Song of the Moment: Future Days

[stip]

Right in between Daughtry and Chevelle.

What a compliment! Truly among greats!

look, if you release a song as a single you want it to sell well. that's the whole point!

[McParadigm]

I wonder if they'll do a Greatest Hits 2004-2014.

I'd assume that, if anything, they'd be more likely to do like most long-lived bands and just do yet another full-career retrospect hits record (this time a little more concise, dropping some minor early successes to make room for bigger late-era hits). But I'd be a little curious to see how a 04-14 hits record would sell....some of these songs got more play than almost anything else they've ever done besides Daughter and Betterman, but is that initial impact translating into a lasting memory?

World Wide Suicide
Life Wasted
Gone (or perhaps they'd replace it with Severed Hand, since that got some live-tv plays?)
Brother
Love Reign O'er Me
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Got Some
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known (another maybe, because of tv exposure and some mild radio attention)
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Future Days

[stip]

some of those songs went nowhere, but with another album that produces 2-3 solid singles they'd really have some strong chart representation.

I suspect you're probably right about the longevity though. No one remembers brother.

[bodysnatcher]

i'd rather listen to constipated dude trying to push it out

[Lament]

Right in between Daughtry and Chevelle.

What a compliment! Truly among greats!

look, if you release a song as a single you want it to sell well. that's the whole point!

And that means it's obviously good? So I suppose it's not as good as that Daughtry song, cause that one is at #2, no?

[bodysnatcher]

So I revisited this song because it's #3 on the iTunes Rock chart, and I figured I was missing something that others heard. The conclusion is that, musically, I'm not. But I did form this little idea.

There was a particular line that stuck out to me that I never really paid attention to during other listens, so it got me reading the rest of the lyrics to the song. The song is blatantly about his close loved ones, but he never really outright says who those loved ones are (aside from the "Angel" nickname, which makes you assume it's directed towards his wife). But the part that struck me was the line:

All the missing crooked hearts
They may die but in us they live on

This line has to be about Dennis Flemion ("three crooked hearts").

With that in mind, one could interpret Future Days as an ode to people Ed has loved and admired in his life that have had profound influence on him and have passed on. The "you" in "days of you and me" being the plural tense of the word. Ed is looking forward to being reunited with his past friends and loved ones in some sort of afterlife. His wife, kids, Johnny Ramone, Dennis Flemion, Neil Young.... whoever. Not unlike the same sentiment in Man Of The Hour's "goodbye for now" line.

All of that might already be pretty obvious, but seems to make the song a little more interesting than thinking of it as some douche canoe song about his wife.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I knew Dennis and he was an amazing person. It was like being friends with Lenny Bruce or George Carlin or something...he was beyond funny and just brilliant...and larger than life. When you lose somebody like that, it's especially tragic.

[stip]

Right in between Daughtry and Chevelle.

What a compliment! Truly among greats!

look, if you release a song as a single you want it to sell well. that's the whole point!

And that means it's obviously good? So I suppose it's not as good as that Daughtry song, cause that one is at #2, no?

No. It means it is successful.

[Lament]

Ok, but the chart placing was brought in to rebuke bodysnatcher's comments about making a "bad song less bad." I'm not sure how it getting to #3 on that chart has any bearing on how good or bad the song is.

[stip]

You just need to come to my house and give mia a hug and then you'll love that song

[Lament]

Only if I get to hear your other daughter complain about My Father's Son.

[McParadigm]

hear your other daughter complain about My Father's Son.

[hlniv]

I wonder if they'll do a Greatest Hits 2004-2014.

I'd assume that, if anything, they'd be more likely to do like most long-lived bands and just do yet another full-career retrospect hits record (this time a little more concise, dropping some minor early successes to make room for bigger late-era hits). But I'd be a little curious to see how a 04-14 hits record would sell....some of these songs got more play than almost anything else they've ever done besides Daughter and Betterman, but is that initial impact translating into a lasting memory?

World Wide Suicide
Life Wasted
Gone (or perhaps they'd replace it with Severed Hand, since that got some live-tv plays?)
Brother
Love Reign O'er Me
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Got Some
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known (another maybe, because of tv exposure and some mild radio attention)
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Future Days

God that's a horrible set of songs. It seems worse when they are all together.

[hlniv]

So I revisited this song because it's #3 on the iTunes Rock chart, and I figured I was missing something that others heard. The conclusion is that, musically, I'm not. But I did form this little idea.

There was a particular line that stuck out to me that I never really paid attention to during other listens, so it got me reading the rest of the lyrics to the song. The song is blatantly about his close loved ones, but he never really outright says who those loved ones are (aside from the "Angel" nickname, which makes you assume it's directed towards his wife). But the part that struck me was the line:

All the missing crooked hearts
They may die but in us they live on

This line has to be about Dennis Flemion ("three crooked hearts").

