I Know It's Over / Oboe Concerto

[Ryan]

I was just in the kitchen doing the dishes and got the "There's a song I can't stand and it's stuck in my head" line... well, stuck in my head.

However, I keep hearing the line "head" drawn-out like in I Know It's Over..... i.e. "Mother, I can feel, the soil... falling over my heeeeeaaaaaad".

Anyone else make that correlation sometimes? It makes the former song sound even more beautiful in my mind's ear.

 

[NealCassidy]

Why is it called Oboe Concerto? Anything more sophisticated than the fact there is an oboe playing?

 

[Ryan]

Why is it called Oboe Concerto? Anything more sophisticated than the fact there is an oboe playing?

More importantly, why was it never played live?!

 

[Detritus]

Why is it called Oboe Concerto? Anything more sophisticated than the fact there is an oboe playing?

It's actually a clarinet, giving the title a bit of (likely intentional) irony.

 

[stux]

Why is it called Oboe Concerto? Anything more sophisticated than the fact there is an oboe playing?

I don't know why it is called Oboe Concerto but that is because I always sing Death of a Disco Dancer over the top of it for some reason

 

[Anonymous]

I don't know why it is called Oboe Concerto but that is because I always sing Death of a Disco Dancer over the top of it for some reason

yeah i do the same.

 

[fredkocherpepsi]

I've always more heard the (often pointed out) similarities between that song and "Death of a Disco Dancer" but I can see a little of "I Know It's Over" too, come to think of it. I think "Oboe Concerto" is an awesome last song for the album.

 

[Orson Swells]

Why is it called Oboe Concerto? Anything more sophisticated than the fact there is an oboe playing?

I took it be a jokey reference to solo sexual pursuits! You know, a man alone... playing with his oboe.