up. Actually surprised that Uncle Tupelo didn't make the cut. * There may have been more, but I'm too lazy to go back and check. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chi2785 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 wow lots of elliot smith Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SlowBurn68 Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Wilco - "A Shot In the Arm" (Reprise, 1999) ...As he sings "the ashtray said you were up all night" he could be speaking to a friend or a lover, or even himself, and creates a clever musical metaphor with the lines "we fell in love/ in the key of C" and "you followed me down/ the neck to D." Some speculate the song is about drug use, its imagery of needles and "something in my veins bloodier than blood" used as central themes. Only Tweedy knows for sure... Maybe I'm wrong, but I just can't see Jeff using needles. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chendizzle Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 wow lots of elliot smith Deservedly so. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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