"Sudden Organ" was my #2, it does not belong at the end.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 12 October 2018 04:29 (five years ago) link
Inspired by the YLT lyrics thread, I looked up the lyrics to "Motel 6" where someone had posted the last 2 lines of this verse:
In the passing lane on 1 and 9Stuck in sad, car stuck in driveOh well, your heart is brokenWell, you can have what's left of mine
I had never known (or heard correctly) the first line of this verse!
Just a theory but here goes:Where Highway 1 (famously known as Pacific Coast Highway or PCH) & Highway 9 intersect in Santa Cruz, there is a tangled maze of exits/entrances and lanes (including a passing lane) and also, motels (there's not currently a Motel 6 there, but not to say there has never been one there as these properties tend to change hands often).
https://i.imgur.com/50VZcCt.png
One wrong move and you could be faced with getting on a mountainous highway with nary an exit for several miles so I can imagine this could be a source of stress for a touring band rolling through town, possibly looking for their accommodations very late at night after a gig in SF (90 minutes away).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 July 2020 20:31 (three years ago) link
Interesting to note: they opened a show in Santa Cruz with that very song in 2009:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/yo-la-tengo/2009/rio-theatre-santa-cruz-ca-73d7e605.html
I've cracked the code!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 July 2020 20:36 (three years ago) link
https://yolatengo.bandcamp.com/releases they quietly released a new album of drones over the course of this week
― ufo, Friday, 17 July 2020 09:28 (three years ago) link
they should have kept it for themselves...
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 17 July 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link