rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 17:42 | |
floydoftherocks wrote:Great song from a great band.. part of a theme album written in revulsion to the invasion of Vietnam.. err Iraq. Surprising the euro-lefties seem to hate it so much. speaking of war, that guys annoying voice may be worth an invasion to shut it up... |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 08:19 | |
Poacher wrote:Cracker Van Beethoven? The David Lowery connection. |
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floydoftherocks
(Frisco) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2012 - 08:17 | |
Great song from a great band.. part of a theme album written in revulsion to the invasion of Vietnam.. err Iraq. Surprising the euro-lefties seem to hate it so much.
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TJS
(Bradley, Il) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 05:56 | |
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 11:53 | |
Secretly I was hoping Bill would follow this up with Toot's "54-46 Was My Number."
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Lrobby99
(Wisconsin, USA) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 11:53 | |
Is it really supposed to sound like that?
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Poacher
(Brighton, UK) | | Posted: Feb 17, 2012 - 11:52 | |
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s4brains
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Sloggydog
(UK) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2009 - 09:27 | |
Is this a really solid commitment to having one week off a year? I don't get it and if i did i think i'd use some sort of topical cream to remove it.
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Jan 18, 2009 - 16:25 | |
pushkinjim wrote:C'mon Bill! This is getting bad! We're suffering here in Europe while you are sleeping. Play this stuff when we're asleep instead, if you like it enough to play it.
Don't try to foist that kind of stuff on us poor New Worlders. |
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Excelsior
| | Posted: Jun 11, 2008 - 15:09 | |
51-7,
51-7,
51-7,
51-7,
51-7...
Yeah, we get it already.
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horstman
(Syracuse, New York) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2007 - 12:30 | |
pushkinjim wrote:C'mon Bill! This is getting bad! We're suffering here in Europe while you are sleeping. Play this stuff when we're asleep instead, if you like it enough to play it.
I'd much rather the Swedes and the rest of you Europeans suffer while we Americans bask in the glory of good music.
And we pay for less for gas.
Ha Ha. |
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Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Nov 04, 2007 - 12:27 | |
What's 51-7? The score of the last Patriots game?
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tinybubbles
(missoula, montana) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 08:33 | |
I love Camper Van, but this is a bit lackluster. Happy Halloween Bill!!
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anniebear
(chapel hill, nc) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 08:31 | |
Another suck song from a suck band. Really on a roll today bill......hope things pick up soon!
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aaehr
(NYC) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2007 - 08:31 | |
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(La Quinta, CA) | | Posted: Oct 19, 2007 - 14:56 | |
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pushkinjim
(Sweden) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 02:26 | |
C'mon Bill! This is getting bad! We're suffering here in Europe while you are sleeping. Play this stuff when we're asleep instead, if you like it enough to play it.
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geordiezimmerman
(Brighton U.K) | | Posted: Oct 04, 2007 - 02:24 | |
It would seem i have a picked a god morning today.Seems to be playing many of my fave bands.So far echo and the bunnymen,cowboy junkies,Tim Buckley and now these.
Can't wait for the next hour,keep it up Bill sir.
7/10
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dharmanavy
(Sandiego) | | Posted: Aug 17, 2007 - 19:49 | |
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fretman
| | Posted: Jun 15, 2007 - 21:42 | |
themotion wrote:
i don't know ... and i don't like it.
517th paratroop infantry regiment.
They go by 51-7 as an inside name. |
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themotion
(forgetting what has never been) | | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 09:17 | |
harmaton wrote:what the hell is 51-7?
i don't know ... and i don't like it. |
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gabbadar
| | Posted: May 31, 2007 - 09:13 | |
highwindows wrote:Sounds like this is where the Silversun Pickups got their "Lazy eye" inspiration from??
I do hear that similarity.
Comparing them, this is so bland. |
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highwindows
(UK) | | Posted: May 15, 2007 - 13:30 | |
Sounds like this is where the Silversun Pickups got their "Lazy eye" inspiration from??
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CyberCoyote
(Sierra Foothills) | | Posted: Apr 14, 2007 - 00:58 | |
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bdblinux
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h2o
(Cincinnati Ohio) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 10:50 | |
horstman wrote:This is a lot stronger than Greenland. IMHO
I may like Greenland better, but I am a fan of both. |
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h2o
(Cincinnati Ohio) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 10:46 | |
PetriWessman wrote:
Well, I don't know but I can guess.
First, the name's a small pun on "Times New Roman", the popular font.
Second (and more important), the whole CD is a theme album with a very critical view towards the Bush administration, the Iraq war etc. Taking that into account, the title is pretty obvious: it's a comment on the new "empire buiding" mentality in the current U.S. administration, mirroring the old Romans. Probably with an "all empires also fall" subtext.
Just an educated guess.
Spot on. I saw David L. play this acoustic in a record store ("Shake It" in Cincinnati!! Best in the land you need no other reason to come to Cinci) and that was exactly what David said it was about. I've liked this band for years. I'm so glad they are back together. |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 08:11 | |
harmaton wrote:what the hell is 51-7?
From 6 posts below your question, "yowza_bean on 02-05-2005 @ 11:54:01 PM writes:
"Formerly troubled kid cleans up his act and joins the military, aspiring for the elite unit known as 51-7. This one's much easier to figure out than the earlier Camper songs." |
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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA) | | Posted: Jan 12, 2007 - 08:10 | |
Did Wallflowers subcontract the chorus harmonies?  |
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