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Cake — Opera Singer
Album: Comfort Eagle
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Released: 2002
Length: 4:04
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I am an opera singer
I stand on painted tape
It tells me where I'm going
And where to throw my cape

I call my co-stars "brother"
I call my co-stars "knave"
I play both good and evil parts
I sing to Verdi's grave

And every single morning
By 10 AM I'm dressed
My rehearsals last for hours and hours
With diligence I have been blessed

Some people, they call me monster
Some people, they call me saint
My talent feeds my darker side
Yet no one will complain

I am an opera singer
I sing in foreign lands
I've sung for kings in Europe
And emperors in Japan

And after each performance
People stand around and wait
Just to tell me that they love my voice
Just to tell me that I'm great

I am an opera singer
I will sing when you're all dead
I sing the mountains crumbling apart
I sing what can't be said

I am an opera singer
I sing in foreign lands
Most people seem to know my name
Or at least know who I am
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So done with Cake. Just not for me.
Posted 14 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:
Let them eat brioche.
 


I like not hearing opera!
Posted 14 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Let them eat brioche.
Posted 14 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Okay, so what's Bill's fascination with Cake? If I hear a new song that really annoys me, I can be pretty sure it's Cake. The only group that makes me turn the volume off until I see the next song pop up.
Posted 14 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
Well now you have to play "Opera Star" by Neil young. On the Reactor album.

Posted 14 years ago by bronorb    [ Reply ]
I think I'd rather have had the opera, Bill. And I hate opera almost as much as I hate C&W. This isn't one of Cake's finest, IMO. Muting until the fat lady sings...
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Cake is ok, but less is better for you. I feel like I have been eating (hearing) too much of it lately. {#Confused}
Posted 14 years ago by jazong    [ Reply ]
Can't even throw them a crumb. This band is stale.
Posted 14 years ago by Papernapkin    [ Reply ]
 grouchygreg wrote:
High art? Probably not.
Fun? Absolutely.

 
On the nose.  More, please!

Posted 14 years ago by dedawson    [ Reply ]
 Radiohead-head wrote:
Great band but singer is a total tool...saw them live once...never again. Played barely an hour long set...guy talked to us like we were children...no encore. Lame. I'll pass on the Cake thanks.
 
Whereas the show I saw was full audience-involvement, and they did 4 encores.

Posted 16 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
This is nice, good work!
Posted 16 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
This has to be the worst band I have ever heard.

Just fuc*ing terrible. Everything they do is worse than the last thing.

Can't believe there are people who like this.

It's like everyone associated with this band has had a full lobotomy.

" I am an opera singer." I sing what can't be said.

Everything they do sounds like a sitcom jingle from the seventies. 

" Well we're movin' on up, to the east side, gonna call ourselves cake and be freaking millionaires." 

Where is the puke smilie? 
 
Yup.

Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
This has to be the worst band I have ever heard.

Just fuc*ing terrible. Everything they do is worse than the last thing.

Can't believe there are people who like this.

It's like everyone associated with this band has had a full lobotomy.

" I am an opera singer." I sing what can't be said.

Everything they do sounds like a sitcom jingle from the seventies. 

" Well we're movin' on up, to the east side, gonna call ourselves cake and be freaking millionaires." 

Where is the puke smilie? 
 
Here's to free speech, and the right to have one's own opinion! I LOVE Cake! And hey, that line about "movin' on up" just might give them a great idea for their next song!  ;)

Posted 16 years ago by ginger    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
This has to be the worst band I have ever heard.

Just fuc*ing terrible. Everything they do is worse than the last thing.

Can't believe there are people who like this.

It's like everyone associated with this band has had a full lobotomy.

" I am an opera singer." I sing what can't be said.

Everything they do sounds like a sitcom jingle from the seventies. 

" Well we're movin' on up, to the east side, gonna call ourselves cake and be freaking millionaires." 

Where is the puke smilie? 
 

Tell me how you really feel.
Posted 16 years ago by Jamunca    [ Reply ]
This has to be the worst band I have ever heard.

Just fuc*ing terrible. Everything they do is worse than the last thing.

Can't believe there are people who like this.

It's like everyone associated with this band has had a full lobotomy.

" I am an opera singer." I sing what can't be said.

Everything they do sounds like a sitcom jingle from the seventies. 

