Anti-Music Song Lyrics
doing a bad imitation of van morrison
and i saw you on tv
doing a bad imitation of a second rate songwriter from the eighties named morissey
i never liked morrisey
and i don't like you.
doing an imitation of an imitation of jimi hendrix
that's really pathetic
and i saw you on tv
trying to figure out what brian jones would be like if he'd have lived 'til today
i can tell you myself
he'd be like brian wilson
i don't like brian wilson
and i don't like you
i don't like you.
I was at a concert once and yelled this out as a request. This was John's response more or less:
"I won't play anti-music song because the song was written about some people I didn't like at the time but am now on good terms with/friends with."
So.. thought that was interesting..
This, as all of this songs, are sung by characters in the song, not by himself. It's not a first person about his feelings towards mucis.
No, I'm pretty sure this is a good conveyance of John Darnielle's feelings towards music.
I'd enjoy this song way more if it didn't irk me so much the way he mispronounces morrissey.
That's my favourite part. It's so sneering because he knows it's wrong.
That's my favourite part. It's so sneering because he knows it's wrong.
SasquatchAttack was right. Anti-Music is another character song, wherein the first person compares his dislike of someone to his least favourite musicians.
leave it there then
John Darnielle didn't like Morrissey though, so I think we can assume that this character shares some of his viewpoints. He likes Morrissey now.
John Darnielle didn't like Morrissey though, so I think we can assume that this character shares some of his viewpoints. He likes Morrissey now.
That Brian Jones-Brian Wilson connection is perfect.
From what I know all of his songs were character songs until "We shall all be healed" and "the sunset tree"...and even we shall all be healed isn't entirely autobiographical.
WHO is the "you" he's talking about?? I love this song, but I've never been able to figure out who it was on tv, who he's talking to, that he doesn't like.
I was at a concert once and yelled this out as a request. This was John's response more or less:
"I won't play anti-music song because the song was written about some people I didn't like at the time but am now on good terms with/friends with."
So.. thought that was interesting..