Comments on: Brother Brigham Brother Young

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:31:55 +0000

Oh, I just mean his parents were inactive and he’s never been baptized or anything like that. Mormon by history and relationships, not by belief.

‘There’s the Mormons and the drinkers and the Mormons who drink/Pay attention brother ’cause it’s different than you think/My ma says there’s some who don’t believe in neither/But I ain’t met ‘em yet and my pa ain’t neither’

James, if you think those are rough lyrics, I’ve got whole areas of country to introduce you to.

By: MH

MH — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:21:37 +0000

Yes, I have to say I don’t think this will be making the Billboard Top 100 songs.

By: hawkgrrrl

hawkgrrrl — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:56:50 +0000

My first reaction (the business person in me) was “Who is the target audience for this music?” (based on content of lyrics, not the music itself).

In answer to the question about the accuracy of the portrayal of someone in BY’s time, I’m with Rico – it relies on stereotypes based on our modern sensibilities. The culture of honor which resulted in “Danites” is something we view as crazy vigilante stuff, but was much more a part of frontier thinking. Also, the first person in the song sounds like your run-of-the-mill “bad boy,” not someone who was a leader in the church at least for a time (which would have been necessary to be eligible for multiple wives under BY’s regime). Doesn’t seem like the character is consistent throughout. As far as believing the things BY said that were beyond all reason – I don’t think most members living in BY’s time felt that way. They were from a totally different era, living in an isolated place. It’s far more likely that most accepted his theories.

By: Rico

Rico — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:18:55 +0000

I read this through when it went up but I did not know what to say. Having had a few days to think about it I think I can say that I do not like it. I might like the song but have not listened to it, and I can sense that the tight rhythm is well worked out. The reason I don’t like it very much is that it seems to me that rather than having a member of his family that is a historian buff this has been written using the most basic stereotypes available to anyone about the Church. I guess it is this lack of complexity that I find a little uninspiring.

I think James is right that people did have struggles with their faith, perhaps similar to us today, during brother brighams time. But this is not the song that expresses that.

By: James

James — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:06:00 +0000

Thanks Brett

“He’s a black sheep of black sheep. ” What makes you say that is it his punk stuff.
I went to the lyrics of family reuninon those are very rough lyrics- I can see where his punk stuff could make him the black sheep.

By: Brett

Brett — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:10:19 +0000

He’s a black sheep of black sheep, and with a name like “Lund” he’s got some great LDS history in his family.

Check out ‘Family Reunion’ and ‘No Roads Here’ for more Mormon references.

Corb had one of the best punk bands of the 80′s and 90′s in western Canada, The Smalls.

“Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier” is my personal favorite of all of his albums.