Went back a few pages and didn't see this topic here so thought I'd ask (even if I am repeating a thread :))
SO WHAT'S YER FAV MMJ LYRIC?
My personal choice for top choice to date is:
"Your ass, it draws me in like a Bermuda highway"
mmmm mmmm good lyric--testify y'all!
I think we have had this before, but it was a while ago. What the hey, let's go for it :D
1. Tell me I'm wrong, tell me I'm right, tell me there's nobody else in the world.
2. Why's it so great just to wake every day alive, and by your side?
3. Oh shit, run!
QuoteI think we have had this before, but it was a while ago.
ok, I got really motivated and looked at all 18 pages of topics in The Music heading and could not find one with this title--maybe under another heading (or maybe I had an original idea wheeee!) whichever, I still like taking lyrics! ;)
"Don't let your silly dreams fall in between the crack of the bed and the wall"
(and from the same song - it seems to be popular)
"Two times I fell asleep in a dirty basement, snoozing in the cobwebs and the cement."
"All your life is obscene. Forget the papers, forget your musical dreams."
"As long as you keep a straight face I will be there when you die."
"And you always told me no matter how long it holds me - if it falls apart or makes us millonaires - you'll be right here forever, go thru this thing together and on heaven's golden shore we'll lay our heads."
Hmmm. I could go on for a while, but those are some of my favourites. Little snips that pop into my head constantly.
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
Yeah we've had this topic before because I remember someone posting "oh shit run" and I remember posting these lyrics from steam engine.
I also love............
to all the people i've loved... don't think poor of me
it wasn't till I woke up... that I could hold down a joke or a job or a dream
but then all three are one in the same
From AT DAWN....
try to walk this earth an honest man,
but eveil waves at me its ugly hand.
The radar watches me from above, shouting down:
"I hope you make it on this earth."
Jim hits you right in the heart with the lyrics. He has a very charming and romantic way of putting things.
QuoteJim hits you right in the heart with the lyrics. He has a very charming and romantic way of putting things.
Not to mention surreal, sometimes. Cool.
QuoteJim hits you right in the heart with the lyrics. He has a very charming and romantic way of putting things.
Nicely said... :)
Good topic!
"I know somebody, yes I know someone, who likes to wait, likes to wait for the police man to come."
"If you're ready for him, I don't want to see it."
"and wants to fix you a dream. He wants to sit down and think. He wants to pour you a drink. And you won't feel a thing."
"Why does my mind blow to bits every time they play that song?"
"All the leather kids were loud."
"My mother held me, like a motorcycle, so warm."
And probably many more...
Quoteto 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
That is my fav as well.
I also like:
"So love,dawg,can't ya see,that you only gotta dance with me"
"That's when my knife rises,their life ends and my life,starts again"
"All alone at the end of the day,really tired it's time to hit the hay"
"So are you ready to go,my lady,I been waitin' on the boat here,I been waitin' so long"
"Devils and Demons are coming"
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"So are you ready to go,my lady,I been waitin' on the boat here,I been waitin' so long"
Oh yeah, that's a goodie.
Heh. Reading through all these lyrics, my brain feels like it's listening to one loopy, mixed up, "Best of" song.
EC took all of mine, i think.
Except maybe:
i asked where you go'd,
and you said where you went:
he took you to movies and carnival tents.
bought you big houses and payed all the rent.
and i'm playin it over and over again in my head.
oh but Los Angeles ain't that far,
& the rest of the girls said they'd be there, by my car.
Nice one tundra. I'll go ahead and add the first part because I think this is one of my favorite songs Jim has written. If I do a song for the tribute album it will be this one.
you said, evan, is comin over again. and i said, if he does, i'll
kick his head IN. 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.
"I don't want to feel a thing"
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.
Great Thread...some of you have said these but I agree on:
Why does my mind blow to bits every time they play that song?
It's just the way that he sings, not the words that he says, or the band.
Im in love with this soul, it's a meaning that I understand.
"can he see me? does he feel me? does he know me at all?"
2o times i wish you'd understand, that you're breakin the
heart of this heartbreakin man.
and you always told me. no matter how long it holds me if it falls apart or makes us millonaires. you'll be right here forever. we'll go thru this thing together
and on heaven's golden shore we'll lay our heads
Hey! The Christmas curtain falls on lawbreakers
so love dawg cant ye see that you only gotta dance with me.
Cause nothing gets you high, you're poor the day you die,
This one still tears me apart:
"And if all else fails
I'll come running back
Wondering where you went
With my heart"
And then there's this one, just because the word 'televisor' rocks:
"Always leave your televisor on
Always give your answers by the phone"
Quote"I don't want to feel a thing"
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.
