Untaped silent mouth
I can’t believe I never noticed
The shaded corner lily
Usually the first and last I water
A small collection
Separated by a timely garage sale
How very sad
Let me try to clear the air
The best intentions of mankind
Always launched from a solid, solid ground of selfishness
The sailor sacrifices his life
To bring fancy hotels the catch of the day
But the waves distance him
From secrets, sunken like anchors
So nearby though!
I cannot believe I never noticed
Few golden objects
Under my paper wing and scissored sight
I’m just plain stoned
One got away and it’s coincidence, I know
Ro Sham Beaux
Well, times have changed
Solid ground I do not have nor want
I will take my friend to the circus
We will ride the sinking ferris wheel
We will stomp the divets of the fair ground
And we will be children
In a world where adults cry for attention
4.02.2008
3.29.2008
Pretty, Odd. : After the Release
I started to write about this album song by song but I just have too much to say and I want to do my best to keep it short but sweet.
-Wonderful songwriting. The lyrics and melodies support each other like they were meant to be. I want this band to be big. I want them to change the world. Though many of the song's lyrics provide the right mix of ambiguity and clear conveyance, they do not quite have the same "I'm with you," effect artists like Bob Dylan and the Beatles have. They are growing though. While A Fever You Can't Sweat Out's lyrics were in your face with probably one broad theme per song, these are read between the lines songs. They have plenty of additude and style on both albums but Pretty. Odd. shines with powerful minimalist poetry. Hemingway would be proud.
-I have to ask are they Panic at the Disco or just the Beatles reincarnate? These songs are completely comparable to them. They were tired one night and one band member said it feels like it's Nine in the Afternoon and then came "Nine in the Afternoon". Ringo Starr said "It's been a hard day's night" once and then came "Hard Day's Night." We're So Starving is a powerful intro song about the band and mirrors the ideology of Sgt. Pepper's. "Behind the Sea" I swear is just "Don't Pass Me By" in reverse, with Ryan Ross's humdrum-nasal-but-peaceful vocals, not far from Ringo Starr's. I said I'd keep it short but let me say this - there's plenty more connections, but I would never call them thieves.
-The vinyl is awesome.
Peace
-Wonderful songwriting. The lyrics and melodies support each other like they were meant to be. I want this band to be big. I want them to change the world. Though many of the song's lyrics provide the right mix of ambiguity and clear conveyance, they do not quite have the same "I'm with you," effect artists like Bob Dylan and the Beatles have. They are growing though. While A Fever You Can't Sweat Out's lyrics were in your face with probably one broad theme per song, these are read between the lines songs. They have plenty of additude and style on both albums but Pretty. Odd. shines with powerful minimalist poetry. Hemingway would be proud.
-I have to ask are they Panic at the Disco or just the Beatles reincarnate? These songs are completely comparable to them. They were tired one night and one band member said it feels like it's Nine in the Afternoon and then came "Nine in the Afternoon". Ringo Starr said "It's been a hard day's night" once and then came "Hard Day's Night." We're So Starving is a powerful intro song about the band and mirrors the ideology of Sgt. Pepper's. "Behind the Sea" I swear is just "Don't Pass Me By" in reverse, with Ryan Ross's humdrum-nasal-but-peaceful vocals, not far from Ringo Starr's. I said I'd keep it short but let me say this - there's plenty more connections, but I would never call them thieves.
-The vinyl is awesome.
Peace
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