By Starlight and psychopathy

slippedonshoe · 01-04-2021, 10:26 AM

Is Billy writing about a twisted guy who just murdered a gal?

Dead eyes, dead eyes
And are you just like me?
Her eyes, her eyes were as
Vacant as the seas, yeah
Dead eyes, dead eyes
Are you just like me?

It's as if this guy is sitting by the beach at night staring at a corpse and at her dead eyes wondering if she's his soulmate, having murdered her after she rejected him.

And does she really know me at last?

No, I am by no means implying Billy is writing about himself. But any good artist knows how to write from other people's perspectives.

T&T · 01-04-2021, 10:44 AM

is you just dumb?

Ram27 · 01-04-2021, 11:47 AM

it's an obsessive love song about being into a girl with a distant personality

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 02:16 PM

i always thought it was becoz his luvahs a drug addict and he's gazing sadly into her dead eyes and murmuring Drugs are your fav thing? Drugs are my fav thing too!

slippedonshoe · 01-04-2021, 02:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

i always thought it was becoz his luvahs a drug addict and he's gazing sadly into her dead eyes and murmuring Drugs are your fav thing? Drugs are my fav thing too!

Interesting take. Thank you.

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 03:10 PM

this is as literal a take as the folks who wouldn't play "Disarm" back in the day because it was literally about cutting children

Run To Me · 01-04-2021, 04:21 PM

Hasn’t big willie addressed this specific line? Mcis reissue maybe? Iirc it’s about his wedding and realizing he just married someone he will eventually leave b/c, uh, big willies gotta fly free plus her eyes were like, dead and evyerhint

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 04:30 PM

best by starlights were with matt walker. so awesome how they changed that "does she really know me AAEEHHTT LLEEESSSSTT!!!!!!!!!!"

wHATcOLOR · 01-04-2021, 04:57 PM

just hook it into his veins! /\

paranoid · 01-04-2021, 05:56 PM

No.

Get help.

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Run To Me

evyerhint

is this an Aphex Twin song title or soemhint?

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR

just hook it into his veins! /\

everytime i see that custom title i think of "Swamp Song" by Blur

STIGGIT to ma VEINS

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 06:24 PM

yeah that's right

it's 90s namedrop day

get to it

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 06:47 PM

lol i always thought it was "stick it in my face"

anyways, how about that "battle." one helluva song, imho. when graham does the distortion on the second verse/chorus ... ah yes, god, right there!!

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 07:05 PM

that song thoroughly kicked my ass as a teen just getting it from some Texan "Hastings"

i fucking love the whole album, really

every. single. second.

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 07:12 PM

yeah it's really good. graham's all over the place.

i think trimm trabb's my fav.

Joey Goldberg · 01-04-2021, 07:15 PM

good choice

getting to see them play that at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015 was a dream experience

Disco King · 01-04-2021, 08:02 PM

It's obviously about ocular necrosis.

smashingjj · 01-04-2021, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joey Goldberg

good choice

getting to see them play that at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015 was a dream experience

<3 13

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 08:15 PM

God-tier
Self-titled
13
Think Tank

Good-tier
Parklyfe
Modern Lyfe is Rubbish

Too much filler/undeveloped tier
The Great Escape
Leisure

Really need to give the reunion album another listen. Coxon is god!!

smashingjj · 01-04-2021, 08:21 PM

I never really cared for anything below god-tier, but these three are fucking awesome yes

FoolofaTook · 01-04-2021, 08:31 PM

TheAlter · 01-05-2021, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

God-tier
Self-titled
13
Think Tank

Good-tier
Parklyfe
Modern Lyfe is Rubbish

Too much filler/undeveloped tier
The Great Escape
Leisure

Really need to give the reunion album another listen. Coxon is god!!

Wait, Leisure has gone to become an involuntarily shoegaze milestone.

Woody · 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

God-tier
Self-titled
13
Think Tank

Good-tier
Parklyfe
Modern Lyfe is Rubbish

Too much filler/undeveloped tier
The Great Escape
Leisure

Really need to give the reunion album another listen. Coxon is god!!

I agree, except The Great Escape is at least Good-tier, pushing God-tier. It's better than Think Tank imo + The Universal is their best song.

Magic Whip never clicked for me.

Saw them play in 05? and nobody in the audience knew or appreciated Trim Trabb.

Woody · 01-05-2021, 09:57 AM

FoolofaTook · 01-05-2021, 11:07 AM

yeah yuko and hiro is probs my fav blur song of all time.

ninsp · 01-05-2021, 11:54 AM

Much like the band this forum is in sad and depressing state

FoolofaTook · 01-05-2021, 12:03 PM

As sad and depressing as your inability to properly punctuate a dependent clause?

ninsp · 01-05-2021, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FoolofaTook

As sad and depressing as your inability to properly punctuate a dependent clause?

