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.
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....
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.
I think I was mis-reading "taking the piss" as "making fun of", rather than "having fun with". Ah the internets....
This was my take, too. And no, Tep, I get that you like it, and you're not harshing on it! (Also, isn't Teenagers awesome? And House of Wolves?)
I think I was mis-reading "taking the piss" as "making fun of", rather than "having fun with". Ah the internets....
This was my take, too.
I could be using it wrong; I always thought that "taking the piss" was the equivalent of "not taking what you're saying/doing seriously," with an element of poking fun at youself for the level on which your words/actions *could* be interpreted as DEADLY SERIOUS.
Also, isn't Teenagers awesome?
LOVE!!!
And House of Wolves?
Hell yes, it is!
Gerard is going to go as big and fabulous as he can. My guess is he'd consider "over the top" to be both a fair assessment and a compliment.
Some interview somewhere mentions some exchange along the lines of:
"Are we taking this too far?" "Yes. Can we take it further?"
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....
Is it wrong of me to think that this is HILARIOUS?! (Knowing he survived obviously.) sheesh!
Steph, I would say that they're pretty sincere about TBP, but also self-aware enough to recognize it as totally over the top. The stage shows for it had fire and tickertape, for crying out loud.
So while their tongues were not near their cheeks, it doesn't have the self-importance that ALW crap does.
Is it wrong of me to think that this is HILARIOUS?! (Knowing he survived obviously.) sheesh!
OMG! I am so glad I am not the only one that laughs at this-- but only Pete Wentz would try to kill himself listening to the most overplayed TV montage song ever.
Likewise, the title of Seven Minutes in Heaven (Atavan Halen) CRACKS ME UP. I mean, come on! Brilliant!
