Posts tagged The National
don't hold on to me when there's nothing to hold
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so drunk in the august sun: Why The National's "High Violet" is a concept album about the zombie apocalypse: An Essay
Terrible Love: this song is about how everyone he [the main character, or Matt Berninger if you please] loves has been turned into a zombie. when he sings “it takes an ocean not to break”, that is a reference to the oft proposed strategy of going out to sea to avoid zombies (amongst other…
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we’re half awake in a fake empire.
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Now, they are a riveting live act, both because their pent-up songs explode, and because Matt drinks a bottle of wine onstage and then starts climbing things. “There’s something crazy every show,” Scott says. “It’s a man-child situation.
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Over the years, Matt Berninger has accumulated a flock of snide nicknames from his band mates, including the Dark Lord, the Naysayer, Mumbleberry Pie, Mr. Knee Jerk, Mr. Sony Headphones and the Echo Chamber — the last for the coterie of musically astute persons whom Matt frequently invokes supporting his opinion of whatever song they are arguing about.
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I don’t think I can make you understand just how much I love this man. Look at his hair and his face, he is so past it. So drunk.
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I had to.
Last one for now.
