Passion Pit — Moth's Wings
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Dear friend, as you know
Your flowers are withering
Your mother's gone missing
Your leaves have drifted away
But the clouds are clearing up
And I've come reveling
Burning incandescently
Like a bastard on the burning sea
You're just like your father
Buried deep under the water
You're resting on your laurels
And stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyways?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground
You come beating like moth's wings
Spastic and violently
Whipping me into a storm
Shaking me down to the core
But you run away from me
And you've left me shimmering
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor
You're just like your father
Buried deep under the water
You're resting on your laurels
And stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyways?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground. (x2)
Your flowers are withering
Your mother's gone missing
Your leaves have drifted away
But the clouds are clearing up
And I've come reveling
Burning incandescently
Like a bastard on the burning sea
You're just like your father
Buried deep under the water
You're resting on your laurels
And stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyways?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground
You come beating like moth's wings
Spastic and violently
Whipping me into a storm
Shaking me down to the core
But you run away from me
And you've left me shimmering
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor
You're just like your father
Buried deep under the water
You're resting on your laurels
And stepping on my toes
Whose side are you on?
What side is this anyways?
Put down your sword and crown
Come lay with me on the ground. (x2)
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Look, every time a couple of songs pop up in the same order, someone "detects" a loop, a playlist, a murmur in the universe.
Of COURSE there will be repeats. 1. the music is chosen from a finite pool of what Bill and Rebecca let through the filter 2. some songs go better with others. That's the art of being a DJ really, an aesthetic completely void in commercial radio and also absent, sadly, in college radio too, because those folks don't have enough experience to spin it all together (yet?) And, news flash, college radio has playlists too!
3. does anyone imagine that two people, or even two people and a few friends, can actually staff a 24X7 radio station spinning entirely new combinations straight through the day night day night day night?
So get over it. Your concern should be, am I getting huge swaths of music I have heard before, in the same order, to the extent it has become a PITA and is messing with my enjoyment of said music? Which in my experience... it is not. And last of all, are you somehow getting less than you paid for (which is probably zero)?
Of COURSE there will be repeats. 1. the music is chosen from a finite pool of what Bill and Rebecca let through the filter 2. some songs go better with others. That's the art of being a DJ really, an aesthetic completely void in commercial radio and also absent, sadly, in college radio too, because those folks don't have enough experience to spin it all together (yet?) And, news flash, college radio has playlists too!
3. does anyone imagine that two people, or even two people and a few friends, can actually staff a 24X7 radio station spinning entirely new combinations straight through the day night day night day night?
So get over it. Your concern should be, am I getting huge swaths of music I have heard before, in the same order, to the extent it has become a PITA and is messing with my enjoyment of said music? Which in my experience... it is not. And last of all, are you somehow getting less than you paid for (which is probably zero)?
Scottymc wrote:
I'm smelling a PLAYLIST here, this sequence is repeated 27 April 2014... I'm getting poised to switch to Something Completely Different..
Okay Bill, why play a vocally-sketchy track like The Decemberists "we both go down together" THEN play Passion Pit and his ever-present falsetto right after that? Variety please...!
I'm smelling a PLAYLIST here, this sequence is repeated 27 April 2014... I'm getting poised to switch to Something Completely Different..
Okay Bill, why play a vocally-sketchy track like The Decemberists "we both go down together" THEN play Passion Pit and his ever-present falsetto right after that? Variety please...!
gonzafr wrote:
There's nothing wrong with that.
New breed of bubblegum pop
There's nothing wrong with that.
New breed of bubblegum pop
Some people are pretty hard on some good sounds. Good song
Endearingly annoying and vice versa :)
Stingray wrote:
NO
MY first "sero" (= 0)
NO
I think this is the new Cloud Cult. Huge suck.
Stingray wrote:
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but there is no need for shouting.
MY first "sero" (= 0)
Thanks for sharing your opinion, but there is no need for shouting.
This cut is a genuine piece of crap. It's got all that's bad about its milieu.
Had to bump it just to counter stingray's shouty comment.
MY first "sero" (= 0)
fredriley wrote:
Oops, sorry, I posted the comment to the wrong song board - it should have gone on an Anna Ternheim song. D'OH!
Phew! I thought we were having another Delays moment
For my part, I thought this was the Ima Robot guy.
Oops, sorry, I posted the comment to the wrong song board - it should have gone on an Anna Ternheim song. D'OH!
Phew! I thought we were having another Delays moment
For my part, I thought this was the Ima Robot guy.
Mixed feelings about this band - like the concept, the music etc - but the sameness of the voice and vocals starts to grate on my nerves after the first few spins - always end by turning it down till it's over
TerryS wrote:
Checked this out of my local Library this past week. Great CD that sort of flew under my radar when it came out. Very good.
Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit was a vocabulary word used in a class Mike took in school. It’s a slang word for a drive-in movie theatre where kids used to go to make out.
where I grew up it was also a euphemism for the focal point of all teenage boys.
where I grew up it was also a euphemism for the focal point of all teenage boys.
Checked this out of my local Library this past week. Great CD that sort of flew under my radar when it came out. Very good.
serendipity_blue wrote:
Oops, sorry, I posted the comment to the wrong song board - it should have gone on an Anna Ternheim song. D'OH!
Not a woman.
fredriley wrote:
fredriley wrote:
I love this woman's voice - so spare, clear, and with a tinge of Scandinavian accent. IMO this is one of the weaker songs from Anna that's been played on RP, but still worth 7 from the smitten Nottingham jury 
Oops, sorry, I posted the comment to the wrong song board - it should have gone on an Anna Ternheim song. D'OH!
And you've left me shimmering
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor
Passion Pit is an electronic band which formed in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States in 2007. They consist of Michael Angelakos (vocals, keyboards), Ian Hultquist (keyboards, guitar), Ayad Al Adhamy (synth, samples), Jeff Apruzzese (bass, keyboard) and Nate Donmoyer (drums). Passion Pit was a vocabulary word used in a class Mike took in school. It’s a slang word for a drive-in movie theatre where kids used to go to make out.
where I grew up it was also a euphemism for the focal point of all teenage boys.
where I grew up it was also a euphemism for the focal point of all teenage boys.
Reminds me of The Naked and Famous. A Kiwi band that does not include a Finn brother.
ick wrote:
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
To my ears, Brian Eno was making music with a multi-layered, ethereal sound like this, before any of them. Good tune, by the way and interesting "retro" cover art and typography
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
To my ears, Brian Eno was making music with a multi-layered, ethereal sound like this, before any of them. Good tune, by the way and interesting "retro" cover art and typography
Not a woman.
fredriley wrote:
fredriley wrote:
I love this woman's voice - so spare, clear, and with a tinge of Scandinavian accent. IMO this is one of the weaker songs from Anna that's been played on RP, but still worth 7 from the smitten Nottingham jury
I love this woman's voice - so spare, clear, and with a tinge of Scandinavian accent. IMO this is one of the weaker songs from Anna that's been played on RP, but still worth 7 from the smitten Nottingham jury
Sasha2001 wrote:
One of the few truly original bands of the last few year.ick wrote:
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
That's interesting, in that Grizzely Bear's sound, while similar in some of the same dissonant and atmospheric ways to Passion Pit, is far too disjointed and lacking in a traditional notions of pop structure. While Passion Pit is clearly drawing on 80s synth pop and, more importantly, the Flaming Lips seminal work, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots." It's almost like Grizzely Bears big hit, "Two Weeks" doesn't belong in within their catalog - it feels so catchy and out of place while I think nearly all the songs on "Manners" feel approachable.
Thanks for the comparison though, I had fun listening to new music.
One of the few truly original bands of the last few year.ick wrote:
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
That's interesting, in that Grizzely Bear's sound, while similar in some of the same dissonant and atmospheric ways to Passion Pit, is far too disjointed and lacking in a traditional notions of pop structure. While Passion Pit is clearly drawing on 80s synth pop and, more importantly, the Flaming Lips seminal work, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots." It's almost like Grizzely Bears big hit, "Two Weeks" doesn't belong in within their catalog - it feels so catchy and out of place while I think nearly all the songs on "Manners" feel approachable.
Thanks for the comparison though, I had fun listening to new music.
Sasha2001 wrote:
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
One of the few truly original bands of the last few year.
Grizzly Bear came before them with this sound.
Awesome finding! THAT is why I listen and donate to RP and endure all the other terrible noise. ;-)
One of the few truly original bands of the last few year.
vandal wrote:
yes this is very good
I really like it. . .
yes this is very good
grungepuppy wrote:
I did too, which is not a good thing.
Like
I did too, which is not a good thing.
Like
Imkirok wrote:
I did too, which is not a good thing.
Thought this was Arcade Fire at first.
I did too, which is not a good thing.
Thought this was Arcade Fire at first.
...hey, this is cool...
Enrique Iglesias?
I really like it. . .
I like it
Really digging this song.
Of COURSE there will be repeats. 1. the music is chosen from a finite pool of what Bill and Rebecca let through the filter 2. some songs go better with others. That's the art of being a DJ really, an aesthetic completely void in commercial radio and also absent, sadly, in college radio too, because those folks don't have enough experience to spin it all together (yet?) And, news flash, college radio has playlists too!
3. does anyone imagine that two people, or even two people and a few friends, can actually staff a 24X7 radio station spinning entirely new combinations straight through the day night day night day night?
So get over it. Your concern should be, am I getting huge swaths of music I have heard before, in the same order, to the extent it has become a PITA and is messing with my enjoyment of said music? Which in my experience... it is not. And last of all, are you somehow getting less than you paid for (which is probably zero)?
AGREED!!!