The town where she was born
Like the town where I was born
Was built by white settlers seeking gold and other treasures
Like me, she feels uncomfortable in the clothing of her ancestors
It's not easy, she would say
Ripping her fingers into the ashtray
It's not easy to erase your blood
JIMMY:
Rock me now
EMILY:
Ahem, sing with me
JIMMY:
In the arms of cobwebs
Roll me out
In the arms of cobwebs
EMILY:
Next she found a man to treasure
And together they planted flowers of warning, fearing frost
Late on shallow evenings while their enemies slept
They hammered the soil, asking for answers in green
His value declined when he offered his name
Why did he offer?
JIMMY:
His value declined...
EMILY:
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
JIMMY:
When he offered his name
EMILY:
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
JIMMY:
His value declined
EMILY:
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
JIMMY:
When he offered his name
EMILY:
When she was seven years old she saw a man get shot, but
No one came for a long time,
Because it happened in a remote parking lot in Las Vegas
She was waiting for her mom to come back
From working the blackjack table at the Circus-Circus casino and
That night her mom said that the two of them, and the now dead guy
Were the only three people who ever really lived in Las Vegas
Everybody else just arrived,
Ate their complimentary shrimp cocktail
And left.
JIMMY:
Rock me now
In the arms of cobwebs
EMILY:
It's a one-room city, yeah, it's a one-room city here
So can you roll me
JIMMY:
Roll me out
In the arms of cobwebs
EMILY:
It's a one-room city, yeah, it's a one-room city here
JIMMY:
His value declined
EMILY:
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah ah
JIMMY:
When he offered his name
EMILY:
You rent a one-room city here,
It's a one-room city here
The wall-to-wall-to-wall-to-wall
Goes street to street to street.
Metric is a Canadian indie rock band founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Emily Haines (lead vocals, synthesizers, guitar, tambourine, harmonica, piano), James Shaw (guitar, synthesizers, theremin, backing vocals), Joshua Winstead (bass, synthesizers, backing vocals) and Joules Scott-Key (drums, percussion). The band started in 1998 as a duo formed by Haines and Shaw with the name "Mainstream". After releasing an EP titled Mainstream EP, they changed the band's name to Metric.
The band's first studio album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Live It Out, released in 2005, was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the "Canadian Album of the Year" and for the 2006 Juno Awards for "Best Alternative Album". Their third studio album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001; it was initially planned as their debut album, but was delayed for many years and finally released, with some changes, in 2007.
Metric's fourth album Fantasies was released in 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for "Canadian Album of the Year", and won the "Alternative Album of the Year" at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric also won the 2010 "Group of the Year". The fifth Metric studio album, Synthetica, was released in 2012. The band won two awards at 2013 Juno Awards: "Alternative Album of the Year" for Synthetica and "Producer of the Year" for Shaw. The art director/designer/photographer Justin Broadbent also won an award for "Recording Package of the Year" for Synthetica. Metric's sixth album, Pagans in Vegas, was released in 2015, and their seventh album, Art of Doubt, was released in 2018. Their eighth full-length record, Formentera, was released on July 8, 2022. Their ninth LP, Formentera II, was released on October 13, 2023 via their label MMI and Thirty Tigers.
In 2023, Metric ranked 41st on Rolling Stone's The 50 Greatest Canadian Artists of All Time.
Metric - Live - 2009 - 1 by ~MrSyn
Patryk Pigeon ©2009-2010 ~MrSyn
https://www.patrykpigeon.com/
Metric live in Montréal,Qc - Oct 16 2009
Photo: Patryk Pigeon ©2009
Too bad RP no longer plays this.
What is the problem? "White settlers?" Nightmares from 9/11?
Metric - "Rock Me Now" Live (2007):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S3LIszbcg4
"I don't dislike this performance, in fact I think it's rather good. But I don't feel it beat the album version. It's mostly the bass line... it really makes the song IMO and he changed it to just one note in the verses, and to my ears it's just missing something. Not a bad thing. Just doesn't beat the album version to my ears. "
Poster of a Girl by ~sean-tron
©2010 ~sean-tron
Metric at Bluesfest in Ottawa (July 10, 2010)
.(Edited 10/Oct/2010)
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Metric - "Poster Of A Girl" Live:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqMOyNAhCCI
"they sound better live... "
"As a technical drummer, I now find the drumming quite simple. First time listening to this song, however, I thought it was quite unique. Metric's awesome!
it's quite common. it's just that people never seemed to play this beat too much on real drums until recent years. "
OK I read 'em. Still trite. Just because something is meaningless doesn't make it deep.
Ok vit, let's see you do better, wise guy.
Crank it up!
VOLUME UP
The depth of your argument amazes me.
Really? What's missing, an emoticon?
OK I read 'em. Still trite. Just because something is meaningless doesn't make it deep.
The depth of your argument amazes me.
I disagree. The lyrics may not be to your liking, but they're definitely not trite:
Once she found a man to treasure and together
They planted flowers of warning fearing frost
Late on shallow evenings while their enemies slept
They hammered the soil asking for answers in cream
His value declined when he offered his name
Why did he offer? His value declined,
When he offered his name
His value declined,
When he offered his name
OK I read 'em. Still trite. Just because something is meaningless doesn't make it deep.
Or maybe they should just take the album title's advice...
For me this is a 6 with an extra 1 added for Emily Haines.
i don't get the disconnect between a great groovy playlist and all the attitudinalism
maybe i'm being judgmental about being judgmental but
wow people
not everything is compared to something else
or is it ?
somethings are just what they are
or are they ?
maybe a little gentleness
a little should i say it - kindness
would be in order on a public forum commenting on music that you or i didn't create we're just listening to it for free and everyone has their own but
'Silly juvenile lyrics' ? from one listener
that's just silly you juvenile : )
10 1/2
Word. In fact, just to compensate for the silliness that coy writes about 8
Crank it up!
I don't care if the lyricist DID read a little too much of the beat poets! This GRABS me!