Ah, yes, I forgot about that one. Damn, I really should give those albums a spin again really soon!
Control C, control V ( How handy for this thread)
just cause it starts off slow babe, doesn't mean it don't have a heart.
people always told me. that bars are dark and lonely
and talk is often cheap and filled with air.
bang! bang! goes the night.
Quotejust cause it starts off slow babe, doesn't mean it don't have a heart.
people always told me. that bars are dark and lonely
and talk is often cheap and filled with air.
bang! bang! goes the night.
Outstanding!
QuoteFrom AT DAWN....
try to walk this earth an honest man,
but eveil waves at me its ugly hand.
The radar watches me from above, shouting down:
"I hope you make it on this earth."
This was the lyric that got stuck in my head when I first started listening to the band! It hasn't been in my head for ages. Nice to have it back.
Words.
Quoteso love dawg cant ye see that you only gotta dance with me.
That line is so great. In fact, that whole song shuts my gob every time I hear it.
QuoteIn fact, that whole song shuts my gob every time I hear it.
I, er...ah....what's that mean, exactly?? ;)
If I'm talking, I don't talk anymore. :)
QuoteIf I'm talking, I don't talk anymore. :)
i kinda figured that, but hey...the dirty old man in me (read: the devil made me do it) thought otherwise... :)
Mmm, hmmm..... (most people don't admit to having a dirty old man inside of them, jc... it's creepy... :D)
Yep gob means "face", or alternately, "mouth". Like, "Hey jerk, don't you smack my gob!", or "Shut yer gob!"
(I'm sure that greggy and/or dith and/or other island UKers will correct me if I've misused the terminology.)
You've got it spot on EC :)
Sorry to interrupt the lessons in colloquial English ;D but do 'Ahhhhhs' count as a lyric? More specifically in 'Hopefully', would the ahhhs count? If so, add them to my list!
;)
Oh yeah. Aaaahs definately count. imho anyway.
QuoteMmm, hmmm..... (most people don't admit to having a dirty old man inside of them, jc... it's creepy... :D)
Yep gob means "face", or alternately, "mouth". Like, "Hey jerk, don't you smack my gob!", or "Shut yer gob!"
(I'm sure that greggy and/or dith and/or other island UKers will correct me if I've misused the terminology.)
oh right. I forgot to use the inside voice instead of the outside voice... 8)
heh heh.
;D
A few more:
"Oh,I'll never say I knew ya,but my heart can't wait to meet you on the other side"
"On these lovely trips,the conducter likes your soft brown eyes on his hair"
"So to all you frowns go down town square and get some action,from the X-mas girl who lives inside your womb"
"Cause nights tick by like a long week except when you stop by"
I can see many of us have trouble picking out just one for a fave here ;)
I'd say the end of Golden
"and you, you always told me
no matter how long it holds me
if it falls apart or makes us millionaires...
we'll be right here forever
go through this together
and on Heaven's golden shores we'll lay ours heads..."
that bit is awesome. there's a few lyrics that choke me up a wee bit we when I'm singin along, and Golden always does that.
Oh wow. I'd forgotten about that. You're right, fanatic, it's impossible to choose one.
"But seeing you feels good
and it's always understood
that anything thing much sweeter
would make me die....Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
from Death is the Easy Way---that's mine right now
I just quoted that bit to my roommate last night. She was all, "Oooooh, really? Oh my god, that's so great."
"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."
-From Old September Blues
Can it get any sweeter than that? Especially the way Jim sings those lines.
Much agreed!
These are all amazing lyrics!
Reading these makes me want a new Jacket record SOOOooo bad. I can't wait to hear what new lyrics are residing in the head of James'!
QuoteI would have to say that's right up there with my fave
Anybody been able to work out any lyrics for "Oxen" or "It Beats 4 U" yet?
"And I want it so bad
It's the first thing
I see when I wake"
"People always told me
That bars are dark and lonely
and talk is often cheap and filled with air."
"if you don't know yourself how could you ever know me"
I think that my favourite line is from that "other" member of the band at the end of Golden on Acoustic Citsuoca:
"You kick ASS!"
So hilarious.
QuoteI think that my favourite line is from that "other" member of the band at the end of Golden on Acoustic Citsuoca:
"You kick ASS!"
So hilarious.
I also like the flavorful accents from the girl in the audience during the second verse of Sooner.
I hear the islands lots of fun...
rrrrrreeeeeeeee!!!!!
'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.'
now that's what i call sweet...
