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Jay Farrar — Vitamins
Album: Sebastapol
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Released: 2001
Length: 3:56
Plays (last 30 days): 4
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Say you do
Say you don't
Say you will
Say you won't
Believe in the great expanse
All or nothing
Salute to chance

Sail the course for the unknown
Stacks of change
Thrown into the tolls

The rules haven't changed
It's just the same garbage war we're sitting in

Really not mad at anyone
You're just mad at the world
Break it apart and take it down
Just mad at the world

Hanging on to a life vest
Clockwork closed
The way the weary rest
Stare down the stretches that remain
Pylons and barricades
Nothing to contain

Aftershock
The daily din
Metals and monsters sing when they're invited in
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What the guy below said. Thanks RP! 
Posted 9 hours ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Great! Thank you RP! 

Folks, if you're just mad at the world remember this...
Both feet on the floor, two hands on the wheel
May the wind take your troubles away
Posted 6 months ago by chinaski    [ Reply ]
Methinks Jay has a pill fetish.
Posted 6 months ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
Kinda partial to these lyrics:

Aftershock
The daily din
Metals and monsters sing when they're invited in
Posted 8 months ago by kcatalina    [ Reply ]
 Bert7 wrote:

All I hear is Son Volt...


That says more about Jay Farrar than it does about Son Volt.
Posted 11 months ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
7 -> 8
Posted 11 months ago by jlind    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Well, I've been to Barstow.
It's not what I would call wonderful.

Now I've never been to Bairstow... that might be better.



well...have you been to Belleville?

Belleville, IL.  Hometown to Jay, and Jeff T. 

You should go there.

Drink Stag beer.
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Fuck Spotify…
Posted 1 year ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Why is this song not available on Spotify?
Posted 1 year ago by DrMacDaddy    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:
Well, I've been to Barstow.
It's not what I would call wonderful.

Now I've never been to Bairstow... that might be better.



That'll teach me to type too fast.....Thank you, Kurt.  :-)
Posted 2 years ago by pktinkler2984    [ Reply ]
 pktinkler2984 wrote:


Agreed.  A fantastic album....and 'Bairstow' is wonderful.
Well, I've been to Barstow.
It's not what I would call wonderful.

Now I've never been to Bairstow... that might be better.

Posted 2 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Jay Farrar is one of my favorite songwriters. He has a style.
Posted 2 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 Bert7 wrote:

All I hear is Son Volt...



Probably when you hear John Fogerty, all you hear is CCR.
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 xcranky_yankee wrote:

A fantastic album and this tune is one of my favorites. I have been mad at the world and am trying to get over it. This sounds like he has.



Agreed.  A fantastic album....and 'Bairstow' is wonderful.
Posted 3 years ago by pktinkler2984    [ Reply ]
Jay's songs really get in there and claw at the heart... deep, raw feelings, set to such resonant sounds!
Posted 3 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
It's that Belleville, IL sound...him and Jeff Tweedy.

Drinking Stag Beer, brewed in Belleville.  
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

Vocals sound so familiar.
Red House Painters (Mark Kozelek) maybe?


Very close but very different.
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Jay always sounds great… Son Volt - Uncle Tupelo Great stuff…
Posted 3 years ago by tm    [ Reply ]
Vocals sound so familiar.
Red House Painters (Mark Kozelek) maybe?
Posted 3 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Not to take anything away from Jay Farrar, but I’d love to hear Anders Parker on Radio Paradise. Not sure I’ve ever heard Anders on RP, but when I hear Jay, I always hope to hear an Anders song soon. 

Anything from Tell it to the Dust, his first solo, even Varnaline Songs. Dig them all. Also his combo with Jay, New Multitudes. 
Posted 3 years ago by bobwoodwardsd    [ Reply ]
A fantastic album and this tune is one of my favorites. I have been mad at the world and am trying to get over it. This sounds like he has.
Posted 4 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
 rjs wrote:
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
... Jay is still depressed and Depression is hard to sell.
... As a whole, Jay's lyrics aren't any more depressing as Jeff's.
 
Love this song and title, 9.  Sounds like someone who sees the world more clearly is trying to help someone who's stuck. Changing your perspective is a little like correcting a vitamin deficiency. Reminds me a lot of talking to my niece. 200mg SAMe and 5000iu vit D plus K for absorption really helps with no downside.

