Jenny Lewis — Next Messiah
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Livin' in the meadow
The mighty, mighty meadow
With too many people
Suckin' all the water
And my daddy was a farmer
He was a racecar driver
He is a four leaf clover
He is the next messiah
Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist
Take it down to the river
Split it right up the middle
Now it's gonna be trouble
For a pregnant lamb and a con man
Now he's sick in the clink
With his head in the sink
And the tumor gonna make a
Man outta him
Now, my daddy was a chancer
He was a bad-check bouncer
But he beat that cancer
He's a survivor
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
Covering it up
Squeezing it out
Watching it bleed
You're watching it all
Taking it back
She's down on her knees
When did she come to detest you?
Giving it back
Backing you up
Nothing's for free
You're giving it back
For locking you up
Those terrible deeds
When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?
When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back
I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
The mighty, mighty meadow
With too many people
Suckin' all the water
And my daddy was a farmer
He was a racecar driver
He is a four leaf clover
He is the next messiah
Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist
Take it down to the river
Split it right up the middle
Now it's gonna be trouble
For a pregnant lamb and a con man
Now he's sick in the clink
With his head in the sink
And the tumor gonna make a
Man outta him
Now, my daddy was a chancer
He was a bad-check bouncer
But he beat that cancer
He's a survivor
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
Covering it up
Squeezing it out
Watching it bleed
You're watching it all
Taking it back
She's down on her knees
When did she come to detest you?
Giving it back
Backing you up
Nothing's for free
You're giving it back
For locking you up
Those terrible deeds
When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?
When will they come to arrest you?
When did she come to detest you?
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back
(I want to tell you I love you) I'm gonna give my love to you
(I want to tell you I love you) on a day you gotta bring it back
I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you
(I'm gonna go out walking baby) I want to tell you I love you
(Better be here when I get back) I want to tell you I love you
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I'm gonna give my love to you on a day you gotta bring it back
I want to tell you I love you
I want to tell you I love you
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
He's the next messiah
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Sofa_King wrote:
Sofa-King cute!
Sofa-King cute!
Great tune, easy 8 folks!
ckcotton wrote:
You keep posting the same thing every few months... we read you once. Now hit PSD and go away.
lower than 1… yuck
You keep posting the same thing every few months... we read you once. Now hit PSD and go away.
Wish The Postal Service had come out with another release.
She's just so much fun whatever she's involved with.
She's just so much fun whatever she's involved with.
“Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods”
Leaves little doubt that this song truly is about the moose-iah.
The dark and dank woods”
Leaves little doubt that this song truly is about the moose-iah.
Now he's living in the woods
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist
Great imagery in these lyrics!
The dark and dank woods
With a cocktail waitress
Who thinks she's an artist
Great imagery in these lyrics!
Picking up on some John Lennon dobro on this one.
Love this song
Love this song
coloradojohn wrote:
i love this!
this is my fav of hers. the whole album is great. i liked rilo kiley well enough, but this was what made me a huge fan of jenny's.
I can never forget how I turned my best friend Kevin on to this CRANKED in his Jeep on our way to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse up at Red Rocks back in August of 2012... I'd already been jamming to it since '08 thanks to RP, but it absolutely blew him away, and we had to hear it again and again, which was fine by me! Love it! Great pre- rock-show party tune!
i love this!
this is my fav of hers. the whole album is great. i liked rilo kiley well enough, but this was what made me a huge fan of jenny's.
"The Next Moo-siah", a playful riff on rural ballads about a father who's lived a life like a patchwork quilt at a county fair. A farmer-turned-racecar driver, yet branded as the rural redeemer, the 'moo-siah' of the pastures. His life's a barnyard opera, complete with environmental woes, love affairs with cocktail-waitress-muses, and a stint in the clinker, while beating cancer and wrangling calamities. The chorus has a less-than-holy refrain of love given and demanded back, while betrayal lurks like a wolf in the hen house. It's a testimony to a life that's half mess, half miracle: an ode to a man who's less messianic savior and more a miraculous survivor of his own fabled life.
I have to say it is actually a pretty good track.
lower than 1… yuck
6r347 50n6
I can never forget how I turned my best friend Kevin on to this CRANKED in his Jeep on our way to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse up at Red Rocks back in August of 2012... I'd already been jamming to it since '08 thanks to RP, but it absolutely blew him away, and we had to hear it again and again, which was fine by me! Love it! Great pre- rock-show party tune!
