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Post by jebsta on Jul 21, 2002 3:27:44 GMT -5
Ive noticed a few ppl have said they think of shambles as a 'sad' album. Could that possibly be because the band members tend to relate it to a said time in their life, therefore you also think its sad? If this is the case, its kind of a shame. Just because kev or any of the others have said stuff along those lines, doesnt mean ppl have to think that too. Have a listen to shambles and block out every opinion youve ever heard about it, you may think differently. Having said that, everyone is entitled to their own opinions but its just something that tends to get on my nerves a lot
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Post by sam on Jul 21, 2002 4:27:29 GMT -5
No, I think it's more to do with Love at Last, Happier Sad, and In Orbit. Plus there's a lot more emotion coming from that album than Slightly Odway and S/T. Odway is definetely the party album. S/T is the easy listening album..
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Post by apple gerl on Jul 22, 2002 2:36:36 GMT -5
up until recently, slightly odway was always my favourite album, the best album i'd ever bought. and that goes for all bands. i suppose it's a sentimental favourite, regardless of the quality/production when compared to the other two...it was just released at a really good point in my life & it's what first got me into the band.
but yeah...these days i'm far more partial to shambles. i don't tend to listen to the third album as much, i did when it was first released, but it hasn't really stuck with me as much - although i love yesterday and ricochet. so i'd say shambles and odway are both vying for 'best album ever bought' in my record collection for different reasons.
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Post by bossman on Jul 22, 2002 7:20:18 GMT -5
I know it was a particularly sad time for the band when they recorded OSS but thats not why I think its sad, its the lyrics. Its not like it makes me depressed but it is not as upbeat as Odway was
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Post by Phoebe on Jul 22, 2002 21:25:31 GMT -5
Star Machine
"Chris came in with that first progression and we worked on it from there. It was a really exciting song to write, it kinda felt good to play. It's about escapism, a relief from over-exposure. There might be a slight reference to the last two years of our lives in there."
Congratulations
"Kevin wrote the lyrics kinda late. He was trying to write a song that told a story. And we namedrop Even. On the first album we namedropped Archers of Loaf and the Stone Roses so the characters in this song are going to an Even show."
Trapdoor
"Written just after we finished the last album; we were playing it live years ago. We tried to make it the most sonically fucked up song we've ever done. Mark said the demo reminded him of the Pixies. It's the only song we've ever written where Kevin doesn't sing a melody."
Please Leave
"The lost song. We played it at Planet (in Perth) before Odway. Kevin had written out the lyrics and gaffa taped them to Vanessa's back. After that we totally forgot about it and Chris found the lyric sheet in a guitar case somewhere."
Love At Last
"Yeah, well, it's a totally unabashed love song isn't it? When we were writing the chorus it came out sounding really beautiful: nice, sincere sounding music. Kevin didn't want to waste that feeling when it came to writing the lyrics."
Animal
"A flat out pop song with all the associated cool energy. What's unusual for us is that it doesn't have a breakdown section, the rhythm is constant from the word go to the end. One of the simplest songs we've ever done as far as arrangements go. It sounds like nasty Ratcat or something."
Happier Sad
"It's an accidental epic. Ed Bates from The Sports played the pedal steel. He was also on Tim Rogers' Twin Set album, that's where we heard him first. He makes the song, really. The pedal steel is awesome. We've never played that one live."
Slot Car Racing
"That started as a joke. Kevin was being stupid in the rehearsal room and came up with this totally nonsensical cord progression. Often we'll start playing heavy metal or something just for a laugh and that's how that one started: full on, loud. The way the rhythm goes is just fucking funny."
Feet Touch The Ground
"That's another epic. Don't really want to say what it's about. The intensity of that song far exceeds anything else we've ever done."
In Orbit
"It's a rock song. What else can you say? It's the most rock song we've ever recorded and Mark's production gives it a big boost: the huge Foo Fighters drum sound and all. It's a hell of a lot of fun to play."
Skin
"That came right after the first album, a pop number kind of in the vein of "Leaving Home" or "Did You Really". There's some funky guitar stuff going on there. It's about a girl."
