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Michael Penn — No Myth
Album: March
Avg rating:
7.2

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Released: 1988
Length: 4:06
Plays (last 30 days): 1
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So, she says it's time she goes
But wanted to be sure I know
She hopes we can be friends
I think, yeah, I guess we can say I
But didn't think to ask her why
She blocked her eyes and drew the curtains
With knots I've got yet to untie

What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with

See, it was just too soon to tell
And looking for some parallel
Can be an endless game
We, we said goodbye before hello
My secrets she will never know
And if I dig a hole to China
I'll catch the first junk to Soho

What if I were Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with

Sometime from now you'll bow to pressure
Some things in life you cannot measure by degrees
I'm between the poles and the equator
Don't send no private investigator to find me please
'Less he speaks Chinese
And can dance like Astaire overseas
Okay

What if I was
So, what if I was
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with

What if I was Romeo in black jeans
What if I was Heathcliff, it's no myth
Maybe she's just looking for
Someone to dance with
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I did think it was Neil Finn. Nice rhythm guitar.
Posted 9 months ago by RodneyAjax    [ Reply ]
So Crowded House-ly sincere. Sticky with sincerity.
Posted 11 months ago by ciarataylor    [ Reply ]
i was just thinking that this would sound great right after the kinks' sunny afternoon and lo and behold! it's playing!
Posted 11 months ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I've always loved this song for its delightfully insightful Neil Finnishness, and I find that it sounds as good to me now as ever. RP rocks


Neil Finnishness. Nailed it!
Posted 1 year ago by bimmerfan739    [ Reply ]
 choiceimage wrote:

Am I understanding this correctly that this is the first time Bill has played this song?


Can't say it's the first time, but there 2 versions of this song from this album.
One accoutsic, this is the  other version.  Both of which I like.
Posted 1 year ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 fritzler.mark617 wrote:

Makes my wife dance in the kitchen. Good for us both..



....This can be interpreted in so many ways.....
Posted 1 year ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 virwill7 wrote:

Damn, Bill. This is Top 40 la la music. 

the album was fairly tight, so was he is follow up

Posted 2 years ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Damn, Bill. This is Top 40 la la music. 
Posted 2 years ago by virwill7    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:

I've always loved this song for its delightfully insightful Neil Finnish-ness, and I find that it sounds as good to me now as ever. RP rocks




I've heard this so many times on Radio Paradise and have always assumed it was Neil Finn, now I need to look into this Micahel Penn fella!
Posted 2 years ago by acamon    [ Reply ]
One of those songs that there should be an 11 rating for.
Posted 3 years ago by reallylost    [ Reply ]
Hey, I remember this one!! It's Romeo in black jeans!
Posted 3 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
Someone with whom to dance?
Posted 3 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
He's a smidge more than a one-hit wonder, but if you had only one hit you'd be hard pressed to do better than this.
Posted 3 years ago by dwlangham    [ Reply ]
A really good song with a hook that stretches its tenticals around me. Lyrics have personal significance that take this song to an 8 for me.
Posted 4 years ago by spacemanspiff    [ Reply ]
Makes my wife dance in the kitchen. Good for us both..
Posted 5 years ago by fritzler.mark617    [ Reply ]
I Will Follow You into the Dark to this. I see what you did there, Bill. Nice juxtaposition. 
Posted 6 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
Still good. Is he still married to Aimee?
Posted 6 years ago by Dragonfly_Launch    [ Reply ]
I've always loved this song for its delightfully insightful Neil Finnishness, and I find that it sounds as good to me now as ever. RP rocks
Posted 6 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 hencini wrote:
There's an acoustic version of this that Bill has played before. Absolutely tremendous. A rare ten from me. This version isn't bad— just not nearly as good. 

 
I agree. I'm not liking this version as much.
Posted 7 years ago by shakylegs    [ Reply ]
 melzabutch wrote:
The Penn family
Image result for the penn family
 

 
You forgot this guy:
wm penn  
Posted 7 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 coloradojohn wrote:
Always loved this! Seems to be in a Neil Finn/ Crowded House vein; very clever, heartbreaking sentiments set to brilliant catchy music!

 
Just what I was thinking...
Posted 7 years ago by davidf    [ Reply ]
He can sound so Lennon-McCartney with a soul all his own.
He burst out with this. Never forget it.
Posted 7 years ago by gjeeg    [ Reply ]
The Penn family
Image result for the penn family
 
Posted 7 years ago by melzabutch    [ Reply ]
When I was little, I thought this was George Harrison. Oh well.... 
Posted 8 years ago by guthrieandme    [ Reply ]
{#Jump}
Posted 8 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
Always loved this! Seems to be in a Neil Finn/ Crowded House vein; very clever, heartbreaking sentiments set to brilliant catchy music!
Posted 9 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
There's an acoustic version of this that Bill has played before. Absolutely tremendous. A rare ten from me. This version isn't bad-- just not nearly as good. 
Posted 10 years ago by hencini    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
Yuck.
Posted 10 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
This is easily 100 times better than the live version I've heard played around here.
Posted 10 years ago by aaronm    [ Reply ]
{#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by shellbella    [ Reply ]

Never gets old! 


Posted 10 years ago by Baketown    [ Reply ]
I was listening to "Coming Up Close" by Aimee Mann (Penn's wife) and thinking that it had been a long time since I'd heard this. Thanks for the check-in, Bill.
Posted 11 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
B R I L L I A N T   P O P 
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
wow. i uploaded this years ago and it was accepted then. i wonder, is this a different version/release?
Posted 11 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Just lovely.  A bit naff to be sure, but just lovely.
Posted 11 years ago by symthy    [ Reply ]
Gotta say that after having been on the shelf burried in dust, this sounds very nice.
Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Between Michael Penn and Aimee Mann there is lots of good songwriting.
 
Sure Aimee is light years beyond from Penn's !
Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
This was so overplayed on commercial rotation when it was released, and even for years afterwards.  Not having heard this version in a while, it did get my foot tapping.  
Posted 12 years ago by ansugon    [ Reply ]
The quieter version is interesting but this is better overall. Jim Keltner's drums really pop.
Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Sounds a lot like Crowded House.  Haven't heard this in a while, nice.
Posted 12 years ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 choiceimage wrote:
Am I understanding this correctly that this is the first time Bill has played this song?
 
he usually plays the other version.

Posted 12 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
 choiceimage wrote:
Am I understanding this correctly that this is the first time Bill has played this song?
 

He's been playing the acoustic version.
Posted 12 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Between Michael Penn and Aimee Mann there is lots of good songwriting.
Posted 12 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
Am I understanding this correctly that this is the first time Bill has played this song?
Posted 12 years ago by choiceimage    [ Reply ]