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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 04, 2012 11:55PM | Magpie
why did magpie make it onto the sunset tree?
also, does it mean anything?
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Wild Creature
April 05, 2012 01:18AM | Re: Magpie
your copy of sunset tree has a song called magpie on it?


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dtrom4
April 05, 2012 09:30AM | Re: Magpie
it's an old songwriting trick: when an album is getting too intense, throw in a song about a bird.
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dtrom4
April 05, 2012 09:34AM | Re: Magpie
And I suppose I should add before this thread devolves into 100 levels of snark, I think Magpie is a great song. Love the mandolin on it.

Magpies can be very territorial and aggressive, so it's a good stand-in for the abusive father, who is a constant threat while young JD tries to mind his own business.

I'd be interested if others have any more insight here.



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betamax
April 05, 2012 09:39AM | Re: Magpie
isn't there a line: "the magpie will have his way"?

seems a farily straighforward reference not just to the stepfather against a young JD, but against the whole household maybe?


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mike10k
April 05, 2012 11:35AM | Re: Magpie
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dtrom4
it's an old songwriting trick: when an album is getting too intense, throw in a song about a bird.

exactly. plus it follows the portland oregon ethos:

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mike10k
April 05, 2012 11:40AM | Re: Magpie
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betamax
isn't there a line: "the magpie will have his way"?

i don't know!

jake won't put up the lyrics so we can read them!
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Jor
April 05, 2012 02:33PM | Re: Magpie
Am I the only one who forgets this song exists at all until it comes up when I'm listening to TST? It's always a surprise. I mean, it's a good song, I just can't seem to remember it.
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StatusFrustratio
April 05, 2012 03:23PM | Re: Magpie
Not helpful, but it often comes into my head when crossing the sq. to the busstop, haiku for Magpie -

only a traitor
undresses his metaphors
as if they were whores

One for sorrow, am I ought to salute it when it comes up on shuffle?


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mike10k
April 05, 2012 05:11PM | Re: Magpie
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Jor
Am I the only one who forgets this song exists at all until it comes up when I'm listening to TST? It's always a surprise. I mean, it's a good song, I just can't seem to remember it.

it has a bitchin guitar riff.
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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 05, 2012 05:36PM | Re: Magpie
i seriously think it made it on there cause it sounds so good.
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spyfromimperialchina
April 05, 2012 09:45PM | Re: Magpie
In some cultures a single magpie is seen as a bad omen
and I think there is a legend about magpies carrying a drop of satan's blood underneath their tongues.

Just Sayin'



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simonfox
April 06, 2012 02:30PM | Re: Magpie
I only know that when I first listened to the album I had the impression that it was about his stepfather comming to visit later in life. It probably isn't, but I don't see why there is a question about it being on the album. If you can accept "Song for Dennis Brown" as fitting thematically, I don't see why "Magpie" is a stretch. This is not to say SfDB doesn't fit either. I just think it has less directly to do with John's abussive stepfather than "Magpie".


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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 07, 2012 09:01PM | Re: Magpie
i dont care about songs fitting the theme, i just didnt think it was about anything. If i wanted to hear a song about birds, I'd watch Mr. Rogers. amirite?
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SlowWestVulture
April 08, 2012 07:24PM | Re: Magpie
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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
i dont care about songs fitting the theme, i just didnt think it was about anything. If i wanted to hear a song about birds, I'd watch Mr. Rogers. amirite?




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Cyrus
April 10, 2012 07:51PM | Re: Magpie
SWV, your response captures the essence of what needed to be said... the proverbial picture telling a thousand words..... there ought to be no more posts in this thread after that.... uh - except this one.
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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 12, 2012 03:06AM | Re: Magpie
what's all this now?
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dollabill
April 12, 2012 09:02AM | Re: Magpie

Yeah, those are my awesome photoshop skills from 2003.


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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 12, 2012 10:42AM | Re: Magpie
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dollabill
April 12, 2012 11:23AM | Re: Magpie
To throw the thread even more off track... Did you ever see that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry was talking to Jason Alexander about the George character and Jason was saying how he hated George because he was so obnoxious and then it got really awkward? Soooo funny!


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JesusChristILoveYouYesIDo
April 12, 2012 08:35PM | Re: Magpie
classic
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