Harvey Milk is an American experimental rock / sludge band that formed in A… Read Full Bio ↴Harvey Milk is an American experimental rock / sludge band that formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in the early 1990s. Despite playing numerous live shows and releasing a slew of 7" singles and three full length albums, they never received much attention outside of their local fanbase. It was not until years after the band's demise that their singles, as well as all three full length albums, saw re-release through various labels, most notably Relapse Records. They returned in the late 00's and released two albums.While Harvey Milk invariably draws comparisons to the Melvins, due to their penchant for slow, heavy riffs, the band has touched upon such artists as ZZ Top, Led Zeppelin and Leonard Cohen as influences in their music. They even went so far as to perform a live show consisting of nothing but Hank Williams covers. One April Fool's Day gig at the 40 Watt in Athens, they performed R.E.M.'s "Reckoning" from beginning to end while Michael Stipe was in attendance.

The band are named after Harvey Milk, San Francisco, California's first openly gay city supervisor, who was murdered in 1978.

On June 3, 2008, Harvey Milk released their most recent album, Life... The Best Game In Town. The band toured the eastern and southern US as well as Germany, England, Belgium, France and Scotland during the Summer of 2008. In July 2009, they Co-Headlined a tour with the band Torche.

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Once In A While
Harvey Milk Lyrics

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Curiosity ain't what's killin' me. How many more lives to go? (Oh no)
And wouldn't you agree, about that famous tree if no one was around, it didn't fall?
I couldn't even care if someone had been there. When it fell and crushed that

Overall Meaning

person's house, it was a coincidence. Right?

The first two lines of the song are somewhat ambiguous, but they reflect the singer's pondering about how long he will live. He considers how many more lives he has to go and suggests that curiosity is not what is killing him. The next lines of the song discuss the concept of the famous tree falling down, and whether or not it would make a noise if there was nobody around to hear it. The singer seems to suggest that he doesn't care about the answer to this philosophical question, as he believes the fact that the tree fell and crushed a person's house was simply a coincidence.

In essence, the lyrics are about the fragility and randomness of life. The singer is considering his own mortality and the idea that life is full of chance events that can have enormous consequences.

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