back in HS, one of my friends thought he eddie sang
"don't call me BUTTER"
her was dead serious,
fuckin moron
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5 stars. this song is perfect live in concert. the actual songs allows enough time to run to the bathroom, take a piss, and run back in time to hear the tag. great song!
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Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't Ed overtly said this is a song about learning difficulties? In terms of the point he is making well art is often about giving voice to an excluded group. In this case those with dyslexia or autism or something...
Fuck it found it:
"The child in that song obviously has a learning difficulty. And it's only in the last few years that they've actually been able to diagnose these learning disabilities that before were looked at as misbehaviour, as just outright fucking rebelliousness. But no one knew what it was. And these kids, because they seemed unable or reluctant to learn, they'd end up getting the shit beaten outta them. The songs ends, you know, with this idea of the shades going down--so that the neighbours can't see what happens next. What hurts about shit like that is that it ends up defining peoples' lives. They have to live with that abuse for the rest of their lives. Good, creative people are just fucking destroyed." Ed
I personally love this song 5/5, the instrumentation is warm and if you look at this in the context of all the songs that go before it - all of ten and then Go, Animal - it was quite a shift. The its ok tag obviously makes it amazing as well.
Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am Posts: 44183 Location: New York Gender: Male
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Post subject: Re: SOTM #83- You guys ready? The shades go down...
Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 3:46 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Tue Mar 13, 2007 4:48 pm Posts: 4320 Location: Philadelphia, PA
The album version of DAUGHTER would have been a great two and a half minute song. The last minute really drags it down. The "shades go down" outro kills all the momentum built up in the bridge, the solo and the terrific last chorus. I really love the linear version of the riff with the bass counterpoint that plays between the verses and at the outro. There's an ominous quality to it that suits the subject matter. 3 stars.
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leopold wrote:
Correct me if I am wrong but hasn't Ed overtly said this is a song about learning difficulties? In terms of the point he is making well art is often about giving voice to an excluded group. In this case those with dyslexia or autism or something...
Fuck it found it: "The child in that song obviously has a learning difficulty. And it's only in the last few years that they've actually been able to diagnose these learning disabilities that before were looked at as misbehaviour, as just outright fucking rebelliousness. But no one knew what it was. And these kids, because they seemed unable or reluctant to learn, they'd end up getting the shit beaten outta them. The songs ends, you know, with this idea of the shades going down--so that the neighbours can't see what happens next. What hurts about shit like that is that it ends up defining peoples' lives. They have to live with that abuse for the rest of their lives. Good, creative people are just fucking destroyed." Ed
I personally love this song 5/5, the instrumentation is warm and if you look at this in the context of all the songs that go before it - all of ten and then Go, Animal - it was quite a shift. The its ok tag obviously makes it amazing as well.
I never really knew what was meant by 'the shades go down'...i'll never hear it the same again.
Post subject: Re: SOTM #83- You guys ready? The shades go down...
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 1:48 am
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Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:47 pm Posts: 863
BUMP!
Daughter shares one of my favorite musical qualities with Black and Jeremy, and it's something I havent heard a band to before, or since. All of these songs start off soft and playful, with a sense of innocence. They gradually become darker, eventually crossing into the territory of damaged and frantic and spiraling out of control. You can pinpoint the exact moment when the song loses its innocence and becomes something more... something a bit more sinister. It's amazing.
Post subject: Re: SOTM #83- You guys ready? The shades go down...
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 11:39 am
Force of Nature
Joined: Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:47 pm Posts: 863
New appreciation for Daughter after I heard the tour bus demo from The Kids Are Twenty. So yes, 5 stars song. It's one of my favorites and was my all-time favorite for a while.
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