Invisible City
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:27 pm
In this thread we will discuss, post lyrics of, and swoon copiously over JaKob Dylan and the Wallflowers. i shall begin!
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:36 pm
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:42 pm
Let's see... I saw them live once back in '97, absolutely incredible show though I got the worst sunburn I've ever had in my life. (No more outdoor concerts for me.
) Favorite album is Bringing Down the Horse, followed by Red Letter Days. Favorite songs are One Headlight and Everybody Out Of The Water (New Frontier).There's three ways out of every box
Fall out the bottom
Or you crawl out the top
There's three ways
Out of every, every box
But if you can't find your way out
Then you just burn it
To the ground
Then you'll disappear
Like smoke
Into the clouds
There's three ways off a merry-go-round
You either jump
Or you let it slow down
There's three ways
Off a merry-go, merry-go round
But if you can't put your foot down
Then you just burn it
To the ground
Then you walk away
Real slow
Back into the crowd
There's always somebody there for a laugh
Then you're the only one
That's left
Now that's what you get
Left behind in the wreck
There's three ways off a burning bridge
You pray for rain
Or you learn how to swim
There's three ways off of every
Burning bridge
But if you can't find strength
And you quit
Then you can just burn up
And sink
Then you'll drift away
Real slow
Down into the ground
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:48 pm
frankly, i only own the one (bringing down the...)
i bought the one after that but didn't find any songs that made me want to keep it so i gave it away. haven't really listened to them since! but i do so love Invisible City, One Headlight, and The Difference. this was one those albums where EVERY song on it was great!!
i bought the one after that but didn't find any songs that made me want to keep it so i gave it away. haven't really listened to them since! but i do so love Invisible City, One Headlight, and The Difference. this was one those albums where EVERY song on it was great!!
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 6:55 pm
Totally agree with you there!
I can't get into Rebel, Sweetheart, and not for lack of trying.
Bought Red Letter Days after seeing a clip of Everybody Out of the Water on CSI. It's a great song, and Three Ways and a couple of others are also pretty good. Here In Pleasantville is one that didn't grab me at first, but it's become one of my Bad Day At Work Songs.
So I'm using my last match
I'll put a fire up on every hill
And burn down Pleasantville
I can't get into Rebel, Sweetheart, and not for lack of trying.
Bought Red Letter Days after seeing a clip of Everybody Out of the Water on CSI. It's a great song, and Three Ways and a couple of others are also pretty good. Here In Pleasantville is one that didn't grab me at first, but it's become one of my Bad Day At Work Songs.
So I'm using my last match
I'll put a fire up on every hill
And burn down Pleasantville
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:09 pm
Listening to 6th Avenue Heartache right now ... my fave.
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:11 pm
yea! wayfriend!!! 
Sirens ring, the shots ring out
A stranger cries, screams out loud
I had my world strapped against my back
I held my hands, never knew how to act
Chorus:
And the same black line that was drawn on you
Was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
6th Avenue heartache
Below me was a homeless man
I'm singin' songs I knew complete
On the steps alone, his guitar in hand
It's fifty years, stood where he stands
Now walkin' home on those streets
The river winds move my feet
Subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams
They stood by me, just like moonbeams
Look out the window, down upon that street
And gone like a midnight was that man
But I see his six strings laid against that wall
And all his things, they all look so small
I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star
Just like me-just moved
Sirens ring, the shots ring out
A stranger cries, screams out loud
I had my world strapped against my back
I held my hands, never knew how to act
Chorus:
And the same black line that was drawn on you
Was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
6th Avenue heartache
Below me was a homeless man
I'm singin' songs I knew complete
On the steps alone, his guitar in hand
It's fifty years, stood where he stands
Now walkin' home on those streets
The river winds move my feet
Subway steam, like silhouettes in dreams
They stood by me, just like moonbeams
Look out the window, down upon that street
And gone like a midnight was that man
