The Matthew Good Appreciation Thread
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joe_canadian
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I thought I had a copy of Man of Action live, but it turns out it's actually the Fall of Man - which is even better 
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
They're both among my favourites, but I'm not taking anything back!!
Open your eyes to nights and days, you close them up and float away
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
and somehow inbetween you've got to master lying to yourself
you back the cause, get out of school, you get a job, the job gets you
and somehow every day you end up serving somebody else
now if that ain't panic that you're feeling, then you damn well better start
you can drive it into that head of yours with the hammer in your heart.
And it's alriiiiiiiight now, take the world and make it yours again.
You know listening to Rooms has really given me a new found appreciation for Audio of Being. I always loved that CD, but now after revisiting it I think I can say that the red headed step child of the MGB catalog is probably my favorite CD by Matt to date.
I know Matt and the rest of the band have a lot of issues with how the final product turned out, but to me it's the most cohesive, eclectic batch of songs the band ever produced. While I like some songs more than others, I can't say I dislike or am even indifferent to any of them. It's a shame that Matt neglected to include any of the AoB singles on the first disc of In a Coma (especially since he included Rico, a song he has expressed a strong personal dislike for), but if the trade off was 3 AoB re-visions on "Rooms" than I think I'll live. I just wish he'd take more pride in that record and incorperate more of the material in his live shows, cause to me (and I think to many other MG fans) it's a classic.
I know Matt and the rest of the band have a lot of issues with how the final product turned out, but to me it's the most cohesive, eclectic batch of songs the band ever produced. While I like some songs more than others, I can't say I dislike or am even indifferent to any of them. It's a shame that Matt neglected to include any of the AoB singles on the first disc of In a Coma (especially since he included Rico, a song he has expressed a strong personal dislike for), but if the trade off was 3 AoB re-visions on "Rooms" than I think I'll live. I just wish he'd take more pride in that record and incorperate more of the material in his live shows, cause to me (and I think to many other MG fans) it's a classic.
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GhettoAstronaut
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i like AoB better than BM and can't understand how BM is matt's best album. it's good, but not his best.. at least i think. i dunno.
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change of season is awesome. strange days, running for home, truffle pigs are classics.
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i just learned how to play Invasion 1
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
seriously isn't anyone going to the Winnipeg show? We could meet up! I'm not scary in person i promise 
What ever happened to Candy-Coated Fake?
What ever happened to Candy-Coated Fake?
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
hmmmmm i never noticed, she's from Winnipeg, maybe she's going
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
Less than a month until matthew, in all his beauty, reaches little ol vernon bc.
I bet there's going to be NO one there, which will be cool and annoying at the same time. There's nothing worse than going to a concert of a band you absolutly love, and someone you don't like or respect being there. Come to think of it, I just generally don't like olp/mg shows in my own town. It feels like something so private, my love for the artists, is being shared with people that don't deserve it. God I'm selfish.
Maybe if there's few enough people there I'll actually get to meet him. I never have before, never come close. I just would have nothing to say, because he is a man that I so honestly respect. "You're so awesome!!!1!" just doesn't cut it.
I bet there's going to be NO one there, which will be cool and annoying at the same time. There's nothing worse than going to a concert of a band you absolutly love, and someone you don't like or respect being there. Come to think of it, I just generally don't like olp/mg shows in my own town. It feels like something so private, my love for the artists, is being shared with people that don't deserve it. God I'm selfish.
Maybe if there's few enough people there I'll actually get to meet him. I never have before, never come close. I just would have nothing to say, because he is a man that I so honestly respect. "You're so awesome!!!1!" just doesn't cut it.
Yeah me, and one of my friends are determined to meet him, she's not a huge fan of his, but she likes him, and loves his political aspect
"How can we justify spending so much on destruction and so little on life?" Matthew Good
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month
"The white dove is gone, the one world has come down hard, so why not share the pain of our problems, when all around are wrong ways, when all around is hurt, i'll roll up in an odd shape and wait, untill the tide has turned.....with anger, i'm dead weight, i'm anchored"- IME, God Rocket (Into the Heart of Las Vegas) ^ Some say this song is about a terrorists thoughts before 911
"Pray for the sheep" Matt Good
"But it's alright, take the world and make it yours again" Matt Good
I felt it in the wind, and i saw it in the sky, i thought it was the end, i thought it was the 4th of July.
"Hold on, hold on children, your mother and father are leaving, hold on, hold on children your best freind's parents are leaving, leaving,.......*AHHH*! " - Death From Above - Black History Month