 We've Been Had Again (1997) [ larger cover art ] |
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We're headed for the great smokey mountains
To see the wild flowers bloom in spring
'Cause we've decided that there's no better place to be
For two young people who just wanna do their thing in the spring
I know we're gonna be happy
'Cause James is a freedom fighter and he lives for the moment
His parents are hippies and he sees everything through a rainbow
He's never unhappy because he never wears a watch
He lives on his mountain bike and he sees beauty in everyone
James says he's gonna change the world
James says that I am his flower girl
And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
Just wait and see, we're gonna set the world free
It's two years later now and we're both out of college
and we've decided to love one another for eternity
I've got a good job but James says no one understands him
He's an artist; he needs time to find out what that means
James says he's gonna change the world
James says that I am his flower girl
And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
Just wait and see, we're gonna set the world free
We're gonna set the world free
We're gonna set the world free
He answers to a higher calling
The moon and the sun and the stars are falling
Through his time and his space
And I'm lucky to be part of it all
He is bigger than life
He sees things, he knows things
He is not like you and me
James says he's gonna change the world
James says that I am his flower girl
And James and I, we're gonna make a difference
Just wait and see, we're gonna set the world free
James finally found a steady job and now we're gonna settle down
He still loves his music, but he knows where his priorities lie
He stepped on his dreams so many times and wore out the path
He needed to take to find the life he thought would just happen to him
Like the changing of a season
| Misterfixit (Nashville) | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:23 Wasted wrote: Whether the lyrics were originally written from a woman's perspective or not, it still comes off as a story about a guy and his boyfriend... and I like it that way. If it is good music it's good. If it grating with a poor voice, then it is not good music. This track stinks. |
| pugifat | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:20 the vocals are so over-wrought ...err over-rot |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Sep 02, 2009 - 11:17 If the song was as good as the band name this would be worth a 7, but sadly the voice not only grates but is irritatingly twee, as are the lyrics. Indeed, it sounds as tedious as James Blunt. 2 from the Nottingham jury. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jul 01, 2009 - 04:55 not their best. and not a cover. no idea where people are getting that. but, the rest of the cd is awesome. huffamoose is so much fun live, too. give them a chance even if you don't dig this tune specifically. |
| Pyro | Posted: May 30, 2009 - 09:45 7 ==> 6 |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 16:03 manbirdexperiment wrote: Just had to give this a bump. I'm reeling with nausea. Thank you for nothing. Didn't Bill delete that damn thing yet? You've posted it to at least 150 threads.  |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 16:01 manbirdexperiment wrote:  Just had to give this a bump. I'm reeling with nausea. |
| ragshagbill | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 16:01 Ick. When it started I thought it might be bad enough to be Jack Johnson. But it's not quite that bad. But close. |
| Sonomacathouse (Sonoma, CA) | Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 16:00 trekhead wrote: Anyone getting "JANE'S GETTING SERIOUS" by John Astley? I love that song. Whatever happened to John Astley? OMG - I just had a quick (and thankfully fleeting) memory - Rick Astley. Whatever happened to him? |
| CanyonMan | Posted: Dec 20, 2008 - 22:49 scruzer wrote: For you it's silly — for me it's refreshing to hear a man sing of his relationship with another man. Have some respect for the rest of us. I do. And I would also find it interesting and refreshing to hear good, credible lyrics about two men or two women in love. I was just echoing the observation, made by several others, that if you listen carefully to the lyrics, it's extremely unlikely that they were written to mean that. Don't be so quick to feel disrespected. |
| trekhead (Arkham, G.C.) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 09:16 Anyone getting "JANE'S GETTING SERIOUS" by John Astley? |
| ch83575 | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:55 mandolin wrote: ...i don't have any problem at all with performers covering songs from the opposing gender's perspective, but i think it's a bit silly to interpret this as a gay man's perspective - the 'flower girl' references just comes across flamingly comical that way... I couldn't agree more. So... who wrote it? I gave it a few tries via google, but no luck. The funny thing is that I am fairly sure that I have heard the original song. Even before getting to the flower girl part (sorry all, it is a little silly) I thought it was a cover of a song that I was familiar with. I would love to find the original now. Edit: AllMusic has the composer as Craig Elkins of Huffamoose. ??? |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:50 ...i don't have any problem at all with performers covering songs from the opposing gender's perspective, but i think it's a bit silly to interpret this as a gay man's perspective - the 'flower girl' references just comes across flamingly comical that way... |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:49 Meh; sounds like these guys were huffing moose fumes. . . |
| Kittee (NC- Dreaming of the Mountains) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 08:48 I have to somewhat agree with the poster below me. Totally forgettable song. I wish it would go off now, so I could forget it. *Edit.* I do love the band name tho. |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: Oct 18, 2008 - 18:53 |
| scruzer (Lompico, CA, USA) | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 17:21 CanyonMan wrote: And I don't think it has anything to do with gay lovers, that's silly... For you it's silly — for me it's refreshing to hear a man sing of his relationship with another man. Have some respect for the rest of us. |
| Wasted | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 17:17 Whether the lyrics were originally written from a woman's perspective or not, it still comes off as a story about a guy and his boyfriend... and I like it that way. |
| springsmermaid | Posted: Sep 19, 2008 - 17:12 His voice sounds a lot like Bob Schneider, even the vocal styling. Right? |
| CanyonMan | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:59 I'm lukewarm about it musically, but it's got some profound lyrics. Especially the parts toward the end about youthful idealism and disillusionment: "He stepped on his dreams so many times and wore out the path he needed to take to find the life he thought would just happen to him like the changing of a season." 
