onefinemess | June 22, 2010
I admit, the first song threw me. The chorus is a bit forced. It is. It sounds a little like they had a cool phrase (“American Slang”) and tried to write a song around it. Not that there’s anything wrong with that — plenty of songs are written that way. But it doesn’t quite work [...]
onefinemess | May 13, 2010
How crazy is it that this is The Hold Steady’s 5th album? Just another way for time to make me feel old I guess. I think some of the age may be showing on their part too… but more on that later. Nevermind, let’s just hit it now: the album is good, but I think [...]
onefinemess | April 28, 2010
Growin’ Up by: Bruce Springsteen lyrics from brucespringsteen.net I stood stone-like at midnight suspended in my masquerade I combed my hair till it was just right and commanded the night brigade I was open to pain and crossed by the rain and I walked on a crooked crutch I strolled all alone through a fallout [...]
onefinemess | April 27, 2010
I haven’t done one of these in a while, so here we go. The Sheila Divine is a band we first heard while waiting in a club for a Frank Black show. We heard the track Hum (below) and it was so awesome I had to find out who it was. I asked around and [...]
onefinemess | April 21, 2010
Thinking about You by: Radiohead Been thinking about you Your record’s a hit Your eyes are on my wall Your teeth are over there But I’m still no one And you’re my star What do you care? Been thinking about you And there’s no rest Should I still love you Still see you in bed [...]
onefinemess | April 14, 2010
100,000 fireflies by: Magnetic Fields I have a mandolin I play it all night long It makes me want to kill myself I also have a dobro Made in some mountain range Sounds like a mountain range in love But when I turn up the tone On my electric guitar I’m afraid of the dark [...]
onefinemess | April 7, 2010
Scrabble Girl by Joe Christmas there’s something rad about the exciting and the new there’s something rad about getting to know you you don’t need a reason it’s always in season to stay out all night long rocking to the same old song and staying out ’til night turns into dawn A simple one for [...]
onefinemess | March 31, 2010
Billy Bragg once sang: I was twenty one years when I wrote this song I’m twenty two now, but I won’t be for long People ask when will you grow up to be a man But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams I loved you then as I love you [...]
onefinemess | March 25, 2010
Alkaline Trio : This Addiction — I think it’s not as cheesy-bad as the previous one, but portions still verge on self-caricature (Draculina). AT3 frequently treads dangerously close towards self-caricature land, so this is no big surprise. The guitar work sounds a little poppier, cleaner even and there is even a song with horns. If [...]
onefinemess | March 24, 2010
Romeo & Juliet by Dire Straits A lovestruck Romeo sings a streetsusss serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made Finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade Says something like you and me babe how about it? Juliet says hey it’s Romeo you nearly gimme a heart attack He’s underneath the [...]
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