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* The Fine Art Of Falling Apart * Flight Recorder From Viking 7 * She's Got A New Disguise * Haven't Slept In Years (could be considered romantic depending on your perspective of the lyrics) * So Long Mrs. Smith (the music has a very romantic quality for mine) * The Inescapable Us * Truffle Pigs (again depending on your perspective) * House Of Smoke & Mirrors * Song For The Girl * Empty Road ("It's all I know/This empty road/It keeps me looking for a place in your heart/It's all I know") * It's Been A While Since I was your Man * Umbrellaless * Requiem For Rosemary * As Long As You're Mine Matt has many romantic songs, but the thing about the way he writes about romance is that it's vastly different from the usual drivel we see. It's dark & emotive & often not overly apparent that the song is indeed romantic, and just as often laced withdouble meanings. Matt is a true wordsmith & the way he writes about romance is just like the way he writes about everything, somewhat cryptic & totally unique. Totally matthew Good.

"Who ever thought she'd miss The ins and outs of oxygen" - PRIME TIME DELIVERANCE

Apparitions is a beautiful song & the introduction to MGB for so many people, but sonically I think Strange Days offers more.

Yeah I agree, divorce is a pretty big "only". I didn't know about his wife being pregnant though. That really sucks. Having a son that is pretty much as old as Matt's kid would have been, I know now what an absolute miracle having a child is & I couldn't imagine life without him now. I'm sure he does reget that. Well all I can say is that I am soooo glad he's still creating music & I am salivating at the thought of a new, potentially, double album. I hope 2007 is a kick-ass year for him.

Ok, cool thanks. I'd read that he said 2006 was the worst year of his life, using the terms like "after what's happened to me" etc. I later read that'd he'd divorced Jennie (?) - so was that the only crappy thing (apart from his site getting hacked)?

As a vocalist, I just LOVE singing "The Rat Who Would Be King". Matt just WAILS in that song. Many's the time I have cranked my stereo up to 11 & just belted that out at the top of my lungs!!! What a freakin' song!

Hi Gooders, I have been pretty much out of the MG loop since the relase of COMA, and would really appreciate a very brief summary of what Matt's been up to since then. I'm reading whispers of a new album - when & what kinda stuff? Also hearing whispers of Matt not playing live anymore or something to that effect. Tell me it ain't so!! Matt's been sick? I've been perusing the board a little but haven't found anything concrete yet. Thanks for ya'lls input.

"Haven't Slept In Years" is a breeze to play. Great song too!

Yeah, there are waaaaaaaaaaaaaay way too many, but one that immediately springs to mind is: "You are an important part of the computer" from Near Fantastica. It fits the mood of the song so brilliantly & he sings it with such emotion, but that's par or the course for Matt.

I actually think it's cool. I mean for what it is....two songs mashed together. It sounds better than alot of the shit that passes for music on the radio these days!

"Fake lightning flashes over a skyline. A deer in your headlights So gun it, gun it, gun it, gun it, gun it We’re singing songs about 21st century living If hates in your heart, man You’ll take what you’re given" 21ST CENTURY LIVING

"You are an important part of the computer" - NEAR FANTASTICA

How old are you guys, I mean honestly. Surely you can't be the 5 year olds that your comments are alluding too. Act your ages for Christs sake. Seriously Saladbowl, if you can't come up with an intelligent comment, why bother saying anything at all? As I said before....every one of your posts makes the case for your immaturity & your lack of intelligence that much stronger. You have yet to post something that suggests otherwise. Obviously you have not the mental capacity to do that, & in turn have an intelligent debate.

Well yes exactly Calum......I was under the impression that's precisely what I had done in the first instance. Not attacking anyone, not making degrogatory comments towards anyone on the board. Apparently others took offence to my comments or felt threatened by them for whatever reason. I'll be damned if I will be slandered in silence.

Oh....am I scared now? You went to a site of mine & have a picture of me. You needn;t have travelled so far.....there's a pic of me beside my every post. Keep up with the threats Sedated. It's obvious that's all you have going for you.

