09.08.05
Posted in life at 10:30 pm by
I promised Zalm that I’d have something to say that was inspired by Dave Bazan of Pedro the Lion and Headphones. I’ve been listening to this song for the past, oh, say, three days…um…straight. (You think I’m joking…I’ve really listened to it a lot.)
Anyway, I think that it nearly perfectly captures what Dave would say if he were involved in our little blog-versation about truthful communication and virtue. Frankly, I’ve been thinking about this post, and what I’d add to the song to make the post, well, ‘mine’. (As opposed to simply ripping off Dave’s lyrics.) For about 15 minutes last night I considered recording myself doing an MP3 cover of Dave’s song (which would’ve avoided copyright issues). But in a last minute decision crafted to not scare the shit out of all of you, I decided to put my ‘covers-of-indie-bands-career’ on temporary hold.
After all that contemplation, I decided that I hadn’t anything to add to Dave’s song. Here are the lyrics in full (but go to iTunes and buy yourself a copy):
Big Trucks
dad dad why did you let that man
push you around like that
you should have beat him down
down to the ground
down to the ground for that
he said son you’re still young
and you always jump the gun
there’s real people in the big big trucks
that you flip off when they get in your road
you get so hacked but you pay no mind
to the great big sign that says oversize load
you really think they can go as fast
as you in your 87 trans am
they know you’re in a terrible rush
they’re going just as fast as they can
dad dad i really don’t understand
what driving big trucks has to do with that man
you should of taught him a lesson about being rude
about talking to you with such an attitude
he said son you’re still young
and you always jump the gun
there’s real people in the big big trucks
that you flip off when they get in your road
you get so hacked but you pay no mind
to the great big sign that says oversize load
you really think they can go as fast
as you in your 87 trans am
they know you’re in such a terrible rush
they’re going just as fast as they can
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Posted in life at 10:30 pm by
I promised Zalm that I’d have something to say that was inspired by Dave Bazan of Pedro the Lion and Headphones. I’ve been listening to this song for the past, oh, say, three days…um…straight. (You think I’m joking…I’ve really listened to it a lot.)
Anyway, I think that it nearly perfectly captures what Dave would say if he were involved in our little blog-versation about truthful communication and virtue. Frankly, I’ve been thinking about this post, and what I’d add to the song to make the post, well, ‘mine’. (As opposed to simply ripping off Dave’s lyrics.) For about 15 minutes last night I considered recording myself doing an MP3 cover of Dave’s song (which would’ve avoided copyright issues). But in a last minute decision crafted to not scare the shit out of all of you, I decided to put my ‘covers-of-indie-bands-career’ on temporary hold.
After all that contemplation, I decided that I hadn’t anything to add to Dave’s song. Here are the lyrics in full (but go to iTunes and buy yourself a copy):
Big Trucks
dad dad why did you let that man
push you around like that
you should have beat him down
down to the ground
down to the ground for that
he said son you’re still young
and you always jump the gun
there’s real people in the big big trucks
that you flip off when they get in your road
you get so hacked but you pay no mind
to the great big sign that says oversize load
you really think they can go as fast
as you in your 87 trans am
they know you’re in a terrible rush
they’re going just as fast as they can
dad dad i really don’t understand
what driving big trucks has to do with that man
you should of taught him a lesson about being rude
about talking to you with such an attitude
he said son you’re still young
and you always jump the gun
there’s real people in the big big trucks
that you flip off when they get in your road
you get so hacked but you pay no mind
to the great big sign that says oversize load
you really think they can go as fast
as you in your 87 trans am
they know you’re in such a terrible rush
they’re going just as fast as they can
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Just Pete said,
September 9, 2005 at 9:30 am
Hmmmm … I think a common misconception is that, if you make your own recording or do a karaoke version, you’re protected from copyright infringement. In actuality, you’re only avoiding the performance copyright. There are still copyrights covering the original author of the song that you cannot avoid by re-recording, as well as a copyright that prevents you from distributing the work in mp3 format. Believe me, I’ve tried to get around this (see boredagainchristian.com for details).
Ironically, I think you could have posted the original song in it’s entirety due to a small loophole: fair use. Sound recordings can be reproduced for criticism, scholarly research, satire, etc. Of course, this has never been tested in a court of law, so good luck.
In other news, love the song, too. Great message.
ninjanun said,
September 9, 2005 at 4:21 pm
And now the fun part: what does it mean? Or to use a more post-modern question, what does it mean to you? I see many ways this song can be interpreted, and I am eager to see how others see it. What message, do you think, the song is trying to convey?
Brandon said,
September 9, 2005 at 4:30 pm
My read is this:
It’s my natural proclivity to be an incredibly selfish individual. It’s much more difficult to respond positively in the face of negativity than it would first seem.
Sometimes we respond with negativity because we haven’t really taken the time to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. Once we do, while we still might not agree, we’re less likely to get pissed.
It’s important not to dwell so much on what others are doing (or not doing) for me, when we should be thinking about what it’s like to be them responding and interacting with us.
In short: we can be self-centered people. And self-centeredness certainly doesn’t do much to proliferate a posture of transformational dialectic.
christine said,
September 9, 2005 at 8:07 pm
david bazan is the most a.m.a.z.i.n.g. singer/songwriter/performer/musician in the entire world. no questions asked. pedro the lion is my favorite band of all time. thank you for bringing up david’s unsurpassed lyrical ability. the man simply has no other equal. not a single one.
Kevin said,
September 10, 2005 at 11:53 am
An oldie but a goodie. David is my favorite singer/songwriter/performer/musician in the entire world, no questions asked, too. He’s in the band The Soft Drugs now as well, but TW Walsh does the singing and lyricwriting.
Have you heard the demo of the new Pedro the Lion song, “The Devil is Beating His Wife,” yet?
Brandon said,
September 10, 2005 at 12:03 pm
no, I haven’t. I’d love to hear it though.
BTW, Kevin…if you go to twwalsh.com you can check out the flikr photostream of the guys in italy right now!
christine said,
September 10, 2005 at 12:07 pm
absofreakinlutely I have. I like the acoustic version better at the moment, but we’ll see what it sounds like on the new CD.
Kevin said,
September 10, 2005 at 12:28 pm
Awesome. Thanks Brandon. You can hear acoustic and electric version of the new song here.