My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods

[fkinbs]

The thrill of songs like "They Ran" or "Butch Cassidy" is the haunting loneliness in each of them

I'm not sure I agree with your full post because I love delving into artists as much as possible to see where they were coming from when they wrote .... whatever.  Luckily I haven't ruined any artist for myself like you have mentioned.  The mystique still remains I suppose to some extent because I still don't truly know the artists as people.

But I point out your post because I love that line that you wrote.  Not even necessarily for those songs either, but I think that sums up Jim James' writing for me.  Well done.

[Bigsky]

TBW...is that the end of the book? What happens to Jim Jimmy James?

[Love Dogg]

TBW...is that the end of the book? What happens to Jim Jimmy James?

Then, little Jim Jimmy James's reflection picked up a guitar and taught Jimmy Jim James to play and write and sing.  Then he melted faces for the rest of his existence.  THE END.

[tbw]

[buymycar]

Uh oh...stalemate.  His reflection wants him to come into the closet...hmmmm...is his reflection trying to tell him something?  heh

Thanks for the latest installment, tbw.

[kev]

...but I don't know if that'd enhance the music, or spoil the magic...

...I think the need for that comes from stripping away and digging away at the music trying to find the soul inside of it, but by shedding it back so far, we lose an essence of it that's irreclaimable...

Totally agree, the mystique and finding your own meaning is what is so great about music and songs.  I have had the same thing happen to me with one of my most favorite songs ever by DMB, #41.  Once I read what the meaning behind most of it was, it was wayyyyy different from what I had envisioned and it took a long time to try and forget what he was singing about when I heard it and go back to enjoying what I thought it was about.  

[tbw]

[easy way]

Nice V! That shit is hot. I'm loving this story. Eating cookies to calm my nerves now...

On topic though... I enjoy the overall mystique, but have also found great inspiration in what I do know about the history of the band and of certain song meanings. The way that I see it... I will know what I need to when I need to in order to evolve through the Jacket.

Maybe a comic book first...or a pop up book!

[buymycar]

Oh no!  Poor guy is having a schism with his reflection.  I hope that they can reconcile!

Who knew that a kid's book could be so deep psychologically?

[BH]

The flying V is a wonderful touch tbw.  Verrr niiiiice!

[Bigsky]

TBW...thank you. I love the flying V

[Penny Lane]

Just caught up and read this thread!! i'm on the edge of my seat!! pre-beard Jim!  

[whyteand82nd]

HAH what an awesome-yet kinda sad book.

[B.B.]

This thread is awesome but it needs an update.  The tension is killing me!

[easy way]

Yeah. Is that the end of the story or what? I'm scared... :-/

[tbw]

[buymycar]

Uh oh!  Is he going to ditch his reflection now?  He can't stand to hang with his reflection, so therefore, he can't stand to hang with himself?

Am I reading too much into it?  Damn you, Freud!

Sometimes a flying v is just a flying v.

[sweatboard]

I'ts all starting to come together now, "sittin here with me and mine, all wrapped up in a bottle of wine, little we can do, I'm going to play my moms vagina now"

[easy way]

Eeeeeeeeeeee!!! Yeah, that's right...is that a picture of D.C. riding a horse in the mountains? Get 'um!  ;)

[Willplaysguitar]

Jim wrote some pretty freakin' weird fiction, back in the day. I think he ought to get back into that.

Where can i find this?