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Indigo Girls — Closer To Fine
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camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: May 02, 2013 - 23:07
 
perpetual barf

ottojschlosser
(Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name))
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 08:59
 
This song always takes me back to grad school, where I pursued a fine young woman who loved this music...

bokey
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 08:58
 
 This is weird.This song used to get on my nerves,but now I kinda like it once in a while.

gandalfbmg
(Thankfully now a little more than 3 mi from Paradise (Missouri))
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 08:56
 
"The less I seek my source for some definitive, the closer I am to fine"

I'm not sure if a truer line has ever been sung.

dragonlady
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Mar 01, 2013 - 08:54
 
Great album.  {#Daisy}

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 07:38
 
 romeotuma wrote:

Yes, it is a 10 to me...  love this song...

 
Me too Honey

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 12:32
 
 Cynaera wrote:
Okay, I think we get the point.  Run along now. {#Roflol} I gave this a 9, but might bump it to 10, just to see your emoticonical-pyrotechnics again.
 


Yes, it is a 10 to me...  love this song...




Cynaera
(Kenneth's Frequency)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 12:27
 
 camatcba wrote:
{#Beat}{#Frustrated}{#Arghhh}{#No}{#Evil}{#Headache}{#Crashcomp}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}

  Okay, I think we get the point.  Run along now. {#Roflol} I gave this a 9, but might bump it to 10, just to see your emoticonical-pyrotechnics again.



kgish
(Lost in the Netherlands)
Posted: Jul 30, 2011 - 12:24
 
Great lyrics.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 21:28
 


We be dancing...  love it...

 

emh
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 10:19
 
Not one of their best.  Would rather hear Ghost, Joking, Chickenman, World Falls, Land of Canaan, Shed Your Skin...


bindi
(North Carolina)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 20:33
 
OK, the lyrics are kind of cool.  I understand that they are both talented, I like at least one of their songs - yet, somehow, this. . .just doesn't do a thing for me.  Different strokes I guess.

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 20:25
 
{#Beat}{#Frustrated}{#Arghhh}{#No}{#Evil}{#Headache}{#Crashcomp}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}{#Puke}


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 19:07
 



Emily Saliers and Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls make no specific religious or spiritual claims, but their self-titled album, which was released in 1989, contains spiritual and thought-provoking lyrics...  the album earned a Grammy for 1989 for best contemporary folk album, and a nomination for best new artist, which they lost to now long-forgotten Milli Vanilli...

(the Grammy that Milli Vanilli received for 1989 was revoked when it was discovered that the lead vocals on the record were not the actual voices of the front men, who performed onstage with lip-synching... one of the fake Milli Vanilli front men was found dead in a Frankfurt hotel of an apparent drug overdose in 1998... but I digress...)

the closing lines in "Closer To Fine" are a glimpse of the album's spiritual concerns—
 

We go to the Bible.
We go through the workout.
We read up on revival.
We stand up for the lookout.
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line,
and the less I seek my source for some definitive,
the closer I am to fine...




fiddlechick
(Aloha from San Antonio)
Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 15:27
 
I have that same reaction. Heard this so many times back when it was new, plus it was covered by so many local performers in my scene at the time (myself included, till I got tired of it). When I listen to it today with fresh ears, it's pretty cool, considering this was (I think?) their debut or maybe 2nd album.

I didn't get into many of their albums after this, and in general their lyrics are a little too earnest for me now and often make me cringe. But this album was pretty ground breaking at the time. We're all so used to them now...

That being said, I could go a few years without hearing it again :)  and I totally get folks who think this is gack-worthy.

 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Bumped up to a 7. I've ripped these ladies in the past, for whatever reason. Just LISTENED to this fully, without prejudice and distraction. The harmonies and vibrancy are quite something. I have a fresh appreciation for this tune, now. Perhaps I don't need to hear it for a while, though.
 



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 14:00
 


Indigo Girls

 


johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Jan 22, 2011 - 13:53
 
Drip Drip

My ears are still bleeding

michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON)
Posted: Dec 31, 2010 - 08:11
 
Bumped up to a 7. I've ripped these ladies in the past, for whatever reason. Just LISTENED to this fully, without prejudice and distraction. The harmonies and vibrancy are quite something. I have a fresh appreciation for this tune, now. Perhaps I don't need to hear it for a while, though.

gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 11:19
 
Only have ever like one of their songs: Sugar Tongue. All others remind me of fingernails on the chalk board.

