The track actually comes right after that song. After a sample of what appears to be amusement park music, someone counts-in, a lone guitar plays with some backwards singing (which reversed is Bert yelping out "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" by The Beatles) before the rest of the band joins along.
The lyrics mostly concern the themes of love, sex and suicide. Lines such as "going out at the same time" and the loss to the brain "feeling like a gun" probably reinforce the last of those three a greater amount. They could also refer to a 'petit mort' (something my English teacher taught us when he went off at his daily tangents during his lessons) which is describes the state of unconsciousness one goes through after 'sexual experiences'. Maybe the double suicide that is hinted at is actually a thought of a couple having an orgasm at the same time. I don't know what "cleaning up the mess" would mean though. You know what, this is too weird. I'll stop there.
I do like this song though. Obviously, otherwise why would I type about it? It was one I added to my iPod straight away after listening to the album in full before I started Year 10. The last minute or so is glorious when Bert starts shrieking out the repeated choruses before the track mellows out, all except for a noise which repeats and segues into the next song.
Um.... Okay, I know this looks bad.... let me explain.
"Cram It Up Your Ass....... really? What the fuck." That may be one of the thoughts that may have come to mind when you first saw the title. If you have come to this from my Twitter page, you may be even more confused and surprised. I couldn't put a song title like that on my feed; people wouldn't even want to click on the link otherwise.
Enough about that. "Cram It Up Your Ass" is the closer to Guttermouth's first major release "Covered with Ants" and is one of the funniest songs I have ever listened to. And one of the creepiest.
The only reason I know of this song is because all I wanted to do, when I was ten and playing Tony Hawk on the PS2, was find and listen to "I'm Destroying the World" on the computer for minutes on end. However I could never do that; I always had to listen to thirty second samples instead on random music sites. Whenever it said 'download', the link would take me to a place where I had to pay... I'm not about that life.
"Cram It Up Your Ass" is on the same album as "Destroying the World", and the title looked interesting so I decided to hear it's sample. Nothing much happened, as you can tell. Just the lead singer singing the title over a bass that was playing the vocal melody. No big deal.
That was until, years later, I found out that it turns into a proper headbanger where all the guitars play the vocal melody in unison with frenetic drums rolling around all over the place. The dynamics are a very key part of this song. The last lines "Do you still like me?" are sung when the instruments come to a sudden stop, leaving the singer all alone. That part freaks me out a bit.
It doesn't end there. After a few seconds of silence, a bloody grand piano comes in and plays the vocal melody over and over again for five minutes or so! I don't know. I cut that bit out though, that part is unnecessary.
What's up everyone! New year, new me, new year, new me. How are you all? I'm very well.
So it has come to this. Only a few more hours until the new year. I never thought when I started the blog in February that could have the energy or the mental capacity to write about one song each day (more or less). It has been good fun. I may have sounded repetitive on many occasions; you have to give me a break though. Has anyone done anything like this before? Probably. But I haven't seen it, so it hasn't as far as I know.
How's the change in design? Thought the blog needed some spice and crap. So it will stay like this for the foreseeable future.
"Coming Up" by Paul McCartney was released as the first single from his second solo album "McCartney II" in 1980. It is a track of pure optimism. The ascending melodies played on the bass and the keyboards along with McCartney's manipulated vocals combine to produce a cheerful tune about looking forward to the times ahead. If you need a friend, McCartney tells you it's coming up. You want a love? Paul says it's coming. You want peace? Paul says it's coming... like a flower. We just have to believe! I made that up, I don't know what I am saying anymore.
Sorry there was no post yesterday. I was out. But the place I went to was not very lively; there was no atmosphere. It was kind of a waste of time.
This is the first post out of two to make up for it.
My cousin bought me "Life on Other Planets" for my fourteenth birthday. I had been a fan of Supergrass for about three years at that time, and already owned "In It for the Money" and the self titled album. My new found liking for the song "Grace" also played a large role in me wanting the album.
When the chorus for "Can't Get Up" started, I found myself humming along to the melody even though I'd never really heard the full thing before. I was pretty sure that it was in advert that was on the television a long time ago. I have no recollection of what that advert is, but somehow the song managed to stay in my head.
I was also left unsure as to who the lead vocalist of the song was. For a while I did think it was bassist Mick Quinn, who sings lead on "Sometimes I Make You Sad" and "Beautiful People", but it is Gaz Coombes if you can tell the differences between their voices.
For me, this definitely could have been a single. But what do I know, I am not even a proper critic.
Yesterday I went out with friends to watch "Man of Steel", the new Superman movie. I was out for a long time, I couldn't put out my post and for that, I apologise to the small number of people who actually view this blog.
To be honest the film wasn't that good; I don't see what all the fuss is about.
Today, I bring a special two-in-one post. Only to make up for yesterday though, don't be expecting anything more.
"Ram" is the second album released by Paul McCartney after The Beatles split in 1970. However, it was credited to both he and his wife Linda, and therefore doesn't really count as a solo album.
"Ram" is one of the happiest albums I've listened to. Whereas "McCartney", his first album, was more of a collection of old songs he had written whilst he was still in The Beatles, "Ram" on the other hand gave off a sense of freedom and also a sense of closure. Paul had 'found his love awake and waiting to be' and was ready to take things head on.
"The Back Seat of My Car" is the final track on the album, and probably the most emotional. Love is a theme that runs throughout, but this is when it reaches its peak.
The story in the song is pretty simple. The couple have dreams of getting away 'along the highway' to 'Mexico City' but prefer making out in the back seat of a car unbeknownst to the girl's father who is always nagging at them. Awww. How romantic is that?
Sure, the story is short and sweet. The actual composition is beautifully performed, with calming and soothing vocals by Paul and slight changes in tempo here and there culminating in an audience participation section and a rocking outro make it perfect for the album closer.
Also, the song contains what is probably the best vocal delivered by McCartney. Ever.
I can't describe it very well, just listen to it; you'll get what I mean.
John Lennon thought this was one out of several songs on the album on "Ram" that was aimed at him and Yoko, it isn't, but you can hear his thoughts about it if you search for it on YouTube.
Big Boi - Back Up Plan
Put that bitch in smash mode.
Ooh, another closing track from an album.
"Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty" was Big Boi's debut in 2010. I wrote a bit about it in my previous Big Boi post, but all you need to know is that it was released and a lot of people liked it.
It has a completely opposite message compared to Paul McCartney. This time around, Big Boi's been cheated on or dumped or whatever, and the relationship has ended. But what does he do? He only picks himself up, dusts himself off and moves on to a new one. That being his 'back up plan'.
That is pretty much all I can say about the song. Big Boi basically tells the story of the relationship in the song, so again listen to it. It's a confident closer, I enjoy it. What could go wrong?
