![]() Middle Cyclone (2009) [ larger cover art ] |
Where am I tonight?
My hotel room won't remember me
And this dream will die, die by morning
And this dream will not remember me
Awakened by a droning voice
"I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes"
Is it a lady? Or is it a man?
Humming helicopters through the blades of a fan
I love your long shadows and your gun powder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gun powder eyes
On my feet to chase it down
The light switch spooks and runs away
I stumble back and hit the floor
Long shadows crawl beneath the door
To a passage
So poorly lit
There are moths flying away from it
Who am I tonight?
My hotel room won't remember me
From darkness enter prison girls
Pushing mops and kicking pails
Now's my chance, I clasp my chest
And declare unto my audience
"I love your long shadows and your gun powder eyes"
"I love your long shadows and your gun powder eyes"
The prison girls are not impressed
They're the ones who have to clean this mess
They've traded more for cigarettes than I have managed
To express
Filing past
Miles long
My cheek is frozen to the floor
The prison girls have filled their beds
Their thoughts to dry above their heads
(I'll wear them in the morning)
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
I love your long shadows and your gunpowder eyes
| BlueHeronDruid | Posted: May 05, 2011 - 21:33 ENOUGH of her flat, reverbed crap! Please! |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 18:33 I love this song... sigh... |
| kurtster (sometimes the statue and sometimes the pigeon) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 11:00 fuh2 wrote: What are "Gunpowder Eyes" anyway? Betty Davis eyes after lots of coke ? |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 10:59 whatever888 wrote: i have met and hung out with neko on a number of occasions.. she's not a very nice person, but then again this is not a very nice world That is no excuse, we all live in it, some of us are nice and some are not. It is on us. This song is weird, kinda like it, but not Neko overall. |
| Hannio (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 31, 2011 - 10:58 fuh2 wrote: What are "Gunpowder Eyes" anyway? Makes me think of Pris in Bladerunner. |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 11:24 whatever888 wrote: i have met and hung out with neko on a number of occasions.. she's not a very nice person, but then again this is not a very nice world Meeehhhh, mebbe it's a red-head thing. Artists. Go figger... |
| Cachatons (Califas) | Posted: Nov 29, 2010 - 11:23 Jonathan_pa wrote: This song is so terrible that people are talking about the car on the album cover instead of the music. Telling no? NO |
| Jonathan_pa (Somewhere in the vastness of space) | Posted: Sep 09, 2010 - 16:29 This song is so terrible that people are talking about the car on the album cover instead of the music. Telling no? |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Aug 08, 2010 - 15:54 ezzyme wrote: Sorry friends, the car on the cover is a Mercury Cougar. cosmiclint wrote: The bumper is slightly different, but I would say you are right on the money. 1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ 428 ![]() From this guy's Flickr page. Freddy and John...? |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: Aug 08, 2010 - 15:52 ...not really, Mama Case! |
| MusicAddict (Powhatan, VA) | Posted: Jul 07, 2010 - 18:55 whatever888 wrote: i have met and hung out with neko on a number of occasions.. she's not a very nice person, but then again this is not a very nice world Whatever. |
| whatever888 | Posted: Jun 26, 2010 - 22:01 i have met and hung out with neko on a number of occasions.. she's not a very nice person, but then again this is not a very nice world |
| ezzyme (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jun 05, 2010 - 22:42 Sorry friends, the car on the cover is a Mercury Cougar. cosmiclint wrote: The bumper is slightly different, but I would say you are right on the money. 1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ 428 ![]() From this guy's Flickr page. |
| cosmiclint (Vancouver BC) | Posted: May 22, 2010 - 09:46 DaMoGan wrote: Strangely enough, I think it may be a Mercury Cyclone, though I'm not positive. The bumper is slightly different, but I would say you are right on the money. 1969 Mercury Cyclone CJ 428 ![]() From this guy's Flickr page. |
| rjewyo (Ventura, CA) | Posted: Apr 20, 2010 - 16:12 A good music choice for my next Halloween party |
| DaMoGan (Body on the east coast, Mind on the west coast.) | Posted: Apr 03, 2010 - 13:15 big_gare wrote: Great song and a great CD Cover Design. 67 Cougar? 68 maybe? Strangely enough, I think it may be a Mercury Cyclone, though I'm not positive. |
| big_gare (Langley, Bee Cee, Canada) | Posted: Feb 16, 2010 - 11:46 Great song and a great CD Cover Design. 67 Cougar? 68 maybe? |
| pomotexan | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 10:55 PaperNapkin: I think you accidentally got here from the American Idol site. Git. |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jan 30, 2010 - 10:54 The upside to dating prison girls? No pop-ins. |
| MM_Oz (Gidgegannup, WA) | Posted: Dec 30, 2009 - 00:19 WHOA..ful. sorry - next please. |
| jenakle (Tallahassee, FL) | Posted: Oct 28, 2009 - 05:43 fuh2 wrote: What are "Gunpowder Eyes" anyway? smoking? smoldering? dark gray? |
| fuh2 (salmon land) | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 19:13 What are "Gunpowder Eyes" anyway? |
| countyman (09 Stanley Cup Champs and Sixburgh) | Posted: Oct 13, 2009 - 19:07 Papernapkin wrote: I've really come to despise Neko's songs and singing style. I can't bear to hear it at all. Just stick your namesakes in your ears for awhile. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Sep 12, 2009 - 06:11 Nice! |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 17:30 RadioDoc wrote: peter_james_bond wrote: Well bye for now, I'm off to St. Louis de Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada (an actual town) sounds like the logical place to start on my quest. Did you make it back? No luck, eh?Oh contraire monsieur....take my wife.....please! How about this one; How many Neko Case haters does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, because they'd rather sit in the dark than see the light. Cheers! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Aug 29, 2009 - 14:24 Nice prison girls |
