Kanga Roo
Cover of A. Chilton
Live Released
Cover of A. Chilton
Live Released
| Lyrics: I first saw you You had on blue jeans Your eyes couldn't hide anything I saw you breathing, oh I saw you staring out in space I next saw you You were at the party Thought you was a queen Oh so flirty I came against... Didn't say excuse Knew what i was doing We looked very fine as we were leaving as we were making what we were making Oh... Saint Joan doing a cool jerk Oh I want you like a kangaroo, oh... Yes, yes, yes, yes, oh oh... | Notes: Jeff played this Big Star song in virtually all his shows, although his lyrics changed significantly from show to show, and even from the original text. Beck has also been known to cover this song. 'Why, wasn't he [Alex Chilton] everybody's hero? You know how Alex was at the time? Complete mental breakdown in the studio. Absolutely. I cry every time I hear it. It's so simple. It blows away everything I'll ever do.' -- Jeff Buckley (Aidin Vaziri Interview) 'I did that one [Kanga Roo] because after this album, no more covers. It's a personal growth issue I had with why I wanted to do things this way. And I suppose that people will want to request things in the future but I won't want to do them. But 'Kangaroo' came about because Sony wanted two B-sides for some reason. So I produced two songs live in the studio with the band. On of them was 'So Real' which is on the album actually, it was too good to be a B side - the other thing was 'Kangaroo.' Micky and I bonded over 'Kangaroo' a long time ago. We were just playing at rehearsal and I kept on playing that guitar motif. So we ended up doing it. And I wanted Sony to have a fourteen minute piece so they would be satisfied.' -- Jeff Buckley (Kylie Buddin, You Could Do Worse Zine #3) |