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guy44 · 10-28-2004, 10:26 PM

Germans can write some damn fine lyrics - The Notwist, for example, don't seem to have a problem.

Ben Gibbard, for me, is a huge conundrum (the guy from Death Cab for Cutie and a billion other things). His lyrics can be simply masterful, and far more imaginative than a 100 other bands put together. They can also be cheesy and painful to listen to.

Like from Such Great Heights, a Postal Service song:

I am thinking it's a sign/ That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images/ And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned

Blech. But then, the song before it on the album, The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, is perfectly written. Go figure.

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guy44 Somnabulist Location: corner of No and Where	Germans can write some damn fine lyrics - The Notwist, for example, don't seem to have a problem. Ben Gibbard, for me, is a huge conundrum (the guy from Death Cab for Cutie and a billion other things). His lyrics can be simply masterful, and far more imaginative than a 100 other bands put together. They can also be cheesy and painful to listen to. Like from Such Great Heights, a Postal Service song: I am thinking it's a sign/ That the freckles in our eyes are mirror images/ And when we kiss they're perfectly aligned Blech. But then, the song before it on the album, The District Sleeps Alone Tonight, is perfectly written. Go figure. __________________ "You have reached Ritual Sacrifice. For goats press one, or say 'goats.'"