― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link
And I need you more than want you and I want you for all timeAnd the Wichita lineman is still on the line
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Technically this is not correct - snow is not a problem for telephone (or power) lines - it's freezing rain that causes them to break.
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:14 (nineteen years ago) link
- Dave Nicosia, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service Binghamton
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:17 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
Yes, I did. Hi, Polyphonic!
― o. nate (onate), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't tend to follow GW Bush's rhetorical methods if I can help it.
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Wednesday, 19 January 2005 22:19 (nineteen years ago) link
the other important thing to remember about "wichita lineman" was that it was intended to be a sequel to "by the time i get to phoenix."
― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 20 January 2005 08:20 (nineteen years ago) link
I'm not, Amateur(ist) — it's crap. And believe me: I wanted to like that record more than you can possibly imagine. Or maybe you can.
Reunion is good, if you can get past the lyrics - they are a bit clumsy, but i think the melodies are glorious.
― debden, Thursday, 20 January 2005 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 8 April 2005 09:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― mentalist (mentalist), Friday, 8 April 2005 09:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Friday, 8 April 2005 09:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― $V£N! (blueski), Friday, 8 April 2005 09:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dadrock, Meshach and Abednego (Dada), Friday, 8 April 2005 09:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Keith C (kcraw916), Friday, 5 August 2005 02:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankiemachine, Friday, 5 August 2005 09:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin (nostudium), Friday, 5 August 2005 09:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Friday, 5 August 2005 14:13 (nineteen years ago) link
I like Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb, too.
― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 5 August 2005 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
yes. it is the essence of music itself.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Friday, 5 August 2005 15:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 16:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― everything, Wednesday, 30 November 2005 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Oh No, It's Dadaismus (and His Endless Stupid Jokes) (Dada), Thursday, 1 December 2005 13:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― hold tight the private caller (mwah), Thursday, 1 December 2005 15:09 (eighteen years ago) link
I think that F6-9 is right for "Wichita," by the way--I've always played it in F major.
― edd s hurt (ddduncan), Thursday, 1 December 2005 17:02 (eighteen years ago) link
Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9x_1Ri3XxE&feature=related
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
Worthy of note: It still pains Jimmy Webb to this day that he "falsely" rhymed time with line.
― libcrypt, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Heard him confess this on Fresh Air.
― libcrypt, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Jimmy Webb is a grumpy old man.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Sunday, 30 March 2008 02:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I just want to say the comment section in that Glen Campbell youtube link above is the greatest thing I have ever read in my entire life.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 30 March 2008 03:50 (sixteen years ago) link
One of my favourite songs ever
'And I need you more than want you and I want you for all time'
The Urge Overkill version is worth a listen. MASSIVE open, alt- tuned chords.I just love the last eight bars. It finishes on one of those lovely suspended chords. If anybody knows the chord, please let me know!
The original is the best though. What a voice!
― Fer Ark, Sunday, 30 March 2008 21:19 (sixteen years ago) link
the reunion album is v. good
― figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Saturday, 12 December 2009 02:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Somebody on my Facebook just shared a video of this song, seeing fit to add the caption "Bitches love a lineman!" to the post.
― Electro-Shock Rory (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 29 June 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
Really dumb but very touching misinterpretation of the song by its best interpreter at the end of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6J99mWFqMU&feature=related
― Three Word Username, Friday, 29 June 2012 07:00 (twelve years ago) link
Would love to see that version of "Daddy Sang Bass" in its entirety
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 June 2012 11:24 (twelve years ago) link
no one mention freedy johnston's version yet? pretty solid.
― jimmy_chop, Friday, 29 June 2012 13:42 (twelve years ago) link
No, it was mentioned a few times.
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 June 2012 13:53 (twelve years ago) link
One of the greatest songs ever.
Hell, even Kool & the Gang covered it on Live at the Sex Machine
This was so mindblowing to me when I found out about it. I mean what now?
― (✿◠‿◠) (ENBB), Friday, 29 June 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
Went on Spotify and didn't see Kool and the Gang version but did find one by Dennis Brown.
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 June 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
OK, got it thx.
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 June 2012 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
We discussed the GC farewell tour a little on this thread Glen Campbell: Outlaw!
― ratso piazzolla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 29 June 2012 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
Obviously the best song ever written. Maria McKee does a particularly haunting version of it.
― Everything You Like Sucks, Friday, 29 June 2012 19:34 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9x_1Ri3XxE
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 27 July 2013 00:43 (eleven years ago) link
well shit
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 27 July 2013 00:45 (eleven years ago) link
damn, Glen's people are fast!
― Remember! The cormorant is a big brrd. It has got a long neck. (unregistered), Saturday, 27 July 2013 00:46 (eleven years ago) link
Love this one. Looks like Glen is on some other planet with a 6-string bass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qoymGCDYzU
― Elvis Telecom, Saturday, 27 July 2013 00:48 (eleven years ago) link