![]() Though the new record is pretty strong, one could tell the audience was primed for some choice Farrar material from the past, and given the guy’s track record, it’s not an unreasonable request. He’s the only player I’ve ever seen able to wring a convincing pedal steel guitar sound from a conventional six stringer. This night, we got more than a rounded spoonful of songs from the latest record, all skillfully turned out by the hired hands in this version of Son Volt, especially CHRIS MASTERSON, who was absolutely stellar. the Stax/Volt horns of “”The Picture” (though sadly no horns were present at tonight’s show a harmonica was pressed into service, though it didn’t carry the same impact). ![]() Maybe this staid, even-keeled approach ultimately limited Farrar’s/SON VOLT’s overall audience, but the latest addition to his oeuvre, The Search, though not imbued with white-hot emotion, finds him resuscitating the Son Volt imprint as well as injecting some (shall we say?) outright fun cf. If you are looking for DAVID YOW-esque front man antics, look elsewhere. This personality trait has more than seeped in to (saturated?) his songwriting and delivery as well. Irony Flood ( HUGE pool of water) and then the Tears of regret.If JEFF TWEEDY’s post-UNCLE TUPELO meteoric rise gets under JAY FARRAR’s skin, he does a good job of looking like he doesn’t give a damn, That said, you could drop an anvil on his toe and he might just stare back at you with the disaffected glance he’s perfected over the last 20 or so years. Genevieve can hold back flood waters but Saints 'don't bother with tear-stained eyes. It's a deeply sad and melancholic tune and hence St. I really think this is a song about a guy who's a little older now and kind of regrets things playing out the way they did and at the same time owning up to his part of how things transpired. "If learning is living and the truth is a state of mind.ther's something better." "Throw away the bad news/put it to rest" i.e. We grow a few years older and some of us, if we do it right, we admit that maybe we were wrong and we were the ones who could have made some better decisions He thinks about Jeff a lot now probably when he hears Wilco on the radio and just wonders what might have been - "To hear your voice is not enough/it's more than a shame" Now it's kinda wearing on him, he's older and thus, wiser, more reflective, more emotionally mature "Worn out wood and familiar songs" They forged a path together once " Seeing traces of stars that came before/hitting the pavement still asking for more". Lookin for a purpose from a neon sign" wondering what does all this touring from city to city really mean if two friends couldn't just get along doing what they loved. ![]() Jay left the band, they were younger then, maybe now he's reflecting on the good times they had ( 7 years/ 3 Albums ) and how they couldn't work out their differences. Song about Jay Farrar, by now a seasoned touring musician, reflecting on his time with his previous band and specifically his writing partner- Jeff Tweedy. I don't think this is a song about the Missouri floods at all as other commenters have mentioned, I believe that's just a reference which I will explain shortly. It's a beautiful song, and my very favorite by Son Volt. ![]() Genevieve) adds an interesting dimension to the meaning of this song. So I think the confluence (no pun intended) of those two elements (the person Saint Genevieve and the town Ste. (where there are often floods and tornadoes), the residents often cite their faith in God as a reason why they won't evacuate, even against common sense. If you've ever watched coverage of natural disasters, particularly in the Bible belt of the midwestern U.S. The Huns never showed up in Paris - they went to Orleans instead because they got word that the Romans were staging a counterattack. She told the people that they should fast and pray for God to protect them. Genevieve (a town in SE Missouri) refers to here.īut I also think it's interesting that the historical woman Genevieve (patron saint of Paris) urged the Parisians not to evacuate when Attila the Hun was on his way to attack them. I agree that it's about the July 1993 floods in Missouri, and that's what Ste.
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