Jim O'Rourke - Peel Session

[@Spaceghostpurrpp]

halfway to a threeway on this is insane, chills.

[@joevesayaporn]

I'm so glad I got to see him live around 2000, one of the best shows I've ever been too, an amazing artist

[@lcs-1]

This version of women of the world oh my god... The outro is insane

[@GenteelCretin]

Wow, I don't know how I slept on this for so long. I love the little Max/MSP sounding outros for the second and third tracks; there's a hint of "I'm Happy and I'm Singing..." to those bubbling little collages of sound.

[@ragingbullfrogs]

what a prophetic songwriter

[@telepoet]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Cutler

[@asdu4412]

Prophetic? If you're referring to Women of the World, that's Ivor Cutler's song, not O'Rourke's. If you're referring to Halfway to a Threeway... I don't want to know what's prophetic about that one lol

[@scouthanamura2380]

@@asdu4412 😂😭😭

[@carlcruysberghs2298]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DKP4]

Thanks buddy, this is magnificent

[@sanchopanzam8]

Just...WOW!

[@yuukiiwamoto335]

Wonderful

[@jairlaiter6679]

Hey once I heard the most beautiful live set where Jim started out with a sample of That super famous intro guitar by Tracy Chapman. He then proceeded to add harmonies with piano and electronics and just sublimate the simple guitar sample in a similar manner to the outro here. Does anybody know if that is recorded? What a miss if not. It has been on my mind for about twenty years.

[@michaelmusicworldwide]

look up jim o rourke fast car. its on youtube

[@demonssinglosongs]

yeah it’s pretty widely regarded as the holy grail of jim o rourke content

[@petertaylorarts]

Women of the World is so glorious. I just wish it would work. Bless you Jim you lovely Man x

[@czukone]

Beautiful

[@lojun4932]

i could listen to Little Island Walking's tail forever

[@purplepapers]

Thanks oodles for this!

[@sauloborges8562]

Bom demais

[@gash9859]

this would be the most wholesome EP ever made if it werent for the first somg, either way love this EP

[@nopeteys2424]

God he’s just got so many awesome riffs. Also does anyone know what the lyrics to halfway to a three way are actually about? They’re so weird and creepy and then the last line is about pulling life support and seeing someone drift away and die, hard to figure out what he’s trying to say.

[@somb0]

people will argue it means something but i think it’s just jim’s misanthropic black sense of humor. it’s about sexually assaulting disabled women, some that are on life support, with “halfway to a three way” insinuating that being disabled makes you half a person. it’s meant to contrast the pretty ass guitar work he’s doing imo

[@joevsjoes1799]

Death and someone else

[@asdu4412]

@@somb0 "“halfway to a three way” insinuating that being disabled makes you half a person". As in, Jim plus the disabled woman makes one and a half persons, so he's missing another person and a half (i.e. a "full" person plus another disabled one or three disabled ones) to achieve the threeway? Nah, man, I don't think that's how the math is supposed to work out. You're always there for your own threeways, so you don't count that. You only care about the two others. You get one, you're halfway to the threeway.

[@somb0]

@@asdu4412 you right i obviously don’t understand math lmao

[@demonssinglosongs]

@@asdu4412i dont really think thats how the joke is supposed to work lol

[@adammmmm2756]

"I used to have none, Now with you I've got one. If I can add just one more, Then you'll know what your in for." Jim explains his calculations in the lyrics pretty clearly. Also that he says "for" on the fourth line of the song is kinda witty even if it wasn't intentional. But yeah, I reckon the song is about a guy trying to have a threeway but everytime he tries to arrange it, the unwillingness, illnesses or death of the potential third participant gets in the way of him fulfilling his fantasy. It's a dark tounge in cheek satire highlighting how some folks see others as props in their own fetishs without any consideration as to their consent or wellbeing. The last verse even seems to indicate that the life support is being cut off quickly so that he may continue his quest for that elusive third threeway participant. That's just my interpretation. I'm probably wrong and it's really about the structure of hierarchies being intrinsically pyramid like or something or rather. I don't know. Good song though.

[@bryonguernsey9794]

I remember this one from Napster days … this is a different version. Live ?

[@jairlaiter6679]

Is there a difference between the version here and Eureka's? I find only the ending is sublimely extended but in every other way it sounds the same.

[@sunnshinerecorder8945]

Yes, both Little Island and Women... are the album versions with a lot of twists/mashups with other tracks (for instance, Women of the World has the Eureka outro).

[@stusis]

#2020

[@TheDudezer]

Does anyone know the title of the track, if it is a track, that begins at 3:06 and is just acoustic without lyrics and ends around 12:00? Anyone?

[@sunnshinerecorder8945]

It's in the description. Track's called "Little Island Walking", it's a japanese bonus track from Eureka.

[@TheDudezer]

thanks is there anywhere on here on youtube that just has that bonus track ?

[@ramirry]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHPPq557r7SNrJo

[@MattSmith-nc9ud]

Its Halfway To A Threeway.....

[@somedrugaddict8660]

Are you serious lol

[@danpereyra2165]

Yes, it has teeth.