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I was actually just gonna make a post singing the praises of Fall of Man and Under the Influence, but good i found this. yeah those two songs stand as examples of the best songwriting around. the lines in fall of man: "i look in your eyes. you look for some teeth. like nickels at night, left under the sheets." and the lines from under the influence: "If i roast marshmallows over their bodies do you think god will still find their souls?" are really what elevates them i could actually write a essay (literally) each on these lines (trying to resist the temptation to post some essays) but yeah the genius of them is in the sheer number of implications, associations and (the lesser number of) rhetorical devices packed into these few lines for fall of man, theres a metaphor (i look in your eyes, u look for some teeth), and a simile in the metaphor (like nickels at night), and a very evocative complex phrase inside the simile (that being nickels at night, left under the sheets). there are so many implications and associations and such packed into this last phrase that i am tired just thinking about explaining them all so yeah.... i'll just say some...maybe. the nickels at night thing would be like if someone's going to sleep and they're in their bed and all of a sudden, they find some nickels. But the discovery isnt a pleasant one, you can see from the song. so they would find these nickels by suddenly feeling cold metal sticking to their skin. but not just that! theres more! why would there be nickels under the sheets? it could be that someone else slept in that bed, wearing pants with pockets with change in them, and as they slept, some of the change slipped out. So this could be a motel/hotel bed, or it could be a personal bed, that someone else has slept in. And why would someone wear their outdoor pants to sleep? it seems to be that this person anticipated being in a big hurry when they got up, with no time to get dressed. Why would this person be in a hurry? Well, if they were in a motel it could be because they were worried about safety and thought they would have to vacate the premises if they were woken up or they could just have to go to a meeting (probably the first since this song is about the fall of man) and if they were in a hotel, it would be the latter (cause of good old hotel security), and hence its probably not a hotel. not gonna go into the whole personal bed thing for the sake of brevity so yeah so far we have the two ominous ideas: 1) someones either in a unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar place, or in their own bed which someone else has been sleeping in and 2) wherever they are, there's this idea of danger and the need to get out of there fast also the fact that the "you" felt this cold metal on their skin means that this person isnt wearing outdoors clothes themselves. theres a sense of vulnerability here, added to by the fact that this "you" seems to be a girl (cause of general vulnerability in the lyrics). So I picture a girl wearing a nightgown probably, or something like that, asleep in this dangerous area. Not good, especially considering that a nightgown isnt exactly the best thing to run away in. i think thats enough about this; i dont want this to turn into an essay. but a few extra points. theres kind of a overall feeling of rape in this line; kind of the ominous, half-realized fear of rape. That points to more ideas about the whole nature of the fall of man. like what are we falling from, and what are we falling to. And also it does say man. Maybe its kind of reverse sexism. and yeah just picture this; this whole idea of an vulnerable girl sleeping in a bad area and not realizing it. Think of that picture as being the teeth in this guy's eyes. such a goddamn cool sick line and yeah im not gonna get into the line from under the influence, but its just as cool, complex and subtle as the one from fall of man oh i feel bad now my post is so long. but yeah like i said i could write a couple of essays. i did try to keep it short

Yeah this threads is just about electric guitar concerts. Don't get me wrong, i love Matt's acoustic shows, but i miss the electric ones. Any clues on whether they will happen? Or conjecture will do fine too.

Woah that just added even more depth to the album thanks for pointing stuff like that out

What about Moon Over Marin? Nobodys mentioned it yet but it would make a good winter-time single

The coolest thing about the Dark Tower is how its sprinkled throughout the rest of his books. for example everythings eventual

alexisonfire and the fray and yeah reading this topic thing makes me realize Rage against the machine is actually a really cool name

we'll stay home agoraphobe i never wanna go out there

alexisonfire is pretty good. the screamy singer is just, meh, but the background singer has a really good voice(the guy from city in colour) but his voice sounds better in the fast songs for some reason and cic is too slow and boring so yeah get rid of the screamy guy (or pare him down a bit) and we would have a awesome band

nine inch nails the killers and if i knew some more of their music, probably smashing pumpkins too