Son Volt - Methamphetamine

[jsniccu]

Jay Farrar, of Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo fame, recalls what happens when 400 drunk college fans would rather see the opening act. Read more at The Worst Gig (WorstGig.com).

[hatchetswingin4life]

SORRY I CAN'T HEAR THE LYRICS HIS BAND NEEDS NEW EQUIPMENT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS LOUDER THAN THIS DUDES VOICE...I WANT TO HEAR THE LYRICS ANYONE WHO CAN SEND ME A BETTER LINK TO THIS SONG PLEASE DO...I REALLY WANNA HEAR THIS SONG.....THANKS

[EvanKLife]

@hatchetswingin4life Yes, you're absolutely right, the band does need new equipment. Thank you for pointing out this life lesson that Jay Farrar and company apparently never picked up from 20+ years of recording and touring.

In all seriousness, it's a live recording that presumably used the camera's built-in mic for sound capture rather than drawing directly from the mixing console. Relax, and if you really want to hear this song, patronize the band and buy some of their studio-recorded music.

[calligrabee]

J rule

[confedman11]

Darwins 8 you have a lot of free time dont you

[myndseye711]

Good song, but...ummmm..no one can compare to Jeff Tweedy.

[Darwins8n]

@myndseye711 Jay smokes Jeff in any period you can name. Jay's a far superior songwriter.

[mojohand12]

One of the greatest song writers since Dylan and Neil Young. This dude touches your soul.

[confedman]

Steve Earl should learn to keep his twisted political views down and try to write songs like Copperhead road agian.

[mkgarrison5]

you dumbass Copperhead Road was political.. jeesh get a fuckin' education

[thinkoutsidethebox22]

@confedman twisted political views, or is it just a twisted world? Maybe your political views are twisted? Maybe your waiting on the south to rise again? Maybe you should go listen to Toby Keith and leave the actual musicians for other people to listen to? Maybe your the reason why country music is so fucking awful now?

[Darwins8n]

@confedman What a stupid comment.

[MarcoEsquand0las]

what came first? this or the OCMS song?

[Darwins8n]

@MarcoEsquand0las I was wondering the same thing.

[davemann36]

Best songwriter since Townes Van Zandt.

[infernus44]

Totally agree with that, I bet Steve Earle hates that Jay has one-upped him.

[tnemiller]

Saw them in Memphis a while back and wished I got to hear this. Top three fave son volt songs for sure

[redbeakman]

This is one of the two or three songs that Jay has written since Trace that could stand up to any of those tunes and would have been a credit to that album.

[6eeyore9]

so you obviously have not heard the new album

[onemorebrando]

You said it Groundhog.

meant to press thumbs up.

[hippietrucker67]

saw jay and the boys last night in fayetteville, ar. they played this (would you take me back arkansas?) just a fucking amazing show...one of the greatest bands EVER.

[bundangbear]

this song makes me cry so hard every time

[MrMisanthrope]

. . . and gets better each time you hear it. Great American music.

[Groundhog2265]

This is one of those songs that just blows you away the first time you hear it.

[zoomustard]

For the last fifty years the poison in a song like this would have been booze. Leave it to Jay Farrar to bring the subject matter into the present. The geographic references in the lyrics are the best. Monsanto, casio, Branson.