Reply To: Artificial Heart discussion
Had the album on repeat for just over a week now, still not bored. There’s only two songs I regularly skip: Fraud, because it doesn’t quite grab me, and Today With Your Wife because, boy, does it make me cry. I thought it was about adultery, but someone said it’s about death and I can’t un-know that. It’s so beautiful, but on the second chorus I’m usually bawling too hard to see the lights change. (I do most of my music-listening in the car.)
Sticking it to myself, Artificial Heart, Alone at home, Sucker Punch, Je suis Rick Springfield and Glasses are all responsible for any speeding tickets I’m picking up right now, THANKS VERY MUCH, Jonathan.
I freakin LOVE Nemeses and Good Morning Tuscon – to me, these are quintessential JoCo. Great lyrics and fantastic tunes for singing along.
Down Today has to be one of the cutest songs ever written. I have no idea what it’s about – don’t tell me it’s about something horrible! I don’t want to know – but the tune is really sweet and sunshiny and it makes me smile.
Dissolve is…a bit weird. The verses are not really my cuppa and my finger goes to the skip button – but then the chorus hits me right in the face and I can’t help but sing (or bellow, more like) along and startle the cyclists.
Still Alive = still awesome after all these years. Plus I like Sara’s voice.
Want You Gone just makes me happy. The lyrics are a bit sad, of course, but the music is so lovely. The key change at the end of the verses (on “I’ve been shockingly nice” – if that is, in fact a key change, I’m just assuming here) makes me grin like a fool. If you got ticketed for grinning stupidly, I’d be broke right now.
Tl; dr: I really, really like this album. 🙂
PS @Spiff: *exhales* Awww Spiff, that makes me sad. Understandable, of course, but still. I was kinda hoping for a Nemeses video with rogues in 🙂