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There's a long line of cars and they're trying to get through
There's no single explanation, there's no central destination
But this long line of cars is trying to get through
And this long line of cars is all because of you
We don't wonder where we're going or remember where we've been
We've gotta keep this traffic flowing and accept a little sin
So this long line of cars will never have an end
And this long line of cars keeps coming around the bend
From the streets of Sacramento to the freeways of L. A.
We've gotta keep this fire burning and accept a little grey
So this long line of cars is trying to break free
And this long line of cars is all because of me
There's a long line of cars
Long, long, long line of cars
Long, long, long line of cars
Long, long, long line of cars
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: May 24, 2013 - 08:12 Love, Love, Love these guys. Well, I love their music. And their witty/deep/poetic lyrics. And they have a horn player. And they frequently use a vibraslap! MY GOODNESS PEOPLE! WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU WANT?!?!? OK, here you go:  By the way, they are fab in person. Really, they are. |
| testpilot | Posted: May 08, 2013 - 15:32 can't believe I'll say this, but.... this isn't nearly as irritating as usual "Cake" :) |
| kcar | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 00:32 DaveInVA wrote: Its funny, I like this bands instrumental songs but I HATE this guys voice... That's because those fellas can actually play instruments. That singer, he can't sing, no sir. But he does sing the same way in every song.  The bright side: Cake has pretty much become a PSDer every time.  (Forrest secretly wants some Cake. More fool him). |
| NicJohn (Northern Michigan) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 12:57 I don't get Cake. They sound bland or "average", nothing special. And the vocalist is a bit droning. Their sound isn't bad but there is just so much more music out there to choose from. |
| kojiroh (Istanbul, Turkey) | Posted: Mar 22, 2013 - 12:52 I despise these guys, sorry. |
| Rooney (Near Paradise) | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 10:56 ziakut wrote: This band doesn't waste any time sounding stupid. They get right to it.  |
| Rockit (Ottawa ON) | Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 10:23 It's time to throw the cake out...for good! |
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Dec 18, 2012 - 10:21 This band doesn't waste any time sounding stupid. They get right to it. |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 17:05 must be time for the drive home in SoCal... |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 16, 2012 - 17:04 hiorgos wrote: Boring, Cake is boring! Clever, Cake is clever! You're probably the kind of person who needs a good car chase to make a movie entertaining. |
| hiorgos (Matrix) | Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 19:36 Boring, Cake is boring! |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Jun 12, 2012 - 15:03 Hate this contrived band. |
| mmmyes | Posted: Mar 09, 2012 - 10:10 LOVE CAKE. |
| ziakut (Unmoon) | Posted: Feb 22, 2012 - 18:53 Mmmmmmmute.  |
| mrdak (Middle GA) | Posted: Feb 06, 2012 - 17:14 Bill................ the bass players D.J.  |
| coy (san antonio) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 22:15 'and this long line of cars keeps coming around the bend' sounds like he's on his bicycle i know that's how i feel |
| sqqqrly (Baboosic Lake, NH) | Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 13:27 Byronape wrote: I find myself in a conundrum when it comes to this song. I love Cake, and I love this song... have for a long time. However, due to some bridge construction, a "Long Line of Cars" is my afternoon and morning commute (I work 6pm to 6am in IT for a solar panel manufacturer) sometime around 5:15pm and around 6:30 or 7am two or three days a week. I really don't want to think about this song every time I hit that construction zone... I'd hate to ruin what is a fantastic song. Good song to blast with the windows open while waiting in the traffic |
| Byronape (Snorkeling in the River Styx) | Posted: Aug 17, 2011 - 00:28 I find myself in a conundrum when it comes to this song. I love Cake, and I love this song... have for a long time. However, due to some bridge construction, a "Long Line of Cars" is my afternoon and morning commute (I work 6pm to 6am in IT for a solar panel manufacturer) sometime around 5:15pm and around 6:30 or 7am two or three days a week. I really don't want to think about this song every time I hit that construction zone... I'd hate to ruin what is a fantastic song. |
| Sasha2001 (I can see Zabars from my window) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 15:35 Got it Bill! Referencing CARMAGEDDON with this track. |
| Art_Carnage (DeepintheheartofTexas) | Posted: Jul 16, 2011 - 15:34 A perfect tune for the start of the Carpocalypse! |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: May 14, 2011 - 08:44 Businessgypsy wrote: Never got the frat boy reference many posters make. These witty, intelligent well crafted songs are as far removed from any experience I had with college fraternity life as mud is from um, Cake. Well put. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 13:52 One of the very few bands I cannot handle being subjected to on RP |
| stickers11 (New Westminster, BC) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 13:50 Any band that uses the vibraslap as liberally as these guys deserve kudos! |
| coccyx | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 13:49 Wow and WOW...I just happen to be reading this news story at this very moment... http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/04/28/bc-green-man-imposters.html?ref=rss |
| 4merdj (donde el viento se devuelve) | Posted: Apr 28, 2011 - 13:49 Moist, with coconut custard in between three layers  |
