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Musicbrainz DBOne-way streets and square one
The answers don't come from any one direction
Not a care in the world, no better way to go
It's fine here, watching it go down
Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Too much living is no way to die
See the ground sinking 'round
Tomorrow's a card to play
Same old words heard in storms, repeated doom
Too many rules, it will bleed you dry
Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Too much living is no way to die
Said you haven't seen it all
Just keep on searching for just one single reason
Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Loose string
| dogpound (the island on which I belong) | Posted: Jan 02, 2011 - 07:51 this never should have left the garage. |
| peter_james_bond (West Of The Burg) | Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 16:54 Alt-Country at it's finest!  |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Oct 31, 2010 - 00:51 Yes! Way too loose. This just wanders. |
| jadewahoo (Beautiful Earth) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 09:00 Horrid country western. Blech. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 09:18 Excelsior wrote: Jay Farrar has one of the worst voices I've ever heard. Yep. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 09:17 That's cool. I'm glad you get pleasure and enjoyment from it. Peace. meydele wrote: That's what makes horseraces . . . I think differently. Love his voice, love the rambling country-rock music, love it all. His screechy, shrill, monotone singing? How can anyone not like it? |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jul 27, 2010 - 09:14 One-trick pony. |
| ezzyme (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Apr 22, 2010 - 23:08 As much as I have liked this bands previous material, this just isn't much more than no where. Or, down by the river, which is miracoulsly following. |
| TimeWaster (The lower of the two Dakotas) | Posted: Mar 22, 2010 - 08:29 This is pretty bad, folks. The music goes nowhere, and the guy's voice is terrible. |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jan 18, 2010 - 08:29 meydele wrote: That's what makes horseraces . . . I think differently. Love his voice, love the rambling country-rock music, love it all. His screechy, shrill, monotone singing? How can anyone not like it? |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 12:33 bindi wrote: How are these guys live? (worth a 3 hr drive good?) Until I saw them Friday night, I would've said, "Save your gas money and buy the CDs." Friday night, however, changed my mind. The lead guitarist was killer-diller! He had such imagination, and played manic solos from a dozen genres — all fit just perfectly. A great addition to the drumming and a fabulous counterpoint to the monotone vocals that are Son Volt's hallmark. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 12:24 SPACEDOG wrote: Yeah, kind of like Neil Young........look what that got him. (edit: Bill plays Down by the River from Neil Young, just for reinforcement, right after I posted this comment. 'Nuff said.) 'sweird. I like Neil Young's voice (well, most of the time). I can't stand this guy. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Sep 14, 2009 - 12:19 ...great album... |
| JKFinally | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 13:32 This band should have stayed broken up. This genre music was done to perfection by The jayhawks |
| ScopArch (Berlin, Baby) | Posted: Feb 05, 2009 - 04:03 ScottFromWyoming wrote: |
| bindi (North Carolina) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 12:38 How are these guys live? (worth a 3 hr drive good?) |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 20:36  Son Volt • Ferrar Guitar larger  Son Volt Shoes larger Son Volt guitarist Chris Masterson |
| SPACEDOG (In a Good Place) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 20:17 Excelsior wrote: Jay Farrar has one of the worst voices I've ever heard. Yeah, kind of like Neil Young........look what that got him. (edit: Bill plays Down by the River from Neil Young, just for reinforcement, right after I posted this comment. 'Nuff said.) |
| BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 15:51 Excelsior wrote: Jay Farrar has one of the worst voices I've ever heard.
Useless comment. |
| Excelsior | Posted: May 28, 2008 - 15:30 Jay Farrar has one of the worst voices I've ever heard. |
| lily34 (done) | Posted: Apr 27, 2008 - 03:39 coccyx wrote: These guys sound exactly (exactly) like Counting Crows,
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as someone already said - amazing how different people hear different things. i hear none of the counting crows in this band, or specifically this song. love the song, love the cd, love the band. takes me back to when it was first out. great to hear it again. |
| wally42 (Between a Rock and a Hard Place) | Posted: Sep 04, 2007 - 11:57 One of my favorite CDs ever. |
| radioparadisehead (The Dirty Dirty) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 13:29 coccyx wrote: These guys sound exactly (exactly) like Counting Crows, complete with strained, groping-for-pitch vocals of lead singer.
Unremarkable. This song does sound alot like Counting Crows, but Son Volt and CC diverge greatly almost everywhere else. |
| tigerspy (Davis, CA) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 10:33 I think it's important to understand the genre and a little of what Jay Farrar has contributed to the genre, meaning specifically alt-country/rock/americana. If you don't like that sound, cool, but the likes of Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt are important contibuters... dig a little deeper in that genre, farther back and you'll hit up stuff like Souled American. Good stuff in my opinion. Great genre and sound - Farrar's voice is awesome, a little under-appreciated maybe. |
| meydele (By the sea) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 10:33 arserocket wrote: Amazing how different people hear different things - it just does nothing for me, sorry
That's what makes horseraces . . . I think differently. Love his voice, love the rambling country-rock music, love it all. |
| coccyx (mosquitoes rising) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 10:30 These guys sound exactly (exactly) like Counting Crows, complete with strained, groping-for-pitch vocals of lead singer. Unremarkable. |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 10:29 Yipes! This is terrible in a very bland, generic, mundane way.  |
| arserocket (Way down South West Scotland near boredom) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 10:29 Amazing how different people hear different things - it just does nothing for me, sorry Glitterbug wrote:  Farrar and the Volt consistently amaze me with complex and stunning music and a straighforward and unyeilding delivery. |
| eskles | Posted: Mar 15, 2007 - 16:13 tiggers wrote: You think that's rock? God forbid I ever have to live in rural Iowa.
