What was the first Jacket song that you heard?
For me:
Wordless Chorus
But when i really HEARD them it was Off the Record.
Lowdown@Bonnaroo '03.
The legendary Conan O'Brien performance of "One Big Holiday".
i listened to golden on headphones at waterloo records when i was thinking about buying it still moves. THE REST IS HISTORY.
I think it was it's about twilight now. but the first one that really sank in was nasheville to kentucky from the This is NOT America documentary
Mahgeetah was being played on Dark Side of the Radio. It Still Moves was being ordered 3 minutes later.
whothrewthecake - you're an Austinite!
Waterloo had Chocolate & Ice at a listening station (heard 'em thru headphones the first time as well) - and that was it for me...
Their opening song at Sloss Furnace was Off The Record... I hadn't heard a chord of their word until seeing them live.
I ordered AD after reading an article about the band in Mojo.
I'd not heard anything until the CD arrived so my first song was At Dawn.
At Dawn...I was in love before the song was over.
One Big Holiday on Conan. I would like to thank Conan personally if i ever got the chance.
Does anyone have a link to that Conan performance? I'd love to see it again.
"OBH" on Conan, but really fell in Love with them while listening to "Lowdown".
"I will be there when you die" was mistakenly labled as
God speed you Black Emperor on a MP3 player I had. That was the very first song I've ever heard from the Jacket.
When I did the Godspeed search, I relaized it wasn't them.
So I figured it out, and the first album I purchased was "Z"
and I then started to procure each and every recording I could possibly find.
At Dawn
:o
It was weird and different and there was a magical creature singing to me from outer space.
Later, I found out that Jim James was actually a wise and talented earthling who happened to love reverb.
The Way That He Sings........
i was hooked. immediately. and forever.
Mine was "I Will Be There When You Die" because a friend wrote this line down on my arm and I didn't know what it meant till I searched that line in Google. and there it was: My addiction to my morning jacket began at that point :)
QuoteMine was "I Will Be There When You Die" because a friend wrote this line down on my arm and I didn't know what it meant till I searched that line in Google.
How cool is that?!!
See if I don't try my best to write MMJ lyrics on the arms of random persons I meet from this day fourth!
I wanna scribble lyrics on a girl's arm.
:-[
I'm a very lonely person.
QuoteI wanna scribble lyrics on a girl's arm.
:-[
I'm a very lonely person.
poor boy :-*
I heard a collection of their stuff at my boyfriend's house and liked it, but the first song I heard was OBH. He likes it more than I do, but it's growing on me. :P
I think the first time I really fell in love with a song was Off the Record. :D
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poor boy :-*
board crush?
oh yeah, I think I'm pragnant :o
one big holiday was the first song i heard then golden, magheetah, and so on
QuoteDoes anyone have a link to that Conan performance? I'd love to see it again.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVs6SWuDn_4
Like dragonboy, red, and Chills, my first song was At Dawn. First track on the first cd I got. I really didn't know what to make of the cd at first, but I kept listening and kept listening. And then I listened some more.
I had read about them before I heard them. I was intirigued.
One day golden come on radio and within 20 seconds the hair on my neck was standing up and I had a rush like this is something I need. I bought the album that day and listened to it straight through about six times. I went from I'm not sure if I understand these guys to this is the greatist band ever in about 2 days. It's only gotten better since then.
golden. on austin city limits. i was originally watching the show because death cab for cutie was playing. it was a deacent show. then a bunch of awesome looking bearded guys come on stage and blows my mind. the second i heard that lap steel line in golden i was hooked.
I think I've posted this on another thread, but..
It was "Golden." We (college radio station) got the CD, and my music director came running in the studio all "You HAVE to listen to this song."
I did. And the rest, as they say, is history.
I think I have to be boring and say Off The Record. Sorry, but that's how it was.
i think the first song i really heard was One Big Holiday!!
Quoteoh yeah, I think I'm pragnant :o
Wasn't me.
;D
QuoteI think I have to be boring and say Off The Record. Sorry, but that's how it was.
Hey, at least it wasn't the 'Year in Review' track off of Split: Ohia.
