~**Their *****literary posturing***** lacks captivating hooks**~ “I know you might roll your eyes at this But I’m so glad you exist” COME ON. Some people don’t have a soul I guess
A person favourite: Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed
IMO Reconstruction Site and Reunion Tour are flawless records. I was speechless when I saw these reviews today.
“Read it to yourself again The stories always end the same She can’t stay and he won’t run Fear is where they’re calling from” It’s like they didn’t even listen to the album lol. Yes he’s literary and wordy sometimes, also plenty of moments like that that are a gut punch of emotion.
I think “wordy” is the absolute worst way to describe his lyricism. John is a master of concisely conveying incredibly complex human emotions in as few words as possible.
Since we're sharing lyrics today, this one particularly synced with me this afternoon. Hold on to the corners of today And we'll fold it up to save until it's needed Stand still, let me scrub that brackish line That you got when something rose and then receded
I love how that song expresses its message. Depicting the first time he can remember feeling depressed in a happy setting and being plagued by existential thoughts, as a child, is a very strong way to suggest that depression has been a constant obstacle his whole life.
John might legitimately be the best lyricist I know "you said somewhere there's a box full of replacement parts to all the tenderness we've broken or let rust away somewhere sympathy is more than just a way of leaving somewhere someone says I'm sorry, someone's making plans to stay"
My first and only up close interaction with John was at the venue before his show. I was about to walk in the door when someone came out. It was John and he held the door open for me and smiled. I said "Thanks" and walked in.
Think for me it’s: And I love this place, the enormous sky And the faces, hands that I'm haunted by So why can't I forgive these buildings These frameworks labeled home?
yeah, I adore how that song shifts from a relationship/argument song into that portrait of himself and how it relates to his city. not many writers could get away with that so effortlessly
Every line of "Psalm for the Elks Lodge Last Call" and "Plea from a Cat Named Virtue" is literally perfect. "Pamphleteer", too.
My sister has never listened to The Weakerthans and one of the three songs I showed her was Elks Lodge Last Call, and she said everything about that song was perfect on the first listen. That was my good deed for yesterday lol
Yeah it's just an entire short story in under 3 minutes with incredibly compact language. It's a fucking marvel.
It's here in the smallest bones, the feet and the inner ear It's such an enormous thing to walk and to listen