This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
Burned out like all
Cathie candles
Marked up with the
Choir vandals
Reading, "destroy, destroy, destroy"
Two speed cycle
Streamered handles
Evenings with the
Roman Scandals
I just want to be someone you know
Cathie candles
Marked up with the
Choir vandals
Reading, "destroy, destroy, destroy"
Two speed cycle
Streamered handles
Evenings with the
Roman Scandals
I just want to be someone you know
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This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Amazing
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran tells a story of unsuccessfully trying to feel “Amazing.” This track is about the being weighed down by emotional stress despite valiant attempts to find some positivity in the situation. This track was written by Ed Sheeran from the perspective of his friend. From the track, we see this person fall deeper into the negative thoughts and slide further down the path of mental torment with every lyric.
American Town
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
Plastic Bag
Ed Sheeran
Ed Sheeran
“Plastic Bag” is a song about searching for an escape from personal problems and hoping to find it in the lively atmosphere of a Saturday night party. Ed Sheeran tells the story of his friend and the myriad of troubles he is going through. Unable to find any solutions, this friend seeks a last resort in a party and the vanity that comes with it.
“I overthink and have trouble sleepin’ / All purpose gone and don’t have a reason / And there’s no doctor to stop this bleedin’ / So I left home and jumped in the deep end,” Ed Sheeran sings in verse one. He continues by adding that this person is feeling the weight of having disappointed his father and doesn’t have any friends to rely on in this difficult moment. In the second verse, Ed sings about the role of grief in his friend’s plight and his dwindling faith in prayer. “Saturday night is givin’ me a reason to rely on the strobe lights / The lifeline of a promise in a shot glass, and I’ll take that / If you’re givin’ out love from a plastic bag,” Ed sings on the chorus, as his friend turns to new vices in hopes of feeling better.
Interestingly enough, "Cathie" (Cathy) was A Roman Scandal's keyboardist Tyler Jacobson's long-time girlfriend. She also made videos for that band, but more importantly Cathy played in Furry Things, an early Trance Records lablemate of AmAnSet whom they frequently shared the stage with.
She was likely once part of AmAnSet's "scene" but perhaps gravitated towards A Roman Scandal's (which was vewied as more "elitist" or "snobby" and was a few years younger than AmAnSet's) as time passed.["Evenings with the Roman Scandals"]
As mentioned, Roman Scandal (and most likely their "scene") featured a member of ...Trail of Dead, a band known for their destructive and chaotic shows and out-of-control partying.["Marked up with the Choir vandals, Reading "destroy, destroy, destroy""]
Just a guess: the author/narrator of this song had an unrequited crush on Cathy and disliked the people she was currently hanging out with but was willing to "spend evenings with Roman Scandals" to "be someone you know". That, or just as likely, the song was written to sarcastically take a jab at Cathy and her new friends.
interesting to know the particular local references to that. sort of builds up an localized frame of reference for this song, a lot of that imagery being familiar enough, to me, to get it across, I think? I mean: maybe this is just me but a lot of the songs on 'know by heart' have what's to me a definitely ironically humorous perspective on social relations, social scenes ("aaron&maria" and "the postman"), and use ("aaron and maria" again) what has also definitely become a familiar type/casting of individual (trying hard not to use the h-word) as characters, images and so on. which is to say that the kind of folks in this song have, at least their attitudes, have been around quite a while, too. <br /> <br /> love though how gentle the musical setting, considering how caustic this, and other, songs on that record are.<br /> <br /> this would probably make a lot more sense if I wasn't writing through a haze of migraine, but there you have it. (and who is going to see?)