" Well we're movin' on up, to the east side, gonna call ourselves cake and be freaking millionaires." 

Where is the puke smilie? 
Posted 16 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
YOU CALL THIS MUSIC?  GET REAL!
Posted 16 years ago by Robert_V_West    [ Reply ]
Great band but singer is a total tool...saw them live once...never again. Played barely an hour long set...guy talked to us like we were children...no encore. Lame. I'll pass on the Cake thanks.
Posted 16 years ago by Radiohead-head    [ Reply ]
It was difficult to listen to through my own laughter--much fun, indeed! I never heard of them, but look forward to moremoremore Oh, let's not forget the dark side
Posted 16 years ago by pacificbeth    [ Reply ]
Indeed, fun music. Some very unexpected musical themes. I like Cake.
Posted 16 years ago by Ericac    [ Reply ]
algrif wrote:
Boooooooooooooooooooooring
How the hell can Cake ever be called boring? they are tight...funny...talented...quirky....etc...but never boring...have some fun man
Posted 16 years ago by Monster    [ Reply ]
High art? Probably not. Fun? Absolutely.
Posted 16 years ago by grouchygreg    [ Reply ]
Painfully awful.
Posted 16 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
mongoose01ca wrote:
What's with all the nay-sayers? Cake is great and this is a great example of Cake!?
Agreed.
Posted 17 years ago by RobK    [ Reply ]
ChrisInAZ wrote:
Comfort Eagle is a great album. What should be my next couple Cake CDs to buy?
I'd say Prolonging the Magic and Fashion Nugget. I'd avoid Pressure Chief though.
Posted 17 years ago by turbowaffle    [ Reply ]
This and Long Shirt Short Jacket are my 2 fave Cake songs. I wouldn't call myself a Cake fan but those 2 songs really hit it. Also I love the cover art on this album.
Posted 17 years ago by pmnixa    [ Reply ]
I'm a BIG Cake fan, and this may be my favorite. This and Comfort Eagle. Fun band in concert and extremely tight and they rock out!
Posted 17 years ago by billbangert    [ Reply ]
Comfort Eagle is a great album. What should be my next couple Cake CDs to buy?
Posted 17 years ago by ChrisInAZ    [ Reply ]
Anyone ever hear the material that warrants the EXPLICIT CONTENT labels ? Curious how they could be so different from what we get here.
Posted 17 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
yummy!
Posted 17 years ago by earth2claire    [ Reply ]
The musical equivalent of an instruction manual.
Posted 17 years ago by Trey    [ Reply ]
honk if you love cake!
Posted 17 years ago by themotion    [ Reply ]
Question: Do these guys rock Answer: YES!
Posted 17 years ago by wookie    [ Reply ]
Oops! Cake's on, gotta go
Posted 17 years ago by Helchat    [ Reply ]
What's with all the nay-sayers? Cake is great and this is a great example of Cake!? Unique rhythms and instrumentation? Check Clever lyrics with multiple interpretations? Check Comfort Eagle, as an album, is so full of great lyrical moments that it boggles the mind, not least of which is this song's opening verse... Sad to see this getting pummeled so badly when even the dregs of Neil Young's catalogue are afforded near-hero status. Sigh.
Posted 17 years ago by mongoose01ca    [ Reply ]
Boooooooooooooooooooooring
Posted 17 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
WOW!!!!! Check the artists website. Completely in Dutch and you can buy a cake there! haha
Posted 17 years ago by Martino    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
New one for me. As with all cake songs, it takes some getting used to... But I think I like it.. Yes, I do. Different than the other cake songs I've heard, but cool.
Posted 17 years ago by pherthyl    [ Reply ]
mamashannon wrote:
O.M.G. this may have killed my Bob Dylan buzz. Cake is simple and sucky.
Simple and sucky!! Check to see your ears haven't fallen off...
Posted 17 years ago by snapoutovit    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Wow, it really creeps me out when I hop into a forum and say something, only to see that I said the exact same thing a couple months previous. 8O
It's creepier when someone else has said it. Then you have to go back and edit your comment so you don't look like a dork. Or accept your dorkness and leave it alone.
Posted 17 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
ziggytrix wrote:
It's just simple, straightforward pop music guys, why all the hate?
...with a sense of humor...Exactly! Why all the Hate?
Posted 17 years ago by wally42    [ Reply ]
