Magnetized Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Riiiiight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamradio Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Chinese Apple understands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Not that I am not intrigued by Atticus's interpretation -- the annals of his mind certainly deserve further probing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Annal probing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Please mind the children Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Let's move on lest we delve too far and touch a nerve. The gloves may come off then! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Winston Legthigh Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 You should keep the gloves on if you're going delving. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 I honestly have never given a fuck what songs mean. I put no time into thinking about it. When the lyrics are obvious as to meaning, okay. When the lyrics are not obvious, okay. I just enjoy the song or I don't. I never really think about it. I probably don't enjoy music as much as others. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sonnyfeeling Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 "She's a Jar" is the prequel to "Bull Black Nova." Fact. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 It's all well and good to say that the song means what you want it to mean, as long as you want the song to be about drugs, which it is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 "She's a Jar" "Via Chicago" is the prequel to "Bull Black Nova." Fact. Fixed it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 This song has been ruined by y'all -- I can't listen to it now without having to consciously dodge thoughts about drugs and sexual deviancy. It was definitely more enjoyable for me as a simple ode to domestic abuse. Sometimes this board is a disservice to Wilco... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 No, we need more of this, not less.I love this thtead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 This song has been ruined by y'all -- I can't listen to it now without having to consciously dodge thoughts about drugs and sexual deviancy. It was definitely more enjoyable for me as a simple ode to domestic abuse. Sometimes this board is a disservice to Wilco...I feel your pain. What started as a new poster's sincere attempt at digging into the meaning of a song with enigmatic lyrics turned into a sarcasm fest about girls with big boobs and heroin. Heavy lid, indeed. Hopefully the song isn't really ruined for you, Chinese Apple. It's one of their prettiest, IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sonnyfeeling Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 What started as a ... sincere attempt ... turned into a sarcasm fest... This is how the Internet works. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 This is how the Internet works.Touche. It would suck, though, to hear She's A Jar, and from here on out not be able to banish intruding thoughts of s&m and track marks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Well, to quote Pogo, "they is us." This message board is what we want it to be. I try not to take the bait when the trolls post stuff that's just snarky and mean. It's odd that interminable--and ultimately pointless--political discussions are more interesting to most of our members than sincere discussion of Jeff Tweedy's songs. We can choose what we want to read and respond to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 10, 2012 Share Posted June 10, 2012 I may have been over-confident in my own ability to filter out some of the sillier things I read on this thread. But seriously I cannot listen to that song now. It came up on random shuffle today and i had to skip. I think there is something insidious about reading verses hearing something in conversation because reading is done in your own minds voice. I hope I can restore the song after enough time passes, or maybe if I get to hear it played live in the near future. (Going to all three Italian shows in October. Yay!) Best case scenario would be if Jeff intros the song and says for certain it is not about jugs or drugs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I may have been over-confident in my own ability to filter out some of the sillier things I read on this thread. But seriously I cannot listen to that song now. Have you tried not listening to it seriously? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Have you tried not listening to it seriously? Clever! Clearly you always win at this, Atticus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I may have been over-confident in my own ability to filter out some of the sillier things I read on this thread. But seriously I cannot listen to that song now. It came up on random shuffle today and i had to skip. I think there is something insidious about reading verses hearing something in conversation because reading is done in your own minds voice. I hope I can restore the song after enough time passes, or maybe if I get to hear it played live in the near future. (Going to all three Italian shows in October. Yay!) Best case scenario would be if Jeff intros the song and says for certain it is not about jugs or drugs! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chinese Apple Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k Of course, my dear. All in good fun. No hard feelings. I'm obsessing over another song today. And apologies if I offended with my rude junior high innuendos about probing annals of the mind, etc. Don't know what came over me. I'm just in here hiding from an impending deadline. (I think I need to pay my therapist 90 dollars to talk about my compulsion to always have the last word...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 OP's first mistake was not reading the board and understanding that the yuck monkeys were getting restless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I have always thought that the song is about someone who is repressed, not introverted. But who knows? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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