1 post tagged “dismemberment plan”
Okay, let's try this again.
Once upon a time I decided this should be some sort of travelogue, but that requires one to actually travel, which requires one to have (a) time and (b) money, and I don't have much of the latter because I am soon to be without much of the former. Everyday I think about just hopping back on the train and poking around in New York or Boston for the day--I know enough of the latter to get around, I think, but New York is a mess in my head. And why does it take less than three hours to get from Baltimore to New York but ~five from New York to Boston (on the regional, because I do have to pay a little [$5! my poor wallet] for the Acela)? I was always under the impression that New York was relatively close to Boston but I guess it's sort of halfway. And that shows you how much I travel, and why this will not necessarily work.
In the meantime I've been kind of hooked on the Dismemberment Plan, which is unfortunate because they broke up three years ago. I guess it's taken almost that long for them to really grow on me; I'll be the first to admit that they're not for everyone. There's a certain amount of spasticness and discord and chaos present in almost every D-Plan song that can be jarring to the wrong ears. But the lyrics are irrepressibly clever and I'm really a sucker for anything danceable anyway.
That, and Travis is cute.
So in this post I present to you:
Five of My Favorite Dismemberment Plan Songs Which May or May Not Be In Any Particular Order and Also Maybe With Accompanying Commentary If I Feel Like It.
01. The Ice of Boston
Easily my favorite D-Plan song ever. Partly because of lyrics like:
But mostly because of this:Mainly because knowing about that would involve knowing some pathetic, ridiculous, and absolutely true things about myself that I’d rather not admit to right now.
Woke up at 3 A.M. with the radio on, that Gladys Knight and the Pips song on
About how she’d rather live in his world with him than live in her own world alone
And I lay there, head spinning, trying to fall asleep, and I thought to myself: “Oh, Gladys, girl, I love you but, OH! GET A LIFE!”
Brilliant. And hilarious.
02. The Face of the Earth
I don't know what it is that I like best about this one. I mean, clearly it's a great song. But it's somewhere
between the opening strains and the lyrics about little details like the "fingers hooked around my belt" and the idea of only knowing someone for a short time but grieving when they disappear. Or something like that, I guess. :D
Already this is getting all disorganized with the pictures and all but oh well, deal with it. (Please~!)
03. The City
All I ever say now is good-bye.
Just listen until you get to that line.
This is the hard part. I'm so skewing my Last.fm data. Okay, we'll go with
04. The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich
Because it's frantic and fun to sing and fun, period.
Joe got caught on board a boat with seven tons of opium / in a Singapore harbor--color us embarassed!
05. Superpowers
The polar opposite of The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich, both lyrically and in
I've got to stop now or I'll be here all night. You can hear mostly everything they've done at the website, if you can put up with the RealAudio.
Or you can do like Joel did and just find a torrent somewhere. :)
Anyway, other songs I love but can't be arsed to put up here:
Bra, The Things That Matter, The Love War, Do The Standing Still, One Too Many Blows to the Head, What Do You Want Me To Say?, The First Anniversary of Your Last Phone Call, A Life of Possibilities, Memory Machine, I Love A Magician, Time Bomb, Ellen and Ben, Gyroscope, Girl O'Clock (oh man, Girl O'Clock), Back and Forth, and Close to Me.
I think Maaya had the right idea with just doing text links. I feel like I made this with Homestead or something. And there's mostly accurate lyrics here, but you're on your own because I'm tired of updating now. :)
Next: Pinback or something.
