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Of Montreal — Wraith Pinned To The Mist & Other Games
Album: The Sunlandic Twins
Avg rating:
5.9

Your rating:
Total ratings: 975









Released: 2005
Length: 3:59
Plays (last 30 days): 0
Let's have bizarre celebrations.
Let's forget who, forget what, forget where.
We'll have bizarre celebrations
I'll play the Satyr in Cyprus, you the bride being stripped bare.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.

Let's have bizarre celebrations.
Let's forget when, forget what, forget how.
We'll have bizarre celebrations.
We'll play Tristan and Iseult, but make sure I see white sails.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.

Maybe I'll never die, I'll just keep growing younger with you, and you'll grow younger, too.
Now it seems too lovely to be true, but I know the best things always do.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica.
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 Shimmer wrote:

Great bass part. Shame the rest of the song is so cloying.



Nice vocabulary word! After looking it up - I'm 100% with your comment.
drewd wrote:

I will never be able to remember the name of this song.....


 dischuckin wrote:



is it not unique enough?


Because they aren't words that usually come out of my mouth... probably not yours either...
4 -> 6
 tm wrote:

Well - some people prefer not to leave a comment and some people don’t even rate songs. 

 I don’t think it is particularly intelligent or pithy to make a statement about a group as wildly varied as Radio Paradise listeners.

I rate this one an 8 and I do indeed like all of their songs.

No accounting for taste.


Not only did I rate it 9 I went onto Bandcamp and downloaded three of their albums. Great new find, thank you RP :-)
 sfoster66 wrote:

This artist has 5 songs on RP, all of them rated below 6...I'd dare to opine that as a group, they're not our bag...

(btw, it absolutely gobsmacks me that this could warrant a downvote...my comment is an observation, not a judgment...so is it that some folks are so sensitive these days, that the simple act of pointing to reality has become a reason to grouse?  Or is it so offensive to their preconceived notions that they can't abide that someone would dare to challenge them? Truly baffling...)



I have to admit that I downvoted your comment simply because that when someone else did, it seemed to peeve you so much. And it seems a bit presumptive to opine for the group. And I kinda liked it...
 thewiseking wrote:

nice lil lo-fi nugget



Can't say I can hear anything particularly  'lo-fi' about this. Every instrument coming over really well, especially the bass.
 sfoster66 wrote:

This artist has 5 songs on RP, all of them rated below 6...I'd dare to opine that as a group, they're not our bag...

(btw, it absolutely gobsmacks me that this could warrant a downvote...my comment is an observation, not a judgment...so is it that some folks are so sensitive these days, that the simple act of pointing to reality has become a reason to grouse?  Or is it so offensive to their preconceived notions that they can't abide that someone would dare to challenge them? Truly baffling...)


Well - some people prefer not to leave a comment and some people don’t even rate songs. 

 I don’t think it is particularly intelligent or pithy to make a statement about a group as wildly varied as Radio Paradise listeners.

I rate this one an 8 and I do indeed like all of their songs.

No accounting for taste.
In some moods i like it, in some moods i dislike it a lot 
 drewd wrote:

I will never be able to remember the name of this song.....



is it not unique enough?
 sfoster66 wrote:

This artist has 5 songs on RP, all of them rated below 6...I'd dare to opine that as a group, they're not our bag...

(btw, it absolutely gobsmacks me that this could warrant a downvote...my comment is an observation, not a judgment...so is it that some folks are so sensitive these days, that the simple act of pointing to reality has become a reason to grouse?  Or is it so offensive to their preconceived notions that they can't abide that someone would dare to challenge them? Truly baffling...)


I suspect that there are serial downvoters - folks who maybe just don't like ANYTHING you (or I, or anyone) say.  Or maybe someone just needs to get laid.  

I just went +1 to 8 on this cut, the bass made me do it!

Long Live RP!!
 sfoster66 wrote:

This artist has 5 songs on RP, all of them rated below 6...I'd dare to opine that as a group, they're not our bag...

(btw, it absolutely gobsmacks me that this could warrant a downvote...my comment is an observation, not a judgment...so is it that some folks are so sensitive these days, that the simple act of pointing to reality has become a reason to grouse?  Or is it so offensive to their preconceived notions that they can't abide that someone would dare to challenge them? Truly baffling...)

You have one of the best comments ever, well thought out too.

This artist has 5 songs on RP, all of them rated below 6...I'd dare to opine that as a group, they're not our bag...

(btw, it absolutely gobsmacks me that this could warrant a downvote...my comment is an observation, not a judgment...so is it that some folks are so sensitive these days, that the simple act of pointing to reality has become a reason to grouse?  Or is it so offensive to their preconceived notions that they can't abide that someone would dare to challenge them? Truly baffling...)
Let's pretend we're in an article.....
Let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in an autocar.



Ant Arctica
Let's pretend we're in an ugly car?
Let's pretend we're in an octopus?
Let's pretend we're in an octagon?
I will never be able to remember the name of this song.....
Taking 'la grande metropole' in vain!
 robertomiller wrote:
Comment bait. Pure and simple.
 
