Missing Update

So, I was away from a computer last night.  I warned that updates would be light and irregular this weekend, so I won't apologize more than that.

I love a great lyric in a rock song, but ironically, I don't know the lyrics to all that many songs, even songs I love.  To paraphrase the movie "Music and Lyrics" (which I liked much more than I thought I would, mostly because the main song in the movie is an absolutely perfect pop gem, courtesy of Adam Schlessinger (and yes, I know that makes three days running with a Adam Schlessinger related post)) music is the first attraction of a song, infatuation; lyrics is when you really get to know someone, when you fall in love with a song.

Unfortunately, a lot of bands overreach, and we end up with heartfelt clunky lyrics, which is like dating the Green Peace Vegan - sometimes you want to let your hair down, you know.  The band that overreaches most egregiously, and yet still comes up with a handful of stunners, for me, is the Long Winters.  Half of their songs are just cul-de-sacs of cleverness, or Oasis level mixed metaphors.  But "New Girl" has lines like "America schools called you 'Starlight'/in fourteen point type" or "Twice, you burned your life's work/Once to start a new life, and once just to start a fire."  How can a band like that not knock you out?

Anyway, I'll have a few full, proper posts tomorrow.  Goodnight.