Now I'm wondering how many of our "modern anger problems" are due to simple chemical imbalances. People have always been driven by fear, but maybe there is something new going on besides tailor made news. Could vit D save the world?
    
Posted 4 years ago by danfl75    [ Reply ]
 SmackDaddy wrote:


Right armpit? If CA is laying face down maybe or it's head is in San Diego
 
Yeah, that works........
Posted 4 years ago by miquela75269    [ Reply ]
All I hear is Son Volt...
Posted 4 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I like Barstow too.
The song... not the town.
California's right armpit.

Sebastapol is nice though.


 

Right armpit? If CA is laying face down maybe or it's head is in San Diego
Posted 4 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
You could be easily broken down. You're not right.
Posted 4 years ago by jahgirl8    [ Reply ]
Love Mr Farrar's vocal sound. His talent first revealed to me by RP of course, with the band Son Volt... never tire of it. 
Posted 4 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
Listen to this song 3 times. Brilliant
Posted 6 years ago by Shaggy27    [ Reply ]
 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I like Barstow too.
The song... not the town.
California's right armpit.

Sebastapol is nice though.



 
Sounds  like my kinda place.


Posted 8 years ago by FourFortyEight    [ Reply ]
diggin this lil trippy nugget
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 dig wrote:
Play Barstow, the best cut on Sebastapol.

 
I like Barstow too.
The song... not the town.
California's right armpit.

Sebastapol is nice though.


Posted 8 years ago by KurtfromLaQuinta    [ Reply ]
Huh.  A new one for me.  Poignant today.
Posted 9 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
Not my favourite set so far.  Struggling to listen to this little lot.

Radiohead — Supercollider
The American Analog Set — Hard to Find
Florence and The Machine — What the Water Gave Me
Jay Farrar — Vitamins

All I need now is Neil Young and my day will be complete.  


Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Great song.  I love the drums (especially the snare) on this track.
Posted 10 years ago by MargoMallen    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
I thought this was Son Volt. Yes, he has a very distinctive voice.
 
I don't know Son Volt that well...I was guessing Steve Earle...This is pretty cool. 
Posted 10 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Sounds like the vitamins were to keep him awake while singing this track - they barely worked!
Posted 10 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
Nice after Pattys nice song!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Play Barstow, the best cut on Sebastapol.
Posted 11 years ago by dig    [ Reply ]
Fantastic song...
Posted 11 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
Nice. One listen and put it right on my, " Buy List."
Posted 12 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
 socalhol wrote:

Distinctive is right — no matter if he's with a group or solo, his voice always sounds "whiney" to me....blah!  Too bad, it takes away from the music part, which is actually nice on this track.
 
Bob Dylan & Neil Young think it's just fine to have an easily identifiable "whiney" voice.  I agree with them.


Posted 12 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Uncle of Ricky Fataar.
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Thanks for the laugh...made my day:

 On_The_Beach wrote:
He was great on M.A.S.H.

 


Posted 13 years ago by ERERER    [ Reply ]
 Pyro wrote:
I thought this was Son Volt. Yes, he has a very distinctive voice.
 
Distinctive is right — no matter if he's with a group or solo, his voice always sounds "whiney" to me....blah!  Too bad, it takes away from the music part, which is actually nice on this track.


Posted 14 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
He was great on M.A.S.H.

Posted 14 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
"Really not mad at anyone
You're just mad at the world"

I'm trying not to be that person anymore, maybe that's why I like this song. I like most anything the Uncle Tupelo boys do though.
Posted 14 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
 Ntropy wrote:
I don't understand how anyone could like this horror. Dissonant harmonies, someone's singing flat the entire song.. nasal illness that is insanely contagious. ICK!  {#Puke}
 
bet you like Pearl Jam, same sounding voice....IMHO

Posted 14 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
 Ntropy wrote:
I don't understand how anyone could like this horror. Dissonant harmonies, someone's singing flat the entire song.. nasal illness that is insanely contagious. ICK!  {#Puke}
 
 It may be that the whole appeal of alt-country and its predecessors is that it's a little OFF. Maybe that's what sounds good to some of us.  I don't hear the flatness in the voice, but I think I understand when you say "dissonant harmonies." Meaning imperfect harmonies? I like that.

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Wow, been too long since I've listened to this great song from Jay's 1st solo album.  Was somewhat underwhelmed by the album but always loved this song big time.
Posted 14 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
 romeotuma wrote:


I like it...
 

