Somewhat relatedly, Nick Cave has said he's surprised more people don't find his lyrics funny, because he intends them to be....
Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.
'Dirty Girls'
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There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - May 15, 2008 5:59:34 am PDT #8318 of 10003
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Steph L. - May 15, 2008 6:01:09 am PDT #8319 of 10003
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You've recruited Liza Minelli as a background singer. I mean, come on.
This is what I'm saying.
Still, Gerard is pretty serious about his message, so I don't think that you can write all of it off as a joke.
Oh, please don't misunderstand me -- I don't think it's a joke; I just think that the degree of melodrama *must* be accompanied by a wink and a nod, like, "Yes, we know we're being melodramatic and over-the-top, but isn't it fun?"
Here's a contrast -- Andrew Goddamn Lloyd Weber is all melodramatic and bombastic, and quite obviously takes it All So Seriously. And that makes him mock-worthy. (Apologies to his fans, but give me a break.)
Ailleann - May 15, 2008 6:05:15 am PDT #8320 of 10003
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Yeah, I think Gerard is definitely the type to have some fun with melodrama. Two words: band. uniforms.
Sophia Brooks - May 15, 2008 6:07:13 am PDT #8321 of 10003
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I think they are having fun with the melodrama-- but I think they sort of feel that too-- so it is both the genuineness and the knowing that it is over the top that makes it not mockworthy. In my opinion.
Steph L. - May 15, 2008 6:08:31 am PDT #8322 of 10003
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Two words: band. uniforms.
I'm saying!
Don't get me wrong; I'm digging the album, but it just struck me that no one can be THAT melodramatic and over the top and yet take themselves totally seriously.
It's the ability to pull off that melodrama and bombast while acknowledging that they're deliberately being over the top that makes it enjoyable.
Kind of like -- stay with me here -- Amy Winehouse. No one can do a 60s girl-group sound with the lyrics on Back to Black without taking the piss to some degree. And that's cool. If she took it 100% deadly seriously, it would be lame.
Amy - May 15, 2008 6:09:14 am PDT #8323 of 10003
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Yeah, I think Gerard is definitely the type to have some fun with melodrama. Two words: band. uniforms.
Yes, this. Ailleann explains it better than me.
Steph L. - May 15, 2008 6:10:13 am PDT #8324 of 10003
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I hope you guys get what I'm saying -- I'm NOT harshing on them for taking the piss; I think it's what makes the album work so well.
Shir - May 15, 2008 6:10:45 am PDT #8325 of 10003
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Nick Cave has said he's surprised more people don't find his lyrics funny, because he intends them to be....
Heard that too. Personally, I think it all sums up to what my once-boarding-school-roommate said: he who has more endurance has more joy (grammar?). (I must say this sentence is really different in Hebrew: it's something along the lines of "he who has more strength to suffer has more strength to be happy").
Then again, she was the one who took one too many Xanax few weeks later, so I wouldn't listen to anything she has to say.
Sophia Brooks - May 15, 2008 6:13:36 am PDT #8326 of 10003
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I'm NOT harshing on them for taking the piss
I think I was mis-reading "taking the piss" as "making fun of", rather than "having fun with". Ah the internets....
Sophia Brooks - May 15, 2008 6:15:46 am PDT #8327 of 10003
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Is this where I confess that even though a) I like Fall Out Boy , b) I do like the song Hum Hallelujah and c) I know that Pete Wentz actually did (Allegedly) take an overdose while listening to Jeff buckley's Hallelujah in a van and that is what the song is about.... I STILL get the giggles when the Cohen's Hallelujah part of the song comes around. Because it was in so many montages.