But I see his six strings laid against that wall
And all his things, they all look so small
I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star
Just like me-just moved
Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 6:24 pm
Lookin' back at the crash site
I don't see me by the roadside
Well this heart is on wheels tonight
Straight through the ghettos
And without lights
Now every heart has a blind side
Where it learns how to improvise
Well this place is a whorehouse tonight
Cheaper lovers make expensive wives
But all of these horses
That you chase around
In the end they are the ones
That always bring you down
This invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feelin' pretty is so hard
Now all of these voices
And all of these noises
With all their illusions of choices
They've come to my door
With one dozen roses
The imitation of good faith
Is how you stumble upon hate
It may have been the first of mistakes
When we held on too loosely
Then opened the gates
But all of these horses
That you chase around
In the end they are the ones
That always bring you down
This invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feelin' pretty is so hard
Now I try not to tell lies
But there's pressures from inside
So I've learned how to compromise
Good people for alibis
I don't see me by the roadside
Well this heart is on wheels tonight
Straight through the ghettos
And without lights
Now every heart has a blind side
Where it learns how to improvise
Well this place is a whorehouse tonight
Cheaper lovers make expensive wives
But all of these horses
That you chase around
In the end they are the ones
That always bring you down
This invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feelin' pretty is so hard
Now all of these voices
And all of these noises
With all their illusions of choices
They've come to my door
With one dozen roses
The imitation of good faith
Is how you stumble upon hate
It may have been the first of mistakes
When we held on too loosely
Then opened the gates
But all of these horses
That you chase around
In the end they are the ones
That always bring you down
This invisible city
Where no one sees nothing
We're touching faces in the dark
Feelin' pretty is so hard
Now I try not to tell lies
But there's pressures from inside
So I've learned how to compromise
Good people for alibis
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 7:54 pm
The Wallflowers in Sam Clam's Disco!!
i think this was a KFOG KaBOOM! (an annual free event in which the finale is a fireworks display sync'd with rock and roll music. usually very good)
i think this was a KFOG KaBOOM! (an annual free event in which the finale is a fireworks display sync'd with rock and roll music. usually very good)
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:41 am
Must check that out one of these years...
Can't find any pictures from Now & Zen '98 that'll load, but I Was There.
Has anyone tried any of the 'iTunes Original' versions? It's so tempting, but it takes half an hour to download a song with my dial-up.
Can't find any pictures from Now & Zen '98 that'll load, but I Was There.
Has anyone tried any of the 'iTunes Original' versions? It's so tempting, but it takes half an hour to download a song with my dial-up.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:48 am
Sorus wrote:Must check that out one of these years...
Can't find any pictures from Now & Zen '98 that'll load, but I Was There.
Has anyone tried any of the 'iTunes Original' versions? It's so tempting, but it takes half an hour to download a song with my dial-up.
one year saw Keb Mo, last time i was there was a couple of years ago when Steve Winwood played. i haven't gotten a foghead msg from KFOG for a while which is how i kept up with their events...must re-register i guess.
what is Now & Zen '98?
i haven't tried iTunes because i have a Sony mp3 player that doesn't support the format.
ah well, it has WAY better sound than the iPods i've listened to!!Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:49 am
Is it bad that I can say I've never really heard of these guys before?
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:52 am
Now & Zen is (was?) an annual music fest in Sharon Meadow, put on by a local radio station (Alice?). Don't know if it's still around, but I went in '98.
Mainly to see the Wallflowers.
Mainly to see the Wallflowers.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 4:59 am
yes. it's bad. jakob dylan is bob's son. sheesh.Prom_STar wrote:Is it bad that I can say I've never really heard of these guys before?
Captain, i googled Now & Zen Sharon Meadow...it is Alice...and looks like they are still doing it. it was in September this past year. luckily we missed Maroon 5, Josh Kelly, and Simon, John, & Andy from Duran Duran! heh.
