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Forget and Not Slow Down - Relient K · Barber Cuts: Beats and Bars

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Welcome to Viber Cuts, Beats and fives.
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We're a father to daughter music podcast that slices into some of
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the greatest albums, one cut at a time.
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With no industry ties or formal training, just a shared love of
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music, we explore albums across genres, writing favorites and
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skips while digging into what makes each one iconic.
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I bring the beats. And I bring the bars and
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together we deliver real talk and fresh takes from both sides
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of the sound. Hey everyone, I'm Riley.
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And I'm Todd, and welcome to this week's edition of Barbara
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Cuts. So we are taking a slight detour
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from our poster this week because it's Riley's birthday
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album. Happy Birthday, Riley.
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Thank. You and it is some random album.
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It is forget and not slow down by Reliant K.
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So let's get straight into it with least favorites.
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Riley, do you have any least favorites from this album?
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I guess I do, but not really I I would say that my least favorite
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in quotes is Terminals. That would be because so fun
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story for everyone. The first time I listened to
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this album, I guess I stopped after If You Want It on
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Accident. Something else grabbed my
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attention to Do something, and so I didn't realize that the
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last two songs existed on the album until maybe a year ago.
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But where do I go from here? It's just an acoustic version of
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a song from a different album of theirs, so I knew that one.
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Terminals because of that, the song that I've spent the least
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amount of time with, but listening through it, it's also
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the most different just outside of the album.
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When I first heard Terminals, it reminded me of an Owl City song.
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Yeah. So we'll we'll get the.
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Sound of it so we'll. Get into that a little bit.
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Later don't. Worry, but yeah, so I would say
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that's it, just because I've spent the least amount of time
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on it. Yeah, makes sense that your only
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least favorite song. Yeah, I'm not picking another.
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OK, that's fair. I only had one from for my
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birthday pick album, so I'm not going to make you pick.
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I wasn't going to make you pick any, but so it's not my least
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favorite or it's not my birthday album.
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So I do have least favorites. No, the one of them is Oasis.
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So when really a fan of it, it's only 40 seconds long and really
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seem to be an intro for Savannah, which again, you know,
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you may get into some of these way more because this is like
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your album. But that seems to be like AI
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called it the Savannah trilogy because there's like a 42nd
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song, then Savannah, then like another 42nd song and just
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wasn't a fan of that first one. And then the other one was flair
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again, a a short song. What was it like 50 seconds,
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maybe right at a minute again when when my favorite didn't
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really like the sound of it. And from a couple weeks ago,
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I'll see your Ed Sheeran cheesy lyrics and call you on these
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cheesy lyrics from this song. So it was seemed to be like a
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little love song and it was like, OK, Yep, you you put a
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different beat and Ed Sheeran rap into it and that have been
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some Ed Ed Sheeran so but again, those were two short ones.
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So those those are my least favorite too.
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So favorites Riley. So can you limit it to 2 so?
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Yeah, but in in my own way, so. So my my favorite 2 are the
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first eight of the album and my second favorite are the last
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eight of the album. No.
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No, go ahead. OK.
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So my first favorite is candlelight and flare.
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So the reason flare is short is because it goes with
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candlelight. They're meant to.
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If you listen to it to the album, you'll notice certain
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songs flow into each other and they're meant to be like 1
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conglomerate, kind of like Pink Floyd.
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Does, yeah, Yeah. So candlelight and flair go
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along together. Candlelight by itself is
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probably one of my favorite songs of all time as just a
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special place in my heart as like just, I just love the song.
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It is a very cheesy love song, but it's not generic.
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Like it's, it's kind of like she's so bright that the moths
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are going to come and like like it's, it's a little bit
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different. Like I love the lyrics.
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She's like an ancient artifact, something you're lucky to have
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found. Like they just use a very
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different way to express how amazing someone is rather than
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just like it being she's so pretty and stuff like that.
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It's just very sweet and flair goes along with it.
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And I noticed real quick, I mean, I know I'm interrupting
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you on your favorite song, but I, I just brought up the lyrics
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and I noticed this in, in one that I'll get to.
