3. In A Station
my favorite song from the album
EC: Is that a mellotron?
TJ: i'm not sure, i know Hudson fooled around with synths a lot
it sounds great, and completely off the wall with such moaning country vocals
SJ(that's him above- yikes): wait, to kingdom come, very funky track, and much needed to pump the album up, and led by robbie's guitar!!!
EC: This is a cool song. Filled with lament... and borders on Spaghetti western sounds.
In a good way though.
It's restrained.
TJ: yea! spaghetti western is a good term, it does remind me of that
great lyrics on this track too
SJ: in a station, really?
TJ: http://theband.hiof.no/lyrics/in_a_station.html
yup, i LOVE this song
it ties with long black veil and tears of rage really
SJ: hmmm, interesting, hey, give me a sec here, have to do a lil teaching, don't leaveme in the dust
TJ: alright, we'll pause before moving on to track 4
EC: good lyrics
pause
If a rumour should delay you
I love that line. Implies a lot.
TJ: yea it does
i'm hitting some van the man morrison while we wait for sir jon to return
we should hit a Van Morrison album for one of these discussions
at some point
SJ: okay, yeah, quick comments on in a station, it sounds a little flower child-ish to me, but since they are funky and such great musicians they pull it off well
but lets move on.
4. caledonia mission
SJ: I love the guitar on this
TJ: lead vocals by Rick Danko
so good
this is where my im quote is from today
you know i do believe in your hexagram
SJ: I've always heard that robbie robertson really liked ol r&b guitar and you can hear that influence I believe on this
a lil do wop
and yes, great vocals
TJ: yea i hear that, especially the little break guitar
SJ: yes, especially that little break where it is like just him
what a smoove motha
TJ: serious
good lyrics in this track too
http://theband.hiof.no/lyrics/caledonia_mission.html
5. The Weight
one of the greatest freakin songs ever
EC: agreed
TJ: everyone knows this song, and everyone's heard take a load off fanny and you put the load right on me
great fucking lyric
EC: I'm listening now. Heartbreaking and inspiring at the same time.
TJ: and all the bible imagery in this is great
EC: You could make love to this song or kill yourself to it... depending on your mood!
TJ: so true
EC: Props to the backing vocals
TJ: Garth Hudson's piano is fantastic on this too
SJ: oh, the whines and pleads in this song
TJ: i love the switching off of lead vocals too, Levon Helm on most, but the Chester the Dog para. is Rick Danko
SJ: I just don't know what more to add to this, it just lands in like top 10 ever
TJ:not chester the dog, but chester and jack the dog
yup
SJ:yeah, I love how they switch off characters
its just beautiful
if you'll take jack my doggggg
TJ: 'shes the only one who sent me here with her regards for everyone'
SJ:biblical, like civil war stuff, its timeless
TJ:great line
SJ:you can't say enough, and most people know this song, but they don't pay enough attention to it
TJ: yup, i told chriz this morning it does get a bit overplayed, but it never ever gets old
SJ: I remember loving this song in high school and everybody was like oh yeah, that song, and I tried to convince them of its brilliance adn I just gave up b/c they weren't smart enough to get it
6. We Can Talk
TJ: a nice little pickup after The Weight
SJ: ok, this is just like a country stomp!
Tj: yea it is
SJ: I love the lyrics in this song, did you ever milk a cow?
TJ: i love how much Levon Helm taps the ride cymbal
he uses it a lot
SJ: kinda silly on purpose
TJ: yeaaaa
SJ: yeah, his drums are well put together
SJ: they are playing on country, but in a good way
TJ: and the trading off vocals, how cool
on Big Pink and The Band they did this a lot, they stopped doing it so much on stuff like Cahoots and Stage Fright which sucks
cuz i love the trading off of voices
SJ: yes, it shows the collective nature of how they did things, its inspiring
and manuel, you can't express enough how his organ and synth blow you away
TJ: well manuel did a lot of piano, organ almost always is garth hudson
but manuel did write that song
SJ: damn, I mean hudson, yeah, I'm a dummy