This song isn't humorless, but it's unusually sincere/straight for Vulf. Theo brings something totally different to Vulf, and I love it. Be The Wheel feels like a fresh direction.
Par for the course for Theo's solo stuff. I had no idea either until my cousin surprised me with some tickets to one of Theo's Be The Wheel tour shows, I got caught up on the backlog real quick after that (hands down the best show I've ever been to, basically just the -less- quirky half of Vulf going HAM with some fresh faces). I love Vulf proper, but Theo's stuff be it solo or with the band is what I come back to most. Got a voice that resonates personally with me like the great singer-songwriters of the 70's -- Paul Simon, James Taylor, Bob Dylan, Theo would fit right in.
I'm a modest 32 years of age, and I've casually listened to everything I can, from house to classical to melodic death metal to insane clown posse including my best attempt to hear the most popular things from different eras. I can say with no qualifications at all and am merely arbitrary at best, Theo Katzman is as good as it gets. Such wow, very corn.
If the TRUTH is gonna float, then the LIE is gonna sink What an powerful songwriter Theo is. Thank you Jack for capturing this and sharing it in a special light.
Theo, thank you so much for your nuggets. I'm so thankful for your music and your remarkable gifts that keep on giving. When I go through hard times in life and have problems getting stuck in my head, I always come back to "100 Years From Now" to regain perspective. One of those days happened to be last night when I listened to it. You've become like an old friend that I listen to that shakes me back into existence and brings me back online again. So-- when I opened up my RU-vid feed this morning, I was so thrilled to see this uploaded. This one is yet another gentle and beautiful lesson and therapy session for me. I think I'm gonna be OK. Cheers to you buddy. Keep doing what you do.
im always ranching corn. every evening after the corn is done grazing i get my border collie to herd up the corn to get em put back in the barn for the night. its some hard work out there i tell you but when that first cob of the year is born i tell ya it makes it all worth it. the corn truly does grow
I love it when people use as few microphones as possible, it feels really organic and live. That guitar is massive! I love the guitar part in this song. The bridge harmony is awesome, I need to go through and transcribe it. Vulf did it again!
I remember seeing him perform this in PHX and the whole crowd just had this humbled silence of "oooo shit these lyrics are hitting different" and I just had chills the whole show after that
In case you were wondering, this song is essentially getting at the concept of growth with respect to corn or in other words corn, the crop, does, indeed, grow.
Apart from perhaps the Jeff Buckley songtitle: "all flowers in time bend towards the sun".. resembling "corn does grow" I'm puzzled by this comparison? Jeff Buckley was mainly a session / cover artist right?
The corn does grow, provided the soil is suited to corn growth, water is sufficient , sunlight plentiful, temperatures are right day and night… but yeah, it’ll grow in the right conditions.