And I don't think it has anything to do with gay lovers, that's silly...it's just a man singing lyrics written for a woman singer. |
| aflanigan (circling the drain) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:59 ch83575 wrote: Boyfriend songs are fairly common, but not ones sung by dudes. Those are indeed a pretty rare breed in popular music. I have nothing at all against a gay love-song, but this doesn't feel like that to me. It feels like a cover that they didn't even think about the words before singing... when he says he is a "flowergirl" I snicker every time. Perhaps I am wrong, but I still didn't much care for it. I don't think you can automatically assume this song is written from a gay man's perspective simply because the vocalist is a man. Perhaps the man who penned the lyrics simply wanted to write from a female perspective (see Son of a Preacher Man, e.g.) Maybe it was originally written with a female singer in mind but she turned it down. Although the tendency these days is to regender song lyrics as necessary (see Please Mister Postman, for example), it was not unheard of (particularly in Bluegrass music, I believe) for male or female singers to sing the lyrics of songs as written even if they were singing a song written from an opposite gender point of view. I don't think of this song as primarily a love song, anyway; more of a lament on the inevitable loss of youthful idealism and optimism. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:40 Wow. That was really horrible. |
| old_shep (Iowa) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:40 Puke. |
| sirrus (Fredneck, MD) | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:40 I don't get it. Why does everyone assume this is a personal (gay) story? If Ian Anderson can sing from the perspective of a horse and Imogen Heap can sing from the perspective of a locust, why can't Huffamoose sing from the perspective of a (flower)girl? |
| esweazey73 | Posted: Jul 18, 2008 - 12:39 What .? |
| ch83575 | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:44 scruzer wrote: "boyfriends" songs are rare! Thanks Bill!!!
Boyfriend songs are fairly common, but not ones sung by dudes. Those are indeed a pretty rare breed in popular music. I have nothing at all against a gay love-song, but this doesn't feel like that to me. It feels like a cover that they didn't even think about the words before singing... when he says he is a "flowergirl" I snicker every time. Perhaps I am wrong, but I still didn't much care for it. |
| Kilroy | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:42 So much for subtlety.... I don't like it when a male singer waxes obsequiously over a woman.... doing it over another man is just as bad.  |
| rockasaurus | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:40 d00kie wrote: meh
Double meh |
| vit | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:40 wow this song rocks so little I can't believe it's actually music. |
| d00kie (In Cubicle Hell!) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:39 meh |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:39 scruzer wrote: "boyfriends" songs are rare! Thanks Bill!!! |
| Manbird (Santa Rosa, CA) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:38  |
| auburntigerrich (Edge of the 'Verse) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:37 Best... band name... ever. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:37 This is a cover, but I can't remember who did the original. Anyone? |
| Excelsior | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:37 :puke: |
| anniebear (chapel hill, nc) | Posted: May 16, 2008 - 13:37  |
| kaz (click 'Support RP' above + cough up something!) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 01:20 Particularly nice segue (probably) coming up to "Anna Ternheim - Today Is Such A Good Day"... |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Mar 20, 2008 - 20:11 mefrombrazil wrote: WHY DO YOU MAKE THIS QUESTION? ..... man i can't hear yooooou, you're screammmmmming! |
| scruzer (Lompico, CA, USA) | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:38 "boyfriends" songs are rare! Thanks Bill!!! |
| mefrombrazil (ponta grossa, brazil) | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:37 oscar_driver wrote: hummm are they boyfriends?
WHY DO YOU MAKE THIS QUESTION? |
| oscar_driver (Planet Earth) | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:36 hummm are they boyfriends? |
| Pyro | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:35 I like it. Thanks, Rirry. |
| mefrombrazil (ponta grossa, brazil) | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:34 i prefer the band JAMES, not just the song JAMES. |
| xc_para_puravida | Posted: Mar 14, 2008 - 13:33  |
| joeheyming (Sunnyvale, CA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 14:58 Monotone |
| thejake | Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 14:55 Made me take off my headphones. I don't like taking off my headphones. 
princeofpeoria wrote: i second that...once again  |
| aflanigan (Not far from Bedford Falls) | Posted: Jan 11, 2008 - 14:54 A great anthem about the disillusionment of having to grow up. Thanks for reviving this one. |
| lily34 (derby, ny) | Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 05:12 woooohoo!! this hasn't been played in years (before october of this year. thanks bill! love this band, love this cd. |
| Bocephus (Boulder, CO) | Posted: Oct 09, 2007 - 09:17 sounds like a drunken Counting Crows. Yick. |
| princeofpeoria (tulsa, OK) | Posted: May 08, 2003 - 19:12 Originally Posted by jplov:
not a fan...makes me want to change the station..........for 3 or 4 minutesi second that...once again |