by Poor Old Lu on album A Picture of the Eighth Wonder

Definitely not the usual way to start an album, but by this time we were doing things our own way, and not for booming record sales. The song was written as is (long intro and all), but the decision t

by Poor Old Lu on album Chrono (1993-1998)

As one of the successful singles off of 'Sin', 'Where Were All Of You' may be one of the most representative songs of what Poor Old Lu's sound is like. Aggressive. Dreamy. Deep. Poppy. Something like

by Poor Old Lu on album Sin

Perhaps our song with the highest "twang factor", Hope For Always was consistently a good concert song. Maybe it was the very fast tempo, the praise-ful "cry" in the lyrics, or the western theme. Who

by Poor Old Lu on album Sin

Arguably the most popular Lu song - at least in concert. 'My World Falls Down' was always a slight notch up in the 'distortion' department than most of our stuff, but still fit very well. The beauty o

by Poor Old Lu on album Mindsize

This song was one of the tracks that had some arrangement changes between the demo versions and the version that ended up on Mindsize. It was for the better, I think. In retrospect, this is one of my

by Poor Old Lu on album Mindsize & Sin

This song was one of the tracks that had some arrangement changes between the demo versions and the version that ended up on Mindsize. It was for the better, I think. In retrospect, this is one of my

by Poor Old Lu on album In Their Final Performance

Always one of our more popular songs. I suppose that is because it features our long-time friend, Jeremy Enigk, who also sings with Sunny Day Real Estate. Aaron, Nick, Jeremy and I played together ear

by Poor Old Lu on album A Picture of the Eighth Wonder

Certainly one of the most haunting, melodic songs that we ever wrote. I was personally completely taken by it the very first time that I heard the music, and I couldn't wait to write lyrics. The title

by Poor Old Lu on album Sin

This song offended some. Not the music, of course, but the title and lyrics. The notion of "I Am No Good" is not particularly popular in a society where we are constantly told to "believe in ourselves

by Baba Brinkman on album Rapconteur

In Kalevala the main man's name was Väinämöinen His fame was growing in the creation of strange noises He trained his voice mainly for the sake of enjoyment And sang poignant verses without g

by Poor Old Lu on album A Picture of the Eighth Wonder

The last song on '8th Wonder', it was intended to be such -- a last song. Was it intended to be the "final" track for Poor Old Lu? Who knows. It was, however, a good way to end the album. If I had my

by Poor Old Lu on album Straight Six

Of all the Poor Old Lu songs to show up on Napster in great number, this one did. I always found that strange until I heard that there was also a band called Slipknot. I can only imagine all those peo

by Poor Old Lu on album Mindsize & Sin

As one of the last songs written for Mindsize, we chose to put it as the first song that many people would ever hear of us. It also became our very first "official" single, being packaged with Mortal'

by Poor Old Lu on album A Picture of the Eighth Wonder

As I look back, 'Receive' is one of the most complete and well-rounded songs we had. Unfortunately, we only played a handful of shows after "8th Wonder" was released, so it never became a huge concert

by Poor Old Lu on album Sin

It seems that every Lu album had at least one "upbeat and funky" track. "Bliss" is one of those. Though we were never known to be a funk band, we did seem to have an edge where that style could be fou

by Poor Old Lu on album Sin

in my money, i was at home to the beggar, i was so cold in my pockets, all that i could hold as i left here, this was all i was told... well, i get a dime for all of my good a nickel for all that i c

by Poor Old Lu on album Mindsize

This song never really went anywhere. Definitely the song that no one could remember the name of, it didn't accomplish a whole lot. Lyrically, this song is obviously a farce. Taking 'selfism' and put

by Poor Old Lu on album Miscellaneous

One of the more peculiar things we've done is in this song. We always liked the bridge of our song 'Never Said', from our 1992 release Star-Studded-Super-Step, so we decided to use it a

by Poor Old Lu on album A Picture Of The Eighth Wonder

Choices cloud my head again Wrapped up in myself instead And if I fall this time Will it be the last time For this crime And anger has more of my soul Than I ever wished it would hold And as I let it

by Poor Old Lu on album The Waiting Room

There are a million things That want the best of me Now my head is spinning And back and forth, I weave It all looks the same to me Is it good or bad? But I read that the truth Shall set me free So