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if we can call them friends we can call them on red telephones
and they won't pretend that they're too busy or they're not alone
if we can call them friends we can call
holler at 'em down these hallowed halls
just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all
don't
don't you worry
about the atmosphere
or any sudden pressure change
'cause I know
that it's starting
to get warm in here
and things are
starting to get strange
and did you
did you see how
all our friends were there
drinkin' roses from the can
how
how I wish I
I had talked to them
and wished they
fit into my plan
and we were tired of being mild
oh so tired of being mild
we were so tired
I know we're gonna meet someday in the crumbled financial institutions of this land
there will be tables and chairs
pony rides and dancing bears
there'll even be a band
'cause listen after the fall there'll be no more countries
no currencies at all
we're gonna live on our wits
throw away survival kits
trade butterfly knives for adderal
and that's not all
woah!
there will be snacks, there will
there will be snacks!
| Hippostar (Portland, OR) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 11:10 Could it be that there exists an Andrew Bird song where he doesn't whistle in it, like a Bird? |
| Middleton (along for the ride) | Posted: May 02, 2013 - 11:00 joshtime wrote: THERE WILL BE SNACKS! THERE WILL!!! YESS!!!  |
| fatcatjb (Sunny Sacramento) | Posted: Apr 01, 2013 - 07:39 sitting at my favorite local coffee haunt, loving the music, and...suddenly it's Bill's voice! This Monday is looking up! At Coffee Works in Sacramento, where the brew is angry, dark, and memorable, and Radio Paradise is often on the radio |
| unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | Posted: Jan 28, 2013 - 13:54 ".... and there will be snacks?" |
| wrangler (swamps of jersey) | Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 11:44 is this kid's music? this guy is a talented musician, for sure, but this belongs on nick jr, along with his "dr string" song which is already there.  |
| handsandhart (The here and now) | Posted: Mar 28, 2011 - 11:43 Andrew Bird is an artist much better enjoyed live. His music just does not seem to translate well when recorded. I saw him as an opener and liked him much more than the artist he opened for. He is an amazing performer. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Dec 24, 2010 - 09:49 Lyrics are straight-up retarded. |
| Photo-John (Nor Cal to SLC) | Posted: Nov 22, 2010 - 16:55 Does not sound like Slayer |
| wilcogirl11 | Posted: Sep 20, 2010 - 07:50 I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!! |
| vandal (arriving somewhere, but not here. . .) | Posted: Aug 19, 2010 - 07:08 I'm sorry, I just don't like this guy's music. I've given him the BOD, but this is inane childish crap. . . |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 12:09 joshtime wrote: THERE WILL BE SNACKS! THERE WILL!!! I'm imagining snacks like grasshoppers and June bugs in the world he's talking about. |
| Jelani (Home of the freak, land of the vague) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 12:04 Giselle62 wrote: did he say "there will be snacks?" I was just going to ask the same question!!! |
| The_Enemy (The Sewer) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 12:04 joshtime wrote: THERE WILL BE SNACKS! THERE WILL!!! I was going to give this a 4 but if there will be snacks?..... 6 I wonder what kind of snacks? |
| akousa (North Coast, USA) | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 12:02 lmic wrote: By golly, yer right. I hear Mark Kozelek, too. |
| joshtime | Posted: Jun 16, 2010 - 12:00 THERE WILL BE SNACKS! THERE WILL!!! |
| Giselle62 (many bear, big rock, estuary California) | Posted: May 15, 2010 - 17:20 did he say "there will be snacks?" |
| crockydile (Outer Spiral Arm, Milky Way) | Posted: Mar 13, 2010 - 07:58 jakeinprogress wrote: For what it's worth, Scythian Empires off of Armchair Apocrypha will only reinforce what seem to be the polarized prevailing attitudes about Andrew Bird: 1. He's an uber-talented musician with a penchant for catchy, unique lyrics. 2. He's a pretty versatile musician who can cherry pick weird phrases to cover up for the fact that there's no there there. or, 3. He's simply a run-of-the-mill musician who writes lyrics and sings. |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: Feb 09, 2010 - 18:52 bronorb wrote: Very Donovan-like. By golly, yer right. I hear Mark Kozelek, too. |
