what does crimson and clover mean?

[futurefields]

"crimson and clover over and over" ???

 

[feralkid]

Nothing.

It was chosen as a song title before the song was ever written.

 

[Paratus]

This is what google image search brought up

Didn't realize clover had crimson flowers.

 

[Jaepheth]

I hope you didn't tip Mr. Sandman for that dream, it's 60 years late!

 

[Printer Bandit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0

Now I don't hardly know her
But I think I could love her

 

[Eug]

This is what google image search brought up

Didn't realize clover had crimson flowers.

The clover that infests my lawn has white flowers.

 

[BUTCH1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGEeneO-t0

Now I don't hardly know her
But I think I could love her

Awesome, sexy, song with super-reverb effects, Tommy James was a talented musician and songwriter, enjoy, songs like that just are not made anymore.

 

[Thebobo]

Another great

Crystal Blue Persuasion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDl8ZPm3GrU

 

[ch33zw1z]

The clover that infests my lawn has white flowers.

same here, but it's green, soft under the feet, and my kids can spend time looking for 4 leaved clovers

 

[Eug]

I don't mind the clover in my lawn anymore. I just wish the flowers were crimson.

However, I dislike the violets in my lawn.

 

[BUTCH1]

Another great

Crystal Blue Persuasion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDl8ZPm3GrU

Agree, Tommy James was an excellent songwriter as well as an overall musician. What was so cool about music from that era was that people had to invent different methods to achieve different effects, "Crimson and Clover's" tremolo on steroids effect was made by doing this,

" The song contains a tremolo effect on the guitar, set so that it vibrated in time with the song's rhythm. Near the end of the recording, the band had an idea of utilizing the tremolo effect with vocals. To achieve this, the voice microphone was plugged into an Ampeg guitar amplifier with tremolo turned on, and the output from the amplifier was recorded while James sang "Crimson and clover, over and over".

Another song that used incredible inventive ideas was " I'm not in love" by 10cc, I remember when it was released, (yea, I'm old) and thinking, how did they do that?, it didn't sound like a synthesizer of any kind and it wasn't, here is a short documentary of the making of this pop masterpiece, just amazing IMO..https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq7oGenbp2I

 

[John Connor]

Always liked that song.

 

[K1052]

Another great

Crystal Blue Persuasion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDl8ZPm3GrU

I now only think about meth when I hear that song. Thanks AMC.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Tommy James, long before Pink Floyd (Meddle). So like dude are ya gonna pass that? http://therisingstorm.net/audio/01-Cellophane-Symphony.mp3

 

[SamQuint]

I grew up on this version


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTfHhNg1iII

Love Joan Jett.:wub:

 

[Homerboy]

You don't have Google on your computer?

The combination of unknown meaning came to James as he was waking up, comprising his favorite color – crimson – and his favorite flower – clover. (There is also a species of clover native to Europe called the crimson clover.) A song to fit the phrase was written by Tommy James and bassist Mike Vale, but was scrapped.

 

[BoberFett]

Awesome, sexy, song with super-reverb effects, Tommy James was a talented musician and songwriter, enjoy, songs like that just are not made anymore.

I think it's one of the worst songs ever written. And I use the term "written" loosely, it wasn't so much written as it was vomited out.

 

[mikeford]

Ah the ancient pre autotune days where talent and skill was required.

 

[John Connor]

Ah the ancient pre autotune days where talent and skill was required.

Word! The music today is crap!

 

[BUTCH1]

I think it's one of the worst songs ever written. And I use the term "written" loosely, it wasn't so much written as it was vomited out.

Really, well that's your opinion and your entitled to it, there's absolutely no reason for me to blast out a nasty retort because music is like food, what you think is tasty I might find gross and vice-a-verse..

 

[clamum]

Reminds me of this song. Most of the footage for that song comes from a live show they played on TV (maybe MTV?) in like late 2001/early 2002. I remember recording it on VHS tape, lol. God I love the album that song is from... one of my top 5 of all time probably.

 

[BUTCH1]

Reminds me of this song. Most of the footage for that song comes from a live show they played on TV (maybe MTV?) in like late 2001/early 2002. I remember recording it on VHS tape, lol. God I love the album that song is from... one of my top 5 of all time probably.

I like JEW, "in the middle" is a great one even if it "borrows" in style quite a bit from "The Knack's", "My Sharona"..

 

[Thebobo]

I think it's one of the worst songs ever written. And I use the term "written" loosely, it wasn't so much written as it was vomited out.

And thats a good review from Bober!

 

[nakedfrog]

I think it's one of the worst songs ever written. And I use the term "written" loosely, it wasn't so much written as it was vomited out.

That's exactly how I feel about "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay".

 

[lxskllr]

The song sounds alright, but it's just a bit of fluffy pseudo-psychedelia. Not too many bands got psychedelia right. I'll take the slow burn of Dark Star to bunch of overt weirdness every time.