Johnny Guitar

snipes824
snipes824 Posts: 870
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I'm seeing a lot of mixed feelings about this song. Some saying it's the worst on the album.

What gives? I think the song is really fucking cool. The way Ed phrases the lines and sings the song is really different and awesome to me.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    I'm not a big fan of their punkier numbers, but they made this interesting with the uber cool arrangement. Has the classic left turns that have been missing from PJ for awhile.
  • ARazorbackguy1
    ARazorbackguy1 Posts: 456
    Ohhhh, Johnny loves his Women!
    Straight down the center for a hot chicken dinner!
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    I like it. At least it stands out.
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  • cokelogic
    cokelogic Posts: 139
    I think the song is really good. Not only is it funky like something they might have wrote years ago. And the vocal style is so different, it's impressive to see another side of Ed, yet again.
  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    Johnny Guitar is catchy, cool and quick. I just don't understand why fans expect Rapture whenever PJ releases an album. I hated "Parachutes" and "Help, Help" in the past. But I'm sure those songs had more significance to others more than me.
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  • cokelogic
    cokelogic Posts: 139
    The song is even better when you realize Ed wrote the lyrics about this album artwork.
    51EDZBGHK3L._SL600_.jpg
  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    Haha. That's awesome!
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  • snipes824
    snipes824 Posts: 870
    cokelogic wrote:
    The song is even better when you realize Ed wrote the lyrics about this album artwork.
    51EDZBGHK3L._SL600_.jpg
    whoa your right didn't know that. thats cool.
  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    In his exhaustively researched book Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke (2005), the author claims that Watson was an actual pimp, as well as a performer. Watson himself, however, reportedly felt "ambivalent" about prostituting women, even though it "paid better" than music.
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  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    “It's actually not the first time we've got our inspiration from something on a bathroom wall. It's a made-up story about a kid falling in love with a girl on a record cover. I imagine that must have happened a few times.” -- ev

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/
  • Vedderlicious
    Vedderlicious Posts: 136
    i think i hate it because i went into it expecting it to be a song heavy on mike's side, like another ledbetter number. i just dont think mike gets enough love anymore.
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  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    Boy meets girl, really? The whole pimp thing was cool though. Haha.
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  • Rob Arm
    Rob Arm Posts: 99
    You can get it at emusic.


    http://www.emusic.com/album/Johnny-Guit ... 50603.html
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,037
    Here's one of his signature songs....."Ain't That a Bitch?"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKtWMqW4ICM
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  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    I like Johnny Guitar more now that I know this. I swear to God, I'm gonna start paying more attention to shit in my bathroom. Haha.
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  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    norm wrote:
    “It's actually not the first time we've got our inspiration from something on a bathroom wall. It's a made-up story about a kid falling in love with a girl on a record cover. I imagine that must have happened a few times.” -- ev

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/

    kinda like the who's "pictures of lilly"...just pearl jam-style
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    hedave wrote:
    I like Johnny Guitar more now that I know this. I swear to God, I'm gonna start paying more attention to shit in my bathroom. Haha.


    and when you say shit, are we to take you literally? :lol:
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • hedave
    hedave Posts: 201
    No. :lol:
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  • Laddie
    Laddie Posts: 311
    I don't care to much for the song, but I do really like the story in it. Its pretty awesome that Ed came up with this whole tale from the pic on the album cover.
  • Evolution6579
    Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    snipes824 wrote:
    I'm seeing a lot of mixed feelings about this song. Some saying it's the worst on the album.

    What gives? I think the song is really fucking cool. The way Ed phrases the lines and sings the song is really different and awesome to me.

    Hear hear! At first, i thought the lyrics were that way because of Ed trying to fit them to the beat...and then I noticed that the beat is pretty straight but accentuated. It's very odd and I like it. It's tied for my favorite song on the album next to Gonna See My Friend and Unthought Known. The band shines on these songs. Poppy or not, this album is amazing and I like it.
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