I checked previous topics and didn't see anything similar. So what's your favorite mmj quotes or lyrics and why? Of course this depends on your interpretation of the lyrics, but that will make it fun. So here's mine...
"but I know there's someone that loves up above
and want to fix you a dream.
He wants to sit down and think.
He wants to pour you a drink.
And you wont feel a thing...you wont feel a thing."
This is from strangulation obviously. I think this is the saddest and most emotional song i've ever heard. It's so hard to explain...we hear the sad stories from both m/f and at the end we have this "universal solution". I feel like the end has a little bit to do with a higher being, such as god. I just love the relationship that Mr. Jim James presented with the lyrics. It blasts my mind thinking about god pouring me a drink and telling me everything will be just fine and there is nothing to worry about. ( Normally we don't associate having a drink and god together. )
Sorry if this was nothing more than a rant...but I want to hear your favorites.
Quotebaby. there's just one thing
one thing that does it
does it for me
baby. we'll find a way
we'll go out
out for a day
and I want it so bad! it's the first thing I see when I wake
so bad! it's the first thing I see when I wake
I don't know why, but these words "ring true like burning coal" as it were...they really feel like a powerful testament to allure of addiction. now, whether that addiction is to drugs, booze, love, Jesus, politics, Gorton's Fish Sticks, or what is a mystery.
and it's that mystery that is so confounding, yet appealing. i try not to read deeply into the lyrics (too much) and have been amiss at even looking at the lyric sheets...it's all about the context and perception of those lyrics at the time i first hear it (live or otherwise). i don't get into the whole "gotta know what he means" kind of thing as I think I know the feeling of what is trying to be conveyed to the listener.
that, in a nutshell, is my take on why the music is so powerful-the feeling. it makes you feel powerful, meloncolic, depressed, sad, angry, happy, joyful-sometimes all at once-and as Jim so eloquently said all those years ago "we're trying to put feeling back into music". i'd say he's done a fine job of it.
I go for the romantic stuff:
Why's it so great just to wake every day alive and by your side?
So simple but it says it all :)
I believe my choice has been obvious for awhile :)
Nothing wrong with simple and to the point. A lot of the times a single sentence can say a lot more than a paragraph.
It was kind of tough picking between the above and "the fact that my hearts beating is all the proof you needed." That quote is permanently imprinted in my brain for a special someone... If I were ever to get a tatoo it would be those words.
Why's it so great just to wake every day alive and by your side?---I love the pause after alive. It gets me every time.
Personally, though, of the many mindblowing lyrics, I have to go with:
Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall.
I always hated losing stuff down there when I was little, but the best part is, there is no hypocrisy whatsoever in that statement by Jim. Smalltown Kentucky boy becoming an international rockstar by doing all he could to make his dream a reality. So inspiring!
QuoteWhy's it so great just to wake every day alive and by your side?---I love the pause after alive. It gets me every time.
Yes...i cant help but singing that part especially loud everytime i hear it. I can't sing very well, but who cares.
to anyone who wondered
what old jebus meant to me
take him out to go diving
in red patoka sea
the brain melts in the twilight
with the boar and moving trees
your skin looks good in moonlight
and god damn those shaky knees
the fact that my heart's beating
is all the proof you need
:o WOW!
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your skin looks good in moonlight
and god damn those shaky knees
I must admit these 2 lines have always struck a nostalgic lump in my throat--aahhh parking ;)
I'm a big fan of Strangulation, as well.
But I also like By My Car - I really dig the point of view that the song comes from, and the defiant ending, even if it's most likely a lie; "Los Angeles ain't that far and all the rest of the girls said they'd be there, by my car."
Has to go something like this
'Beat this thought into your head:
Sayin over and over again
All your life is obscene
Forget the papers
Forget you musical dreams
But that's when my knife rises
Their life ends and my life starts AGAIN'
Man, what a way to open an album of pure genius. For me,it kinda sums up everything MMJ stands for. Standing up against mediocricy, against cynical people holding you down. Doing things your own way even when you are doubting yourself and regardless how hard that road will be, and it will be hard.
'Sometimes i wonder why that meek guy has all the fame,
Maybe i'm to blame
For this short bitter fucked up life'
I think Jim may have doubted himself and the possibility to reach people with his music, but he never compromized, because deep down he felt what he was doing was right and real in a world ruled by fake stars who have 'all the fame'.
