Grandaddy - Everything Beautiful Is Far Away

[ronniedillon]

Grandaddy was our Flaming Lips. The valley misses them something fierce!

[mrpsb7]

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[mrpsb7]

great band great song! love the instrumentals

[Dixon12341]

This band is my childhood



[cottonbuddies]

i live in an inhabitant terrain i call home and everything beautiful is far away but this song makes everything worth while

[mifrecords]

this songs gets me all choked up every time i listen to it.

[LoverOfYeshua]

Good Music!

[cadwellma]

@Oldmisery1 Obvious troll is obvious.

[dirkfunkdirkfunk]

this song reminds me of the vonnegut novel "sirens of titan"

[vargero]

@dirkfunkdirkfunk It reminds me of another novel by another author, "The City and The Stars" from Arthur C. Clarke

[dolanellis]

Yet another great song that helped define a part of my childhood.

[Milo2050]

jason lytle is secretly english!! ledge

[dannyofthededd]

is it about longing to move away to a different place and how the grass is always greener etc or that how nothing is beautiful when you get too close up and really inspect it?? beautiful song anyway..

[AnOldEcho]

@dannyofthededd I think your interpretation is pretty good :)

[mifrecords]

@dannyofthededd i always thought it was about isolation, depression, giving up, and the futility of the pursuit of hapiness. he has these memories of happiness, love and beauty, but they eventually fade with time, and then he's presented with this vision of beauty and hope. even though he knows it isn't real he tries to convince himself that hope exists. there's nothing for him here or there(home or lake). he knows the journey is pointless and he will never find happiness. he walks to his death.

[dannyofthededd]

@mifrecords yeah, i like your interpretation.

[thatemoguy94]

this song is beautiful

[BigKahunaShake]

This is so Flaming Lips, but in a good way, especially towards the end.

[awesomox]

i really love this song. so strange. wonderful. beautiful. wot the flip happened to these guys. they were massive over here (the uk) about 10 yrs ago. am 180 is one of mankinds greatest achievements.

[kopelymonster666]

As someone that grew up in Fresno County (not very far away from Modesto, where this band came from) I interpreted this song very differently than I guess most did. The lyrics reminded me of living in the desolately boring Central Valley and how everyone wants to leave but never does. That's what makes music so amazing. The band may mean one thing and someone can interpret an entirely different personal meaning from it. I'm probably over thinking things though. Awesome song, either way.

[T3hChr0nic]

I'm glad to see there are so many people that truly appreciate this Modesto band...

But I think being a Modesto local makes you appreciate them in a different way...

My dad has been good friends with them forever and he used to take me to they're backyard mini ramp to skate when I was real little...

I've loved this music since I was just a little kid...

[Tarkin42]

@T3hChr0nic Wow. how old are you? I grew up in that time and it could have been my mini ramp? You know cowboy bob?

[T3hChr0nic]

@Tarkin42 19 almost 20

[joscpe]

@T3hChr0nic Their*

[OBLIVIOUSavior]

this is one of those ageless science fiction songs, that is in the same class with "Major Tom", "Rocket Man" and "Space Oddity". Ray Bradbury would be proud.

[swashbucklery]

the environment he puts you in with the lyrics and the tone of that guitar coalesce into something great.

[hondolferr]

ceiling song

[harlekin0263]

something you must have u mean

[salmonlasac]

Have always dug this song!!!

I am high and it is now super super awesome.

[thesechocodilesomg]

Thank you so much for uploading this! It's one of their more rare songs and one of my favorites

[taroninda]

Classic. Thank you for uploading and bringing this track back to me.

[palui]

very cool song. i've been a fan since 2001

[feneyBABY]

Grandaddy is the best.