8)
QuoteThe legendary Conan O'Brien performance of "One Big Holiday".
i second that. I have never seen Conan act the way he did to any other band....they blew my mind and i couldn't even see jim's face still probably one of my favorite tv performances from any band ever
QuoteHey, at least it wasn't the 'Year in Review' track off of Split: Ohia.
8)
YES! You're right. It wasn't.
A few years ago somebody name dropped MMJ in a thread about post-rock. My curiosity was peaked and so I zipped over to this site, watched the video for "One Big Holiday" and proceeded to congradulate myself for discovering a geniuinely kick ass rock band.
Mahgeetah
My brother lent me the disc when we learned that MMJ was opening for Wilco in June '05.
IA song was on the radio. It was haunting and different and my ears pricked up, but they never said who it was ...the song was golden. But I saw "anytime"on conan with the masks and recorded it and played it over and over...Checking out those background vocals. I got some money and baught Z then the ep with sooner then It still moves and found that song golden that I had heard on the radio along time ago
I heard "Xmas Curtain" (pretty sure this was it) on a CMJ Disc around the time At Dawn would have been fresh on the shelves...didn't do much for me, and I think it's not the best song to introduce MMJ to someone with.
About a year or so later, I heard "Come Closer" and was stunned. I just fell in love with that song, and soon after, "O.." and "How Do You Know" were favorites as well, along with "Phone Went West".
I kind of laxed in my interest in the band after that, until that fateful Conan performance, in which my jaw hit the floor like so many others. I get chills thinking about it. :)
whatever they opened up with that night at the mercury paw back in 98 or 99.
Well medicated on red wine, a friend played phone went west, i went west down to the record store and grabbed everything i could find
probably wordless chorus. i went & bought Z (after searching around for ages) on the strength of a fairly amazing review and article in i think fader (? i'll have to check this, could be wrong) mag..... the band & the music just sounded so interesting i had to have a listen.
i was hooked by about half way through the song, but jim's vocals at the end just simply blew my head off... i absolutely LOVE that feeling!
At Daaaaaaaawn they ride again... :o
I tuned in to Austin City Limits to watch Wilco. I'm so glad that I lasted through Conor Oberst's annoyingness long enough to catch Jim singing "Golden" with Conor and M Ward after the Wilco show.
Tom Miller played "death is the easy way" for me a couple of times, then he made me a mixed disc, i fell in love with golden and PWW immediately, these days when i listen to something other than MMJ i almost feel dirty.......what a wonderful man
I WAS WANTING SOME "ICE CREAM." HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT.
FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT IN THE DARK. HE POPPED A TAPE IN THE DASH OF HIS CAR.
AND WHEN THE SINGER STARTED TO "SCREAM". I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE MEANT.
I NEVER KNEW FOR SURE -
First time was "One Big Holiday" from a Bonnaroo CD, I think from the 2004 Festival. First live song was "Off the Record".
Mahgeetah
I used to listen to Windows Media Player Internet radio station while at work in my cube. It was an indie station. Mahgeetah and Dancefloors were always on.
Between those 2 songs and the album cover with the bear, I was hooked. I bought It Still Moves used from Newbury Comics in Mass, and I haven't looked back since.
I remember when I went to the counter to buy it, the sales girl (a gothish looking chick) said have you heard At Dawn yet? I didn't really know what she was talking about. Then she said it's a summer album. It's great to just sit outside and listen to. I thought she was talking abotu It Still Moves. But in retrosepect she was talking about At Dawn.
Both, by the way are fantastic summer albums. Z is a Winter Album.
Long story, sorry.
Dee
QuoteMahgeetah
I used to listen to Windows Media Player Internet radio station while at work in my cube. It was an indie station. Mahgeetah and Dancefloors were always on.
Between those 2 songs and the album cover with the bear, I was hooked. I bought It Still Moves used from Newbury Comics in Mass, and I haven't looked back since.
I remember when I went to the counter to buy it, the sales girl (a gothish looking chick) said have you heard At Dawn yet? I didn't really know what she was talking about. Then she said it's a summer album. It's great to just sit outside and listen to. I thought she was talking abotu It Still Moves. But in retrosepect she was talking about At Dawn.
