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Re: They're 'Bout It

I'd have to say that they are about feeling.  and not some syrupy "we have 
feelings"... but real, true, gritty, sometimes painful, sometimes blissful, 
feelings.  I think what they do that makes them stand out to me is they 
explore every feeling.  everything from dejection, loneliness, grief, and 
sorrow, to blissful, yearning, blah, blah, blah...i never can seem to hold a 
train of thought.  i think the military is really starting to have negative 
effects on me.  i can't even write intelligibly any more.  but Over the 
Rhine is about experiencing life, and accepting the good with the bad, and 
finding beauty in all of it.                       -wes


>From: Paul Christian Glenn <trance at radiks_net>
>Reply-To: Paul Christian Glenn <trance at radiks_net>
>To: OtR List <over-the-rhine at actwin_com>
>Subject: They're 'Bout It
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:32:47 -0600
>
>All right, so I'm talking to a friend of mine
>on the phone last night, and I'm trying to convince
>him that he needs to get online and immediately
>buy as much OtR stuff as he can find.  I described
>their music, Karin's voice, etc., and his response
>was: "Yeah, but what are they *about*?"
>
>The question struck me as a good one. I mumbled
>something about love songs and Americana, and finally
>said, "Let me see what the listees have to say about
>that..."
>
>So, how about it?  What is Over the Rhine about?  So
>many bands seem to have a focus, be it love songs or
>philosophy or religion or anarchy or whatever, but
>OtR seems to have seeds of all of this in their music.
>I can't think of any "theme" albums (except possibly
>DNotY, which is a bit of a stretch) or records that
>push any particular ideal.
>
>Anyway, I'm rambling at this point, but what are
>your thoughts?
>
>Paul Christian Glenn      |  "Besides being complicated,
>trance at radiks_net         |  reality, in my experience,
>http://x-real.firinn.org  |  is usually odd."  -C.S. Lewis
>
>Currently Reading: "The Air-Conditioned Nightmare" by Henry Miller
>


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