This song makes me miss those mad years, and think maybe the meds and the 12 hour job and the mortgage and stability are more of a noose. Strange the power of a good three minute melody. Great tune!
@@kyle8769 Yeah, lots of people who grow up here move away...and many come back after a few years. At the same time, many people from all over the world come here for the University of Illinois--then stay.
I've never lived in Champaign, Il. But I'm pretty sure I've driven through there more than once during family trips --- when we moved to the middle of the country from way back in New England. I live in South Florida now. Despite what all the brochures will sell you, this isn't heaven. Pretty far from it. I'm not sure that I will end up in heaven when I die. But I'd take Champaign, Illinois anyday over this.
I live in Champaign. Never knew there were two songs about it lol. It's not a bad place and it's growing more and more so there's no shortage of things to do if you know where to look. It's also very beautiful every other season but winter.
Winter's not so bad...when there's plenty of snow on the ground, and you go to the right places, there's real beauty. I just hate the fact that the jet stream drifted from around Kankakee, to somewhere south of us now. Makes my bamboo very unhappy...I'd expected it to be two or three times as tall by now, but hitting sub-zero temps every year really screws it up.
Lived my life there until I moved away at age 24. This song resonates through the four decades since and right back to the haze, fog, and visions of youth filled with dubious decisions and escapist dreams. Instant recognition. We'll look for ya at the Alley Cat or maybe the Rose Bowl.
Alley Cat, Rose Bowl or Ruby Gulch? Saw some greats there - Hartford, NewGrass Revival (12 times), Asleep at the Wheel, Utah Phillips, Pat Burton & Spencer Sorenson....
Neat song. Was there one time, on a high school field trip to visit the U of I. They gave out free ice cream cones to us at the cafeteria. My one and only memory of Champagne Illinois was at least a good one!
@@TheEudaemonicPlague Correct, I've misspelled that name many times and have looked it up as many. It's just one of those mental blocks that doesn't easily correct itself I guess. I seldom bother correcting others misspellings though, but whatever makes you happy as your nym seems to imply.
I dont remember how.. but I moved to Champaign for two years from Arizona in 2014.. buddy and I basically threw a dart at the map n that's where we went
I received your letter yesterday about the time the doorknob broke When you asked me how I was doing, is that some kind of joke? The Bob Dylan song you mentioned? Yeah, I know it, it's quote long, I had to rearrange the lyrics and put another name on the song. Right now I can't sing too good, don't send me no more letters boy, Not unless you mail them from Champaign, Illinois.
@@stevedahlberg8680 ~ I'll be damned, you've found that difference with no distinction. Now wonder I liked it so much 5 years ago when I fell on to it. Think it was referenced by someone I'd run across and reveled in it for a while. So, I gave Dylan a listen after too many years, and I yield to your fine sense of distinction. It does indeed. 🕶👍
@@TheCarablanco well I used to cover Champaign Illinois in my band and it was one of our favorite songs to do but not all that long ago I came across that classic Bob Dylan song Desolation Row and was listening to it and I kept wondering why I instinctively liked it so much, other than I bet I heard it when I was a kid. And then it dawned on me, wait a minute! That's champagne illinois! I mean everything about it is identical except for the words really. Even the delivery of the phrasing verbally is extremely close. In fact so close that I couldn't believe it was coincidence or a subconscious borrowing like people do sometimes you know and they write songs. George Harrison infamously. But now, I looked it up on Wikipedia and while it didn't give any information about it, it's the only song on that grand staircase or whatever it's called double CD thing, that has a different writing credit, and so it's credited to both Bob Dylan and Rhett Miller. So clearly, he just took this song that he probably liked, and just wrote new words for it, in a sense kind of updating it for today plus his own really dry sense of humor. I have a feeling that's what happened. But yeah I never knew that before.
What small town? Surely you aren't referring to Champaign! The only way you can think such a thing, is to be from a metropolis, and too stupid to recognize that Champaign is far from small...just not huge, is all.
SIU for two, UI for 5 liked Carbondale better for fun but I was from Champaign/Urbana...never heard anyone put "heaven" and champaign IL" into the same sentence...
people talking about Dylan having to give permission (sure they had to ask for it, legally it's his)... I love Bob, but as a true folksinger he stole a lot of melodies and stuff and didn't gave a single f** to anyone lol
“the bottom lines been snorted” nice. first line is a a cocaine reference in a song about a boring city with a big cocaine market. champaign is such a miserable place to live.
