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SHAZEB ANDLEEB
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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 Posted - 01/20/2005 : 18:38:45
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Speedy Marie hits me every time I hear it and I have heard it over 1000 times. Such a beautiful and touching song.
BLUE! EXTRAORDINARY BLUE! |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 20:40:34
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| Good choice, although "I Will Run After You" is also worthy. |
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Jordo
- FB Fan -
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - 01/20/2005 : 21:18:47
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Ahhh, I was gonna say Speedy Marie also!
Happy love song or sad love song? Coastline affects me a lot as a sad one.
Adelee?
Jordan
my music! my music!
www.jordancooperLaLaLa.com
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 04:09:00
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'I Will Run After You' for sure
coastline always gets me too, i can't help but reflect on all the shit that's happened in my life and I want resolved. Lost friendship. |
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
514 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 04:49:28
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I heard ramona sing - A love song to the ramones
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 12:04:53
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These days, given what is going on his life, I'd say it's "Violet."
It rings true, sounds heartfelt, it's a simple tune, yet complex lyrically.
And I love how it ... stops... for a sec ("to breathe....").
Come to think of it, it's the antithesis to Speedy Marie, which is
fast and loud, and a damn fine song in its own right.
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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toeknee
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
281 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:11:48
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I choose "I Don't Want To Hurt You (Every Single Time)"
Should have been a hit. |
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BoomChickABoom
- FB Fan -
23 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:16:05
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The Duke of Earl  |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:19:14
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Speedy Marie definitely wins for me, though I'd give an honourable mention to Honeycomb Track Strange Goodbye, which is about saying goodbye to someone you still love. Speedy Marie's great in a lyrical and "things are going great" sense, but Strange Goodbye is the polar opposite, and has caused eye wells more than once.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:24:09
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| Tracks that haven't been released shouldn't count! |
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:27:45
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What are the options, how many Frank boy/girl love songs are there?:
(pixies too?)
Speedy Marie
Violet
I Don't Want to Hurt You
I Will Run After You
Duke of Earl
I Love Your Brain
Valentine & Garuda
Adda Lee (if that's a girl not a place or some other Frank reference)
Cactus (nice one ramona) |
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mosleyk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
607 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 13:52:48
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quote:
Originally posted by frank black conspiracy
What are the options, how many Frank boy/girl love songs are there?:
I like how you premised this with frank's "boy/girl" love songs. Someone I really respect once told me.."every song is a love song" and you know I must say that in Frank's case it is true. As a result I just can't pick my favorite long song of frank's....(boy/girl love songs that is)...it absolutely depends on my mood or whether I am feeling frisky or sappy. |
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ramona
"FB Quote Mistress"
USA
3988 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 14:03:30
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Valentine
I Love Your Brain
Duke of Earl
Cactus
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Hold your mistake up,
Before they turn the summer into dust
If the children don't grow up -
Our bodies get bigger, but our hearts get torn up...
With my lightning bolts a glowin'
I can see where I am going.
Better look out below!
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http://prettycrabby.com |
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4109 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 14:44:51
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Jane, the Queen of love
When will hapiness find me again
Violet
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
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Jontiven
= Cult of Ray =
USA
347 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:31:33
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Considering the great proliferation of HONEYCOMB, I do think it's fair to count Violet or Strange Goodbye.
But not Kiss My Ring.
Looks like we are slowly moving closer to a release date. Pray.
later,
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:38:11
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Counted.
Got a favourite song?
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Edited by - frank black conspiracy on 01/21/2005 15:51:36 |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:41:36
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quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven
Considering the great proliferation of HONEYCOMB, I do think it's fair to count Violet or Strange Goodbye.
But not Kiss My Ring.
Looks like we are slowly moving closer to a release date. Pray.
later,
JT
Very good. Call me old school if you like, but Honeycomb is one album I refuse to hear until I've actually found the CD at the store and bought it! |
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:45:27
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quote:
Originally posted by Jontiven
But not Kiss My Ring.
Looks like we are slowly moving closer to a release date. Pray.
later,
JT
Not Kiss my ring? It's one of the greatest!
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:50:59
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:53:44
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Is it a love song though?
I don't want to tell you what pops into my head when he sings it!
(you being the innocent type and all)
you
me
we used to be on fire |
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 15:58:57
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Starmekitten who said that Kiss my ring is a love song?
