Red Mosquito

96583UP wrote:Ed def ran out of good lyrics a long time ago

Leatherhead wrote:Ed's best lyrics are in Johnny Guitar.

With a leg under a red dress I wish I could see
Further North a warmth alive & lingering

96583UP wrote:ever since Writer’s Block it’s all been downhill

tragabigzanda wrote:

96583UP wrote:it's funny this song thread got bumped, i was thinking about this song within the last 1-2 days

have been watching that Eddie & Jeff interview with Bill Simmons. Just a nice reminder of how good a guy Ed is.

We shit all over this song when it came out. It was intended to roast DJT. It was well-intended, but the execution far from snapped.

made me think how Ed meant well but at this phase of life / age / career just couldn't bring the musical gusto or vocal delivery necessary to match the strength of the intent with the actual end product

It’s interesting to see how Jeff Tweedy can write clever and subtle lyrics about the Trump era. This could be from either side of the aisle:

I love my country like a little boy
Red, white, and blue
I love my country, stupid and cruel
Red, white, and blue
All you have to do is sing in the choir
Kill yourself every once in a while
And sing in the choir with me
All you have to do is sing in the choir
Set yourself on fire every once in a while
And sing in the choir
With me
With me
I love my country like a little child
Red, white, and blue
I love my country, stupid and cruel
Red, white, and blue
All you have to do is sing in the choir
All you have to do is sing in the choir
All you have to do is sing in the choir
With me
With me

And then you compare that with something like Quick Escape

epilogue wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:Ed's best lyrics are in Johnny Guitar.

With a leg under a red dress I wish I could see
Further North a warmth alive & lingering

Ick

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

96583UP wrote:it's funny this song thread got bumped, i was thinking about this song within the last 1-2 days

have been watching that Eddie & Jeff interview with Bill Simmons. Just a nice reminder of how good a guy Ed is.

We shit all over this song when it came out. It was intended to roast DJT. It was well-intended, but the execution far from snapped.

made me think how Ed meant well but at this phase of life / age / career just couldn't bring the musical gusto or vocal delivery necessary to match the strength of the intent with the actual end product

It’s interesting to see how Jeff Tweedy can write clever and subtle lyrics about the Trump era. This could be from either side of the aisle:

I love my country like a little boy
Red, white, and blue
I love my country, stupid and cruel
Red, white, and blue
All you have to do is sing in the choir
Kill yourself every once in a while
And sing in the choir with me
All you have to do is sing in the choir
Set yourself on fire every once in a while
And sing in the choir
With me
With me
I love my country like a little child
Red, white, and blue
I love my country, stupid and cruel
Red, white, and blue
All you have to do is sing in the choir
All you have to do is sing in the choir
All you have to do is sing in the choir
With me
With me

And then you compare that with something like Quick Escape

You really hate anything thats not middle path.

As it relates explicitly to our current political climate, yes, you are generally right

tragabigzanda wrote:Seriously though…

Quick Escape is no Bushleaguer, but also I’m not 21 years old anymore.

At face value, the two songs might appear similar, given that they’re direct affronts to Republican presidents, written from the vantage point of the guy on the left.

But Bushleaguer has a sneaky musical structure, with little bits of creativity woven throughout; the energy never rises above a 6/10, and while Bush’s name is in the title, the lyrics are cryptic enough to make you do a little work to connect all the dots (or even find new meaning with repeated listens).

And then Quick Escape is the exact opposite of all that. Just utterly exhausting, basic, myopic music and lyrics, from top to bottom.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Seriously though…

Quick Escape is no Bushleaguer, but also I’m not 21 years old anymore.

At face value, the two songs might appear similar, given that they’re direct affronts to Republican presidents, written from the vantage point of the guy on the left.

But Bushleaguer has a sneaky musical structure, with little bits of creativity woven throughout; the energy never rises above a 6/10, and while Bush’s name is in the title, the lyrics are cryptic enough to make you do a little work to connect all the dots (or even find new meaning with repeated listens).

And then Quick Escape is the exact opposite of all that. Just utterly exhausting, basic, myopic music and lyrics, from top to bottom.

I never got the sense Quick Escape was specifically about Trump. More of a finding a scapegoat for your problems, running away, and then realizing you had it pretty good.

I think that’s accurate, but the Trump thing just immediately politicizes it. Is he suggesting that Democrats don’t harvest resources, leverage capitalism, harm the environment? They had to get away because MAGA ruined the planet?

I mean my real problem with the song is the music; it gives me a headache. But the lyrics make things worse.