Anyway it's a 2 from me - aside from the fact it sounds at least part way country the vocals are just dreadful all in my opinion of course.  As someone who lived through the 70's country rock era (loved a lot of it), it's not that this is "alt country", it's just that it's really weak, lame songwriting - meandering along just hoping for a sniff of an idea - or at least, also just my opinion. Another 2 vote. |
| tiggers | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 09:42 okobojicat wrote: Interesting, I'm from rural Iowa, where we only get bombarded by crappy country stations. I would never have thought this was country. Just solid rock.
You think that's rock? God forbid I ever have to live in rural Iowa.
Anyway it's a 2 from me - aside from the fact it sounds at least part way country the vocals are just dreadful all in my opinion of course. |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Feb 12, 2007 - 09:41 okobojicat wrote: Interesting, I'm from rural Iowa, where we only get bombarded by crappy country stations. I would never have thought this was country. Just solid rock.
Okoboji? Grew up there. Radio was even worse there then. |
| okobojicat (Dreaming of the Moravian Highlands) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 11:47 Interesting, I'm from rural Iowa, where we only get bombarded by crappy country stations. I would never have thought this was country. Just solid rock. Daveinbawlmer wrote: this is the problem that beset Lucinda Williams, the rock stations said she was too country and the country stations said she was too rock.  |
| moneygrip (Indy) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 11:47 Out-frickin-standing |
| rtkmusic (SoCal) | Posted: Dec 01, 2006 - 11:47 Whew! "Too much living is no way to die": indeed Awesome song, awesome CD... |
| RobK (Leucadia, CA) | Posted: Sep 19, 2006 - 09:33 ChardRemains wrote: Bill, you're on a roll right now. Sweet... Wish I could crank it.
I cranked it.  |
| Mari (www.broomecam.com) | Posted: May 25, 2006 - 06:06 SCprof wrote: Got my SV tickets for Charleston in 2 weeks.Can't wait. This is going to be awesome!!!! ... So, how was it? ... |
| SCprof (South Carolina) | Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 10:08 Got my SV tickets for Charleston in 2 weeks.Can't wait. This is going to be awesome!!!! |
| ChardRemains (Pepperland) | Posted: Jan 13, 2006 - 10:07 Bill, you're on a roll right now. Sweet... Wish I could crank it. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Dec 29, 2005 - 21:56 Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote: isn't interesting KLS, that country and western stations (too rock) nor rock stations (too country) will play this type of music, but you get to hear it here on paradise? bill, you could play uncle tupelo, wilco and sun volt all day long and i would be happy.
this is the problem that beset Lucinda Williams, the rock stations said she was too country and the country stations said she was too rock. |
| meadowwoods (Madison, WI) | Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 10:28 every song on Trace is great...love Jay Farrar's voice..thanks for playing this afternoon  |
| rjs (Atlanta, GA) | Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 10:24 A great song from one of the best albums ever created! |
| SCprof (South Carolina) | Posted: Dec 15, 2005 - 10:23 One of my SV favorites! I'm excited to see they're touring again and hope to catch them in Charleston, SC in Feb. |
| dadofsammy (Hopedale, MA) | Posted: Nov 30, 2005 - 19:52 2 thumbs up. |
| Glitterbug (Washington DC) | Posted: Nov 01, 2005 - 13:15 Farrar and the Volt consistently amaze me with complex and stunning music and a straighforward and unyeilding delivery. |
| GoldenBoy (Queens) | Posted: Nov 01, 2005 - 13:03 Great song, great band, An 8 all the way. Play more Alt-Country, please? |
| trekhead (Just Missed Me.) | Posted: Oct 03, 2005 - 06:02 pousso wrote: Great band, great album. Jay Farrar is the closest I get to country music. Ok, and EmmyLou Harris, Jayhawks, Neil Young, Blue Rodeo, Johhny Cash......
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| BKardon (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Sep 18, 2005 - 12:01 This might possibly be my favorite cd (definitely top 5). I can listen to it over and over again and not get sick of it. |
| pousso | Posted: Sep 03, 2005 - 15:14 Great band, great album. Jay Farrar is the closest I get to country music. Ok, and EmmyLou Harris, Jayhawks, Neil Young, Blue Rodeo, Johhny Cash...... |
| Mangoman (Portland Metro Oregon) | Posted: Sep 03, 2005 - 15:07  I "get" Son Volt a lot more than I do Wilco. |
| Daveinbawlmer (Bawlmer, Merlin. Hon.) | Posted: Aug 19, 2005 - 18:37 Dianyla wrote: I'm so glad I don't use tampons anymore.
For more information, see http://www.divacup.com/ |
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