Tiassa
07-10-03, 07:21 AM
It's actually boring to go chasing down the coordinates. Seriously. There's a creek, a couple of roads, and some farmland in Iowa.
But it comes from a song by the band Wire, about which I know nothing. I have never heard their version of the song. I only have My Bloody Valentine's excellent cover of "Map Ref 41N 93W".
Nothing at the coordinates overtly relates to the song. I don't know if there's an obscure part of the band's history there. But the emptiness of the area seems to correspond some with the abstract theme of the song.
It's a really cool song. Go buy it, download it, or whatever.
Actually ... I have heard Wire's version. Once. I was stoned, so I can't tell you anything about it.
But ... from WireViews (http://www.wireviews.com/info/lyrics/154.html):Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
[A G]
[D C] An unseen ruler defines with geometry
An unrulable expanse of geography
[B] An aerial photographer over-exposed
[E] To the cartologist's 2D images knows
[D C] The areas where the water flowed
So petrified, the landscape grows
Straining eyes try to understand
The works, incessantly in hand
[B] The carving and paring of the land
[E] The quarter square, the graph divides
[D C] Beneath the rule a country hides
[A G]
[D C] Interrupting my train of thought
[B G] Lines of longitude and latitude
[D C B G] Define and refine my altitude
[A] The curtain's undrawn
Harness fitted, no escape
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured
[A G]
[D C] Crystal palaces for floral kings
A widespread waving span of wings
Witness the sinking of the sun
A deep breath of submission has begunWhat kills me is that I know every chord in there. Seriously, it's a cool song. I'm trying to download Wire's version right now. Excellent ... it's on its way. Nice person. Good upload allocation. Decent connection.
Damn ... this is going to be so cool. Emma Grace is going to love this song ...
The MBV version is so ... sophisticated by comparison.
:m:,
Tiassa :cool:
But it comes from a song by the band Wire, about which I know nothing. I have never heard their version of the song. I only have My Bloody Valentine's excellent cover of "Map Ref 41N 93W".
Nothing at the coordinates overtly relates to the song. I don't know if there's an obscure part of the band's history there. But the emptiness of the area seems to correspond some with the abstract theme of the song.
It's a really cool song. Go buy it, download it, or whatever.
Actually ... I have heard Wire's version. Once. I was stoned, so I can't tell you anything about it.
But ... from WireViews (http://www.wireviews.com/info/lyrics/154.html):Map Ref. 41°N 93°W
[A G]
[D C] An unseen ruler defines with geometry
An unrulable expanse of geography
[B] An aerial photographer over-exposed
[E] To the cartologist's 2D images knows
[D C] The areas where the water flowed
So petrified, the landscape grows
Straining eyes try to understand
The works, incessantly in hand
[B] The carving and paring of the land
[E] The quarter square, the graph divides
[D C] Beneath the rule a country hides
[A G]
[D C] Interrupting my train of thought
[B G] Lines of longitude and latitude
[D C B G] Define and refine my altitude
[A] The curtain's undrawn
Harness fitted, no escape
Common and peaceful, duck, flat, lowland
Landscape, canal, canard, water coloured
[A G]
[D C] Crystal palaces for floral kings
A widespread waving span of wings
Witness the sinking of the sun
A deep breath of submission has begunWhat kills me is that I know every chord in there. Seriously, it's a cool song. I'm trying to download Wire's version right now. Excellent ... it's on its way. Nice person. Good upload allocation. Decent connection.
Damn ... this is going to be so cool. Emma Grace is going to love this song ...
The MBV version is so ... sophisticated by comparison.
:m:,
Tiassa :cool: