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'''"In The Shadow Of The Valley"''' is the 10th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s seventh album, 1994’s ''[[San Francisco]]''. It is only available on the CD version of the album. | '''"In The Shadow Of The Valley"''' is the 10th song on [[start|American Music Club]]'s seventh album, 1994’s ''[[San Francisco]]''. It is only available on the CD version of the album. | ||
[[Mark Eitzel]] spoke about the song in ''Addicted To Noise'', stating, "Well, that's L.A. though. That's like people in L.A. People don't live in L.A. to respond to others or to live in a society. They live in L.A. to work and make money and fulfill their dreams. Hopefully, if they're successful at all, they live in a kind of bubble where they really don't have to interact with anybody. You know what I mean? So yeah, you give up your cynicism, you give up your hard shell as soon as you stop interacting with people. If I opened my heart, then you'd be washed away. Yeah, because as soon as you start to live, you know, then, it's destructive in those situations. It's weird, it's all about that city and me being on the freeway in that city. A lot. You know, having to live there. And it's about the riots in a way because I think the riots are kind of the future, although I don't think it's going to be an uprising, there's just going to be more and more random violence and more and more and more hate. Does that sound hopeful?"<ref>{{cite web | url=http://americanmusicclub.com/index.php?title=Articles:Addicted_To_Noise_-_December_1994 | work=Addicted To Noise | date=December 1994 | author=Michael Goldberg | title=Wishing The World Away | accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
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"In The Shadow Of The Valley" is the 10th song on American Music Club's seventh album, 1994’s San Francisco. It is only available on the CD version of the album.
| "In The Shadow Of The Valley" | |
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| Song by American Music Club from the album San Francisco | |
| Released | October 1994 |
| Format | CD |
| Length | 6:28 |
| Label | Reprise Records (US) / Virgin Records (UK) |
| Writer(s) | Mark Eitzel |
| Producer(s) | Joe Chicarelli / American Music Club |
| San Francisco track listing | |
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Mark Eitzel spoke about the song in Addicted To Noise, stating, "Well, that's L.A. though. That's like people in L.A. People don't live in L.A. to respond to others or to live in a society. They live in L.A. to work and make money and fulfill their dreams. Hopefully, if they're successful at all, they live in a kind of bubble where they really don't have to interact with anybody. You know what I mean? So yeah, you give up your cynicism, you give up your hard shell as soon as you stop interacting with people. If I opened my heart, then you'd be washed away. Yeah, because as soon as you start to live, you know, then, it's destructive in those situations. It's weird, it's all about that city and me being on the freeway in that city. A lot. You know, having to live there. And it's about the riots in a way because I think the riots are kind of the future, although I don't think it's going to be an uprising, there's just going to be more and more random violence and more and more and more hate. Does that sound hopeful?"[1]
Lyrics
I gave up my cynicism, I gave up my hard shell
I gave up everything that would cause you the least pain
I'm immodest as a child old before it's time
Why should I hide something I've no chance to see
My night was sleepless so all through my day
I took the next shade of weariness down to L.A.
I'm off like a shotgun out of your reach
My self-importance, my mind-numbing haze
No I don't want to know about my life
No I don't want to know what I'm thinking or feeling
Ignorance is bliss but babe, we won't stay that way
We'll escape heaven somehow down in L.A.
I can make your future easier to predict
Hot as a devil and cold as an addict
People usually just make me tired
The plague of always deserving something better
God save me from the rewards I deserve
The one for giving up hope, the one for the love that I serve
If I opened my heart then you'd be washed away
Down the bone-dry rivers that drain L.A.
My nights are all sleepless so all through my day
I like to take shades of weariness all through L.A.
Video
Personnel
- Mark Eitzel - vocals, guitars
- Danny Pearson - bass, guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vudi - guitars, backing vocals
- Tim Mooney - drums, guitar, backing vocals
- Bruce Kaphan - pedal steel guitar, keyboards, guitar, tablas, backing vocals
Also appears on
- 1984-1995 Early version - titled "L.A. Is My Woman"
References
- ↑ Michael Goldberg (December 1994). "Wishing The World Away". Addicted To Noise. Retrieved March 27, 2018.