matt’s music blog

The final in my Incredible Machine triad. I’m really tempted to keep on doing songs by them until Matt starts to get annoyed with me, and kicks me off. But unfortunatly there are so many good songs, and so little time. Anyway, Will We?

We start off with a killer banjo lick, and bass guitar, and jump right into it.

I’m going to write the song that breaks your heart today.
Trade pretty tears for pretty chords,
Leave you standin’
with nothing left to say.

Like a lemon, so bitter and sweet
Just desserts are not a fun dish to eat

“Like Lemon, so bitter and so sweet” Recalls the famous folk standard “Lemon Tree” And then “Just desserts are not so fun to eat” Just ties it together amazingly well. We move next to the chorus, which contains a bit of snare percussion (accenting the beat) and some backing vocals.

‘Cause I’m trying to see
What exactly it is you want from me
I guess we’ll never know
Will we?

The next verse is just more of the same goodness.

This is the hardest part I have to do today.
When I tell myself I never cared and
just imagine
this all away.

If this is a game then you’ve sure got me beat
Staring awkwardly down at my own feet

Oh no! Our scorned angry narrator is not possibly as scorned or angry as he would like to be. He’s torn between wanting revenge for a broken heart, and still having feelings for the person. I’d especially like to point out “If this is a game then you’ve sure got me beat”  Next chorus is same as the last. The last Verse is most certainly my favorite. It goes on as usual, then during the list of things, we get this cool breakdown part. Complete with hand claps and tambourine.

I’m going to write that song that breaks your heart today
Trade pretty tears for pretty chords,
Notes that shake you to the core
Let’s see what I’ve got to say:

She’s the one gives me the blues
Her tiny toes In dancin’ shoes
With hair that’s like a summer breeze
a picnic under Autumn trees
I lost the game I’d like to play
I’m feeling so alone today
I’m feeling so alone today

We end with another chorus (tambourine included) and a nice little ending bit. All in all, a fantastic song. Lots of really good descriptive lyrics at the end, combined with a simple poppy sound, makes this one a real winner in my mind.

-James Out

I’m getting in the habit of dedicating these posts to people. So, in that spirit, this one goes out to my friend Oz, who listens to this every time that I’ve been in the car with him. I’ve known about Of Montreal for a while now, and enjoyed their albums immensely. They are a interesting mix of up beat pop, with wacky, almost manic lyrics.

This one is is one of those basic, there’s a person, and they like this other person, and here’s all the things that they want to do with that person. But what I really love about it, is some of the lyrics are really weird, and kinda wacky. I’ll give an example of some of my favorites.

I want to hurt your pride
I want to slap your face
I want to paint your nails

I want to write you books
I want to turn you on
I want to make you come
200 times a day

That one never fails to crack me up. I mean, just the idea of cumming 200 times a day? Totally outrageous. Even if that was physically possible (Which I highly doubt it is) It would be so incredibley draining, that you might actually fuck someone to death.

There’s not really much else, that I wanted to say about this one. Mostly how much I like the lyrics. And how they are kinda nonstandard for this kind of song.

-James Out