I know. I've had hopefully on brain loop for the last few days. It's so beautiful. But it's one of the sadder ones. I think I'll try to get One Big Holiday back in there - get 'er goin' again!
Today was nice. My girlfriend finally got home after a two-and-a-half week internship/mission trip to Uganda, so "Hopefully" and "Just One Thing" had been runnin the brain a bit.
...and i want it sooooo bad
its the first thing
I see when I wake up...
Now that she's back, I'm givin her that "good lovin smile that's yours til the end". What a great feeling. Sorry for being a mush, but this is one of those moments where I just want the entire world to know. I want to scream this feeling from the rooftops and into the night, wake everyone from their sleep with a smile on their face, because they've all been here, and they know what it's like. O infectious love.
:)
Yes, we've all been there, Eisey, and it is a lovely feeling. Enjoy :D
i feel left out...Ive never been there....
Then you've something to look forward to :D
QuoteThen you've something to look forward to :D
Exactly! Don't you worry. It's coming... :)
See what happens when you start talking about MMJ lyrics? Everyone gets all mushy :D
QuoteSee what happens when you start talking about MMJ lyrics? Everyone gets all mushy :D
Mush it up, rocker! The world needs more mush!!
like a big bowl of cream of wheat baby!
"why's it so loud when they say it won't happen to us?"
Prophetic Jim
Came out a year before 911
Quote"why's it so loud when they say it won't happen to us?"
Prophetic Jim
Came out a year before 911
Coffee just snorted out of my nose. I first read "Prophylactic Jim". HA!
(Ah jeez, not that the topic was very funny. Sorry.)
I've got By My Car in my head, and I've had it in my head since last night when I put TF on, happening to have been in a little bit of a sad mood. And now it's stuck. But I really like this line:
"you said, evan, is comin over again. and i said, if he does, i'll kick his head IN."
There's something about it that reminds me of every guy who's loved a girl, and said girl is going out with a fucking tool, and guys want to help by being violent. But there's also a lot of hurt in there.
Anyhow, that's from a girl's perspective. Stupid Evan. What a tool.
very insightful analyis there Miss--I think yer on to something there :-/
QuoteAnyhow, that's from a girl's perspective. Stupid Evan. What a tool.
I still find 'a tool' to be one of the weirdest words in the word. What exactly does it mean? I mean, a tool is handy, I'd say. So what's the philosophy behind this word?
Err, anyway, this is just me being a language-nerd again. Please ignore me.
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I still find 'a tool' to be one of the weirdest words in the word. What exactly does it mean? I mean, a tool is handy, I'd say. So what's the philosophy behind this word?
Err, anyway, this is just me being a language-nerd again. Please ignore me.
No, O, I think that's a good question. I have no idea, but I'm going to go out on a limb...
I believe it might have something to do with our tendancy to use, ah... male and female bits as negative names. The most obvious being the 'c' word that has a different connotation in the UK than it does here. So, tool is not unlike rod, or snake, or, ah, pipe or whatever...
Maybe?
absolutely ;) a tool is most often used by hand and a guy is often happiest when his tool is in use in one way or another :D
TAKE ME OUT of this dead-end nightmare. TAKE ME OUT of this hell im in.
TAKE ME OUT of this dead end nightmare, and put me back in a world i can live.
what a breath-taking classic country harmony that Jim's got happenin there. It's things like this that make me love this band.
tHIS WAS A NO BRAINER FOR ME.
HMMM.HMM.(clearing throat)
Sittin here with me and mine all wrapped up in a bottle of wine
Oh and another one i forgot about,I also love it on the Acoustic Citsuoca Cd on the Bear he say...Theres still time to CHEEEEONGE your mind.CLASSIC JIM!
These are my favourites of those:
a-gee-yon
louwve
beee-yats
QuoteThese are my favourites of those:
louwve
Im trying to sound this one out...
(love)
:)
but where are they from? the ageeyon, is obviously "At Dawn". The others, though?
And to themadhatter, i defintely agree with the "chaaayeeeeonge" from Acouticitsuoca's "The Bear". This live version is so much more pwerful than the album cut.
bee-yats is from "Why does my mind blow to bee-yats" from The Way That He Sings.
Love is from... well, every song that he mentions love. :) (That's not a crazy one, I think it's just the accent.)
i would contest taht "bee-yats" should actually be "beeeyits".
I keep trying to pronounce "bee-yats" like "bee yachts"
Oha nd sepaking off MMJ, i just threw two more songs onto the Tab thread. "If All else Fails" and "Nashville to Kentucky". Reason I mention it is that I think you (being Megan) could probably pull off an awesome rendition of "Nashville to Kentucky". I just wish I could harmonize with myself, because I soooo want to do that middle bit live at a coffee-house. But I digress...more on Jim's accent!