Baby did a bad bad thing.
a_genuine_find wrote:
yes'm.
'mu' ssiah?
yes'm.
This song sucks
fuck yes
Nice "acid tongue" double entendre. I didn't get it until the first few tabs.
kcatalina wrote:
like some Beatles songs, right?
This is like, 3 different songs to me - all interesting but odd. :)
like some Beatles songs, right?
".... the next moo-si-yaaah...." -- about a sacred cow, right?
'mu' ssiah?
This is like, 3 different songs to me - all interesting but odd. :)
joko63808 wrote:
Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the
Well try another mix or donate so you can play favorites, I've listened for 10 or more years, and they have enriched my life by exposing me to so much "new" music even if its older. Love RP that is why I donate. Long Live RP
Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the
Well try another mix or donate so you can play favorites, I've listened for 10 or more years, and they have enriched my life by exposing me to so much "new" music even if its older. Love RP that is why I donate. Long Live RP
Nice
belegato wrote:
Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the same?
I've noticed RP plays a lot of Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel and a handful of others. Not that there's anything wrong with these artists, but isn't it at the expense of playing other, less known acts?
Noticed that too. Plus REM and U2.
There's so much to explore, so why always play the same?
Right. Now I remember why I have this rated so low...
I've noticed RP plays a lot of Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel and a handful of others. Not that there's anything wrong with these artists, but isn't it at the expense of playing other, less known acts?
This woman has talent.
Love this tune. 7>8.
The moose parts of this piece are much preferable, to me.
First time hearing this. Surprised by the hate. I love it!
eileenomurphy wrote:
Is Shew a new band? Haven't heard of them, will check 'em out! Thanks!
Shew has better tunes!
Is Shew a new band? Haven't heard of them, will check 'em out! Thanks!
aelfheld wrote:
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
Is there a negative volume? To make up for the part I had to hear?
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
Is there a negative volume? To make up for the part I had to hear?
Easyrider wrote:
Completely agree
This suckssssssssssssssss😡
For the love of god…. Make it 7:30 shorter…. Terrible
Love the funky baseline.
unclehud wrote:
Me Too!
Like it. A lot.
Me Too!
thats a cool song
Violent Femmes x B-52’s. ❤️
twoplain2sea wrote:
“-tomorrow is our permanent address
and there they’ll scarcely find us(if they do,
we’ll move away still further:into now”
E.E. Cummings
That'd be e e Cummings...
Tony in NJ
W.A.S.T.E.
This never seems to end...
First half is meh, but I really like the 2nd half.
The male vocalist is a sad version of Liam Gallagher.
Moose eye oh? We haven't had any moose sightings over here.
It is a rather long, pointless song.
Thanks Bill. Didn't know Jenny Lewis or Rilo Kiley until I started listening to RP but one of my favourites now - a great back catalogue of Jenny and Rilo Kiley albums to explore and enjoy!
This suckssssssssssssssss😡
only 8 1/2 minutes....what's the problem...
holborne wrote:
holborne wrote:
Have to say, I don't understand why most listeners seem so ecstatic over this one — I really dislike it. It never fucking ends and is incoherently put together. It also seems like I hear it every single day on RP. (And I also can't stand that she says "Moosiah," although that's the least of the problems here.) Oh well, let a thousand flowers bloom, I guess.
LeGiff wrote:
Update: I have it on LP and it's one of the best I have in my collection! I have to collect a few more of hers asap!
I need to own this on LP. Between this song, Acid Tongue and Fernando, this woman rocks! I haven't heard any others from it but I want it in my collection!
Update: I have it on LP and it's one of the best I have in my collection! I have to collect a few more of hers asap!
fauxtoejoe wrote:
I Love Jenny but Blake Sennett was easily as important to that band. They will be missed. Here's hoping for a reunion.
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.
I Love Jenny but Blake Sennett was easily as important to that band. They will be missed. Here's hoping for a reunion.
obankenobi wrote:
Up to 6.6!
FrankMc wrote:
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
Up to 6.6!
All over the place... digging it though. 
Like it. A lot.
I keep hearing Robby Kreiger in the guitar
God, I thought it was finally over and then that guy started singing.
obankenobi wrote:
I know, how is it that high?
FrankMc wrote:
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
I know, how is it that high?
