Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 859 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 10:06 pm Post subject: The Clarks
Anyone ever get into The Clarks? They started in my hometown, and I find their music to be just incredible. The cover of Bruce Springsteen's "The River" is just awesome. I really like 'em. Look 'em up in youtube. And here's some cool lyrics.
In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and bad trips
In an isolated corner of the box
There's a trap door covered up with dirt and rocks
It opens to the stairs that lead down to the crypt
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last step
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
On a dark and lonely road in my hometown
Stands a house that long ago should've been torn down
It reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and bad debt
On a weather beaten transom in the house
Walks a friend of mine that I call the old king mouse
He dances in the moonlight and sleeps out on the steps
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when they've paid their last regrets?
Do you know what you get?
Cigarette
In a black and far off corner of my mind
There's a box of something I can't quite define
It houses circus freaks, temptation and the Fayette County Fair
And it reeks of love gone sour, suspicion and big hair
Do you know where you're going when you've taken your last breath?
Do you know what you get?
Do you know where you're going when the devil starts to sweat?
Do you know what you get?
A cigarette
And when they say "Fayette County Fair" that's (obviously) a county around here. And they have a big fair there and they play this song every year. It's great. I think this video is from a cell-phone, but who cares they're awesome.
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Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 859 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 3:15 am Post subject:
Ah, I forgot to mention that they are only a local band. Nuthin else. They've been around for the past 20 years, and never wanted to go real big. They said that they would just wanna stay in Pittsburgh. If they were a national band, they'd be HUGE. They've only put out like 5 or 6 albums in the past 20 years. I went to one of their concerts once. It was great.
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Joined: 09 Feb 2008 Posts: 859 Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject:
It's pretty funny that it's an anti-smoking song, but the lead singer smokes a cigarette every time he plays the song. That's the name of the song by the way, "cigarette".
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