Comments on: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/ Independent music from Edinburgh, Scotland - with added gin and swearing. Wed, 23 May 2012 14:07:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Sarah C. http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5775 Sarah C. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:09:29 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5775 I realize I'm quite behind the times in replying to this, but I think I just wanted some time to ponder it. While I haven't moved around nearly as much as you, I've done it enough that I'm starting to feel it in a bad way . Or maybe it was just leaving Edinburgh that got me so far down. The problem that's definitely emerging is making and maintaining relationships here in California with the knowledge that what I want most is to move back to Scotland again soon for lord knows how long. A feeling of futility lingers no matter how hard I try to drive it off and enjoy things. I hate being this goddamn emo. OK, enough moaning. Enjoy Mr. Waits! I realize I’m quite behind the times in replying to this, but I think I just wanted some time to ponder it. While I haven’t moved around nearly as much as you, I’ve done it enough that I’m starting to feel it in a bad way . Or maybe it was just leaving Edinburgh that got me so far down. The problem that’s definitely emerging is making and maintaining relationships here in California with the knowledge that what I want most is to move back to Scotland again soon for lord knows how long. A feeling of futility lingers no matter how hard I try to drive it off and enjoy things. I hate being this goddamn emo.

OK, enough moaning. Enjoy Mr. Waits!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5774 Matthew Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:43:37 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5774 That's what we'd both done, until we happened across one another again. As she said, she'd never have invited someone she didn't know at all up to her flat in Edinburgh for the weekend, so the old memories stood us in good stead - instant trust, I suppose. That’s what we’d both done, until we happened across one another again. As she said, she’d never have invited someone she didn’t know at all up to her flat in Edinburgh for the weekend, so the old memories stood us in good stead – instant trust, I suppose.

]]> By: mjrc http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5773 mjrc Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:08:52 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5773 well thank you, kind sir, for the lovely words. interesting that they stirred so much up for you. i'm rather like c&b, myself. i lived in my childhood home until i went away to college and still have a very close friend that i met in kindergarten. i am a pretty nostalgic person at the core. i suppose it takes all kinds to make the world go 'round, you know? what if mrs. toad had decided to tuck you away in a memory box, so to speak, and not thought of you again? i shudder to think! :) well thank you, kind sir, for the lovely words. interesting that they stirred so much up for you.

i’m rather like c&b, myself. i lived in my childhood home until i went away to college and still have a very close friend that i met in kindergarten. i am a pretty nostalgic person at the core.

i suppose it takes all kinds to make the world go ’round, you know? what if mrs. toad had decided to tuck you away in a memory box, so to speak, and not thought of you again? i shudder to think! :)

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5772 Matthew Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:06:02 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5772 Epic sweep. I'm retiring and leaving you the keys, mate! It actually doesn't sound accidental at all though, you're quite right. Epic sweep. I’m retiring and leaving you the keys, mate!

It actually doesn’t sound accidental at all though, you’re quite right.

]]> By: Dylan http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5771 Dylan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:18:47 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5771 Quite alright, a spot of music trivia here and there never goes amiss! There is something in the epic sweep of that song that's very evocative of moving from one place to the next. Followed by the experience of getting stuck in a rut after a while illustrated by the more discordant and repetitive "I've got a low, low feeling..." sections. For a song that we're told was found after a happy accident, It's actually quite a stylish bit of composition.. Quite alright, a spot of music trivia here and there never goes amiss!

There is something in the epic sweep of that song that’s very evocative of moving from one place to the next. Followed by the experience of getting stuck in a rut after a while illustrated by the more discordant and repetitive “I’ve got a low, low feeling…” sections.

For a song that we’re told was found after a happy accident, It’s actually quite a stylish bit of composition..

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5770 Matthew Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:52:15 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5770 Oh and cheers for the Supergrass trivia Dylan. It does sound a bit like that, now you put it that way! Oh and cheers for the Supergrass trivia Dylan. It does sound a bit like that, now you put it that way!

]]> By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5769 Matthew Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:51:50 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5769 If she'd tried to turn up she'd have been wearing it right up her arse. And Friends Reunited is spot on actually. Mrs Toad has perhaps been the one instancewhen all this FR/Facebook nonsense of people desperately trying to stir up long-dead childhood friendships has been even slightly welcome. If she’d tried to turn up she’d have been wearing it right up her arse.

And Friends Reunited is spot on actually. Mrs Toad has perhaps been the one instancewhen all this FR/Facebook nonsense of people desperately trying to stir up long-dead childhood friendships has been even slightly welcome.

]]> By: Drunk Country http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5768 Drunk Country Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:23:22 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5768 Seems to me that you're a <i>Friends Reunited</i> couple/marriage, Toad, & you should be onto their press office asap for a quick fluff piece on their site & a bulb pop photo op for the local free paper. Incidentaly, what type of 'at did Cilla wear? Seems to me that you’re a Friends Reunited couple/marriage, Toad, & you should be onto their press office asap for a quick fluff piece on their site & a bulb pop photo op for the local free paper.

Incidentaly, what type of ‘at did Cilla wear?

]]> By: Dylan http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5765 Dylan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:32:00 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5765 I was about to post pretty much what Matthew said about Alan Morris and her creative interpretation of the word ironic, luckily I hit the refresh button first.. I'd forgotten how fucking excellent that Supergrass song was. I suppose everyone knows the story about how, apparently, the song was constructed from two unrelated and somewhat lost choruses that were going nowhere, as the band couldn't find suitable verses to attach them to. That was until they decided to staple the two unlikely orphans together and created something quite magical (if you ask me). I can't think of many other great songs with the construction: chorus-chorus-chorus-chorus-bridge-chorus-fade I was about to post pretty much what Matthew said about Alan Morris and her creative interpretation of the word ironic, luckily I hit the refresh button first..

I’d forgotten how fucking excellent that Supergrass song was. I suppose everyone knows the story about how, apparently, the song was constructed from two unrelated and somewhat lost choruses that were going nowhere, as the band couldn’t find suitable verses to attach them to. That was until they decided to staple the two unlikely orphans together and created something quite magical (if you ask me).

I can’t think of many other great songs with the construction:

chorus-chorus-chorus-chorus-bridge-chorus-fade

]]> By: Campfires & Battlefields http://songbytoad.com/2008/07/so-long-and-thanks-for-all-the-fish/#comment-5766 Campfires & Battlefields Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:16:43 +0000 http://songbytoad.wordpress.com/?p=1826#comment-5766 Mrs. C&B and I have talked about this quite a bit. She abhors nostalgia and doesn't really keep in touch with riends from her "past lives," college, high school, etc. She was born and raised in Central America until she was 10 or so and had to flee civil war, so she came to America very abruptly, without speaking English and without any friends from home. I suspect this has colored her experience ever since. She lives very much in the moment and does not have a very happy past. By contrast, I lived in the same house from birth until I turned 20 (late fucking bloomer), and to this day many of my best friends are lads I first met at home in the 1970s or early 1980s. I still speak often to a friend I made in kindergarten. My wife finds this extremely weird. Mrs. C&B and I have talked about this quite a bit. She abhors nostalgia and doesn’t really keep in touch with riends from her “past lives,” college, high school, etc. She was born and raised in Central America until she was 10 or so and had to flee civil war, so she came to America very abruptly, without speaking English and without any friends from home. I suspect this has colored her experience ever since. She lives very much in the moment and does not have a very happy past. By contrast, I lived in the same house from birth until I turned 20 (late fucking bloomer), and to this day many of my best friends are lads I first met at home in the 1970s or early 1980s. I still speak often to a friend I made in kindergarten. My wife finds this extremely weird.

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