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It's summer, and I've completely forgotten French. My teacher never really taught it to me; he preferred to talk about himself or computers, rather, how he interacted with computers. I suppose it's to help me understand the lyrics these French guys sing in English. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense, I mean, it would be like Afterhours singing in English. Yes, yes, I know they used to sing in English, I'm talking about now. Ah, right, even now. But now the audience beats them up. Or maybe it's the other way around.
The structure of each song is roughly the same. Acoustic/slightly electric guitar forms the basis upon which riffs that are reminiscent of the Strokes unfold, all one note at a time, or some arpeggio, Fender trademark. Drums simply keep the beat. I've been told the bass is there, I swear. The beloved little keyboard makes an appearance now and then, colorful. He sings, as usual, like a 14-year-old going to order a Negroni at the bar. Let me explain. He's uninterested, but it's a fake uninterested, aware that this is a moment of change, like when you're handed the keys to the house for the first time or the car keys, it's always about keys. Keys along with the Negroni are the emblem of change. I remember that a few years ago they made excellent pseudo-electro-indie-dance-enticing-for-aperitif, now they make an album of excellent songs. And that's it. Pure and simple songs. But the album works anywhere. In the car while doing New York-Los Angeles, or was it Milan-Modena?, when you're alone at home, you wake up, and damn it's 2 PM, when you need to let the afternoon pass to get to the evening, when at an aperitif they finally replaced that damn United, with this. F-i-n-a-l-l-y. It may not be a masterpiece but I love it. Right album, in the right place, at the right time.
Lost & Found seems to me to be among the best tracks of the year, almost all from this album to tell the truth, but I'm picking this one because while waiting to take an exam, I imagined an idea for the video. And it’s very lovely. He's sitting in a library, seeing the girl of his life reading Eggers, the author can be replaced with the find/replace command, he imagines them as if they’ve been dating for years. He imagines meeting her just like that, in the library, asking her if she liked Eggers, and then all the walks, the sea, the summer, more than one summer, the park, and many other things. He approaches: "Do you like Eggers?" "No, I hate him." And she walks away. Then she turns and says: "Idiot, we have to go; my folks are waiting for us for dinner." I tried to mitigate the happy ending with dinner at her place. It will work, I hope.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Napoleon Says (03:13)
You know your french well
Didn't take any decision so far
Hit me like a freight train
Please consider my request
You do expect a Messiah
You want to be European
I would be your Bonaparte
Don't ever care 'bout what Napoleon says
Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down I said to myself this time Look at what you look like You know it suits you well
Napoleon says to take off your coat
Take off your long johns too
Napoleon says to take off your coat
Take off your long johns too
Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down I said to myself this time Look at what you look like You know it suits you well
Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat
Napoleon says to come over here
Bring back your long johns too
Napoleon says to come over here
Bring back your long johns too
Look out look at look at me
Calm down calm down I said to myself this time Look at what you look like You know it suits you well
Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat
Look out look out look out
Don't get yourself excited
Calm down calm down calm down
Go get yourself a white horse
Right hand in a trench coat
Right hand in a trench coat
02 Consolation Prizes (03:16)
It started all in early september
When my godgiven little became a lot older Goodbyes seal my broken heart Hold on to your teardrops, you got a long way to go
Did you get older doing nothing today?
Don't you wanna stop complaining?
If one is easy then hard is two
Noone knows where you're heading to
Once my private collection, always betting on you
No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies & chewing gum
Cut off your hair yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more
I thought about this for a long time
Never had the chance to try and make it better My heart is waiting for a new you And there's no other option on the schedule
Love like ours should never die with years Once you start you can't ever go backwards Cause if dark is one then bright is two Noone knows where we're heading to No matter what it takes, never give up on you
I want you to change it all
I am gonna make it better
No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies & chewing gum
Cut off your hair yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more
No consolation prizes
Spit out your lies & chewing gum
Cut off your hair yeah that's it!
If you look like that I swear I'm gonna love you more
More more more...
Right hand in a trench coat
03 Rally (03:17)
Hook up with me, meet at the rally
Follow the shouting, I am longing for you
Hook up with me, meet at the rally
I waited so long, I couldn't find a cause
Tired or wasted, I think you're decent
I waited so long, there'll be no decency, no
(don't you give me those)
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all
Remember the time we talked about everlastings?
Don't you know we'll both fall to pieces too?