This sucks much a lot feels like an appropriate retort here.
Comment bait. Pure and simple.
Let's pretend this doesn't exist. 
{#Bounce}


of Montreal is an American indie rock band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996, named after a failed romance between Barnes and a woman "of Montreal." 
Interesting.... {#Think} 
nice lil lo-fi nugget
The vey best of earworms! Let's pretend we don't exist! I LOVE it. Thanks guys!
Bill, I'm pleasantly surprised by your pronunciation of Quebec. I was raised in Illinois and learned it as "Kwe-bek" but up here it's "Ke-bek" as you said. Not used to that pronunciation from south of the border!
I like the 10 year gap between comments on this song.
 Glockman45 wrote:
WE HERE THIS EVERYDAY OVER AND OVER FOR OUTBACK. PLEASE, IT HAS NO MUSICAL MERRITS, IF ANY, DON'T PLAY THIS COMMERCIAL!!!!
PLEASE BILL?
 
Oh Sweet baby Jesus: I thought after the first 20 seconds "Wow, this sounds awfully like a cheery commercial that's going to turn me into a serial killer if I have to listen to it more than once" and 

SHO 'NUFF

it's a friggin' Outback commercial. {#Naughty}   

Shame! Shame, RP!

(DuClaw Brewery's chocolate peanut butter porter aka Sweet Baby Jesus! is a great brew. Try it!) 
sweet and upbeat bass {#Bananasplit}
5->6 for the lyrics. {#Yes}
Whoa. I thought I was having a flashback for a second ...
Um...hmmmm, well, maybe not ya know? Anyway, I tried.
WE HERE THIS EVERYDAY OVER AND OVER FOR OUTBACK. PLEASE, IT HAS NO MUSICAL MERRITS, IF ANY, DON'T PLAY THIS COMMERCIAL!!!! PLEASE BILL?
Marr wrote:
Ooof, I know. I heard it for the first time this morning and thought I was going nuts. Total sellout.
Agreed. I'm of a mind that licensing music to adverts is a reasonable--and effective--method of promoting lesser-known artists. That ad completely went over the line though. Talk about whoring yourself out to The Man.
Just bumped my rating from 7 to 8 --- gotta get it for the cover alone.
AMH wrote:
I don't mind advertisers using cool songs in commercials. They want to associate themselves with something that is hip and it gives the artist some money. I cannot stand the fact that these people changed the lyrics of their song to make it a jingle for Outback. That makes you a jingle writer.
Agreed. That grates on my nerves too.
Hannio wrote:
I love this song just for the dancers.
Love the dancers, could do without the song
djblitz wrote:
LOL, that *NEVER* gets old.
oh, it's old.
Cool album cover!
Catchy but with world's worst song title.
Hannio wrote:
I love this song just for the dancers.
LOL, that *NEVER* gets old.
I don't mind advertisers using cool songs in commercials. They want to associate themselves with something that is hip and it gives the artist some money. I cannot stand the fact that these people changed the lyrics of their song to make it a jingle for Outback. That makes you a jingle writer.
hippiechick wrote:
Outback is using this exact tune (not the words) for a commercial!
Ooof, I know. I heard it for the first time this morning and thought I was going nuts. Total sellout.
It's what makes RP eclectic! Wouldn't buy it, but don't mind the diversity it brings.
I wish I could pretend this tune didn't exist.
67nj wrote:
I love this song just for the dancers.
Uh-oh. Now that they have moved into Outback Steakhouse territory, the song is creeping into Macarana territory...
Will this end?? Ever!?!?!
Why does this sounds like it is a song from the 80s. And I don't mean "sounds like" an 80s song. I mean like I remember hearing it back then, kind of sort of. Is this a remake or a ripoff of another song from then?
edatwork wrote:
Could be the lyrics were amazing huh? Brilliant....lotsa hard work and deep thought.... Hope I never hear it again
hahahaha!!
Could be the lyrics were amazing huh? Brilliant....lotsa hard work and deep thought.... Hope I never hear it again
red5_bc wrote:
So I wasn't drunk and/or crazy when I heard that?
Well, maybe you were, but...
67nj wrote:
lathyris wrote:
The other day my wife thought I was insane when I was walking around the house singing "let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica." For some reason, she just couldn't believe that those were lyrics from a real song :) I think that makes this song awesome.
I agree. PS: Lyrics are usually messed up. If they're normal, they're un-lyric like. Heh!
hippiechick wrote:
Outback is using this exact tune (not the words) for a commercial!
So I wasn't drunk and/or crazy when I heard that?
Outback is using this exact tune (not the words) for a commercial!
please note......they are NOT of montreal first Boards of Canada, now this
the cover art looks like it might have been swiped from a leaflet for a doomsday cult.
They just played in Bumber Shoot this past weekend in Seattle I believe...I am sorry I missed them.
The other day my wife thought I was insane when I was walking around the house singing "let's pretend we don't exist, let's pretend we're in Antarctica." For some reason, she just couldn't believe that those were lyrics from a real song :) I think that makes this song awesome.
ElSupreme wrote:
Tommorow at the 40Watt in Athens, GA. I might go, my brother bailed so I don't have a place to stay there. But next Friday in Chattanooga, TN free concert I will be there with my brother.