{#High-five}
Posted 15 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
{#Roflol} sans wrote:

"Uma Guma" was taken
 


Posted 15 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
 Ntropy wrote:
 insanely contagious.
 
Yes! Can I quote you on that? {#Lol} 

How's that for lifting a quote out of context?!
Posted 15 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 Ntropy wrote:
I don't understand how anyone could like this horror. Dissonant harmonies, someone's singing flat the entire song.. nasal illness that is insanely contagious. ICK!  {#Puke}
 
haha I like it.....lalalaalalaa

Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
I don't understand how anyone could like this horror. Dissonant harmonies, someone's singing flat the entire song.. nasal illness that is insanely contagious. ICK!  {#Puke}
Posted 15 years ago by Ntropy    [ Reply ]
This song suddenly made me feel like I was at Grateful Dead concert.  Not sure why other than Jay's voice reminds a bit of Phil Lesh.
Posted 15 years ago by Dave_Mack    [ Reply ]
Not bad.....it's called Vitamins?
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
I've always appreciated Son Volt but was never much of a fan (just didn't really grab me). But this one is really nice. I like the way the song is constructed. Or something like that . . .
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
 nomad4444 wrote:
anyone know why the album is called "Sebastopol"?
 
"Uma Guma" was taken
Posted 16 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
nomad4444 wrote:
anyone know why the album is called "Sebastopol"?
I know that Tolstoy wrote a 3 part series of stories named The Sebastopol Tales...(click here)
Posted 16 years ago by peyotecoyote    [ Reply ]
schrodingersdog wrote:
I'm liking the droney indianish (two made up words in one sentence!) sound.
Yeah, plus the drumming takes some chances, and Farrar for once stretches himself as a singer. Interesting track. Wonder what it means.
Posted 16 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
I'm liking the droney indianish (two made up words in one sentence!) sound.
Posted 16 years ago by schrodingersdog    [ Reply ]
anyone know why the album is called "Sebastopol"?
Posted 17 years ago by nomad4444    [ Reply ]
Do like this, but makes me want to break out my old trace or straighaways cds :-)
Posted 17 years ago by d00kie    [ Reply ]
Pyro wrote:
I thought this was Son Volt. Yes, he has a very distinctive voice.
Yep, I said to myself - Sun Volt! as soon as I heard this. He's got a really distinctive voice.
Posted 17 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
Thistle wrote:
Still sounds like Son Volt. I guess his voice is so much a part of Son Volt that nothing else can stand apart if he is singing it.
I thought this was Son Volt. Yes, he has a very distinctive voice.
Posted 17 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
Have an orange-juice, Jay.... you need vitamins! bore-bore-bore! There's nothing to explain "their" insider-fame! Stingray!
Posted 18 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Knew I recognized that voice from somewhere(s)! I do miss Tupelo, but this stuff is pretty killer...
Posted 18 years ago by freeone1    [ Reply ]
Still sounds like Son Volt. I guess his voice is so much a part of Son Volt that nothing else can stand apart if he is singing it.
Posted 18 years ago by Thistle    [ Reply ]
Jay Farrar and Wilco in the same set--wonderful.
Posted 18 years ago by loud_family_fan    [ Reply ]
I love this, love his voice. Different from Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo, but still....Jay. Gotta check out the rest of this album...
Posted 18 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Always felt bad for Jay, post-Tupelo. Seems like he never got his due compared to Tweedy. Both are great, it's just that Tweedy evolved. Jay is still depressed and Depression is hard to sell.
Jeff evolved into different genres, Jay evolved around the same genres as UT. I like Wilco a lot, but it's Son Volt and JF CDs that I pull out ten times more often. As a whole, Jay's lyrics aren't any more depressing as Jeff's.
Posted 18 years ago by rjs    [ Reply ]
Death_to_Clear_Channel wrote:
Always felt bad for Jay, post-Tupelo. Seems like he never got his due compared to Tweedy. Both are great, it's just that Tweedy evolved. Jay is still depressed and Depression is hard to sell.
You are kidding, right? Depression Rock is the hottest non-Britney category out there.
Posted 18 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
