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Son Volt — Action
Album: The Search
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Released: 2007
Length: 2:41
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Riding waves of sound
300 mile from Metropolitan
Grapes of wrath all around
Riding waves of sound

Breath on lines everyone's story
Find a spot until the names are called
Times will pull in all directions
Be the barker for the traveling show

15 times from the edge of eternity
Nerves that shake have been chased away
There is a girl that I want to see
On each side of that marching drum

Riding waves of sound
300 mile from Metropolitan
Grapes of wrath all around
Riding waves of sound

Break up the old drug pound story
Tortured soul wears an ego sleeve
Heavy hearts and heavy hitters
Bards disease finds the killing floor

Straight from her two lanes of freedom
Unconquered souls delivered each day
Gasoline junkies feral diesel fiends
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Oh ya...love it.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
This is like someone ran Patty Griffin\'s \"One Big Love\" through a blender. Not good.
Posted 17 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
Growin\' on me.
Posted 17 years ago by mattt    [ Reply ]
DoctorHooey wrote:
Cool song. Made me think of the Black Keys. Ooh, I should upload some Black Keys...
Yes. Yes you should.
Posted 17 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this song, I like it a little bit better. I\'d somehow never heard Son Volt until earlier this year, but I really like them.
Posted 17 years ago by membeth    [ Reply ]
Cool song. Made me think of the Black Keys. Ooh, I should upload some Black Keys...
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
Every time I hear this song it grates on me a bit more... he sounds like he's behind an inch of cotton and his voice (not that I've got one to compare) quivers on some sustained notes. I dunno. I just don't like this song.
Posted 17 years ago by bcorcoran    [ Reply ]
eastcoast wrote:
Hard to follow Waits, Wilco, and Dylan.
Waits and Dylan maybe... This is such a great song. One of his recent best.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
With a name like Son Volt, I expected an aging or deceased blues artist.
Posted 17 years ago by brighthue    [ Reply ]
okobojicat wrote:
At first that voice was Barenaked Ladies. Very Odd.
Wow you can tell they're naked just by listening to their voices. I don't suppose you can see them as well can you?
Posted 17 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
lukinman wrote:
not their best work,, but likeable!!
Ditto.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Well, that was some pretty good action going on there.
Posted 17 years ago by ekeyte    [ Reply ]
not there best work,, but likeable!!
Posted 17 years ago by lukinman    [ Reply ]
okobojicat wrote:
At first that voice was Barenaked Ladies. Very Odd.
He reminds me of the singer of the Ass Ponies. Now of Wussy.
Posted 17 years ago by h2o    [ Reply ]
nope. no good.
Posted 17 years ago by 2Hawks    [ Reply ]
I thought I didn't like their new stuff....but I actually like this... maybe i need to reconsider and check this album out.
Posted 17 years ago by Almo80    [ Reply ]
Hard to follow Waits, Wilco, and Dylan.
Posted 17 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
At first that voice was Barenaked Ladies. Very Odd.
Posted 17 years ago by okobojicat    [ Reply ]
gonzafr wrote:
Saw them last night in Los Angeles.. very good show! They also did a cover of Neil Young and the Stones for an encore.
I am seeing them on Saturday in Boulder, Co.
Posted 17 years ago by milehighYinzer    [ Reply ]
Saw them last night in Los Angeles.. very good show! They also did a cover of Neil Young and the Stones for an encore.
Posted 17 years ago by gonzafr    [ Reply ]
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
I agree. 50/50 cool/cheezy for me too. Could go either way.
Had to move it up to 7. Way more cool going on in there than cheesy I think. Good lord I'm replying to myself. Actually this goes to handyrae. Maybe you should play it louder. Definitely growing on me...
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Love it! I'm totally digging the new CD and can't wait 'til they tour.
Posted 17 years ago by SCprof    [ Reply ]
I like the music but not Farrar's vocal on this. And that's strange b/c there was a time 10 years ago that I thought Farrar had one of the best vocal deliveries around. Smoking must have done something to his voice since then.
Posted 17 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
handyrae wrote:
I think I'll start it at a 6. There's something in it that I like but there's also something annoying. I wonder which will win out in the end?
I agree. 50/50 cool/cheezy for me too. Could go either way.
Posted 17 years ago by Wizzuvvoz    [ Reply ]
Sounds more like a Jay Farrar disc than Son Volt. Is Jay's voice becoming Eddie Vedder-ish?
Posted 17 years ago by gopre    [ Reply ]
I think I'll start it at a 6. There's something in it that I like but there's also something annoying. I wonder which will win out in the end?
Posted 17 years ago by handyrae    [ Reply ]
The two songs I've heard on RP from this new album seem like quite a departure from earlier Son Volt work.
Posted 17 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]