Didn't make it to Athens, but heard it was a REALLY awesome concert. Saw them for free in Chattanooga though. It was great.
greg6494 wrote:
keep it alive! best laugh of my day!
This is my RP bookmarked page. Watch it while ANYTHING here is playing. I highly recommend.
.. yet another song that was somewhat enjoyable, but has been overplayed on RP to the point that I cant stand it.. whats happening!?!?! :(
greg6494 wrote:
keep it alive! best laugh of my day!
HEYOOOOOOO
pdhski wrote: How funny, I wrote a blog entry about this too.
<b>Great Pop! Sounds like a lost Ray Davies/Kinks tune! Infectious beat.
Tommorow at the 40Watt in Athens, GA. I might go, my brother bailed so I don't have a place to stay there. But next Friday in Chattanooga, TN free concert I will be there with my brother.
keep it alive! best laugh of my day!
Jester wrote:
mindless repetition...then you'd love the last ten years of my life!
LMAO!! Now THAT is funny!
I find it fun... childish and I think it is because I saw the video... hahaha
Hmmm. Surprisingly literate lyrics for such a fluffy song.
Wow. This is real shit.
This damn song was in my head this morning when I got out of bed. I have it at a 5, I just don't want to sing it getting out of bed.
Outback restaurant is now using a version of this for their radio ads....
Again? Ugh.
67nj wrote:
As usual I'm hypnotized by these guys! Still don't like the song, though.
Let's pretend that Of Montreal is in Antarctica, with their mouths frozen shut and strumming and drumming fingers frozen together!
Does this have to get played every day? Am I listening to FM somehow? ...clicks the mute...
I dunno, there's something about this song that makes me like it. I don't want to ... but there's something about the sparseness of the sounds.
pdhski wrote: The song sounds ready-made to be a commercial jingle, anyway.
How quickly they sell out
Love these guys! Heard them on NPR the first time and bought the CD
Bizarre Celebration for today: 1974 - Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.
67nj wrote:
My turn to bump this to the top. This is great!
I'd like to add "mindless drivel" to that list!
Whimsical Gleeful Fun Cheerful Happy Energetic Amiable/ Good-Natured Exuberant Innocent Naive Playful Theatrical Quirky Springlike
liser wrote:
I like funny and "poppy" - it's mindless repetition that gets me everytime.
mindless repetition...then you'd love the last ten years of my life!
Quite vapid.
H'm. Nope.
{7} Quite Likeable!
it's discorrific!
AAAAAHHHHH! Not again!!! Please, make it stop!
67nj wrote:
Time to move it up. My turn!
matt832 wrote:
I bought the CD, but this is the best track on the disk.
Wow, can't wait to hear the rest then
The first time I heard this song, I hated it. Just hated it. Then it started to grow on me, once I let go of that initial impression. Aw, hell, why not? It's catchy in a boppy sort of way, and Antarctica sounds pretty nice this time of year...
jzekeb wrote:
How'd they make them move like that on the shirt? Cool!
hah, Priveleged information.
ElSupreme wrote:
ROCK!
This is rock, and I'm the pope!
Gee, another Sufjan Stevens-like idiotic song title. Tell me this is just a phase that music will soon grow out of. No, it won't. I just remembered "Itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie-polka-dot-bikini."
I love this song! :) The little music video for this song is pretty cool too.
Gay.
TobalMoreno wrote:
Gotsta keep it up. Just had a t-shirt made with this image on the front...
How'd they make them move like that on the shirt? Cool!
I don't know what some of the listeners have against this song, every time it plays it makes me smile. I bought the CD, but this is the best track on the disk.
Ha
67nj wrote:
Gotsta keep it up. Just had a t-shirt made with this image on the front...
I really had to laugh when I saw that 5 people voted this song "Godlike". What kind of God is this song like? From a psychological point of view I want to know what these people are hearing. Is there some kind of audio version of beer goggles happening here?
I like it...maybe I should look into this band.
sqqqrly wrote:
Why does this get played so often?
This is a rhetorical Q.
Why does this get played so often?
This is super lame
okay, they're asking to be pooped on.
Cute until the drums and singing start. Crapfest from then on.
I'm kinda diggin on 'Of Montreal' interesting sound...
Reminds me of the Life Aquatic music when they are giving the tour of the boat.
If I have to listen to this song, I will only do so while watching the animation below! It's the only way I can like this song!
hippiechick wrote:
I notice that are funny and kinda poppy are immediately dismissed by this group. What's wrong with a fun song every once in awhile? I could sure use the pick-me-up after sitting at my desk all day.
I like funny and "poppy" - it's mindless repetition that gets me everytime.
Man! every time I hear this wretched song it is stuck in my head for hours!!!! I wish I could pretend this song doesn't exist!
I think this is Bill & Rebecca's way of torturing us - who ticked them off?
jmwspg wrote:
Lets pretend this never happened.
We must be on the same wavelength! Must be a Carolina thing (I'm in NC)
Let's pretend this song doesn't exist!