Rooney
(Near Paradise)
Posted: Sep 27, 2010 - 07:54
 
This is good music.  Performed by two talented gals.  What the **** is wrong with you people?  I give it a 10 now because of you naysayers.  Indigo girls, fortunately, do not need your approval.

peter_james_bond
(West Of The Burg)
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 07:55
 
 marcello wrote:
I couldn't agree more, I get such a bad feeling in my stomach from this tasteless crap

 johnjconn wrote:
Dear God
If you have any mercy, please,please make this stop. My ears are bleeding.
If you make it stop, I promise I'll never ask for anything else,,ever!

your grateful friend,
Mankind
 

 
Dear God,

Please help  johnjconn, his ears are bleeding. The pain and clotting blood are preventing him from hearing the wonderful harmonies in this fine song.

Your humble servant,
PJB

PS. Please help marcello, he is confusing Lady GaGa with the Indigo Girls


petrfas
Posted: Aug 26, 2010 - 07:40
 
Yes, it could be worse. Bad night, bad day, even RP is playing bad for me. Everything will be ok when this song ends.{#Beat}

marcello
(Nijmegen, The Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 17, 2010 - 01:36
 
I couldn't agree more, I get such a bad feeling in my stomach from this tasteless crap

 johnjconn wrote:
Dear God
If you have any mercy, please,please make this stop. My ears are bleeding.
If you make it stop, I promise I'll never ask for anything else,,ever!

your grateful friend,
Mankind
 



LuvWilloughby
(Westmore,VT)
Posted: Jul 25, 2010 - 07:34
 
2nd that. This is just aweful.

 johnjconn wrote:
Dear God
If you have any mercy, please,please make this stop. My ears are bleeding.
If you make it stop, I promise I'll never ask for anything else,,ever!

your grateful friend,
Mankind
 



johnjconn
(chicago land)
Posted: Jun 23, 2010 - 10:36
 
Dear God
If you have any mercy, please,please make this stop. My ears are bleeding.
If you make it stop, I promise I'll never ask for anything else,,ever!

your grateful friend,
Mankind

Frater_Kork
(Uppsala, Sweden)
Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 06:41
 
Barenaked Indigo Girls?


unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 12:30
 
One of my favorite tunes from a pair of skilled vocalists.

I stopped by the bar at 3 am to seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend.  I woke up with a headache like my head against a board, twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before, and I went in seeking clarity.

Why is it always thus?

Rafter101
(Davis, California)
Posted: May 13, 2010 - 12:29
 
Ahhh, indigo girls. All my early-90's lonliness, excitement, love and angst, put together by two fine musicians. Love it!

camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 21:07
 
The Malli Vanilli of our time.

{#Skull}  {#Puke}

There is so much better folk music out there than these trite tarts.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 21:06
 
 lysisphere wrote:

You love these gals, doncha...{#Smile} 

Agreed, this is a great song.  Its refreshing. 
 


Yes, I do love them...  and this is one fine song...


jkhandy
(Near the ocean (in my mind))
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 18:01
 
 lysisphere wrote:

You love these gals, doncha...{#Smile} 

Agreed, this is a great song.  Its refreshing. 
 
Ditto!


lysisphere
(largest contiguous ponderosa forest)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 17:51
 
 romeotuma wrote:


This really is a magnificent song...
 
You love these gals, doncha...{#Smile} 

Agreed, this is a great song.  Its refreshing. 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Apr 11, 2010 - 17:48
 


This really is a magnificent song...



rdo
(DC)
Posted: Mar 20, 2010 - 07:06
 
I think this is a great song, with great lyrics, period. College, and especially grad school, is much more a ticket to higher wealth than it is to higher knowledge.  Economists call it "loss signaling" (something I learned in grad school).  All those years and a near fortune in tuition give a pretty good indication that you are committed to something. If you just want real knowledge though, well, I'd say buy the book instead.  That's my 2 cents anyway. 



k8ling1114
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 16:35
 
'i spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper and i was free'

on the cusp on graduation, this speaks to me. beautiful song.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 16:33
 


very groovy...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Feb 07, 2010 - 14:31
 
 michaelgmitchell wrote:
Have to admit that hook is killer.
 

Yes, this song be so dang good...  love it...



michaelgmitchell
(near Earth)
Posted: Dec 15, 2009 - 21:01
 
Have to admit that hook is killer.

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Nov 14, 2009 - 11:26
 


great song...



peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 10:40
 
 vit wrote:
Well seriously think about it. The line talks about college right? College ain't mandatory. So if you really feel like you spent four years ass-in-the air to the man, then you didn't get sh*t from all that time and money you wasted there. That means you're a spoiled brat who was too much of a pin-brained limpet to drop out.

