kidsmoke Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Jeff. Jeff knows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I originally had "April blush" and "some of the feeling" so who knows. I think both are right. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I thought it was "an arrow with arms open wide" which I assumed was a tip of the cap to attacking with love. But "aural" makes more sense. This our hour of arms open wide? I dunno, I've been hearing it that way recently. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yeah, that's what I thought it was. To me the song is about "Hey if you're having a shitty day, come put on this Wilco album and shit will be better." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 "Aural arms open wide" really makes sense, especially given that the next line says the same thing in a slightly different way: "a sonic shoulder for you to cry on" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yeah, but "our hour of arms open wide" makes sense in the same way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Speed Racer Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 aural/sonic is a closer connection than hour/42 minutes. How long do they think it takes to turn a record over? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yeah, you're right on the meaning. I was just comparing "aural arms" to "sonic shoulder." But listening to another version from much earlier (Madison, 11/1/08), that sounds much more like "hour of our". Or something with more syllables than aural. Hmmmmm. I just got one of the other lines too, listening to another version: Tired of being exposed to the coldstare of your stereo It's a complete sentence. Also, There's so many wars that just can't be wonEven before the battle's begun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakespeare In The Alley Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yeah, you're right on the meaning. I was just comparing "aural arms" to "sonic shoulder." But listening to another version from much earlier (Madison, 11/1/08), that sounds much more like "hour of our". Or something with more syllables than aural. Hmmmmm. I just got one of the other lines too, listening to another version: Tired of being exposed to the coldstare of your stereo It's a complete sentence. Also, There's so many wars that just can't be wonEven before the battle's begunYea, I pointed this one out earlier in this thread. That's how I always heard that line. I assumed it's just a "we do more for you than most bands you listen to" type thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yea, I pointed this one out earlier in this thread. That's how I always heard that line. I assumed it's just a "we do more for you than most bands you listen to" type thing.Ah, I see that now. Sorry, it's hard to keep track of the suggestions if they're not changed in the original posts. (Hollinger.) ( ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Excellent, Brianne! That does make sense, read as an ongoing sentence! As for the "aural" thing, it was listening to the colbert show version that convinced me...and Jeff does sometimes stretch out a syllable when necessary to fit the meter. Remember Nick Lowe circa "Jesus of Cool" ("Pure Pop for Now People", in the U.S.) when he referred to belonging to the Church of Aural Sects? (say it out loud) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 aural/sonic is a closer connection than hour/42 minutes. How long do they think it takes to turn a record over? Well, first you have to think about getting up, then have a fight with yourself about getting up, then get up, then take a leak, then get a beer, sit down, remember why you got up in the first place, have ANOTHER fight with yourself about getting up, then actually get up and flip the record over. Estimated time = 18 minutes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jrh79 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Three words: "Suburban ganster flow". Awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sunken mountain Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Thanks Donna and my nice English speaker VC ers,now I feel better:if you all can Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Sonny Feeling lyrics question: The winds are less heavy or The winds are less angry? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ryann7739 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 She knows nothing of immanence(?)Suburban gangster flow "him and his" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 holy shit, nice catch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Wilco (the song) A sonic shoulder for you to cry on. llynn - that Tweedy guy totally stole your moto!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Ok, I fixed up all the lyrics, and moved them all to a single post, so the thread wasn't so cluttered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Ok, I fixed up all the lyrics, and moved them all to a single post, so the thread wasn't so cluttered. Thanks for all your work on this! Aaaand a couple more things. First, I'm pretty sure the line in I'll Fight is "a hymnal" not "at hymnal." A hymnal is something you would hold. Also, another question. In this verse from You Never Know: There's a loneHeavy hellSynthesized about andI don't care anymoreI don't care anymore What is the middle line? Anybody? I can't tell, but I'm betting it isn't "synthesized about and." By the way, nice job ryan7739! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I dunno, I have listened to it 8000 times and that is all I could get out of it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H.Stone Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Also, I heard "gold" rather than "goal." I'll have to listen again to see, but I was pretty sure? I'm half deaf, so who the hell knows what kind of source I am. I hear "goal," but I'm annoying like that. I do think "goal" works well with the rest of the line: "The goal as I was told was a place where my body could be laid." Also, another question. In this verse from You Never Know: There's a loneHeavy hellSynthesized about andI don't care anymoreI don't care anymore What is the middle line? Anybody? I can't tell, but I'm betting it isn't "synthesized about and." Isn't he saying long, heavy hell? The other line:"Super-size it by 10"? Found that elsewhere, and now I can hear it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 That whole verse in I'll Fight has a lot of things I'm not sure about. I need another listen to it live. Can't believe I squandered an "opportunity" so recently in Milwaukee because I didn't know the song well at that point. However, I'm betting there will be more chances. Super-size it by 10 does seem to work better. Still doesn't make a lot of sense to me, though. Also, "long, heavy hell," I could see that. If I were at all musical I'm sure I would be all over the tabs forum. As it is, I'm here. Sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kidsmoke Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 It's definitely long, heavy hell, but I think we're still way off base on the next line...I don't think it's either of the lines that have been suggested. The previous line refers to hell, and I think I'm hearing the word "souls" in that next line, though I'll be damned (little pun there) if I can quite think it through. I love this code-breaking stage of hearing a new album! I know this isn't it, because it doesn't quite sync, but now I'm hearing something like, Sit (or suit?) the souls of our town. But then other times it doesn't sound like "souls", so, I dunno. Yep, totally nonsensical. You got a better idea? (I do, it's called "Somebody ask Jeff!") Alissa's just suggested a possibility...that the "s" sound beginning that line is Jeff sort of slurring together "That's in" the souls of our town...so that it sounds like: " 's in the souls of our town" I dunno, I'm probably so barking up the wrong tree here...it's probably not even a real tree, it's probably one of those badly-disguised cell phone towers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Preferred B Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Ah, we're hearing something similar. I don't hear souls, at all. But I am hearing "our town." Or "our tale." And might the verb be "size up"? Just ignore us, everyone! Nothing to see here! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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