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 4:19 am
She knows just what I like
The angel on my bike
She found me down on a two ton anchor
Tangled up in wire
She always gets it right
The angel on my bike
I could be killed if the train goes faster
Well angel watch my life
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
It's 45 miles on that highway
Angel double prayer
I have to sleep with my eyes on the white lines
Elvis need of repair
I only wanted to believe
That angel it's me that you need
And there's only, only one heart on that highway
Angel double prayer
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
Now it's hard time on these wheels
These fairytales
Turn to rusted steel and it's
Gettin' hard now to believe
She's seein' me
Angel, please, tell me
Can't you see
Angel it's only me
Angel it's only me
Well I can't take a care
Man, I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
I can't handle a care
Well, I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
The angel on my bike
She found me down on a two ton anchor
Tangled up in wire
She always gets it right
The angel on my bike
I could be killed if the train goes faster
Well angel watch my life
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
It's 45 miles on that highway
Angel double prayer
I have to sleep with my eyes on the white lines
Elvis need of repair
I only wanted to believe
That angel it's me that you need
And there's only, only one heart on that highway
Angel double prayer
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
I can't handle a care
I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
Now it's hard time on these wheels
These fairytales
Turn to rusted steel and it's
Gettin' hard now to believe
She's seein' me
Angel, please, tell me
Can't you see
Angel it's only me
Angel it's only me
Well I can't take a care
Man, I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
I can't handle a care
Well, I want, but I can't be there
While angel's a prayer
Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:23 pm
Everybody Out of the Water (New Frontier)
Now on your mark
Get set, let's go
You got to move now before she explodes
Look out the window and out below
Back away from the glass
There she blows
The city's been levelled
The hills are in flame
The streets cracked up
And when we're pushing up clay
The temperatures dropped
The sky is gray
And it ain't even over
Comes driving rain
Maybe you feel
There's something moving around in here
That's blood, That's tears
This ain't the warning
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
Eveybody out of the water
Now I'm treading high water to get back to you
Looking for a low spot or something to cling to
There's too many bodies there's not enough room
God help me and God help you
They say nobody panic, help is on its way
We're already on it, you got to be brave
If you can fix it now then don't make us wait
Man they ain't nobody coming back away from the case
That bell you hear, That's hell ringing in your ears
I fear, my dear, this ain't a warning
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
I loved you then
Like I loved you now
That don't matter anyhow
This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water
Now I 'm looking up and the shit keeps coming
Like shooting ducks in a barrel of honey
You've got to learn how to pray
But it won't be enough
Admit it now, your information sucks
Sideslip, down in, I think of a someplace high up a mountain
Smoke clears the fog lifts
Little by little we rebuilt again
But till then,
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
I loved you then
Like I loved you now
That don't matter anyhow
This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water
Now on your mark
Get set, let's go
You got to move now before she explodes
Look out the window and out below
Back away from the glass
There she blows
The city's been levelled
The hills are in flame
The streets cracked up
And when we're pushing up clay
The temperatures dropped
The sky is gray
And it ain't even over
Comes driving rain
Maybe you feel
There's something moving around in here
That's blood, That's tears
This ain't the warning
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
Eveybody out of the water
Now I'm treading high water to get back to you
Looking for a low spot or something to cling to
There's too many bodies there's not enough room
God help me and God help you
They say nobody panic, help is on its way
We're already on it, you got to be brave
If you can fix it now then don't make us wait
Man they ain't nobody coming back away from the case
That bell you hear, That's hell ringing in your ears
I fear, my dear, this ain't a warning
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
I loved you then
Like I loved you now
That don't matter anyhow
This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water
Now I 'm looking up and the shit keeps coming
Like shooting ducks in a barrel of honey
You've got to learn how to pray
But it won't be enough
Admit it now, your information sucks
Sideslip, down in, I think of a someplace high up a mountain
Smoke clears the fog lifts
Little by little we rebuilt again
But till then,
Everybody out of the water
And up on dry land
Take what you can
Cause you won't be here again
I loved you then
Like I loved you now
That don't matter anyhow
This is the new frontier
Everybody out of the water