Bob Schneider — Flowerparts
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Tell me how do you make a superman?
With courage and a steady hand,
Conviction and a damn good attitude,
Spiritual and moral fortitude?
But don't forget the flowerparts
A soft touch and an open heart.
A rainbow and some empathy.
Compassion and sympathy.
Don't forget the, 'I love you''s,
Oh, and, 'I forgive you''s too.
It's the little things that separate
The good from the great.
So tell me how do you make a superman?
With honesty, and discipline,
Endurance and stamina,
An icy stare, a steely jaw?
But don't forget the flowerparts
A soft touch and a bleeding heart,
A rainbow and some empathy.
Compassion and sympathy.
Don't forget the, 'I love you''s,
Oh, and, 'I forgive you''s too.
It's the little things that separate
The good from the great.
The good from the great
The good from the great
The good from the great
It's the little things
It's the little things
Yeah, it's the little things
That separate
The good from the great.
With courage and a steady hand,
Conviction and a damn good attitude,
Spiritual and moral fortitude?
But don't forget the flowerparts
A soft touch and an open heart.
A rainbow and some empathy.
Compassion and sympathy.
Don't forget the, 'I love you''s,
Oh, and, 'I forgive you''s too.
It's the little things that separate
The good from the great.
So tell me how do you make a superman?
With honesty, and discipline,
Endurance and stamina,
An icy stare, a steely jaw?
But don't forget the flowerparts
A soft touch and a bleeding heart,
A rainbow and some empathy.
Compassion and sympathy.
Don't forget the, 'I love you''s,
Oh, and, 'I forgive you''s too.
It's the little things that separate
The good from the great.
The good from the great
The good from the great
The good from the great
It's the little things
It's the little things
Yeah, it's the little things
That separate
The good from the great.
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Flowerparts is a great song, but not Bob's best. Try Mudhouse, Big Blue Sea, Long Way, I'm Good Now, Gold In The Sunset, Round and Round. Bob is still better than 95% of what is out there
It's the little things that separate
The good from the great.
The good from the great.
MrStatenIsle wrote:
Ha! I thought the same thing.
"...with or without you, with or without you."
Ha! I thought the same thing.
schrodingersdog wrote:
His recordings don't capture how awesome his songs are live. Plus, this isn't one of his better songs.
Generic sounding pop music if you ask me. Not a fan of the Schneidster.
His recordings don't capture how awesome his songs are live. Plus, this isn't one of his better songs.
cherinoel wrote:
Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego? This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians. Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO). BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump. He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap. So, what's to be so grouchy about? Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion!
I'd heard the grouchy, egocentric stuff too. But Bob rescued me from the unwanted advances of a drunk admirer twice my age in the parking lot at a show and was quite personable.
Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego? This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians. Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO). BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump. He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap. So, what's to be so grouchy about? Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion!
I'd heard the grouchy, egocentric stuff too. But Bob rescued me from the unwanted advances of a drunk admirer twice my age in the parking lot at a show and was quite personable.
Excelsior wrote:
Has any good music come out of Austin? Bob Schneider, Janis Joplin, Okkervil River, James McMurtry, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, all mediocre to worthless... ok, at least they have (well, had) Stevie Ray Vaughan to redeem themselves as a city.
That's a pretty dead on list of fantastic music produced by my adopted city. I'd add some lesser knowns, like the Gourds, Grupo Fantasma, and White Ghost Shivers, as well as some more recent bands like Spoon. Oh, and Robert Earl Keen.
(Although....I suppose I shouldn't feed trolls.)
Has any good music come out of Austin? Bob Schneider, Janis Joplin, Okkervil River, James McMurtry, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, all mediocre to worthless... ok, at least they have (well, had) Stevie Ray Vaughan to redeem themselves as a city.
That's a pretty dead on list of fantastic music produced by my adopted city. I'd add some lesser knowns, like the Gourds, Grupo Fantasma, and White Ghost Shivers, as well as some more recent bands like Spoon. Oh, and Robert Earl Keen.
