old_shep
(Iowa) | | Posted: Apr 12, 2013 - 13:17 | |
I was thinking Emerson, Lake and Palmer.... or Mason Proffet.
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ziakut
(Slightly North of Obvlivion) | | Posted: Jan 11, 2013 - 17:29 | |
cShaggy wrote:..band/disc graphics don't jibe with tune (which is quite good)..just noticed the other comment on this in the thread.. ..also, the wood grain background is mismatched w/the disc name..go fig!.. Well put. Agree with everything you said. |
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colleen
(Toronto, Canada) | | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 09:28 | |
Puppy reincarnation music! Love it!
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pcicatar
(Portland, OR) | | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 09:27 | |
I really want to like this son, but I absolutely hate double-tracked vocals. It's the primary reason that to this day I can't listen to Elliot Smith.
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cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..) | | Posted: Dec 08, 2012 - 00:30 | |
..band/disc graphics don't jibe with tune (which is quite good)..just noticed the other comment on this in the thread..
..also, the wood grain background is mismatched w/the disc name..go fig!..
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 15:07 | |
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melissakennedy
(my rich inner world) | | Posted: Nov 06, 2012 - 15:04 | |
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rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 13:51 | |
berck wrote:Is it just me, or do these guys sound like a more melodic Neutral Milk Hotel? This is a good song, but restrained compared to NMH. Horns are a big part of their music. |
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berck
| | Posted: Apr 25, 2012 - 13:45 | |
Is it just me, or do these guys sound like a more melodic Neutral Milk Hotel?
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 09:46 | |
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 08:53 | |
Umberdog wrote:Great poetic use of metaphor... I like it quite a lot. I relate, and the music is interesting... giving it an 8. Would have gave a 9 if it wasn't for the weird distracting ephemerals.
Great example of conceit. |
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tjnor
| | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 08:52 | |
First heard this on "Chuck." It has become one of my most listened-to songs!
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sirdroseph
(Yes) | | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 18:11 | |
Fantastic! Love this band!  |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2010 - 09:21 | |
mcYammer wrote:My son's favorite from this album: "he's a GOOD lycanthrope, daddy!"
 Good doggie! Down boy, down! |
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Radio_Man
(South Carolina) | | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 07:15 | |
They will never trap Blitzen...he has more super powers than you know...  |
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Mandible
| | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 07:12 | |
Yeah, when I was only 17,
I could hear the angels whispering
So I droned into the words and wandered aimlessly about
Until I heard my mother shouting through the fog
It turned out to be the howling of a dog
Or a wolf to be exact, the sound sent shivers down my back
But I was drawn into the pack and before long
They allowed me to join in and sing their song
So from the cliffs and highest hill, yeah
We would gladly get our fill
Howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
And I lost the taste for judging right from wrong
For my flesh had turned to fur, yeah
And my thoughts, they surely were
Turned to instinct and obedience to God.
You can wear your fur
like a river on fire
But you better be sure
if you're makin' God a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, Babe,
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna' get made,
Don't be afraid of what you've learned
On the day that I turned 23,
I was curled up underneath a dogwood tree
When suddenly a girl with skin the color of a pearl
She wandered aimlessly, but she didn't seem to see
She was listenin' for the angels just like me
So I stood and looked about
I brushed the leaves off of my snout
And then I heard my mother shouting through the trees
You should have seen that girl go shaky at the knees
So I took her by the arm
We settled down upon a farm
And raised our children up as gently as you please.
And now my fur has turned to skin
And I've been quickly ushered in
To a world that I confess I do not know
But I still dream of running careless through the snow
An' through the howlin' winds that blow,
Across the ancient distant flow,
It fill our bodies up like water till we know.
You can wear your fur
Like a river on fire
But you better be sure
If you're makin' God a liar
I'm a rattlesnake, Babe,
I'm like fuel on fire
So if you're gonna' get made,
Don't be afraid of what you've learned
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freeone1
(naru island, nagasaki, japan) | | Posted: Jul 01, 2010 - 04:51 | |
this has an old sound to it. really nice feel to this and great use of metaphor and imagery here.
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Umberdog
(Southern Oregon) | | Posted: May 30, 2010 - 08:56 | |
Great poetic use of metaphor... I like it quite a lot. I relate, and the music is interesting... giving it an 8. Would have gave a 9 if it wasn't for the weird distracting ephemerals.
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socalhol
(Seattle) | | Posted: Apr 28, 2010 - 16:26 | |
4 —-> 6
Somehow this song is more agreeable to me today.... Reading the other posts I decided to pull up the lyrics, and they are interesting, poetic even.
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 12:46 | |
On_The_Beach wrote: (Well, maybe a little VH wouldn't kill us)
Furr sure. We get Lynyrd Skynyrd and Bad Company, but no Eddie VH? It just doesn't make sense to me. |
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On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud) | | Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 23:28 | |
stewliscious wrote:I am thinking Twisted Sister, possibly Def Leppard, more than any Van Halen cover I recall...
   Definitely some similarities between all of them. Hopefully we won't be hearing them on RP!
(Well, maybe a little VH wouldn't kill us) |
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lshewmon
(Raleigh, NC USA) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:35 | |
YAY! More Blitzen Trapper! How about Wild Mountain Nation and/or Country Caravan!
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stewliscious
(northGA) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:35 | |
crockydile wrote:Looks like they reused the Van Halen font for this album....that and Eddie's playing are the only 2 original things about Van Halen.
I am thinking Twisted Sister, possibly Def Leppard, more than any Van Halen cover I recall... and isn't that like saying "Dropping acid and Jimi's guitar playing were the only 2 original things about the Jimi Hendrix Experience"? |
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treehugger
| | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:31 | |
Businessgypsy wrote: Nice, especially the blitzen in the picture. |
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Mandible
| | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:30 | |
philbertr wrote:Of course, that spliff that I sucked on a few minutes ago (first one in 20+ years) just might have had something to do with my previous post. I'm just saying..... hahahaha, just read that post you're referring to. too funny. |
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Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden) | | Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 07:28 | |
stescott100 wrote:God Bothering :P
Dog Bothering? |
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Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2010 - 11:29 | |
they're playing another song about a wolf after this—-cool.
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 11:05 | |
crockydile wrote:Looks like they reused the Van Halen font for this album... More of a typographic illustration than a font, and of a style not originating with Van Halen, FWIW. Portland bands, by law, have to engage in ironic parody on some level. Would you prefer this?
 P.S. Congrats on not using Rx meds, philbertr - natural remedies are the best! |
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philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:59 | |
Of course, that spliff that I sucked on a few minutes ago (first one in 20+ years) just might have had something to do with my previous post. I'm just saying..... |
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philbertr
(Hurricane Target Florida) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2010 - 10:57 | |
Had to come on and post a comment, after now many times I've heard this song here on RP before, this was the first time that I listened to the words.....
Wow!!! This song has incredible lyrics!! What a fantastic ballad!
8 -> 9
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