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 16:13:56
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Thats the thread Rita m'dear! I never said it was a love song!
wires crossed.. accept my apologies.. would you like me to kiss your ring?
My votes in on Speedy Marie also, I've been listening to it on my little MP3 player today restraining myself from crooning along on the bus. I don't think the locals would approve...
you
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we used to be on fire |
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Posted - 01/21/2005 : 16:15:55
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You're always confusing me...Kiss my ring right now, that's an order!
Purify the colors, purify my mind,
and spread the ashes of the colors
over this heart of mine!
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Erebus
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1834 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 16:48:30
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 21:02:38
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speedy marie is my personal fave. but i have been listening to every time i go around here a lot the last few days. kind of a hidden gem (like so many other frank songs). it's really taken on a different feel after i reread the lyrics.
Quotes:
"A love song moving through space time."
- Frank, from the Frank Black album press kit
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ and I got a free t-shirt with this dude on it." |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 01/21/2005 : 21:14:56
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also, i may be wrong, but i thought headache was a love song. especially after seeing the video.
I was counting the trees
Until a day when there was one
I'd hoped beneath, asleep is where that you had been
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Got me so down, I got me a headache
My heart is crammed in my cranium
And it still knows how to pound
Well, I found you
Maybe you can help me
And I can help you
"I joined the Cult of Frank/ and I got a free t-shirt with this dude on it." |
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 02:43:14
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Originally posted by mosleyk
Someone I really respect once told me.."every song is a love song" and you know I must say that in Frank's case it is true.
i'm starting to think you're right |
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whoreatthedoor
> Teenager of the Year <
Spain
2873 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 03:19:52
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I'll take "I Will Run After You".
There are only a few classic boy/girl love songs in Frank's catalog.
What about "Velouria"? Boy/alien or whatever, but it should count.
The violet, the lily and the pink but those I refused all three |
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frank black conspiracy
~ Abstract Brain ~
1126 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 03:53:29
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Yeah, I was thinking about the boy/girl thing.
don't mean to take this thread so seriously, but it would be cool to have a list of the songs we consider to be of love. I've always wanted to burn a cd of Frank slow and sad, or just a concept album of some sort.
Maybe Shazeb is the best one to answer this, but what we thinking here as a 'love' song.
For me it's Frank singing from his perspective about a girl. The theme of the song being franks feelings or thoughts.
But he loves the south part and your marble ear too. Is this a love song? |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
5305 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 19:24:57
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1467 Posts |
Posted - 01/22/2005 : 19:59:11
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Heloise
Certainly not one of those "and they lived happily ever after", but most good love songs aren't about the good times, are they?
I found this in the FB song data base, where Frank is quoted as saying"...I think on that one I actually researched the name Helloise, to see what came up. I just punched it up on a search engine, and there she was. A nun! Not a nun, she was a pupil of some priest guy, and they had a kid, they took the kid away from her and they castrated the guy and they both retreated back into religious lives, but they wrote to each other, love letters for the rest of their lives, and when they both finally passed away they were buried next to each other in some Paris cemetery. There you go. Gee, I wonder what I should write about?"
- Frank Black, Free Williamsburg (Nov 02)
http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/november_2002/frank-black.htm
[see FB song data base, "Quotes" at the end of the lyrics for Heloise] |
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1965
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
799 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2005 : 05:42:54
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Valentine & Garuda : just so sweet, a beautiful solo and coda, nice lyrics too...
[Speedy M not far behind though]
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Mr.AD
- FB Fan -
Spain
19 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2005 : 11:45:00
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I WILL RUN AFTER YOU
and
I HEARD RAMONA SING
and
SPEEDY MARY
and
VALENTINE AND GARUDA
and
COASTLINE
and...
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 01/23/2005 : 16:43:17
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Hard to tell what is and isn't a love song, sometimes.
Is Hey! a love song? Is South Bay? Sometimes I hear So. Bay
as a love song, but that's just my associations with that
neighborhood.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
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Posted - 01/23/2005 : 16:46:42
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Hey is definitely for me the greatest Pixies love song!
The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs
And I am breathless without you
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chipahoyboy
- FB Fan -
112 Posts |
Posted - 01/28/2005 : 13:46:39
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| "You're Such a Wire" may not have all the lovey dovey lyrics. But the music is sweet, and it just seems like a song you'd like to sing to your sweetheart (especially if your sweetheart is a wire). |
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What is Frank's greatest love song?
