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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

I love the sound of the song... and the wordplay of the lyrics is really great... I'm teaching "songwriting" as my elective to some middle schoolers and I'm using "HTWOS" as the "text book." I'll probably share this with my class.

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Jeff— I humbly sit at home making my own tiny recordings. How do you get this backwards guitar sound ? And are you recording in Logic?

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Love the guitar. Love the lyrics. The humor in the first verse.

The truth in this line: 'The heart is smaller when you think'

(Changing one word from what we expect to hear surprises, makes a whole new meaning)

And the irony of this: "I wish I could have treated you well/Wish I had more of a story to tell"

(Ah ha, so, selfishness doesn't always give you a story to tell; in this instance it left you with less)

Very well done!

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Apr 10, 2022·edited Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

I like the "hero's journey" aspect of this one, and the nod and wink humor

(i.e. sewing your arm back on all wrong but oddly reaping the benefit). Great

first/last line. And yeah, the droning, backwards guitar is an effective

accompaniment to the theme of the song. The hero (you/us) goes into

the underworld and comes out changed, with a story to tell. Lord knows

we've all been living in the underworld this last couple of years. Keeps it

simple the way you "get in, get out" on this one. Hope this one goes on

the record.

Man, I just have to say (in a fawning fan moment) that I've been listening

to your music since I was a wee 16 year-old (now 49) with a scratched up

Still Feel Gone CD, a heap of teenage angst and disappointment with the

world, and the time to think and talk a lot about it on long backcountry drives

with my friends. Your work remains consequential on all sorts of levels. Many

thanks.

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Thank you for sharing this. Beautiful lyrics and I love the juxtaposition of the fuzzy electric countering the pretty acoustic guitar!

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Love the gravely sound of the guitar. Sounds distant and airy. Really like the chorus. Great tune!

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

This is a keeper.

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Wow! Top shelf

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Excellent song! The phrasing in the very beginning of the song reminded me of Blasting Fonda. Thank you for sharing!

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

I was thinking of the quiet version played on the Tweedy show!

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Very well done

New stuff

Always a pleasure

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Apr 9, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

hell yeah jeffy!

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Yasssss . . . love it!

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

Another classic! Love it!

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

I really like the raw, stripped down feel of the song. Thanks for sharing!

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Apr 10, 2022Liked by Jeff Tweedy

I love the Country Disappeared vibe ☺️

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