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Cowboy Junkies — Idle Tales
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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: May 03, 2013 - 17:24
 


Everybody in my church loves this song...



ThePoose
(Ottawa, capital of Canada)
Posted: Mar 04, 2013 - 12:50
 
You don't get it? Listen to Ohio by CSNY. Those four students were demonstrators killed by overzealous National Guardsmen.

 MojoJojo wrote:
Not sure I get this... 

(former member) wrote:


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MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 07:26
 

It's OK, thanks. I'm fascinated by it. I have been looking at it for quite a while, which speaks to it telling a tale. Trying to figure out if it has one central message or it's one of those things where each person sees something different.  I like the mixed perspectives and how well they are contrasted with the art work. The Archie comic-like bold colors and "Father Knows Best" world contrasted with the Che Guevara poster in a disheveled apartment with the "counter culture" Gary and then the flashback to the Gary in Chuck Taylors watching TV at his parents house, presumably 9 years earlier.  Two different worlds. The TV announcer saying, "... where administration officials have confirmed that four students…", I have to think that is statement of foreshadowing to 1970.

 

Lazarus wrote:

It's an "idle tale"...  I should have been clearer—  sorry about that...
 
 



Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 20:43
 
 MojoJojo wrote:
Not sure I get this... 
 
It's an "idle tale"...  I should have been clearer—  sorry about that...
 

MojoJojo
(Indianapolis, IN USA)
Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 20:41
 
Not sure I get this... 

(former member) wrote:


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Lazarus
(Bethany)
Posted: Feb 09, 2013 - 20:26
 

beautiful song...  love it...
 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 07, 2012 - 09:24
 
 cShaggy wrote:

{#Chef} ..thx for post..really cookin', ain't it?..
 

Yes, I love this song!  Hope you are having a marvelous day...

 

cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..)
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 07:35
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This is a beautiful song... downright poetic—

"Idle Tales"

Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know

On the road to gathering
Looking for someone to roll away the stone
He stands alone in her room
As the commotion slowly decays
I don't know
She's on her way to somewhere new
Looking for someone to roll away the stone

It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children

She stands upon an empty stage with a song she was born to sing
She's on the road again

It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales to keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children
Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know

 
 
 
{#Chef} ..thx for post..really cookin', ain't it?..

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 18:48
 


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Mari
(île de lesvos)
Posted: Aug 05, 2012 - 08:47
 
join the 'cowboy junkie' clubhouse, get every song they ever recorded, studio and live, bootlegs, the works!
 i did, wonderful deal! http://latentrecordings.com/cowboyjunkies/clubhouse/   {#Music}

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 07:43
 
What would a few cups of strong java in the recording session do for them? Just wondering...

Rockit
(Ottawa ON)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 07:41
 
 tulfan wrote:
What would a few cups of strong java in the recording session do for them? Just wondering...
 

Then they would be the Cafinated Cowboy Junkies...Look Out!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 07:38
 
Lovely, thoughtful song and music. But we won't party down to this, a'right? 

tulfan
(Still in SE MI)
Posted: Jul 25, 2012 - 07:37
 
What would a few cups of strong java in the recording session do for them? Just wondering...

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 22, 2012 - 19:18
 


This really is a wonderful song...  everybody in my hotel room is singing along with it right now...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 04, 2012 - 22:04
 


WE BE DANCING SLOWLY...  LOVE THIS SONG...



 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 23, 2012 - 21:06
 
 coyote620 wrote:
Their music always makes me want to take a nap.
 
Me and my womens like to put on a Cowboy Junkies album and make love...

 

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 08:04
 
 coyote620 wrote:
Their music always makes me want to take a nap.
 
Quite. Snoozissimo {#Sleep}

coyote620
(Near the river, USA)
Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 08:02
 
Their music always makes me want to take a nap.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 20:02
 


This is a beautiful song... downright poetic—

"Idle Tales"

Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know

On the road to gathering
Looking for someone to roll away the stone
He stands alone in her room
As the commotion slowly decays
I don't know
She's on her way to somewhere new
Looking for someone to roll away the stone

It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children

She stands upon an empty stage with a song she was born to sing
She's on the road again

It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales to keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children
Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know

 
 

coding_to_music
(Beantown)
Posted: Jun 18, 2012 - 20:01
 
 agkagk wrote:
I think her voice is just fine. What falls short is the emotional range. All of their songs are sad. No happy tunes. No high energy rocking tunes. They're fine in small doses. Couldn't listen to an entire album.
 
yep
bland with no edge 

agkagk
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 11:07
 
I think her voice is just fine. What falls short is the emotional range. All of their songs are sad. No happy tunes. No high energy rocking tunes. They're fine in small doses. Couldn't listen to an entire album.

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: May 25, 2012 - 10:59
 
Yay! I love being on an island as the only person seemingly in the world who cannot stand this woman's voice!{#Lol}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: May 02, 2012 - 09:00
 


Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 07:29
 

This song is soooo good for the heart!!!
 

black321
(Perigee)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 12:39
 
Saw this band for the first time a couple of weeks ago...had kicked myself for not seeing them at a local pub up in Albany, NY about 25 years ago while I was a student, and before they got (relatively) big.  It was a very good show/performance in a small theater of about 500, although I admittedly did feel myself nodding off at points.  Even Margo joked about the "depressing" themes throughout many of their songs. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 12:34
 


This song is soooo good for the ears!!!!

 

marmelock
(Frankfurt, Germany, Home of the EAGLES!)
Posted: Mar 23, 2012 - 00:16
 
All 4 albums in the 'Nomad Series' are excellent!

kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: Mar 20, 2012 - 15:01
 
I just became a Cowboy Junkies junkie. 

catsailor
(From Texas to Kauai!)
Posted: Mar 18, 2012 - 03:03
 
 Stratocaster wrote:
New Cowboy Junkies...and I like it!
 
They are always interesting with a layered blusey sound and Margo's smooth voice, generally with a little hope in the sadness she is singing about.  While Margo gets the most attention, the complexity of the music behind her is what attracts me.  My wife, just loves them, no analysis needed!!!  Maybe she has something more right than I do.


Stratocaster
(Bermuda)
Posted: Mar 15, 2012 - 16:05
 
New Cowboy Junkies...and I like it!