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Red House Painters
Melanie (and other LA attendees),
Red House Painters? Really? I thought for sure it was some long lost James
album or Booth and the Bad Angel...which Red House Painters? I'd love to
find that album.
steve g.
>From: "Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>
>Reply-To: "Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>
>To: arwen725 at hotmail_com, over-the-rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: Re: patience
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 13:39:04 -0000
>
>(the lyrics, mercilessly thieved from the website):
>
>"Sister" (words: Detweiler and Bergquist)
>You say he feels it
>his face reveals it
>my sweet trepidation
>an eagerness of my own
>a shiver ships through my bones
>can you see cobblestone roads
>running through his stare.
>
>he's so clandestine
>he's such a vision
>so tell me sister
>he sits here in this small dive
>there's something behind those eyes
>did you perceive the wilderness
>resting there... so did i
>
>laughing he stalls me
>crazy he calls me
>he thinks me artless
>for not stocking berry wines
>from certain australian vines
>have mercy sister
>he's travelled 'round the world
>
>he's like a shadow
>there by the window
>but no man's an island
>no man's an artesian well
>he loves the cathedral bell
>it sings about him
>when he goes home at night... so do i
>
>
>Here's my "dumb guy lyric analysis". Isn't it just about digging some dude
>from afar? In university english classes, I realized I usually only see
>the
>obvious... But it seems pretty straitforward. The singer to me is someone
>very private and shy. Like that Emily Dickenson chick. :)
>
>So to me (until one of you smart people tell me differently!) it's just
>about unrequited love...
>
>Artesian well,
>Dumb Guy Bruce
>
>
>
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "Melanie Shannon" <arwen725 at hotmail_com>
>To: b_lachey at hotmail_com, over-the-rhine at actwin_com
>Subject: patience
>Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 19:15:59 -0500
>
>
>then, just out of curiosity, (and because i never understood it), what do
>you think 'sister' is about? any deep meanings, or just what's obvious?
>
>melanie
>
>(details of LA concert coming soon- i promise! and we'll see how my photos
>turned out...)
>
>
>
>>From: "Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>
>>Reply-To: "Bruce Lachey" <b_lachey at hotmail_com>
>>To: over-the-rhine at actwin_com
>>Subject: re: rarity desires
>>Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 21:12:46 -0000
>>
>>My #1 I'd like to hear live again:
>>
>>How Does it Feel - however they wanna play it is fine by me.
>>
>>I was on a "Patience" listening cycle this past weekend; it really is one
>>of
>>my favorite albums of all time, and by far my favorite OtR. The light
>>lush
>>keyboards on a few of the tracks (Jacksie, for example) and the wacky
>>percussion on a few (I've Been Slipping)... aah. And the lyrics are just
>>"art" to me. Maybe that sophomoric phase of OtR best matches my mindset.
>>To me, the album as a whole is very diverse, very optimistic, lush,
>>far-reaching yet introspective, and somehow cohesively tied together.
>>
>>Oh, and for the record, I don't think "Fly Dance" is about masturbation at
>>all... (For you new-school OtR fans, that was a debate in the past). Nor
>>do I think it's about Nelson Mandela, no matter what anyone says to me.
>>But
>>I DO think "Faithfully Dangerous" is about vampires... :)
>>
>>Teeth marks to be sure,
>>B
>>
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