No, this is not about the president, not about the american revolutionary war, not about baseball. He was a highschool quarterback. November is playoff season for football. He was carried in the arms of cheerleaders. He was a hero. This character has peaked way too early. He's had his big accomplishment already, so now he sleeps late, thinking he doesn't really need to put in the effort. but now he is in dire straits, and he almost wishes he could give up (wish that I believed in fate). "The English are waiting" could be a reference to the Beggars Banquet label pressure, that's a very good observation, but I think it could be a more general or metaphorical reference. But anyway, he's so desperate not to fail, but he's having a hard time convincing himself he has a chance, and when he says "I'm Mr. November", he's not telling us, he's telling himself, trying to convince himself that he's not completely fucked.
I want to hear what people think about the line "in my best clothes". I think it could mean the pressure is business-related, like he's meeting with a potential client or something. "nothing like it was in my room" I'm not sure about, but it doesn't seem to be that weighty of a line.
This song is so interesting because I would normally have no sympathy for some jock high school quarterback, I would almost want to see him fail, but the way he sings "I won't fuck us over", so desperate and serious, it's really affecting, emotionally. We're seeing someone trying to allay immense anxiety.
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I think that alexha nailed it. That was the first image that popped into my head... standing in front of the mirror and rehearsing something - although I don't know that I would limit it to the business world... it could have vast application. We all rehearsed things like that. Speeches, conversations, meetings...
I think that alexha nailed it. That was the first image that popped into my head... standing in front of the mirror and rehearsing something - although I don't know that I would limit it to the business world... it could have vast application. We all rehearsed things like that. Speeches, conversations, meetings...
@LivingWithHermits I think you're spot on with the high school football part. I think that maybe now, he's just a few years out of college and in the business world, and desperately trying to psych himself up for something important. He knows that he is inadequate in his job and is telling himself how great he once was, hoping that maybe he'll convince himself that he's still that person that succeeded on the high school football field and can therefore succeed in business. Deep down, he believes otherwise, which is why he says, " I'm Mr. November" with so...
@LivingWithHermits I think you're spot on with the high school football part. I think that maybe now, he's just a few years out of college and in the business world, and desperately trying to psych himself up for something important. He knows that he is inadequate in his job and is telling himself how great he once was, hoping that maybe he'll convince himself that he's still that person that succeeded on the high school football field and can therefore succeed in business. Deep down, he believes otherwise, which is why he says, " I'm Mr. November" with so much desperation.
@LivingWithHermits Matt Berninger: "We don't think of ourselves as a political band. If you read into the lyrics of any of our supposedly political songs, they aren't partisan messages. They aren't protests. We made t-shirts for Obama that said “Mr. November,” but that song was actually written about John Kerry and how uncomfortable it must be to run for president. It must be so stressful and annoying to constantly play that role."
vice.com/read/the-national-helped-elect-obama-but-dont-call-them-a-political-band
@LivingWithHermits Matt Berninger: "We don't think of ourselves as a political band. If you read into the lyrics of any of our supposedly political songs, they aren't partisan messages. They aren't protests. We made t-shirts for Obama that said “Mr. November,” but that song was actually written about John Kerry and how uncomfortable it must be to run for president. It must be so stressful and annoying to constantly play that role."
vice.com/read/the-national-helped-elect-obama-but-dont-call-them-a-political-band
No, this is not about the president, not about the american revolutionary war, not about baseball. He was a highschool quarterback. November is playoff season for football. He was carried in the arms of cheerleaders. He was a hero. This character has peaked way too early. He's had his big accomplishment already, so now he sleeps late, thinking he doesn't really need to put in the effort. but now he is in dire straits, and he almost wishes he could give up (wish that I believed in fate). "The English are waiting" could be a reference to the Beggars Banquet label pressure, that's a very good observation, but I think it could be a more general or metaphorical reference. But anyway, he's so desperate not to fail, but he's having a hard time convincing himself he has a chance, and when he says "I'm Mr. November", he's not telling us, he's telling himself, trying to convince himself that he's not completely fucked.
I want to hear what people think about the line "in my best clothes". I think it could mean the pressure is business-related, like he's meeting with a potential client or something. "nothing like it was in my room" I'm not sure about, but it doesn't seem to be that weighty of a line.
This song is so interesting because I would normally have no sympathy for some jock high school quarterback, I would almost want to see him fail, but the way he sings "I won't fuck us over", so desperate and serious, it's really affecting, emotionally. We're seeing someone trying to allay immense anxiety.
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I agree with the business world pressure take on it; I think that "This is nothing like it was in my room, In my best clothes" refers to how he has been practicing his etiquette or a speech in front of his bedroom mirror, but now he's doing it for real he feels lost and out of place...
I think that alexha nailed it. That was the first image that popped into my head... standing in front of the mirror and rehearsing something - although I don't know that I would limit it to the business world... it could have vast application. We all rehearsed things like that. Speeches, conversations, meetings...
I think that alexha nailed it. That was the first image that popped into my head... standing in front of the mirror and rehearsing something - although I don't know that I would limit it to the business world... it could have vast application. We all rehearsed things like that. Speeches, conversations, meetings...
@LivingWithHermits I think you're spot on with the high school football part. I think that maybe now, he's just a few years out of college and in the business world, and desperately trying to psych himself up for something important. He knows that he is inadequate in his job and is telling himself how great he once was, hoping that maybe he'll convince himself that he's still that person that succeeded on the high school football field and can therefore succeed in business. Deep down, he believes otherwise, which is why he says, " I'm Mr. November" with so...
@LivingWithHermits I think you're spot on with the high school football part. I think that maybe now, he's just a few years out of college and in the business world, and desperately trying to psych himself up for something important. He knows that he is inadequate in his job and is telling himself how great he once was, hoping that maybe he'll convince himself that he's still that person that succeeded on the high school football field and can therefore succeed in business. Deep down, he believes otherwise, which is why he says, " I'm Mr. November" with so much desperation.
@LivingWithHermits Matt Berninger: "We don't think of ourselves as a political band. If you read into the lyrics of any of our supposedly political songs, they aren't partisan messages. They aren't protests. We made t-shirts for Obama that said “Mr. November,” but that song was actually written about John Kerry and how uncomfortable it must be to run for president. It must be so stressful and annoying to constantly play that role." vice.com/read/the-national-helped-elect-obama-but-dont-call-them-a-political-band
@LivingWithHermits Matt Berninger: "We don't think of ourselves as a political band. If you read into the lyrics of any of our supposedly political songs, they aren't partisan messages. They aren't protests. We made t-shirts for Obama that said “Mr. November,” but that song was actually written about John Kerry and how uncomfortable it must be to run for president. It must be so stressful and annoying to constantly play that role." vice.com/read/the-national-helped-elect-obama-but-dont-call-them-a-political-band
@LivingWithHermits don't think the National is writing about high school football. ROFL, u serious?
@LivingWithHermits don't think the National is writing about high school football. ROFL, u serious?