Lightning Bolt -- guess the tracks!

[Lament]

Maybe, just maybe, "My Father's Son" is "I'm Open" circa 2013

a man lies in his bed in a room with no door
he waits hoping for his father, or a bottle of lightning, or a bottle of jizz to enter
after spending half his life without a bottle of jizz, he still felt as blank
as the ceiling at which he's staring
he's alive, but doesn't have any canned jizz
so, is he?

I'm saddened at how unappreciated this appears to have gone. I enjoyed this post thoroughly.

[EJ]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

lol "as early as 2001" to appear on album way in the future...2002.

[Iowaska_Experience]

It's not as if recording OTE in the studio is like landing a surface module on Mars. Just record it they way you played it live, geez.

[bodysnatcher]

Was "Sleeping By Myself" one of the original uke songs that Ed played back in like 2001 along with Satellite and Can't Keep? I can't seem to find that info anywhere

[harmless]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

I don't credit people with much intelligence, on the whole, but really?

[EJ]

Was "Sleeping By Myself" one of the original uke songs that Ed played back in like 2001 along with Satellite and Can't Keep? I can't seem to find that info anywhere

nah, you're probably thinking of Longing To Belong.

[guitar_davey]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

The melody is there, but Can't Keep on a uke is a cool little Ed song. But with some really warm electric guitar and all the trippy delay, plus a wicked Matt backbeat, that song hypnotizes me every time. Love it. I'm open to SBM being something new and cool as hell.

[B]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

Both versions are pretty boring to me. I skip them both when I put those albums on.

[Strat]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

lol "as early as 2001" to appear on album way in the future...2002.

We just recently heard Sleeping By Myself too....

[WaitingForBluey]

Maybe, just maybe, "My Father's Son" is "I'm Open" circa 2013

a man lies in his bed in a room with no door
he waits hoping for his father, or a bottle of lightning, or a bottle of jizz to enter
after spending half his life without a bottle of jizz, he still felt as blank
as the ceiling at which he's staring
he's alive, but doesn't have any canned jizz
so, is he?

I'm saddened at how unappreciated this appears to have gone. I enjoyed this post thoroughly.

You would

[Iowaska_Experience]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

The melody is there, but Can't Keep on a uke is a cool little Ed song. But with some really warm electric guitar and all the trippy delay, plus a wicked Matt backbeat, that song hypnotizes me every time. Love it. I'm open to SBM being something new and cool as hell.

Yep, and it's so great and loved by the band so much (even Ed) that they play it live all the time.

[WaitingForBluey]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

Both versions are pretty boring to me. I skip them both when I put those albums on.

Well, that explains a lot about you B...

[WaitingForBluey]

It's not as if recording OTE in the studio is like landing a surface module on Mars. Just record it they way you played it live, geez.

Yea but BoB doesn't let them "jam" shit out anymore!

That's for young people

[guitar_davey]

Ed wrote Can't Keep on the Uke and was playing it as early as 2001, prior to Riot Act. I believe Liam Finn was the one who told him to flesh it out as a PJ song.

Yes! This. And it ended up being a completely different thing. If you played most people those two pieces of music back to back, for the first time, most wouldn't even clue in that they were the same song.

Both versions are pretty boring to me. I skip them both when I put those albums on.

Personally, I think the Riot Act version is the most soulful, rhythmic thing they've recorded with Matt. Mike's leads have so much trippy rhythm to them...the delays counterpoint those rolling toms. And I find the lyrics uplifting and Ed at his most genuine.

[stip]

Was "Sleeping By Myself" one of the original uke songs that Ed played back in like 2001 along with Satellite and Can't Keep? I can't seem to find that info anywhere

nah, you're probably thinking of Longing To Belong.

I'm pretty sure it was a newer song written for the uke album

[WaitingForBluey]

Personally, I think the Riot Act version is the most soulful, rhythmic thing they've recorded with Matt. Mike's leads have so much trippy rhythm to them...the delays counterpoint those rolling toms. And I find the lyrics uplifting and Ed at his most genuine.

ditto

[bodysnatcher]

Was "Sleeping By Myself" one of the original uke songs that Ed played back in like 2001 along with Satellite and Can't Keep? I can't seem to find that info anywhere

nah, you're probably thinking of Longing To Belong.

I'm pretty sure it was a newer song written for the uke album

Yeah must be. I remember hearing 4-5 songs back then, but I think they were Can't Keep, Satellite, Longing to Belong, and Goodbye

[WaitingForBluey]

Off topic a bit...
I'll still see Super Mario's legs every time I look at the Getaway image... damn! It's ingrained there forever.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

is anyone excited for of the earth who is also a little annoyed about sleeping by myself. Seems the same basic scenario to me.

i think the people that are annoyed about SBM just cant see it being good. if they knew it was gonna be good then they would be fine with it being on the album, and most seem to think OTE is good so it being on the album is less annoying.

You're so optimistic about this thing it sounds as if you've heard it

[EJ]

Was "Sleeping By Myself" one of the original uke songs that Ed played back in like 2001 along with Satellite and Can't Keep? I can't seem to find that info anywhere

nah, you're probably thinking of Longing To Belong.

I'm pretty sure it was a newer song written for the uke album

02/26/02 – Wiltern Theatre: Los Angeles, CA (Concert for Artists’ Rights)
attendance: 2400
also on bill: Mike Ness, Beck
set: If It’s Monday Morning [Lee Hazelwood cover, with Beck and Mike Ness], Drifting, You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away, Dead Man, Parting Ways, Can’t Keep [new song - uke], You’re True [new song - uke], I Am Mine [slightly different lyrics], Thumbing My Way [new song - guitar], Broken Hearted [new song - uke], Sleepless Nights [Everly Bros. cover w/Beck]

03/15/02 – Royce Hall, UCLA: Los Angeles, CA (All Tomorrow’s Parties LA2002)
set: Soon Forget, Happy Birthday, Can’t Keep, Goodbye, Broken Hearted, Satellite, Thumbing My Way, I Am Mine, You’re True, Longing To Belong [new song], Parting Way