Comments on: Hey Foxymophandlemama, That’s Me

By: Lewis

Lewis — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:34:26 +0000

Question: why was the name changed from the book into the CD release, on the book it has this name but on the cd it just says Stupid mop, what do you think is the meaning of this?.

By: Norley

Norley — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:41:22 +0000

Personally I find this track to be reminiscent of Hamburger Lady by Throbbing Gristle which also uses vocal samples overlaid with discordant music to achieve a unsettling effect (HL is about a severe burns victim). I have no problem with this track at all and have listened to it many times, it is a piece of music that reveals different parts of itself on each listen and that draws me in, yes it is dark and unsettling and no, it isn’t an easy listen – but it provokes an emotional response and that is important. However I can indeed see why it would not appeal as it is so different from the rest of PJs output, guess I have a taste for this kind of music being into Skinny Puppy and the like as well

By: geekusa

geekusa — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:22:27 +0000

It’s creepy, all right, and I haven’t listened to it in about ten years or so, but man, it reminds me of “F**k Frankie” by Marilyn Manson, and the fact that any Pearl Jam song reminds me of anything by M.Manson… yeesh.

Gotta go listen to it again at home tonight.

By: Believe You Me

Believe You Me — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:28:04 +0000

Yeah, it should of been a hidden track for those reasons alone. Plus that would of cemeneted ‘Immortality’ as an album closer which I never think of it as.

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:12:38 +0000

HARD SUN was written by Gordon Peterson, who was also known as Indio. It’s from Indio’s only album Big Harvest.

I’ve thought about the hidden track idea for STUPID MOP, too. It might have made a differenc in people’s perceptions of the album. They wouldn’t have been expecting a real song in the traditional sense if it had been a hidden track, so there wouldn’t have been as much outrage. In the end, it’s still at the end of the album, so it’s easy to turn it off.

By: corduroy13

corduroy13 — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:35:14 +0000

“Hard Sun” is actually a cover. I can’t remember who wrote it though. I looked it up, then forgot.

I also wondered what would have happened had “Stupidmop” been a hidden track, what that would have done to people’s opinions of it. That was originally a large part of what I planned to write out. Then it vanished from my brain!

By: Susan

Susan — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:04:52 +0000

oleyever, the song in the link has been released as a single, and it isn’t similar to the other songs, so you might at well have a listen.

BYM, I think that I like the humming song better than HARD SUN.

I like the idea of being scared by the possiblity of Ed songs. We seem to be in uncharted territory with Ed here. It’s kind of exciting. Someone told me that Ed once said that he had written 300 songs by the time that he joined Bad Radio in 1987. That was 20 years ago. There might be some really scary stuff somewhere in the Ed vault.

By: oleyever

oleyever — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 09:50:11 +0000

i still remember the moment, standing up, crossing the room, pressing stop…making foxymop stop…just stop…taking the headphones off with a pained look…stunned. it remains the only time i ever stopped a pj “song” during the first listen. it just…scared me, i think…i hated it. i’ve listed to it since, of course…i don’t think of it as a song, really…i wonder why it wasn’t a hidden track, coming much later after immortality and not listed…not that it matters now…the whole thing is just really f’d up, that’s all i know.
thanks for the link to the ed song…i think i’m going to resist temptation and wait for the album. i’m worried that it might not be released here…i’m not sure if the movie is being released here…it might come later…but i’ll wait. i read the book about ten years ago, feeling like it was about me…ten years on, ten pounds heavier, wife, dog, minivan, baby on the way…long way from the wild. i’m scared of ed’s songs, again.

By: Believe You Me

Believe You Me — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:52:52 +0000

Listen to the two songs being looped on the official ‘Into the Wild’ website. Amazing.

By: corduroy13

corduroy13 — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:27:51 +0000

Short story after one listen: it’s great! Reminds me of traditional Irish music for some reason. Definitely sounds different than I think it would have had the rest of the band been involved. Corin Tucker’s harmonies are great! Thanks for the head’s up. Just pre-ordered the sucker. Won’t be long now!