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My Morning Jacket => The Music => Topic started by: chunt983 on Mar 04, 2005, 07:58 AM

Title: "It Beats for you"
Post by: chunt983 on Mar 04, 2005, 07:58 AM
What album is this song from? Anyone have the lyrics to it? Is it a cover? I have no idea! I am listening to the live cd and this song is great, and I can't seem to find any info on it.
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: CC on Mar 04, 2005, 08:18 AM
it's a new song.
probably included on the next album.
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: primushead on Mar 04, 2005, 08:50 AM
QuoteWhat album is this song from? Anyone have the lyrics to it? Is it a cover? I have no idea! I am listening to the live cd and this song is great, and I can't seem to find any info on it.

Yeah, i was listening to it on the Bonnaroo live cd.  Great song.
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: loper on Mar 07, 2005, 12:24 PM
If this song is typical of what Jim is currently composing, then the new album is gonna be awesome.

So many composers' creativity dries up sooner rather than later.  Jim's seems very fertile, still!
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: EC on Mar 07, 2005, 06:02 PM
That reminds me:

Does anybody remember any articles that talk about the songwriting process?  I'm interested in Jim's process, and I'm also interested in how they all work to make it happen.

If there is no such article in existence, we should make that happen.  

(Sorry, completely off topic, but I finally got the new M. Ward album tonight at the holy realm of Soundscapes, and a song just came on that I remember from the concert, and I got a couple of chills.)
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 07, 2005, 06:32 PM
I think the band's length of existence and increase in attention will lend itself to interviewers becoming more probing in their line of questions to the point where we will see them ask about just those issues
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: EC on Mar 07, 2005, 10:49 PM
QuoteI think the band's length of existence and increase in attention will lend itself to interviewers becoming more probing in their line of questions to the point where we will see them ask about just those issues
Huh.  So nothing yet, eh?  That's so ridiculous.  That would be the first question I asked if I were interviewing them.

Hm.  Hm hm hm.  

Okay.  Lemme work on it.
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: CC on Mar 08, 2005, 01:45 AM
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Huh.  So nothing yet, eh?  That's so ridiculous.  That would be the first question I asked if I were interviewing them.

Hm.  Hm hm hm.  

Okay.  Lemme work on it.

jim shines some light on it in these articles:

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/Press/guitaracoustic0804.html

http://www.jambase.com/headsup.asp?storyID=4515
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: EC on Mar 08, 2005, 08:52 AM
merci Riny!  ;)

on edit:  Okay I just read them.  I like how Jim says that most of the words just pour out in a stream of consciousness way, and then he figures 'em out later.  Or doesn't.  I like that.  

Interesting points:
-talking about the band name, instead of a burned out old dorm room or whatever it was, they said they went down to a basement and saw an old strip club, and there was a robe with MMJ on it.  
-Jim doesn't drink?  What about Mahgeetah?

I'm a little slow - when exactly did Patrick come on board?  Was It Still Moves his first record with them?
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: CC on Mar 08, 2005, 10:51 AM
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I'm a little slow - when exactly did Patrick come on board?  Was It Still Moves his first record with them?

yep, ISM was his first.
patrick joined in 2002.
 
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Mar 08, 2005, 07:49 PM
like the insight from the guitar world acoustic article--thanks dude :)
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: Low Roller on Jun 23, 2005, 05:42 AM
Just listened to the Bonnaroo CD, and I love the song It Beats For You!
I'm trying to figure out the lyrics for this tune, but I'm having some problems... some help?

Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: EC on Jun 23, 2005, 07:30 AM
Oh man.  I saw fanatic up there and I got a little excited that he was back.  But he isn't - it's an old post.

Damn it.  :(
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: Low Roller on Jun 30, 2005, 01:25 AM
Sooo... nobody has lyrics for this new tune?
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Jun 30, 2005, 01:48 AM
haha, i just decided i liked this song. I'm workin on making this more accurate, I'm downloading a couple different version to cross-reference myself.


you can see and not believe
heart beats the wavelength
who can say but never do?
the things you say to someone new
all that was and all that will be
so it lights in dark will be
in tune with you
(no idea)
who can count the time i beat
with my hands?
who can stop the smoke from breathin
in my hands?
words will come and words will go
make believe in overthrow
just believe and you can do
you know my heart it beats 4 U
it beats for you....oh
so in time with me (?)
your thoughts
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: aMillionDreams on Jun 30, 2005, 08:39 AM
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so untied with me (?)

Good work!
I thought it was: 'So in time with mine'
Like musical time, i.e. beats
Just a thought
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Jun 30, 2005, 09:26 PM
i think you're right. I just took a listen to last years Bonnaroo while downloading some other bittorrents, and threw down a rough spec, and when i went back to edit, our houses wireless server decided to not respond. So that is an extremely rough draft.

There's a couple lines that need fixin in there.
Title: Re: "It Beats for you"
Post by: Low Roller on Jul 01, 2005, 06:53 AM
Thanks dude!