tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708292649664624419.post4450322981150892660..comments2023-09-10T10:47:35.670-04:00Comments on Roads? Where We're Going, We Don't Need Roads.: HarvestDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03050879099756585371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708292649664624419.post-31842850348156461232010-04-28T00:04:22.483-04:002010-04-28T00:04:22.483-04:00I guess I would attribute more of those details to...I guess I would attribute more of those details to Neil's weirdness (something I haven't discussed enough in my posts... but just wait until we get to the 80's) rather than darkness. Compared to TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, the songs you mentioned are downright cheery, and seem more like impassioned ballads that fit in with the albums more upbeat aesthetic.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050879099756585371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3708292649664624419.post-74859709340245505552010-04-27T12:44:55.216-04:002010-04-27T12:44:55.216-04:00I have to disagree with the overall characterizati...I have to disagree with the overall characterization that the album as a whole is joyful and folk-poppy. I think it swings between two extremes: the Heart of Gold/Out on the Weekend/Old Man pleasant-but-thoughtful folk-poppiness, and the dark and haunting A Man Needs a Maid/Needle and the Damage Done/etc crowd of songs. <br /><br />The title track kind of straddles those two extremes; it has the pleasant, understated, swinging mellowness of a porch swing, with strangely juxtaposed lyrics that imply something dark (mother in so much pain? screaming in the rain? some black face in a lonely place?) I have my own story I've constructed in my head of what it's about, but I wouldn't say with any confidence that it's correct. The song is really a slightly dark enigma.Shenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368606903035066658noreply@blogger.com