But there are many others
'feeling you here again
Hot on my skin again.
Feelin good a thing i'd never known before
What does it means to feel? Millions of dreams come real.
A feeling in my soul i'd never felt before...mmm...'
Nothing to add here: just beautiful...
Quoteoh soldier you look so strong.
who held you that you fought so long.
who told you that you left me amazed.
there's something left i gotta say.
how long can you stay?
i been waitin all day...
i been meltin away...
just to send off with you.
come closer. come closer.
My MMJ confession...
I was held and loved for a short while by the most tender lover I may ever know because of this song.
hmmmm :-/
;)so far...
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My MMJ confession...
I was held and loved for a short while by the most tender lover I may ever know because of this song.
Ah! A mystery...
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Ah! A mystery...
Velma-- you, Shag and Scoob go check out the dungeon. Daphne and I will explore the bedroom!
'Don't let yoor silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall' Amen.
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Velma-- you, Shag and Scoob go check out the dungeon. Daphne and I will explore the bedroom!
the mystery machine rules! but we digress...
Rut Row Raggy!!!! :o
scooby snack time!
:Dpromises, promises. ;)
Quote :Dpromises, promises. ;)
hey that reminds me of a classic 70s song who can remember the artist?.... ;)
my grandma used to fix me scoobie snacks...
well this thread has just totally derailed... :P
lol
just putting the thread back on track...
"Hopefully it occurs to me that there's one thing I cant stand.
That's the thought of a single day, without your head in my hand."
beautiful...
oh shit run!
;DROFL!!!
i've known you for years, i know all your moves, i just
cant believe that it caved in this soon. and i'm playin it over and over
again in my head.
Makes me want to cry! I really, really, LOVE this song.
"all alone at the end of the day. really tired it's time to hit the hay.
it was always good to hear you say:"you never were a drawback, you always were an asset, you never were a drawback, no you weren't." put away your corset, put away your shoe, put away the old september blues."
I know I just quoted the whole song, but i think about this song as a sad lullaby. If the kids young enough they wont understand anyways...its just the tones that count.
I'm suprised we haven't seen..."and if all else fails, i'll come running back, wonderin where you went with my heart" That one is sad :-/ It is an echo of my life.
ALSO...the melody at the end of I will sing you songs stirs a lot of emotions in me. I know it doesn't have any real lyrics, but it is amazing.
"tell me im wrong, tell me im right, tell me theres nobody else in the world..."
"yeah you only gotta dance with me..."
Wow! Thank you all, I haven't cried in years...
My contribution (hope its not a repeat):
Lowdown, cheatin'
Sho' no need for repeatin'
So love, dawg, can't you see
That you never gotta fight with me?
Hurtin', beatin'
Ain't no need for repeatin'
So love, dawg, can't you see
That you never gotta bleed for me?
Chancin', glancin'
Sho'nuff mood for romancin'
So love, dawg, can't you see
That you only gotta dance with me.
Very simple. Very annoying to English majors. But who can't relate in one way or another? I sure wish I couldn't... :'(
yea I have to admit a special soft spot for Lowdown ;)
Me too. Like you, fanatic, my first album was At Dawn, and Lowdown and The Way That He Sings were the first tracks to grab me. I soon started to love the others, but those two will always have a special place for me.
I love hearing these stories.
For me, I didn't hear them on the radio at all-my first MMJ notes were heard LIVE, which still gives me chills doooooooooooowwn my spiiiii-ine.
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For me, I didn't hear them on the radio at all-my first MMJ notes were heard LIVE.
You're a pioneer!!!
the first notes I heard of MMJ (incl Jim's voice) was:
AT DAAAAAAAAAWN THEY RISE AGAIN!
and the rest, as they say is history
Have to say I'm addicted to those 'soft and warm' references
you know what?....
I've NEVER heard MMJ on the radio. :'(
I'm spreadin' the word as much as I can...but I'm still in a minority in this area... :-/
Quoteyou know what?....
I've NEVER heard MMJ on the radio. :'(
I'm spreadin' the word as much as I can...but I'm still in a minority in this area... :-/
attagirl!