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Built To Spill's "You Were Right"

Posted over 4 years ago
Did you ever have one of those songs hit you, and just kind of connect everything you had been feeling about a certain situation but never could put your finger on it? The contempt I now feel for Classic Rock radio's generic play lists and rotation killing ways have made me listen to CD's or talk radio while in the car. The fact that so many artists can be so narrowly represented by the medium is infuriating. The fact that once beautiful songs are now over played fossils, to tired to spark even the slightest happy memory of how they made me feel when I first heard them. In some ways I am in mourning for the very format that brought these artists to my ears, bad sad for its obsolescence . When I heard "You Were Right" it felt as if the boys of Built To Spill were sharing my pain, my ennui of the overplayed. With this song they nailed shut Classic rocks coffin, and ready us for a new chapter of Rock n' Roll.
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Comments (5)

  1. SatisfiedMind614
    SatisfiedMind614 says LOVE THIS SONG!! The way Doug references all of those great bits of rock wisdom...one of my all time favorite songs...thanks for posting!
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  2. chucky
    chucky says Did you ever have one of those songs hit you, and just kind of connect everything you had been feeling about a certain situation but never could put your finger on it? Yes The fact that once beautiful songs are now over played fossils This This song is brilliant.
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  3. Rawkkiddoh
    Rawkkiddoh says Such a great song, and such a great band
    Permalink posted 06/15/2007
  4. Wade
    Wade says Love the song, but not sure I agree that the song is necessarily declaring contempt for Classic Rock, check out for some other interpretations: http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/02/09feature.html http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/15742-keep-it-like-a-secret
    Permalink posted 06/16/2007
  5. contrabandwidth
    contrabandwidth says Well, lyrics are always up for interpretation, are they not. I kind of feel it's a "The King is dead, Long live the King" situation. I feel they really did believe those lyrics at one time, but new lyrics must be written to take their place. I don't necessarily feel it's disrespectful, but rather wistful - you were right, everything you said, but I still feel the way I feel, and it didn't keep it from being that way. Sometimes songs are incantations against what we fear or they are for what we feel we need. What happens when that wasn't enough and were still afraid and wanting more?
    Permalink posted 06/16/2007

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