Run of the Company
"We always wanted to hear strings on it, the big finale arrangement. The original idea was to have a long
guitar solo but never did any of us imagine a full 22-piece orchestra. That was
Trombi's initiative. It sounds nothing like Trapdoor, that's for sure."
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Post by Phoebe on Jul 22, 2002 21:26:54 GMT -5
Slightly Odway Track-by-track Chris, Vanessa, Brett and Kevin
Leaving Home
C: It's got a tambourine!
V: We started jamming it in pre-production for "Jerks..."
B: We had this fantastic Weezerish middle bit, but we cut it out.
K: I'd just moved out of home so that's what I wrote it about.
Benedict
C: It all came together in the space of an hour probably and we've never changed the song.
K: I really like that song, it's a good singalong 'cause of the repetitive "Benedict" bit. It's definitely a live favorite.
Harpoon
K: That's my attempt at writing a Something For Kate song.
Jerks of Attention
K: We wanted to record it differently to keep it fresh...
V: It's closer to the original feel of the song. When we wrote it, it was really slow but playing it live, we kinda quickened the pace to get the crowd going.
Invaders
K: Chris' crazy guitar riff!
V: ...and he recorded this one with his pants around his ankles!
C: That's my spaceship at the beginning...
Spoil the Show
K: That was one of those magic moments where the group just got together and played and we seemed to lock into one another's psyches and everything just happened. When we're just jamming along and all the music's happening you just spew forth words out of your head...
B: ...sometimes words just sound good together.
C: Amazing guitar solo!
K: Yeah, that's my favourite part of the song, the middle section.
C: ...and we added a cowbell.
Blame
K: "Blame" is a really old song, an indication of what we were doing when we started. It was sort of punky.
C: It's a debut album so it's good, while we're young, to put the really energetic stuff on there.
Puck Defender
V: That's another one of those group magic moment things...
B: It's an epic!
Lino
V: We chopped a verse out of this one.
B: It's about a compulsive cleaner.
Military Strongmen
C: It's kind of a social commentary...
K: A friend of ours named Dave had this term "Military Strongmen" for people at parties, guys who get drunk and start getting violent...
V: ...and macho...
C: ...beer-swillin' dicks, basically. The kind that laugh at your clothes.
Teflon
C: Slippin' long!
K: It's a party song.
Twilight = Dusk
C: To all the girls I've loved before! I like this one, it's a highlight for me.
V: It wasn't even a song, we were just jamming and it ended up on a demo tape that got sent to Neill and he really liked it and strongly urged us to finish it. We weren't entirely convinced...
C: Our mature side.
La Di Da Da
b: That's it! That sums it up!
C: Blah Di Blah Blah! I think that it was our first attempt at a song with no distortion. No pedal stompin'.
V: ... and we got Fur and Sandpit in to record vocals for the big group singalong at the end.
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Post by everlong on Jul 23, 2002 0:52:01 GMT -5
Have they done one of those for the self titled record (what each track means?)
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Post by Phoebe on Jul 23, 2002 1:07:43 GMT -5
Have they done one of those for the self titled record (what each track means?) don't think so - i found those two in the Discography section of Hotel-Motel Jebediah site under their respective albums, but their wasn't one under the Jebediah album, so thats why i didn't cut'n'paste it here. |
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Post by apple gerl on Jul 26, 2002 8:36:10 GMT -5
JEBEDIAH MAY NOT HAVE THE MOST SUPER-COOL ;D CONNECTIONS IN MY LIFE BUT IVE A FETISH 4 THE DARK+WICKED(AMOUNGST THOSE I DWELL) + THEYRE THE FLIPSIDE,YOU KNOW! HAPPY-LIKE-HANSON MUSIC, U KNOW? that comment/comparison disturbs me on so many levels. |
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Post by josha on Jul 26, 2002 20:55:11 GMT -5
mmmmmm taylor hanson..... how id like to hanson him... hey apple gerl, theres nothing disturbing about fetish's.... they are more normal then the shoes on your feet luv Josh blank  |
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