Crown Of Thorns

stonesgstring

I hope so

I'm one of the lucky few who got to witness a lot of the new songs being played live for the first time, so I can't complain too much

armyreserve

Crown of Thorns = Goosebumps

VEDHEAD27

*permanent chills&tears*

I was listening to MLB this morning and damn, this song always does it!

And seriously, hearing the Jeff interview and him talking about how emotional this song gets him and how it's been hard for him to play over the years?!! Awwww.:( But I love how he said that he felt that change in Chicago..and feels like maybe they can play it more now.:) Remember with smiles.

I'm SO beyond ready for this magical beauty on LEG 2 PJ.
~*Bring the MAGIC and LOVE*~

MeddleDeal

I agree Lydia, bring this on, along w/Chloe Dancer. It makes for such a great combination:)

Truly one of the BEST songs Andy Wood wrote and one of the BEST songs PJ has EVER covered!

GoldenWords

Hey all,
I ran across this thread after writing down and posting memories to my web site concerning the conception of the lyrics to "Crown of Thorns" and "Chloe Dancer."

Remembering Andy
http://members.tripod.com/Kuriakon00/andy/

Ever heard the story of Mister Faded Glory
http://members.tripod.com/Kuriakon00/andy/fadedglory.html

On Earth as in Dallas
http://members.tripod.com/Kuriakon00/andy/deep.html

Later,
DKing

obiwon76

Wow, I just want to say, I've never seen a thread that is over 2 years old. Nice.

MeddleDeal

yeah, we managed to keep this thread going for now 3 years

it brings a tear to my eye each time i see it BUMPED!

Dirt_Like_Me

I am listening to the MLB version right now and I have tears in my eyes. It is one of the most beautiful and gut wrenching songs I have ever heard. At the Vegas show (just the other day) I swear I could hear the intro to this music coming from somewhere (I think one of the guitar techs was playing it). I nearly exploded because I thought that the song was going to be played that night, but it wasn't. Hopefully someday I will have the pleasure of hearing Crown of Thorns live.

On the MSG DVD there is a part where Jeff and Stone are jamming in front of Matt and Jeff looks up at Stone and just smiles. *sigh* That part always gets me.

GoldenWords

MeddleDeal wrote:

I agree Lydia, bring this on, along w/Chloe Dancer. It makes for such a great combination:)

Truly one of the BEST songs Andy Wood wrote and one of the BEST songs PJ has EVER covered!

Hmm -- maybe I should honor the longivity of the thread and offer some insights to the lyrical interpetations.

Andy and Chloe. Glimmer Twins of the mystical kind.
Chloe just like me, only beautiful
A couple of years of difference


Chloe is a moniker of someone Andy never really met in person. He met her through me. She was 17 and he was 20. They were both Goats, both were short and packed a powerful punch. Both liked to climb the walls and kick the ceiling with their feet. Andy was the pretty one -- in a masculine way, and Chloe was the beautiful one in a feminine way.

Chloe danced the tables in the french quarter

That line was not about New Orleans or the Big Easy as some may have speculated. She was not a hooker or a prostitute. The line was about me dancing with her in spirit afterwards.

But those lessons never learned

Those lessons never learned === was because she died when she was 17. I was her lover before she died. I was mourning her loss when I met Andy. Andy felt a deep, mystical, and spiritual bond with her == even through he never met her in person.

Time spent laying by her side
It was not her in person as much as it was her spirit coming through me. I felt her alive in my heart at all times --- even today.

The songs "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" are themselves sort of "twins" to one another.

He romantized meeting her in person ..... but that .... and other dreams I carried in my mind --- were never going to be possible. I had to bury apart of her in my mind == and Andy helped me do that.

And dreams like this must die

Later,
DKing

AngelofIndifference

it's so nice to know that when i am at a show and we all are graced with this amazing song i'm not the only one with chills and near tears.

gregwheeler

Kaddikat wrote:

MSG 1.

WOW.. Never in my WILDEST dreams.. THANK YOU

you ever heard the story of mr. faded glory?
say he who rides a pony must someday fall
i been talkin' to my alter
life is what you make it
and if you make it death well then rest your soul away
away away yeah child
it's a broken kind of feeling
she'd have to tie me to the ceiling
a bad moon's a comin' better say your prayers
i wanna tell her that i love her
but does it really matter?
i just can't stand to see you dragging down
again
so i'm singing
this is my kinda love it's the kind that moves on
it's unkind and leaves me alone
yes it does
i uses to treat you like a lady
now you're a substitute teacher
this bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight
i owe the man some money so i'm turnin over honey
you see mr. faded glory is once again doin' time
this is my kinda love
it's the kind that moves on
it's unkind and leaves me alone
yes it does
like a crown of thorns it's all who you know
so don't burn your bridges woman cause someday, yeah
kick it!
baby i said com' on, com' on, com' on, com' on yeah i said baby
don't burn your bridges woman

they did it in sandiego 7-7-06at the sound check and at the show.goosebumps from head to toe...amazing...and i'm spending more than every penny i've got to see them again in san fran saturday night

MeddleDeal

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! Hearing this AGAIN at the Gorge night 1 was truly a blessing and having my unborn child in my belly listening to this goregous song makes me very happy!!

THANKS PJ for playing this song once again, AND thank u for giving thanks to Andy each time you play it:)


I wish they would play Chloe Dancer w/this song, I know they only did the instrumental verison in Atlanta 2003. Even this song makes me cry and gives me chills each time I hear it. i'm naming my little girl after this song, Chloe and she is already dancing in my belly as we speak

Skinny Sweaty Dude

As much As I ADORE Ed's Voice, I prefer Andy wood singing crown of thorns. It gives me chills when I hear that song, definatley one of my favorite songs EVER.

*Prepares to get eaten alive for saying andy's version is better*

MeddleDeal

Skinny Sweaty Dude wrote:

As much As I ADORE Ed's Voice, I prefer Andy wood singing crown of thorns. It gives me chills when I hear that song, definatley one of my favorite songs EVER.

*Prepares to get eaten alive for saying andy's version is better*

you are entitled to your opinion, and you won't get eaten alive for that haha and yeah, I get that too whenever I hear Andy sing it. I bawl when Andy starts singing Chloe Dancer at the beginning, so heartfelt.

writersu

Kaddikat wrote:

MSG 1.

WOW.. Never in my WILDEST dreams.. THANK YOU

you ever heard the story of mr. faded glory?
say he who rides a pony must someday fall
i been talkin' to my alter
life is what you make it
and if you make it death well then rest your soul away
away away yeah child
it's a broken kind of feeling
she'd have to tie me to the ceiling
a bad moon's a comin' better say your prayers
i wanna tell her that i love her
but does it really matter?
i just can't stand to see you dragging down
again
so i'm singing
this is my kinda love it's the kind that moves on
it's unkind and leaves me alone
yes it does
i uses to treat you like a lady
now you're a substitute teacher
this bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight
i owe the man some money so i'm turnin over honey
you see mr. faded glory is once again doin' time
this is my kinda love
it's the kind that moves on
it's unkind and leaves me alone
yes it does
like a crown of thorns it's all who you know
so don't burn your bridges woman cause someday, yeah
kick it!
baby i said com' on, com' on, com' on, com' on yeah i said baby
don't burn your bridges woman

love, love, looooooooooove this song but I like it when it is preceded by the Chloe part.

writersu

Kaddikat wrote:

1/2 ass monkey boyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

thank you pj for c.o.t. @ msg

I love that CD so much. I listen to it all of the time. It's an awesome driving CD.