Here is the quote: "I bet some of you guys would switch sexual orientation for ten minutes of "matt good time". i know NF doesn't stand for "no fags" but taker easy." THAT is the quote referring to my being a "fag", typed directly after he quoted part of my post. (Just in case you failed to read it & realize that he was referring to me). Where exactly did I say "I'LL BEAT THE FUCK OUT OF YOU IF I EVER MET YOU"? Dude, you can put all the words you want into my posts but that doesn;t change the fact of the words that are ACTUALLY THERE. In actuality I said "Oh how I would love to run into you on the street" referring to my desire to see how Sedated's oh so tough online anonymity would play out in the real world. Not once did I mention beating anyone up. Sedated on the other hand typed "...the sad part is that I will never get to pummel you like the little girl you are". He was the sole person making threats of violence. Perhaps you too would do well to actually read the posts saladbowl. Oh & if indeed "Everyone is alright" as you say in your oh so cleaver amendment of my signature, then perhaps I would not be slandered for a post made about the brilliance of a musical artist & nothing more. Yep, I have a mental instability because someone is slandering me on a board & I am defending myself. **shakes head** Oh & the comment about the meds.....very well informed & intellient on your part saladbowl. About as intelligent as Sedated remarks.

I see.....then we should all refrain from making any positive comments about Matthew Good, because this is a Matthew Good board...after all, that's why we are all here. You idiot. And I am a "fag" or a "little girl" because I have intelligent comments to make about Matt Good's music & I have the intelligence to make them clearly & passionately? By the way....passion does not equal gay. Passion does not equal girly....passion equals being human. And if you could actually read with intelligence you would see that I never said you have killed anyone (I never mentioned your "friends" either) but rather I said it was attitudes like yours that lead to hatred & violence. Oh & while on the topic of intelligence....seems a intelligent person would know how to spell the word intelligence. But please sedated....keep talking. Because the more you talk, the more unintelligent you seem.

Hey Sedated19, How does GET FUCKED sound? I am a musican you fucking dropkick. I am also a married man....a hetrosexual one you idiot. My post about Matt Good was made with regard to his talent as a musician. My comment about wishing to create music with him was just that....a fucking comment about wishing to write with him. Why don't you take your immature & fucking homophobic comments & shove them up your ass. Same goes for you The Worker Sang (Aaron). Yeah, that was such a funny comment. I made an intelligent post about an artist that we all supposedly admire. If a guy can't comment on someones talent in a board on a website devoted to said person, then what the fuck? What's the point of having the site in the first place? Oh wait, I should just say "Yeah, I guess Matt Good is kinda ok" when actually I think his music & talent is phenomenal, just because some immature fuckwit may think it tougher, or more manly or less ass-kissing or less fucking gay for fuck sakes, for me to say otherwise. You know, Sedated & The Worker it's people like you that not only give boards a bad name but that give the fucking human race a bad name. Oh you love your anonymity here online. I could lay money on the fact that you wouln't be so quick to label me a fag on the street if we met.....to tell me my "ass-kissing" (that is my praise for an artist I respect musically) is a shell for my desire to bone him in the ass. Oh how I would love to run into you on the street. Oh & the only think omnipotent about you Seadted is your immature, uninformed & closed-minded attitudes. Have a look around...the world is rife with people & attitudes like you...it's why people hate & kill each other the world over.....omnipotent indeed. Grow up you homophoblic fucking dickheads. And that goes for ANY & ALL of you who think that my post was just an ass kiss. I read posts of such before, but let those comments slide. However when I am accused of being a homosexual for relating my admiration for someones music & musical talent, then I'm gonna have something to say. The really fucking stupid thing is that I am probably going to be the one either banned from the boards or warned for swearing......not the idiots spreading homophobic slander across the board. But my expreience in here of late would render me totally unsurprised if that were the case. And if this board tolerates such ridiculous attitudes & the proclimation of them in written form then I will find a board with intelligent members who are not threatened by straight people making legitimate, intelligent conversation & passing them off as gay. Grow up you morons. You know who you are.

