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I believe the vocals were recorded through a phone. Possible connection to “Orange Claw Hammer”? Why am I still not writing this down? It’ll be easier next month I think.
He does talk about claws though, which would make sense, claws/paws etc. It could also be “paw” as one lyrics website suggests, but he was just talking about the ocean being his mom, so I don’t know. The ocean is my mother, the freight train is my pa.” I really like that line. “Stand to gain my ground, lay to rest the law. But of course Trout Mask Replica would lob one last grenade at me just to piss me off. “Hobo chang baNow that I’m glancing ahead, the rest of the week should be a cinch as well, except “Veteran’s Day Poppy” which will be much longer. He has quite the array of abilities, it sounds like he’s bewitched a cow to do vocals. I really like Cap’s performance in this song. He can’t even look in the mirror anymore because it reminds him of her. Yet another example of unobtrusive genius from Cap. “The way she abuse it make me never wanna use it.” This was the line that originally stuck out most to me and it still does. Well I’m gonna go with farm anyway, just because it makes sense within the context of the story. Is he dreaming of a red farm or a red fum? Not that it’s supposed to make sense, but…. Not only that but he’s stuck in Chicago and he’s really homesick. His momma told him to be choosy but he fell for the first pretty face he saw. This song is actually kind of a bummer because Cap is in a bad relationship with a “floozy” who spends more time looking in the mirror than at him. (Who’s talking though?) “Here you would have the famous version of ‘She’s Too Much For My Mirror.’ Note the clever slate.” Studio banter yay! This is interesting because he makes it seem like it’s this obvious and celebrated classic that everyone should know right away. It’s during songs like this I find it hard to believe the album was rehearsed beforehand at all. But I mean, this could’ve been accomplished in less than three minutes. And hey, he’s gonna bring his wife with him! He’s not just trying to run away from her nagging. It’s kind of funny that he’s gonna go up to the mountains, find a cave and talk the bears into letting him in.
Like I guess it makes sense that he would write a song where “Wild life is a man’s best friend” is the theme. I guess the only thing that can be said about it is it’s thematically relevant to Cap’s ongoing obsession with nature. It is an impenetrable slab of noise, and not in a good way. I am trying very hard but cannot find anything to like about this song. ‘Fore they take his wife? Wife? “Wild Life” is on some “Big Joan” level inscrutability. Anyway here are my notes on the last seven songs. And you’ll also notice that I played some of them more than others, but that was by accident on “Old Fart” and “Fallin’ Ditch”, you know I get distracted so easily and lose count. Well, then there’s “Pena”, but to be honest listening to that nearly thirty times in a row only reinforced how revolting it is. It helped me pick out the weaker moments and appreciate them (hi, “Bills Corpse”! You’re so much better than I thought, even if you’re not great!) and it reinforced my belief in “Ella Guru” and “Octafish” as the best moments on the album. And just as I suspected, all of them (even fucking “Big Joan”) are hiding innumerable folds and layers. While I prefer listening to the whole thing at once (more variety, more momentum, I hate staying in one place for too long), it’s been fascinating to put each song under the microscope and see what it reveals. This was a gratifying, if occasionally maddening, theme to explore for a month. Hey, Individual February is done! How about that. Ah ha, right, right, such plays! Very number!