Good song but hardly original. The melody, structure and rhythm are lifted in their entirety from Dylan's Desolation Row. Even the key is almost the same, F vs. E. Plus, the guitar licks are very early Eagles-esque.
I was born in Texas, grew UPish in Champaign, Illinois. Lived shortly in Carbondale, NY and Chicago. Now 42 years in SoCal. 70 now. Holy schmidt...
This song makes me miss those mad years, and think maybe the meds and the 12 hour job and the mortgage and stability are more of a noose. Strange the power of a good three minute melody. Great tune!
Lived in Champaign 20 plus years and changed jobs and moved. I DJ some and had played a few Old 97 songs then came across this one.
I grew up in Champaign, lots of great memories there, but glad I moved on. :)
As with most from central Illinois... (Which includes my sister and nephew..)... 😉😁👍
I grew up in Paxton and lived in Champaign during my twenties. I still love Champaign and love visiting when I get a chance!
Same though. It was a great place to grow up, and a great place to leave. :)
I left for years, but came back to Central Illinois, there's no place like home, especially as you grow older.
@@kyle8769 Yeah, lots of people who grow up here move away...and many come back after a few years. At the same time, many people from all over the world come here for the University of Illinois--then stay.
I was a kid when this song came out. I love it still.
Proudly born in champaign!
Never heared of them before, but this is good honest rock music. thanx everyone, i think i m already hooked.
I live in Champaign. it ain't hell...but it sure as shit ain't heaven.
TOO BAD
You're absolutely right.
it's a perfectly nice college town and doesn't pretend to be anything more :)
live 34 miles east of Champaign love this song
I've never lived in Champaign, Il. But I'm pretty sure I've driven through there more than once during family trips --- when we moved to the middle of the country from way back in New England.
I live in South Florida now. Despite what all the brochures will sell you, this isn't heaven. Pretty far from it. I'm not sure that I will end up in heaven when I die. But I'd take Champaign, Illinois anyday over this.
Love this so much.
God I love this song!
I live in Champaign. Never knew there were two songs about it lol. It's not a bad place and it's growing more and more so there's no shortage of things to do if you know where to look. It's also very beautiful every other season but winter.
Winter's not so bad...when there's plenty of snow on the ground, and you go to the right places, there's real beauty. I just hate the fact that the jet stream drifted from around Kankakee, to somewhere south of us now. Makes my bamboo very unhappy...I'd expected it to be two or three times as tall by now, but hitting sub-zero temps every year really screws it up.
Impossible to listen to this just once....
i live in Champaign, ill born and raised.
Same
I'm so sorry for you. Just 130 miles to the north there are endless suburbs and civilization. 😅
Lol currently attend U of I and this song is #1 on my playlist
Lived my life there until I moved away at age 24. This song resonates through the four decades since and right back to the haze, fog, and visions of youth filled with dubious decisions and escapist dreams. Instant recognition. We'll look for ya at the Alley Cat or maybe the Rose Bowl.
Alley Cat, Rose Bowl or Ruby Gulch? Saw some greats there - Hartford, NewGrass Revival (12 times), Asleep at the Wheel, Utah Phillips, Pat Burton & Spencer Sorenson....
I live in Champaign. It's literally anything but heaven 😭
Y’all listening to the lyrics or what
yeah this place kinda sucks huh
I live about two hours north of Champaign. But I went to U of I once for a Green Day concert. Totally worth it
Neat song. Was there one time, on a high school field trip to visit the U of I. They gave out free ice cream cones to us at the cafeteria. My one and only memory of Champagne Illinois was at least a good one!
Damn, kid, it's spelled right there on the screen, but you still managed to misspell Champaign. I guess your nym really is appropriate.
@@TheEudaemonicPlague Correct, I've misspelled that name many times and have looked it up as many. It's just one of those mental blocks that doesn't easily correct itself I guess. I seldom bother correcting others misspellings though, but whatever makes you happy as your nym seems to imply.
THANKS XRT!
I went to Carbondale
Me too.
Drove through yesterday....
Ha! I come up in Western Illinois and can't imagine spending eternity in Champaign.
live 30 miles from Champaign lol help
lolz... Get out while you can!
@@raymondlee3983 I live in Champaign Illinois. Oh no.
'Desolation Row'
See .... love em ! Stoffer and I did some of theirs !
I dont remember how.. but I moved to Champaign for two years from Arizona in 2014.. buddy and I basically threw a dart at the map n that's where we went
What happened to these guys? They are awesome. I heard them on the World café a long time ago, but then, nothing. Great music.
