Eels - Things the Grandchildren Should Know - Radio Paradise -Internet Radio

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Artist:

Eels [ more ]

Song:

Things the Grandchildren Should Know

Album:

Blinking Lights And Other Revelations [ info ]

Released:

2005

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May 06, 2013 - 17:24

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238 comments for this song:

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)

Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 18:07

fredriley wrote:

. . . folk have a right to say pretty much what they want on the board . . .

. . .Then quit telling me what I can or cannot say!
For what it's worth, I agree that we should avoid letting posts get personal. However, when some "musical" comments are so vile, inflammatory and non-constructive, I can't resist taking a shot, once in a blue moon.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)

Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 02:36

On_The_Beach wrote:

But of course it's OK for you to hop up on your soapbox and judge me, tell us all "The Way It Is" and how we must behave here at RP. Talk about people who live in glass houses! Yeesh. {#Rolleyes}

If you can't take it, don't dish it out. You tell people to feck off, then get the hump when someone tells you not to tell people to feck off. Figure this: RP is for anyone and everyone, as is this board, and folk have a right to say pretty much what they want on the board, including that a particular song is sh1te. The board and the station don't belong to some self-elected musical elite.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)

Posted: Dec 13, 2010 - 21:58

fredriley wrote:

Just because a listener hates one song doesn't meant that s/he has to feck off elsewhere - don't be so goddamn intolerant. RP isn't an 'all or nothing' station - the very nature of 'eclectic' means that all listeners will hate some of the output. And who are you to tell people to feck off? Do you think Bill and Becky want to chase away listeners, particularly paying listeners?

But of course it's OK for you to hop up on your soapbox and judge me, tell us all "The Way It Is" and how we must behave here at RP. Talk about people who live in glass houses! Yeesh. {#Rolleyes}

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)

Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 03:35

On_The_Beach wrote:

Lucky for you there's hundreds of other stations for you to listen to and whine about. Buh-bye, now.

Moak
(Reading, PA)

Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 03:34

Sweet, loved that.

Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe)

Posted: Nov 04, 2010 - 10:44

love me some Eels on a rainy afternoon. Simple, strong, and very, very real.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)

Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 17:13

fitzworld wrote:

I am going to urge my grandchildren NEVER to listen to this song! The monotonous chords on the guitar are KILLING ME!! The lyrics are BEYOND boring and trite and maudlin. Please, please don't EVER make me listen to this crap again. It's absolutely awful!!!!

And what, exactly, WILL you leave to your grandchildren? Just curious...

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)

Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 17:11

Lyrics - and BTW, I love them. I wish I had grandparents. Hell, I wish I had my parents, after listening to this...

"Things The Grandchildren Should Know"

I go to bed real early
Everybody thinks it's strange
I get up early in the morning
No matter how disappointed i was
With the day before
It feels new

I don't leave the house much
I don't like being around people
Makes me nervous and weird
I don't like going to shows either
It's better for me to stay home
Some might think it means i hate people
But that's not quite right

I do some stupid things
But my heart's in the right place
And this i know

I got a dog
I take him for a walk
And all the people like to say hello
I'm used to staring down at the sidewalk cracks
I'm learning how to say hello
Without too much trouble

I'm turning out just like my father
Though i swore i never would
Now i can say that i have a love for him
I never really understood
What it must have been like for him
Living inside his head

I feel like he's here with me now
Even though he's dead

It's not all good and it's not all bad
Don't believe everything you read
I'm the only one who knows what it's like
So i though i'd better tell you
Before i leave

So in the end i'd like to say
That i'm a very thankful man
I tried to make the most of my situations
And enjoy what i had
I knew true love and i knew passion
And the difference between the two
And i had some regrets
But if i had to do it all again
Well, it's something i'd like to do.

I wish I still had my parents. There are so many things I wish I'd have thought to ask - I guess I just always thought they'd live forever and so would I. This song hits home in so many ways it'll probably be one of those songs (like "Ticking" by Elton John) that I'll only be able to handle once a year because of the intimacy...

anotherlistener
(outside Bawlmer)

Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 17:04

Bill, back this up with some John Prine. Should sound good together.

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)

Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 21:15

fitzworld wrote:

Lucky for you there's hundreds of other stations for you to listen to and whine about. Buh-bye, now.

fitzworld
(The Big A)

Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 20:07

justlistening
(So. California)

Posted: Sep 18, 2010 - 00:11

Why does the Eels singer, Mark Everett always sound like he's singing through a megaphone? It also wouldn't hurt if they composed a more upbeat song now and then.

That said - still like this.

TheMountainMan

Posted: Aug 16, 2010 - 23:13

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