Relatively Clean Rivers Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Where does the title come from (and I don't mean "from Jeff Tweedy's brain")? How does that relate to the lyrical content or anything? I'm just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tapmyglass Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I don't know if he intentionally took it from this source, but it is in Toni Morrison's "Beloved". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdmel Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 its my fav. wilco song so id actally be interested to know this as well.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
winter party person Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I don't know if he intentionally took it from this source, but it is in Toni Morrison's "Beloved". great book. I vaguely remember this line, but i forget the context. When do they say it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HighFives Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I took it as like how much his kids look like him or something. the songs seems to be about family/raising kids. ie "the door screems I hate you." like a kid yelling that to a parent from inside his room with the door closed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I took it as like how much his kids look like him or something. the songs seems to be about family/raising kids. ie "the door screems I hate you." like a kid yelling that to a parent from inside his room with the door closed.I've always thought of "the door screams I hate you" as a slamming door. I always imagine it's a screen door that bounces back and slaps against the door frame a couple of time as the person who has slammed it drives away in anger. This probably has nothing to do with the actual song, it's just the visual I get when I hear that line. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc4prez Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 I don't know if he intentionally took it from this source, but it is in Toni Morrison's "Beloved". That would be really cool if it is, I just finished reading the Bluest Eye. I always took it as a child screaming at a parent from inside his room with the door shut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lost highway Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Yeah I think the kids/relations sharing facial features makes sense. The song seems to span eras and family members in a way that creates a loose kind of temporal distortion. These old ideas of struggling families (working in the gold mine) give way to a present scenario that has a similar kind of angst. Stories fit into phones, houses hemmed into homes etc. Through the chaotic world people find someway to bind a family together. Happy holidays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scalzunfield Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I don't know if he intentionally took it from this source, but it is in Toni Morrison's "Beloved". Man I hope not or that would instantly become the most redeeming quality of that book for me. I really had a hard time making it through that a couple years ago in college. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cash Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 I don't know if he intentionally took it from this source, but it is in Toni Morrison's "Beloved".He takes all his words from the books that you don't read anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdmel Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 He takes all his words from the books that you don't read anyway. that was too easy and we all already thought that. way to make that lay up though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OOO Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Beloved is my least favorite book of all time! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
idigworms Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 great book. I vaguely remember this line, but i forget the context. When do they say it? "Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me." So this ties in rather well, considering the context. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest David Puddy Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Beloved is my least favorite book of all time! same here. just terrible. also, you are my face is probably the one of jeff's songs that i've never been able to understand, even somewhat. i have just no idea what he's saying, but i love it none the less. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AFlyOnTheWall of the LOFT Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Chinese Apples is a book too. It shines to the touch! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
winter party person Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 "Beloved, you are my sister, you are my daughter, you are my face; you are me." So this ties in rather well, considering the context. yeah, whether or not hes purposefully referencing the book it's definitely expressing the same theme Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cash Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 that was too easy and we all already thought that. way to make that lay up though. lol Hey, no one else was going there, so i did.it was toooooo easy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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