Still bummed they played every song from Dark Matter in Vancouver but Waiting for Stevie :( Would of been awesome if the subbed one of the repeats for Stevie. I love this song.
Still bummed they played every song from Dark Matter in Vancouver but Waiting for Stevie :( Would of been awesome if the subbed one of the repeats for Stevie. I love this song.
yeah that's unfortunate...I mean why not?
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
"Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
They came up with it while they were waiting...
Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
Me too . It annoys me a lot. Lazy name for an epic song
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
They came up with it while they were waiting...
Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
There is no mention of hills or going far away in Over the Hills and Far Away either.
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
They came up with it while they were waiting...
Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
There is no mention of hills or going far away in Over the Hills and Far Away either.
nor in Achilles Last Stand...how annoying
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
They came up with it while they were waiting...
Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
There is no mention of hills or going far away in Over the Hills and Far Away either.
nor in Achilles Last Stand...how annoying
Hots on for Nowhere. Tea for One.
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“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
I like it. The song might not exist if Stevie showed up on time.
“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
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“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
Yep. This online community can be pretty mean. Wierd because 100% of 10c members I've met over the years at shows are very friendly. Must be "keyboard warrior mentality"?
“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
Me too . It annoys me a lot. Lazy name for an epic song
Validation. Thank you!
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“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Alright touchy, just an opinion. What Im trying to say is - Waiting for Stevie, could have been like a working title but, in how i see it, it's Ed's experience of writing a song with Watt so - I guess i wouldn't have blinked if the song title was on an Eddie solo album but being it's on a PJ album, yeah...i just find it a bit wired. Maybe feels a bit like less a collaborative approach to a song in my mind?
I do LOVE the song. I LOVE the album. I LOVE this band, prob as much as anyone else here.
"Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"
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“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
Yep. This online community can be pretty mean. Wierd because 100% of 10c members I've met over the years at shows are very friendly. Must be "keyboard warrior mentality"?
Yeah the only ones that are actually annoying in person are the Boston people.
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“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
I love that you used the word “knickers.” ;)It's a very English phrase
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Eddie talks about how he and watt created “Waiting for Stevie” while actually waiting for Stevie Wonder to join them at the studio. SiriusXM subscribers can watch the full The Howard Stern Show interview on the SiriusXM app.
“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
I love that you used the word “knickers”
It's a very English phrase
I love it, and thought the "Official Knickers in a Twist" thread would be a great alternative to the complainers thread
Still bummed they played every song from Dark Matter in Vancouver but Waiting for Stevie :( Would of been awesome if the subbed one of the repeats for Stevie. I love this song.
You at least got to see "Got to Give", and they haven't even played it again since then. But I hope that you get to make it to another show this tour where they do play WFS. Are you going to Ohana? That's my next show. I really think they will play WFS there.
“I really like the song but I’m not happy unless I have something to bitch about so I’m gonna nitpick about the title” There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
Grow up not everything is a big deal. We can converse and debate without getting our knickers in a twist. Chill
Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
No, it actually fits. The protagonist of the song is "waiting" for that special piece of music that she connects with, that connects her to the outside world.
Just like Ed was *literally* waiting for Stevie that day, the girl in the song is figuratively "waiting on a messenger" to deliver her past the limits of her own small-town existence. Who knows? That "messenger" might also be Stevie Wonder for this kid. Or it might be someone else.
The title is something of a double entendre. It's not just a throwaway.
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Love this tune! It's like In Hiding 2.0 and it rocks but....my only issue with it is...the title!
I dont know why I find it jarring but I do. It could be as Eddie said he was waiting for Stevie while writing the song but I find that a bit strange....it has nothing to do with the song or the meaning of the song which I feel detracts from the song itself a bit.
Just me???
They came up with it while they were waiting...
Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
There is no mention of hills or going far away in Over the Hills and Far Away either.
nor in Achilles Last Stand...how annoying
Now why would you expect them to mention hills or going far away in "Achilles Last Stand"?
Besides, the bigger issue with that song title is the missing apostrophe.
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Black Dog by Led Zep doesn't mention a black dog you know...
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There is no goddamn pleasing you people.
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I do LOVE the song. I LOVE the album. I LOVE this band, prob as much as anyone else here.
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You at least got to see "Got to Give", and they haven't even played it again since then. But I hope that you get to make it to another show this tour where they do play WFS. Are you going to Ohana? That's my next show. I really think they will play WFS there.
Just like Ed was *literally* waiting for Stevie that day, the girl in the song is figuratively "waiting on a messenger" to deliver her past the limits of her own small-town existence. Who knows? That "messenger" might also be Stevie Wonder for this kid. Or it might be someone else.
The title is something of a double entendre. It's not just a throwaway.
for the least they could possibly do
Besides, the bigger issue with that song title is the missing apostrophe.