| Businessgypsy (Deepest, Darkest Florida) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 18:21 Never got the frat boy reference many posters make. These witty, intelligent well crafted songs are as far removed from any experience I had with college fraternity life as mud is from um, Cake. |
| oldviolin (Esse Quam Videri) | Posted: Apr 12, 2011 - 18:18 Shake Rattle Roll The horns alone were worth the price of admission... |
| S-curvy (Lovely Alameda, the Isle of Style) | Posted: Feb 08, 2011 - 21:58 I love these homeboys! |
| bmeador (24fps) | Posted: Jan 24, 2011 - 05:40 philbertr wrote: Sounds like driving on south Florida freeways, too. Left-lane jerks must live everywhere. We call 'em Left Lane Loosers. L3 |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 11:53  |
| Vandy005 (dreaming of Jeanie in Cocoa Beach) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 11:52 Showroom of Compassion drops in January... can't wait! |
| littlebluesue (Los Angeles) | Posted: Oct 05, 2010 - 16:54 Sounds like LA. }:( Right now. gr.... |
| Dude (Los Gatos, CA) | Posted: May 30, 2010 - 23:42 Delicious tasty Cake! Tasty lyrics, delicious irony. Love the horns. Always a great groove. |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 07:05 I hear a fresh and well crafted musical cake with a thick irony topping. Delicious. |
| philbertr (Hurricane Target Florida) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 07:04 Sounds like driving on south Florida freeways, too. Left-lane jerks must live everywhere. |
| Byronape (Purgatory) | Posted: Apr 29, 2010 - 07:03 To me Cake will always have a relaxed kind of head bobbing groove. It isn't intense or deep, does not require much thought, and just makes me groove a little without even realizing it. |
| fran_tarkenton (Kamloops, British Columbia) | Posted: Dec 08, 2009 - 10:39 RadioDoc wrote: Odyzzeuz wrote: Yeah, I didn't rip off my headphones this time. I'll give it a solid 2. But still not a fan. There's something about the lackadaisical quality to the singer's voice that annoys me. It's all so wink-wink Kabuki dancerish. Feels insincere at its core. Insincere, lackadaisical, soul-less, mechanical, oh-so-witty and artificially flavored and sweetened. The musical execution is perfectly textured but has no gut. I suppose the frat boys love it but to me it's throw away pop, with the artistic value of drain water. Wow! I could not disagree more! These guys are the greatest. |
| RedAdmiral | Posted: Oct 22, 2009 - 09:17 Mmmmmm Cake! great track. |
| Marr (Houston (dreaming of Austin)) | Posted: Oct 06, 2009 - 12:25 Papernapkin wrote: Cake, using the same old recipe. Ever had the Barefoot Contessa's chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream icing? I'd eat a chocolate cake made with that recipe for the rest of my life and never get bored. Sometimes a recipe stays the same because it is actually pretty damn good. But then there's always someone out there who doesn't like sweets. |
| lmic (Narrow Minded Couch Potato) | Posted: Sep 20, 2009 - 19:28 scraig wrote: I always start humming this song when I am sitting in SoCal traffic I always whistle it while I'm zipping past Sacramento "I" Street traffic on my bike!  |
| Dahnyul | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 07:46 Papernapkin wrote: Cake, using the same old recipe. Sure, I hear where you're coming from, but this is a common knock on groups that come around with a unique and original sound. They kind of get knocked for that sound after they've gotten folks used to it. The Tragically Hip had the same thing said about them, but they kept at it, and they kind of evolved, keeping their distinct sound without sounding the same as their last albums. Not an easy line to walk, and I agree that Cake hasn't really gotten there. However, Cake is just so flat-out cool that I cut them some slack. |
| DaveInVA (VA) | Posted: Aug 20, 2009 - 07:43 Its funny, I like this bands instrumental songs but I HATE this guys voice... |
| wenatchee (Duvall, WA) | Posted: May 01, 2009 - 06:27 Papernapkin wrote: Cake, using the same old recipe. Agreed, kinda herky-jerky |
| MayBaby (Savannah, Georgia) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 14:58 Papernapkin wrote: Cake, using the same old recipe. Yea, but it's like Mom's recipe. YUM !! |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - 14:54 I always start humming this song when I am sitting in SoCal traffic |
| TriskyJen (Hudson River Valley) | Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 18:20 I have always liked Cake. Clean sound, sharp, maybe something mathematical about it sometimes... and actually that appeals to me too. Lyrics, fine, but mostly it's that precision of sound that keeps me coming back for another slice (couldn't help myself :) |
| Papernapkin (Mountain View, CA) | Posted: Jan 10, 2009 - 18:17 Cake, using the same old recipe. |
| RadioDoc (Chicagoland) | Posted: Oct 23, 2008 - 21:02 Odyzzeuz wrote: Yeah, I didn't rip off my headphones this time. I'll give it a solid 2. But still not a fan. There's something about the lackadaisical quality to the singer's voice that annoys me. It's all so wink-wink Kabuki dancerish. Feels insincere at its core. Insincere, lackadaisical, soul-less, mechanical, oh-so-witty and artificially flavored and sweetened. The musical execution is perfectly textured but has no gut. I suppose the frat boys love it but to me it's throw away pop, with the artistic value of drain water. |
| coloradojohn (Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 05:18 Maybe the thing with Cake is like with Zappa or Steely Dan or such. Either it's the coolest tongue-in-cheek thing you ever dug, and you wanna drop what you're doing and sing along and — or... I don't know, because I dug 'em since way back... Bought this CD mostly for the outrageous "He is wearing his hat backwards, he is calling you DUDE! " and for sure, the bass line ROCKS in just about every song... |
| keller1 (Altered States) | Posted: Aug 05, 2008 - 19:02 Ulises wrote: Are you commenting on Cake or Odyzzeuz? He's talking about Cake ... and I couldn't agree more. They sound like a bunch of melodically challenged frat boys. |