Sublime !

Don't like it. It sounds intelligent, but if you take a look to the structure of the song it is a poor attempt of simple tricks that accidentally sounds better than it should.
On the other hand: the movie is very good. Our daughter's second name is Amelie. I don't think that it is a coincidence.

Beautiful!
Movie also!

Comfort Eagle by Cake was released on 24 July 2001.

<...> And the fluffy white lines, that the airplane leaves behind
Are drifting right in front, of the waning of the moon He is handling the money, he's serving the food
He knows about your party, he is calling you "Dude" Now do you believe, in the one big sign
the doublewide shine, on the boot heels of your prime? Doesn't matter if you're skinny, doesn't matter if you're fat
You can dress up like a sultan, in your onion head hat We are building a religion, we are making a brand
We're the only ones to turn to, when your castles turn to sand Take a bite of this apple, Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle, of cardboard shanties and tents Some people drink Pepsi, some people drink Coke
The wacky morning DJ, says democracy's a joke He says now do you believe, in the one big song?
He's now accepting callers, who would like to sing along She says, do you believe, in the one true edge?
By fastening your safety belts, and stepping towards the ledge <...>

 Businessgypsy wrote: 
Indeed, I have now seen the movie since I wrote that and the music was appropriate to it. But it still doesn't stand well on its own for me.

But I learned something. I had NO idea that Cake was a verb. All these years. I actually like a lot of their stuff. Short Skirt-Long Jacket is a  brilliant evocations of our era. But I will defend to the death anyone's right not to like them.

FlatCat wrote:
Why do I hate this so, when it is so highly rated? (Don't answer that.) But there is something about those repeated 1-5-8 chords (Phillip Glass) with the ever-so-emotive pauses. Like a modern house with concrete walls and steel furniture: "Oh it's so arty! Oh it's so serious!" Oh, it's so pretentious. Oh it's so barren.

When they send me to Guantanamo, they will alernate this with klesmer music, and I will confess to anything.

 rcurrier wrote: 
You're killing me here. I like this song, but I have NO idea who/what "klezmer/klesmer" is...  Sadly, my musical education is still in its infancy, so while people like you argue about nuance and method and chord progressions, I'm happily sucking on a pacifier and dancing to Katrina and the Waves (well, because Wagner can be so dark, and come on - CAKE? They doomed themselves from the start by naming their band that and then producing what really does amount to the musical equivalent of a piece of food with mostly air, a lot of sugar, and too many calories.)

Um - I think I just chewed through my pacifier.

very nice — thanks for slipping it into the mix!

Beautful, emotional piece.

Is Pee Wee Herman the brother of Amelie?  The likeness is uncanny.

Just an incredibly beautiful, wistful song... heartbreaking. Love it. 

one of my favorite movies ...

My favourite song by my one of my favourite artists from my favourite movie.  Bliss :)

Mash it up with Tears for Fears' Mad World and you've got an entry for the Donnie Darko 2 soundtrack.

rcurrier wrote:

C'mon, there are far more torturous compositions than this or anything Cake recorded. Consider the following:

Mili Vanilli
Night Ranger
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana's Dad

This list is merely the tip of the iceberg (and i hope i'm not giving the Bush administration any ideas here).

prickelpit96 wrote:

FlatCat wrote:
Too each his own, certainly, but the reason I like it is because it strikes a perfect balance between being simple (simplistic? minimalist?) enough to not have to concentrate on, while at the same time having enough complexity to stand up to more focused listening.

But then I like klezmer. I guess we'll be in different cell blocks in Gitmo--I'll be in the one where they play Cake all day.

I really love this track... it's mesmerizing & uplifting.

Frater_Kork wrote:

Sounds reasonable.

UltraNurd wrote:
It sure is an outstanding movie,
by artsy style do you mean European? ;)

Oh my, that's good. And that's not just because I'm a smelly cheese.

godlike...

We had Amélie Poulin in loop in our local independent theatre (Esquire theatre of Cincinnati) from October 2001 to April 2002 if I remember well. A huge success for a uncultured city like this.
The music of Yann Tiersen is a masterpiece all the way, even if he does not recognize it as a major creation of his. He happens to consider it as a stand alone besides the movie.

UltraNurd wrote:

Don't have to answer the accent question, we had a boy! We gave him a nice Irish name.

MrsAustin wrote:

With or without accent? I have the French spelling of Nicolas, and I basically have to correct the spelling with every institution I'm associated with (work, college, grad school, customer sites, etc.).

Hubby and I just decided to name our baby girl (if that's what we have on May 19th!) Amelie Olive... Naturally, we love the movie!

Wizzuvv_oz wrote:

I had to watch this one with my artsy sister so she could explain it all to me :oD.

Why do I hate this so, when it is so highly rated? (Don't answer that.) But there is something about those repeated 1-5-8 chords (Phillip Glass) with the ever-so-emotive pauses. Like a modern house with concrete walls and steel furniture: "Oh it's so arty! Oh it's so serious!" Oh, it's so pretentious. Oh it's so barren.

When they send me to Guantanamo, they will alernate this with klesmer music, and I will confess to anything.

Charming music from one of the most charming films. Ever.