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By a hundred thousand more
Than I said when you were the last (high)
And I have known love
Like a whore
From at least ten thousand more
Than I swore when you were the last
When you were the last high
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh-igh
You were awake
And I should've stayed
But I wandered
I was only out for a day
Out for a day
It was Chicago for a moment and then
It was Paris and London for a few days
But I am alone but adored
By a hundred thousand more
Than I swore when you were the last
When you were the last high
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh
When you were the last high
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh
I was the first to have spoken
And I said just about
All of the things you shouldn't say
So maybe you loved me but now
Maybe you don't
And maybe you'll call me
Maybe you won't (oh)
So I am alone but adored
By a hundred thousand more
Than I said when you were the last (high)
And I have known love
Like a whore
From at least ten thousand more
Than I swore when you were the last -
When you were the last high
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh
And you were the last high
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh-igh
Igh-igh
Good, but strange!
I like strange, eileenomurphy. I assume you do, too -- at least a little -- or you wouldn't be hanging around RP. (And I really like the Dandies.)
misterbearbaby wrote:
Listening to this particular tune I couldn't help but notice the total absence of a genuine musical experience.
It takes us to the larger issue. Remember a 2012 "study conducted by the Spanish National Research Council compared more than 450,000 songs from all genres of music over the past 50 years. The study found that music has increasingly become more homogenized — lyrics are less creative and instruments are sounding more electronic and similar across most genres." Nothing I can see by the Dandy Warhols proves otherwise.
Case in point. One synthesizer track, 8 bars I think, endlessly repeated. Garbage lyrics that could have been written by a third-grader. In fact they left room for pop music to become even worse! Boston Globe: A researcher more recently selected all songs that stayed on the Billboard charts for at least three weeks, "feeding their lyrics into an online mechanism that rates sentences on readability scales like Flesch-Kincaid. His conclusion is that the reading level of pop lyrics is on a steep downward curve — from an average grade level of 3.25 in 2005 to 2.75 in 2014." I wasn't just making my earlier claim up...
The Dandy Warhols clearly were leaders of the charge that washed popular music down the sewer.
Listening to this particular tune I couldn't help but notice the total absence of a genuine musical experience.
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The Dandy Warhols clearly were leaders of the charge that washed popular music down the sewer.
In contrast, I like it: solid "8" from me.
It takes us to the larger issue. Remember a 2012 "study conducted by the Spanish National Research Council compared more than 450,000 songs from all genres of music over the past 50 years. The study found that music has increasingly become more homogenized — lyrics are less creative and instruments are sounding more electronic and similar across most genres." Nothing I can see by the Dandy Warhols proves otherwise.
Case in point. One synthesizer track, 8 bars I think, endlessly repeated. Garbage lyrics that could have been written by a third-grader. In fact they left room for pop music to become even worse! Boston Globe: A researcher more recently selected all songs that stayed on the Billboard charts for at least three weeks, "feeding their lyrics into an online mechanism that rates sentences on readability scales like Flesch-Kincaid. His conclusion is that the reading level of pop lyrics is on a steep downward curve — from an average grade level of 3.25 in 2005 to 2.75 in 2014." I wasn't just making my earlier claim up...
The Dandy Warhols clearly were leaders of the charge that washed popular music down the sewer.
Vapor, all vapor. No actual musical content.
Forgive me if I have misunderstood your statement, but I am thinking "strange" means you may not "get it". So please forgive me if you don't need me sharing my interpretation of this. He is lonely, tired of ten thousand or maybe more people adoring him. "You were the last high", he wants that person back. He told them "More than I should have" that he believes pushed them away from him and wished he hadn't done that. He doesn't want to have any more "highs". They were his last (high) and he wants that person to come back into his life.
The life of a rock star. Not all that it is cut out to be, and that is fer sure. Very touching song by an amazing band.
So maybe you loved me but now
Maybe you don't
And maybe you'll call me
Maybe you won't (oh)
Good, but strange!
Forgive me if I have misunderstood your statement, but I am thinking "strange" means you may not "get it". So please forgive me if you don't need me sharing my interpretation of this. He is lonely, tired of ten thousand or maybe more people adoring him. "You were the last high", he wants that person back. He told them "More than I should have" that he believes pushed them away from him and wished he hadn't done that. He doesn't want to have any more "highs". They were his last (high) and he wants that person to come back into his life.
The life of a rock star. Not all that it is cut out to be, and that is fer sure. Very touching song by an amazing band.
we recycle the best and the rest is lost
At least, not when it's done right.
And this is done right!
I don't know on which basis you make this statement Relayer.
The Dandies themselves love "downplaying" their skills, their importance and their genius. I disagree with them on all three.
My catalogue of things to love (musically) is pretty huge, but the friggin' Dandy Warhols are somewhere at the top on some sort of weird parallel scaling.
