The best American band currently is.......

Toxic1

Toxic1

New member
Thansk alot! Appriciate it
Click to expand...
No prob. I can also do their new one Boxer, Cherry Tree EP, and Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers if anyone is interested.

Right now I'm uploading Okkervil River's masterpiece concept album "Black Sheep Boy". Stay tuned........

 
S

Stenners

New member
^^ Remember how off i was on Neutral Milk Hotel, now I really love it. Same thing happend to Moon & Antarctica annnnnd basically every Elliot Smith record I have ever heard. Also the case with Sonic Youth and The Knife..... and toones more
 
Toxic1

Toxic1

New member
^^ Remember how off i was on Neutral Milk Hotel, now I really love it. Same thing happend to Moon & Antarctica annnnnd basically every Elliot Smith record I have ever heard. Also the case with Sonic Youth and The Knife..... and toones more
Click to expand...
Holy ****! I was just about to post what you were thinking of "On The Aeroplane Over The Sea" these days. LMAO

 
S

Stenners

New member
I havent heard it for about 2months though, Its on my pc which is having issues and not on this laptop haha :D
 
Toxic1

Toxic1

New member
I think they would deffinatley qualify lyrically
Click to expand...

Say for instance if I was to put a random song from LP against The National. There is just a huge difference lyrically. Like as of it's night and day. Both can be depressing as ****, but two different worlds.
Click to expand...
For instance, let's put what seems to be one of many LPers favourite new song against a random National song. Valentine's Day vs Karen

Both songs are musically not the strongest on their respective albums, but this is only about lyrical comparison.

******

Linkin Park - Valentine's Day

My insides all turn to ash,

So slow.

And blow away as I collapse,

So cold.

A black winter been away,

From sight.

Another darkness over day,

That night.

And the clouds above move closer,

Looking so dissatisfied.

But the harvest wind kept blowing, blowing.

I used to be my own protection,

But not now.

'Cause my path has lost direction,

Somehow.

A black winter cue away,

From sight.

Another darkness over day,

That night.

And the clouds above move closer,

Looking so dissatisfied.

And the ground below grew colder,

As they put you down inside.

But the harvest wind kept blowing, blowing.

So now you're gone,

And I was wrong.

I never knew what it was like,

To be alone on a Valentine's Day,

To be alone on a Valentine's Day.

I used to be my own protection,

But not now.

'Cause my path has lost direction,

Somehow.

*******

The National - Karen

Karen, I'm not taking sides

I don't think I'll ever do that again

I'll end up winning and I won't know why

I'm really trying to shine here, I'm really trying

You're changing clothes and closing windows on me all the time

Well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone into America

Whatever you do

Listen, you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone

Karen, we should call your father, maybe it's just a phase

He'll know the trick to get a wayward soul to change his ways

It's a common fetish for a doting man

to ballerina on the coffee table **** in hand

Well, whatever you do

Listen, you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone into America

Whatever you do

Listen, you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone

Without warm water in my head

All I see is black and white and red

I feel mechanical and thin

Hear me play my violin again

I'm living in the target's shoes

All I see is black and white and blue.

Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest

Protect the title

Karen, put me in a chair, **** me and make me a drink

I've lost direction, and I'm past my peak

I'm telling you this isn't me

No, this isn't me

Karen, believe me, you just haven't seen my good side yet

Well, whatever you do

Listen. you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone into America

Whatever you do

Listen, you better wait for me

No, I wouldn't go out alone

Without warm water in my head

All I see is black and white and red

I feel mechanical and thin

Hear me play my violin again

I'm living in the target's shoes

All I see is black and white and blue

Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest

Protect the title

I must be me, I'm in my head

Black birds are circling my bed

I must be me, I must be me

Black feathers are falling on my feet

Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest

Protect the title

 
Toxic1

Toxic1

New member
Another example of a heartbreaking and depressing American life:

The National - Baby, We'll be Fine

All night I lay on my pillow and pray

For my boss to stop me in the hallway

Lay my head on his shoulder and say

Son, I've been hearing good things

I wake up without warning and go flying around the house

In my sauvignon fierce, freaking out

Take a forty-five minute shower and kiss the mirror

And say, look at me

Baby, we'll be fine

All we gotta do is be brave and be kind

I put on an argyle sweater and put on a smile

I don't know how to do this

I'm so sorry for everything

Baby, come over, I need entertaining

I had a stilted, pretending day

Lay me down and say something pretty

Lay me back down where I wanted to stay

Just say something perfect, something I can steal

Say, look at me

Baby, we'll be fine

All we've gotta do is be brave and be kind

I pull off your jeans, and you spill jack and coke in my collar

I melt like a witch and scream

I'm so sorry for everything

 
Toxic1

Toxic1

New member
Their lyrics are pretty good,especially in the second song
Click to expand...
Cool. Here's a couple of others from Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers:

The National - Cardinal Song

never look her in the eyes

never tell the truth

if she knows your paper

you know she'll have to burn you

never tell the one you want that you do

save it for the deathbed

when you know you kept her wanting you

and do everything she'd never do

fall asleep with stranger's wives

the wild wives of unknown men

good for you, you've just become

just another one of them

never say you miss her

never say a word

and do everything she'd never do

don't let her see your cardinal eyes

don't let her see your cardinal eyes

let her treat you like a criminal

so you can treat her like a priest

girls forgive my human mind

girls forgive me one more time

never tell the one you love that you do

save it for the deathbed

and do everything she'd never do

don't let her see your cardinal eyes

don't let her see your cardinal eyes

jesus christ you have confused me

cornered, wasted, blessed and used me

forgive me girls i am confused

stiff and ****** and lost and loose

jesus christ you have confused me

cornered, wasted, blessed and used me

forgive me girls i am confused

stiff and ****** and lost and loose

******

The National - Slipping Husband

sit down dear we gotta talk

your acting like a kid

we don't wanna hear about

the things you never did

you coulda been a legend

but you became a father

that's what you are today

that's what you are today

spending all your time

somewhere inside your head

haunted by the important

life you coulda lead

but your kisses aren't enough

to keep your kids in line

so you better straighten out yourself

and give your baby time

cause if you don't give her what she needs

she'll get it where she can

she's lonely man

Don't leave yourself alone for too many days

Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

you'll end up talking to the ghost

of your wife as if you knew her

your eyes will put her everywhere

and spending all your time

somewhere inside your head

haunted by the important

life you coulda lead

you'll **** yourself to clear your head

you'll close your door and go to bed

you'll try to sleep without a dream

that's where she finds you

that's where she finds you

Don't leave yourself alone for too many days

Sooner than you know your gonna start slipping

Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us

Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us

Dear we better get a drink in you


before you start to bore us

 
o0SugaxNxSpice0o

o0SugaxNxSpice0o

New member
I really need to listen to some new music when I get a chance.

But I'm currently bumming Saosin atm. I'm petty sure they're american. My gosh, that vocal range is amazing, and you can't not like a band when they did a great acoustic cover of Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper hehe. They sound better live as well.

 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom