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My Morning Jacket => The Music => Topic started by: whitepepper on Sep 24, 2005, 05:36 AM

Title: The Way That He Sings
Post by: whitepepper on Sep 24, 2005, 05:36 AM
The Way That He Sings...who or what do you think its about??
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Post by: EC on Sep 24, 2005, 09:32 AM
QuoteThe Way That He Sings...who or what do you think its about??
Al Green.
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Post by: ratsprayer on Sep 24, 2005, 09:36 AM
QuoteThe Way That He Sings...who or what do you think its about??

i really thought its neil young.
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Post by: primushead on Sep 24, 2005, 09:58 AM
I thought it was about kermit the frog :)
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Post by: sweatboard on Sep 24, 2005, 11:05 AM
Rupert Holmes or Grahm Parsons
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Post by: jose on Sep 24, 2005, 11:20 AM
Wayne Coyne
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Post by: ratsprayer on Sep 24, 2005, 11:30 AM
wait, its john tesh.

doesnt your mind blow to bits, too?
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Post by: Jellyfish on Sep 24, 2005, 12:47 PM
Elvis.
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Post by: Chills on Sep 24, 2005, 12:50 PM
And the contestants are...

the lead singer from Rush (what's his name?)
Lemmy
The guy from Supertramp
Bon Scott
Black Sabbath era Ozzy
The guy from Canned Heat that sings "Going Up The Country"
Scatman John
Shaggy
Barry Gibb from the Bee Gees

It must be about one of these talented singers!
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: Jellyfish on Sep 24, 2005, 02:20 PM
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the lead singer from Rush (what's his name?)

Geddy Lee...he is an awesome bass player as well...much underated IMO.
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: Chills on Sep 24, 2005, 02:23 PM
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Geddy Lee...he is an awesome bass player as well...much underated IMO.

Thanks!
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Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Sep 24, 2005, 08:19 PM
QuoteThe guy from Supertramp
The guy from Canned Heat that sings "Going Up The Country"
It must be about one of these talented singers!

That would be:

1)  Roger Hodgeson
and
2)  Bob "The Bear" Hite
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Sep 25, 2005, 02:05 AM
in a way, i see it as the bands anthem. Them sort of saying that thats what they hope to achieve through their music, because that's the thing they most aboslutely love about music. Not the words that he says or the band...something beyond musical examination and just purely emotional, and that's how MMJ strikes me. Moreso than any other band.

Kind of like "Whiplash"for Metallica or Bad Company's "Bad Company", but waaaaay better.
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: Chills on Sep 25, 2005, 02:30 AM
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That would be:

1)  Roger Hodgeson
and
2)  Bob "The Bear" Hite

Haha thanks a lot.
I knew the other guy was "Blind Owl". Ain't that cool.
Bring the boogie!
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Post by: EC on Sep 25, 2005, 06:08 AM
Does anybody get the outdoor concert feeling when they hear the intro of this song?  I have got that feeling ever since I heard it.  
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Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Sep 25, 2005, 05:21 PM
QuoteDoes anybody get the outdoor concert feeling when they hear the intro of this song?  I have got that feeling ever since I heard it.  


yeah me too--but from watching the 2003 Bonnaroo dvd
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: corey on Sep 25, 2005, 05:33 PM
So is it definitely about Al Green? Isn't that how it was introduced in Nashville last year?

I missed Al Green last night. He was playing at the same time as the Black Crowes. Had to go with the Crowes.

Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: EC on Sep 25, 2005, 09:11 PM
QuoteSo is it definitely about Al Green? Isn't that how it was introduced in Nashville last year?

I missed Al Green last night. He was playing at the same time as the Black Crowes. Had to go with the Crowes.

What?!  No, I totally made that up.  It was the first thing that popped in my head.

