Me my Yoke and I

Cerque · 06-13-2009, 12:39 PM

What do you guys think of this song?

The first ever Rice album I bought was 9 around November 2007. I remember listening to the album and initially not being drawn to it, it grew on me over the 5 month period where i was preparing for my final exams and preparing to mentally say goodbye to all the people i had known in that important period in my life where i became an adult. Therefore I related to most of 9, however I never grasped Me my Yoke and I. It is only now that I realise how amazing this song is, i love it. Sorry for rambling, I just wanted to know what everyone else thought of it.

wittyallusion · 06-13-2009, 01:07 PM

I really didn't like it when I first heard it either. What changed my opinion was seeing it performed live two years ago. Damien looped the "You do not need me" ending of "Volcano" into the song and it was magnificent. After that, I couldn't stop listening to the studio recording for a long time.

Timeé · 06-13-2009, 09:14 PM

It's a wee bit sick. But that said, Damien is like the sadist jock of the aristocracy..

Cerque · 06-14-2009, 12:15 AM

what exactly is it about?

Rai · 06-14-2009, 07:13 AM

^The alienation of 21. Century mankind and a rebellion against the angst-ridden social equilibrium that keeps people from achieving the quintessential avascular perfection of the soul.

Cerque · 06-14-2009, 09:58 AM

... I thought it was about jacking off.

Rai · 06-14-2009, 11:28 AM

^that's such a male-exclusive reading, one that is completely disregarding the universal psycho-ovalbuminial qualities of the piece. You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

Spamlet · 06-15-2009, 06:19 AM

What do you guys think of this song?

I probably have the opposite reaction from most on this one. I always thought of it as an ok song and it was never one of my favorites live but the recorded version on 9" really won me over. I really liked all the layering it had on it and unlike all the other songs on that album which were known to us before (all but 2) it was the only one I didn't prefer in previous live incarnations.

Cerque · 06-15-2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Rai

^that's such a male-exclusive reading, one that is completely disregarding the universal psycho-ovalbuminial qualities of the piece. You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.

I agree with your first analysis. I was think along the same lines but with less words.

Timeé · 06-15-2009, 10:37 AM

The album recording is pathetic. The Lobby version is awesome. Because it's slightly restrained. Too much white noise ruins MMY&I.

verenita · 06-15-2009, 11:04 AM

i really like the album version... it is very descriptive to me, about having an orgasm (thinking about what this song is about, of course): starting low, soft... and then getting more and more intensive, harder till it exploded... and then, soft again... like whispering...
yes, i do like it!

ps: ok... this is not an issue that i´m used to talk about, so now i´m a little blushed

Cerque · 06-15-2009, 01:49 PM

Wow Verenita.

verenita · 06-15-2009, 06:51 PM

(spanish, sorry: sí, me fui de mambo.)

Cerque · 06-15-2009, 07:15 PM

I mean you analysed the crap out of that song.

verenita · 06-15-2009, 09:42 PM

i think i get you... and that´s what i meant (sort of, because i mean it).

but, hey, blame damien... it´s his creation, lol.

Joyful · 06-15-2009, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by verenita

i really like the album version... it is very descriptive to me, about having an orgasm (thinking about what this song is about, of course): starting low, soft... and then getting more and more intensive, harder till it exploded... and then, soft again... like whispering...
yes, i do like it!

ps: ok... this is not an issue that i´m used to talk about, so now i´m a little blushed

I like this explanation V!! I think that I agree and might even like the song more now after reading this. Hmmmm.

06-13-2009, 12:39 PM	#1
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	Me my Yoke and I What do you guys think of this song? The first ever Rice album I bought was 9 around November 2007. I remember listening to the album and initially not being drawn to it, it grew on me over the 5 month period where i was preparing for my final exams and preparing to mentally say goodbye to all the people i had known in that important period in my life where i became an adult. Therefore I related to most of 9, however I never grasped Me my Yoke and I. It is only now that I realise how amazing this song is, i love it. Sorry for rambling, I just wanted to know what everyone else thought of it.

06-13-2009, 09:14 PM	#3
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	It's a wee bit sick. But that said, Damien is like the sadist jock of the aristocracy.. __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

06-14-2009, 07:13 AM	#5
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	^The alienation of 21. Century mankind and a rebellion against the angst-ridden social equilibrium that keeps people from achieving the quintessential avascular perfection of the soul. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

06-14-2009, 11:28 AM	#7
Rai Eskimontologist Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: The Robo-Hungarian Empire Posts: 2,345	^that's such a male-exclusive reading, one that is completely disregarding the universal psycho-ovalbuminial qualities of the piece. You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself. __________________ "There's, another example. See, here I'm now sitting by myself, uh, er, talking to myself. That's, that's chaos." "If you find you've got a dragon charging at you at thirty miles per hour snapping its teeth you can always drive it defensively through the covers"

06-15-2009, 06:19 AM	#8
Spamlet Resident Contrarian Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sunnyside, Queens: NYC Posts: 1,251	What do you guys think of this song? I probably have the opposite reaction from most on this one. I always thought of it as an ok song and it was never one of my favorites live but the recorded version on 9" really won me over. I really liked all the layering it had on it and unlike all the other songs on that album which were known to us before (all but 2) it was the only one I didn't prefer in previous live incarnations. __________________ NEW TUNES ARE NOW UP! Please check out these free songs by "America's female Damien Rice": http://www.reverbnation.cim/summerrussell/songs

06-13-2009, 01:07 PM	#2
wittyallusion Eskimo Baby Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 27	I really didn't like it when I first heard it either. What changed my opinion was seeing it performed live two years ago. Damien looped the "You do not need me" ending of "Volcano" into the song and it was magnificent. After that, I couldn't stop listening to the studio recording for a long time.

06-14-2009, 12:15 AM	#4
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	what exactly is it about?

06-14-2009, 09:58 AM	#6
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	... I thought it was about jacking off.

06-15-2009, 10:37 AM	#10
Timeé Intello Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Co. Donegal, Ireland. Posts: 2,435	The album recording is pathetic. The Lobby version is awesome. Because it's slightly restrained. Too much white noise ruins MMY&I. __________________ Wasted and wounded, it ain't what the moon did Got what I paid for now See ya tomorrow, hey Frank can I borrow A couple of bucks from you?

06-15-2009, 11:04 AM	#11
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i really like the album version... it is very descriptive to me, about having an orgasm (thinking about what this song is about, of course): starting low, soft... and then getting more and more intensive, harder till it exploded... and then, soft again... like whispering... yes, i do like it! ps: ok... this is not an issue that i´m used to talk about, so now i´m a little blushed __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

06-15-2009, 01:49 PM	#12
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	Wow Verenita.

06-15-2009, 06:51 PM	#13
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	(spanish, sorry: sí, me fui de mambo.) __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]

06-15-2009, 07:15 PM	#14
Cerque Resident Irishman Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: some forest in Ireland Posts: 757	I mean you analysed the crap out of that song.

06-15-2009, 09:42 PM	#15
verenita ... trusty and true ... Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Argentina Posts: 6,387	i think i get you... and that´s what i meant (sort of, because i mean it). but, hey, blame damien... it´s his creation, lol. __________________ ["Read me your favourite line": "No podía sucederme nada peor –pensaba aquel amigo–: tengo el alma delicada."]