Cake? Yeah, yeah, I'll have some more please. Who would have thought. Mmmmm, excellent.
Posted 17 years ago by Moak    [ Reply ]
It's just simple, straightforward pop music guys, why all the hate?
Posted 17 years ago by ziggytrix    [ Reply ]
O.M.G. this may have killed my Bob Dylan buzz. Cake is simple and sucky.
Posted 17 years ago by mamashannon    [ Reply ]
Cake? Yes please.
Posted 17 years ago by plaidchocobo    [ Reply ]
Cake is tasty! I like it!
Posted 18 years ago by Pipes    [ Reply ]
Cake? No, Thank You.
Posted 18 years ago by sandpebble    [ Reply ]
Old_Pink wrote:
Rating it a 1 because I am sick to death of hearing them every freaking time I listen to RP.
AYE!
Posted 18 years ago by tony620d    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Wow, it really creeps me out when I hop into a forum and say something, only to see that I said the exact same thing a couple months previous. 8O
I do the same thing, or haven't you noticed?
Posted 18 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
I'm with Old Pink on this one. Cake is completely vapid. Reminds me of the time in high school when the assistant manager at the Mr. Burger tried to convince me that ''Stairway to Heaven'' was really deep, as opposed to psuedo-deep. As if. I know, I know. Cake is supposed to be all ironic and humorous and stuff. Stop. Just stop. It's tiresome. So, so tiresome.
Posted 19 years ago by Odyzzeuz    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
Wow, it really creeps me out when I hop into a forum and say something, only to see that I said the exact same thing a couple months previous. 8O
Another case of Vujade.
Posted 19 years ago by whitenoyse    [ Reply ]
Point for Cake!
Posted 19 years ago by meatbee    [ Reply ]
Rating it a 1 because I am sick to death of hearing them every freaking time I listen to RP.
Posted 19 years ago by Old_Pink    [ Reply ]
I LOVE CAKE!!!!! (both kinds)
Posted 19 years ago by idontknowadam    [ Reply ]
alniebel wrote:
I try to like them but just can't. No cake for me, thanks.
Me too ... for awhile ... just didn't get it ... then, while not even being aware of it, found myself singing along and turning it up. Now, dem my boys!
Posted 19 years ago by thekid    [ Reply ]
Oh yeah. That's right. Love em!
Posted 19 years ago by am    [ Reply ]
Gotta love a rock band who can write songs about opera singers.
Posted 19 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
I hate the band cake.....but I love eating home baked cake, yum....this band Y U C K!!!!!!
Posted 19 years ago by anniebear    [ Reply ]
jerseygirl wrote:
hate this band yuck!!!!!!!!!!
I try to like them but just can't. No cake for me, thanks.
Posted 19 years ago by alniebel    [ Reply ]
The only thing better than Cake is more Cake! \:D/
Posted 19 years ago by Drummer4soul    [ Reply ]
ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote:
I like the hand claps.
Wow, it really creeps me out when I hop into a forum and say something, only to see that I said the exact same thing a couple months previous. 8O
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
I like the hand claps.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
I used to love this band, but John McCrea's vocal style has started to grind on me. He's too dispassionate, too ironic, too cool for his own art.
Posted 19 years ago by BooKitty    [ Reply ]
jerseygirl wrote:
hate this band yuck!!!!!!!!!!
Why why why must they try to do this?? Sure it's a weird Neil song, and you have to at least wish you were there, but I don't think they were.
Posted 19 years ago by sparrow    [ Reply ]
hate this band yuck!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 19 years ago by jerseygirl    [ Reply ]
just once, I'd like to hear this singer cut it loose on a song rather than do his usual chanting-to-music thing. I'm not saying it would be good, but I'd like to hear it.
Posted 19 years ago by flandersdog    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
TO DO LIST FOR TODAY: - Build doomsday device. - Build time machine. - Take doomsday device back in time. - Attach device to Neil Young. - Flip device to "on." - Return to present, content in the knowledge that evil is destroyed and no one need know how close they came to annihilation. - Drink some tea, call mother.
Sounds about right. Cake rules.
Posted 19 years ago by madtowner11    [ Reply ]
