Say Anything...
Fifty Posts After the Fair 
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Registered 10-24-2003 Location Phoenix, AZ Member Is Offline Mood: contemplative..
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| posted on 8-2-2004 at 11:04 PM |
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Originally posted by nightman
i went to aimee's concert in pittsburgh last year, and after every song in the later part of the concert, some woman hollered for
"superball" over and over.
"superball, we wanna hear superball!"
aimee didn't play it. i guess you could call that a response.
Heheh... I guess so!!! 'Course if she did play it in concert, she'd need audience-participation for the handclapping part of it. She
got everyone to join in on "Invisible Ink" though on that live performance for the 2nd LIS disc...
Oh well, maybe one day! 
I still can't wait to hear these new songs she's been playing... that DVD's gonna be timed just right as an appetizer right before
her new album comes out next year! Guess I'm still gonna have to buy 'Jersey Girl' when it comes out to hear "That's
How I Knew the Story Would Break My Heart"...
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nightman
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| posted on 8-2-2004 at 11:59 PM |
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originally posted by Say Anything...
I still can't wait to hear these new songs she's been playing... that DVD's gonna be timed just right as an appetizer right before
her new album comes out next year! Guess I'm still gonna have to buy 'Jersey Girl' when it comes out to hear "That's How
I Knew the Story Would Break My Heart"...
i could be wrong, but i would think that since the new cd is coming out several months after the live dvd/cd, it probably won't have any of the
new songs on it.
"that's how i knew this story would break my heart" was just slightly under 2 minutes long and fades in during dialogue, there are a
few things going on during it, and it fades to dialogue.
it's not a complete song, but it's interesting enough i would like to hear the rest of it.
it may be one of those songs like aimee's cover of james taylor's "shed a little light" on "the west wing" that
will never see a finished version. that's a shame.
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Mr. Harris
Fifty Posts After the Fair
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| posted on 8-3-2004 at 02:46 PM |
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fwiw, aimee did play superball in concert on her first tour after iws came out.
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TommyT
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| posted on 8-3-2004 at 03:17 PM |
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This thread is driving me crazy. I love the song and I love the whole album and it tortures me to hear anyone tee off on this song. Calgon take me
way!! 
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Ellen
The 500 Club
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Registered 9-12-2002 Location Seattle, USA Member Is Offline Mood: sanguine
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| posted on 8-3-2004 at 05:31 PM |
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haha Tommy! 
since some people here like the song I have suffered through it a few times while listening to the album recently. Its not as bad as I first thought.
I can't believe someone thought she was saying "you can fuck me on the back of the bus" instead of "read the fine print on
the back of the box". That makes me laugh when I hear it. I still get that urge to skip it though! 
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nightman
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| posted on 8-3-2004 at 07:36 PM |
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fwiw, aimee did play superball in concert on her first tour after iws came out.
i think people realize that. she played all those 'til tuesday songs she never plays any more when they first came out. i believe people are
interested in why she doesn't play it any more.
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Mr. Harris
Fifty Posts After the Fair
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| posted on 8-5-2004 at 03:37 AM |
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i'm terrible sorry for wasting your time with that one sentence of information that i thought someone less wise than you might not know. it
won't happen again.
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Strawberry Mary
Satellite 
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Registered 8-5-2004 Location Sunny California Member Is Offline Mood: Very Berry
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| posted on 8-5-2004 at 09:07 PM |
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I have a superball. It is a very good toy.
I don't like it as much as my doll, Sally.
Slinkys are fun too! 
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John17cd
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| posted on 9-29-2004 at 04:15 AM |
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Tom C. wrote
Let me repeat once more that i'm a fan and sing and play 'Ameteur' 'superball' 'you're with Stupid
now' Frankenstein', Mr Harris', '4th of July', to my kids while they're in the bath
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You sing Superball to your kids in the tub ??? How cruel. Im calling D-Fax.
HeeHee
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eve
Wise Up 
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Registered 3-16-2004 Location NC Member Is Offline Mood: Joyful
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 posted on 9-29-2004 at 07:33 PM |
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Devils advocate
You just had to bring this thread back again didn't you.
I don't think it's cruel I think it's sweet and this song should be done on Sesame Street.
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John17cd
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| posted on 9-30-2004 at 12:26 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by eve
You just had to bring this thread back again didn't you.
I don't think it's cruel I think it's sweet and this song should be done on Sesame Street.
Who by Big Bird ????
" im a Superhbird......."
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JRitchie
Satellite 
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Registered 8-30-2004 Member Is Offline Mood: treading water,
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| posted on 9-30-2004 at 01:57 AM |
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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
aah yeah that's a good idea.
I can see Oscar the grouch singing the "I warn you now" part.
I don't think he's very nice to that bird.
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John17cd
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| posted on 12-30-2004 at 06:46 PM |
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Yeah
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TheAims
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| posted on 5-20-2008 at 04:17 PM |
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I decided it was time to revive the Superball thread from its four-year sabbatical. Turns out she has performed it live:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=3XrwnuAm1xc
Sounds pretty awesome to me.
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eve
Wise Up
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Registered 3-16-2004 Location NC Member Is Offline Mood: Joyful
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| posted on 5-21-2008 at 12:44 AM |
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Ack! that's not the best sounding video...
