He's talking about whatever you want him to talk about. That's the beauty of their songs. You can get a multitude of meanings from them. I suppose that's what good song writing is all about.
the original has always done it for me, and this is fantastic too. i wish i could remember how to play all my old songs... i like my acoustic guitar the most now too....
@Erich Bachman you are of the most talented,complex, and deep indie folk musical artists. I wish you success, your works deserve to be widespread. Man o war is my favorite yet, looking forward to more poetical pieces. All the best, Moe.
Stuck a pin in your backbone. Spoke it down from there. All I ever wanted was to be your spine. Lost your friction and you slid for a mile. Overdone, overdrive, overlive, override. You're not the one who let me down, But thanks for offering. It's not a voice and I'm not around. But thanks for picking it... Up, on the radio. Sampled your rust from a faucet, I know. I've got a magnet in my head, A magnet in my head. Extra thick, extra long, the weight was wasted. And there's a chance that things'll get weird. Yeah, that's a possibility. Although I didn't do anything, No, I didn't do anything. All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted was to be your spine. And a mouth kept shut and a tongue twist-tied. You're the web in front, you're my favorite lie. You're a hook my lip, you're a latch my line. You're the web in front of a favorite lie. Stuck a pin in your backbone. Spoke it down from there. All I ever wanted was to be your spine. I've got a magnet in my head, a magnet in my head. Extra thick, extra long, the weight was wasted... wasted.
@jpietron : Wow! Yeah, you said it just right. Eric has lived a hard life all these years but continues to age gracefully, methinks. Great fellow, great songwriter.
Passage of time indeed... in '94 he was young, and AOL's members and sound were far more aggressive. Bachmann "ruined" his voice by over-straining it. I've heard the strain was mostly from him intentionally singing an octave under his natural level, but obviously I don't really know. Obviously he has aged and gained experience, as we all have... he's found a new sound that's far less guttural and aggressive, and that seems to reflect his (and vicariously our own) experience of maturation over the years between hearing the two versions. Beautiful stuff. Both versions are absolutely amazing, and the differences between the two just add to both.
yall throw up the best comments here ....yever find yerself lookin up some stupid mainstream song cause its got some undeniable hook you cant sluff from yer head.and you find yourself confronted with that genres demographic??? its like a slap in the face ... you guys rock though...cool to see some younger people getting into AOL and Bachmann.....hes a genius if youve never seen the guy hes like 6'4 with huge hands that you wouldnt think would be so nimble.. but they are
hate to be the one to say this... but i dislike it. when he was in archers of loaf, it was pure fucking genius, the passion in his voice in the original, is gone....as well as he changed his style of singing which doesnt appeal to me at all. im glad to see this guy is still playing, but i wouldnt go out of my way to see him.
One of the great rock singers of the 90s, as well as possibly the most unheralded.
He's talking about whatever you want him to talk about. That's the beauty of their songs. You can get a multitude of meanings from them. I suppose that's what good song writing is all about.
Eric this song was the kindest gift I'd receive for many years,until i found my spine
Love this old Archers of Loaf songwriting. Good to hear some roots.
the original has always done it for me, and this is fantastic too. i wish i could remember how to play all my old songs... i like my acoustic guitar the most now too....
Why is this making me cry
@Erich Bachman you are of the most talented,complex, and deep indie folk musical artists. I wish you success, your works deserve to be widespread. Man o war is my favorite yet, looking forward to more poetical pieces. All the best,
Moe.
i adore this version
Stuck a pin in your backbone. Spoke it down from there. All I ever wanted was to be your spine. Lost your friction and you slid for a mile. Overdone, overdrive, overlive, override. You're not the one who let me down, But thanks for offering. It's not a voice and I'm not around. But thanks for picking it... Up, on the radio. Sampled your rust from a faucet, I know. I've got a magnet in my head, A magnet in my head. Extra thick, extra long, the weight was wasted.
And there's a chance that things'll get weird. Yeah, that's a possibility.
Although I didn't do anything, No, I didn't do anything.
All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted, All I ever wanted was to be your spine.
And a mouth kept shut and a tongue twist-tied. You're the web in front, you're my favorite lie. You're a hook my lip, you're a latch my line. You're the web in front of a favorite lie. Stuck a pin in your backbone. Spoke it down from there.
All I ever wanted was to be your spine.
I've got a magnet in my head, a magnet in my head.
Extra thick, extra long, the weight was wasted... wasted.
@jpietron : Wow! Yeah, you said it just right. Eric has lived a hard life all these years but continues to age gracefully, methinks. Great fellow, great songwriter.
I undestroyed the replay button.
That's beautifully put, also accurate.
I immediately like this a bit better than the full band version.
The mighty Loghova declares this to be awesome.
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cool, now i know a lot more of the words!
Passage of time indeed... in '94 he was young, and AOL's members and sound were far more aggressive. Bachmann "ruined" his voice by over-straining it. I've heard the strain was mostly from him intentionally singing an octave under his natural level, but obviously I don't really know. Obviously he has aged and gained experience, as we all have... he's found a new sound that's far less guttural and aggressive, and that seems to reflect his (and vicariously our own) experience of maturation over the years between hearing the two versions.
Beautiful stuff. Both versions are absolutely amazing, and the differences between the two just add to both.
It's overwhelming, actually.
PURE SNEED CORE!!!!!!!!
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.helll yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I like this version a lot. Very poignant.
our local Tom Waits
@sebazztard absolutely agree. the truth hurts I guess.
Love this song! Always have.
But Jeez, what the hell is he talking about?
yall throw up the best comments here ....yever find yerself lookin up some stupid mainstream song cause its got some undeniable hook you cant sluff from yer head.and you find yourself confronted with that genres demographic??? its like a slap in the face ... you guys rock though...cool to see some younger people getting into AOL and Bachmann.....hes a genius if youve never seen the guy hes like 6'4 with huge hands that you wouldnt think would be so nimble.. but they are
has anybody figured out the tabs for this? Amazing
its pretty simple..just play along with it and work it out!!!
This is far superior to the original version. Why wasn't this song originally recorded acoustically?
I killed the replay button.
hate to be the one to say this... but i dislike it. when he was in archers of loaf, it was pure fucking genius, the passion in his voice in the original, is gone....as well as he changed his style of singing which doesnt appeal to me at all. im glad to see this guy is still playing, but i wouldnt go out of my way to see him.