Ryan Adams - Red And Orange Special (from alternative Wednesdays Bonus 7" disc)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Side A of the bonus disc. This is (IMO) one of Ryan's finest songs in a long while, a real classic. So why not on an album?? It's all very confusing!
Ryan must have been high to think this didn’t belong on an album proper. It’s one of my favorite tracks in years.
Seriously this might be the best song ever. The lyrics, the beautifully painted visual and the way it just builds and builds. Wow. ❤
It is so good. How the hell is this hidden away on a limited edition bonus vinyl single? Should be on his next album!
@@graciousfew absolutely!
One of his best. Has a Dylan quality. And I think it's about Mandy Moore.
Such sweetness to my soul☄️
The verse melody reminds me of Doylestown Girl.
@@chadzwolinski4319 DRA lullabies my spirit into a sweet, elevated state, all of his music♾
@@chadzwolinski4319 It's definitely not a reworking. Both 'Doylestown Girl' and 'Red And Orange Special' were included in the original track listings for Wednesdays and Big Colors back in 2019. I can hear it a bit though. Reminds me of Neil Young more than anything.
Is there a better break-up song than this? For those of us who’ve been there, it’s a masterpiece that encapsulates all the hurt that we humans can inflict on each other 😢
You're right. That's definitely one of his best songs in recent years. Can't say I'm really surprised it's not on an album. Probably about half of my favorite Ryan songs are either b-sides or unreleased.
Thanks for sharing, this is so incredible, with those evocative, scathing lyrics… Loved it immediately when I originally heard it. Sounds like a chapter from a classic, gothic Southern novel being sung ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There's a river down in Nashville
Where the alcohol's so clean
You can wash away the sins
Of anyone but me
And if you're not at the table
Then you're probably the mill
Your name goes higher on the menu
As her drinks begin to spill
And it's too humid in the morning
Her mascara starts to fade
Into the silk of all her pillows
Where the codeine's set to lay
And when they wash away the garbage
All that horror will remain
And the red and orange special
Is burning on that midnight train
And if you try hard enough
Maybe you just might believe
You still know exactly who you are
Til you panic and can't breathe
But you're just sweating in the mirror
You're just melting in the sink
Like cheap trick birthday candles
Slow red flames burning into the pain
It is raining on the harbor
It is raining on the sea
I am rushing through the alleyway
I am almost free
You are toxic and so selfish
Like you are some sort of saint
Walking around the house and cussing
Counting all the things you hate
Put a bullet in the TV
While you're screaming at the clouds
Passing by us moving overhead
When there's no one else around
I drink the poison when it's liquid
I drink the poison in your glass
Your kisses burn my tongue of feeling
Onion peels and fiberglass
It is raining on the cemetary
It is falling from the tree
There's detectives in the shadows
Taking notes on what I see
There's a broken moon ascending
Like a sword up from the sea
There is no one there to give a fuck
And the midnight special
Is burning into the pain
Stand against the wall, drinking pints
When it's nice
When it's sunny
Smoke is billowing out of the cackling mouths
Telling jokes that are barely funny
People laughing anyway
Stuck in their jobs like bees and honey
I don't need your love to stay alive
I'll take my pride, baby
You can keep the money
It's too humid in the evening
As your looks begin to fade
All the money in the world
Cannot take back what you said
And when they wash away the garbage
Only her memories will remain
And the red and orange special
Is burning on that midnight train
is it "...then you're probably the MEAL" instead of mill?
@@aaronblongo he sounds mill actually
I needed this song so much.
Thank you so much for all the Ryan bonus vinyl discs, would otherwise never have been able to hear these.
This is still a masterpiece in every way but it now has a rival for ‘best breakup song ever written’. Thanks to Ryan’s glorious recent cover of Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks, I now know ‘Idiot Wind’ which is also a masterpiece. Both will stand the test of time as outstanding pieces of literature (imo). If I was a teacher, I would present these two songs as an exercise in ‘compare n contrast’. With the proviso that most 16/18year olds don’t yet have an inkling of the tragedy that a full scale marriage breakup entails.
Hard to beat Ryan’s lines - - - “I don’t need your love to stay alive - I’ll take my pride baby, you can keep the money - -“.
Magnificent song 😍
instantly in love when I saw it on the live Insta. Thanks for posting!
Oh man, this is great
Yes, one of his best of the last few years.
Wow. Amazing.
Such a great tune. I wonder if he thought it was too similar to Birmingham to include?
This is his Idiot Wind. Stunning.
this has real Joel Plaskett vibes- really fantastic
............." a real classic. So why not on an album?? It's all very confusing! " ....agree with you pal ¡¡¡
a lot of confused , You must be an expert in ryan's career for understand that lot of songs and released works ¿¿¿
Well, it sounds like Mandy Moore isn’t so perfect after all. 😂😂😂
What is this on?
The vinyl versions of "Wednesdays" came with one of 2 bonus disks. This song was on one of them. All 4 of these bonus tracks are on my channel. I don't think they were ever made available for download or available anywhere else.
This is better than every song on Wednesdays. Why didn’t he include it?!?!?!
@@graciousfew thank you for uploading these. Love all of them.
This shit is deeply mid.