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General Category => New Model Army => Topic started by: Heno on April 29, 2014, 09:17:12 PM
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every time i go up the other boards i get a nosebleed. so posting this here. and anyway, some of the folks around here know so much. in the other thread i posted this
someone like jesus is just drink me mad right now.
some parts just resonate. what is it based on? like, who is the hero? i know they say that all characters are fictitious but there is detail in this that you would truly have to know someone to understand.
so as not to derail a thread....i've started one
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I think it's a kind of key song and I think it's the best song that I have written for over ten years. You know when you sometimes meet people who are very good or when you are in a situation that is full of love and good things and there is something in you and you don't know what it is that makes you want to tear it all down or do something really bad or something very distructive. The basic feeling of the song is this darkness we all carry around with us and we don't know why. The last verse is not about me, it's someone else's story.
- Source: Justin Sullivan in an interview with German online music magazine DocRock before the release of 'Eight' -
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oh, thats cool hush. thanks.
this is key
And there's a happy family snapshot when you were very small
But there were visits to the doctor, you can't remember what for
The curtains drawn in silence on a summer's afternoon
And the flies buzzing in the room
And you don't know what this feeling is and you can't explain it to me
But there was something in that family photo that you cannot quite see
And I don't know what all this means but it's just dripping through me
There's always something in the corner of our lives that we cannot quite see
i think i'd get along with whoever this person is. i'd love to understand what mad events led to lines 2, 3 and 4
p.s. i know i could google this stuff but i'd rather ask and learn than read and regurgitate
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I'd love to hear Tom Waites cover this tune...
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Heno, as much as I would like to, I cannot take credit for this
Stefanie225 has a wonderful web site full of info and lyrics.
Is was discussed last year. When you get to the list of songs, click each title to go to the lyrics, then click on the title again above the lyrics, many are stacked with facts.
last years link
http://board.newmodelarmy.org/index.php?topic=7776.0
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coolaboola shush. thats a wicked site. fair fucks to stephanie
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Well worth whamming on your favourites list.
but yes, Someone like Jesus. Great great song. Its a typical NMA song that can stay in head for weeks. I think Dean Whites best keyboard work also.
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until recently it was the finishing song of the best 4 songs to start an album ever
until it was pointed out that it runs all the way through that album
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Another really good site for NMA facts, Janeks web site. Full of band member facts etc. Click on song debut, tells where and when each song was first played live. But, like so much Polish web space, its plagued by advert pop-ups.
http://nma.prv.pl/
But, this, and the last one, and many more are listed on the NMA home page under links - then useful links. ;)
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excellent.
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I've moved the topic to here, as it seems much more appropriate in this section than in the Everything Else regions! Hope y'all don't mind...
VS
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Here's a link to the Polish site that doesn't seethe with ads.
http://www.rawmelodymen.net/nmane/gigs.htm
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Blimy Gaijin, how did you source that ?
I look at a lot of info sites from Poland, and just accept the pop up adverts, my blocker does not seem to be do anything about them.
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Someone Like Jesus is a fantastic song.
When I first heard it I listened to it about 4 or 5 times in a row and it really scared me!
I think it's the darkness of the song and the nagging doubts that we all have about ourselves that the song exploits and pulls you in.
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Just listened to song again after being inspired by your and yes have definitely had similar feelings in life Its like something is missing or wrong but you can't understand why or what. So Thanks
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Blimy Gaijin, how did you source that ?
I look at a lot of info sites from Poland, and just accept the pop up adverts, my blocker does not seem to be do anything about them.
Mesa smarty! ;)
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I've moved the topic to here, as it seems much more appropriate in this section than in the Everything Else regions! Hope y'all don't mind...
VS
There's another thread in Everything Else called 'By request' which could probably benefit from being moved here...
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It might interest some to know that 'Someone like Jesus' was remixed for the 2010 Anthology release. The new version features strings.
Here's the MP3 from the official store: http://shop.newmodelarmy.org/anthology-someone-like-jesus-remix-p-791.html
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I'm really glad this song is getting the recognition as an nma classic all these years later, i remember when eight came out and i first heard this, i found it a profoundlly moving song for a difficult time in my life, infact after listening to it several times drunk alone one night it prompted me to leave several messages on the nma fc telephone answering machine(no messageboard in those days i guess) ranting about its genius! As a songwriter myself i use that song amongst others as a benchmark for what i wish to achieve, but havent come that close yet.
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[...] infact after listening to it several times drunk alone one night it prompted me to leave several messages on the nma fc telephone answering machine(no messageboard in those days i guess) ranting about its genius! [...]
That's brilliant! ;D ;)
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It's one of my favourite NMA songs to play on an acoustic and to sing, it's haunting and atmospheric. One of the best acoustic NMA songs of which there is quite something of a back catalogue so it's saying something
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have to admit, since this topic started, I have given it a few spins. Great song. Lyrically and musically
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One of my all time favourite songs by anyone. I was really surprised at the time that a lot of people really disliked it. It speaks to me in ways that I can't really explain which is poignant as it goes with what the song seems to be about.
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Incredible song i think, one of their peaks...NMA is often at their best, most moving and intimate, when they are playing acoustic, soft ( "nothing touches", "marry the sea""love songs", "green and grey", "family life", "Marrakesh", "Drummy B", etc)
I was really surprised at the time that a lot of people really disliked it.
Really? If i remember well "Eight" received mostly good reviews at its release.
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Hmmm, perhaps this could be one for the second set of the Christmas dates..? The original is a cracking version but some guest musicians could put a whole new slant on it... ???
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Brilliant song and on an album that I think was undervalued on release (sure that was the general vibe at the time) Found an echo (ha!) of Comfortably Numb in it from the verse about "curtains drawn in silence" but maybe that's just a visual trip from the film. It's definitely one of those close your eyes and sway songs that when it's finished leaves you feeling "yeah - that describes the feeling spot on" - even if you're not sure what that feeling is. But it talks to your heart and really even if your brain don't get it that's all that matters. Would love to know the story behind it tho'.
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p.s huwcamden - good man!!!!
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It was one of those songs that I did not get instantly but after ten or so listens it became addictive. Just the guitars and the little harmonica section of the song alone were awesome. Then the lyrics are very deep and emotive. It's on one of the best NMA albums in my opinion. I am not sure why "Eight" does not get more attention.
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I am not sure why "Eight" does not get more attention.
indeed!
The best NMA tracks on this album ("You weren't there", "Orange tree roads", "someone like Jesus", "Leeds Road 3AM", "Snelsmore wood"...) are really NMA at its finest and are among the best songs the band has ever written...it's probably my fav NMA album from the 2000's with "High" (and "Between dog and wolf" not far behind them!)
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I am not sure why "Eight" does not get more attention.
indeed!
The best NMA tracks on this album ("You weren't there", "Orange tree roads", "someone like Jesus", "Leeds Road 3AM", "Snelsmore wood"...) are really NMA at its finest and are among the best songs the band has ever written...it's probably my fav NMA album from the 2000's with "High" (and "Between dog and wolf" not far behind them!)
And Wipeout, R & R and Stranger!