It is true, Bill is a genius. He is what is left of the great FM tradition and nobody does flow and transition better. Like a monk in a high tower relating what the world was like before the barbarians
Not sure where to put this.. but the lyrics have an extra line "Rob from always on the run is so bad and copy paste is a sin" that are not in the song.
Nothing I've heard from The National has made much of an impression on me. On the other hand, I think this one is outstanding. (I agree, the vocal style is similar.)
Agree on both counts. This song is very haunting post-apocalypse story that leaves an impression The National songs do not. The guitar riffs are better too.
Not sure how this can ever be topped. Been in my life since the start, had dreams about the concept, with this as a backing song. When I was a small child the song scared me witless.
I agree with you bb_matt. As a pre-teen when I first heard this song, it made me afraid of growing up. I wanted to make sure nobody I knew ended up like Eleanor. 50 years on I realize that such loneliness is not something that can be cured and the Beatles got it right.
Could not agree more. It is absolute performance perfection. I only wish we could go back and capture this performance with today's technology. It is both electrifying and an old friend whenever I hear it.
heh, when I deam of Michelangelo he's chasing the Counting Crows guy through a museum with a chisel.
And when I dream of Michalangelo he is waltzing through a museum is filled with the the Lacoon, Venus de Milo and Rodin's Thinker and he is singing Counting Crows songs as he chisel's away on the Pieta!
Agree. Very obscure lyrics.
Nothing I've heard from The National has made much of an impression on me. On the other hand, I think this one is outstanding. (I agree, the vocal style is similar.)
Agree on both counts. This song is very haunting post-apocalypse story that leaves an impression The National songs do not. The guitar riffs are better too.
TheWiseKing's comment pretty much nails it (other comments pretty out of it)—where would we be without RP.....
I agree with you bb_matt. As a pre-teen when I first heard this song, it made me afraid of growing up. I wanted to make sure nobody I knew ended up like Eleanor. 50 years on I realize that such loneliness is not something that can be cured and the Beatles got it right.
Could not agree more. It is absolute performance perfection. I only wish we could go back and capture this performance with today's technology. It is both electrifying and an old friend whenever I hear it.
Me too!
Not.
And when I dream of Michalangelo he is waltzing through a museum is filled with the the Lacoon, Venus de Milo and Rodin's Thinker and he is singing Counting Crows songs as he chisel's away on the Pieta!