Zooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom. There goes another week. Another week older, another wiser and three more tunes to share with you melancholy Michaels and Artistic Bridgets. Strap on the auld seat belts there as I bring you three belters from one of my all time favourite bands. I was replying to a music post that @blanchy did earlier, and the National have been happily playing in the background since. What album should you listen to. It doesn't matter, they are all the feckin job. For any of you good folk who are reading along here that don't know Blanchy, go and check out his page - a gas man and a man who calls it as he sees it. Ok then, onwards towards the dulcet tones of Matt Berninger and co.
For those unfamiliar with TTT or Three Tune Tuesday....
The jist is as follows
Every Tuesday I'm going to share 3 songs which I like to listen to and I invite your feedback in the comments below. Or why not have a blast of your own Three Tune Tuesday and mention me in the post and I'll come and find the post and hopefully upvote it. It'll be a sweet way for us all to discover new music.
Here are the week thirty recommendations for Three Tune Tuesday
** Drum roll please.....**
The National - Slow Show
Some songs just talk to you. This one certainly speaks to me. To be fair a lot of The National's songs speak to me, but this one in particular. It stopped me in my tracks when I first listened to the album Boxer many moons ago - it was actually the first album of theres that I listened to after getting a great steer from a music loving friend of mine. Here are the lyrics and a link to the song.
Standing at the punch table, swallowing punch
Can't pay attention to the sound of anyone
A little more stupid, a little more scared
Every minute, more unprepared
I made a mistake in my life today
Everything I love gets lost in the drawers
I want to start over, I want to be winning
Way out of sync from the beginning
I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I'm very, very frightened, I'll overdo it
Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
And not thinking of my dick?
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
From one side of it to the other
I wanna hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you and crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
God, I'm very, very frightened, I'll overdo it
You know I dreamed about you
For twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for twenty-nine years
You know I dreamed about you
For twenty-nine years before I saw you
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for, for twenty-nine years
The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
This is one of those songs that works better with a crowd singing it back to the band, as they go and I've been lucky enough to sing along with the crowd back to Matt and the lads four times now and I can't wait to see them again. Lyrics and song are below.
Leave your home
Change your name
Live alone
Eat your cake
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Oh, the water's a-rising
There's still no surprising you
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Man, it's all been forgiven
Swans are a-swimmin'
I'll explain everything to the geeks
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Oh, the water's a-rising
There's still no surprising you
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Man, it's all been forgiven
Swans are a-swimmin'
I'll explain everything to the geeks
Hanging from
Chandeliers
Same small world
At your heels
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
All the very best of us
String ourselves up for love
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Oh, the water's a-rising
There's still no surprising you
Vanderlyle crybaby cry
Man, it's all been forgiven
Swans are a-swimmin'
I'll explain everything to the geeks
I'll explain everything to the geeks
I'll explain everything to the geeks
Also, I found this insight into the song online, which I wanted to share with ye, especially for those wonder who the hell or what the hell Vanderlyle is?
The song title is typical of the made-up names the National give to many of their songs. Frontman Matt Berninger told The Quietus: "Inventing, yeah. Like 'Squalor Victoria' — there's something in that word that sounds like something because every time you actually try to use real words to describe it, it doesn't sound like the thing you're talking about anyway. This character, Vanderlyle Crybaby — I can't tell you how long it took me to come up with the word 'Vanderlyle.' There's the Nirvana song, 'Pennyroyal Tea' — just the word 'pennyroyal' I loved, it sounded so great and it's just the name of a tea. I couldn't use that — maybe I should have, that would have saved some time — and so I started looking at the rhythm of the word, and the cadence. I probably have a book of a hundred different three syllable things."
Berninger explained to The Quietus why he added the word "geeks" to the title: "Well it was always in the song, but the truth is, the reason I added it to the title was because a lot of people thought that I was saying 'geese' — people thought it was a reference to 'The Geese Of Beverly Road,' that the geese were back! In some ways that could have been cool, but that's not what it is. There was a time when we were mixing it where I kind of slur those lyrics a bit, and it sounds like I'm saying 'geese'. I asked Peter if I could re-record that one word, and he said no, it sounded fine, and it'd sound weird if there was suddenly this really pronounced 'GEEKS!' So I asked him to turn up the 'K' sound, just ride it up."
The National - All The Wine
This can be my official Christmas song this year, all the wine is all for me! All the Wine’s 3 minutes and 15 seconds somehow capture the exact point where, a few pints in, you decide you’re the man. “I’m a perfect piece of ass” declares Berninger, staggering to his feet. “I’m a festival. I’m a parade.” I love it, I can completely imagine him or someone uttering something like this in jest.
The other two choices were a bit slow, so I've thrown on this more upbeat number for a bit of balance and sure who doesn't like balance, apart from Unbalanced Dan.
Sin é, That's all folks, thanks for stopping by.
That's it for another week. Those are your three songs for week thirty. Let me know what you think - good, bad or indifferent? Did you like them all or just one or two?
Also, as I said before, I love getting good steers for new tunes, so please tell me about the latest and greatest from your playlist below and I'll be sure to check em out.
I am going to take a leaf out of @blanchy's book as well and anyone to share a song that gets the nod, will get a share of Hive Basic income from me - thanks for the idea auld stock.
Thanks as always for stopping by everyone.
Peace Out
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I've a funny feeling theres a bromance forming. Thanks for the mentions my friend. I love Vanderlyle Crybaby. It's one of my favourites by them. It's amazing how many classics these guys have. I never knew around the lyrics though. That's gas. I saw them when they first came on the scene in the Olympia in Dublin. I loved gospel. Some tune.
Every Monday a new playlist hits down on my Spotify called discover weekly. It's a playlist based on your music I listen to and it's like they know me at this stage. I'm gonna go a post about it. It's not just new songs either. I'm getting alot of interpol lately and I can't get enough of them.
So this week my three song are:
wash by Bon Iver.
Best to listen to the session version of Wash thats around 4 minutes 20 on this to see these lads in action. I have a love hate relationship with Bon Iver but I do think they are geniuses. An acquired taste so to speak. (My wife refuses to get in the car if they are on as she claims they make her anxious. haha. So im always listening to them )
Last Bus By Milburn
I told one of the boys in work there was this new band out that were exactly like the arctic Monkeys but I was told that Milburn were around long before the Monkeys and were probably their biggest influence. You can tell as well. This is the first time I heard of the fuckers. Quite a nice happy tune.
Every Atom by Lanterns on The Lake
I'm not really into female vocalists since the death of Dolores but I have to say there are a few good ones these days. This song is in my head all week.
Bonus :
Fleet Foxes Mykones
Another band that has escaped me this past ten years. Just catching up. Some nice numbers. I like the songs that have an alternative ending such as Fleetwood mac the Chain. This is one of them. Song ends in in a totally different key.
So those are my 4 this week. Great post mate. Keep them coming.
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Jesus, that Bon Ivor song is quality, always thought that was the name of one dude, didn't know it was a band...
Feckin hell, that may as well be an Arctic Monkeys song, guitars, lyrics everything.... and from Sheffield aswell... I must check out some more of there stuff...
I love hearing about new bands and Lanterns on the Lake are new to me too, and these are right up my street.... Have to go for a spin in the car now, so will listen to some more of their songs...
This selection most definitely get the nod, so HBI on the way when this post pays out..