April 22nd at the Avalon, you teased me
Hook up with me, meet at the rally
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all
Don't go away we're so near
Look around, you see
There is nothing to say but the things I know
I got nothing to say but the things I know
Standing in line, I think you're pretty
Lying on your bed, I think you're pretty too
Young girl, girl, you're everything
Hook up with me, meet at the rally
(don't you give me those)
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk quiet
Just as long as you're gone
It won't happen at all
Shifty eyes pay attention
Dirty talk talk talk louder
Just as long as you're gone
I won't leave you alone
04 Long Distance Call (03:04)
Where to go I had no idea
26.10 was the price to pay
A messed up kid with no ideals at all
I thought those 26.10 I shouldn't give'em away
I remember this young guy died and I took his part
He got far too many stitches on his pretty face
Long time to see but I always thought us two would be serious
I was looking around town, thinking the same as you
I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more
Where to go I had no idea about it
Most of the people do, there're only doing just fine
I don't wanna stay in place no more, see
Ain't doing well well well, I am only doing just fine
long time no see, long time no say
Got little to tell, I don't say much but I might
Something always told me us two would be serious
I am looking around town, thinking the same as you
I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more
It's never been like that
It's never been like that
I'm far gone but your long distance call
And your capital letters keep me asking for more
Long time no see... Long time no say...
06 Lost and Found (02:56)
So you've got your own little story to tell
Some girls they ask to put them on your knees
Slowdown, it's hard enough to get along
Slowdown, we'll never ever get along
That ain't what you had in mind
No that ain't what you had in mind
You don't know what you're doing
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
Walking around thinking the same again
To get to you I'll go down on my knees
Last night I swear it wouldn't be the same
Last night I swear it never was the same
Two is for a while but then one has got to leave
That's it!
I ain't lying and I won't ask you please
I'll tell you what I have in mind
Let go
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
When your eyes are getting low
Tomorrow'll say if you're lost and found
I'll tell you what I have in mind
It's so hard to fill me in
You'd better run as fast as you can
07 Courtesy Laughs (03:14)
I had a fever to empty your closet
I didn't think it would be that hard
You get to do what you want now
Though we'll always have to do it apart
I'm gonna scream 100 000 words
Now that your fever is long gone
Your wishes I couldn't tell, see
I don't hear you talking but pretending
Ain't that enough courtesy laughs
I read my future in a fortune cookie
Without any safety procedure in mind
All of your things in the main hall
You told me to get rid of them, so
Sold an ugly necklace uptown
I found out it was egyptian
I tied up your letters
Burried them all with delectation
Ain't that enough courtesy laughs
I hate that kind of wrong affection
I ain't ready to talk at all
It's all lies, misunderstandings
I'm all alone in the main hall
I'm gonna read every novel you read
I'm gonna learn what's egyptian
Pretend not to talk too much too
Sacrifice all of my agenda
I had a fever to empty your closet
I didn't think it would be that hard
You get to do what you want now
Though we'll always have to do it apart
I hate that kind of wrong affection
I ain't ready to talk at all
It's all lies, misunderstandings
I'm all alone in the main hall
09 Sometimes in the Fall (05:49)
Go out and tell the society
The talk of the town is on its way
This is not bad only serious
Do understand, don't turn your back on me Doesn't matter heads or tails People know my sins, I'm overwhelmed It's the darkest night in a long long time I¹ve been up all night and walked up and down the stairs No complaints no echoes I'm trying to be good, ain't trying to behave well
Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me Before I am long long long gone There'll be nothing to keep me away
Every night at seven o'clock
Every day at six in the morning too
People calling me up here
Didn't even take some time to look at them I'm long gone If you're walking around then I'll go out too You¹ve been awake all night I¹ve been lying on you thinking the same Lonely and forsaken Would you mind just to try a little less?
Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me Before I am long long long gone There'll be nothing to keep me away
And it goes on and on and on, it's everlasting It's always the same when you're next to me Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall There'll be nothing to keep me away
Long gone
Many eyes to see for me
Only yours to cry on my ashes
Long gone
It's the darkest night and I'm far from you You¹ve been awake all night He's a Nobel Prize I said Too many eyes to see for me Only yours to cry on my ashes Long gone If the countdown on the Eiffel Tower Could show less than ten but more than a hundred Tired to look at your photographs That night through the phone you¹ve been asking for more
Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall
There'll be nothing to keep you far from me Before I am long long long gone There'll be nothing to keep me away
And it goes on and on and on, it's everlasting It's always the same when you're next to me Sometimes in the fall, fall, fall, fall There'll be nothing to keep me away
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