I think he talked about Al Green at Nashville, but not that specifically...
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Post by: MMJ_fanatic on Sep 25, 2005, 09:27 PM
I'm repeating an earlier post by me in another thread somewhere on this forum, but I believe this is an open statement by Jim left for you to fill in the blank based on what you're digging at the time.  Its like one day I'm jonseing to hear David Gilmour's whispery smooth voice and the next thing I'm spinning is Pavarotti.  Get my drift?...
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Post by: aMillionDreams on Sep 26, 2005, 05:43 AM
Call me crazy, but I always thought that this song was about Jim.  I guess it could be a tribute to someone else or an open-ended thing but it fits so well with Jim's music, I always assumed he wrote it about himself.
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Post by: whothrewthecake on Sep 26, 2005, 08:25 AM
i think it's about all the music jim loves. it's about the way a song moves you or makes you feel rather than a certain look or feel to the band, or on a larger scale, the music industry and its obsession with the way things look. longest sentence ever.  [smiley=beehive.gif]
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Post by: EC on Sep 26, 2005, 08:41 AM
Quotelongest sentence ever.  [smiley=beehive.gif]
Perhaps so, however, probably highly accurate.   [smiley=beatnik.gif]
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: whothrewthecake on Sep 26, 2005, 10:10 PM
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Perhaps so, however, probably highly accurate. Ê [smiley=beatnik.gif]

thank you, thank you very much!  [smiley=elvis.gif]
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: Oz on Sep 27, 2005, 02:06 PM
Perhaps so, dear buddy whom we occasionally refer to as 'whothrewthecake', though your real name would probably be something else, considering that whothrewthecake is also a line from the song 'How do you know?' of the band that most, if not all, of us on this forum that we tend to visit wich is a part of this website, like, or even love, called My Morning Jacket, wich could be a clue that it is not your real name, for it would be a rather strange coincidence that someone with a certain name, that he or she has had since the day of his birth, for that is usually the day people achieve their names, would later on in his life become a fan, or an admirer, or just a casual but appreciative, if that's a word, listener of a band that has a song in their catalogue wich has a line wich is exactly the same as the name of that person, especially considering that that line does not refer to a name, for the words that comprise the name of this person are not used as any sort of name in the line of the song, but it looks as if you have been a little too hasty concluding that your sentence, wich is, if I'm correct 'it's about the way a song moves you or makes you feel rather than a certain look or feel to the band, or on a larger scale, the music industry and its obsession with the way things look' is the longest sentence ever, for as I have hopefully stated here with some clarity, wich was at least my purpose when I started writing this reply on your post, that it is, if not easy, then at least not all that hard, to write a sentence that is considerably longer than yours, though perhaps of less value and containg less elements that actually mean anything or that anyone would care to read, but nevertheless longer, and since I am but a casual amateur writer, whose mother tongue is also not English, but, on the contrary, Dutch, one would think that other, more advanced writers with a better knowledge of the English language, have written even longer sentences, though at the moment I must admit, for I have always been known to tell the truth, the truth, and yes, nothing but the truth, the groundstone of democracy, might I say, aside from freedom, ofcourse, and what not, that I do not have any proof or examples of that, but a common sense of logic and probability would cause us to think such, doesn't it?
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Post by: EC on Sep 27, 2005, 02:20 PM
Yes, O.  That would be true, I would think, too.

Well.  I guess whothrewthecake will have to hand over the belt.

(The beehive lady is still all yours. ;))
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Post by: whothrewthecake on Sep 27, 2005, 02:42 PM
i give in to you, O. you are the master of sentences.  [smiley=guitar.gif]

i also feel like this smiley thing could get out of control.  [smiley=beehive.gif] [smiley=beehive.gif] [smiley=beehive.gif]
Title: Re: The Way That He Sings
Post by: Sleazy Rider on Sep 27, 2005, 03:00 PM
O is the one that is real!!!
O is the one that is real!!!
O is the one that is real!!!
Killer sentencing on your part buddy, your sentence had me on the edge of my seat for at least 1.5 min. Waiting for that fucking period.  I couldn't hold back my laughter which started as silent but grew slowly to a climax of feel good gafawing. Hats and toupe's off to you my friend.    :D ;) ::)  No Control.