I think I've seen her play it live once. It's one of my favorites.
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airzots
That's Just What You Are
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Registered 5-12-2008 Location minneapolis Member Is Offline Mood: curmudgeon-like
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| posted on 5-21-2008 at 04:02 PM |
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I've always liked "Superball" - not one of Aimee's most challenging, lyrically, but it perfectly fills the spot on the disk
following "You Could Make A Killing". I also dig how the 'velocity is gathering' line rears its ominous head at the end of
"All Over Now". As for being too 'poppy', nah. That role is oh-so capably filled by "That's Just What You
Are", which is one of the best pop songs ever! It seems to me that "Choice In The Matter" would be the most likely follow up
single.
Thanks for resurrecting the thread, it prompted me to dig the disk out and give it a spin. I'd forgotten how sweet the crunchy guitars and
layers of sound are...sort of Aimee & Jon's take on "Pet Sounds".
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AllanElephant
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| posted on 5-21-2008 at 09:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JanBrady
I love Superball not just for the upbeat tone of it, but for the brilliant way Aimee combines it with All Over Now.
Wow years later.... but I agree with this! The song's also pretty damn catchy, one of her catchiest, in my opinion. I love those claps and the
'And I waaarn you now, the velocity I'm gooing will knooock you ooout'. And that 'ReeRREERr' guitar riff, with the
awesome inclusion in 'All Over Now'.. I think it's great.
I don't understand t he hate on for it. I can think of MANY Aimee songs I dislike a LOT more: Beautiful, Ray, That's How I Knew...,
Calling it Quits, etc..
Even after all that rushing around, where we've ended up is the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night. And maybe knowing isn't the
point. Where we're standing right now, in the ruins in the dark, what we could build is anything.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v122/SabreIsTired/lies.jpg
http://www.last.fm/user/HighOnSunday51
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Johnothon
Seasoned Veteran 
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Registered 5-9-2005 Location Glasgow Member Is Offline Mood: Knacked.
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| posted on 6-17-2008 at 09:28 PM |
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I don't understand t he hate on for it. I can think of MANY Aimee songs I dislike a LOT more: Beautiful, Ray
 You DIDN'T!
"How about we break with tradition?"
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SamGer
Superball
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Registered 8-26-2005 Member Is Offline Mood:
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| posted on 8-31-2008 at 01:33 AM |
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I love Superball
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queen_of_the_road
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| posted on 8-31-2008 at 06:43 AM |
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It's a funny one. I still listen to it though, as I do the whole album. I just love the guitars at the end!
...And you just can't get it through your head that no one else gives a fuck...
www.myspace.com/sarahpatonmusic
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SamGer
Superball
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| posted on 9-4-2008 at 01:03 AM |
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It's funny.....I love any Aimee song that is somewhat uptempo...Superball....Fifty Years After....Ghost World...Ballantines.
I just think Superball is so catchy. And yes, the guitars at the end....excellent.
Way underrated.
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Scottish Man(n)
Fifty Posts After the Fair 
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Registered 8-19-2008 Location Paisley, Scotland UK Member Is Offline Mood: Smooth.
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| posted on 9-28-2008 at 12:13 PM |
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I must admit I'm also at a loss as to why Superball is received as an unpopular song...?
To consider it as a deliberate commercial attempt seems way wide of the mark, I'd consider other Aimee works to have 'hit single'
written across them first. Even if it was written as blatant attempt to ride the singles chart, so what...?
Too many musical snobs in the world I'd say, and too many who refuse to embrace 'pop' music for the simple, effective entertainment
it is...
Superball is to me an insightful lyric and a great (dare I say FUN) piece of music, and yes that is a fab bit of guitar soloing as well. The entire
album, with it's lo-fi mix and 'home produced' sound always suggested to me an Aimee Mann in her ascendant stride and someone really
enjoying what she was doing (despite the record company hassles)
On top of that, 'I'm With Stupid' takes me back to great and happy place in my own life, one of those soundtrack albums to a happy
year, 1995 !
Rock on Aimee !!
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queen_of_the_road
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| posted on 9-29-2008 at 08:41 AM |
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Well said Scottish Man(n)!
...And you just can't get it through your head that no one else gives a fuck...
www.myspace.com/sarahpatonmusic
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Scottish Man(n)
Fifty Posts After the Fair
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Registered 8-19-2008 Location Paisley, Scotland UK Member Is Offline Mood: Smooth.
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| posted on 9-29-2008 at 10:40 AM |
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Originally posted by queen_of_the_road
Well said Scottish Man(n)!
Cheers !
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yourwildcardboy
Satellite 
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Registered 6-12-2008 Location Pittsburgh Member Is Offline Mood: always unstable
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| posted on 9-29-2008 at 09:00 PM |
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Superballs
So while at the zoo one of the elephants was stuffing straw into his ears...um I guess I would too if I had a bunch of brats screaming their heads
off. Perhaps some people feel the same way about this song but Superball was one of the first songs I liked. People want to say that it was
"commercial" but it was the dissonance of the song drew me in.
and people who scream this over and over during a concert "superball, we wanna hear superball!" how bout we want to hear Aimee Mann
play
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