Flowerparts is a great song, but not Bob's best. Try Mudhouse, Big Blue Sea, Long Way, I'm Good Now, Gold In The Sunset, Round and Round. Bob is still better than 95% of what is out there

 MrStatenIsle wrote: 

Ha!  I thought the same thing.

 schrodingersdog wrote: 

His recordings don't capture how awesome his songs are live.  Plus, this isn't one of his better songs.

 cherinoel wrote: 

I'd heard the grouchy, egocentric stuff too.  But Bob rescued me from the unwanted advances of a drunk admirer twice my age in the parking lot at a show and was quite personable.

 Excelsior wrote: 

That's a pretty dead on list of fantastic music produced by my adopted city.  I'd add some lesser knowns, like the Gourds, Grupo Fantasma, and White Ghost Shivers, as well as some more recent bands like Spoon. Oh, and Robert Earl Keen.

(Although....I suppose I shouldn't feed trolls.)

 cherinoel wrote: 
Has any good music come out of Austin?  Bob Schneider, Janis Joplin, Okkervil River, James McMurtry, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, all mediocre to worthless... ok, at least they have (well, had) Stevie Ray Vaughan to redeem themselves as a city.

 Al_Koholic wrote: 

Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego?   This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians.  Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO).  BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump.  He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap.  So, what's to be so grouchy about?  Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion! 

a bit whiney.

The only way someone could give this a 10 is if it had sentimental value. Personally, I give it a 3.

cherinoel wrote:
Rumors?  Do tell...

 cherinoel wrote: 
That's it, I knew it reminded me of something but couldn't place it.

Step 1: Co-opt "With or Without You" chord progression.
Step 2: Add your own hackneyed lyrics and lousy singing.
Step 3: Profit!

Decent, but I find many of his other songs much more interesting.

. . . don't forget the boring parts. . .

Boring, generic, repetitive.

Generic sounding pop music if you ask me. Not a fan of the Schneidster.

Oh...C'mon the cover is a masterpiece!!!!

pkimbrel wrote:
Thanks for inspiring a search... Found Jon Schmidt's Pachebel Meets U2 which is a complete rip-off of both.

I like this song, BTW. Starting at a 7.

I like this song.
A remarkable one in 2007.

nookie wrote:

... which is a complete musical rip-off of Pachelbel's 'Canon in D'.

Nothing's original.

Sounds like the chord progression from Bush's "Glycerine."

"...with or without you, with or without you."

...but then...

a complete musical rip-off from: U2 - with or without you

for a moment i thought this could be lenny kravitz...
but then....

I don't know what this song is about, but it isn't botany.

Well, it's running through my head, now.

This song has been running through my head all day for some reason.

I just saw his show at the Saxon Pub just over two weeks ago. It was a great show. He was in a good mood (got to talk to him after the show). And his banter with the crowd and the rest of the band is really funny. If we still had variety shows on TV, he should have one.