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Jenny Lewis — Next Messiah
Album: Acid Tongue
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Released: 2008
Length: 8:40
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Livin' in the meadow
The mighty, mighty meadow
With too many people
Suckin' all the water
And my daddy was a farmer
He was a racecar driver
He is a four leaf clover
He is the next messiah

Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist
Take it down to the river
Split it right up the middle
Now it's gonna be trouble
For a pregnant lamb and a con man

Now he's sick in the clink
With his head in the sink
And the tumor gonna make a
Man outta him
Now, my daddy was a chancer
He was a bad-check bouncer
But he beat that cancer
He's a survivor

He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah

Covering it up
Squeezing it out
Watching it bleed
You're watching it all
Taking it back
She's down on her knees
When did she come to detest you?

Giving it back
Backing you up
Nothing's for free
You're giving it back
For locking you up
Those terrible deeds
When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?

When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?

I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back

I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you

I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you

He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
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I like that she threw a bunch of ideas into this song and connected them......not many do this anymore

Posted 1 month ago by Wonderloaf    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

The male vocalist is a sad version of Liam Gallagher.






Liam Gallagher is a sad version of Liam Gallagher  
Posted 2 months ago by febwerret    [ Reply ]
 Sofa_King wrote:


Sofa-King cute!
Posted 6 months ago by damonlazer    [ Reply ]
Great tune, easy 8 folks!
Posted 6 months ago by dgeagon    [ Reply ]
 ckcotton wrote:

lower than 1… yuck



You keep posting the same thing every few months... we read you once. Now hit PSD and go away.
Posted 7 months ago by TC1    [ Reply ]
Posted 7 months ago by Sofa_King    [ Reply ]
Wish The Postal Service had come out with another release.

She's just so much fun whatever she's involved with.
Posted 8 months ago by KPC1    [ Reply ]
“Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods”
Leaves little doubt that this song truly is about the moose-iah.
Posted 8 months ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist

Great imagery in these lyrics!
Posted 9 months ago by Kajukenbo    [ Reply ]
Picking up on some John Lennon dobro on this one.

Love this song 
Posted 1 year ago by doktorkev    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I can never forget how I turned my best friend Kevin on to this CRANKED in his Jeep on our way to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse up at Red Rocks back in August of 2012... I'd already been jamming to it since '08 thanks to RP, but it absolutely blew him away, and we had to hear it again and again, which was fine by me! Love it!  Great pre- rock-show party tune!



i love this!

this is my fav of hers. the whole album is great. i liked rilo kiley well enough, but this was what made me a huge fan of jenny's.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
"The Next Moo-siah", a playful riff on rural ballads about a father who's lived a life like a patchwork quilt at a county fair. A farmer-turned-racecar driver, yet branded as the rural redeemer, the 'moo-siah' of the pastures. His life's a barnyard opera, complete with environmental woes, love affairs with cocktail-waitress-muses, and a stint in the clinker, while beating cancer and wrangling calamities. The chorus has a less-than-holy refrain of love given and demanded back, while betrayal lurks like a wolf in the hen house. It's a testimony to a life that's half mess, half miracle: an ode to a man who's less messianic savior and more a miraculous survivor of his own fabled life.
 
I have to say it is actually a pretty good track.
Posted 1 year ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
lower than 1… yuck
Posted 1 year ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
6r347 50n6 
Posted 1 year ago by jam420888    [ Reply ]
I can never forget how I turned my best friend Kevin on to this CRANKED in his Jeep on our way to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse up at Red Rocks back in August of 2012... I'd already been jamming to it since '08 thanks to RP, but it absolutely blew him away, and we had to hear it again and again, which was fine by me! Love it!  Great pre- rock-show party tune!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Baby did a bad bad thing.
Posted 1 year ago by DeemerDave    [ Reply ]
 a_genuine_find wrote:

'mu' ssiah?



yes'm.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
This song sucks
Posted 1 year ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
fuck yes
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Nice "acid tongue" double entendre. I didn't get it until the first few tabs.
Posted 1 year ago by wifesboyfriend    [ Reply ]
 kcatalina wrote:

This is like, 3 different songs to me - all interesting but odd. :)




like some Beatles songs, right?
Posted 1 year ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Posted 1 year ago by stimats    [ Reply ]
".... the next moo-si-yaaah...." -- about a sacred cow, right?
Posted 2 years ago by TallCreative1    [ Reply ]
'mu' ssiah?
Posted 2 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
This is like, 3 different songs to me - all interesting but odd. :)
Posted 2 years ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
 joko63808 wrote:

Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the

Well try another mix or donate so you can play favorites, I've listened for 10 or more years, and they have enriched my life by exposing me to so much "new" music even if its older. Love RP that is why I donate. Long Live RP
Posted 2 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Nice
Posted 2 years ago by reguru2112    [ Reply ]
 belegato wrote:

I've noticed RP plays a lot of Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel and a handful of others.  Not that there's anything wrong with these artists, but isn't it at the expense of playing other, less known acts?


Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the same?
Posted 2 years ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
Right.  Now I remember why I have this rated so low...
Posted 2 years ago by sfoster66    [ Reply ]

Posted 2 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
I've noticed RP plays a lot of Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel and a handful of others.  Not that there's anything wrong with these artists, but isn't it at the expense of playing other, less known acts?
Posted 2 years ago by belegato    [ Reply ]
This woman has talent.
Posted 2 years ago by pktinkler2984    [ Reply ]
Love this tune. 7>8.
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
The moose parts of this piece are much preferable, to me. 
Posted 2 years ago by bam23    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this. Surprised by the hate.  I love it!
Posted 2 years ago by LuvsMusic    [ Reply ]
 eileenomurphy wrote:

Shew has better tunes!




Is Shew a new band?  Haven't heard of them, will check 'em out!  Thanks!
Posted 2 years ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:

There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off. 

Is there a negative volume? To make up for the part I had to hear?
Posted 3 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 Easyrider wrote:

This suckssssssssssssssss😡

Completely agree

Posted 3 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
For the love of god…. Make it 7:30 shorter…. Terrible
Posted 3 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
Love the funky baseline.
Posted 3 years ago by kcarr224    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:

Like it.  A lot.




Me Too!
Posted 3 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
thats a cool song 
Posted 3 years ago by Lowdown    [ Reply ]
Violent Femmes x B-52’s. ❤️
Posted 3 years ago by Jolouis    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:

“-tomorrow is our permanent address

and there they’ll scarcely find us(if they do,
we’ll move away still further:into now”

E.E. Cummings

That'd be e e Cummings... 

Tony in NJ 

W.A.S.T.E.



Posted 3 years ago by tonyinnj    [ Reply ]
This never seems to end...
Posted 4 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
First half is meh, but I really like the 2nd half.
Posted 4 years ago by herbalwise    [ Reply ]
The male vocalist is a sad version of Liam Gallagher.
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Moose eye oh? We haven't had any moose sightings over here.
Posted 4 years ago by victory806    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by xerth499    [ Reply ]
It is a rather long, pointless song.
Posted 4 years ago by jberko    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill.  Didn't know Jenny Lewis or Rilo Kiley until I started listening to RP but one of my favourites now - a great back catalogue of Jenny and Rilo Kiley albums to explore and enjoy!
Posted 4 years ago by stuartgurden    [ Reply ]
This suckssssssssssssssss😡
Posted 4 years ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
only 8 1/2 minutes....what's the problem... 

 holborne wrote:
Have to say, I don't understand why most listeners seem so ecstatic over this one — I really dislike it. It never fucking ends and is incoherently put together. It also seems like I hear it every single day on RP. (And I also can't stand that she says "Moosiah," although that's the least of the problems here.) Oh well, let a thousand flowers bloom, I guess.


 
Posted 4 years ago by pk53    [ Reply ]
 LeGiff wrote:
I need to own this on LP. Between this song, Acid Tongue and Fernando, this woman rocks! I haven't heard any others from it but I want it in my collection!
 

Update: I have it on LP and it's one of the best I have in my collection! I have to collect a few more of hers asap!
Posted 4 years ago by LeGiff    [ Reply ]
 fauxtoejoe wrote:
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.
 
I Love Jenny but Blake Sennett was easily as important to that band.  They will be missed.  Here's hoping for a reunion.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 obankenobi wrote:
FrankMc wrote:
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.

RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
 
A decade later, still a 6.5.  Fascinating
 

Up to 6.6!
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
All over the place... digging it though. 
Posted 5 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Like it.  A lot.
Posted 5 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
I keep hearing Robby Kreiger in the guitar
Posted 5 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
God, I thought it was finally over and then that guy started singing.
Posted 5 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 obankenobi wrote:
FrankMc wrote:
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.

RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
 
A decade later, still a 6.5.  Fascinating
 
I know, how is it that high?
Posted 5 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
FrankMc wrote:
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.

RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
 
A decade later, still a 6.5.  Fascinating
Posted 5 years ago by obankenobi    [ Reply ]
MOOOOOO-sigh-ya..... (wn)

long-ace song, man.
Posted 5 years ago by alisathegreat    [ Reply ]
This song is too long. It just never ends!!!!!!!
Posted 5 years ago by danbacanskas395    [ Reply ]
 KaiT wrote:
You know what I don't hear?


Your song on RP. 
 
"You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables." -- Samuel Johnson
Posted 5 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
 StfuDonny wrote:
Is there ever a good reason for beating up girls?
 
This song?
Posted 5 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
This song kicks.  The album is good all around, and Jonathan Rice's contributions are great.
Posted 5 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
Tasty tune with a savory flavor -- leaves a slight but pleasant after taste. 
Posted 5 years ago by mindri0t    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:

...jenny lewis, neko case, and patty griffin walk into a bar...


...right, so neko case, jenny lewis, and patty griffin are just settling down at their table together when jeff beck and imogen heap walk into the bar and proceed to kick the crap of them...

...jeff beck's such a total dick, beating up girls for no good reason...

 
Is there ever a good reason for beating up girls?
Posted 5 years ago by StfuDonny    [ Reply ]
 holborne wrote:
Have to say, I don't understand why most listeners seem so ecstatic over this one — I really dislike it. It never fucking ends and is incoherently put together. It also seems like I hear it every single day on RP. (And I also can't stand that she says "Moosiah," although that's the least of the problems here.) Oh well, let a thousand flowers bloom, I guess.


 
I like the incoherency of it, but the moosiah - I'm with ya on that!
Posted 5 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:

The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
 
You know what I don't hear?


Your song on RP. 
Posted 5 years ago by KaiT    [ Reply ]
I need to own this on LP. Between this song, Acid Tongue and Fernando, this woman rocks! I haven't heard any others from it but I want it in my collection!
Posted 5 years ago by LeGiff    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
Moose-iah?

 
Ah, I thought it was moo-siah!
Posted 6 years ago by Chewie    [ Reply ]
 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
 October 2012 scraig wrote:
You gotta see this song performed live. Jenny is amazing.
   
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
If she comes around, I'm there...
   
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
So excited... just got my tickets to see Jenny in a little over a month!

And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game! 
   
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
Gotta bump this to a 9, after seeing her do it live
 


 
I saw her again a few months ago, after seeing her TWICE on that 2014/15 tour; this song was always a highlight.Her band this time around didn't go as great a job on this song as the last band (I'm looking at YOU rhythm section)...
Posted 6 years ago by gandalfbmg    [ Reply ]
 LinThizzy wrote:
ambitious effort with very powerful passages.....I challenge any of you to do better......
 
The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
Posted 6 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
She resembles the lead singer of the last song by  Lone Justice.  Great segue.
 
Posted 6 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
ambitious effort with very powerful passages.....I challenge any of you to do better......


Posted 6 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
The song that never stops.
Posted 6 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 jambo wrote:

did she like it?
 
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"... Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
Posted 6 years ago by jtherieau    [ Reply ]
 ziggytrix wrote:

A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
 
did she like it?
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
 dc_zee wrote:

But it's three songs in one!

 
Indeed.
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

But they are all about some kind of moose.

 
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
Posted 6 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
7 for me.  Then again, I'm a sucker for those low-note chords.  Morphine -ish.
Posted 6 years ago by DigitalJer    [ Reply ]
This doesn't improve with familiarity.