They are SO smart, funny, truly talented (knowing what isn't a talent is a talent as well, my dad always used to say) and just formidable music makers.
They hardly ever go below an 8 for me for sure!
And on the plus-side: the day just got a little brighter thanks to hearing them.
Thanks again BillG!
"Hey, Taylor-Taylor!"
"Hi...i...i...i
"Yeah how--"
"i....i....i...i"
"I get it, b--
"i....i...i...i..........
Same. The outro has an Ashes to Ashes groove. Great song and band.
Got to see them in a small hall in Akron, Ohio. It was A M A Z I N G !!!!
Another deliciously tongue-in-cheek song I love by the Dandys --- "Enjoy Yourself" on "This Machine." Follow that with the crazy synth effects of "Alternative Power to the People" ... makes this near-60 dude want to get up and shake it all around!!
Neither here nor there really, but I was browsing The Pierre hotel's website. And low & behold, Andy Warhol is in their photo gallery! Scroll downward: https://www.thepierreny.com/ga...
Well, isn't that Dandy?
Got a personal tour of their Odditorium studio/hangout in Portland this past spring and was very grateful.
Totally. Hearing The Dandy Warhols always brings on a craving for more The Dandy Warhols.
I'll echo many posts with the comment that this band is witty and talented. And the wiki page sheds two key points to me:
1) Portland area band...cool...
2) Courtney's last name is 'Taylor-Taylor' - well then!
Long Live RP!!
Totally. Hearing The Dandy Warhols always brings on a craving for more The Dandy Warhols.
Neither here nor there really, but when doing a bit of that "when my ship comes in" stuff, I was browsing The Pierre hotel's website. And low & behold, but of course, Andy Warhol at The Pierre once is in their photo gallery. Scroll downward: https://www.thepierreny.com/ga...
Totally. Hearing The Dandy Warhols always brings on a craving for more The Dandy Warhols.
Yes, no way he would sue them, as someone suggested below. Bowie liked the Dandy Warhols and asked them to tour with him.
...combined with this:
Both album covers conceived by this band's namesake.
like WTFF..?
So true :-)))
Bueller? Bueller?
What would Bowie sue them for? The use of similar sound effects? I think of "Ashes to Ashes" too when I hear this song, but I I don't think there's enough overlap to merit a lawsuit.
If anything, it's an apparent homage - do you think they expected no one to remember that Bowie tune? It shares one or two of the same chords and the tempo is very different. It's obviously influenced by the Bowie song, as well as earlier Roxy Music stuff (which Bowie's tune was probably influenced by), but no attorney on Earth could bring a plagiarism suit over this.
YUP
I guess I'll have to look it up on Wikipedia.
10
Makes me want to do two things...
we recycle the best and the rest is lost
Lucky for them they're friendly with Bowie, otherwise he might have whacked em with "lawyers to lawyers" over this blatant take on "ashes to ashes"
If anything, it's an apparent homage - do you think they expected no one to remember that Bowie tune? It shares one or two of the same chords and the tempo is very different. It's obviously influenced by the Bowie song, as well as earlier Roxy Music stuff (which Bowie's tune was probably influenced by), but no attorney on Earth could bring a plagiarism suit over this.
The DW's opened for Bowie on his European tour last year. They're one of his favorite bands.
Lucky for them they're friendly with Bowie, otherwise he might have whacked em with "lawyers to lawyers" over this blatant take on "ashes to ashes"
Been there, done that. A great choice!
Exactly. This album cover in particular, references two album covers designed by Andy Warhol.
Read on your way to the ethical suicide parlor......
This is the "I love my dentist song "
This has always been their thing...so few people get it...even with the obvious name of the band. Dust off your soup can...another "hit" by the Dandys.
Not sure if it was ever available anywhere else but it is worth searching for.
Download it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SXBOW2
Further proof that imitation is that greatest form of flattery. Go Dandies!
Yup!
Ashes to ashes
Funk to funky,
I don't mean to be rash,
But the Dandies have nicked another one. Whoops, doesn't rhyme.
Is Mr. Bowie aware of this?
The DW's opened for Bowie on his European tour last year. They're one of his favorite bands.
Yup!
Ashes to ashes
Funk to funky,
I don't mean to be rash,
But the Dandies have nicked another one. Whoops, doesn't rhyme.
Is Mr. Bowie aware of this?
It's available in the Amazon MP3 store (although it's worth it to get the whole CD for both the quality and the music).
Yes, we do!
Yes we do!
i thought it was a cover for the first 30 seconds...
Love the Dandy Warhols tho - nice chilled song.
I returned to the UK, having begged them to release the single in the UK (they weren't), and it was ALL over the radio, and is still played, regularly.
Sadly their following albums weren't anywhere near as good, IMO.
Good guys, the Dandies.