FrankMc wrote:
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
What a great song. Seems well better than any old 6.5, as the consensus has it.
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
RP made me a Jenny disciple and I thank you for that. (Purchased the disc with the Watson Twins via RP link the other day, so me and Jenny and the Twins have helped support the cause of quality ad free radio. Great disc.)
A decade later, still a 6.5. Fascinating
MOOOOOO-sigh-ya..... (wn)
long-ace song, man.
long-ace song, man.
This song is too long. It just never ends!!!!!!!
KaiT wrote:
"You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables." -- Samuel Johnson
You know what I don't hear?
Your song on RP.
Your song on RP.
"You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables." -- Samuel Johnson
StfuDonny wrote:
This song?
Is there ever a good reason for beating up girls?
This song?
This song kicks. The album is good all around, and Jonathan Rice's contributions are great.
Tasty tune with a savory flavor -- leaves a slight but pleasant after taste.
mandolin wrote:
...jenny lewis, neko case, and patty griffin walk into a bar...
...right, so neko case, jenny lewis, and patty griffin are just settling down at their table together when jeff beck and imogen heap walk into the bar and proceed to kick the crap of them...
...jeff beck's such a total dick, beating up girls for no good reason...
Is there ever a good reason for beating up girls?
...jenny lewis, neko case, and patty griffin walk into a bar...
...right, so neko case, jenny lewis, and patty griffin are just settling down at their table together when jeff beck and imogen heap walk into the bar and proceed to kick the crap of them...
...jeff beck's such a total dick, beating up girls for no good reason...
Is there ever a good reason for beating up girls?
holborne wrote:
I like the incoherency of it, but the moosiah - I'm with ya on that!
Have to say, I don't understand why most listeners seem so ecstatic over this one — I really dislike it. It never fucking ends and is incoherently put together. It also seems like I hear it every single day on RP. (And I also can't stand that she says "Moosiah," although that's the least of the problems here.) Oh well, let a thousand flowers bloom, I guess.
I like the incoherency of it, but the moosiah - I'm with ya on that!
aelfheld wrote:
The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
You know what I don't hear?
Your song on RP.
The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
You know what I don't hear?
Your song on RP.
I need to own this on LP. Between this song, Acid Tongue and Fernando, this woman rocks! I haven't heard any others from it but I want it in my collection!
Alexandra wrote:
Ah, I thought it was moo-siah!
Moose-iah?
Ah, I thought it was moo-siah!
ScottFromWyoming wrote:
I saw her again a few months ago, after seeing her TWICE on that 2014/15 tour; this song was always a highlight.Her band this time around didn't go as great a job on this song as the last band (I'm looking at YOU rhythm section)...
October 2012 scraig wrote:
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
You gotta see this song performed live. Jenny is amazing.
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
If she comes around, I'm there...
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
So excited... just got my tickets to see Jenny in a little over a month!
And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game!
And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game!
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
Gotta bump this to a 9, after seeing her do it live
I saw her again a few months ago, after seeing her TWICE on that 2014/15 tour; this song was always a highlight.Her band this time around didn't go as great a job on this song as the last band (I'm looking at YOU rhythm section)...
LinThizzy wrote:
The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
ambitious effort with very powerful passages.....I challenge any of you to do better......
The result demonstrates ambition & effort are insufficient.
She resembles the lead singer of the last song by Lone Justice. Great segue.
ambitious effort with very powerful passages.....I challenge any of you to do better......
The song that never stops.
jambo wrote:
did she like it?
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
did she like it?
She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...
No realli! She was Karving her initials on the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"... Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti...
ziggytrix wrote:
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
did she like it?
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
did she like it?
dc_zee wrote:
But it's three songs in one!
Indeed.
But it's three songs in one!
Indeed.
DrLex wrote:
But they are all about some kind of moose.
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
But they are all about some kind of moose.
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
7 for me. Then again, I'm a sucker for those low-note chords. Morphine -ish.
This doesn't improve with familiarity.
Or repetition.
Or repetition.
Like it...the end of the tune starts to sound like The Kills a bit...
DrLex wrote:
But they are all about some kind of moose.
The three Mooseketeers!
But they are all about some kind of moose.
The three Mooseketeers!
Alexandra wrote:
Over and over and over.
Moose-iah?
Over and over and over.
