I'll never forget, a few years back I was blasting this song and pulled up to a red light. The dude next to me rolled down his window, tapped on my window, and asked me what song this was. He was pumped about it lol
What's the matter with the clothes I'm wearing? "Can't you tell that your tie's too wide?" Maybe I should buy some old tab collars? "Welcome back to the age of jive. Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey? You can't dress trashy till you spend a lot of money." Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound Funny, but it's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the car I'm driving? "Can't you tell that it's out of style?" Should I get a set of white wall tires? "Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile? Nowadays you can't be too sentimental Your best bet's a true baby blue Continental." Hot funk, cool punk, even if it's old junk It's still rock and roll to me Oh, it doesn't matter what they say in the papers 'Cause it's always been the same old scene. There's a new band in town But you can't get the sound from a story in a magazine... Aimed at your average teen How about a pair of pink sidewinders And a bright orange pair of pants? "You could really be a Beau Brummel baby If you just give it half a chance. Don't waste your money on a new set of speakers, You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers." Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me What's the matter with the crowd I'm seeing? "Don't you know that they're out of touch?" Should I try to be a straight 'A' student? "If you are then you think too much. Don't you know about the new fashion honey? All you need are looks and a whole lotta money." It's the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways It's still rock and roll to me
Daisies of the Galaxy is one my top5 album of all time. The whole disc is pure diamond. It gives me the full energy and emotion of life! I would carry it wherever I go... Eels is the sound of my lightning dreams!
so like i used to watch eddsworld back in like the late 2000s/early 2010s, never really checked what music they used. Like a week ago I’m getting album recommendations from my dad, and he sends me Souljacker and Electro-shock Blues. I check out the comments on the “That’s not really funny” video and find out that Eddsworld actually used a bunch of Eels music. For some reason this is just a really surreal feeling, that something I’m interested in now in college has connected from something to way earlier in my childhood
Little field mice Living under the house Never eating much Tough life for a mouse And if you think you're Gonna be spared You're wrong Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day Heat is rolling in like Hell's red rug Stinking like the Breath of Beelzebub And if you think you won't Walk on coals You will Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day The day Field mice, head lice Spiders in the kitchen Don't think twice 'bout Whatever keeps you itchin' Ice water, flyswatter Gonna get you through The day That's real good Oh yeah
Listened to this song towards the end of high school, in my freshman year of college i wrote a full report on "United States of Tara" and when the instrumentals to the beginning of this song started during my very zoned-in watch, i immediately felt amazing because this song is so bumping
That is where I heard this song too, Jack. It gave the ad a very familiar or nostalgic feel even though never hearing the song or seeing the show before.
I think I understand. Partially. You kill the things that bother you, such as swatting a fly, regardless of the fact that it is already struggling to live. The mouse has a tough life, yet we consider it a pest. Next it shows is deviants, like the cop skipping through the forest or the nun. Not sure how that ties in. The song also refers to how you will be judged no matter what, even if you think nothing of the deeds you have done.
At 3:05 "That's real good", yea, that's what I say, REAL good. Extra specially good. I'll have to watch that part again. Excellent song, took me some tries to get that scale down.
@Redrobottyler i think the song is about how we misjudge everything and everyone based on what we see... how the fly and mouse annoys us but thet are actually struggling for their lives. and the cop and the nun who aren't actually the way they seem on the outside. yeah, tou know what I mean. you can refrase it all you want. peace, out :)
The lead singer is giving a voice to the slightly dark side of the will to live. It blinds us to the needs of others out of necessity. In order to survive we have to fulfill our mortal needs, ultimately we just have to get through the day. A lot of it is summed up by the man with a test tube stumbling from the ocean. Clearly he thinks what he's doing is important, but nobody else understands why he's struggling (we're all like unknowing children). So nobody helps. It's a song about consequence
I suspect a few decent reasons exist for cryptic and sometimes jarring symbolism or concepts. A lot of music that I find to me most profound are often containing some concept that is jarring. Perhaps some kind of a balancing mechanism.
@Rumpio Yes its 10 years old and i still feckin love all Eels music! This coming from someone whos been listening to them since they were 9 years old and is now 20 :L
