i hate carls solo album because it contains some stuff that i…..unfortunately..really, really like??? i love carve my name tbh.. and so long my lover is good…. and i LOVE run with the boys but then you have shit like death fires and goddamn ANGRY BIRDS FUCK JE REGRETTE I WANT TO PUNCH THAT SONG IN THE THROAT WHY DID HE THINK THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA
even like WITHIN THE SAME SONG there will be contradictions like i think irony of love has a fucking gorgeous melody & instrumentation but the lyrics in the chorus are literally the worst thing ive ever heard in my life
anyway why does carl play us like this
This is an old post, but timely. I’ve been listening to Carl’s solo stuff a lot this week as I’m going back to playing the piano. I have a teacher who is going to help me improve my playing by ear, and my starting list to pick songs from is a few from this album plus Waterloo (obviously).
Carve My Name is definitely the one that grabs people. Everyone I’ve played it for likes it. So Long My Lover confuses my brain as it sounds too upbeat to me, but when it’s just Carl and a guitar I love it.
Irony of Love – the chorus doesn’t bother me, it feels sincere and the ‘oh darling’s are beautiful. Most of the lyrics in the verses are clunky to me, but again, it feels like a sincere attempt to express something and I can appreciate that.
I love the slightly sinister sound of The Magus. Shadows Fall, hmm. The lyrics disturb me slightly, and I think my opinion in general might be an unpopular one.
Death Fires, Run with the Boys and Ode to a Girl took me ages to get, but now I do I don’t skip them if I’m running through full albums. Still can’t see me ever putting them on a playlist, though I have caught myself singing Ode to a Girl.
Je Regrette I personally regret any time I accidentally hear it. (Sorry Carl, I love you dearly but wtf. You are a strange, strange man at times.) Does anyone like it?
Je Regrette is (musically) one of my favourite things Carl has ever recorded, haha, but even as I belt it out I cringe at myself, ha. But I feel compelled to defend it!!
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