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They, they play on words a lot and they put words, which I, I
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found very interesting when I look at the lyrics, 'cause I
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just popped up candlelight and, and was flipping through it and
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one of the lines says entire attire until it frays.
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And so just those entire attire, They do that in quite a lot of
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places. And that, that, that just caught
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my eye because I noticed it in some other songs.
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That's really neat. I like that.
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Yeah. So no, you're good.
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That's they do that in a lot of their songs and in a lot of
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their album names as well. Some of their albums games are
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like 2 left don't make a right, but three do reliant K is for
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karaoke. Like they they seem they're a
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band that just has a lot of fun. Like one of their album games is
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literally just like that's how you can pronounce it.
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So they're just a band that tends to have a lot of fun and
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it's just a group of guys. But yeah, they do like to play
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on words with a lot flair. I really like the lyric, but I
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understand that it is cheesy of a solar flare shines through her
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hair. It's so unfair when you compare
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like that's just like a really beautiful little tinged words
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and I just I think it sums up candlelight really nice, but
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candlelight is just such a fun song.
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And then my other favorite would be between Savannah, which it is
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a trilogy, but Savannah by itself I tend to like.
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And then the other trilogy ish, which is, if you believe me,
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this is the end if you want it to me, they kind of go back to
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the rock roots of Reliant K. And I just, I love the lyrics.
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They're so fun to sing along to you in the car.
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And I just, I've spent so much time with all of those songs.
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Of the last trilogy. Yeah, if you believe me, this is
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the end and if you want it, they all kind of go together, but I
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think they sum up the album pretty well in those last three
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songs. I think that's where you get
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some of the most meaning from the album out of their songs.
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And yeah, I just really liked those.
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I can talk more about the pin in general, but I'll move on for
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the songs for now. Yeah, and I like the this is the
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end. And if you want it, I really
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like like those too. Are you, are you going to talk
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more about them later then? And if it's so, I'll save my
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comment. But probably but you can say
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your comment. So I didn't, I didn't pick up on
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that. If you believe me was was part
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of those three. But this is the end.
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And then if you want, it was pretty obvious and you know,
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there's a a lyric and this is the end that says you're not the
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first thing in my life I've loved and lost.
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Yeah, I've done worse things. And and so the the line, this is
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the end. If you want, it is repeated
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quite a few times and those two songs and that's like very heavy
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material. And so the first song, you know,
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again, this is the end. It sounds more angry about it
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due to like it. It's very upbeat music and and
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driving music. The second song, the music
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shifts and really matches the sadness of the lyrics, very
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somber and it seems to sink in with the, the singer or, you
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know, the, the subject matter of the song seems to sink in that
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it really is the end and that somebody has made the choice
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that they really want it to be the end.
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As and, and I've, you know, as I listened to that, I was like,
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oh, that's, that's really neat what they've done there, going
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from almost, for lack of a better word, anger to grief and
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sadness about it when he realizes what's happened or
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happening. That was very neat to me to to
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see that I said didn't. I didn't catch on that, if you
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believe me, was part of it. I group it in.
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It may not musically it does not, but the the meaning is all
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kind of the same. Or if you believe me, this is
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the end if you want it, if you want it also has one of my
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favorite little prettiest sections.
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I I think the section where it gets very soft and Matt, Matt
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Tyson lead singer, does like a pretty low voice for him.
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And it's I met the devil and I stared her in the eyes, her
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head, her her hair had scales like silver serpent's eye statue
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stood there mesmerized. Like that's just if you listen
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to it, it has beautiful bit of piano.
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It gets very quiet and it's just it's unlike really anything else
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that they've they've made. So yeah, definitely love that
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song all. Right G of your two.
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Oh yeah, yeah, you gave like 5. Yeah.
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So my 2 songs, my favorite two, one of them was the title track.
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So forget and not slow down. And you know, you have you have
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played some of these for me and I can't remember which ones.