(Although....I suppose I shouldn't feed trolls.)
cherinoel wrote:
Has any good music come out of Austin? Bob Schneider, Janis Joplin, Okkervil River, James McMurtry, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, all mediocre to worthless... ok, at least they have (well, had) Stevie Ray Vaughan to redeem themselves as a city.
Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego? This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians. Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO). BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump. He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap. So, what's to be so grouchy about? Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion!
Has any good music come out of Austin? Bob Schneider, Janis Joplin, Okkervil River, James McMurtry, Lucinda Williams, Iron and Wine, all mediocre to worthless... ok, at least they have (well, had) Stevie Ray Vaughan to redeem themselves as a city.
Al_Koholic wrote:
Rumors? Do tell...
Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego? This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians. Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO). BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump. He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap. So, what's to be so grouchy about? Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion!
Rumors? Do tell...
Oh, I hate to talk bad about a local boy (or gurl)....Bob is just kinda grouchy and egocentric....what are the odds you'd have a grouchy musician from Austin, TX that's got a big ego? This pretty much describes everyone; even the non-musicians. Bob's 'fame' is interesting....he is played as background on groovy TV shows, has a huge local following, has nation-wide (if not world-wide) groovy radio station airplay for some of his songs, and is even on Radio Paradise!! (wish Bill would play something else — he actually has some good songs IMHO). BUT - he's never made it over that fame hump. He still plays the Saxon Pub almost weekly in Austin where you can be quite entertained by he and his cronies for cheap. So, what's to be so grouchy about? Maybe he's still bummed he and Sandra Bullock broke up....nah....he's just a normal musician in my opinion!
a bit whiney.
The only way someone could give this a 10 is if it had sentimental value. Personally, I give it a 3.
cherinoel wrote:
Rumors? Do tell...
I can't believe no one has mentioned it sounds like "I am the eye in the sky" by Alan Parson's Project! I like it anyway...I like Bob despite the rumors.........
Rumors? Do tell...
cherinoel wrote:
That's it, I knew it reminded me of something but couldn't place it.
I can't believe no one has mentioned it sounds like "I am the eye in the sky" by Alan Parson's Project! I like it anyway...I like Bob despite the rumors.........
That's it, I knew it reminded me of something but couldn't place it.
I can't believe no one has mentioned it sounds like "I am the eye in the sky" by Alan Parson's Project! I like it anyway...I like Bob despite the rumors.........
Step 1: Co-opt "With or Without You" chord progression.
Step 2: Add your own hackneyed lyrics and lousy singing.
Step 3: Profit!
Decent, but I find many of his other songs much more interesting.
. . . don't forget the boring parts. . .
Boring, generic, repetitive.
Generic sounding pop music if you ask me. Not a fan of the Schneidster.
Oh...C'mon the cover is a masterpiece!!!!
pkimbrel wrote:
... which is a complete musical rip-off of Pachelbel's 'Canon in D'.
Nothing's original.
Thanks for inspiring a search... Found Jon Schmidt's Pachebel Meets U2 which is a complete rip-off of both.
I like this song, BTW. Starting at a 7.
I like this song.
A remarkable one in 2007.
nookie wrote:
...but then...
a complete musical rip-off from: U2 - with or without you
... which is a complete musical rip-off of Pachelbel's 'Canon in D'.
Nothing's original.
Sounds like the chord progression from Bush's "Glycerine."
"...with or without you, with or without you."
...but then...
a complete musical rip-off from: U2 - with or without you
for a moment i thought this could be lenny kravitz...
but then....
I don't know what this song is about, but it isn't botany.
Well, it's running through my head, now.
This song has been running through my head all day for some reason.
I just saw his show at the Saxon Pub just over two weeks ago. It was a great show. He was in a good mood (got to talk to him after the show). And his banter with the crowd and the rest of the band is really funny. If we still had variety shows on TV, he should have one.
crinky wrote:
Yea, a little sleepy, I agree.
ryuujin23 wrote:
Ahh... the softer side of Bobby.Nothing wrong in the message projected.
I wish Bill would play one (or more) of the 5 cuts he has in the library off of Lonelyland... I find it more consistently good than Schneider's newer stuff....
Getting better
Horrible repeating of segments.
I assumed it was U2 
Whether you think this song is too sappy, or too teenager music like, or even too much of a U2 rip off...
Bottom line is that it makes me happy inside (deep down) and isn't that what all good music does? Besides, weren't we all teenagers once?
Play it again Bill... Ha!! 
mandolin wrote:
...shades of rob paravonian's pachelbel, but this motif has a respectable enough lineage that i can't fault bob for building a song around it...
If he actually did anything with it, I wouldn't fault him either. But since he is apparently coming from the Lenny Kravitz Institute of Songwriting © on this one, and seems to think he's the shiz, I can't give it more than a Ho-Hum.
membeth wrote:
Yay! Bob! Not his best song (the dirty ones are far far better), but it's quite good. And if you ever get the chance to see him live, do it. He is fantastic.
First time seeing him live was at Saxon Pub (yup - Austin, TX), which rocked.
Just caught him here in Indy at "Music Mill", which used to be Discovery Zone. Think McDonalds indoor play area on steroids. lol
No trace of chutes, ladders and little colored plastic balls, but the set was great.
whoever was asking for a set list of superman songs, I didnt know I couldnt save private messages, please post back so I can get your email again :)
membeth wrote:
Yay! Bob! Not his best song (the dirty ones are far far better), but it's quite good. And if you ever get the chance to see him live, do it. He is fantastic.
I saw him at SxSW once and he intoned "I wrote this really beautiful song..." before starting to play...my pal and I looked at each other, and started patting ourselves on the back and laughing at his lack of modesty. Decent set though, but hard to hear due to the chitchat of the 'Laminate-people'...Industry types using live music as the background tape to their cocktail party... not that I'm bitter or jealous or anything...
total ripoff of U2's "With or Without You"
atleast as far as chord progression goes. It's to a T.
canadianbug wrote:
bob is coming for two shows this weekend!
argh! i totally missed that!
Yay! Bob! Not his best song (the dirty ones are far far better), but it's quite good. And if you ever get the chance to see him live, do it. He is fantastic.
bob is coming for two shows this weekend!
Generic. Forgettable.
sirrus wrote:
Aha, followed up by U2; someone else hears what I hear...
...shades of rob paravonian's pachelbel, but this motif has a respectable enough lineage that i can't fault bob for building a song around it...
Seriously?
This is just the same 4 chords that every pre-adolescent, aspiring rockstar first "learn" on their guitar. And uh. That's it.
Oh and he sings, too.
I like this
...
except for the flower parts
its just a wee bit
..
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
More teen music on RP! Blahhh
Not all teen music is bad.
Sorry to always be so derivative...product of too many years listening. But this really sounds like a cross between Bob Mould/Husker Du and Outfield. Cool sound, to my ears. Likeable anyway.
kcar wrote:
You should listen to WoWY again. The bass line on that song is slower than on this song.
The songs have some similarity in the drumming, but that's about it.
If at least 3 people hear the similarity and mentioned it maybe there's something to it.
Yowsah!
Like this!
This guys pretty cool. I tried not to like him cause of the air guitar album cover and the other song thats getting airplay about having some f****** fun(sounds like a fist pumping frat boy song, which just makes me just want to get drunk and start a fight with a frat boy,and well, theres no point in that and they've got better lawyers anyway. Besides,I'm trying to be mellow)
He was a gas in The Benchwarmers.
redeyespy wrote: 
Well I reckon this one ain't bad. Mmmmmm hmmmm.
