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Self Titled (2003)
All songs recorded and mixed by Justin Davis in Carbondale, IL - May 2003
All songs written and performed by Joe Swanberg
© Joe Swanberg 2003
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Amazingly enough, the song Haircut is featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered."
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Your Big Mistake (mp3) - Sort of my final statement on a whole situation between a friend of mine and his girlfriend and a former friend of mine. It was very dramatic at the time, and now it seems like it happened to different people a million years ago.
Georgia (mp3) - I lived in Georgia from 3rd grade through the middle of 5th grade, and I have many fond memories of the time. The friends that I sing about in the song were some of the best that I've ever had. If I could return to any time in my life, it would be this one.
Haircut (mp3) - We change so much in our lives, but I think it's important to remember who we were. I used to love sports, and I dreamed of playing professional basketball. It all seems silly to me know, but at one point it was important, and I would hate to forget that.
The Things That Matter (mp3) - The really important things are always still there in the end. I like to cry a lot every once in a while. It feels great.
Kris (mp3) - I think the song says it all. What do you say about someone you love? I wrote some of it in a song and I whisper the rest into her ear.
My Eyes (mp3) - One of the first songs I wrote when I was learning to play guitar. I only knew a few chords, so I used them. I'm just happy I got everything to rhyme the way it did.
Punk Rock Girl (mp3) - Not much to say about this one. I stole a bit of it directly from The Clash song, "Police and Thieves" and the rest is nonsense.
A Lonely King (mp3) - There is a really crazy change that happens when you break up with someone who you hung out with every day. You suddenly have all this free time that you don't really know what to do with. It gets very lonely. I made a great friend during this time though, who was going through the same thing, and we started a band, and we helped each other fill up some of that empty time.
Oh Marty (mp3) - Marty is the character that Natalie Portman played in the movie Beautiful Girls. I had a major crush on her for a long time. The crush is gone, but I kept the song around.
Gone For Good (mp3) - I was feeling unappreciated, and my friend was being pushed around, so I put it all together into a song that's kind of a warning to appreciate what you have. Since I wrote the song, I've learned that nobody's gone for good.
Mandi (mp3) - This is a song about someone else. I don't know what he was going through, but I kind of made up my own version of his feelings based on my 3rd party observations. Maybe it's true and maybe it isn't. I changed a lot of the details while trying to keep the general story. I found it easier to write about someone else's emotions.
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