World café rocks
They're still at it. They tour like 9 months out of the year and Rhett Miller usually tours solo for the other 3
I received your letter yesterday about the time the doorknob broke
When you asked me how I was doing, is that some kind of joke?
The Bob Dylan song you mentioned? Yeah, I know it, it's quote long,
I had to rearrange the lyrics and put another name on the song.
Right now I can't sing too good, don't send me no more letters boy,
Not unless you mail them from Champaign, Illinois.
Luv dus🎉
Desolation Row
My god - someone took "Corn-silk & Wheat-chaff" and turned it into a Jeff Tweedy [style?] song? Amazing! This is beyond compare. . .
The chords and the melody are an exact copy of Bob Dylan's Desolation Row.
@@stevedahlberg8680 ~ I'll be damned, you've found that difference with no distinction. Now wonder I liked it so much 5 years ago when I fell on to it. Think it was referenced by someone I'd run across and reveled in it for a while. So, I gave Dylan a listen after too many years, and I yield to your fine sense of distinction. It does indeed. 🕶👍
@@TheCarablanco well I used to cover Champaign Illinois in my band and it was one of our favorite songs to do but not all that long ago I came across that classic Bob Dylan song Desolation Row and was listening to it and I kept wondering why I instinctively liked it so much, other than I bet I heard it when I was a kid. And then it dawned on me, wait a minute! That's champagne illinois! I mean everything about it is identical except for the words really. Even the delivery of the phrasing verbally is extremely close.
In fact so close that I couldn't believe it was coincidence or a subconscious borrowing like people do sometimes you know and they write songs. George Harrison infamously. But now, I looked it up on Wikipedia and while it didn't give any information about it, it's the only song on that grand staircase or whatever it's called double CD thing, that has a different writing credit, and so it's credited to both Bob Dylan and Rhett Miller. So clearly, he just took this song that he probably liked, and just wrote new words for it, in a sense kind of updating it for today plus his own really dry sense of humor. I have a feeling that's what happened. But yeah I never knew that before.
Stuck Inside Of Mobil With The Memphis Blues Again anyone? I wonder if Dylan sued for cowriting credit?
on road trips small towns are actually the best place to stay for the night
What small town? Surely you aren't referring to Champaign! The only way you can think such a thing, is to be from a metropolis, and too stupid to recognize that Champaign is far from small...just not huge, is all.
Nick Garcia, that is why Dylan gets a songwriting credit for this
Because of the melody, not the lyrics.
Does he? I hope so! lol
I think I read somewhere that Bob Dylan had to approve the lyrics before giving the ok to reword his song.
Ned he actually had to approve it because it has the same melody as his Desolation Row. He had nothing to do with the lyrics.
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@@jeromeblue7807 yes, that is what I wrote.
You are correct. You don't own the rights. Rhett Miller AND Bob Dylan do. :)
SIU for two, UI for 5 liked Carbondale better for fun but I was from Champaign/Urbana...never heard anyone put "heaven" and champaign IL" into the same sentence...
I did champaign for 3 and Carbondale for 2. Overall pretty good memories
Carbondale for two, STL for two. I do love my state.
2019?
Sounds more like Peoria ...
No, Rockford
people talking about Dylan having to give permission (sure they had to ask for it, legally it's his)... I love Bob, but as a true folksinger he stole a lot of melodies and stuff and didn't gave a single f** to anyone lol
“the bottom lines been snorted”
nice. first line is a a cocaine reference in a song about a boring city with a big cocaine market. champaign is such a miserable place to live.
Yeah? Which shithole do you currently live in? You can't have lived here long, if you think it's so bad.
This kind of crosses the line from "homage" into "blatantly derivative." Still pretty fun, though.
They asked Dylan for permission before it was recorded, and Dylan gave it.
I believe he’s actually listed as a co-writer of the song.
Urbana is better. 😁
Good song but hardly original. The melody, structure and rhythm are lifted in their entirety from Dylan's Desolation Row. Even the key is almost the same, F vs. E. Plus, the guitar licks are very early Eagles-esque.
Champaign and Urbana, Illinois both suck! So do Batman Villains!
and vampires
too many "progressives" in Champaign-Urbana
*not enough progressives
Pretty sure Rhett Miller is progressive and would tell you to fuck off.
Well then just stay Ludlow and you won't have to worry about that
@@stockholmcindy6793 that's just dumb
Then don't come here. Prospect avenue is full enough with you MAGA's.