Transatlanticism (album) is a story in itself,
1.The New Year- He went to a New Years party to just follow a crowd, and he explains why he doesn't like it.
2.Lightness- He finds a strange attraction to a girl at the New Years party and he persuades her into a relationship.
3.Title And Registration- The break up scene for Ben and the girl. She thought he was holding her back, so she left him.
4.Expo '86- He keeps getting back into a relationship with her, and they keep breaking up. They keep thinking it would do good to get together, but they then figure it only did them harm. But they still do the same thing over, and over again.
5.The Sound Of Settling- Kind of self explanatory, he settles down, finally, and he feels it might be the wrong thing to do...
6.Tiny Vessels- ...So he goes out to find himself another relationship, and the "moving together in the dark" part is one of his greatest mistakes. He thought this would do him good to get back out there but he just made a mistake to scar himself by laying with a beautiful girl when deep down he had no particular interest in her. He also somewhat wanted to make his REAL love jealous. (Bad move)
7.Transatlanticism- He was just about to be done healing from his emotional scar (from Tiny Vessels) and go apologize to his REAL love, and she left. And pretty far at that, all the way across the Atlantic! And just when he needs her the most she is gone, just like that.
8.Passenger Seat- The "So come ON!" line of Transatlanticism was him getting her to come back, and she did. So she met him, (I imagine an airport is where they met) and she is driving him home. He is just in a state of ecstasy because of the relief that this gave him, that she came back, and the love they share, complimented by a nice drive on a peaceful night down a country road. It doesn't get any better.
9.Death Of an Interior Decorator- You may not notice it at first, but this is tremendously depressing. She thought she would be happy, (the one Ben loves) but she has doubt built up in her, and the wedding gone bad she helped decorate for pushed her over the edge. She committed suicide. And imagine the pain this would give you.
10.We Looked Like Giants- This is a flashback of Ben's college years, he was with a girl he loved, and he thinks of getting with her again to help him get over his deceased love. But he figures it would be the wrong thing to do.
11.A Lack Of Color- He now is angry with of all his past mistakes. So he is trying to talk to his love, and he says its "fact not fiction, for the first time in years" that he says he means he want NOTHING else but her. And he picks up his phone to call her, but he only finds more sadness.
I think the album is a much simpler concept than that. It's quite obviously just about the emotional stages he goes through when a girl he loved left him and moved overseas. He tries to fill the whole she left with other girls and drinking but in the end he regrets that he never gave her "a reason to stay." The songs aren't in a coherent story, they just all have to do with the feelings he has of being alone. Certain songs like Death of an interior decorator don't have anything to do with Ben. It's just a story...
I think the album is a much simpler concept than that. It's quite obviously just about the emotional stages he goes through when a girl he loved left him and moved overseas. He tries to fill the whole she left with other girls and drinking but in the end he regrets that he never gave her "a reason to stay." The songs aren't in a coherent story, they just all have to do with the feelings he has of being alone. Certain songs like Death of an interior decorator don't have anything to do with Ben. It's just a story that expresses similar feelings of loneliness. The girl in the story lost everything in her life that was meaningful much like Ben has lost the girl who went overseas and left him.