Both, by the way are fantastic summer albums. Z is a Winter Album.
Long story, sorry.
Dee
Great Story! At Dawn is spring, TF fall, ISM summer and Z winter. Very good. I think TF will be played very soon.....
I saw jim james on Austin City Limits with that douche from Bright Eyes.. They played Golden . It's still one of my faves. Also, Dondande live is pretty amazing.
I'm sorry.... I forgot.... I heard the cover of Call Tyrone long ago. I got it off Limewire. I can't wait till the 12th. It'll be m'birthday, yall... may be the show of the year! i've got lofty expectations...
I went to a show of theirs once without knowing any of their music. They opened with At Dawn. I fell in love the moment Jim James started singing and haven't looked back since.
I am tired of Flava Flav.
i used to listen to a lot of PHISH (still do!! hehe)... and i was talking to this girl about how great they were.
she said, "i don't listen to that hippy shit."
i said, " oh i bet you are an 'indie-trendy' girl aren't you??" HAHAHAH
she said, "i'm really into this band MY MORNING JACKET"
i said, "what do you like about em?"
she said, "his voice"
so i downloaded some songs and put them randomly on a few mix cd's. one morning i'm in the shower listening to a random mix, and right after van morrison's 'tupelo honey' this incredible song came on. i stopped washing myself and just sat there and listened to this song in the reverb of my shower. i was FLOORED!!!
the song was THE WAY HE SINGS!!!
i also heard dancefloors on the other mix and the same thing happened while driving. got home from work that day, looked em up... it was the jacket... it was over from the start!
Hey welcome aboard blaine! As you can see I've been stuck on TWTHS for some time now ;). I imagine the sound qulity in a bathroom puts a whole new spin on their awesome sound!
QuoteHey welcome aboard blaine! As you can see I've been stuck on TWTHS for some time now ;). I imagine the sound qulity in a bathroom puts a whole new spin on their awesome sound!
It does! I found that out when I tiled my bathroom a couple weeks ago. They should record their next album in my shower.
Lowdown, it touched my soul. I was harboring baggage from past relationships and Jim spoke to my hurt as well as my willingness to convince a girl that she had nothing to worry.
"Cause you only gotta dance with me".
God bless them!
thanks!!!!
i RARELY post on these boards, but i do read them at least 3 or 4 times a week!!!
and yes... the reverb of the bathroom works great for a "reverby" band like the jacket!!
all that being said... my roommate is a pretty incredible musician, he just set up a studio in our basement,
i'll keep you posted when he gets some tunes out there!!!
beware, it's good!!
At Dawn.
Bermuda Highway <3
The Bear on our local college radio station about 3 or 4 years ago. It will always be my favorite song.
Bermuda Highway
i was introduced to'em on ACL after death cab. I had originally watched the show to see DCFC. After they were done i was like "well, that was ok i guess" then these absurdly long haired fellows come out and play some gorgeous song featuring a lap steel....... Golden. and it definatly was golden.
The Bear, in the kitchen of the restaurant I worked at on the summer of 2000......instahooked
At Dawn I believe. My brother saw them at 9:30 club Jan. 04 I believe right around the time Quaid and Cash left, like right before maybe? He said I should check them out. Later that year my friend read about them in Rolling Stone and bought At Dawn, and he played it for me. I enjoyed it but since I didn't own it I didnt get to listen to it really. The same friend brought Z over shortly after it was released, and that was when I was slammed on the ground and fucked silly by the all-mighty MMJ nymph.
One Big Holiday in an American Eagle Store. Intrigued I inquired and the staff did not know who the group was.
I had purchased It Still Moves (earlier that day)after reading the Harp magazine article Dec 2003, yet I hadn't played it yet.
20 minutes later after Magehtah, Dacefloors and Golden, there it was the Song.
At Dawn was the first song when I bought the CD, then Lowdown was the first song that got me into them, I didn't love them til a bit later.
First heard- If it Smashes Down
First heard live- Anytime
Both were completely fitting.