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mili Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 5:43 PM |
Found this interesting bit of speculation
"NEW TRAVIS ALBUM "ODE TO J. SMITH" (TBC) SUMMER 2008!"
here
http://www.funvote.com/fun/travisvote/
There was the t-shirt, lyrics...
what do you think?
And, who's J. Smith? |
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the boy with a cryptic name Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 5:54 PM |
Thanks for the info, although I'm not sure how true it is :)
I think the next thing to find out is: Who is J. Smith? I have a friend called Joe Smith, so I'm hoping it's that :)
EDIT: Try typing J Smith into google, and look at the first result. Hopefully it's not that!
EDIT 2: Have a look here!
EDIT 3: It might just be this guy's working title, but it might be the official working title: Coldplaying again |
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FranFlower Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:10 PM |
This is from one of the Wedgewood Rooms reviews:
Jimmy_Jimmy wrote: According to Fran recording starts in about 2 weeks and will be recorded live. After hearing what I heard last night it should be very good. :)
And that's all I know about the new album :P
Glad to hear they've gone back to live recording.
Fran, I saw you over at the Video Showdown thread just now, surely you must be able to spill something to us? Even if it won't make any sense to us... yet ;-)
We need something to speculate upon! |
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Nikki Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:22 PM |
Oooo very interesting find!!
When I first saw that one of the new Travis songs was titled "J. Smith" I thought about how common a name it is. Maybe J. Smith is like "John Doe"...he's the "boy with no name" if you will. Maybe he represents "the man who" or that "invisible" person out there that could be any one of us. Kind of along the lines of it's about the music and not about the people behind it.
Or I could be completely wrong, LOL! |
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mili Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:23 PM |
He's pretty interesting ;^)
http://www.apva.org/history/jsmith.html
The Amazon dude is pretty interesting possibility, too.
There's some latin in the lyrics, what does that mean?
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Nikki Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:35 PM |
Is it this guy?? Hehe.
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FranFlower Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:35 PM |
Just thought I'd post the pictures orginally from this post, incase some haven't seen the shirt and lyrics mentioned ;-)
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JohnSmith Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:46 PM |
mili wrote: Found this interesting bit of speculation
"NEW TRAVIS ALBUM "ODE TO J. SMITH" (TBC) SUMMER 2008!"
here
http://www.funvote.com/fun/travisvote/
There was the t-shirt, lyrics...
what do you think?
And, who's J. Smith?
I'm John Smith. |
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Nikki Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 6:53 PM |
FranFlower wrote: Just thought I'd post the pictures orginally from this post, incase some haven't seen the shirt and lyrics mentioned ;-)
Thanks! Ok...now who can translate that for us?!? :P |
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elodie Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:14 PM |
Nikki wrote: FranFlower wrote: Just thought I'd post the pictures orginally from this post, incase some haven't seen the shirt and lyrics mentioned ;-)
Thanks! Ok...now who can translate that for us?!? :P
well I could try... but I'm not sure about the result... latin is very difficult to translate. I'll try tonight :)
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:19 PM |
Ah! I'm intrigued.
I'm looking for my latin book right now... Which I haven't used in years! But I must try to do a translation :oP |
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FranFlower Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:29 PM |
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote: Ah! I'm intrigued.
I'm looking for my latin book right now... Which I haven't used in years! But I must try to do a translation :oP
Please do! I can understand certain words, but not the full senteces. |
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Moray Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:37 PM |
Random online translator:
to be well , honest breath to sink your now to a boundary mark. But , very deos vade to reconsider! Name nowhere to see. Carbonis upon culo upon aeternitatem. It pleases to pay a creditor vedere!
but an italian translator says:
hello , pious soul labor tuus nunc at terminal. Sed , digits deos vade rear! First name nusquam visual. Carbo un ass un aeternitatem. Afterbirth Satan view!
so who knows! |
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Lucile Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:55 PM |
I think I understand the first three sentences. Loosely translated it means something like:
Hello, pious soul
Your work is now done or Your pain is now over
But, by the gods, go away
I need to work on the last three sentences but bear with me as I haven't practised Latin in 10 years! |
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oneofthe3 Posted Sun 10 Feb, 2008 7:58 PM |
| John Smith is the most common name in the UK, I think. So I just took it as an ode to the man on the street, rather than anyone specific. |
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