With that in mind, one could interpret Future Days as an ode to people Ed has loved and admired in his life that have had profound influence on him and have passed on. The "you" in "days of you and me" being the plural tense of the word. Ed is looking forward to being reunited with his past friends and loved ones in some sort of afterlife. His wife, kids, Johnny Ramone, Dennis Flemion, Neil Young.... whoever. Not unlike the same sentiment in Man Of The Hour's "goodbye for now" line.

All of that might already be pretty obvious, but seems to make the song a little more interesting than thinking of it as some douche canoe song about his wife.

Nice post. Interesting take.

It's either this or his kids. It's not about his wife. Or maybe it's about all of these people and all of those unnamed like you mentioned.

It's just so damn hard to care after suffering through listening to it...

[LetMeSleep]

You just need to come to my house and give mia a hug and then you'll love that song

Or you could drop by my house and watch Wolf kick this song squarely in the nuts. Except this song has nuts whatsoever. In fact he'd probably hear the opening chords and scream NO and throw a chair over. I'm going to test this out tomorrow.

[PryTo]

So I revisited this song because it's #3 on the iTunes Rock chart, and I figured I was missing something that others heard. The conclusion is that, musically, I'm not. But I did form this little idea.

There was a particular line that stuck out to me that I never really paid attention to during other listens, so it got me reading the rest of the lyrics to the song. The song is blatantly about his close loved ones, but he never really outright says who those loved ones are (aside from the "Angel" nickname, which makes you assume it's directed towards his wife). But the part that struck me was the line:

All the missing crooked hearts
They may die but in us they live on

This line has to be about Dennis Flemion ("three crooked hearts").

With that in mind, one could interpret Future Days as an ode to people Ed has loved and admired in his life that have had profound influence on him and have passed on. The "you" in "days of you and me" being the plural tense of the word. Ed is looking forward to being reunited with his past friends and loved ones in some sort of afterlife. His wife, kids, Johnny Ramone, Dennis Flemion, Neil Young.... whoever. Not unlike the same sentiment in Man Of The Hour's "goodbye for now" line.

All of that might already be pretty obvious, but seems to make the song a little more interesting than thinking of it as some douche canoe song about his wife.

Nice post. Interesting take.

It's either this or his kids. It's not about his wife. Or maybe it's about all of these people and all of those unnamed like you mentioned.

It's just so damn hard to care after suffering through listening to it...

It's not about Robin and Barney getting married?

[verb_to_trust]

You just need to come to my house and give mia a hug and then you'll love that song

Or you could drop by my house and watch Wolf kick this song squarely in the nuts. Except this song has nuts whatsoever. In fact he'd probably hear the opening chords and scream NO and throw a chair over. I'm going to test this out tomorrow.

No way Wolf would tolerate this shit. Stip offering to allow RMer's to have contact with his daughter while this song is playing opens the door for potential shaken baby syndrome.

[PryTo]

I wonder if they'll do a Greatest Hits 2004-2014.

I'd assume that, if anything, they'd be more likely to do like most long-lived bands and just do yet another full-career retrospect hits record (this time a little more concise, dropping some minor early successes to make room for bigger late-era hits). But I'd be a little curious to see how a 04-14 hits record would sell....some of these songs got more play than almost anything else they've ever done besides Daughter and Betterman, but is that initial impact translating into a lasting memory?

World Wide Suicide
Life Wasted
Gone (or perhaps they'd replace it with Severed Hand, since that got some live-tv plays?)
Brother
Love Reign O'er Me
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Got Some
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known (another maybe, because of tv exposure and some mild radio attention)
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Future Days

God that's a horrible set of songs. It seems worse when they are all together.

Yeah, that's a pretty woeful lineup. I'd be interested in another Lost Dogs. Even if it wasn't close to being as good as the first one, it would be interesting to hear what got left in the vaults.

[BurtReynolds]

I wonder if they'll do a Greatest Hits 2004-2014.

I'd assume that, if anything, they'd be more likely to do like most long-lived bands and just do yet another full-career retrospect hits record (this time a little more concise, dropping some minor early successes to make room for bigger late-era hits). But I'd be a little curious to see how a 04-14 hits record would sell....some of these songs got more play than almost anything else they've ever done besides Daughter and Betterman, but is that initial impact translating into a lasting memory?

World Wide Suicide
Life Wasted
Gone (or perhaps they'd replace it with Severed Hand, since that got some live-tv plays?)
Brother
Love Reign O'er Me
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Got Some
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known (another maybe, because of tv exposure and some mild radio attention)
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Future Days

that is a sobering list of songs. (Edited. Comment deleted. there's been enough bloodshed today).

Now more than ever, we need a PJ Harvey forum.

[PryTo]

I wonder if they'll do a Greatest Hits 2004-2014.

World Wide Suicide
Life Wasted
Gone (or perhaps they'd replace it with Severed Hand, since that got some live-tv plays?)
Brother
Love Reign O'er Me
The Fixer
Just Breathe
Got Some
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known (another maybe, because of tv exposure and some mild radio attention)
Mind Your Manners
Sirens
Lightning Bolt
Future Days

I think they'd definitely include the cover of "Mother," unless there was some issue with rights. Seemed to get some attention for a minute.