When I Was Cruel most underrated song. 'Soul For Hire'

Bob And Charlotte · Post by **Bob And Charlotte** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 8:10 am

'I see every human kind
And still the truth is distant
I see every evil men do and desire
Got to be more then just a soul for hire'

Great lyrics; Mysterious, dark and sexy melody; Good singin´;...
nothing wrong with it.

oh, and please don´t come sayin´ that it doest fit with the record mood.

Post by **BlueChair** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 9:06 am

Congrats.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:18 am

Bob And Charlotte wrote:oh, and please don´t come sayin´ that it doest fit with the record mood.

I won't bother then.

clairequilty · Post by **clairequilty** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:30 pm

Gotta admit that the song makes me cringe.

But so do most lawyers I know.

So I guess it gets it's point across.

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Wed Jun 02, 2004 12:36 pm

BlueChair wrote:Congrats.

God bless worthwhile contribution.

tokyo vogue · Post by **tokyo vogue** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:57 pm

Your face is a worthwhile contribution, wehitandrun.

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Fri Jun 04, 2004 4:21 pm

I actually agree - I love SFH

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Sat Jun 05, 2004 7:10 pm

Jackson Monk · Post by **Jackson Monk** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 2:20 pm

WHAR really knows how to contribute to the board. I don't know what we'd do without him.

At least on this occasion he didn't say " I think Almost Blue is brilliant and anyone who disagrees is an idiot"....small mercies

wehitandrun · Post by **wehitandrun** » Sun Jun 06, 2004 5:43 pm

I actually never said that.

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:54 am

I still think that Tart is the best number on the record..........the coolest bass line ever in an Elvis tune.........great vocals, lyrical imagery, and a grungy noisey Beatles White Album-like bridge......

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 9:56 am

Cope - there was not one direct sexual reference in that thread. Is something wrong?

taz · Post by **taz** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:27 am

He did say on some other post he's 'mellowed' (or something similar)...this Cope scares me a bit more, like he's lying in wait...

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:24 pm

Doesn't people generally like "Soul For Hire"? My few EC pals do. Deserves to be played at least once on Ally McBeal.
"Dissolve" isn't as popular as that one, for what I understand, so I'd say that's the underrated one. Would have been cool to hear that wild harmonica and vocal screech in that old Wim Wenders film (Not sure about the title - "Waiting For The End Of The World"?) instead of "Days".

Copenhagen Fan · Post by **Copenhagen Fan** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:27 pm

Taz and Verbal...I save my more savory comments for the Annex

I mean you do want me to "blow my wad" all at once do ya???

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