Stephen Malkmus — The Hook
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At age 19 I was kidnapped by Turkish pirates
Mediterranean thugs
After some torture they considered me their mascot
Cypriotic Good Luck
I had to taste the deck and many other things
I had to pay the piper with my wedding ring
And I would never see my family again
By 25 I was respected as an equal
My art was a knife
On countless raids I was the first one up the lanyard
Yeah, I was seeking a fight
There is no time to pray and there's no time to beg
And then it's off with an arm or it's off with a leg
And if I spare your life, it's because the tide is leaving
Oh yeah
By 31 I was the captain of a galleon
I was Poseidon's new son
The coast of Montenegro was my favorite target
It was ever so fun
We had no wooden legs or steel hooks
We had no black eye patches or a starving cook
We were just killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
Yeah, we were killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
Mediterranean thugs
After some torture they considered me their mascot
Cypriotic Good Luck
I had to taste the deck and many other things
I had to pay the piper with my wedding ring
And I would never see my family again
By 25 I was respected as an equal
My art was a knife
On countless raids I was the first one up the lanyard
Yeah, I was seeking a fight
There is no time to pray and there's no time to beg
And then it's off with an arm or it's off with a leg
And if I spare your life, it's because the tide is leaving
Oh yeah
By 31 I was the captain of a galleon
I was Poseidon's new son
The coast of Montenegro was my favorite target
It was ever so fun
We had no wooden legs or steel hooks
We had no black eye patches or a starving cook
We were just killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
Yeah, we were killers with the cold eyes of a sailor
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dmax wrote:
Like everyone, I thought Lour Reed first, Cake second.
That's logical... this guy can't sing either ....
dmax wrote:
Like everyone, I thought Lour Reed first, Cake second.
Frat boy 3rd...
More God damned cowbell.
Been there..done that. A TWO me thinks
He used the font from the Sliders tv show on his album cover!
A 6 for the pirate theme, but -4 for sounding like Cake.
A weak 2 in my book.
Cake arrrrrgh bad.
thought it was a steve miller tune at first
So it's bad if it sounds like Lou Reed, but it isn't? It had a good beat and it was fun to dance to.
And the colored girls sing "doot do doot, doot doot doot doot...
Daveinbawlmer wrote:
Lou Reed Rip-Off.
My thoughts exactly.
sounds like stuck in 1974 except without quite as much talent as all the people we remember. No lyrics, and a repetitive hook, played twanky and sounding sort of like, but not quite as good as some cool songs from 1969... great.
ploafmaster wrote:
Sounds like he's been eating off of Cake's plate quite a bit, dontchya think?
You nailed it.
Sounds like he's been eating off of Cake's plate quite a bit, dontchya think?
Lou Reed Rip-Off.
brewcity wrote:
More cowbell!!! 
I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!
I loved Pavement years ago, but lost track of them after Malkmus went solo. This is the first song I've heard from him since that grabbed my attention. It could use a bit more of the old edge though, methinks.
More cowbell!!!
Old_Pool_Skunk wrote:
...'Cept this guy can sing better.
Not very much, but a perhaps little better.
Old_Pool_Skunk wrote:
I thought this was some Lou Reed I hadn't heard before. 'Cept this guy can sing better. ;)
My sentiments exactly.
I thought this was some Lou Reed I hadn't heard before. 'Cept this guy can sing better. ;)
Not bad musically... wish he could actually SING, though. I like it.
Truly, RP adds back what music is to begin with- music is the moment. As a musician, you realize this. A bunch of people sit down, begin to play, and eventually a moment occurs where everybody is just taken away on the music. If anyone listens, with any luck, they're taken away as well. That's the music. Well, in the world of pre-fab canned sonic gratification-on-demand, hearing it on RP, or even broadcast radio (feh!), its the moment shared that heightens the experience. Nikcastellan is on the money, people. Live in the moment.
Every now and then I have this weird sensation - something I just never, ever expect to hear on the radio comes across RP and I just have to stop and wonder what I'd ever do if RP goes away.
This tune was my introduction to Mr. Malkmus - a friend highlighted the song as the first track to listen to when he made a gift of this CD. It's catchy, it's unpredictable, and astonishingly narrative. So quirky and yet so satisfying.
I'm giddy and I'm not sure if it's the song, or just the fact that RP's playing it. There's long been an explanation for the power of hearing a song on the radio - that the affirmation of hearing a favorite tune -broadcast over a medium shared by thousands and that you have no control over - actually heightens the experience, taking it to a level of satisfaction and excitement you'd never get by simply playing the song off the record or CD on your own. For me, I've come to realize, this is unquestionably true, and the great thing about RP is that it brings that feeling to songs you'd never, ever think it would happen to.
Just fantastic.
lou reed for the masses ...
Oh so catchy. I just dig this song; it's a fun take on a pirate song.
I often say that anyone who doesn't like Radiohead is a little nuts. Well, I seem to be on the other side of the Malkmus debate. Every single one of my friends loves Malkmus, but I don't dig him. What is wrong with me? Why can't I enjoy the hooky alt-pop and grundge-infused singing style?
GOT MALKMUS ?