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Post by sarpedon on Aug 29, 2008 10:30:13 GMT -5
The Butcher
Doomsday, the end of the the century
In accord with prophesy
Is all your fear, your fire, your family
Written within the book of butchery?
My appetite is endless
The people defenseless
The land is big, this land is bigger
But never as big as the mouth of a singer, oh
Every morning I listen to confessionals
I don't give a shit 'bout the bulk of it
Still I keep it professional
And as penance I tell them to prostletyze
Say the sun is red, say that i am right
Say that all the bases belong to us
What of doomsday the end of the century
In accord with prophesy
Put all your fears, your fire, your family
Into the mouth of Final Fantasy
And the bishops will kneel at their altars and sing
Remove their coats/cores, their rings, their jewels
Lay them all down in sacrifice
What of things, what things? What is this thing?
I've a temper as shiny as any bling
And all this attention will gain you no favour in paradise
And at doomsday the end of the century
In accord with prophesy
Throw all your fears, your fire, your family
Into the mouth of Final Fantasy
Oh crap, where is the crap?
Where did I crap?
Oh crap, where is the crap?
When/Wonder did I crap?
(repeats)
Well I stand alone on a planet still
Nothing left to remember with
I tried, I tried, I tried to prevent it,
I'll, I'll try but I'll never stop it, no
Muzzle me, muzzle, muzzle me
By my will and breaketh me
And you try, you try, you try to prevent
You'll try, you'll try but you'll never stop it
I can't get enough of this song. Its been stuck in my head since the Vicar Street gig and even more so since I recording of it. Its instantly familiar and the lyrics are so damn intricate and wity. The melodies, the melodies for gods sake! Is he saying "Oh crap, where is the crap?" or am I going potty? "The crack, where is the crack? When did I crack?" Edit: On a related note, the end of the song is just so amazing and emotional(hell, the whole song is), but it always makes me think of the people in life that want distance from you or to silence you because you are different, but as long as you stay who you are it will never happen. I'm pretty sure that's not what its about, but its still so powerful. |
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Go Away
This text is personal
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Post by An Amateur on Aug 29, 2008 22:59:46 GMT -5
Do you think Cockatrice might be like He Poos Clouds (the song) but from the opposite point of view? Like... Link from Legend of Zelda looking up at the almighty player who controls him like a "marionette". The bit about freezing and burning made me think about the fire and ice dungeons from zelda... or am I just a hopeless nintendo nerd? I think the whole idea of spectrum may have been an expansion on that concept of player-character/god-creation relationships. What I want to know is how long Owen Pallett has had his own little self-worshipping alternate universe. Was it something he cooked up for musical purposes, or was it unrelated until he decided to devote a full length album and an ep to it? |
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Post by Scarychips on Aug 29, 2008 23:32:41 GMT -5
How much supplementary writing work did you do in conceiving the country?I'm embarrassed to say; there's quite a lot of stuff. But it's like asking, when you look at a beautiful house, what the foundations are like—it doesn't matter. I came up with the idea for the EP about two years ago. But other things have been going on; it's taken a lot longer to get things done. I keep getting caught up with arranging for other people and touring. I hope it answered your question. |
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Post by Thomas on Aug 30, 2008 1:30:58 GMT -5
its "the crack, where is the crack, when did I crack".
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Post by meryl on Aug 30, 2008 6:38:04 GMT -5
I am utterly blown away. I love how much bigger it is than anything we've heard before; from snowglobe to avian biodome. Plus, so so happy to hear Cockatrice again, which I remember from, like, nowhere: came outta my dreams, almost.
Ugh. The problem is, this reduces me to the same level of unquestioning fangirlism I was at a couple of years ago, and that ain't good.
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Post by jules on Aug 30, 2008 9:51:13 GMT -5
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Post by theaiproject on Aug 30, 2008 13:33:03 GMT -5
Eeeeeeeeeeeeee.
Spectrum is so beautiful!
I've been dying to hear the original mix of Blue Imelda, however, as I seem to have missed it during its three day myspace release.
Can it be shared now that the "true" version has been released, or is that still against the rules?
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Post by pearl on Aug 30, 2008 16:56:40 GMT -5
re: the bumbershoot thing
sam mickens was in parenthetical girls wasn't he?
google check: yes. and is now in the dead science.
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Post by jufro on Sept 3, 2008 21:02:34 GMT -5
where can i download the ep until i can get my hands on a cd of it?
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Post by theaiproject on Sept 4, 2008 0:09:20 GMT -5
Do you think Cockatrice might be like He Poos Clouds (the song) but from the opposite point of view? Like... Link from Legend of Zelda looking up at the almighty player who controls him like a "marionette". The bit about freezing and burning made me think about the fire and ice dungeons from zelda... or am I just a hopeless nintendo nerd? I think the whole idea of spectrum may have been an expansion on that concept of player-character/god-creation relationships. What I want to know is how long Owen Pallett has had his own little self-worshipping alternate universe. Was it something he cooked up for musical purposes, or was it unrelated until he decided to devote a full length album and an ep to it? I always thought the line, "I've got to rescue Michael from the white witch" was particularly self-referencing, as far as He Poos Clouds goes (though, the song as a whole is very self referencing). Michael is his birth name, yes? And he uses "Owen" in Cockatrice. So, yes, I also saw a link between the two songs, but I'm not sure if it goes any deeper than that. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2008 8:42:24 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure i have a version that says "gotta rescue my girl from the white witch."
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Post by manus21 on Sept 4, 2008 16:00:57 GMT -5
oh my...god...
the ep is amazing. I love it. I have to listen to it again...
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Post by vito on Sept 5, 2008 21:58:00 GMT -5
The Butcher
Oh crap, where is the crap?
Where did I crap?
Oh crap, where is the crap?
When/Wonder did I crap?
haha if those had been the real lyrics... actually they'd be pretty fun |
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Post by jufro on Sept 30, 2008 15:12:11 GMT -5
anybody know at what time blocks is releasing the ep?
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Post by jessica0407 on Sept 30, 2008 20:56:26 GMT -5
Wrote to blocks recording and got the response below:
There were problems with the test pressings which has resulted in a delay for the vinyl. Sorry. The cd is ready and available via the Bluehouse in one week from now. Otherwise both eps are on itunes as of yesterday.
Hope the problems will be fixed soon.
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