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Post by scoOter on Jul 30, 2005 9:05:05 GMT -5
I don't see the connection Mr. Goddamn Lets all answer it this way DTAS 'Mats to U2 is like .... London Calling, Clash is to The Alarm help me out with this people. careful now. i like the alarm (not as much as the clash, though). wait. what's that? oh! no, dtas doesn't sound like u2. |
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Post by scoOter on May 27, 2005 18:28:16 GMT -5
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)".
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 9:19:30 GMT -5
dyslexic heart fer instance.....as soon as that puppy fires up with the nana's, i love it in a way that i didn't ten years ago. and i love that it's the opening song.... unprompted, my 3 year old son started singing along to the na-nana-na, nanana-nana part. it was priceless. |
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Post by scoOter on May 20, 2005 15:55:05 GMT -5
the song is anti mysogynistic, but instead it is a chivalry song; which some people might find a little condescending.
big difference between mysogyny & chivalry.
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 9:44:56 GMT -5
The way I'm reading it is that he isn't calling the woman a bitch but the guy who she is with ("he") is calling her a bitch. I’m out and shouting next time he starts calling, “C’mon c’mon c’mon little bitch” Paul calls her "little child" and chastises her to keep her pride. Granted, he isn't above a little mysogyny at times so I could be wrong. ah, that could be it. i'd have to sit down with the song, and get all the lyrics out to form a full opinion on them, but my first impression is that it sounds like a song a brother would write about a bad situation a sister is in her significant other. |
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 9:28:05 GMT -5
oh and could a song called c'mon little bitch be any less mysogynistic? finally. i have been meaning to post this very thought. the only thing i wonder about is the "bitch" him/herself. is the "bitch" the dude? or is it a woman? drop the word "bitch" and the song is undeniably a feminist manifesto. the word "bitch" certainly makes it interesting, though. "a woman's place ain't in the house. that joker hasn't learned it yet. slap the taste right out of his mouth... c'mon c'mon c'mon little bitch." doesn't he also call the man a "fascist", too? also something about biting his hand next time he beckons... almost fugazi-ish lyrically. then the word "bitch". it's weird. |
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Post by scoOter on May 18, 2005 15:17:41 GMT -5
this is an out-there suggestion, but i have, since hearing about the tracklist, thought maybe the inclusion of "man without ties" is a nod to us.
i mean, it wasn't a hit. it is rarely played. he tossed it off while waiting for a pizza to bake.... also, if we are to believe the rumors, the title "besterberg" comes from us, and i have to think the inclusion of "gun shy" on the 2nd leg (or third, or whatever it was) was due to all the rambling on done here about how great the song is....
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 15:19:44 GMT -5
"taps" is definitely there.
stern can suck it.
and i'm getting piss drunk tonight.
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 13:40:59 GMT -5
Imagine my surprise. Pass the Kool Aid  on another day, i would freak out, but today i haven't the energy, dear. |
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Post by scoOter on May 18, 2005 9:39:47 GMT -5
An abject butchering. Just like What Kind of Fool Am I and Postcards In Paradise. wow! couldn't disagree more. love all of those. |
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Post by scoOter on May 20, 2005 12:21:47 GMT -5
Back in '93, I read a review that claimed WCF was obviously about Cobain (Spin, I think). The lyric "Whose suicide you're on" struck me as eerily prescient after KC offed himself. well, i'm glad spin knows so definitively who the song is about. i'm also glad to know they don't know what they are talking about. |
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Post by scoOter on May 20, 2005 12:19:32 GMT -5
Sort of changing the subject, but does anyone know what MTV perfomance Paul walked out of? /smartassinisity on any one he would've been invited to... \smartassinisity off |
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Post by scoOter on May 20, 2005 12:07:21 GMT -5
areg, i was responding to the bestberg notes in which paul said people THOUGHT the song was about another rock star. cobain is the most obvious one you would think about. so, i knew paul was referring to cobain, but that was a mistake people were making. from day one, i assumed it was about himself. paul has mentioned people thought he wrote it about tommy, but again, i think he wrote it about himself. |
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Post by scoOter on May 20, 2005 10:30:18 GMT -5
I remember some interview where Paul was directly asked if "Fad" was about Cobain. His answer was: "No, I never respected him enough to write a song about him." i always assumed he wrote the song about himself. |
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Post by scoOter on May 18, 2005 9:49:34 GMT -5
i KNEW it was cobain! the lefty thing is interesting, too.
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Post by scoOter on May 19, 2005 9:14:49 GMT -5
i find this song to be one of the rare positive westerberg songs.
just love it.
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Post by scoOter on May 17, 2005 16:11:42 GMT -5
beautiful.
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Post by scoOter on May 17, 2005 16:16:00 GMT -5
who was that? who said that? someone DARED call angels walk subpar?
c'mon c'mon c'mon wouldn't fit AT ALL on an album like "eventually". it's a great outtake, but it wouldn't fit the album. maybe it would fit the feel of 14 songs a little more.... all that i had would DEFINITELY work on "eventually", though. and it should've.
glad i get to hear them both on "besterberg".
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Post by scoOter on May 13, 2005 15:55:50 GMT -5
Or maybe these guys figure they'll hold some chestnuts back so they can have a retirement fund. bob mould has called these his only "life insurance policy". |
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Post by scoOter on May 12, 2005 18:20:14 GMT -5
I've been singing this out loud all day at work today. It's criminally catchy. kathy, you do like 'a star is bored', right? |
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