Best Besterberg Song Commentary

[The Indoor Boy]

Simple question. Pick your favourite of Paul's 'scribbles on the songs'.

My current favourite must be:

Stain Yer Blood

Thought this sucker was a hit.
Very much "the hell with AIDS, let's get naked."
I don't think anyone got it. I mean the song.

[angela]

I like this line in the Lookin' Out Forever notes:

Just like " Love Untold" and "World Class Fad", the cat riles me.

[cellarfullofnoise]

um, Indoor boy, poll?

angela said:

I like this line in the Lookin' Out Forever notes:

Just like " Love Untold" and "World Class Fad", the cat riles me.

i didn't understand that one

[landshark]

I didn't either. It gets him going? Or is it some reference to Josh Freese?

And what about the Love Untold and Born for Me "still hurt -- I'm told"?

[kgp]

I still like the praying in the hotel closet from 'A Star is Bored'--but I'm a girl.

And the 'Please find some pictures of me that don't suck'.'

[MWells]

Re: "the cat riles me" - I think he means Josh Freese, too. Having said "different well-written words" for Lookin' Out Forever went out the window once JF walked in and got behind the kit. Like "the cat riles me" to stop thinking and just "one-take it", as PW says in the CFMT dvd.

[Kathy]

landshark said:

And what about the Love Untold and Born for Me "still hurt -- I'm told"?

They wer written about/for the same person and still hurt her to listen to.

[GoddamnJob290]

The commentary on "It's A Wonderful Lie" gave the song a new level for me. I always felt it had the "end of a hard day of nothing much at all" feel of "Here Comes A Regular" and now I know why.

Ditto for "A Star Is Bored".

[scoOter]

taken in context with the rest of the notes, my favorite is for wad(fan):

"written for bonnie raitt, but at this rate a hit song would embarrass me..."

ha! also, i love typing "wad(fan)".