| DaveInVA (In a crumbling Queen Anne mansion in Damnville, VA) | Posted: Nov 07, 2009 - 14:02 This keeps coming close to being on the verge of being a good song but keeps shying away instead |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 12:41 As long as there will be snacks, it's all good. |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Jun 02, 2009 - 12:40 DaWiz wrote: Sounds like he's trying to sound like Rufus Wainwright... He sounds like himself....and they (Rufus and Andrew) do sound similar. |
| DaWiz (Honolulu, HI) | Posted: Sep 22, 2008 - 18:23 Sounds like he's trying to sound like Rufus Wainwright... |
| Excelsior | Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 05:21 Also, he under-enunciates his words as if he's on quaaludes and has a mouthful of cottonballs. |
| drtracey (uk) | Posted: Aug 22, 2008 - 05:21 Is it just me, or does this remind you of Talking Heads? |
| Excelsior | Posted: May 19, 2008 - 14:53 jakeinprogress wrote: For what it's worth, Scythian Empires off of Armchair Apocrypha will only reinforce what seem to be the polarized prevailing attitudes about Andrew Bird:
1. He's an uber-talented musician with a penchant for catchy, unique lyrics. 2. He's a pretty versatile musician who can cherry pick weird phrases to cover up for the fact that there's no there there. Count me in the former camp. I'd have to be in the latter group. I can't find anything special about his songs at all. In the same category as Sufjan Stevens... I really can't figure out what all the fuss is about. |
| eskles | Posted: Mar 17, 2008 - 15:19 IMGoph wrote: i don't how you can't be a fan of andrew bird. he is simply one of the most talented pop musicians out there. i say this a lot, but you HAVE to see him live. a friend of mine actually said he didn't think he would need to see another concert for a year because of how blown away he was by seeing andrew bird live.
Well, I'll give him this: He's produced a masterful example of the word banal with this "song". |
| pannaramma (not from around here) | Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 06:55 Dave_Mack wrote: I kinda like this tune, but when I realize that it's the "snacks" song, I get all happy and smiley. Thanks, Andrew! And thanks, Bill.
ME TOO! I like snacks. |
| bronorb (Wisconsin) | Posted: Dec 14, 2007 - 06:53 Very Donovan-like. Not that that is a bad thing. I like it. |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 11:25 bcorcoran wrote: Wonderful song for a beautiful Friday afternoon!
indeedy! |
| peyotecoyote (London, Ontario) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 11:24 rockstarbro wrote: Sometimes I search through the playlist to find something new. Well, today I did and I came across this piece! I read the reviews and said, okay, I'll listen to it. So I went to my rhapsody account and listened. I'm listening now. I don't know how it got this far without getting fully DELETED from my playlist. This is terrible!
I fully pimp radio paradise. I have sent in cash. I've bought tshirts. I've even lobbied Congress r.e. the fee crap. Play this bloddy, shoddy, make me feel like I'm shopping at the gap against my will, crap any longer and you won't have to worry about your fees cuz you won't have any listeners. :) BWAAHAHAHAAAA!BWAAHAHAHBWAAAA! it's only a song man, get over yourself. |
| IMGoph (Washington, DC) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 11:23 i don't how you can't be a fan of andrew bird. he is simply one of the most talented pop musicians out there. i say this a lot, but you HAVE to see him live. a friend of mine actually said he didn't think he would need to see another concert for a year because of how blown away he was by seeing andrew bird live. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 11:23 WOW..I don't like everything played RP but I sure enjoy the most of it..Have a nice day.rockstarbro wrote: Sometimes I search through the playlist to find something new. Well, today I did and I came across this piece! I read the reviews and said, okay, I'll listen to it. So I went to my rhapsody account and listened. I'm listening now. I don't know how it got this far without getting fully DELETED from my playlist. This is terrible!
