Monday 18 November 2013

My iPod #163: The Libertines - Can't Stand Me Now

A "hate you but I love you" type of song at its very finest.

Pete Doherty and Carl Barât were not getting along with one another as they did in the years before 2004. Pete was doing drugs, Carl did not like it, they argued and the band split up later.

But what better way to express their feelings to one another than through song? With memorable call and response verses, the two lead vocalists express their feelings to each other. No metaphors or other literary devices are used which may try to place ambiguity on any lines... it's just pure emotion. Not like soppy emotion. But the truth. Straight from the heart.

The song is the lead track from the band's last album. It almost got to number one in the charts. It peaked at number two. It got beaten by this.

Jamie.

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