D A
I sincerely miss those heavy metal bands
C G
I used to go see on the landing in the summer
D
She fell in love with the drummer
A
She fell in love with the drummer
C
She fell in love
D A
Shiny shiny pants and bleached blonde hair
C G
A double kick drum by the river in the summer
D
She fell in love with the drummer
A
Another and another
C
She fell in love
G A D
I miss the innocence I've known
G A D
Playing KISS covers beautiful and stoned
D A
She lifted up her shirt at the battle of the bands
C G
He twirled his sticks, she helped him to his van
D
She fell in love with the drummer
A
She fell in love with the drummer
C
She fell in love
G A D
I miss the innocence I've known
G A D
Playing KISS covers beautiful and stoned
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Robyn Average |
#1 by Robyn Paul at Oct 4, 2007 at 4:07 AM EST |
| yeah, drummers are hot. Tommy Lee...mmm | |
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Tyler Average |
#2 by Tyler Hutchison at Oct 8, 2007 at 12:48 AM EST |
| Jeff Tweedy and jay Farrar grew up playing in a band together, then they formed Uncle Tupelo. They struggled and played in little crappy clubs while crappy bands played in these larger clubs (The Landing) and got attention. Perhaps that little bit of background will help. I agree with tra_mendous' view mostly though. Very good description! | |
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Will Average |
#3 by Will Yost at Oct 8, 2007 at 2:05 PM EST |
| i definately wouldn't say it has no meaning. a little background: tweedy grew up in the saint louis metro (in belleville, IL). i'd wager to say that he made his fair share of visits to the city and i'm sure many of them were musically related (you gotta buy records and see bands, man). "Laclede's Landing" is a popular nightclub area in st louis, situated downtown, on the Mississippi River. It's also incredibly cheesy. I think this song is about jeff's own musical conscience. here's this really clever musician, releasing brilliant records, swifty dodging tired rock cliches, and pleasing fans and critics while doing so. That takes thought. Jeff's doing a lot of missing in this tune. He misses cheesy metal bands and his own innocence. I picture a young man, naive but enthusiastic about his world. Playing music used to be instantly gratuitous for him. He got his rocks off by playing KISS covers. Now, to endure on both artistic and careeristic ground, he has to mine a little deeper--to challenge his impulses--to survive with grace. Is it coincidental that a song that recalls hair metal explodes with such intricate inner-rhythms and sythesizer soundscapes? then again, i don't know who this drummer ho is. back to the drawing board. | |
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Shreder Dude Wanna Be |
#4 by Shreder Dude at Oct 15, 2007 at 6:38 AM EST |
| I heard this explaination in an interview with Tweedy himself: Jeff grew up just outside St. Louis, and would often go to an area on the St. Louis riverfront known as "The Landing." The Landing is a very cheezy, "touristy" place full of cheezy, "touristy" bars, and the only attraction it held for Tweedy and his friends (or for many St. Louisans, myself included) is that it serves alcohol for several hours after most of the other bars in the city close. So, Jeff and his buddies would go there late at night, and see all the metal heads in their cheesy hair bands. Being "punk" hipsters, Jeff and his friends would sit and make fun of them in their spandex pants and hairspray. They were "too hip" for that scene, and would sit drinking miserably, looking down on the guys in the hair bands. Years later, Tweedy realized that while they were busy mocking these guys, it was the cheesy guys in spandex who were having all the fun. They were having a blast playing in bands with their friends, getting drunk, and getting laid. All Tweedy was doing was being miserable. Jeff now feels that he was foolish for spending his nights mocking these guys, while they were having all the fun. He wrote Heavy Metal Drummer as kind of a tribute from the perspective of the cheesy 80s metal heads. | |
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Subhash Average |
#5 by Subhash Shady at Oct 16, 2007 at 10:33 AM EST |
| I really like the lost innocence take on the song. The drummer ho, as you say, is just another innocent idolizing something she belives to be cool. I should know, I'm totally a drummer ho. | |
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jake Average |
#6 by jake battkoo at Oct 18, 2007 at 11:05 PM EST |
| Oh I love that interpretation and I love the music in this song. It is a beautiful Wilco song. | |
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dalton Average |
#7 by dalton hoffman at Oct 19, 2007 at 9:11 PM EST |
| This song is one of my most absolute favorites of all time. It's so wonderfully catchy and has just such a chill beat and you never get tired of hearing it. That's a really cool story behind it too! I love the line 'unlock my body and move myself to dance.' It's the sort of song that you associate to a pleasant feeling or a happy time and just [sigh]... | |
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mat Wanna Be |
#8 by mat bar at Oct 20, 2007 at 9:30 AM EST |
| Drummer ho. lol, that's the funniest thing i've heard all day. (how lame am I?) A song about lost innocence? Perhaps. I don't know that it goes much further than reminisence. The narrator (tweedy or whomever) is just saying, "Man, those were the days." "Unlock my body and move myself to dance/moving warm liquid, flowing blowing glass." Rock on. | |
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metalis4ever Average |
#9 by metalis4ever at Oct 21, 2007 at 3:30 PM EST |
| This song totally makes me think of Stryper. Don't ask me why. | |
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