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And so, you know, going back and, and kick starting and
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listening to the album, like, OK, I'd, I just like the way it
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started, like full band, drums, guitar, piano, even in there, it
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sounded like, you know, it starts loud.
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And then when the verse starts, it goes quiet and and, you know,
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everything goes to the background, just his voice.
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But it that that quietness doesn't last very long because
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the loudness comes back in the middle of the verse even, which
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you don't see very often. Usually when bands do the loud,
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soft, loud, it's versus loud, you know, and then the entire
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chorus is soft or vice versa. This one kicked in in the
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middle, which which is very neat.
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And then and musically that that pattern you need to say
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musically more often, because that makes a Mama Barbara laugh
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it it repeats during the song, you know, and and the lyrics in
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there. I'd rather forget and not slow
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down, then gather regret for the things I can't change now.
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If I become what I can't accept resurrect the Saint from within
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the Wretch. And I just really like those
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lyrics for forgetting and moving on instead of regretting and
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reliving things from the past that you wish you would have
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done different because you can't go back and change those things.
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And so, you know, there seems to be hints of of the need to
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forgive and, you know, in the song.
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And so I, I liked lyrically it was very good.
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And, and musically is, is what it, it first pulled me in with
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the way that it started. My favorite song was Sahara
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Sahara, depending on how you say it.
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And you know, I opening it starts on the left side of the
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speaker and then does the mono thing and, and then and then
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goes to both speakers and said driving electric guitar.
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Then the drums kick in and then the guitar goes to the
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background when you start singing.
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And in this one, they're almost again, much like I was picking
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up on this is the end. There seems to be and, and maybe
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anger and, and it isn't the right word, but there seems to
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be an anger in the, in the singing And so the, the lyrics
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that, that got theirs. So I'll ask one thing, just one
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thing of you don't ever turn me loose, even when I turn my back.
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And so right before the chorus, there's a heartbreak in the
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music and then they all kick back in, which sounds nice, you
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know, and, and so it, it, it seems neat as well.
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And so, you know, lyrically it, it, it's almost as if again,
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there's, there's something, there's something that the
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singer has done that you never hear, but then is asking whoever
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he's singing to, don't let me go.
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Like whatever I do, hold on to me tight because I'm, I may turn
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my back on you, but don't let me go because I'll be back.
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So that, that was, yeah, again, depending on what was done,
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that's a a good message as well. So.
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Yeah, I would also say Sahara. Sahara.
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Sahara, yes. Has some of so reliant K is a
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I'll say it like NF does, a band that makes Christian music.
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They are bands that are Christians and they sometimes
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make Christian music, but they're not necessarily always a
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Christian band. Sahara has some of the most
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elements. Same with Therapy has a little
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bit too. And Tyson is very open about
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his. He's a Christian, not being a
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Christian. They've they've gotten K Love
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awards and stuff like that as well.
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Not all of their songs are Christian, but a lot of them
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have some underlying element and so the take these bones and
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bring them back to life as a reference to the Bible.
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There's also parts about the the lions and the king of beasts and
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like all of that. So so yeah.
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And like the metaphorical desert and stuff like that, That's a
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big thing in the Bible. So to give a little context on
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that. So I guess we're at the point
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now where why should people listen to this album?
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I told them to. I besides that like the the all
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the other albums is because some random poster that we've never
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talked about tells them to. Yeah, but this one I did.
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Not on the poster so, but what makes this album special?
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Why don't you go first 'cause I'll go on.
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So what? What makes this album?
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Give it some credit and what do you Why do you think people
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should listen to this album? Yeah, so, So what makes this
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album special or why you should listen to it?
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You know, it, it may be one of those things.
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And again, it's it's I'll go back to Pearl Jam and 10.
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Like that's that's my favorite album.
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And it's it's one of the albums that made me, I guess, fall in
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love with music. And I've always thought that
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this was that album or one of those albums for you.
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And so, so I'm trying to figure out how to word it.
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So that's that's why you would listen to this album because
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it's what made Riley fall in love with music.
