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MJ Lenderman
Season 8 Episode 6 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
MJ Lenderman from Asheville, NC
Asheville, NC, stalwart MJ Lenderman has rapidly cemented his reputation as one of America’s greatest songwriters. His country-tinged rock (and vice-versa) songs perfectly capture moments large and small that make life a heartbreaking, hilarious adventure.
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MJ Lenderman
Season 8 Episode 6 | 26m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Asheville, NC, stalwart MJ Lenderman has rapidly cemented his reputation as one of America’s greatest songwriters. His country-tinged rock (and vice-versa) songs perfectly capture moments large and small that make life a heartbreaking, hilarious adventure.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(dramatic music) (feedback humming) -(upbeat music) -(audience cheers) (upbeat music continues) ♪ You can put your clothes back on ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ No time to apologize for the things you do ♪ ♪ Go rent a Ferrari ♪ ♪ Sing the blues ♪ ♪ Believe that Clapton was the second coming ♪ (upbeat music intensifies) ♪ It falls apart ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ It gets dark ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ You said ♪ ♪ "Vegas looks beautiful at night" ♪ ♪ And it's not about the money ♪ ♪ You just like the lights ♪ ♪ Though you know what is implied ♪ ♪ When your room is free ♪ ♪ You're feeling lucky ♪ ♪ It falls apart ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ It gets dark ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ (guitar soloing) (guitar soloing) (guitar soloing) ♪ It falls apart ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ It gets dark ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ It falls apart ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ It falls apart ♪ ♪ We all got work to do ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ ♪ Leaving you ♪ ♪ She's leaving you ♪ (audience cheers) My dad always had a guitar in the house.
But I don't think he ever really played it.
And then we got Guitar Hero II.
So I got really obsessed with that.
Me and my best friend growing up, we got really good at it.
And I feel like once we kind of hit the ceiling with that, we thought maybe it would be fun to play real guitars.
And so the two of us took lessons together and played in all sorts of bands together growing up.
But, like, Ethan, he's not here tonight.
He's gonna join us in Oklahoma City.
I've been playing music with him as well since we were, like, seven.
(nostalgic music) (nostalgic music builds) ♪ Coward cutting joker lips ♪ ♪ Into a rubber mask ♪ ♪ Please don't ask how I'm doing ♪ ♪ Draining cum from hotel showers ♪ ♪ Hoping for the hours ♪ ♪ To pass a little faster ♪ (nostalgic music continues) ♪ Please don't laugh only half of what I said ♪ ♪ Was a joke ♪ ♪ Every Catholic knows ♪ ♪ He could've been Pope ♪ ♪ Kahlua shooters, DUI scooter ♪ ♪ With a rolling start on the hill ♪ ♪ 'Cause this morning's tryna kill me ♪ ♪ This morning wants to kill me ♪ ♪ And you know I love my TV ♪ ♪ But all I really wanna see ♪ ♪ Is see you need me ♪ (nostalgic music continues) ♪ Yeah, you know I love my TV ♪ ♪ But all I really wanna see ♪ ♪ Is see you need me ♪ ♪ See you need me ♪ ♪ See you need me ♪ ♪ See you need me ♪ (nostalgic music fades) (audience cheers) (audience members shouting) (instruments tuning) (upbeat music) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) ♪ So you say I've got a funny face ♪ ♪ It makes me money ♪ ♪ So you say I've wasted my life away ♪ ♪ Well I got a beach home up in Buffalo ♪ ♪ And a wristwatch that's a compass ♪ ♪ And a cell phone ♪ ♪ And a wristwatch that tells me ♪ ♪ You're all alone ♪ (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) ♪ I'd still take your amazing grace ♪ ♪ I'd give all my money ♪ ♪ I'd still take your pretty face ♪ ♪ 'Cause I got a houseboat docked at the himbo dome ♪ ♪ And a wristwatch that's a pocket knife ♪ ♪ And a megaphone ♪ ♪ And a wristwatch that tells me ♪ ♪ I'm on my own ♪ ♪ And a wristwatch that tells me ♪ ♪ I'm on my own ♪ (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music continues) (upbeat music fades) (audience cheering) Wristwatch was an important one on the album.
and, like, I was kind of in weird zone with the record.
I wasn't sure what it was, if it was, like, maybe gonna be an EP.
And then I spent, like, 10 hours on the phone one day with a good friend of mine who kind of let's me bounce ideas off a him and helps me write a lot.
When the himbo dome line came up, that made us laugh really hard.
And it was, like, kinda insane, like, maybe we shouldn't, like, put this in the song.
Like, it's kinda, it's what even is that?
But it just made us laugh so hard that we had to do it.
(laughing) (crashing music) (crashing music continues) ♪ I still have the key ♪ ♪ To your boyfriend's SUV ♪ ♪ I keep it by my bed ♪ ♪ Like a picture of you and me ♪ ♪ You caught me in my bath robe ♪ ♪ You caught me on my knees ♪ ♪ You caught me on my weekend ♪ ♪ Catchin' up on my TV ♪ ♪ My TV ♪ (crashing music continues) (crashing music continues) (crashing music continues) (crashing music continues) ♪ I still have the key ♪ (flourishing music) (flourishing music continues) (flourishing music continues) The biggest shift for me was kind of incorporating a level of fiction into my songs.
The sky's the limit with fiction.
So that's been a huge shift.
And, yeah, reading's helped a lot.
Just reading, like, you know, Southern writers, like Gary Cruz and Larry Brown are some of my favorites.
That kind of writing's also very musical and simple, in a way, finding inspiration outside of music has helped a lot.
(moody music) ♪ My brother ♪ ♪ My child ♪ ♪ My lover ♪ ♪ My friend ♪ ♪ There's a knot ♪ ♪ In my stomach ♪ ♪ Bein' pulled on ♪ ♪ Both ends ♪ ♪ To hear ♪ ♪ Of your leaving ♪ ♪ Has disturbed me ♪ ♪ So greatly ♪ (moody music intensifies) (moody music continues) ♪ If you go ♪ ♪ I'm a window ♪ ♪ Shattered into silence ♪ ♪ I will let through ♪ ♪ Starless darkness ♪ ♪ And be home ♪ ♪ for the wind ♪ ♪ I will sleep alone ♪ ♪ Eat my meals alone ♪ ♪ Brush my hair alone ♪ ♪ Watch the TV alone ♪ ♪ Take my baths alone ♪ ♪ Take my pills alone ♪ ♪ It never ends alone ♪ ♪ It never ends ♪ ♪ When you're alon5 ♪ (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) ♪ To say ♪ ♪ That I love you ♪ ♪ Is more than ♪ ♪ The truth ♪ ♪ It is ♪ ♪ Th5 drywall ♪ ♪ Supporting my roof ♪ ♪ But go ♪ ♪ If you have to ♪ ♪ If you have to ♪ ♪ Don't wanna see you ♪ ♪ I don't wanna see you ♪ ♪ I don't wanna see you ♪ ♪ I don't wanna see you again ♪ (moody music intensifies) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music softens) (moody music continues) (moody music softens) (moody music continues) ♪ If we meet up ♪ ♪ In the next land ♪ ♪ I will be your ♪ ♪ Sworn enemy ♪ ♪ I will show you ♪ ♪ No mercy ♪ ♪ I will show you ♪ ♪ No sympathy ♪ ♪ I will show you ♪ ♪ No mercy ♪ ♪ I will bring you ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ (moody music intensifies) ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ ♪ My pain ♪ (moody music crescendos) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music softens) (moody music continues) (moody music continues) (moody music fades) (audience cheering) Thank you.
G'night.


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