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| "[A]s far I'm concerned, the songs are almost completely lyric driven." |
| -Dan Messe, Crud Magazine, 13 March 2002 |
| This meanings section is a collection of quotes from band members about the meanings behind their song lyrics, album titles, and band name. Songs can and do mean different things to different people, but I think it's interesting to know the inspiration behind songs. Meanings for the cover songs aren't about song content so much as what spurred the band to record them. |
| This is the page for Funnel Cloud songs. Click Meanings on the left menu for the main page. |
| Click on a title to jump to its meaning. Click here for Funnel Cloud lyrics. |
| Funnel Cloud (Album Title) |
| "The group decided on the title 'Funnel Cloud' as a metaphor for unexpected treasure and tragedy of living, after experiencing one of nature's little curve balls. 'The idea started in 2004 as [singer Sally Ellyson] was getting married in Virginia,' multi-instrumentalist/songwriter Dan Messe explains. 'We stopped off at a state fair during this beautiful summer day, same day she was getting married. It was crystal clear all day with exception to this little puff of a cloud off in the distance. Next thing we know it, five tornadoes are touching down and we all had to evacuate to local cellars....After I came home from that wedding, my home was flooded and so much of my life was ruined. The next week, my dad died,' he says. 'There's always these winds of destruction or change, and you just have to move on with your life. The hard things in life can move you forward. So I was writing all this while, with themes about being stuck. This record for us is moving forward.'"
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| [Dan Messe, Billboard, 18 July 2006] |
| Hotel Fire |
| Dan wrote this song for Sally's sister who'd just had her heart broken (but she's much happier now!). |
| [Sally Ellyson and Dan Messe on Feb. 9, 2006 at Lincoln Center in New York. Download the show at archive.org.] |
| Not California |
| This song speaks to television shows set in California like The OC that don't very accurately portray the reality of California or the world outside TV. Dan wrote it as a sort of response to his wife who likes these shows and the California in them. |
| [Talked about by the band on May 15, 2006 at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles and on June 12, 2006 at the Paradise in Boston, MA] |
| Old Adam |
| This song is about the Biblical Adam. "This last year I had a son and I lost my dad, so I've been thinking a lot about fathers and sons, and this song is about that." |
| [Dan Messe, WTMD Interview, 20 March 2006.] |
| The Pills Stopped Working |
| Gary and Dan were inspired by the Rolling Stones in writing this rock and roll song. |
| [Mentioned a number of times, including at a concert on Feb. 23, 2006 in Pennsylvania that you can download and in early 2006 on the webcast radio program The Drop Online.] |
| Reservoir |
| Steve wrote this song about Pittsburgh, where he grew up. |
| [Mentioned at a number of shows, including a hometown one on Feb. 23, 2006 that you can download.] |
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