I love imperfect songs with odd instrumentals and bad singing. It sounds like Iām criticism but it all just comes together so perfectly to create a 1/1 sound.
Feb 25, 2025
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I finally figured out how to play this on guitar instead of piano as it's constructed here (it's in a different tuning -- drop C, CGCFAD which is also what Nirvana's "On a Plain" is in)
I think it's Faces' greatest song, from among many candidates -- Rod Stewart basically isn't on it, he's barely on this album TBH -- it was written and sung by Ronnie Lane.
You might read this if you want a deep dive/interpretation: https://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/post/3776097665/faces-glad-and-sorry-when-they-reconvened-to
āCan you show me a dream/Can you show me one thatās better than mine/Can you stand it in the cold light of day/Neither can I.ā
This is the bit that really gets me, everytime. "Even when we try our best to share each otherās dreams, bare our souls, give up our inmost thoughts, even when we intend to stand shoulder to shoulder and face the world, building something new togetherāthereās always a point at which it falls apart, and despair creeps in, and itās all gone past recovery... Itās that cold, hard recognition as the morning dawns and all my stupid fantasies of achievement, of desire, of love, scurry away into the shadows. Another one gone, how many more left to live?"
Songwriting is magical and this one has "it."
May 2, 2025
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not exactly a sleeper but I think this song has some complexity and depth in its sound and timbre that I really enjoy
the guitar section and drums really shine for me with the fills they add, the vocals are easy to sing along with and they carry a wealth of emotion that I love and makes me cry
(need to work on the run-on sentences jesus christ)
Mar 5, 2025
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Particularly, the Peel Session version. I listen to this most days before work, Mark E. Smith was always able to create this bleak atmosphere, pulling all the annoying things from the mundane. All punk seems like a charade in comparison to this, this is the only song that matters sometimes, all that anger.
Dec 29, 2024
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Like fuck yes let me stack tf out of these colored pencils for the next 15 minutes
Feb 25, 2025
Didnāt end up working out 100% for my purposes. Feel free to use.
Feb 25, 2025
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Working from home 5 days a week can get tiring and repetitive. Iāll meet up with a homie once a week at a coffee shop or library and just work together and chat. I call them my work from homies. The day flies by and I often am more productive than I wouldāve otherwise been. Plus itās a great way to catch up with friends who you havenāt seen in a while, I find that most people love to sit together and parallel play. Itās my favorite part of my work week and I hope to make it a habit rather than a highlight in my week.
Feb 26, 2025