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gotmeamovie
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 Posted - 02/24/2010 : 22:20:21
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"Im a wishbone and im breaking"
One of his best lines?
Show me the love for this song. Is it underloved?. It can sound quite ordinary on first listens.
I think the definative version is on you tube where he performs it live on his own circa 94 in london.
Deliveres what I think under the surface is a heart breaking performance,
The tone of that guitar...nice.
Fav Line: "And the lake sings, and the dogs don't"
"If all you've seen, is violence!" |
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Idalgo Clandestino
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Yugoslavia
104 Posts |
Posted - 02/24/2010 : 23:35:00
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always loved adda lee.
always will.
you probably thought i'm a shy guy |
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - 02/25/2010 : 11:07:25
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Originally posted by gotmeamovie
"Im a wishbone and im breaking"
One of his best lines?
Show me the love for this song. Is it underloved?. It can sound quite ordinary on first listens.
I think the definative version is on you tube where he performs it live on his own circa 94 in london.
Deliveres what I think under the surface is a heart breaking performance,
The tone of that guitar...nice.
Fav Line: "And the lake sings, and the dogs don't" that is a great line. now that i think about it that is my fave line in the song too!
"If all you've seen, is violence!"
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gotmeamovie
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158 Posts |
Posted - 03/02/2010 : 11:01:53
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the more i hear this song, the more im in love with it
"I could take a walk and really wonder, really wonder" |
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eroticvultcha
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Ireland
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Posted - 03/11/2010 : 00:40:29
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My favourite from the self-titled. Adda Lee, she's from the stars...
 "I've got my own gas tanks." |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 03/13/2010 : 20:48:14
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these lines are amazing...
I'm sorry and I miss you
And away
I went away
Cause I wished I was away
I wished I was away
A wishing well
Of well wishing
And Adda waves away
Adda waves away
Heroine of the stars
I don't know where I am
But I know who you are
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!"...long live snitz!! |
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oddball
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Germany
242 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 08:05:56
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Loved this song right from the start thanks to its unpredictable chord progression...same type of thing happens in "Every time I go around here"... when transitioning from "round" to "here". Just when you think you might have a feel for the direction in which the song is going, you are taken off guard in the most splendid way by a chord out of the middle of nowhere.
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Edited by - oddball on 03/14/2010 08:06:29 |
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Jose Jones
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1758 Posts |
Posted - 03/14/2010 : 09:27:49
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i love this song. i always have to listen to it twice.
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they were the heroes of old, men of renown. |
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langdonboom
= Cult of Ray =
USA
260 Posts |
Posted - 03/24/2010 : 04:02:22
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So much to love about this song, but first and foremost is the huge screaming solo at the beginning, classic FBF style of one song to start you out, then you calm down a bit into the 'other' song....
Some have disparaged this song to me for its white-reggage but I have always thought Frank Black handles that influence greatly, here and elsewhere. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 04:34:28
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Took me years for this song to eventually click, cause I was so amazed by the greatness of Parry The Wind that I never paid attention to the following 3 songs. Then all of a sudden I realized that the little ditty that came right after that epic song was, well, simply stunning.
Plus, this song is so amazingly Bowiesque.
Fave part: the 10 seconds break between "And she made me a man for the world" and the coda. Totally insane.
Listening to the '93 Electric Ladyland version, there's a kickass slide guitar sound at 1'32" right before "And she whispered"... Brings shivers down my spine.
Denis
"Can you hear me? I aint got shit to say." |
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coastline
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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Posted - 03/24/2010 : 06:57:10
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I used to love listening to this song on my Walkman in 1992, riding my mountain bike around the hills north of Laramie, Wyoming. That whole album is good solitary biking music. I assume it's good for skating, too.
And all of this for nuthin', after all my huffin' and puffin'. |
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ccuadros
* Dog in the Sand *
Chile
1315 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2010 : 04:24:49
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| one of my top 5 FB songs, i love it |
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moonruler
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USA
209 Posts |
Posted - 03/25/2010 : 14:34:43
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It really does not get much better than this; yet another great song.
How many reviews of songs on this site have had the word "love" in the first sentence? I know it is a fan site, but there is a lot more positive than negative, and with an artist this prolific it says a lot; someday people will realize the total genius of FB! His first two albums are getting more and more love, and the Catholics are slowly starting getting their just desserts.
I tend to think my tastes are eclectic, but I think FB is better than them all on a consistent basis. Right up there with Dylan, Prine and the Manhattan Transfer!
Them includes ______________.(fill in name here)
And like so many other songs I really love this one. I have about 50 number 1 songs for the man. It really is hard to choose. |
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soderstromk
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Posted - 03/30/2010 : 14:29:52
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He's so awesome! He's more awesome than I am cliche (which is really, really awesome). His best songs are the ones that take time to really sink in and take hold.
And to leap from cliche to completely pedestrian...does anyone know who Adda Lee was, or may have been?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC02eNaevG4#watch-main-area
I guess we all know who our own, personal Adda Lee was. |
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danjersey
> Teenager of the Year <
USA
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joe FITZ of molly BANG
= Cult of Ray =
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - 03/31/2010 : 05:10:21
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Originally posted by soderstromk
He's so awesome! He's more awesome than I am cliche (which is really, really awesome). His best songs are the ones that take time to really sink in and take hold.
And to leap from cliche to completely pedestrian...does anyone know who Adda Lee was, or may have been?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC02eNaevG4#watch-main-area
I guess we all know who our own, personal Adda Lee was.
i love how at the opening shot he's so far away. i wish the whole video was like that.
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my band: www.myspace.com/mollybang
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Song Thoughts #13 - Adda Lee
