Jimmy Webb's Immortal "Wichita Lineman"

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The lyrical interpretation earlier in this thread was pretty eye-opening; I always figured "And if it snows that that stretch down south won't ever stand the strain" meant "If she freezes me out, these blue balls are gonna kill me."

Hideous Lump, Saturday, 27 July 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link

some weapons-grade challopery up in this thread

Mancunian stagger (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 27 July 2013 20:42 (ten years ago) link

The version he did on Jools in 2008 was pretty amazing. Stay for the "fine" at the very end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMFOnpT9RkQ

that's not my post, Sunday, 28 July 2013 05:01 (ten years ago) link

Glen Campbell still a pretty damn good guitar player at age 72 in that clip. Lot of guys in a group setting like that would have just sang the tune and left someone in the ensemble to do all of those fills from the original arrangement.

earlnash, Sunday, 28 July 2013 22:07 (ten years ago) link

OTM. Was just telling James Redd, Sr. something to that effect.

Orpheus in Hull (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 July 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link

that's great, as is the weird Forbidden Planet alien world studio one.

That Simpsons bit where Homer's going through his records with the implication that they're terrible and Glen Campbell is one of them bothers me beyond reason.

Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Monday, 29 July 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link

http://sadyoutube.com/post/52276658436/this-song-makes-me-cry-my-dad-was-a-truck

I am never clicking through to read this, because "My dad was a truck" is perfect enough without seeing the rest of the sentence.

Here's the storify, of a lovely ladify (Phil D.), Monday, 29 July 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link

three years pass...
three years pass...

people on this thread dissing Reunion.... my god. you sick people. was super happy to tell Webb how much i loved it when i caught him live.

Hmmmmm (jamiesummerz), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 16:47 (three years ago) link

Crazy. That album's great but I wish they hadn't done that Lowell George song. He's got a habit of doing pointless covers though, like the crap Beatles cover on "The Magic Garden".

Young Boys of Bernie (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 November 2020 17:48 (three years ago) link


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