Now if the line's about high school where it's a lot tougher to drop out then it makes more sense — especially when you consider how repressive that is. But college? Repressive? Only a spoiled brat would think so. 

Nonsense! When you're halfway through a degree and you've already spent untold thousands of dollars you'd be a fool to throw all that time and money away by dropping out. Everybody tells you, you need a university degree these days to get a decent job. So kids go to these halls of learning and sit through 4 years, many of them not giving a rat's ass about what they are studying, just so they can get a piece of paper to shove under a prospective employer's nose. I loved university, I consider it to be my church of reason, but that's not how many of the students see it. And, like any church, there's a lot of dogma you have to swallow. That didn't bother me but I can see how it could rub many the wrong way.


Dog_Ear
Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 09:55
 
 dmax wrote:


No. Those critiquing need to demonstrate their ability to critique, including their ability to understand music in the big picture sense, as well as the critiqued offering.

It's not right to generate this kind of rejoinder:

"I don't like this song."
"Then you're an idiot."

Instead of attacking the critic - especially in the face of a well-formed critique - the responder is obligated to create a defense of the song. That's how dialogue works, and we seem to have periodically forgotten that here.
 
In a nutshell: No Ad Hominem 

aaronm
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Oct 14, 2009 - 00:03
 
About an hour ago, I watched the episode of The Office where Jim and Andy drunkenly sing this song.  {#Smile}

(former member)
(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 20:41
 
 lmic wrote:
For those critiquing the lyrics, let's see your poetry.
 

No. Those critiquing need to demonstrate their ability to critique, including their ability to understand music in the big picture sense, as well as the critiqued offering.

It's not right to generate this kind of rejoinder:

"I don't like this song."
"Then you're an idiot."

Instead of attacking the critic - especially in the face of a well-formed critique - the responder is obligated to create a defense of the song. That's how dialogue works, and we seem to have periodically forgotten that here.

(former member)
(Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated)
Posted: Oct 04, 2009 - 20:39
 
 Mickb wrote:
Great tune! The IGs occasionally have their moments: this song is one of them. The lyrics are somewhat juvenile and simplistic, but they had the good sense to craft the song with a laser-eye on their strength: their seamless vocal harmonies. Reminds me of what the Everly Brothers could do with little or no effort! I think that the IGs work very hard on their vocals and I, for one, really appreciate their efforts
 

I like this comment.
In general, these gals leave me cold. A little too self-absorbed and smug for my tastes. But I like the music of this tune, and the phonetics of the lyrics. However, listen to it too closely, and I don't like it nearly as much....

mfassett
(Redwood City, CA)
Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 10:56
 
 lmic wrote:
For those critiquing the lyrics, let's see your poetry.
 
One doesn't have to be a poet to know poetry that is uninspiring and insipid.  

One doesn't have to be a guitar player to like a particular player and dislike another.

One doesn't have to be an artist to dislike Leroy Neiman.  

That said, I *like* this song a lot.  

Yes, the line in question is elitist, but it comes from their own perspective and is honest and sincere, which, for me, goes a LONG way.   

pallasathene82
(Research Triangle, NC)
Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 10:55
 
Am I the only queer girl not into the Indigo Girls?  But I do like this song.

rachlan
(nyc)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 08:50
 
 holborne wrote:
The worst song lyric ever, in the history of the world:

I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind,
got my paper and I was free.

Only a couple of obnoxious, spoiled, upper-middle class brats could come up with that lyric.

 
I hear you, but it does seem that a lot of post graduate institutions and universities are set up as money making facilities, were you have to jump though certain hoops and pay your check for the needed degree.... without getting useful information from people who don't care or are not really knowledgeable or are full of themselves but not useful.  


dc_zee
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 08:39
 
 vit wrote:


Well seriously think about it. The line talks about college right? College ain't mandatory. So if you really feel like you spent four years ass-in-the air to the man, then you didn't get sh*t from all that time and money you wasted there. That means you're a spoiled brat who was too much of a pin-brained limpet to drop out.

Now if the line's about high school where it's a lot tougher to drop out then it makes more sense — especially when you consider how repressive that is. But college? Repressive? Only a spoiled brat would think so.

 
"Pin-brained limpet" will make an excellent name for my next band! 


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 08:32
 


love it...




93vx800
(Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 08:29
 
I am NOT an Indigo Girls fan, but this tune and "Joking" on their live album are indeed outstanding.