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lowelltr wrote:
Live version gets an 8....album version gets a 10!
concur...and the album title gets a tip o the hat as well. Typical Hiatt: clever!
Posted 18 years ago by rtkmusic    [ Reply ]
aflanigan wrote:
The genius of this song is that most everyone who has kids can identify with it. When you're young you can identify with songs about cars and pretty girls and wanting to have sex and finally doing it (well, unless your physicsgenius, anyway) but everybody's done songs about that. How many other songwriters tackle subjects like the utterly baffling, amazing and demoralizing moment when you realize you have become that thing you dreaded most as a youth: your parents? It's like listening to a really good standup comedian who can play a good rock hook to accompany his routine.
"...but let my brother's hamster burn in hell"! That is indeed a punchline. And your comments sum up a lot of why I like John Hiatt. Lyrics that are clear and insightful about what it means to become a grown up... continually.
Posted 18 years ago by DBCinCA    [ Reply ]
Rocky Raccoon, Boy Named Sue, Your Dad Did... We've entered the Storytelling part of the evening. And it's good. Although I'd rather have the studio version of this song, the sound is awful here. The guitar is too loud and the vocals are too soft.
Posted 18 years ago by Ando    [ Reply ]
alaskaoe wrote:
That may be the worst album cover I have ever seen!
Right there with ya. Great music though.
Posted 18 years ago by MM13    [ Reply ]
This whole album is great. The Guilty Dogs are a tight backup unit. Anyone who doesn't find that album cover hilarious doesn't appreciate rock history.
Posted 19 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
aflanigan wrote:
The genius of this song is that most everyone who has kids can identify with it.
Compare and contrast with "The Rest of the Dream" by the same artist.
Posted 19 years ago by jdbaldwin    [ Reply ]
Studio only a 10...Live 12 One of the only artists that "has you by the neck" when you see them live. Jagger is another.
Posted 19 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
aflanigan wrote:
The genius of this song is that most everyone who has kids can identify with it. When you're young you can identify with songs about cars and pretty girls and wanting to have sex and finally doing it (well, unless your physicsgenius, anyway) but everybody's done songs about that. How many other songwriters tackle subjects like the utterly baffling, amazing and demoralizing moment when you realize you have become that thing you dreaded most as a youth: your parents? It's like listening to a really good standup comedian who can play a good rock hook to accompany his routine.
Hey! I'm proud of what my dad did and what he taught me. I know I learned to keep my garage cleaner than his.
Posted 19 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
That may be the worst album cover I have ever seen!
Posted 19 years ago by alaskaoe    [ Reply ]
You know, I'm still not fond of his voice, and this song would've managed a higher rating from me had somebody else sang it, but I did just read the lyrics. They're at first sad, but end rather sweetly, I think. Quite excellent.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
uhm what can I say that sets this song apart from every other Hiatt song...nothing comes to mind
Posted 19 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
The genius of this song is that most everyone who has kids can identify with it. When you're young you can identify with songs about cars and pretty girls and wanting to have sex and finally doing it (well, unless your physicsgenius, anyway) but everybody's done songs about that. How many other songwriters tackle subjects like the utterly baffling, amazing and demoralizing moment when you realize you have become that thing you dreaded most as a youth: your parents? It's like listening to a really good standup comedian who can play a good rock hook to accompany his routine.
Posted 19 years ago by aflanigan    [ Reply ]
LPCity wrote:
That's pretty cool that they let the counter workers at McDonalds listen to Radio Paradise.
Wow, that's the most ridiculous and insulting "come-back" I've read here.
Posted 19 years ago by ploafmaster    [ Reply ]
physicsgenius wrote:
Boy, no kidding. This would normally be a song I wouldn't even look up from my work for, but that cover....cripes.
That's pretty cool that they let the counter workers at McDonalds listen to Radio Paradise.
Posted 19 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
stickers11 wrote:
Still don't get all the fuss over Hiatt....album cover drops it down to a "2".
Boy, no kidding. This would normally be a song I wouldn't even look up from my work for, but that cover....cripes.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
You either "get it" or you don't. For me, this has always been one of my all time favorite John Hiatt songs. Maybe you have to be a parent to fully appreciate it, I don't know. Seeing JH this summer and hearing him perform this song live was perfection to my ears.
Posted 19 years ago by LPCity    [ Reply ]
Still don't get all the fuss over Hiatt....album cover drops it down to a "2".
Posted 19 years ago by stickers11    [ Reply ]
Live version gets an 8....album version gets a 10!
Posted 19 years ago by lowelltr    [ Reply ]
First time hearing the live version. Like the punched up sound.
Posted 23 years ago by rm    [ Reply ]
The level John operates at is impressive! Amazing live, too.
Posted 23 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]