Don’t correct grammar if you’re going to start your question with a preposition.

FoolofaTook · 01-05-2021, 01:43 PM

01-04-2021, 10:26 AM	#1
slippedonshoe Pledge Posts: 56	By Starlight and psychopathy Is Billy writing about a twisted guy who just murdered a gal? Dead eyes, dead eyes And are you just like me? Her eyes, her eyes were as Vacant as the seas, yeah Dead eyes, dead eyes Are you just like me? It's as if this guy is sitting by the beach at night staring at a corpse and at her dead eyes wondering if she's his soulmate, having murdered her after she rejected him. And does she really know me at last? No, I am by no means implying Billy is writing about himself. But any good artist knows how to write from other people's perspectives.

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01-04-2021, 10:44 AM	#2
T&T Socialphobic Location: montreal Posts: 10,156	is you just dumb?

01-04-2021, 11:47 AM	#3
Ram27 who's jimmy Location: you know i pay a lot to cry to try to understand Posts: 8,450	it's an obsessive love song about being into a girl with a distant personality

01-04-2021, 02:16 PM	#4
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	i always thought it was becoz his luvahs a drug addict and he's gazing sadly into her dead eyes and murmuring Drugs are your fav thing? Drugs are my fav thing too!

01-04-2021, 03:10 PM	#6
Joey Goldberg Apocalyptic Poster Location: in the line for drinks (or is it just tickets to buy the drinks?) Posts: 3,643	this is as literal a take as the folks who wouldn't play "Disarm" back in the day because it was literally about cutting children

01-04-2021, 04:21 PM	#7
Run To Me Minion of Satan Location: Where the frog spoils the leaf Posts: 6,108	Hasn’t big willie addressed this specific line? Mcis reissue maybe? Iirc it’s about his wedding and realizing he just married someone he will eventually leave b/c, uh, big willies gotta fly free plus her eyes were like, dead and evyerhint

01-04-2021, 04:30 PM	#8
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	best by starlights were with matt walker. so awesome how they changed that "does she really know me AAEEHHTT LLEEESSSSTT!!!!!!!!!!"

01-04-2021, 04:57 PM	#9
wHATcOLOR THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Location: \|\| MY NAME IS KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID ROCK!! Posts: 46,875	just hook it into his veins! /\

01-04-2021, 05:56 PM	#10
paranoid Minion of Satan Location: up a tree Posts: 5,779	No. Get help.

01-04-2021, 06:24 PM	#13
Joey Goldberg Apocalyptic Poster Location: in the line for drinks (or is it just tickets to buy the drinks?) Posts: 3,643	yeah that's right it's 90s namedrop day get to it

01-04-2021, 06:47 PM	#14
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	lol i always thought it was "stick it in my face" anyways, how about that "battle." one helluva song, imho. when graham does the distortion on the second verse/chorus ... ah yes, god, right there!!

01-04-2021, 07:05 PM	#15
Joey Goldberg Apocalyptic Poster Location: in the line for drinks (or is it just tickets to buy the drinks?) Posts: 3,643	that song thoroughly kicked my ass as a teen just getting it from some Texan "Hastings" i fucking love the whole album, really every. single. second.

01-04-2021, 07:12 PM	#16
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	yeah it's really good. graham's all over the place. i think trimm trabb's my fav.

01-04-2021, 07:15 PM	#17
Joey Goldberg Apocalyptic Poster Location: in the line for drinks (or is it just tickets to buy the drinks?) Posts: 3,643	good choice getting to see them play that at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015 was a dream experience

01-04-2021, 08:02 PM	#18
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 7,744	It's obviously about ocular necrosis.

01-04-2021, 08:15 PM	#20
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	God-tier Self-titled 13 Think Tank Good-tier Parklyfe Modern Lyfe is Rubbish Too much filler/undeveloped tier The Great Escape Leisure Really need to give the reunion album another listen. Coxon is god!!

01-04-2021, 08:21 PM	#21
smashingjj that person Location: mtv spring break hosted by pauly d Posts: 35,746	I never really cared for anything below god-tier, but these three are fucking awesome yes

01-04-2021, 08:31 PM	#22
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085

01-05-2021, 09:57 AM	#25
Woody Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 2,247

01-05-2021, 11:07 AM	#26
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	yeah yuko and hiro is probs my fav blur song of all time.

01-05-2021, 11:54 AM	#27
ninsp Apocalyptic Poster Location: “Honkie.” - yo soy Posts: 2,901	Much like the band this forum is in sad and depressing state

01-05-2021, 12:03 PM	#28
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085	As sad and depressing as your inability to properly punctuate a dependent clause?

01-05-2021, 01:43 PM	#30
FoolofaTook Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: un poco loco Posts: 36,085