This track blows me away every time I hear it. I found a new appreciation for it last night, when it dawned on me that the lyrics appear to be a father lamenting the suicide of his troubled daughter....(IMHO anyway).
If only I had ALL the lyrics! Off the top of my head:
This photograph - you and me
When these old boots of mine were brand new..
Look at you..How you smile smile smile...
What has become of us....
Chasing the avalanche down
Watching the world on TV
Must be something better on...
Shotgun - Is for putting in your mouth babe
In a world as upside down as this one.
Making patterns on the wall
Mother goes screaming down the hall baaaabbe.... oh no My God!
Why did you have to go and...why...talk to me baby...
Talk to me baby!
Shotgun - It awoke me from my sleep with a bang
I wanted to believe I was still dreaming...no luck... no luck at all...
Talk to me baby...lean on me talk to me baby...
etc etc...
Awesome song.
Anyone agree/have thoughts/lyrics?
Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
Definitely one of the saddest DMB songs.
"There's something kinda sad about the way that things have come to be...." MJK
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
GSR wrote:This version of Shotgun sucks.
One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain
So hit me with music, hit me with music
So hit me with music, hit me with music
Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
this song is 'meh' but i still like the song debut the best.
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
This song is decent at best now. It had a lot of potential two years ago, but they fucked it up with Dave just yelling now instead of putting good lyrics together for it and the two parts still don't sound right together to me.
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
Damn... thought this would get a bit more love from the 'tabs boys. I think it's the best part about the Piedmont release...Along with Dreaming Tree and YMDT. Any other versions that anyone has that can show me more Shotgun .... post 'em!
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
where can i listen to the new version?
Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
Yes.Nitro1515 wrote:This song is decent at best now. It had a lot of potential two years ago, but they fucked it up with Dave just yelling now instead of putting good lyrics together for it.
The version from Hartford last year, 8.5.07 is infinitely better. Way too much screaming from Dave on the sampler release.
I wish people would realize that just because Dave yells doesn't mean it's an amazing song.
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
I don't think that at all.... But I do appreciate emotion in a performance.
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See: ABI and WatchtowerGSR wrote:Yes.Nitro1515 wrote:This song is decent at best now. It had a lot of potential two years ago, but they fucked it up with Dave just yelling now instead of putting good lyrics together for it.
The version from Hartford last year, 8.5.07 is infinitely better. Way too much screaming from Dave on the sampler release.
I wish people would realize that just because Dave yells doesn't mean it's an amazing song.
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
Yeah, I do love the power of the yelling-type singing in ABI, What You Are, Shotgun, Bartender etc.... It's not what makes the songs, but it adds a cracking bit of spine-tingling intensity.....
Now... who's got this amazing version of Shotgun that I'm missing out on? GSR?
Now... who's got this amazing version of Shotgun that I'm missing out on? GSR?
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
I've only heard a handful of versions of Shotgun, but this is one of my favorites. There's no screaming the lyrics, and it's just as powerful. I really do love the song, but what makes or breaks it for me is Dave's vocal performance. It's that unexplainable Dave quality... just the way he sings a word or line that gives you chills. This version has several of those moments for me.
Shotgun, 8.5.07
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Shotgun, 8.5.07
http://www.sendspace.com/file/nr05jp
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Re: Summer 07 Sampler SHOTGUN
I was there when it debuted on 6/10/2006.
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