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  • In an Australian guitar mag, they were talking to Mike and asked what he contirbuted to the new album (Riot Act). Obviously they were heading on a lets plug Save You anlge, and apparently Mike took the Save you Riff and the entire song Down to Stone....

    And Stone heard Down and goes, ahhh, u got somthing else?

    So he gave him Save You, but after I eventually did here Down, I was like wtf? this would have been one the standout Riot Act moments, easily. So much better than say Cropduster, by a mile!

    And the solos, some of Mikes best in years! GREAT SONG!
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  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    Originally posted by Kaddikat

    THANK YOU PJ

    down, fell by the wayside
    no getting out
    oh down, cry me a river
    dried up and dammed
    the names can be changed
    but the place is still the same
    i am loaded, told that all's for naught
    holds me down
    rise, life is in motion
    i'm stuck in line
    oh rise, you can't be neutral
    on a moving train

    one day the symptoms fade
    think i'll throw these pills away
    and if hope could grow from dirt like me
    it can be done
    won't let the light escape from me
    won't let the darkness swallow me

    yeah!
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    :D:D:D:D
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    shameless bump
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • Originally posted by My Balls
    Down is definately a great song. It should have been on Riot Act album.
    Agreed
  • Originally posted by Kaddikat
    won't let the light escape from me
    won't let the darkness swallow me



    THese two lines have been stuck on my mind for two days now and I can't seem to shake them off. Even my brother can't take it any longer, i sing this all the time. It is really a song that makes you want to sing along at the top of your lungs, like Given to Fly. I guess I'll be singing this for the whole week- it's actually helping. Heh.
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  • congradts for those who read this entire post in one sweep....i made it to page 4.... not an insult just had to post my opinion after reading all good ones

    great song though....heard it for the first time every at the uniondale show....

    it's awesome.....
    There's still time. It's no crime to escape.

    You've been taught, whipped into shape, now they got you in line.
  • i LOVE this song live!
    If God resides in all of us like some people say, I sure hope he likes enchiladas. Cuz man, thats what he's getting.

    They said that timing was everything
    Made him want to be everywhere
    There's a lot to be said for nowhere...
  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Makes me want to dance and BUMP this thread!! :D
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    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    Originally posted by GetRight1981
    congradts for those who read this entire post in one sweep....i made it to page 4.... not an insult just had to post my opinion after reading all good ones

    great song though....heard it for the first time every at the uniondale show....

    it's awesome.....

    Silly!! you dont have to read the entire post! :D:D:D

    hoooray!
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • letsongsprotest
    letsongsprotest Novi, MI Posts: 552
    down always manages to put a smile on my face
    There's a trapdoor in the sun.
  • its got a weird, laid back vibe that i go crazy over.

    for those of you that can play it, play it two frets low, its great.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    I've waited all this past tour to hear this song...didn't get it:(

    BUT when I went for Bridge School, I FINALLY got it at NIGHT 2!!! Thanks PJ!! I was dancing and grooving to that song. It ALWAYS puts me in a GREAT mood!! :D
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    :D:D:D:D
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • VEDHEAD27
    VEDHEAD27 Posts: 3,091
    <~~~ listening to Benaroya

    *tears up*

    Damn this song is a fuckin savior! Really, it's such a burst of strength. And with everything the badass mofo has overcome, this song just fits him perfectly. The song and the man just force you to SMILE non-stop! :D

    Thank you PJ! Thank you Mikey!

    I also love the irony of it all. It's such a happy, super positive song... "rise" is used throughout it as Eddie's voice rises. It's just perfect. The song literally LIFTS you up!!!!

    DOWN=one of the happiest songs ever!

    **chills**
    **smiles all around**

    :D
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  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Originally posted by VEDHEAD27


    Thank you PJ! Thank you Mikey!

    I also love the irony of it all. It's such a happy, super positive song... "rise" is used throughout it as Eddie's voice rises. It's just perfect. The song literally LIFTS you up!!!!

    DOWN=one of the happiest songs ever!

    **chills**
    **smiles all around**

    :D

    Yeah I SO agree w/you Lydia. It is an inspiring song, and it proves that out of the worst times in your life, there will be something better to come along and you have always something to look forward to:)
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • magnus
    magnus Posts: 26
    hmmmmm .......

    .....would love to have been a fly on the studio wall when they jammed through this one for the first time..........

    down is possibly the most unlifting and inspiring song i have heard so far.......

    there will be more!!!!
  • MeddleDeal
    MeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    AMEN(T) to that magnus, AMEN(T) to that :D

    BUMP for this beautiful and uplifting song!!

    *does her Down dance, which few have seen* :p
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • Kaddikat
    Kaddikat Posts: 1,194
    THANK YOU PJ!!!

    this song means so much!! both of my parents in the hospital, my dad having surgery and something is STILL *not* right, my sister sick, my cat, my sisters dog..ehhh the list..:rolleyes:

    FUCK!!! what a fucking depressing way to start the new year but fuck it all! this song does it for me...:D :D



    down, fell by the wayside
    no getting out
    oh down, cry me a river
    dried up and dammed
    the names can be changed
    but the place is still the same
    i am loaded, told that all's for naught
    holds me down
    rise, life is in motion
    i'm stuck in line
    oh rise, you can't be neutral
    on a moving train
    one day the symptoms fade
    think i'll throw these pills away
    and if hope could grow from dirt like me
    it can be done
    won't let the light escape from me
    won't let the darkness swallow me

    yeah!
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • magnus
    magnus Posts: 26
    one genius moment in this song - the first word when eddie sings "down" - u think its gonna be a sad song........but listen to the inflection in his voice - he bends the note UPWARDS - so it gives the whole sentiment of the song away - you think its about being down, but really............its about the opposite........(maybe thats called over analysis!!)

    .....also...... the bit where the tambourine comes in and lifts the entire tune "wont let the darkness swallow me".........