| BlueHeronDruid (petewa) | Posted: Aug 11, 2009 - 18:06 Mandible wrote: I'm no expert, but does she seem a little flat? Sounds like it, to me. Also? Pon....der....ous..... |
| HilaryM (Michigan) | Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 14:06 Just saw Neko and Co. on Wednesday — she and Kelly really stunned with the vocals on this one |
| sirdroseph (Outer Mongolia) | Posted: Jul 25, 2009 - 14:05 I gotta admit, I am very dissapointed in this new release. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 08:20 peter_james_bond wrote: Well bye for now, I'm off to St. Louis de Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada (an actual town) sounds like the logical place to start on my quest. Did you make it back? No luck, eh? |
| Vandy005 (dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach) | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 08:14 A 7 on the title alone, but there is something quite infectious about this song as well. |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Jul 14, 2009 - 08:13 peter_james_bond wrote: Oh God forbid....a talented singer/songwriter releasing CDs, the nerve of that woman! Sorry I can't write more Mr. Funny Pants, I don't have time, I have to go off in search of wit. You're lucky that you have wit, and I can see from your posts that you are full of it. We, who are wit-challenged, lead lives of sullen desperation. Well bye for now, I'm off to St. Louis de Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada (an actual town) sounds like the logical place to start on my quest. Au Revoir, mon ami hahahahhahahaaaaa!! |
| Sloggydog (UK) | Posted: Jul 11, 2009 - 02:24 Still deciding how i feel about the song but i love the sleeve art on her album. OK i think i quite like the music too. |
| Bleyfusz | Posted: Jun 27, 2009 - 06:40 Each time I hear her I love her more! |
| luciaa | Posted: Jun 23, 2009 - 19:36 please, no more neko! this song is driving me mad |
| arserocket (S.O.B in an S.U.V) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 06:04 Mandible wrote: I'm no expert, but does she seem a little flat? Do you mean 'Phat'? She's certainly all that |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Jun 19, 2009 - 06:01 Geeze, she's good. And props to the band. They're superb as well. I'd compare this tune to Deep Red Bells musically. I'm diggin' it. |
| Mandible | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 12:58 I'm no expert, but does she seem a little flat? |
| Dog_Ear | Posted: Jun 17, 2009 - 12:53 Loving these dark, haunting sets. Bring on the minor keys! |
| rbigelo (Spanish Town) | Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 12:34 One of my student assistants recommended Neko Case a year or so ago and I've liked much of everything she's done, especially those from the CD, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood." |
| gandalfbmg (3 mi from Paradise (Missouri)) | Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 12:27 As this CD has finally started to grow on me, I've come to think of this song as the latest installement in a kind of musical trilogy over three albums: Deep Red Bells, Star Witness, and Prison Girls... they all seem to tie in with each other even as the rest of the albums show a lot of change between each. |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 12:26 Love how she hangs those soaring creative melodic vocals over the scant backing rhythmn track. Love your gunpowder eyes! Pure harmonic soul. |
| Lonestar (Probably Above You) | Posted: Jun 12, 2009 - 12:22 The album becomes addictive |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: May 18, 2009 - 11:58 swruch wrote: This is one of those artists that I can't quite get my head around. When I'm working with RP on in the background - I occasionally hear Neko Case and I get a country-music vibe from it without realizing who it is. Does anyone else hear this? Since I don't really like much country, I'm not drawn to it. She does have an impressive voice, though. Her music is sometimes labeled "Alternative Country", though labels generally mean very little. |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: May 09, 2009 - 16:41 RadioDoc wrote: Cute. Come back once you find wit. She is probably the most over-hyped artist of the last three years. The problem is that everyone oozes praise over her live performances—which is fine—but for some reason she insists on releasing CDs. Blecch. Oh God forbid....a talented singer/songwriter releasing CDs, the nerve of that woman! Sorry I can't write more Mr. Funny Pants, I don't have time, I have to go off in search of wit. You're lucky that you have wit, and I can see from your posts that you are full of it. We, who are wit-challenged, lead lives of sullen desperation. Well bye for now, I'm off to St. Louis de Ha! Ha! in Quebec, Canada (an actual town) sounds like the logical place to start on my quest. Au Revoir, mon ami |
| peter_james_bond (Lunenburg, NS) | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 14:12 ortallcowgirl wrote: There are some artists I do not hear often, I hear her name alot. At least three times this week. That seems rare for RP. Maybe bill likes her! You must be new Yes, Bill and most of the RP audience likes Neko. There are a few cranks who feel differently. |
| ortallcowgirl (Globe, Arizona) | Posted: May 08, 2009 - 14:04 There are some artists I do not hear often, I hear her name alot. At least three times this week. That seems rare for RP. Maybe bill likes her! |
| swruch (Central Joisey) | Posted: May 07, 2009 - 12:24 This is one of those artists that I can't quite get my head around. When I'm working with RP on in the background - I occasionally hear Neko Case and I get a country-music vibe from it without realizing who it is. Does anyone else hear this? Since I don't really like much country, I'm not drawn to it. She does have an impressive voice, though. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: May 07, 2009 - 12:22 This is too rehashy. I already have Fox Confessor. |
| rdo (DC) | Posted: May 07, 2009 - 12:21 rtrudeau wrote: Excelsior ... is that you? Excelsior RIP |



Yes, Bill and most of the RP audience likes Neko. There are a few cranks who feel differently.