Matt Shadows their lead singer says the song was written as per request from the developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Watching the initial trailers for the game & looking at production sketches reminded him of the 'S-Town' podcast & its main protagonist, John B. McLemore. Matt also comments specifically on the lyrics: "I decided that the lyrics would shadow McLemore's life." In 2012, antiquarian horologist John B. McLemore sent an email to the staff of the show 'This American Life' asking them to investigate an alleged murder in his hometown of Woodstock, Alabama, a place McLemore claimed to despise. After a year of exchanging emails & several months of conversation with McLemore, producer Brian Reed traveled to Woodstock to investigate. Reed investigated the crime & eventually found that no such murder took place, though he struck up a friendship with the depressed but colorful character of McLemore. He recorded conversations with McLemore & other people in Woodstock. McLemore killed himself by drinking potassium cyanide on June 22, 2015 while the podcast was still in production. In the narrative of the podcast, this occurs at the end of the second episode; subsequent episodes deal with the fallout from McLemore's death while exploring more of McLemore's life & character.
Flowers, flowers, 70,000 flowers.
Flowers, flowers, 75,000 flowers.
There's a mountain in the background,
there's a mountain in the background.
There's a trailer behind us, yeah.
When I let the fish go,
I thought I'd catch it again.
We are next to a building,
Live! Next to a building,
What I am going to do now
is something very important.
I am going to read-
[crunching chips]
tortilla chips!
America's #1 snack to deliver
such a terrific flavor. Enjoy!
Captain Crunch was promoted!
Do you like pillows?
Do you like signs?
Do you like to give 35 cents
to somebody you haven't seen in three years?
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut Colgate!
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
DUT DOO DO DUT!!!
DUT DOO DO DUT DUT DUT!!!
Flowers, flowers, 75,000 flowers.
There's a mountain in the background,
there's a mountain in the background.
There's a trailer behind us, yeah.
When I let the fish go,
I thought I'd catch it again.
We are next to a building,
Live! Next to a building,
What I am going to do now
is something very important.
I am going to read-
[crunching chips]
tortilla chips!
America's #1 snack to deliver
such a terrific flavor. Enjoy!
Captain Crunch was promoted!
Do you like pillows?
Do you like signs?
Do you like to give 35 cents
to somebody you haven't seen in three years?
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut Colgate!
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
dut doo do dut
DUT DOO DO DUT!!!
DUT DOO DO DUT DUT DUT!!!
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