Here's one that you surely only ever heard if you own the Live album Throwing Copper. It was never released as a single, probably because it doesn't really have mass appeal and also because they didn't play things that would require this much editing on the radio in 1994. It's a quirky little song called "Waitress", check it out (NSFW in any way, shape or form):
If you don't think too much about it, this song pretty much sounds like Ed just really, really wants you to leave the waitress a frickin' tip. But then if you pay attention, you see that it's a lot more than that (as usual for Live). It is more about the boat that we're all in. They way sometimes it sucks for everybody and we could all use a little change in our lives and maybe a little help from one another. The song itself is kind of all over the place, but I dig it.
I have this blog because I love music passionately. I love the progression of a song, the swell of it, the way it permeates a room and fills the spaces. I love how it ebbs and flows and how it can be a tangible thing - how you can move around inside it and it can move around inside you. And I love to talk about it, write about it, experience it.
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