The 99
One thing that struck me immediately upon hearing the track for the first time was the deliberateness of its pace. It’s a song that could easily — perhaps even naturally — be sped up to a much faster tempo, but that would strip it of its ominous and shamanistic power. It’s all in the plodding delivery. Jay’s subtle genius at work.
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Ominous! Exactly. I happen to have worked in and around Furgeson.turpentim wrote:Beautifully worded. It is indeed shamanistic... ominous and deeply serious. And unlike Jet Pilot, it is vague enough to remain timeless in all its immediate topicality.unchartedthickets wrote:It’s shamanistic in delivery. Vague enough to encapsulate the world and applicable to the references.
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I know a journalist that covered the debacle. The first sentence of the
song strikes the chord - Journalists in jail covering the scenes.
We could go back and forth about it but it’s true. Journalists were rounded up,
thrown in jail, and in some cases beaten. It was chaos and social unrest of an order we haven’t seen in a while.
Beautifully worded. It is indeed shamanistic... ominous and deeply serious. And unlike Jet Pilot, it is vague enough to remain timeless in all its immediate topicality.unchartedthickets wrote:It’s shamanistic in delivery. Vague enough to encapsulate the world and applicable to the references.
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No actual Dakota Pipeline or Furgeson reference. That’s cool. It wouldn’t
be better either way. I like that Jay mentions the impotus. The Frame blues riffs are cool. This song seems like it could shred live with Jay and Chris on electric and that Hammond organ sound in the ether. it’s shamanistic in delivery. Vague enough to encapsulate the world and applicable to the references. "99%. 99%. It’s a trickle down world like you’re stuck in cement"
be better either way. I like that Jay mentions the impotus. The Frame blues riffs are cool. This song seems like it could shred live with Jay and Chris on electric and that Hammond organ sound in the ether. it’s shamanistic in delivery. Vague enough to encapsulate the world and applicable to the references. "99%. 99%. It’s a trickle down world like you’re stuck in cement"
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Re: The 99
I haven’t listened to it because I’m savoring it for a killer drive with it in theAntelope850 wrote:https://americansongwriter.com/2019/02/ ... eIxgOK8I-k
bubble of my singleverse. Right off the bat, the man says in the article, Ferguson and Dakota Pipeline. Balls out, no question. Not even Nugent or
Kid Rock would touch that shit..,or even the Tweed come ta think.
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