God i love Cake! And this whole album is just amazing. For anyone who thinks this is musically unchallenging, try the one without any words on this cd--i think it's called "Arco Arena." That one just freaking GROOVES.
Posted 19 years ago by Poplars    [ Reply ]
Is this like Barry Manilow? Do they sing the songs too?
Posted 19 years ago by Old_Pool_Skunk    [ Reply ]
I dig Cake, despite the fact that every song sounds pretty much the same. In this case, though, I just can't figure out why the hell they're singing about this.
Posted 19 years ago by jayladdin    [ Reply ]
TO DO LIST FOR TODAY: - Build doomsday device. - Build time machine. - Take doomsday device back in time. - Attach device to Cake. - Flip device to "on." - Return to present, content in the knowledge that evil is destroyed and no one need know how close they came to annihilation. - Drink some tea, call mother.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
I like the handclaps.
Posted 19 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
I agree that this music isn't as fluid as others, but I think that's deliberate. It's like they took a song and chopped it into tiny pieces, then removed every other one. Pointilist music.
Posted 19 years ago by physicsgenius    [ Reply ]
Asinine, lyrically and melodically.
Posted 20 years ago by Leetzy    [ Reply ]
Cute, but not music!
Posted 20 years ago by MadLar    [ Reply ]
masterhead wrote:
This song may be funny but very disppointing in musical terms...
I agree. Love the lyrics here, but the arrangement seems concocted rather than composed. Many better tracks in the Cake library.
Posted 20 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
skeeter wrote:
Me either... until now. :-s I don't think this one's that bad... just not the delicious Cake I'm used to.
Yes, this Cake is somehow rancid to my taste
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
Saw them last weekend at ACL fest and they rocked. Sounded great, played a bunch of new material too off of their upcoming album.
Posted 20 years ago by Gregorama    [ Reply ]
MMMMMM....Cake...
Posted 20 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
billca42 wrote:
This reminds me of They Might be Giants. I mean that in a good way. :)
Please do not disparage They Might Be Giants in this way. There is no similarity. 9/22/04: Okay, it's a week or so later. I actually like this song a lot more today for some reason.
Posted 20 years ago by camarkim    [ Reply ]
drover wrote:
... I haven't heard a Cake song I don't like yet.
Me either... until now. :-s I don't think this one's that bad... just not the delicious Cake I'm used to.
Posted 20 years ago by skeeter    [ Reply ]
newwavegurly wrote:
Like Italian Leather Sofas?
I love 'em! Especially, when she wears a Short Skirt and a Long Jacket! (pimp)
Posted 20 years ago by MsfStl    [ Reply ]
This song may be funny but very disppointing in musical terms... Like Comanche from their first CD is very poor... Sorry but this Cake is sickening...empalagoso(spanish) And I really enjoy Cake..believe me
Posted 20 years ago by masterhead    [ Reply ]
bothanesque wrote:
This also reminds me of They Might Be Giants but this sucks beyond belief!
Cake is what TMBG wishes they were.
Posted 20 years ago by nolands    [ Reply ]
sleepless wrote:
Cake RULES....
agreed
Posted 20 years ago by Zygomatic    [ Reply ]
rgj13 wrote:
Part of what I enjoy about Cake is their ability to make pretty fun songs out of really odd subjects.
Like Italian Leather Sofas?
Posted 20 years ago by newwavegurly    [ Reply ]
This also reminds me of They Might Be Giants but this sucks beyond belief!
Posted 20 years ago by bothanesque    [ Reply ]
heh heh heh....i'm in \:D/
Posted 21 years ago by Red_Dragon    [ Reply ]
"My talent feeds my darker side but no one will complain" Reminds me of some rancher from santa barbara who's in the news these days!
Posted 21 years ago by JaySea    [ Reply ]
Part of what I enjoy about Cake is their ability to make pretty fun songs out of really odd subjects.
Posted 21 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
Cake RULES....
Posted 21 years ago by sleepless    [ Reply ]
I generally dont like such stuff, but this one has sort of grown on me.
Posted 21 years ago by ankit    [ Reply ]
Gah! No more Cake! Please!
Posted 21 years ago by zborgerd    [ Reply ]
billca42 wrote:
This reminds me of They Might be Giants. I mean that in a good way. :)
???? You've got to be kidding!! 8O Patti M 8^)
Posted 21 years ago by Patti    [ Reply ]
This kind of music isn't really up my alley, but I like it anyway.....
