It is famously easy to write a great song.
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Ah. I was thinking you meant a new single, not a song from the new album.
Save the World has grown on me a little but he comes off as overly paranoid and anxious.
Not a big fan of Death Wish either.
Pretty brutal thing to say about an artist who has very publicly recovered from alcoholism and became sober.
Summary
But yeah I agree
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what about my battles with alcholism? no sympathy for me because I haven’t won a bunch of Americana grammy’s?
Guess Save the World is a great example of me not having any idea what lyrics mean. One of my favorites off the new record but I had absolutely no idea that’s what it’s about
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Why not just go on MSNBC’s Morning Joe program?
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really? I had the benefit of listening after I knew but it seems right there for ya.
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It seemed to most obvious to me.
I haven’t completely figured out Miles but suspect it’s about being apart from someone
Pretty sure I’ve talked about this before, but I don’t hear words/meaning in lyrics unless I sit down and read them. It’s just gibberish set to a melody
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gotchya. my best friend is the exact same way.
That’s typical for a cold and unfeeling machine such as yourself
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Hope you and your mom are having a good time
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She had a blast, and they played If We Were Vampires, which was the one she wanted to hear.
I may have had a few moments during this show, he knows how to pull the heart strings.
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Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
Frederik Meijer Gardens
Grand Rapids, MI
Sunday, August 6, 2023
One set:
When We Were Close
Save the World
King of Oklahoma*
Strawberry Woman
Last of My Kind*
Stockholm
Flying Over Water
Dreamsicle
Deathwish
Super 8
White Beretta
Overseas
Middle of the Morning
Honeysuckle Blue**
Cast Iron Skillet
Miles
Cover Me Up
Encore:
24 Frames
If We Were Vampires
This Ain’t It
*extended outro
**Drivin N Cryin cover, Sadler Vaden vocals
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Isbell totally made fun of the people that spent the entire night taking video of the entire songs. He said he understands that people want to take a picture or two but recording a whole song is ridiculous when you should be living in the moment. Of course he was pretty funny saying this. He later went on to refer to one of these people as Steven Spielberg. He doesn’t miss a beat.
I really enjoyed this show far more than I expected, his new material has really grown on me.
From instagram:
We’re thrilled to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Southeastern with a newly remastered version of the album. Pre-order the standard and/or deluxe edition today on CD or LP.
Available everywhere September 29.
The deluxe edition includes:
- Remastered Southeastern on LP or CD
- Original demos
- Live performance of Southeastern from December 2022 at the Bijou Theatre in Knoxville, TN.
- Lyric booklet containing scans of Jason’s original handwritten lyrics and liner notes from Charles Hughes.
Edit: whoops just saw this was posted in the wax thread
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Really didn’t get this when it was first released, initially thought it was a throwaway but the lyrics paint the picture. So impactful live