Superchunk – Detroit Has a Skyline

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  General Comment:My interpretation is that it's about a guy who screws up a relationship when he becomes infatuated by another woman because of her "skyline." When it doesn't work out, he realizes that his original lover had everything he saw in the other woman.
  
  It's kind of a grass-is-always-greener analogy.
  
  I have certainly made such moronic choices in my life so the song resonates for me. I love it.

  Flag wetdog2on October 29, 2012   Link

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    My only question is what songs are tracks six and seven?

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  General Comment:what do the song lyrics have to do with detroit?

  Flag diehardon July 28, 2010   Link

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    haha, i think it's more the idea. the song title is "detroit has a skyline" which explains itself really. even a place as grimy and dark as detroit has a skyline. so i'm sure you can stencil that idea onto his situation

    Flag uuuuuuuuuon August 24, 2010  

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    But you'd expect a grimy place to have a skyline because it's a big city. The analogy works better I think if he thought Detroit was a small unknown city before finding out that it has a skyline.

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  General Comment:i mean the long winters

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  General Comment:i got into this from brendan leonard too!! glad i'm not the only one haha i also love the lone winters..oh good ol brendan.

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  General Comment:Another one of those bands I discovered watching the Brendan Leonard Show, like The Lone Winters and Built to Spill.
  
  This is such a sad song, for many reasons

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  General Comment:oh wow, i cant believe that there are so little comments too. i'm just learning about superchunk, i heard a cover of this song by jesse lacey and fell in love with it, i gotta check out more of their songs

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    not only is he a singer for an awesome band (brand new), jesse lacey has awesome taste in music. i mean the dude has covered songs by modest mouse, built to spill, neutral milk hotel, and these guys. i dont see how people could possibly hate the guy

    Flag thatoneguy82101on October 18, 2010  
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  General Comment:I heard the acoustic version first and fell in love with it. Then I got Here's Where The Strings Come In and heard the electric version, which I like about a billion times more. The acoustic version is for when I'm sad and the album version is for when I feel like going crazy. True love.

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  General Comment:i can't believe no one's commented on this song yet. it's amazing.
  
  i've only heard the version on "cup of sand," but ever since the first listening, i'm blown away by the emotion of the lead singer's voice as he rants these simplistic, begging lyrics to his audience.
  
  it's pretty self-explanatory; it's about fucking up a relationship (possibly due to chasing after another person you thought was worth it) but wanting to get back together and try to work things out.
  
  i'm just now getting into superchunk. and i likes what i hears.
  -xo, tyler.

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