Moose-iah?
fauxtoejoe wrote:
I don't know... the way she and Blake Sennett seemed to riff off of one another in their song writing, to me, made the sum greater than the two (her solo and with various collaborators and him with The Elected) apart. It added a depth to Rilo Kiley that is not there with the other efforts. Admittedly, she has done better since the parting but I'm hoping we see them come back together some day.
Of course, all of this is probably true of most bands where the component parts went on to solo careers.
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.
I don't know... the way she and Blake Sennett seemed to riff off of one another in their song writing, to me, made the sum greater than the two (her solo and with various collaborators and him with The Elected) apart. It added a depth to Rilo Kiley that is not there with the other efforts. Admittedly, she has done better since the parting but I'm hoping we see them come back together some day.
Of course, all of this is probably true of most bands where the component parts went on to solo careers.
Ok, this is growing on me.
I think Jenny Lewis was best as part of Rilo Kiley.
dc_zee wrote:
But they are all about some kind of moose.
But it's three songs in one!
But they are all about some kind of moose.
pcc wrote:
But it's three songs in one!
Far too long..
But it's three songs in one!
Far too long..
ploba wrote:
They call me Mr. Wrong.
anyone who doesn't love this song is wrong!
They call me Mr. Wrong.
She sounds like Exene Cervenka from X.
Piranga wrote:
aelfheld wrote:
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
Not so much a cosmic balance as a negative reflection.
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
aelfheld wrote:
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
Not so much a cosmic balance as a negative reflection.
This is very "The Kills" like.... but not as good.
Piranga wrote:
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
There is a cosmic balance - had to turn the volume off.
When it started, I thought it was David Gilmour's 'Take A Breath'.
Get dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. Boogie.
Get dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn. Boogie.
“-tomorrow is our permanent address
and there they’ll scarcely find us(if they do,
we’ll move away still further:into now”
E.E. Cummings
and there they’ll scarcely find us(if they do,
we’ll move away still further:into now”
E.E. Cummings
Wow. Had to turn up the volume - twice! Great find!
anyone who doesn't love this song is wrong!
kcar wrote:
It's like two songs fighting to get free of each other.
I was wondering what everyone was going on about, and then the song changed.... I see now {and it reminds me to have the hubris to wait until the end of the track before commenting}. Not sure it's a bad as many are making out though. there are many 'classics' by certain people/bands that are far worse than this! a 5 or 6 for now.
It's like two songs fighting to get free of each other.
I was wondering what everyone was going on about, and then the song changed.... I see now {and it reminds me to have the hubris to wait until the end of the track before commenting}. Not sure it's a bad as many are making out though. there are many 'classics' by certain people/bands that are far worse than this! a 5 or 6 for now.
fredriley wrote:
The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.
That's what I get for making a drive-by comment.
The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.
That's what I get for making a drive-by comment. dwhayslett wrote:
The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.
What's a moosiah?
The promised one who will rescue mooses (or meese, if you prefer) from oppression and servitude and deliver them to moose heaven. See comments below.
it did it this time
.
bump to 8
.
bump to 8
Official theme music of Trump 2016.
aelfheld wrote:
A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.
Everyone seems to think that their child has talent.
A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.
Everyone seems to think that their child has talent.
What's a moosiah?
floydoftherocks wrote:
i'll go along with that
Freaking awesome tune. 
i'll go along with that
Freaking awesome tune.
Oxen1morale wrote:
A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.
Yo La Tengo is so much better
A toddler banging about in the cupboard is better.
Groovee! 
It was horribly repetitive. I understand that an ostinato is a valid musical device, but the verses (and therefore any interesting content) got buried under it...got real tired of this song really quickly.
Yo La Tengo is so much better
Best deal on iTunes - a 9 minute song that's actually several songs in one. Thanks, Jenny! 
Managed to get by the unpleasant opening to hear a very good song.
October 2012 scraig wrote:
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
You gotta see this song performed live. Jenny is amazing.
October 2012 gandalfbmg wrote:
If she comes around, I'm there...
October 2014 gandalfbmg wrote:
So excited... just got my tickets to see Jenny in a little over a month!
And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game!
And I would like to dedicate this to the KC Royals' Mike Moustakas before tonight's game!
January 2015 gandalfbmg wrote:
Gotta bump this to a 9, after seeing her do it live
Wow! Best thing I've heard in a long time.
The male vocalist is a sad version of Liam Gallagher.
Liam Gallagher is a sad version of Liam Gallagher