Never really cared for this song in the context of the wider album - it feels overlong and slows the flow down to a crawl. But having listened to it in isolation a few times it has really struck me how good this song is - and how superb the lyrics are. I'd always thought it needed to lose a verse / chorus, but you can't lose any of these words... right up there with Ed's best. And yes very clearly about CC (and VC) to me.
Never really cared for this song in the context of the wider album - it feels overlong and slows the flow down to a crawl. But having listened to it in isolation a few times it has really struck me how good this song is - and how superb the lyrics are. I'd always thought it needed to lose a verse / chorus, but you can't lose any of these words... right up there with Ed's best. And yes very clearly about CC (and VC) to me.
Glad you circled back and discovered more. I love how its placed on Gigaton honestly. It makes the record very well rounded.
It is an amazing song that has always struck an emotional chord with me when I listen to it. I wish they would have played it live, but with it seemingly being a very personal song, I can see why they might not. Maybe one day and hopefully at a show I am at.
Never really cared for this song in the context of the wider album - it feels overlong and slows the flow down to a crawl. But having listened to it in isolation a few times it has really struck me how good this song is - and how superb the lyrics are. I'd always thought it needed to lose a verse / chorus, but you can't lose any of these words... right up there with Ed's best. And yes very clearly about CC (and VC) to me.
Trust your first instincts. As a long time live song album completist, this is one song I am fine never hearing live. Snooze fest to the max.
Never really cared for this song in the context of the wider album - it feels overlong and slows the flow down to a crawl. But having listened to it in isolation a few times it has really struck me how good this song is - and how superb the lyrics are. I'd always thought it needed to lose a verse / chorus, but you can't lose any of these words... right up there with Ed's best. And yes very clearly about CC (and VC) to me.
Trust your first instincts. As a long time live song album completist, this is one song I am fine never hearing live. Snooze fest to the max.
I think it‘d fit amazing into an Ed solo show. Love the song
best song on gigaton by a mile. almost a top 5 all time for me. definitely top 10. come back, light years, rvm always top 3. the rest moves around a bit depending on which way the wind is blowing.
i'm passing on the tour...the UC has terrible acoustics and is likely the reason i'm almost deaf in one ear. if they play it there i'm gonna shit myself.
If I had to guess, it'd be finally played somewhere outside where the song (and Ed) could breathe...
Noblesville?
PJ - 09/23/98: West Palm Beach II, 08/12/00: Tampa, 04/12/03: Orlando, 04/13/03: Tampa, 06/12/08: Tampa, 06/27/08: Hartford, 09/22/09: Seattle II, 04/11/16: Tampa, 05/01 &05/02/16: MSG I & II, 09/18/21: Sea Hear Now, 10/01& 10/02/21: Ohana Encore I & II, 05/06 & 05/07/22: Los Angeles I & II, 09/11/22: MSG, 09/16/22: Nashville, 09/02/23: St. Paul II, 09/07/23: Chicago II, 09/18& 09/19/23: Austin I & II
EV - 08/04 & 08/05/08: (Eddie solo, w/Liam Finn) NYC I & II, 11/27 & 11/28/12: (Eddie solo, w/Glen Hansard) Orlando I & II, 02/09 & 02/10/22: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Chicago I & II, 09/30/23: (Eddie & the Earthlings) Ohana Festival
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.
Wanted Posters: WPB '98, Tampa/WPB '00, Tampa '03, EV Batmobile '08 ISO: any picks, or setlists from any of my shows!
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astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
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Noblesville?
Song Wishlist: Oceans, Brother, Alone, Let Me Sleep, full W.M.A., Hold On, all of Vitalogy or Satan's Bed, Gremmie Out Of Control, Mankind, Around The Bend (full band), Don't Gimme No Lip, Pilate, Push Me Pull Me, All Those Yesterdays, Rival, Parting Ways (full band), You Are, Bu$hleaguer, Inside Job, low octave Driftin', Strangest Tribe, Other Side, Undone, Of The Earth, Love Reign O'er Me, Comfortably Numb, and the Mamasan Trilogy.