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Musicbrainz DBWe are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are widening the corridors and adding more lanes
We are building a religion, a limited edition
We are now accepting callers for these pendant key chains
To resist it is useless
It is useless to resist it
His cigarette is burning but he never seems to ash
He is grooming his poodle
He is living comfort eagle
You can meet at his location but you'd better come with cash
Now his hat is on backwards
He can show you his tattoos
He is in the music business
He is calling you "dude!"
Now today is tomorrow, and tomorrow today
And yesterday is weaving in and out
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 is serving the food
He knows about your party
He is calling you "Dude"
Now, do you believe in the one big sign?
The double wide shine
On the boot heels of your prime?
Doesn't matter if you're skinny, it 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 to 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
He says, "Do you believe in the one true edge,
by fastening your safety belts and stepping towards the ledge?"
He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "Dude"
Do you believe in the one big sign?
The double wide shine on the boot heels of your prime?
There's no need to ask directions if you ever lose your mind
We're behind you, we're behind you
and let us please remind you
We can send a car to find you if you ever lose your way
We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are building a religion
A limited edition
We are now accepting callers
For these beautiful
Pendant key chains
| robertomiller (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 11:42 Local heros... A tip of the hat, every once in a while... |
| oldsaxon (Wales via Vancouver, BC.) | Posted: May 11, 2013 - 11:36 I've never really liked Cake...not the band, they're fine...just cake in general...never liked it. |
| Kaisersosay (Mighty Mighty Bostown) | Posted: Apr 10, 2013 - 07:22 sucks just sucks, |
| Jared (South Central...MA) | Posted: Mar 09, 2013 - 19:37 I have this album...every song is classic. Pure CAKE. |
| Hasan | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:56 I wish the rating mechanism was more rich. I hate this song when working on my computer — grates my concentration to parmesan. But it's great when I'm riding my bike, or doing jobs around the house. I was all set to give it 2 and PSD, but I realized it has a lot to like. Maybe the PSD switch could have a complementary GSMW switch : "Great Song, Mood Wrong" |
| ottojschlosser (Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name)) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:51 Love the deadpan yet cheerful irony. |
| BigIslandBlues | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:50 smackiepipe wrote:  Jeff Bridges - the ultimate Dude. Cake rocks. I think the Dude would agree. |
| ottovonb | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:48 Wonderfully creepy. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Feb 06, 2013 - 11:47 Rage against the Machine want to be |
| kdarwish (Turku, Finland) | Posted: Jan 06, 2013 - 03:29 Eclectic, oriental over rap hip-hop, that's nice! |
| jimys (West Coast) | Posted: Nov 04, 2012 - 09:29 Cynaera wrote: I have TRIED to hate this band, with their deceptively-juvenile spoken lyrics, etc., but every time I hear one of their songs, I just shake my head and mutter, "Dammit, they ambushed me again."  Yup. |
| Cyclehawk (Athens GA) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 12:17 Enough Cake already. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Sep 02, 2012 - 12:13 groom your poodle with c a s h |
| skyguy (CO) | Posted: May 30, 2012 - 17:15 Brown shoes don't make it. |
| smackiepipe (Western North Carolina) | Posted: Mar 28, 2012 - 06:08 |
| h8rhater | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 09:39 BikeCoachDave wrote: Despite several attempts, have never met a Cake song I liked. So why attempt it. They are not for you. |
| Cynaera (In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 09:38 I have TRIED to hate this band, with their deceptively-juvenile spoken lyrics, etc., but every time I hear one of their songs, I just shake my head and mutter, "Dammit, they ambushed me again." |
| Groogrux69 (Auburn, CA) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 09:37 Hey Sue...are you listening? |
| mrtuba9 (most likely near Normal) | Posted: Nov 22, 2011 - 09:37 GT66 wrote: "Take a bite of this apple Mr. corporate events Take a walk through the jungle Of cardboard shanties and tents" Kinda timely in these days of Occupation, eh? |
| NoEnzLefttoSplit | Posted: May 17, 2011 - 02:47 CAKE right the bestest lyrics evah, |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:35 jhorton wrote: " He is grooming his poodle, he is comfort eagle?" Living Comfort Eagle. 'Comfort Eagle' being a fictitious trendy brand. Living a lifestyle according to a well scripted marketing strategy and thinking it genuine. You've seen people covered in Ed Hardy gear, right? I can't speak for the folks who rated it a seven, but my eight is based on not only enjoying what John McCrea was after with his fun and meaningful lyric, but loving the groove that supports the words. Uber geeky goodness.Take THAT all you people who rated this a 7! This band is tight as a gnat's ass, playing with time signatures and syncopation to paint pictures, laying down funk and structure and having a ball in the process. This complaint is similar to the oft-heard grumping about McCrea's superbly timed phrasing. No, he's not forgetting to come in on the downbeat. You can take CAKE, leave it, or not care at all - but investing energy in slamming something as nonsense when you don't care to comprehend the communication is hardly the fault of the artist, is it? Give us this day our daily CAKE! |