LMSO phunny!
Well I reckon this one ain't bad. Mmmmmm hmmmm.yay
another superman reference song for my bf's personal compilation
thanks!
cc_rider wrote:
Used to see him at The Saxon Pub when there were maybe ten people in there. He still plays most Mondays. Great performer and songwriter. Kind of a jerk in person, but hey, who isn't?
I'd love to hear some of his old stuff from Joe Rockhead, The Ugly Americans, The Scabs, and his new stuff with Bluegrass Massacree.
c.
Oh yeah, I remember too -- he's 100% butt. I always wondered what Sandra Bullock (sp?) saw in him...
bryan has sex with bob
He was great as Deuce Bigelow.
Doesn't look like him at all
Well I reckon this one ain't bad. Mmmmmm hmmmm.
Wow, what a cool tune!
8.
fpduffer wrote:
I hear the bass line to 'With or Without You'...
You should listen to WoWY again. The bass line on that song is slower than on this song.
The songs have some similarity in the drumming, but that's about it.
i like his dirty stuff better, but this isn't so bad.
Used to see him at The Saxon Pub when there were maybe ten people in there. He still plays most Mondays. Great performer and songwriter. Kind of a jerk in person, but hey, who isn't?
I'd love to hear some of his old stuff from Joe Rockhead, The Ugly Americans, The Scabs, and his new stuff with Bluegrass Massacree.
c.
MissAmy wrote:
Hey Bill, do you ever play anything off of "Lonelyland"? That's his best album, IMHO.
I concur...
They should pay more attention to the "little things" a bit more detail in the drums would be nice.
Daniel_Pittenger wrote:
More teen music on RP! Blahhh
Soon to be heard on Smallville, no doubt.
I just saw this guy a few weeks ago - holy cow he puts on an awesome show!! A little bit of everything all rolled into one. Good times... 
MrStatenIsle wrote:
Aha, followed up by U2; someone else hears what I hear...
I hear the bass line to 'With or Without You'...
MrStatenIsle wrote:
"I can't live... with or without you..."
omg its true!
Hey Bill, do you ever play anything off of "Lonelyland"? That's his best album, IMHO.
More teen music on RP! Blahhh
Jacksonstat wrote:
I don't get the cover either. And I just noticed there's a little chair under this bum. Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune!
There's a chair there. Look closer.
Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune! I keep seeing this guy on the playlist so I know I'm hearing him,but it's doesn't stick.
Aha, followed up by U2; someone else hears what I hear...
Jacksonstat wrote:
I don't get the cover either. And I just noticed there's a little chair under this bum. Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune!
Isn't that Napolean Dynamite? Gosh!
Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune!"I can't live... with or without you..."
Bocephus wrote: Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune!
I'm just trying to figure out what the cover image is. Some retarded-looking guy floating in the air playing air guitar?
I don't get the cover either. And I just noticed there's a little chair under this bum. Nope, don't get it, but I still dig the tune!
sounded OK, then the sound of velveeta filled my ears
Jacksonstat wrote:
Started out a 6, but then I found myself rewinding for a second, and then third listen. Now it's an 8.
I'm just trying to figure out what the cover image is. Some retarded-looking guy floating in the air playing air guitar?
Bocephus wrote:
Is this the same guy that writes all the songs with the really dirty lyrics?
It sure is....He's an amazing songwriter in my opinion.
I just saw him live last month for the first time...I'll definitly be more than happy to see another show! I'm not wild about this newest album though, this particular tune is ok...His album "I'm Good Now" and his live shows is where its at...he does a lot live that isn't on any albums.
Started out a 6, but then I found myself rewinding for a second, and then third listen. Now it's an 8.
It is the same guy with the dirty lyrics. He has a great range of songs. I even like some of the dirty ones!
Self-prophetic it's good.. 5.
Not bad at all. Like the lyrics.
Is this the same guy that writes all the songs with the really dirty lyrics?