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| Yo La Tengo – Barnaby, Hardly Working Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Bartleby the Scrivener sounds about right...with the 'not doing anything' theme..
"I took his time, took his time" - sounds like something the owner of the Law office would say to Bartleby
"Wore a hat, so he'd impress her
They took a ride
They took a ride
As I could wait for hours"
and this is Bartleby jacking off in the office after hours, he's only making love to the women in his head. The owner has to wait outside for him, but has no problem with this. |
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| Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song is exactly the same as "Still D.R.E." by Dr. Dre, I wonder if the band knows that? When they find out they're gonna be pissed. |
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| Yo La Tengo – Our Way to Fall Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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so very simple ... to see them pull it off so effortlessly with half a drum kit, an acoustic guitar and bass. an excellent love song, pretty amazing that Ira can write this sort of stuff after being so far from the start of his relationship with Georgia.. |
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| Yo La Tengo – The Lie and How We Told It Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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it is a very 'Yo La Tengo' song, Ira's typical hammer-ons, a D-chord progression similar to many earlier Yo La songs like 'I Heard You Looking'.. . maybe that's why they don't play this one as much...
I completely agree with everyzoe, just a great summer bike riding song. I think its about ignoring some inevitable end to a relationship or just ignoring some inevitable end in any aspect of life. The "we don't dare" refrain seems like an encouragement to ignore what the future holds and just enjoy the moment, but the second verse is pretty cryptic... |
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| Guided by Voices – A Salty Salute Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I met someone once who said he talked to Pollard about this one and Bob said it was about how he found out about a new hip bar in town that was playing the music he liked and had sort of a scene going on. Salty Salute was his 'call to arms' to get all his drinking friends to come join him at the new club - hence 'come on! come on! the club is open!' like he's trying to get them off their ass..
such a sweet story. |
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| Stereolab – Three-Dee Melodie Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I thought the last line was "The soul revealing path of the creative activity", but I also hear the other line now...
The "her society overtly..." line is IMPOSSIBLE to make out. Anyone have any bootlegs or something that can clear this line up? |
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| Pavement – Western Homes Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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dude, Half a Canyon is one of the best songs on Wowee and has the most massive stereolab jam at the end. Western Homes should have been swapped for 'Mussle Rock', but Malkmus was just picking the weirder songs because he seems to be highly critical of the bands simpler songs - (Date with Ikea, Elevate me Later - which he said sounds just like Loretta's Scars+She Believes)
The strumming guitar at the end reminds me of the lift-off part of 'Washing Machine' by Sonic Youth released the same year if I'm correct. |
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| Pavement – We Dance Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I always thought the inflection on this song sounds a lot like 'The Frogs'. Especially the 'Check the expiration date man! It's later then you think.'- line.
very hard to find songs that are simultaneously silly and elegant. |
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| Pavement – Kennel District Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I saw Scott play this with his band in Calgary this year in a small bar as part of the 'Sled Island' festival. Needless to say, all of the 50 people (mostly male, mostly drunk) in the crowd were arm in arm jumping over each other yelling the words... ahh so much fun. |
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| Pavement – Elevate Me Later Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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sintaxi, cool fact!
I always thought it was 'Does he sleep with electric guitars? Range rovin' with the cinema stars?' Sounds so much more romantic with those lines as questions, like you got dumped for guy higher in the food chain. |
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| Echo and the Bunnymen – The Killing Moon Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I keep dreaming about my ex-girlfriend... if you think of this song as dreaming of your lover and waking to find she's still gone it makes perfect sense, although I know these guys are smarter than that. |
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| Pavement – Motion Suggests Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is so great... you can tell he was stoned when he wrote it... but its not laced with boring stoner garbage cliches, The mellotron/keys in this song really complete it. "Let me breathe"... flying solo was cool once.. make it cool again. |
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| Pavement – Loretta's Scars Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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^ wow that's so weird...
brings out the whole college theme of S+E again, ... this song is so huge, bastard must of cum'd his pants the second he wrote this bitch, I don't know how he became a master of melodies, but I want to know how.. |
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| Camera Obscura – Eighties Fan Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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I played this album a lot while playing 'Banjo Tooie', reminds me of my ex, I like the verse about getting drunk in front of your parents,
no one likes you except the people you don't want to like you, you're a piece of shit. |
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| Camera Obscura – Tears for Affairs Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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such a pretty song, ...so sad. I like the 'why did I even bother?' sentiment of Tracyanne, sounds so frusterated... she really has a uniquely female perspective. |
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| Camera Obscura – Dory Previn Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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The only reason its called 'Dory Previn' is that she listens to her to soothe the pain of her break up. 'how I adore you Dory Previn... I turn you up to 11', I liked the All Music Guide review that made Dory Previn to be some other girl rocking out in the basement with the singer, girl-crush sort of thing...
Tracyanne Campbell is one of my favorite female songwriters, 'Lets Get Out..' is a great break-up album, this song is the saddest one.. |
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| Pavement – Nail Clinic Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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one of the great crooked-era gems. Probably sounds too much like a 'slanted' song to make it on the record. |
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| Hum – Aphids Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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A great song, the only reason I can see this one not making the cut is that its really simple and is sort of along the lines of 'Isle of the Cheetah' as far as feel and rhythm go.
Resting in sunspots. |
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| The Silver Jews – Suffering Jukebox Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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yeah cool self portrait song.
The first verse is just the setting, commercial America - the audience he struggles to speak to. "Cult of #1's" being the upper class. Jaded stuff. |
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| 12 Rods – Fake Magic 8 Ball Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Such a great summer tune, huge chorus. Just a plane ol' song about not knowing where to go.
Poor Ryan Olcott is such a lost/never to be discovered gem of a songwriter... I wish he could make enough money making music. |
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| 12 Rods – Glad That It's Over Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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yeah seriously.... I very, very rarely say that the single is 'the worst song' ...
but this is 12RODS worst song. Lost Time, Split Personalities ...gems... Seperation Anxieties has a few good ones too. |
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