I don't know if this is what Ben intended for the album to be but this a really clever way of thinking about it and now when I listen to this album i think of it as a story. Very interesting
I don't know if this is what Ben intended for the album to be but this a really clever way of thinking about it and now when I listen to this album i think of it as a story. Very interesting
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
Transatlanticism (album) is a story in itself, 1.The New Year- He went to a New Years party to just follow a crowd, and he explains why he doesn't like it. 2.Lightness- He finds a strange attraction to a girl at the New Years party and he persuades her into a relationship. 3.Title And Registration- The break up scene for Ben and the girl. She thought he was holding her back, so she left him. 4.Expo '86- He keeps getting back into a relationship with her, and they keep breaking up. They keep thinking it would do good to get together, but they then figure it only did them harm. But they still do the same thing over, and over again. 5.The Sound Of Settling- Kind of self explanatory, he settles down, finally, and he feels it might be the wrong thing to do... 6.Tiny Vessels- ...So he goes out to find himself another relationship, and the "moving together in the dark" part is one of his greatest mistakes. He thought this would do him good to get back out there but he just made a mistake to scar himself by laying with a beautiful girl when deep down he had no particular interest in her. He also somewhat wanted to make his REAL love jealous. (Bad move) 7.Transatlanticism- He was just about to be done healing from his emotional scar (from Tiny Vessels) and go apologize to his REAL love, and she left. And pretty far at that, all the way across the Atlantic! And just when he needs her the most she is gone, just like that. 8.Passenger Seat- The "So come ON!" line of Transatlanticism was him getting her to come back, and she did. So she met him, (I imagine an airport is where they met) and she is driving him home. He is just in a state of ecstasy because of the relief that this gave him, that she came back, and the love they share, complimented by a nice drive on a peaceful night down a country road. It doesn't get any better. 9.Death Of an Interior Decorator- You may not notice it at first, but this is tremendously depressing. She thought she would be happy, (the one Ben loves) but she has doubt built up in her, and the wedding gone bad she helped decorate for pushed her over the edge. She committed suicide. And imagine the pain this would give you. 10.We Looked Like Giants- This is a flashback of Ben's college years, he was with a girl he loved, and he thinks of getting with her again to help him get over his deceased love. But he figures it would be the wrong thing to do. 11.A Lack Of Color- He now is angry with of all his past mistakes. So he is trying to talk to his love, and he says its "fact not fiction, for the first time in years" that he says he means he want NOTHING else but her. And he picks up his phone to call her, but he only finds more sadness.
I hope this helped you :)
I think the album is a much simpler concept than that. It's quite obviously just about the emotional stages he goes through when a girl he loved left him and moved overseas. He tries to fill the whole she left with other girls and drinking but in the end he regrets that he never gave her "a reason to stay." The songs aren't in a coherent story, they just all have to do with the feelings he has of being alone. Certain songs like Death of an interior decorator don't have anything to do with Ben. It's just a story...
I think the album is a much simpler concept than that. It's quite obviously just about the emotional stages he goes through when a girl he loved left him and moved overseas. He tries to fill the whole she left with other girls and drinking but in the end he regrets that he never gave her "a reason to stay." The songs aren't in a coherent story, they just all have to do with the feelings he has of being alone. Certain songs like Death of an interior decorator don't have anything to do with Ben. It's just a story that expresses similar feelings of loneliness. The girl in the story lost everything in her life that was meaningful much like Ben has lost the girl who went overseas and left him.
Shit, it makes sense. I stil bet there's no such releation among the songs, but it's a funny thing to think.
Shit, it makes sense. I stil bet there's no such releation among the songs, but it's a funny thing to think.
I don't know if this is what Ben intended for the album to be but this a really clever way of thinking about it and now when I listen to this album i think of it as a story. Very interesting
I don't know if this is what Ben intended for the album to be but this a really clever way of thinking about it and now when I listen to this album i think of it as a story. Very interesting
Except this doesn't check out with reality. The only person Ben ever married was Zoey Deschanel and that ended with divorce, not death
Except this doesn't check out with reality. The only person Ben ever married was Zoey Deschanel and that ended with divorce, not death
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
I've always adored this album for the fact that it is a story. A story from the first track to the last. So much so that the melodies and rhythms of some songs morph into the next. This band has and will always be my favorite because they are creative in a way that most musicians can't fathom. I think your analysis of this album is pretty much spot on and I loved reading it laid out from start to finish. Thank you
sounds like a stretch to me. what alexluber mentioned is correct, this is almost certainly a reference to woody allen's 1978 film 'interiors'.
sounds like a stretch to me. what alexluber mentioned is correct, this is almost certainly a reference to woody allen's 1978 film 'interiors'.