I just realized how amazing this song really is??
I love when I discover older songs that I actually really love and never noticed before. Hmm. 
that little red caboose just starts to work that old smoke stack...
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31 posts • Started 3 years ago by malary • Latest post from malary
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Posted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK
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yeah i love this song as many of you have helped me out while going through a broken relationship stephen told me about you win, and i love it... good find though!!
peace, love, and the 6ersPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
Also i have really enjoyed: I almost missed you, sun, guitar and tamborine, oh forget i enjoy all the old ones.. lol
peace, love, and the 6ersPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
I know. They sang this in Cincy and I forgot how good this is. That's whats so great about tour- the little gems that come up when you totally aren't expecting it. This and Cradle of Family in Chicago just were icing on the cake to a great tour season for me.
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
Pretty much the greatest song ever. Has consistently been one of my favorite SK6ers songs since self-titled came out. Others come and go...this one always stays.
~ JenPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
pretty much the whole One Night in Brooklyn EP is just plain fantastic =)
-colleen-Posted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
I know. Plus, one of the songs has my name in it. Even if the song is written about "a not nice lady" (as Kit would say)- it still makes me smile.
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
yEAH THE CRADLE OF FAMILY IN CHICAGO, IS THAT WHEN EVERYONE WAS SO RUDE AND HE TOLD THE SMALL STORY ABOUT GRANDPARENTS STAYING TOGETHER FOR 50 YEARS INSTEAD OF BRAD AND ANGELINAS BS.. OH THAT WAS SUCH AN AMAZING SONG WITH SO MUCH EMOTION, CRADLE OF FAMILY IS MY FAV.. AND ITS HARD TO SAT THAT I HAVE A FAV...
peace, love, and the 6ersPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
Yeah, I felt awful about the crowd. But the guys were just so into the song that it just made me almost want to cry. It was AMAZING!!!!
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
yeah i saw it on youtube, he came to roanoke a few months ago, and it was that way the whole show he did something similar during fathers day, and i was so ashamed. who knows if he will ever come back, especially to such a small town...
peace, love, and the 6ersPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
I was at that show too. Weird venue, huh!
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
yeah really awsome to see him in my hometown though...
look me up on facebook sometime id love to chat about some shows...
take careshannon williams, roanoke va
peace, love, and the 6ersPosted 3 years ago on January 27, 2009 LINK -
I know. Plus, one of the songs has my name in it. Even if the song is written about "a not nice lady" (as Kit would say)- it still makes me smile.
yeah, i know. i still request it almost every time. i mean, it has my name in it, and i'm nice, so that negates the fact that it's about someone who isn't, right?
something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you canPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
Definitely. It made me laugh when Kit told me not to worry the song wasn't about me. Always good to know
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
the first show i ever went to, stephen said "i wish i would've known you were here, we have a song called song for sarah." i never thought about it, but what DID he mean by that?
something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you canPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
I am really only posting here because there can't be a post about YOU WIN that I am not a part of. Seriously, I know, my friends were just waiting to see me pipe up here....
--amberPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
Sarah, that's hilarious.
SarahPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
You Win really should make more appearances...one of my faves!
-elisePosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
it's making me re-evaluate my actions during the last 3 years of shows...i sure hope i'm nice.
something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you canPosted 3 years ago on January 28, 2009 LINK -
hahaha yes Amber, please tell us... how do you feel about the song You Win?
-colleen-Posted 3 years ago on January 29, 2009 LINK -
seriously the more i read these lyrics the more freaked out i get....this song was written for me?
that little red caboose just starts to work that old smoke stack...Posted 3 years ago on January 30, 2009 LINK -
I mean this in the most non-offensive way possible, but how do people not get this reaction the first time they hear the song?
From the get-go, this is/has/probably will always be/ my favorite SK6ERS song. I mean, the song should seriously but subtitled. You Win (Amber in Song-form). Colleen, Catherine---am I right or am I right?
I digress.
--amberPosted 3 years ago on January 31, 2009 LINK -
the lyric about small talk and parties is what got me. i fell in love...
something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you canPosted 3 years ago on January 31, 2009 LINK -
I mean this in the most non-offensive way possible, but how do people not get this reaction the first time they hear the song?
people are constantly changing - at least i am - and certain songs affect me differently depending on what i'm experiencing in my life at the time. when i was 10 i could relate to certain songs that i cant so much relate to anymore, and vice versa. and ive changed as a person alot in the last 3 or 4 years or so (i'm 22 - so basically from the time i graduated high school until now, when im nearly graduating college) so it makes sense that i find things in some songs now that i never saw much before.
did that make sense?
that little red caboose just starts to work that old smoke stack...Posted 3 years ago on January 31, 2009 LINK -
did that make sense?
Completely.
You'd have to know me to really get my passion for the song.
Personally, I find myself to still appreciate interesting lyrics in songs that I don't personally relate to. I played You Win for one of my friends, just because she asked to hear something from the band I'm always raving about. Someone already brought up the line about slipping into a party...she was really impressed with it. She had no personal connection to it, but still loved it----and I love a good songwriter than can make you think, even when you've never been in the situation.
--amberPosted 3 years ago on January 31, 2009 LINK -
yeah, theres definitely alot of SK songs that i dont relate to at all but i still just LOVE. such a good songwriter, though, how can you not?
that little red caboose just starts to work that old smoke stack...Posted 3 years ago on February 1, 2009 LINK -
such a good songwriter, though, how can you not?
clearly none of us can accurately answer this question...
something dies when you grow older, but you do the best you canPosted 3 years ago on February 1, 2009 LINK -
yeah, theres definitely alot of SK songs that i dont relate to at all but i still just LOVE. such a good songwriter, though, how can you not?
There's are a lot of songs, as a whole, that I can't relate to... But there's at least one line in most of his songs that I can. "Sweet Sophia", for example, is obviously not meant for anyone but, well, Sophia. But everytime he sings, "with a fierce disposition like the beat of a drum, you get hurt more than others, but you have more fun...", that line totally makes me think of just being a fan and going on tour.
Or in "I Know Why": "we could drive across the planet, I'll navigate if you pay gas, a cast of questionable characters, a troop of fools until the last...". Again, reminds me of tour and being with my friends (because now Andi calls us the Troop of Fools).
Stephen has a way with words, for sure.
--ChrissyPosted 3 years ago on February 1, 2009 LINK -
hahaha yes Amber, your love for that song is pretty much unparalleled... I think I still have the series of texts from during your discovery of the song... went from something like "this is the most amazing song I have ever heard" to "why didn't you tell me about this band SOONER?!" to confessing that "You Win" made you less apprehensive about going to the shows that I totes forced you into while I was going to visit you....
-colleen-Posted 3 years ago on February 2, 2009 LINK -
sweet sophia (according to the anthology) is generally about loving someone so much that you would die for them. obviously sk wrote it about his daughter, but i think almost everyone can relate to it.
he obviously writes about his own life alot, so no, we dont relate to it literally, but its all open enough that if you experience anything remotely the same, its so easy to relate to.
and i agree chrissy, theres at least one line in every song (well im not sure, but there probably is) that i can relate to a little when i really think about WHAT its about- not the inspiration SK got to write the song. Sk6 lyrics are just easy to relate to, moreso than any other band, for me.
that little red caboose just starts to work that old smoke stack...Posted 3 years ago on February 2, 2009 LINK
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