One of my favorites from a while ago, it's nice to hear this back in the rotation...

nuggler wrote:


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MrGreg wrote:

AND THEN PETER LIFTS THE GOBLET OF ROCK AND SAYS ... BRING THAT GIRL HOME!!!

The instrumentation, rhythm and melody choke me up to begin with, then add the poignant lyrics...a beautiful song.

Oh Josh Ritter....why did you reject Thin Blue Flame? why?

I take it the girl in the war is there voluntarily in which case why should Peter & Paul go to hell if they don't help her? Free choice...she's there because she chose to be there. Suck it up, baby. You got what you asked for....

ploafmaster wrote:

Yes.. I live in the land of really good music. =)

Thanks to RP and listeners' posts I've found lots of new favorite music over the last year - Josh Ritter is one of these. One poster referred to Josh's web site, where anyone can go to hear this whole album/CD/whatever - I did so, and really enjoyed - it's still available there.

God I am sick of this damn song. There should be a 50 limit play time on RP, this one hit 2000 I think.

Jeez, with all due respect to both sides of the "deciphering lyrics as a measure of moral worth" argument, it's worth remembering that the lyrics to all the songs RP plays are but one click away. Check out the "song lyrics" link underneath the "Rate song" menu. Amaze your friends with your deciphering skills. Avoid criticizing a musician for saying something he or she doesn't say. And maybe learn something.

Gryn wrote:

What a magical and special land you must live in, where you can make sweeping judgements about people's intelligence based on lyrical interpretation/hearing.

GNGRBRDMN wrote:

In the manner that one's ability to decipher lyrics appropriately equates to one's abilty to be stupid.

I arrived at that conclusion through living.

Amen.

Gryn wrote:

In what manner does it correlate, and how did you arrive at that conclusion?

Gryn wrote:

You bet!

ploafmaster wrote:

Haha.

Call what you want, but I'm standing with my original post. One's ability to decipher lyrics directly correlates to one's taste in music. Etc.

Gryn wrote:

WTF?

1. I didn't know those were the lyrics at first either...I've heard this song a lot, and I love it.
2. How on earth does musical taste correlate to somebody's ability to decipher lyrics? And on top of that...maturity of taste?

I'm callin' BS here.

The first few times I heard this, I didn't care for it much. After hearing it a few dozen times, however, I outright loathe it.

mgoldman wrote:

physicsgenius wrote:

Jesus, I think we have a contender for Most Needing to Get Out of the Lab, and Into Someone's Pants. Bonus points for the freshman poetical analysis. You forgot to touch on tone, diction, and connotation though.

Now go forth and multiply.

Gryn wrote:

physicsgenius wrote:

there are plenty of rhyming words in that song.

that's an awfully trite complaint.

again? . . .

A beautiful and powerful song.

physicsgenius wrote:

He says "If they can't find a way to help her" then says "If they can't find a way to help, they can go to hell."

Too bad your musical taste isn't mature enough to understand creative lyrics when they are expressed.

This seems to be one of the rare cases that gets more annoying the more I hear it. Oh well...

I first heard this song as an acoustic live version from the Edmonton FolkFest--it's better that way, but the album version is close.

mgoldman wrote:

Not that good at rhyming, though, since "help her" rhymes with "hell" even less.

This song gets better every time I hear it. I'm going to stop fighting the inevitable and just enjoy it.

aggitation abounds. physicsgenius wins again. pretty funny. get a spine people!

i love this track.

mgoldman wrote:

Arrogant Prick!