pints of guinness make you stronger

so i have been listening to pints of guinness alot and now i now what it about!!!

congrats

thanks yeah really sad song

Insightful.

This is kind of one of those songs where just listening to the lyrics tells you what it means.

AdamLikesMusic wrote:

Insightful.

This is kind of one of those songs where just listening to the lyrics tells you what it means.

exactly

if you really need to know/ cant figure it out yourself, its about his grandparents.GP was a drunk but always loved his wife (gabels GM)

AdamLikesMusic wrote:

Insightful.

This is kind of one of those songs where just listening to the lyrics tells you what it means.

Yeah, I thought this was pretty much as straight forward as it gets.

Maybe the lyrics are just a really complicated metaphor for communism?

yeah great song

I think this is truly an amazing song... not just lyrically. Have you ever seen the crowd when this song is played... everyone goes BEZERK! Most people when they first hear this song, think it is a great drinking song, the music is so upbeat, it really sounds like a happy song, but really the lyrics are so depressing. This is song writing and music working together at its best!

Oh and in an interesting twist of irony... Andrew does have the Guinness harp tattooed on him.

I have a version of him singind it live at WKDU and you can hear the raw emotion, and his voice even breaks during it as though he's crying.

Beautiful.

Stalls_Standing wrote:

I have a version of him singind it live at WKDU and you can hear the raw emotion, and his voice even breaks during it as though he's crying.

Beautiful.

Shit fool don't hog it, post it up!

It's on the audio page already ..

I do think it is quite odd that one of their most popular songs is about the ravages of alcoholism... the first time I met the guys we did more than party like rockstars, we got shit faced retarted!

I think it was about 4 in the morning when James announced that we should all take are shirts off, and when you are hammered this sounds like a good idea.

I wanna get drunk with Against Me! reckon they'll be up for it after the London show?

James/Warren/Andrew will no doubt be drinking at the bar/pub before the show...the only time i've met tom it has been after the show...from my experience hes not usually with them right before the show starts....but i have drank more than a few guiness with James and Andrew

The guys from AM! are extremely easy to approach. Usually you can find Andrew, Warren or James in the back of the club when one of the opening acts is playing... just stop and say hi, try not to act like a goober and everything will go well.

I need to scout out pubs nearby that have a foosball table

I actualy had an interesting run in with them when they were touring right before searchin for a former clarity came out. They were headlinging, and I think more than half the folks there were around just to see them, adn for seven bucks it's easy enough to chill outside and not see the other abdns. anyway a bunch of Hippie kids were out front with acoutic guitars, bass, and a banjo playing agianst me songs. The band showed up at one point to hang out, and when they went on stage they told the crowd that the real against me wasn't there, they had played an hour earlier.

ChuckBS wrote:

I actualy had an interesting run in with them when they were touring right before searchin for a former clarity came out. They were headlinging, and I think more than half the folks there were around just to see them, adn for seven bucks it's easy enough to chill outside and not see the other abdns. anyway a bunch of Hippie kids were out front with acoutic guitars, bass, and a banjo playing agianst me songs. The band showed up at one point to hang out, and when they went on stage they told the crowd that the real against me wasn't there, they had played an hour earlier.

The real against me smells like patchouli?

I can see Warren pulling that off actually, although I'm not sure if Andrew would really suit jesus sandals and a poncho.

I was sitting outside the venue forever on Thursday, Tom and Warren walked by I said 'Tom!' he just looked embarassed said 'Hey guys' but didn't even stop walking. Damn him.

Stalls_Standing wrote:

I have a version of him singind it live at WKDU and you can hear the raw emotion, and his voice even breaks during it as though he's crying.

Beautiful.

is that the version where he's playing the lead and the rhythm on his guitar at the same time? I used to have that, I have to look for it...

lex wrote:

It's on the audio page already ..

sweet! ty! I'm DLing it now. I hope it's the version I spoke of.

Re-reading this thread, I just realised how funny it would be if the James in the first few posts claiming just to have grasped the lyrics was James Bowman.