A few weeks ago Olivia Creser and I went to see Conor Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band at the Roxy in Boston. It was the second time I've seen Conor, the first being at the 9:30 Club in D.C. with Bright Eyes. He is one of my favorite singer/songwriters, and both of his performances blew me away. Not only is he incredibly talented, but his entire band is. They can all sing, play multiple instruments, perform well, produce, write, etc., and most are from the Omaha music scene. During the set, the band performed a new song, "I Gotta Reason" (link), which was done in two parts. The song just really hit me in some way, and I can't stop listening to it. At about 3:45 into the video you'll hear the band harmonizing followed by the sickest guitar riff, or at least I think so.. But to get to the point, there is one line in the song that goes, "in the glass houses, in the pages of the Rolling Stone," and I remembered some pictures I had saved from Rolling Stone. Here are some of my favorites. If only, if only...
Janis Joplin
Brian Wilson
Paul McCartney
Bob Marley
Bob Dylan
John Lennon
"I Gotta Reason" lyrics
(I think there may be a few errors, I got it from songmeanings.net)
You know a lot can happen after everybody falls asleep
Ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat
And do right by them, work a little in your dreams
Don't let time rob you, hold onto your memories
In the glass houses, in the pages of the Rolling Stone
I get a sick feeling, like I'm rocking in a little boat
Hear the big church bell, it's ringing like a mobile phone
Such a long Sunday drive, and I'm taking it all alone
I want to belong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks me, say I want to belong
If anybody asks me, say that it won't take long
If anybody asks me, say I'm going to get this done
If anybody asks me, say I got a reason
In the last hard drive in the satellites that kick and spin
You'll find that old footage so everything can live again
Pretty pink roses, the ostrich and the elephant
It's the next Noah's ark, everything's got to fit
In the creased pages of a letter I've been trying to send
To a young widow who is desperate for some kind of friend
You'll find a long list of eligible, handsome men
Who want to lay with her, upon the table of the elements
They're going to hold strong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to belong
And if anybody asks them, say that it won't take long now
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to get this done
And if anybody asks them, say they've got a reason
Ask the forest fire, ask the cop walking on the beat
And do right by them, work a little in your dreams
Don't let time rob you, hold onto your memories
In the glass houses, in the pages of the Rolling Stone
I get a sick feeling, like I'm rocking in a little boat
Hear the big church bell, it's ringing like a mobile phone
Such a long Sunday drive, and I'm taking it all alone
I want to belong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks me, say I want to belong
If anybody asks me, say that it won't take long
If anybody asks me, say I'm going to get this done
If anybody asks me, say I got a reason
In the last hard drive in the satellites that kick and spin
You'll find that old footage so everything can live again
Pretty pink roses, the ostrich and the elephant
It's the next Noah's ark, everything's got to fit
In the creased pages of a letter I've been trying to send
To a young widow who is desperate for some kind of friend
You'll find a long list of eligible, handsome men
Who want to lay with her, upon the table of the elements
They're going to hold strong to a reason
And cut a new key to the kingdom
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to belong
And if anybody asks them, say that it won't take long now
And if anybody asks them, say they're going to get this done
And if anybody asks them, say they've got a reason
-t
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