Reply To: Artificial Heart discussion
I get kind of weirded out by the cut in The Stache as well, but only on
my headphones. When I play it on my stereo with the volume up, it
actually works fine, I think, because you get that liiiiittle note there
to tell you it’s an intentional stop. It’s just on headphones you can’t
always hear that, and it’s like a knife in the music.
I largely prefer the acoustic Alone at Home, too, as I think I’ve mentioned, but I understand why JoCo would want to go with the rock-version. The sad and passive-aggressive loneliness is firstly a very JoCo kind of thing to go with, and rocking it out takes the “passive” out of it somewhat. Secondly, with things like Today With Your Wife, Now I am an Arsonist and Nobody Loves You Like me, there’s no lack of pensive quietude on the album, and my feel for the Coulton is he’s very much trying not to be the guy who writes sad songs because that’s what comes naturally to him.
@Angelastic “If Paul and Storm Could Follow Me Around” is the name of my autobiography.
Also, “maybe it’s Maybelline”? Surely you mean, maybe it’s MADELAINE? 😉
EDIT: Ooooo-kaaay? I don’t know why my text bunches up like that at the top. It is weird.