Grandaddy - Taster

Another favourite Grandaddy track, not previously on YouTube. First available on the self-released cassette tape album Complex Party Come Along Theories - so I'm told!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Grandaddy
• Taster
• Complex
• Party
• Come
• Along
• Theories
• indie

[movoning]

can someone explain the lyrics?

[nortonius]

@movoning Yes, that's it - it's about someone checking that the king's food isn't poisoned by eating some of it first, which is a brave thing to do, and it's poignant because he's lying there, presumably dying because the food was poisoned, but he's apologising for it! No, he's the automatic saint! And, we learn this way! Someone has to try whatever it is first! Just a poignant little song really, but I bet it resonated with something in Jason Lytle's own life - unless he chimes in himself!

[nocwm1980]

your supposed to taste the beer...so that you can sell it

[02CEG]

@nortonius

yes

[Josuost16]

This is another of my favourites from Grandaddy!

[iamgedanken]

One of Grandaddy's best

[bassplayeroceanside]

The interception by the last one was absolute professionalism.

[80paynie]

@movoning I think its about tasters like kings and queens and important people used to have to taste their food first to make sure it wasn't poisoned.

[yourdogsmusic]

@SquirrelsforLunch Yeah, and unfortunately Lytle's Grandaddy tunes are still underrated.

[styrofoamheart]

automatic saints, baby. i ran into graddaddy playing at the san jose airport a couple years ago. what a bizarre treat.