IT MAKES ME WANT TO SAY BEEEYAAATCH!!!
ummm.Just forget that last comment.
Quotei would contest taht "bee-yats" should actually be "beeeyits".
I keep trying to pronounce "bee-yats" like "bee yachts"
Oha nd sepaking off MMJ, i just threw two more songs onto the Tab thread. "If All else Fails" and "Nashville to Kentucky". Reason I mention it is that I think you (being Megan) could probably pull off an awesome rendition of "Nashville to Kentucky". I just wish I could harmonize with myself, because I soooo want to do that middle bit live at a coffee-house. But I digress...more on Jim's accent!
I know harmony from Nashville to Kentucky! If we do a 2nd tribute record, why don't you record it and send it to me and I'll mix in harmony? :)
I'm listening to The Way That He Sings right now to see about the proper phonetics for beeyats. I was just gonna fast forward to that bit, but it's way too good, and it's a very very good morning song. (I didn't do very well with phonetics in theatre school. And yes. It was one of our courses.)
So I'll report back.
on edit: Okay, you are correct. bee-yits. :)
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I know harmony from Nashville to Kentucky! If we do a 2nd tribute record, why don't you record it and send it to me and I'll mix in harmony? :)
sounds awesome. you sounded great from what I heard on the tribute album. I was expectign you to sound like Melissa Etheridge, for some reason, and I was pleasantly surprised.
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sounds awesome. you sounded great from what I heard on the tribute album. I was expectign you to sound like Melissa Etheridge, for some reason, and I was pleasantly surprised.
WHAT? That's hilarious. Why? Melissa Etheridge? The "I Wanna Come Over" girl?
ha!
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WHAT? That's hilarious. Why? Melissa Etheridge? The "I Wanna Come Over" girl?
ha!
yes :-[ her, somewhow I thought hmmmm 30 years old, plays guitar and sings. Must be Melissa Etheridge. Wow. Upon listening to your tribute stuff, I must say, you remind a lot more of Lisa Loeb than Melissa Etheridge, but don't take that as an insult either, I don't listen to many female artists.
It's 11:11 - make a wish...
Lisa Loeb, eh? (I don't know her.) Well there you go.
You should listen to more girls! ;)
QuoteIt's 11:11 - make a wish...
Lisa Loeb, eh? (I don't know her.) Well there you go.
You should listen to more girls! ;)
if you had to compare yourself to a popular female artist who would you say is the closest fit?
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if you had to compare yourself to a popular female artist who would you say is the closest fit?
Oh lord, I can't do that. Oh that question just gave me a heart attack. Are you asking me for girls that I would suggest you listen to? I can do that!
Okay (whoop!)
-Gillian Welch (my favourite is Time (The Revelator), but she kicks serious ass with everything she does, so you can choose any of them)
-Neko Case (My favourite is Furnace Room Lullaby, but people really like Blacklisted, too [I haven't had a chance to sit and listen to the whole thing])
-Emmylou Harris (everything. I bet if you found every record that Emmylou Harris is on, you could listen, non-stop, for a year. My favourite is Pieces of the Sky, but Wrecking Ball and Red Dirt Girl, and even her newer one are all amazing. And I love the way she sounds with Gram Parsons.)
-Kathleen Edwards (Canadian girl. Very sexy. I just noticed that there's a good picture of Jim on her photos page at www.kathleenedwards.com)
-Lucinda Williams (my favourite is Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, which Emmylou is also on, but I liked World Without Tears a lot, as well)
-Loretta Lynn (I really like her duets with Ernest Tubb.
Honky Tonk Girl, You Aint Woman Enough, and Fist City are probably my favourite songs from her.)
-Iris DeMent (I mostly know her stuff from duets, but In Spite of Ourselves with John Prine, and I'm Still in Love With You with Steve Earle are brilliant. She has a crazy wicked voice.)
-The McGarrigle Sisters (Love Over and Over is a brilliant record.)
:)
Nice list there,EC...big fan of Gillian myself and I like Lisa Loeb's debut effort.."Tails",with Nine Stories.
Well unlike many of you I am new to alot of these songs so I cant say yet, but my fave song so far is By My Car I love that I'll kick his head in part. And then I love the lyric Does it shiver always deliver. That is so cool!!! Man I can't wait to see em live!!!! :-*
Yeah, that's a good line. It's from Mahgeetah.
Welcome, Paula :)
"A-B-C-D-E-I-A-M-O-K" Fucking Awesome, Probably my favorite line to sing along to