coccyx
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Both wrong. He's singing the notes, but the song is written with very little variation in melody. It is nothing like Shatner's spoken lyrics.
Papernapkin wrote:Yes, you nailed it. A bit to tongue-in-cheek, irony, pretentious thing going on.
nmcvaugh wrote:Great lyrics, and a voice/delivery that combines with them to give a net score of 4. Wish they had a singer that didn't make me cringe every time I hear his voice - I'd really like to like this band, but just can't do it with McCrae speaking monotone lyrics in a William Shatner style.  |
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Stranglersfan
(Revelstoke, B.C.) | | Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 07:10 | |
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Kaw
(Apeldoorn (The Netherlands)) | | Posted: Jun 11, 2012 - 07:07 | |
Reminds me of 180am  Like it! |
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: May 10, 2012 - 12:04 | |
Not sure I get the point, but it sure is a lot of fun. Love the guitar solo.
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VELVET1JONES
| | Posted: Mar 08, 2012 - 01:54 | |
Well the guitarist brings all the songs together for me, feels like there are more lyrics in his solos than from the actual lyrics.
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Papernapkin
(Mountain View, CA) | | Posted: Feb 05, 2012 - 09:16 | |
Yes, you nailed it. A bit to tongue-in-cheek, irony, pretentious thing going on.
nmcvaugh wrote:Great lyrics, and a voice/delivery that combines with them to give a net score of 4. Wish they had a singer that didn't make me cringe every time I hear his voice - I'd really like to like this band, but just can't do it with McCrae speaking monotone lyrics in a William Shatner style. |
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coloradojohn
(Tokyo till Jan. 29; can hardly wait! (Hope I don't burn up on re-entry...)) | | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 20:17 | |
I love how these guys can take stories, any stories — even something like a scion of the Habsburg dynasty courting and recruiting a young Wolfie to do some symphony — and make them rock, tongue in cheek and pedal to the metal. Operation Comfort Eagle is an ongoing, resoundingly wry success, I think! Dig it!
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nmcvaugh
(Austin, Texas) | | Posted: Nov 02, 2011 - 05:29 | |
Great lyrics, and a voice/delivery that combines with them to give a net score of 4. Wish they had a singer that didn't make me cringe every time I hear his voice - I'd really like to like this band, but just can't do it with McCrae speaking monotone lyrics in a William Shatner style. |
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laup
(brantford , ontario) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 15:57 | |
lyriscuscus
laup wrote:great lyruis |
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laup
(brantford , ontario) | | Posted: Oct 01, 2011 - 15:56 | |
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Jun 29, 2011 - 11:03 | |
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michaelgmitchell
(Belleville, ON) | | Posted: Dec 22, 2010 - 13:42 | |
Segue wrote:local boys CAKE a bit too jokey for me, over the decades appreciate more and THIS is Quite Likeable, minus the hokiness. What I was thinking was ... too stupid for me. And I'M pretty stupid. This is stupider. How stupid is that? |
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aelfheld
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scraig
(Santa Barbara, CA) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 15:15 | |
that was a welcomed surprise  |
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Baby_M
(a 100-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 15:13 | |
Next time, can we just go straight to the symphony and skip the Cake song and the whole commissioning bit?
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Segue
(Almost Paradise) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2010 - 15:13 | |
local boys CAKE a bit too jokey for me, over the decades appreciate more and THIS is Quite Likeable, minus the hokiness.
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Shimmer
(Bethesda, MD) | | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 21:01 | |
There are many good Cake songs, but this is one of the very best. Built on victorious young triads.
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lunar1963
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 11:41 | |
Finally I recalled the last resort of a great princess who was told that the peasants had no bread, and who responded: "Let them eat Cake."
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 11:40 | |
fredriley wrote:Which composer is this about?
Over at songmeanings.net, there's some very interesting discussion about it being Beethoven. |
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sqqqrly
(Baboosic Lake, NH) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 11:38 | |
http://www.michaelestepa.com/about.php#3
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Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 11:38 | |
RadioDoc wrote:Does this place really need more Cake?
Well, the smart, fun lyric and clever instrumentation do provide fast, temporary relief for the bitter aftertaste of sanctimonious reggae lectures. I think a ratio of 4 Cake selections for each reggae selection endured is about right. |
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lmic
(Harmless Little Bunny) | | Posted: Mar 11, 2010 - 11:33 | |
As a fellow lower-middle-class kid from Sac, I identify almost too completely with McCrea's socio-politics. This would be great played back-to-back with the Old Ceremony's "Poison Pen."
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alanthecowboy
(Lakefield) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 12:18 | |
fredriley wrote:Which composer is this about? I'd thought Mozart, but then there was a reference to "Victoria's great triads" so if that's Queen Vic then it must be later. Or am I on the wrong track altogether?
It does make the contentious but accurate point that most pre-20th century music was composed for and by the nobs "on the backs of peasants".
The song is about the person commissioning the symphony, and doesn't even reference the composer at all, which makes your second statement all the more meaningful. |
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Vandy005
(dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 12:18 | |
Yipppeee, yet another Cake song on RP to hang a 10 spot on!!!!
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ziggytrix
(Dallas, TX) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 12:15 | |
I love Cake, but this one is kinda meh.
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Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2010 - 12:14 | |
fredriley wrote:Which composer is this about? I'd thought Mozart, but then there was a reference to "Victoria's great triads" so if that's Queen Vic then it must be later. Or am I on the wrong track altogether?
It does make the contentious but accurate point that most pre-20th century music was composed for and by the nobs "on the backs of peasants".
The line is "Built on victorious known triads". A bit of a difference there, eh? From Wiki "In music and music theory, a triad is a three-note chord that can be stacked in thirds.<1> Its members, when actually stacked in thirds, from lowest pitched tone to highest:" |
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fredriley
(Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Dec 07, 2009 - 03:36 | |
Which composer is this about? I'd thought Mozart, but then there was a reference to "Victoria's great triads" so if that's Queen Vic then it must be later. Or am I on the wrong track altogether?
It does make the contentious but accurate point that most pre-20th century music was composed for and by the nobs "on the backs of peasants".
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fran_tarkenton
(Kamloops, British Columbia) | | Posted: Nov 05, 2009 - 18:18 | |
rajulkabir wrote:
Excellent question. Yes, more Cake is needed!
Yes yes, lots more Cake, can't get enough, more cake, more cake! |
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rajulkabir
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | | Posted: Oct 05, 2009 - 05:03 | |
RadioDoc wrote:Does this place really need more Cake?
Excellent question. Yes, more Cake is needed! |
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alanthecowboy
(Lakefield) | | Posted: Sep 03, 2009 - 16:57 | |
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