Well thanx Calum. That's nice of you to say man. I appreciate it. But really dude, I qam just calling a spade a spade. I was surprised that I could actually articulate what I wanted to say.....what Matt's music does to me. Even though the words I expressed above don't really do Matt & his music justice to me. He is purely fucking amazing. If I can be half as good as he is, then I will be a happy little muso. Oh how I wish wish wish I could create with him!!!! LOL!

Matt Good just fucking emotes. Pure & simple. When I think of the GREAT voices of rock 'n' roll.....I think of Paul Stanley (KISS), Robert Planet (Zep), Chris Cornell (Soundgarden/Audioslave), Ian Astbury (The Cult/Doors), Jim Morrison (The Doors), Steve Perry (Journey).......Matthew Good is right up there amongst them for me! There is an almost Spiritual quality about his voice that smashes you right in the heart. Being gay has nothing to do with it. Actually, let me include this here. Much of it is relevant to this discussion. This was a post I made some 2 years ago on another board. The question had been raised as to why Matt Good had never "cracked it big" in the USA, among other things. Anyways, here was my response. ____________________________________________ MATTHEW GOOD IS A MUSICAL GENIUS. I am an Australian guitarist/singer/songwriter living in Texas, USA. I first discovered MGB during my 2 year tenure living in Alberta, Canada (God's country). I saw the video for "Everything is Automatic" on Much Music one day & I was blown away. On the strength of that song, I went out & bought UNDERDOGS & Matthew Good has pretty much been my favorite artist/band ever since. Matt is a fantastic songwriter, & as a unit, Matt, Dave, Ian & Rich were a force. I loved Dave Genn's guitar hooks & I wondered how Matt's sound would change with the departure of Dave & Ian. After hearing "Weapon" I am totally convinced of Matt's power as a stand-alone songwriter & artist. I am filled with excitment for the new album. Of course, I own all the MGB albums to date as well as some other stuff I had never heard before I found on Kazza. Someone said it perfectly in an earlier post..."Matt Good just fucking emotes!" To me, he has one of the most incredible voices in any genre of music I have ever heard. When we think of traditionally great rock voices, we think of the Chris Cornell's, the Robert Plant's & the Paul Stanley's. For your classic 'smooth as silk' voice we think of our Frank Sinatra's & our Nat King Cole's etc. But there is something about Matthew Good's voice that for me, puts him up there with all the vocal greats. There is an almost Spiritual quality in his vocals. I don't mean in a 'God' kind of way (it has nothing to do with religion), but more so that it is a quality that can reach deep inside of you & touch you at that most deepest of places. That place that moves you & makes you think about yourself & your world in a different way. To me, it is pure emotion. This quality, combined with the brilliant, insightful & emotive lyrics he so often writes create a soundscape that as I said, is not only sonic, but Spiritual. I am not averse to saying that listening to certain Matthew Good songs have brought me to tears on many an occasion. He simply moves me. "Flight Recorder from Viking 7", "Life Beyond the Minimum Safe Distance", 'I miss New Wave", "Let's Get It On", "Running For Home", "The Inescapable Us" & "Fated" are just some that do it to me everytime I hear them. As an artist myself that often writes in a style not unlike Matthew Good, I always strive to achieve that amazing quality with my own music. It is this quality that sets a true gifted artist apart from the rest of the commercially driven crap that our airwaves & television sets are inundated with these days. Artists like Matthew Good are becoming rarer in todays musical climate, but they are so easy to spot. Because it is their music that will hit you right in the heart. Just like Matt's does. I would give anything for the opportunity to create with him. The experience & the music would be nothing short of inspirational. As for why he hasn't cracked it huge in the US.....a number of reasons. Firstly & foremostly I think, Matt is concerned primarily with the integrity of his music. While some of his songs are quite commercially viable, he is not one to compromise his musical integrity in order to produce an album that will be accepted commercially by the masses. I have the utmost respect for him for this. For, a true musician creates that which comes from his or her heart & this is & should always be the bottom line in