some meaning of grey street

musicalman865 · Unread post by **musicalman865** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 1:35 am

hey you guys, i have been listening to a lot of grey street lately, not all of the song, but i think some of it might be related possibly to the story of anne frank if you listen to some of the lyrics and you read the story ....this could be true or untrue, just my oppinion.....tell me what you think............peace

gravesRR7 · Unread post by **gravesRR7** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:44 am

musicalman865 wrote:hey you guys, i have been listening to a lot of grey street lately, not all of the song, but i think some of it might be related possibly to the story of anne frank if you listen to some of the lyrics and you read the story ....this could be true or untrue, just my oppinion.....tell me what you think............peace

what parts are about that. give us a quote

i guess no one really knows except for dave, but i think Grey Street is about a Girlfriend he used to have who apparently went insane to some degree. Pay for what you get is also supposidly about her i think.

interesting you say that though, i'll listen with that in mind next time

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:32 pm

its about julia grey, ex girlfriend. she turned out to be a bitch, they dated for 8 years, he proposed 3 times and she eventually dumped him.

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 1:09 pm

It's actually about his mother, or some relative, not sure.

Thomas · Unread post by **Thomas** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:18 pm

it's actually about his dog.

Easy E · Unread post by **Easy E** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 3:42 pm

Its actually about a grey street, asphalt man, heavy shit

GSR · Unread post by **GSR** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:15 pm

This song was initially recorded during the abandoned studio sessions with Steve Lillywhite spring of 2001, known as the Lillywhite Sessions once leaked to the internet. It was later released on Busted Stuff.

On occasion on the 2003 tour, the band would perform a version of the song which chopped out the last verse. During the first presentation of the chorus, Dave would also add the lines from the second run-through of the chorus ("And though it's red blood bleeding from her now / It feels like cold, blue ice in her heart") to the first. This rendition of the song is available on the Live at ... compilation which came with copies of Dave Matthews' debut solo album, Some Devil.

The song's music video is culled from the band's live performance at The Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., from Sept. 2002. Portions of the music video for "Grace is Gone" were also shot at this time. The video was directed by Jeff Richter and Fenton Williams.

http://www.geocities.com/antz12m/grey.html

i like tictacs · Unread post by **i like tictacs** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 6:18 pm

Yes, that explains the meaning of the song.

SpoonInSpoon · Unread post by **SpoonInSpoon** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:10 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:its about julia grey, ex girlfriend. she turned out to be a bitch, they dated for 8 years, he proposed 3 times and she eventually dumped him.

isnt that halloween?

SpoonInSpoon · Unread post by **SpoonInSpoon** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:12 pm

GSRLessard14 wrote:On occasion on the 2003 tour, the band would perform a version of the song which chopped out the last verse. During the first presentation of the chorus, Dave would also add the lines from the second run-through of the chorus ("And though it's red blood bleeding from her now / It feels like cold, blue ice in her heart") to the first. This rendition of the song is available on the Live at ... compilation which came with copies of Dave Matthews' debut solo album, Some Devil.

i noticed that on that disc. is there any significance to the cut?

DMBartender · Unread post by **DMBartender** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:31 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:its about julia grey, ex girlfriend. she turned out to be a bitch, they dated for 8 years, he proposed 3 times and she eventually dumped him.

correct

Beauford33 · Unread post by **Beauford33** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:34 pm

Did it ever occur that their might not be any real meaning? It is probably just a coinsidence that America is the only country that spells gray with an "a" instead of an "e".

filmdude100cms · Unread post by **filmdude100cms** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 8:39 pm

SpoonInSpoon wrote:
filmdude100cms wrote:its about julia grey, ex girlfriend. she turned out to be a bitch, they dated for 8 years, he proposed 3 times and she eventually dumped him.

isnt that halloween?

there are many songs about her, IBYU, PFWYG, Halloween, Grey Street. and a few others are known to be about her.

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 9:56 pm

Grey Street isn't about Julia Grey. Every other song that is about her was written in Dave's first ever batch of songs...he wrote IBYU, Halloween, and the like before the band ever cut an album. I think nearly a decade later, he probably wouldn't be writing about her.

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sun Oct 10, 2004 10:04 pm

Sigh. There is somewhere were Dave did give some meaning. I don't know where, and I don't know where the guy went who posted this years ago on a different board.

Now, it'snot about Julia Grey, but someone smei famous, for something.

Sigh, to explain Julia Grey again:

She was a serious g/f of Dave in the late 80s and through 1991. He wrote numerous old songs about her. Eventualy, Dave pruposes to her. He denied him 3 times. Then they broke up. 2 years later, he met Ashley in 1993 during the release of the Recently EP (where Halloween is finally released and has name, it's named that before of the angryness of it and the EP being released on halloween). Now, Halloween was written after they broke up. It was his FUCK YOU song about her. Now, songs about Julia:

After Her (which changed into Satellite, and then wasn't about Julia)
I'll Back You Up
Lover Lay Down
Pay For What You Get (only the chorus)
Recently (might be about her, this I am not sure of)
Kind Intentions/Me And Her
Heathcliffs (might be, not sure of this too)
Hold Me Down (the last known song about her)

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