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Shuke's 1400 favorite songs by 1400 different artists. (3 Viewers)

Man of Constant Sorrow said:
Dr. Octopus said:
shuke said:
507. Blues Traveler - Hook

I feel like I should like these guys a lot more than I do. 
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@Man of Constant Sorrow, as a lyrics guy, should hate this song since the lyrics are pointing out how song lyrics are meaningless and it's the "hook" that makes the song.

Or maybe the lyrics are so cleverly constructed to make that point, that the lyrics are therefore brilliant. Hmmmmm...
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... You have hit the nail on the head...

... I will clarify later, when time allows... 
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Ok - in short, I agree with your second option. I believe the lyrics are brilliant.

I would not consider myself a BT Fan, but I like a lot of their stuff that I do know - which is limited. 

I saw them once in concert - can't remember details - but I do know that I liked their set. I really like this song. 

Long answer:


 
It doesn't matter what I say

As long as I sing with inflection

That makes you feel that I'll convey

Some inner truth or vast reflection
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Sadly, how true is this; and in regards to so many things, other than just singing? Writing perhaps? Public speaking? Almost all communication? 

But I've said nothing so far
And I can keep it up for as long as it takes
And it don't matter who you are
If I'm doing my job, it's your resolve that breaks
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Irony alert. If you believe - as I do - that the first passage was actually quite profound, then, he has in fact said something so far. 

Of course, the pitch has said nothing so far. 

And the next 3 lines, imo, are just as profound irt all facets of life, as the opening 4. I know that I am constantly bombarded with info designed to break my resolve. We all are - imo. 

Because the hook brings you back

I ain't telling you no lie

The hook brings you back

On that you can rely
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More truth - ain't no lie. Now, what exactly is the hook? Musically? Yeah, but also in life. What's my hook? Yours? The critical mass of the population's hook? 

And, what does it keep bringing us back to? Do we all come back to the same thing via the same hooks?

Can we choose our own hooks...or, if we can, does that mean that it is not really a hook?

I dunno. 

There is something amiss

I am being insincere

In fact, I don't mean any of this

Still my confession draws you near
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Yeah, something is amiss about all of this, but where is the actual insincerity? 

Is it the song itself? Or the sales pitch/public address/editorial/etc.? I think, yeah - often these things are insincere - not always tho.

Or, could it also be that the glibness in these lyrics, itself is glib - insincere? I dunno, but I like the thought. I listen that way. 

To confuse the issue, I'll refer
To familiar heroes from long ago
No matter how much Peter loved her
What made the Pan refuse to grow

Was that the hook brings you back
I ain't telling you no lie
The hook brings you back
On that you can rely
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Shiney object alert! 

Ok, I think I've commented enough on my broad reading and its relation to real life truth, thus I really only want to applaud the use of Peter Pan as the hero of choice. 

Hook and all...

Get ready for a Wisdom Bomb... 

Suck it in, suck it in, suck it in

If you're Rin Tin Tin or Anne Boleyn

Make a desperate move or else you'll win

And then begin to see what you're doing to me 

This MTV is not for free

It's so PC it's killing me

So desperately I'll sing to thee of love

Sure but also rage and hate and pain and fear of self

And I can't keep these feelings on the shelf

I've tried, well, no, in fact, I lied

Could be financial suicide but I got too much pride inside

To hide or slide, I'll do as I'll decide

And let it ride until I've died and only then shall I abide

This tide of catchy little tunes, of hip three-minute ditties

I want to bust all your balloons

I want to burn all of your cities to the ground

I found I will not mess around unless I play

Then hey, I will go on all day, hear what I say

I've a prayer to pray, that's really all this was

When I'm feeling stuck and need a buck

I don't rely on luck because
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Wow! This is the meat.

It is sincere.

And it is delivered rapid-fire, almost to the point of not being understandable. Genius. 

The hook brings you back

I ain't telling you no lie

The hook

On that you can rely
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Damn! 

I've been hooked! 

Maybe it's just a shallow song about shallow songs - I dunno - but if so, I still listen to it my way. 🙂



 
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krista4 said:
I'm with you.  In particular Mr. Tanner and A Better Place to Be get me every time.  So sad that a great storyteller and humanitarian was lost so early.
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My dad got stuck in the traffic and passed the accident scene on his way home from work - didn’t know who was involved until the news that night though of course.

 
shuke said:
krista4 said:
She sang harmony on a song you posted earlier that I didn't like much, but I hoped she'd get her own entry.  So nice.  
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What was it?
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Dave Rawlings Machine song. Welch and Rawlings are music partners and partners in life. They aren't married, but have been a couple since meeting in college. She is part of the Dave Rawlings Machine, but he is the lead. He also has been a co-writer with her on most of her solo albums.

 
Binky The Doormat said:
are these all netflix series theme songs?  
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Old 97's is an American alternative country band from Dallas, Texas, United States. Formed in 1993,[2] they have since released eleven studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is Love The Holidays.

They are recognized as pioneers of the alt-country movement during the mid to late 1990s along with bands such as Uncle Tupelo, Drive-By Truckers, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, and The Bottle Rockets.

Lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller has described the band's style as "loud folk".[3]

 
shuke said:
Old 97's is an American alternative country band from Dallas, Texas, United States. Formed in 1993,[2] they have since released eleven studio albums, two full extended plays, shared split duty on another, and have one live album. Their most recent release is Love The Holidays.

They are recognized as pioneers of the alt-country movement during the mid to late 1990s along with bands such as Uncle Tupelo, Drive-By Truckers, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, and The Bottle Rockets.

Lead vocalist and primary songwriter Rhett Miller has described the band's style as "loud folk".[3]
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I actually like the last one and a couple of others mentioned.  

it's fair to say that genre isn't top of my list, so it doesn't immediately hit me

 
455. Robert Hunter - Promontory Rider

Going to cheat a little with my selection here.  Robert Hunter is best known for his song writing collaboration with Jerry Garcia for much of the Grateful Dead's catalog.  Per wiki, "When the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994, Hunter was included as a band member, the only non-performer ever so honored."

He also released his own music, including this song.  I don't like the studio version nearly as much as this version he did, in a very rare live appearance, with the Jerry Garcia Band.

OFFICIAL RULING: this is not my pick for the Jerry Garcia Band

 
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