I fully pimp radio paradise. I have sent in cash. I've bought tshirts. I've even lobbied Congress r.e. the fee crap. Play this bloddy, shoddy, make me feel like I'm shopping at the gap against my will, crap any longer and you won't have to worry about your fees cuz you won't have any listeners. :) |
| fortyonejb (Some beach at 5 o'clock) | Posted: Oct 12, 2007 - 11:22 not a fan of this song, but WOW that was mean! |
| rockstarbro | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 16:56 Sometimes I search through the playlist to find something new. Well, today I did and I came across this piece! I read the reviews and said, okay, I'll listen to it. So I went to my rhapsody account and listened. I'm listening now. I don't know how it got this far without getting fully DELETED from my playlist. This is terrible! I fully pimp radio paradise. I have sent in cash. I've bought tshirts. I've even lobbied Congress r.e. the fee crap. Play this bloddy, shoddy, make me feel like I'm shopping at the gap against my will, crap any longer and you won't have to worry about your fees cuz you won't have any listeners. :) |
| jakeinprogress | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 15:51 For what it's worth, Scythian Empires off of Armchair Apocrypha will only reinforce what seem to be the polarized prevailing attitudes about Andrew Bird: 1. He's an uber-talented musician with a penchant for catchy, unique lyrics. 2. He's a pretty versatile musician who can cherry pick weird phrases to cover up for the fact that there's no there there. Count me in the former camp. And, since I can't resist, let me introduce you to his alias, Dr. Stringz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HmkLu24w2o |
| Dave_Mack (My own private underwear) | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 15:19 I kinda like this tune, but when I realize that it's the "snacks" song, I get all happy and smiley. Thanks, Andrew! And thanks, Bill. |
| Lotus_Miata (High in the Mountains Above Southern California) | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 15:19 Mmmmmmm... Snacks! |
| bcorcoran (Alexandria, VA) | Posted: Aug 10, 2007 - 15:17 Wonderful song for a beautiful Friday afternoon! |
| Paca (under palm trees) | Posted: Jun 08, 2007 - 18:30    |
| Wizzuvvoz (middle of the road in the groin of America) | Posted: Jun 08, 2007 - 18:26 very nice IMO rocks also IMO |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: May 08, 2007 - 09:02 gernick wrote: Voice is the centre between Will Oldham and Mark Kozelek
Def, thought it was MK. |
| heyjoe3577 (Seattle) | Posted: May 08, 2007 - 09:01 I gave it a 6 instead of a 5 because I like the cover art. |
| lmic (Uniondale, NY) | Posted: May 08, 2007 - 09:01 Reminds me of Red House Painters. |
| freeone1 (few want to be here...) | Posted: Feb 17, 2007 - 11:30 speaking of snacks....his new album "Armchair Aphocrapha" (think that's how you spell), is totally snackable...get into it!!! |
| themotion (the great city of austin in the not so great state of texas) | Posted: Sep 06, 2006 - 21:49 There's going to be snacks! . . . really? I hope so. |
| freeone1 (few want to be here...) | Posted: Sep 06, 2006 - 21:49 guysmiley wrote: There will be snacks ... there will!
 Hooray for snacks!  ...and for Andrew Bird! |
| theymademedoit | Posted: Aug 18, 2006 - 05:31 Luverly.......just what I needed on a Friday rainy afternoon at work! |
| gernick (Groningen (in the cold northern Netherlands)) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 13:35 dmax wrote: Listening peripherally, this sounds like an Eels wannabe.
Voice is the centre between Will Oldham and Mark Kozelek lovely stuff!!!! the up bit just makes me a little weepy, Eels have never doen that, E always sounds like he's trying, rather than the more natural flow i get from this song, if that makes sense More bird!  |
| guysmiley (Madison, Wis.) | Posted: Aug 03, 2006 - 13:30 There will be snacks ... there will! |
| Roverfish (Tucson, AZ - Thanks for visiting...now go home!) | Posted: Jul 22, 2006 - 19:32 Really digging this one. First listen for me and I find it most excellent...don't know why. Also, he has a bit of a Lou Barlow quality to his voice, no? |