The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 182

Yeah it's perfect without any exaggeration, flawless, a highmark of the medium. etc.

 

can we have a Pet Sounds thread plz

 

I kinda envy you. You get to hear it for the first time.

 

You have to listen to ALL of them!

 

That is from the time they came to Brazil.

 

any one seen an update on the pink/purple (whatever the colors are actually called) variant since the one like three weeks ago?

 

Went for a run last night and the first part of the album had me amped so I was running like a child just full of life and joy. So naturally I burnt out and walked most of the way home and cut through a cemetery. It was a beautiful night and as I hit Opening Mail and You in This Light it was like hearing the album for the first time again. Got really emotional and have a new appreciation for it.

 

Midnight & Smitten. Yeah, still haven't heard anything. Tiny Engines said they were supposed to get them in and ship them this week but I still haven't seen an email.

 

I'm gona get my California record in the mail before Goodness at this point lol

 

Also, random but at the end of the first interlude when you hear the group of people singing I See the Moon, it makes me think those are the spiritual successors of the people singing at the end of the song Ripple by the Grateful Dead.

 

Same

 

It's hard for me to get behind the idea that Housebroken is about police violence. Could someone maybe explain the metaphor?

 

key lyrics to that interpretation in bold; at least IMO

 

god i hate that song

 

I love it. I see why it would trigger some people-- the lyrics get right to that feeling. It's painful. Definitely not the best song on Home but still rly good imo

 

probably could have been a good idea to put that in spoilers

 

Why?

 

because the song does trigger some people and that has been talked about to hell

 

I deleted that song completely from the album tbh

 

Why'd you delete it? Just wondering

 

haven't we discussed this to death already???????????

 

I feel like it was a discussion of lyrics and why it is or they feel it is about. If you know that's going to trigger you scroll over it. It wasn't like someone just randomly posted their theories on it.

 

they still posted the actual lyrics to the record unspoiled. that would be very uncomfortable to someone if they don't realize what it is at first

 

Maybe I missed the conversation. Just wanted to know what the general consensus was on that song bc its an interesting talking point considering its intended meaning versus the widespread interpretation of the song being about abusive relationships. If it makes anyone uncomfortable, we can swerve the conversation

I just did my first listen of Home and then Goodness. It definitely feels like a coherent story in the life of Holden. He's definitely grown into a better lyricist. Dat imagery tho

 

If people want to know more about the reasons / the discussion / whatever, there are plenty of places in this thread, and many many other places where you can read past discussions. I think that's what anyone who wants to know more needs to do, because Casey is right it has been beaten to death.