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And it's always neat if you do love music, it's always neat to
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be able to put your finger on that album or that song that
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says this is it. This is this is the album that
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made me love music and I can always go back and listen to it.
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And other people may not get it. Other people may not understand
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it. And sometimes you may look at it
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and go, OK, this really shouldn't fit because two or
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three songs into it, it may have been Candlelight, which turns
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out to be your favorite song. You know, we, we Mama Barbara
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and I put it on while we were rapping birthday presents and to
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listen to it and like, OK, at first glance, 3 songs.
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I'm actually surprised that you love this album as much as you
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do because it's got a very strong pop music feel to it.
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And and so going back to I can put my finger on an album,
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sometimes it doesn't make sense, but yet it's the one that made
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me fall in love with music. And I always go back to it.
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I'm always going to have a soft spot in my heart for it and I'm
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going to take up for it. And if people come at it, I'm
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going to defend it no matter what.
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Like all those things. And so this is, this was always
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one of those that I thought was that for you.
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So when people say that, it's like, OK, I'll go listen to
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that. I may not like it that way, but
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I love it when people can tell me.
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This is my song or this is my album?
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Yeah. Yeah, no, this is this is
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definitely my album. My my music taste has changed a
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lot over the years, so now it is a little out there compared to
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the rest of my music. Sometimes Reliant K entirely has
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a very special place in my heart.
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Them as a band. It's when I started falling in
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love with my own music that like I listened to and I chose and I
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found and became best friends with someone over it and, you
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know, stayed friends with her through a lot of it.
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Just talking about different things.
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I don't know, it's just it's a really special place in my
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heart, but I I also still think it sounds good.
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This ended up being my favorite out of all of theirs.
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It's not their most famous album of theirs.
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The one that most people would know would probably be end up
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being that's funny, but they're not necessarily a small band.
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A lot of people know them without realizing that they know
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them. They've even like they have a
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Grammy Award nomination for best rock gospel.
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They get just lumped into that. Bless their little heart. 5
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score and Seven Years Ago That's What It was has been their
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biggest album along with both of those were in the top 15.
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Was that 15? And the US Billboard chart, by
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the way, was #15 five score and seven years ago was their 5th.
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Their fifth album debuted number six.
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And Forget Not Slow Down ended up being their third one they
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got #15 and both 3 albums were gold.
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Ended up being gold. So there is something good about
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these albums, this one in particular the the band notes
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and I think a lot of fans note it as well as distinct from the
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rest of their albums. So they started as, if you
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listen to their first album, it's it's pretty pop punk,
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Christian punk, if you will. They released that Gosh, when
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they were 17 in like 2000, something like that.
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They started very young. That is how a lot of them, their
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music began, was that punk. Then it became a little bit
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alternative rock in their next few albums and then they said
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that they felt that they got a little poppy on their album 5
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score and seven years ago and wanted to return to their rock
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roots and forgetting not to slow down.
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And so that's what they wanted to do was return to their alt
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rock roots at the time of the release.
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I mean, they were only, they were, they were he, he says
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something. There's like an interview with
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him and he's like, I'm only 28, so I still want to be in a rock
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band with my buddies. Like that's what the lead singer
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kind of says and jokes about so. Well, it and it looks like
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between those two, at least in the release of the Spotify
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again, back to the play on words, they got a Christmas
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album, it seems. Let it snow, baby, let it
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reindeer. So we play on the words there.
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And then the next one is the bird and the B sides B EE
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instead of B sides like you normally hear on records, which
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again, the funniness and playing on words that you see in lyrics
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as well as album names. It's it's yeah.
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And really, the dead joke lovers out there would love it.
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Really quick. What I do have to note about
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that is let it snow baby, let it reindeer has a song has the the
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12 days of Christmas. But after singing every few it
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says what's a Partridge? What's a pear tree?
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I don't know, so please don't ask me.
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All I know is that they're terrible gifts to give and I
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love that Christmas song. And then the birds and the B
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sides B EE. They do have a song on there
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where like they have a minute of just them pretending to be bees
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having a conversation. Like they they do not take
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things very seriously. They have another song.