Posted 21 years ago by beelzebubba    [ Reply ]
I gotta say, this one gets me attention (and a smile) every time with them playful horns! Bill, you have once again made me add another band/CD to my "must buy (someday)" list. :nodhead:
Posted 21 years ago by skindy    [ Reply ]
This reminds me of They Might be Giants. I mean that in a good way. :)
Posted 21 years ago by billca42    [ Reply ]
Schmackdown wrote:
This is one Cake selection RP got right. Hard to go wrong with the whole "Comfort Eagle" CD, it's outstanding.
I second that Motion! Great CD! Cruising on a hot summer day with the windows rolled down and this CD blasting Believe me. Up here in da nort dere ! (If you speak french, you'll get that last yuk) We appreciate our summer days.
Posted 21 years ago by GreenOnion    [ Reply ]
Posted 21 years ago by littleRoom    [ Reply ]
Yum........Cake!
Posted 21 years ago by Ames    [ Reply ]
Tasty Cake... :D
Posted 21 years ago by chlobug    [ Reply ]
This is one Cake selection RP got right. Hard to go wrong with the whole \"Comfort Eagle\" CD, it\'s outstanding.
Posted 21 years ago by Schmackdown    [ Reply ]
How exciting! A song about me!
Posted 21 years ago by Art_Carnage    [ Reply ]
These guys are very talented.... I'm really liking most of thier work now.
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]
Nice juxtoposition of cheezy beats and operatic reference. A toe-tappin\' fun fest. I need to look into Cake.
Posted 21 years ago by podaddy    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by mogulmaster: This song is mental. For some reason, I like it.
My thoughts exactly. I'll always give a band points for having original lyrics like this.
Posted 21 years ago by mngwade    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by ndanger666: Sorry, guys. This is dreadful.
sorry "dangerboy", your music bearings seem a bit suspect: a "1" ("Barfo-Sucko") for Lennon's "Imagine, U2's "One", The Beatles "A Day In The Life", among others betrays your "sensibility" for music - along, it would seem, with a few other concepts of relative importance. i dunno, maybe your sense of the world reflects reality - but i will do everything in my being to reject such a reality. peace.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Arden: I'm going to start calling this place radiocake.com But I think it's funny that you often back them up with the Dead and Phish, since all the local Cake heads I know can't stand the tie-dyed set. :)
too bad those "local Cake heads" you know are so rigid in their thinking.
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
This song gives me a completely different impression of this band. I have only heard the usual few Cake songs and they were only \"ok\" to me. This one is outstanding. Which is more representative of Cake? \"Opera Singer\" or the most familar/played Cake songs?
Posted 21 years ago by mperry    [ Reply ]
I'm going to start calling this place radiocake.com But I think it's funny that you often back them up with the Dead and Phish, since all the local Cake heads I know can't stand the tie-dyed set. :)
Posted 21 years ago by Arden    [ Reply ]
This speaks to me in places I didn\'t know I had ears! It touches me in places I only touch myself!
Posted 21 years ago by mytongue    [ Reply ]
Sorry, guys. This is dreadful.
Posted 22 years ago by ndanger666    [ Reply ]
Love it, although the drum machine is a bit tedious.
Posted 22 years ago by Shimmer    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by Terror-Tubby: pop bliss. (well pop in the universe I want to live in anyway) :D
Really well put Terror-Tubby (hehe, one of my friends is in a popduo called Terrorskater)! More Cake to the people!
Posted 22 years ago by mixter    [ Reply ]
It\'s Cake....
Posted 22 years ago by stevo_b    [ Reply ]
Originally Posted by kevinc: Just can't take the singer's monotone voice. :(
Cake has always reminded me of Pavement -- both in that way and in others. Despite the monotonous voices, I love both bands :)
Posted 22 years ago by phiagurl    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this. Actually it kinda grows on ya... like a fungus
Posted 22 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]
I doubt anyone else could sing about the workaday stage machinations of an opera singer and still make it interesting.
Posted 22 years ago by drover    [ Reply ]
I like it!
Posted 22 years ago by folkieokie    [ Reply ]