the third...
and with this post will end the mountain goats trifecta from their album the sunset tree.
The last song is a song about love, and the things you do for love. seems appropriate subject matter given the seasons. what also seems appropriate is the fact that it is cold, grey, and wet out there for this springtime love season. ah cynicism.
the idea for this post has been brewing for a few months now, and i suppose i won't do justice to some very good ideas i am sure i had at some point, but cannot recall.
i remember i was going to post about the coincidence of a reference to raskolnikov in a popsheep post at some point, and i was going to point out that hey, we had a reference to him too, (in the song) ( he was a murderer, by the way, no real need to glorify him) but it was mainly going to serve as an introductory hey how you doin'? to our friends at popsheep (they aren't our friends, yet, you see) and so...well...never mind. they really have a solid blog where most people post regularly in a collective fashion [hint, hint, you jetsetting bastard] you should really go visit, and hey if you post there, tell 'em where you got the reference, and then they'll want to post a reference to bombing mars, maybe, and then want to be OUR friends...
ramble, ramble.
take a moment, and stop to think of some of the things you may have done for love, both good, bad, and painful. i think that just getting you to think about it, is the success of this song, i think the objective is to think back and to remember fondly, and also to draw a lesson from some of the less proud moments, when you did something for love. (they say the road to hell is paved...) this song's aim is to make you look back, and ultimately smile, knowing that there were some things you are proud to have done, and others you are proud to have learned from.
remember the context, folks this is from the same album with the chant i am gonna make it through this year if it kills me..., an album dedicated to the survivors of child abuse, a really wonderful album, that deserves your patronage.
anyhow, as stated, i think i had some great ideas about direction for this post, but in the interest of sticking to our mandate, which is mostly about the the music, i'll spare you the sentimentality.
i'll close with the closing lyric from the song, much like they did in those afterschool specials, or GI-Joe, from back in the day...
some moments last forever, but some flare up with love love love.
>>> The_Mountain_Goats_Love_Love_Love.mp3
The last song is a song about love, and the things you do for love. seems appropriate subject matter given the seasons. what also seems appropriate is the fact that it is cold, grey, and wet out there for this springtime love season. ah cynicism.
the idea for this post has been brewing for a few months now, and i suppose i won't do justice to some very good ideas i am sure i had at some point, but cannot recall.
i remember i was going to post about the coincidence of a reference to raskolnikov in a popsheep post at some point, and i was going to point out that hey, we had a reference to him too, (in the song) ( he was a murderer, by the way, no real need to glorify him) but it was mainly going to serve as an introductory hey how you doin'? to our friends at popsheep (they aren't our friends, yet, you see) and so...well...never mind. they really have a solid blog where most people post regularly in a collective fashion [hint, hint, you jetsetting bastard] you should really go visit, and hey if you post there, tell 'em where you got the reference, and then they'll want to post a reference to bombing mars, maybe, and then want to be OUR friends...
ramble, ramble.
take a moment, and stop to think of some of the things you may have done for love, both good, bad, and painful. i think that just getting you to think about it, is the success of this song, i think the objective is to think back and to remember fondly, and also to draw a lesson from some of the less proud moments, when you did something for love. (they say the road to hell is paved...) this song's aim is to make you look back, and ultimately smile, knowing that there were some things you are proud to have done, and others you are proud to have learned from.
remember the context, folks this is from the same album with the chant i am gonna make it through this year if it kills me..., an album dedicated to the survivors of child abuse, a really wonderful album, that deserves your patronage.
anyhow, as stated, i think i had some great ideas about direction for this post, but in the interest of sticking to our mandate, which is mostly about the the music, i'll spare you the sentimentality.
i'll close with the closing lyric from the song, much like they did in those afterschool specials, or GI-Joe, from back in the day...
some moments last forever, but some flare up with love love love.
>>> The_Mountain_Goats_Love_Love_Love.mp3
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