My Morning Jacket

My Morning Jacket => The Music => Topic started by: Bigsky on Aug 13, 2008, 03:46 PM

Title: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 13, 2008, 03:46 PM
I've been listening to "The Okonokos Project," (thank you Croweyes) and I have really enjoyed "Where To Begin." Is this a MMJ original? Doesn't anybody else feel this song? I would love to hear this live...
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Angry Ewok on Aug 13, 2008, 03:56 PM
It wasn't written by Jim James and Co., but I love it.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: The Drake on Aug 13, 2008, 04:19 PM
QuoteIt wasn't written by Jim James and Co., but I love it.

umm...yes, it was.

Great song, btw.  Maybe you're thinking of "Same in any Language" which was written by Nancy Wilson and Cameron Crowe.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Angry Ewok on Aug 13, 2008, 04:23 PM
Yeah, I was thinking of Same In Any Language. Nevermind.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 13, 2008, 04:34 PM
Have they played it recently?
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: The Drake on Aug 13, 2008, 04:35 PM
Not that I'm aware of.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: BH on Aug 13, 2008, 05:44 PM
QuoteHave they played it recently?

Don't forget about the awesome "search" function that is available in the new "Archive" section thanks to Riny!

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/archive/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=5&searchword=where+to+begin&submit=Search&searchphrase=exact&ordering=newest
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: thatswhatshesaid on Aug 13, 2008, 07:01 PM
it was on the elizabethtown soundtrack i believe, wasn't it? a friend emailed it to me and i never looked up the origin. i love the song and wish they would play it live. although i had listened to them a year or so before i heard that song, it really sealed the deal with me.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: weeniebeenie on Aug 14, 2008, 06:23 AM
I love this song. It reminds me of summer.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 14, 2008, 08:44 AM
Quote
QuoteHave they played it recently?

Don't forget about the awesome "search" function that is available in the new "Archive" section thanks to Riny!

http://www.mymorningjacket.com/archive/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=5&searchword=where+to+begin&submit=Search&searchphrase=exact&ordering=newest

Thanks BH.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Love Dogg on Aug 14, 2008, 09:42 AM
QuoteI love this song. It reminds me of summer.

It reminds me of me.  :-?
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 15, 2008, 11:03 AM
Up and up and up I climb,
When I came up I was so far behind,
My head takes a lickin',
But my heart keeps on tickin,
Just the same.

Always startin' over but somehow,
I always know where to begin.

Round and round and round I ride,
And just when I looked I hadn't even began,
To feel the effect,
A cool, dark fever,
On the brain.

That feelin' takin' over,
Like a holy rollercoaster,
To the grave.

How can I await the day?
And last the night I'm here to see?
How do I await the mother lode?

It's the art of feeling naked in your clothes.

Again, again, again I tried,
That's how I knew I would never be denied,
That face in the mirror,
Who could it be? It was my own.

That cool, dark figure,
That's when I knew I was alone.

On and on and on I drive,
When will I know I have finally arrived?
So far I've gone, so far to go,
It never ends.

Always starting over but somehow I always know where to begin,
Always starting over but somehow I always know where to begin,
Always starting over but somehow I always know where to begin.



So nice....
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: BH on Aug 15, 2008, 12:22 PM
Wow, I got chills just reading the lyrics for crying out loud!

On and on and on....
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 15, 2008, 02:30 PM
How come this never made it on a studio album? I could see it being on At Dawn. Any one know why it never made the cut?

Don't get me wrong, the live version is perfect.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: DaFunkyPrecedent on Aug 15, 2008, 02:34 PM
always been one of my favorite MMJ tracks...I relate to these lyrics more than any other
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Kris on Aug 15, 2008, 02:35 PM
QuoteHow come this never made it on a studio album? I could see it being on At Dawn. Any one know why it never made the cut?

Don't get me wrong, the live version is perfect.

A studio version was on the Elizabethtown soundtrack...
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Kris on Aug 15, 2008, 02:37 PM
http://search.playlist.com/tracks/where%20to%20begin#

second listing.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Kris on Aug 15, 2008, 02:47 PM
IT'S THE ART OF FEELING NAKED IN YOUR CLOTHES
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 15, 2008, 05:03 PM
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QuoteHow come this never made it on a studio album? I could see it being on At Dawn. Any one know why it never made the cut?

Don't get me wrong, the live version is perfect.

A studio version was on the Elizabethtown soundtrack...

I would love a mp3 of this, but itunes makes you buy the whole album. Anyone know where to get this studio version...it sounds sweet.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: threecrookedhearts on Aug 15, 2008, 06:22 PM
http://www.spin.com/audio/elizabethtown-soundtrack/where-begin-my-morning-jacket

Does anyone have "Same in Any Language"?
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 15, 2008, 10:52 PM
Quotehttp://www.spin.com/audio/elizabethtown-soundtrack/where-begin-my-morning-jacket

Thank you Sir.

Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: tomEisenbraun on Aug 16, 2008, 02:32 AM
is it odd that two of my top 3 of these guys' songs are b-sides?

Where to Begin
Oxen (How Could I Know)
Butch Cassidy
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Bigsky on Aug 16, 2008, 08:19 AM
Quoteis it odd that two of my top 3 of these guys' songs are b-sides?

Where to Begin
Oxen (How Could I Know)
Butch Cassidy

I don't think it's odd, I just wish MMJ would release them. I don't know if there are any MMJ songs that I wouldn't want to hear. I can't believe I just discovered Where To Begin a couple of days ago...
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Jellyfish on Aug 16, 2008, 07:24 PM
One of my fave MMJ songs fer sure.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: dhollensbe on Aug 17, 2008, 10:21 AM
Glad they brought this off the shelf...thought this was the highlight of the show last night in terms of bust outs but then COBRAAAAA!!!!! made the night.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: alexzbik on Aug 19, 2008, 03:19 PM
hasto mkae you think maybe somebody from the band reads the board since they busted this out saturday night in louisville.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Kris on Aug 19, 2008, 03:21 PM
Song probably makes them think of Louisville, hence the performance.
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Clarkwork on Aug 19, 2008, 08:02 PM
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QuoteI love this song. It reminds me of summer.

It reminds me of me.  :-?

I feel the same way.  I've always related to this song.  One of my favorites.  
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: suspiciousK on Aug 20, 2008, 11:21 AM
Quotehasto mkae you think maybe somebody from the band reads the board since they busted this out saturday night in louisville.

It was awesome to hear it live in Louisville...

...and it made Elizabethtown so much better of a film.  :-?
Title: Re: Where to Begin
Post by: Jbones72 on Aug 21, 2008, 11:08 PM
That's the song that really introduced me to the band, I bought the Elizabethtown soundtrack because Crowe's are usually great. Once I heard that song I knew I'd love this band, plus I saw JJ on the Gram Parsons tribute DVD!! :D