I just love this guy's voice.
Posted 18 years ago by moonbat    [ Reply ]
qbee wrote:
Yahoo, I loooooove this album! great for a road trip. I think it's been my favorite album since it came out. More, more!
Roadtrip music for me too!
Posted 18 years ago by Dylan76    [ Reply ]
Always felt bad for Jay, post-Tupelo. Seems like he never got his due compared to Tweedy. Both are great, it's just that Tweedy evolved. Jay is still depressed and Depression is hard to sell.
Posted 18 years ago by Death_to_Clear_Channel    [ Reply ]
Wow, I obvioulsy knew it was Jay by the voice but the sound was awesome. Has like an Indian trippy sitar thing going on in there. Good stuff, I'll have to check out some solo work.
Posted 19 years ago by Wisecrowe    [ Reply ]
Nice sound. Never heard of...
Posted 19 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
samrex wrote:
More Jay, please. And more Son Volt couldn't hurt either.
Especially now that Son Volt has an excellent new disc out. Must purchase and upload....
Posted 19 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]
More Jay, please. And more Son Volt couldn't hurt either.
Posted 19 years ago by samrex    [ Reply ]
He sounds a lot like They Might Be Giants with a little bit more of a rock edge.
Posted 19 years ago by gntlemanartist    [ Reply ]
I like Jay's writing a lot.
Posted 19 years ago by stickittotheman    [ Reply ]
reminds me a lot of Hayden on this track. 8) (speaking of which - why no Hayden at RP??)">(click here)
Posted 19 years ago by Platypus    [ Reply ]
Rickvee wrote:
This is definitely one of Jay's best solo tunes!
one of... for sure. This whole cd is great, love it all.
Posted 19 years ago by sherp    [ Reply ]
Waltenstein wrote:
I think I prefer Son Volt, but I'm glad to hear Jay being played.
I'll take it all, or any pert therof. Thank you, Bill.
Posted 19 years ago by lotus_65    [ Reply ]
This is definitely one of Jay's best solo tunes!
Posted 20 years ago by Rickvee    [ Reply ]
Waltenstein wrote:
Hey RP - seems you have an error in your Album listing on this page! I'm showing an album by Mega City Four instead of Jay Farrar.
Don't bother Bill, he has more important work to do
Posted 20 years ago by JokesandJokesandJokes    [ Reply ]
Hey RP - seems you have an error in your Album listing on this page! I'm showing an album by Mega City Four instead of Jay Farrar.
Posted 20 years ago by Waltenstein    [ Reply ]
I think I prefer Son Volt, but I'm glad to hear Jay being played.
Posted 20 years ago by Waltenstein    [ Reply ]
Monkeysdad wrote:
Is this the singer from Sun Volt or Wilco or sumtin'?, sure sounds familiar.
Son Volt and Uncle Tupelo
Posted 20 years ago by gypsy222    [ Reply ]
Jay already won me over with Tupelo and SonVolt. His sometimes oblique songwriting depths become spirtually uplifting .
Posted 20 years ago by UncleChig    [ Reply ]
Is this the singer from Sun Volt or Wilco or sumtin'?, sure sounds familiar.
Posted 20 years ago by Monkeysdad    [ Reply ]
I always wonder how people who are not the greatest singers, can still make great music..... think about Lou Reed.... This is just wonderful....
Posted 20 years ago by marcel    [ Reply ]
Somehow, the vocals remind me of Tom Petty. Very subtlely. Perhaps he should cover this.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Dang, this seems to be moving .... score me interested .... like the sitar flavors ....
Posted 20 years ago by Daveinbawlmer    [ Reply ]
good stuff
Posted 20 years ago by drH    [ Reply ]
Yahoo, I loooooove this album! great for a road trip. I think it's been my favorite album since it came out. More, more!
Posted 21 years ago by qbee    [ Reply ]
Wow... I\'d hear Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, but not Jay Farrar solo... I kinda like it; --d
Posted 21 years ago by lindydallas    [ Reply ]
Is it just me or does this guy sound just like Hayden? (The singer from Toronto, not the composer...) Perhaps Bill could play \"Bad as it seems\" for a compare-and-contrast?
Posted 21 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by satellite1028: I've never heard him before... sounds good. Is this album good?
i think sebastopol is a bit of an aquired taste. i'd start with "trace" by son volt, jay's band (are they still together?). anyway, it'sa classic, and after that get their sophomore album, "straightaways." they're both outstanding.
Posted 21 years ago by downbylaw    [ Reply ]
at least bill likes SOMETHING i uploaded!
Posted 21 years ago by downbylaw    [ Reply ]