Lyrics:

Traveled on the F train down
The people press and crowd

They start to fade like footprints worn away
Only stop and still I'm waiting
A thousand faces look the same everyone
A thousand different names
They come on two by two
People fade as people do
Came here of my own volition
Could be my decision
Could be
We may still get by
We may still get by

Wandered down on avenue A
The coffee shops, the sweet cache
Of thoughts, and words, and laughter gone
Never-ending stream of what you've
Known so long and long ignored
Don't think so hard, just smoke your cigarette
And fade off into blue
'Cause people fade as people always do

Consequence comes crashing in
The scars, and scrapes, and scratches
All the memories died so long ago
Time is up, but still I'm waiting
Came here of my own volition
Could be my decision
Could be
We may still get by
We may still get by
And we may still get by
We may still get by
We may still get by

supergroverx wrote: Me neither. He's a Vancouver boy, previously with a band call "Moist". I always found them/him mildly annoying; wanting desperately to be big time rock stars, but just not having what it takes (eg, talent, good songs). His vocal style always struck me as kinda self-conscious and affected. Sorry to be Mr. Negative, but this guy just ain't gettin' it done.

supergroverx wrote: Saw him live in a studio with a trio last year and he IS more listenable with the rock backing. His voice also changes and becomes more tonal, less whispery. He's got the looks, talent and group, just hasn't clicked big big time yet.

Very nice...Very full and rounded with REAL emotions that play in your soul...

Not sure I get it. There's an awful lot of music like this, and I get kinda critical when it comes just to dude-and-guitar. In this case, rather simple guitar riff, his voice ain't that interesting, and the folksy-checking-out-people-on-the-street lyric thing has so been done. I used to live in Brooklyn, took the F train home, and the song calls up no nostalgia for me. Always cool to find the next Nick Drake, or even the next Leonard Cohen, but I don't think this guy's it. Maybe he's more interesting when he rocks out, but for now, 3.

I miss Brooklyn.. Cobble Hill, Smith & Court Streets, the old Halcyon.

I have a whole litany of F train memories, myself. Next time I take it from Manhattan to Brooklyn to see family, this song will be nice soundtrack.

MsJudi wrote: David Usher really broke out as the frontman for a band called Moist. They put out a couple of albums, I think, that were on the heavier side. I think as a soloist his song writing leans more to the folky, new age side of things. As an aside, much of this album, his first solo effort, was apparently recorded in his kitchen.

I first heard of this artist in a strange, round-about way. Gale Harold, the lead actor for the Showtime program, "Queer As Folk", is dating a Canadian rocker by the name of Kim Bingham (The Kim Band). I looked her site up one day to listen to some of her music (not to my tastes, very heavy rock) and she mentioned in her bio that she tours with David Usher as one of his guitarists. Now that I've heard some Dave Usher (whom I liked a good deal) I just can't imagine her guitar work and his meshing. It would certainly make for an interesting show, I suppose.

The F Train. thats what we call the Northern Line underground here in London. Especially when its running late..