Or repetition.
Posted 6 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Like it...the end of the tune starts to sound like The Kills a bit...
Posted 6 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 DrLex wrote:

But they are all about some kind of moose.

 
The three Mooseketeers!
Posted 6 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
 Alexandra wrote:
Moose-iah?

 
Over and over and over. {#Frustrated}
Posted 6 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Moose-iah?
Posted 6 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
 fauxtoejoe wrote:
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.

 
I don't know... the way she and Blake Sennett seemed to riff off of one another in their song writing, to me, made the sum greater than the two (her solo and with various collaborators and him with The Elected) apart.  It added a depth to Rilo Kiley that is not there with the other efforts.  Admittedly, she has done better since the parting but I'm hoping we see them come back together some day.

Of course, all of this is probably true of most bands where the component parts went on to solo careers.


Posted 7 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Ok, this is growing on me.
Posted 7 years ago by fauxtoejoe    [ Reply ]
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.
Posted 8 years ago by fauxtoejoe    [ Reply ]
 dc_zee wrote:
But it's three songs in one!

 
But they are all about some kind of moose.
Posted 8 years ago by DrLex    [ Reply ]
 pcc wrote:
Far too long..

 
But it's three songs in one!
Posted 8 years ago by dc_zee    [ Reply ]
Far too long..
Posted 8 years ago by pcc    [ Reply ]
 ploba wrote:
anyone who doesn't love this song is wrong!  {#Bananajam}

 
They call me Mr. Wrong.
Posted 8 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
She sounds like Exene Cervenka from X.
Posted 8 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 Piranga wrote:
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
 
aelfheld wrote:

There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off. 

 
Not so much a cosmic balance as a negative reflection.
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
This is very "The Kills" like.... but not as good.
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 Piranga wrote:
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
 
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off. 
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
When it started, I thought it was David Gilmour's 'Take A Breath'.

Get dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. Boogie. 
Posted 8 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
“-tomorrow is our permanent address

and there they’ll scarcely find us(if they do,
we’ll move away still further:into now”

E.E. Cummings
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
Posted 8 years ago by Piranga    [ Reply ]
anyone who doesn't love this song is wrong!  {#Bananajam}
Posted 8 years ago by ploba    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:

It's like two songs fighting to get free of each other. 

{#Drunk}

 
I was wondering what everyone was going on about, and then the song changed.... I see now {and it reminds me to have the hubris to wait until the end of the track before commenting}.  Not sure it's a bad as many are making out though.  there are many 'classics' by certain people/bands that are far worse than this! a 5 or 6 for now.
Posted 8 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:

The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.

 
{#Roflol}  That's what I get for making a drive-by comment.
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 dwhayslett wrote:
What's a moosiah?

 
The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.
Posted 8 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
it did it this time
.
bump to 8 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Official theme music of Trump 2016.
Posted 8 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
 aelfheld wrote:

A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.

 
Everyone seems to think that their child has talent.
Posted 8 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
What's a moosiah?
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
 floydoftherocks wrote:
Freaking awesome tune. {#Bananasplit}

 
i'll go along with that
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
Freaking awesome tune. {#Bananasplit}
Posted 8 years ago by floydoftherocks    [ Reply ]
 Oxen1morale wrote:
Yo La Tengo is so much better
 
A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.
Posted 8 years ago by aelfheld    [ Reply ]
Groovee! {#Whistle}
Posted 9 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
It was horribly repetitive.  I understand that an ostinato is a valid musical device, but the verses (and therefore any interesting content) got buried under it...got real tired of this song really quickly. 
Posted 9 years ago by shremedy    [ Reply ]
Yo La Tengo is so much better
Posted 9 years ago by Oxen1morale    [ Reply ]
Best deal on iTunes - a 9 minute song that's actually several songs in one. Thanks, Jenny! {#Bananapiano}
Posted 9 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
Managed to get by the unpleasant opening to hear a very good song.
Posted 9 years ago by ScottN    [ Reply ]
 October 2012 scraig wrote:
You gotta see this song performed live. Jenny is amazing.
   
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
If she comes around, I'm there...
   
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
So excited... just got my tickets to see Jenny in a little over a month!

And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game! 
   
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
Gotta bump this to a 9, after seeing her do it live
 

Posted 9 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]