any musical endeavour, for any musician truly serious about their art & their gift. Matt's music is what it is because it is his own, & not the lure of huge American music market dollars nor the trappings of fame can deviate him from his path to create music from his heart. Secondly, I see the US music market as possibly the most commercial in the world. And definitely the market overburdened with the most commercial crap. As a result, the majority of the population (especially the younger generation) are drawn towards the commercially produced shit like the Britney Spears', the Christina Aguliera's, the Missy Elliot's, the Backstreet Boys', the NSYNC's & the Offspring's (yes, they were once a cool rock band). Unfortunatley, the majority of new music has become focused on image. And in general, many, many, many young Americans (particularly under the age of 25) have been 'image-washed' if you will, by all this. Matthew Good is not "all dat" he is not "wit it" & he is not "the thang". The truly sad thing is that his music is indeed all these things, but in todays American music climate (and unfortunately most of the first world), the music runs a distant second place to the image. Please don't misunderstand, I am not trying to hang shit on Americans (my wife is American!) or their musical tastes, I am just making an observation as I see it. I managed an independent music store in Sydney, Australia for 4 years prior to moving to the US & I saw the same sad patterns emerging in the youth there also. But I was heartened to discover that there was hope. Next to no-one had heard of the Matthew Good Band in Australia. I used to play my personal collection of MGB albums everyday at work & without fail, someone would ask who that was, & stay to listen. I had to start importing them from the US to satify those who wanted to buy them. Thing was, only UNDERDOGS & BEAUTIFUL MIDNIGHT were available from the US. So I would call my dear friends in Alberta & have them buy copies of RAYGUN, LAST OF THE GHETTO ASTRONAUTS & more recently, THE AUDIO OF BEING & ship them to me. I sold them all. Amongst the scores of people bringing all the new R&B & 'pop' shit up to the counter, I could sell a quality product & know that the cause was not totally lost. But they say that music, like everything else runs in cycles. Perhaps we will again see a return to the admiration & respect of quality music by the collective consciousness. I certainly hope so. As for the whole Canadian band thing being discussed here also, I have to say that there is an exceptionally healthy glow to the Canadian music scene. For me Matthew Good tops the pile, closely followed by The Tragically Hip (their latest ablum IN VIOLET LIGHT is just awesome. If you have not heard it yet, do yourself a big favor...go check it out!) They are another band with great musical integrity & as such have been duly rewarded as the 'darlings' of Canadian Rock by their beloved fellow countrymen. I am also exceptionally impressed with Canadian acts such as Moist, See Spot Run, Wide Mouth Mason, The Tea Party of course (although I think they have begun their commercial slide downwards), The Watchmen, Our Lady Peace ('Naveed' is the benchmark for them, but the new album 'Gravity' is killer also - Bob Rock is a fantastic producer), Amanda Marshall, Jan Arden, Natalie McMaster (brilliant fiddle extraordinaire from Nova Scotia)& to a lesser degree, Nickleback (they are quite commercial but have some great rock songs nonetheless. Although, I lost alot of respect for Chad Kroger for producing his Nickleback clone Default - really, they may have well just have released it as another Nickleback album). Not only do I think the Canadian music scene is probably healthier than that of the US, but that the average music consumer seems less inclined to be blinded by image in Canada. These are generalizations of course, I know the demise in musical tastes is unfortunatley a worldwide phenomenom. Anyways, these are my thoughts. I will leave you with one more: MATTHEW GOOD IS A MUSICAL GENIUS!!! That was my 2 cents!

Insober.... I actually have 2 copies of the black cover version!

And here I was thinking that you were going to make a post about Matthew Good beiong a hopeless performer live!!!! LOL!!!

Awesome Tar!! Nice job & great pics! I'd be super proud too! Thanks for sharing them hon!!!

Any song he wrote on he will get writing royalties for. Any song he played on I am almost certain he will get royalties from. So yes, if you bought BM tomorrow he would get a royalty from it.

Post the pics Tar!!! Your stories are awesome!!!