Josh Ritter - Harrisburg

[2007.09.10] Live At Melkweg. | part 17 of 18. | Recorded by fabchannel.com. No copyright infringement intended.

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[IRLKids79]

Ah! Josh Ritter is a Modest Mouse fan?! That makes this the best Josh Ritter video on the Youtube. Plus a great recording too

[AcquaNeve]

@IRLKids79 Yes, he is! Take a look at this /watch?v=3snw4LOfEiQ

[HegFalls]

@GoSitDownSomewhere Unless Ritter explicitly said it somewhere, I doubt its about Oscar Romero. First, Romero in the song explicitly rejects his faith "there ain't no reviving what's gone." Second, Romero got married. Third, the whole Harrisburg PA reference is then just odd and fairly out of place if about Oscar Romero.

The song seems to me to be about existential crisis in modern life (all the train references represent technology) and the difficulty of finding an authentic life.

[viclle]

This song is so good. I like how every live performance he says something different right before 'the rose at the alter' verse.

[hystoryan]

I love this song, I think its about people who run away from their responsibilities, hence 'the devil is a railroad car', and the beginning where a man 'Slipped like a shadow from the family he made'. The man is a long way from heaven (cause he left his family) but closer to Harrisburg (maybe where his family lives) but he's still a long way away. It could also be about the lack of faith hence "there aint to reviving whats gone' and the line about the garden of Eden.

[hystoryan]

@HegFalls I agree with song of your analysis but much of the song seems to be about a man who left his family hence 'the Slipped like a shadow from the family he made' and "we knew he was gone for good." Long way to heaven seems (at least to me) to mean that he isn't a good person for abandoning his family, and that he is closer to Harrisburg (where his family is?) but he's still a long way from there.

[mirrorimageband1]

My friends and i did a cover of this song, i found him through my grandparents who are good friends with Josh, and have got to know him quite well. If you want to hear some 14 year olds trying to get this song go to our channel

[mirrorimageband1]

great song

[ssgyt1475]

delusion to delusion - pain to pain, life moves on

[MrBluesforyou]

A magnificent and excellent song. Thanks to the Uploader

 Greets from Germany

[MrBluesforyou]

A magnificent and excellent song. Thanks to the Uploader Greets from Germany

[GoSitDownSomewhere]

I love how the comments on here are mainly about how he likes Modest Mouse XD. but the song [just so yall know] is a biography of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador who was assassinated in 1980.