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steamroller
10-30-2005, 10:15 PM
Does anyone listen to them here? If so, I'd LOVE a link to a site that explains Jeff's freakin' lyrics.
wordsmith
10-30-2005, 10:18 PM
I like them (Illinois represent)! But I like the songs that don't evidence being utterly high the best.
ebruening
10-30-2005, 10:22 PM
Great band. I used to work for a poetry press (currently based out of Omaha, NE; based out of Lincoln, NE at that time) that ended up publishing a collection of Jeff Tweedy's poems. (It's called Adult Head, and you can find it at www.zoopress.org) I don't know if that will help explain his lyrics, but it might give you a glimpse at another side of Jeff's writing...

Edit: I replaced "lyrics" with "poems." I got to thinking about your question re: lyrics, Steamroller, and wrote that in, when I meant to write "poems."
steamroller
10-31-2005, 01:33 AM
I guess it's just the English major in me that can dig a lyric like, "Talk of Love, pure bug beauty/Curl my lips/ and crawl up to you....

Hummingbird also has some pretty interesting lyrics.

Thanks for that info, E. I'll check that out. I know he's a little nutty, but I REALLY like Jeff's jabberwocky lyrics.
Kitty
11-01-2005, 02:14 PM
I love them! I can't offer too much insight into their lyrics, though.
hatherly
11-23-2005, 08:55 PM
Here's an interview with them.

http://billboard.com/bbcom/feature/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001570519