| Relayer (Gainesville, FL) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:10 Damn this is a cool song! May have to check this album out. |
| GT66 | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:09 "Take a bite of this apple Mr. corporate events Take a walk through the jungle Of cardboard shanties and tents" |
| Darlington (Columbia, South Carolina) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:09 mandolin wrote: ...that's what i thought for the first ten years since i heard them, but now i think they're just great fun... I was pretty much the same way. Today I can take them in small doses. This is a dose I really like, however. |
| sbegf (Manchester, Maryland) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:09 Rated this a 3 before....must have really annoyed me then, but I was surprised by my own rating, definitely like it better than that.... |
| oldviolin (Stationed For Petey) | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:07 don't even trip... |
| GT66 | Posted: Apr 15, 2011 - 13:06 KICK ASS - F*CK THE MAN!!! |
| shayde (Berlin, MA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 11:00 You people need to relax and actually listen to the song. It's got a wonderful political statement - where niche idealism is perpetuated by focused media, like Foxnews and other shock-jocks. Pretty awesome. THe irritating beat and pace is deliberate to drive home the droning march. |
| rcurrier (San Juan Capistrano, CA) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 11:00 unclehud wrote: Their lyrics are excellent (satrical and cynical) and they have a trumpet and a vibraslap, man! A VIBRASLAP! How can you NOT like these guys? Maybe they can trade the vibraslap for some talent? |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 10:59  |
| BikeCoachDave (Columbia, Ky.) | Posted: Jan 11, 2011 - 10:57 Despite several attempts, have never met a Cake song I liked. |
| cohifi (Denver) | Posted: Dec 10, 2010 - 21:01 Irony? 8 |
| Xstar (Florence, Kentucky) | Posted: Nov 09, 2010 - 01:56 This is a spitter nation it is an iteration!  |
| dwhayslett (Pawleys Island, SC) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:27 jhorton wrote: " He is grooming his poodle, he is comfort eagle?" Take THAT all you people who rated this a 7! "Italian mobster, shoots a lobster". I like both, but you find inane lyrics in a lot of places. |
| ubuntourist (Washington, DC) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:27 Something's gone wrong with my reception. The computer is no longer playing music...  |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:25 walker7366 wrote: God, I hate this band. They could be nice guys, but they're the most annoying band since The Offspring. ...that's what i thought for the first ten years since i heard them, but now i think they're just great fun... |
| ziakut (Chicago, IL) | Posted: Oct 08, 2010 - 14:24 walker7366 wrote: God, I hate this band. They could be nice guys, but they're the most annoying band since The Offspring. Over rated and couldn't agree with more with walker7366. Just always so annoying to me. |
| walker7366 (New Mexico) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 14:09 God, I hate this band. They could be nice guys, but they're the most annoying band since The Offspring. |
| jimbaca (Albuquerque) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 13:57 Say what you will, it made me sit up and listen. Isn't that what it's all about? |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Sep 06, 2010 - 13:56 I this bands instrumental songs enough that I even bought a couple cd's of theirs but I just can't take this guys voice |
| dasfeuer (Loading...) | Posted: Aug 05, 2010 - 13:34 2 |
| beezoo (Santa Monica, CA) | Posted: Jul 04, 2010 - 16:41  nuff sed |
| jhorton | Posted: Jun 02, 2010 - 20:35 " He is grooming his poodle, he is comfort eagle?" Take THAT all you people who rated this a 7! |
| tinybubbles (missoula, montana) | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:43 jhorton wrote: Still the WORST BAND THAT EVER LIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Total crap. I'm not a fan either.... |
| twitterpated | Posted: Mar 31, 2010 - 11:43 This makes three songs by Cake that I have noticed and noted. I guess they are a litmus test of sorts but I like them. |
| jhorton | Posted: Feb 27, 2010 - 21:02 Still the WORST BAND THAT EVER LIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Total crap. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:54 lattalo wrote: This song sucks, it ruined the great set I just heard. You are easily disappointed. Quit your crying. |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:54 unclehud wrote: Their lyrics are excellent (satrical and cynical) and they have a trumpet and a vibraslap, man! A VIBRASLAP! How can you NOT like these guys? Dude! you just want us to ask you "what the heck is a VIBRASLAP?", dontcha?
Well ... it is NOT as cool as a Berimbau!!
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| WayUpNorth (Windswept Exile) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:53 unclehud wrote: Their lyrics are excellent (satrical and cynical) and they have a trumpet and a vibraslap, man! A VIBRASLAP! How can you NOT like these guys?    |
| stevematic (sandy eggo) | Posted: Jan 27, 2010 - 09:50 this is the best i've heard from CAKE |
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