Bakersfield will never be my favorite Social D song, but it is good live and works well with the set. Nice to break up the tempo and let Mike do a little story telling. I love the "What would Buck Owens do" part as well.
<font size="2" face="verdana, arial">good pointOriginally posted by jen415:
works well with the set. Nice to break up the tempo and let Mike do a little story telling. part as well.
i'd rather hear untitled though [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font color="#FFFF00" size="1">[ October 04, 2006 05:35 PM: Message edited by: erik77 ]</font>
I think as with all things, the songs will mean something different to everyone. When I first heard untitled, I didn't think much of it at all. I probably would have ranked it low on my personal list, but once a few things happened in my life that played true in the song, I related to it a lot more and thus began to see the beauty of it. I personally really enjoy Bakersfield, because it means something to me, and also because it adds a lot of variety to the show. It can't all be loud and rough... or you begin to loss the meaning of it. Placing Bakersfield in the set list not only adds more feeling to the concert, but it also makes the loud songs seem even more extreme.
I'd like to hear another recording of this, maybe you talented East Coasters could get one for us.
I seem to remember reading something about when Mike wrote this song and it having something to do with touring with Eddie Spaghetti? Does anyone else remember an article like that, because I can't find it now, nor do I remember where I saw it?
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