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song: Me Around
artist: Michael Penn
album: Resigned
released: 1997-07-21length: 2:28
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The fire that this town can see
Is me alight in effigy
I suppose baby don't want me around
She threw my stuff into a pit
And laughed aloud as I dove after it
I suppose baby don't want me around

Is this the place you want to be?
Out of the woods
Out of control
And is it really only me
Who never gets here with you

She changed the number, changed the lock
A rubber door in case I knock
I suppose baby don't want me around

Is this the place you want to be?
Out of the woods
Out of control
And is it really only me
Who never gets here with you

Looking up your balcony
By the light of the moon I will be
I suppose baby don't want me around

The stars above they are not real
They are the sparks from smitten steel
I propose forging is making that sound
Baby don't want me around
Baby don't want me
I suppose my baby don't want me around
Michael Penn

Michael Daniel Penn (born August 1, 1958) is an American musician, singer and composer. His 1989 single "No Myth" was a top 20 hit in the US and successful in several other countries.

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Comments ( 97 )
Posted 8 years ago by inbagt:
A lot of people are thinking Beatles or Kinks but I'm kind of hearing Matthew Sweet.
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Posted 12 years ago by Stingray:

Penn is really good!

And obviously a big BEATLES fan!


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Posted 7 years ago by marklaw:
Had to come read the comments - thought this might be a long lost Beatles tune I never heard of.  Young Paul or what?
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Posted 8 years ago by bluematrix:
mardisoninnc wrote:
Great song from a phenomenal musician!  Thanks for playing it, RP!  By the way, where has Mr. Penn been, and what has he been up to?

 
I agree, and I've been wondering what he's been up to as well. His wikipedia page says he's been doing soundtracks (like Showtime's Masters of Sex) and producing for acts like Aimee Mann and the Wallflowers. And still married to Aimee all these years too. Cool.
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Posted 10 years ago by TerryS:
fredriley wrote:
For younger listeners not au fait with 60s cult TV series, the album cover is a direct reference to The Prisoner, written by and starring Patrick McGoohan as the eponymous prisoner. A series of political and social allegories which still has direct relevance in these days of 24/7 surveillance. Recently remade to universal disacclaim for US TV.

Be seeing you (wink)
Prisoner series 'logo'
 
Still appropriate 4 years on
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Posted 11 years ago by justin4kick:
Beatlesque!
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Posted 4 years ago by oHelvetos:
Dave_Mack wrote:
Funny all the Beatles comments, because I immediately thought of the Kinks. A good tune.
 

Good tune. Lots of references to the Beatles and the Kinks. I thought about Crowded House 
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Posted 9 years ago by Dave_Mack:
Funny all the Beatles comments, because I immediately thought of the Kinks. A good tune.
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Posted 1 year ago by fredriley:
The cover is a reference to the cult TV series The Prisoner with the late, great Patrick McGoohan. I just thought you'd like that wee bit of 60s trivia :o)
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Posted 12 years ago by HipShooter:
martinc wrote:
Is that a clarinet and guitar duel in the solo?
 
Although hardly a duel, clearly sounds clarinet-like, but no breathing? - so, probably synth?


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Posted 12 years ago by ziakut:
Quite simply not the strongest track on this brilliant album. Do like the twangy, distorted guitar the leads to the chorus.
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Posted 2 years ago by lily34:
yay! my upload from back in the early days.

very beatle-esque, i think.
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Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet:
Saw Michael Penn, Wilco and Sheryl Crow when MP was supporting this album.

Awesome show from all three! Shawn Colvin joined SC for a number too.
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Posted 3 years ago by nottheusualkind:
The Beatles influence is obvious and I hear some Crowded House and Jellyfish, too (and those bands would have been influenced by the Beatles, as well).
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Posted 4 years ago by tinypriest:
First Tame Impala a few songs back, sounding like Lennon, and now Michael Penn, sounding like Macca. Who the hell sounds like Ringo and George?
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Posted 4 years ago by Michael_Dean:
A very enjoyable track. 
I can't think of any instances of Reverse tape effects or Backmasking that I didn't like.  I think it is the impression of things understood by few and mysterious or secret that makes it so captivating.
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Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities:
Dave_Mack wrote:
Funny all the Beatles comments, because I immediately thought of the Kinks. A good tune.
 
He's primarily using a minor-key, cabaret-style progression, similar to ones used by The Kinks ("Sunny Afternoon", Dead-End Street", etc.), so its origins go back well before the 1960s - more like the 1920s.
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Posted 9 years ago by mfair1:
pinto wrote:

And sounds like Luce as well

 
Agreed - sounds "beatle-y"
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Posted 12 years ago by lily34:
my upload!
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Posted 12 years ago by martinc:
Is that a clarinet and guitar duel in the solo?
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