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A penny loafer saved is a penny loafer earned.
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Yeah, they call those girly shoes in that one.
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Yeah, 5. .7 Yeah, that's funny. It has a song called Crayons can
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Melt on Us for all I care and it's it's 12 seconds, 11 seconds
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and it's just them singing I just wasted 10 seconds of your
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life. Like they are very just like
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they are having a good time. I will also say 3 songs later
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from that is a 12 minute song called Deathbed that details
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from birth to death someone's journey of falling apart and
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finding Christ told from like multiple family members and
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friends perspectives. So the duality of this band is
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one of the reasons I love them. But back-to-back to the main
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album at hand. I could go on about most of
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their albums. I know most of them by by heart,
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but forgetting not to slow down is noted as pretty different
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from all their other ones. Part of that is because, like I
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said, they wanted to return to the rock roots.
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The other part is because a lot of these lyrics they noted were
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a lot more personal than any of the albums had ever been, which
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Tyson affirms this album was most personal to him.
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The context of the album is it was written after Matt Tyson and
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his fiance broke up and the public fallout of all of that.
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So the narrative following the album is kind of coming to terms
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with it, which is what you kind of noted about the this is the
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end versus if you the feelings of still being in love and being
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over it and then back to frustration and like it.
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It follows all of that while also including a kind of God
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focus throughout some of it like therapy.
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It kind of talks about like all he has is him and God, which he
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notes is like writing these lyrics became his therapy.
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So he wrote that And then forget not slow down.
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I thought you would like this little interview question where
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they were asking what the album title means and he says the
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album title means and is focusing on lamenting because
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lamenting can slow down the potential flourishing of a life.
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If too much time is spent being set, things don't move forward.
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And so that's why he named it forget and not slow down.
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He'd rather forget and not slow down.
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Not simply to forget about it, but rather to move on and become
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better. And there is some healing and
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the lamenting and the grieving and, and I think he would agree
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that you don't wanna miss that. But yet you can't live there.
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You can't stay there. And, and because the world, it's
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the harsh truth, the world doesn't stay there.
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The world moves on. Yeah, but you see that in the
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song over it And therapy over it is another song about him, him
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moving on personally. So processing self forgiveness
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and all of that through a big a big break.
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And then baby, he he wrote that song for his fiance.
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That's what he was going to sing at his wedding day.
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So like that's why it was included.
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But it is a very short little seems awkward, but that's that's
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why it was a part of this. And yeah, I I think I don't
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know, I've spent so much time with these lyrics and these
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lyrics have been through so much life with me and have helped me
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so much through, I don't know, so many things in my own little
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ways. Like there's not much more
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healing than scream singing forget not slow down.
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And like this is the end. And they're just, they're
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beautiful songs. And this, this band is just a
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beautiful band. I'm trying to think of like,
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I'm, I'm so like in love with this band that I'm always trying
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to like figure out how to like word things independently.
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But going back to terminals, yes it does sound like a Owl City
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song. That would be because it was Co
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written with the lead singer of Owl City and produced by the
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lead singer of Owl City as well, partially so, Matt Tyson.
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Well, look at me. Matthew Tyson is the lead singer
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as I mentioned, but he is more than just singing side of
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things. He does a lot of other
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appearances and also he does songwriting and like production
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and one of the bands that he does that the most with is Owl
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City. So him and the lead singer of
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Owl Cities are good friends. In fact, Reliant K in the song
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Fireflies by Owl City, the huge one, any part where it sounds
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muffled, that's actually Reliant K, not Owl City.
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They just sound very similar, but he did production on a lot
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of the songs of Owl City, Ocean Eyes, which is another one of my
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favorite albums of all time. But he's done songwriting for
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Katy Perry, Kelly Clarkson, Toby Mac for My K Love Bros Out
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There, Big Time, Rush, The Fray, R5 and Rector Coin, like just
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Machine Gun Kelly Switchfoot. He produces and writes for just
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a lot of more people than people realize.
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And he notes he that's what I'm saying.
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Well, actually learned how to play the guitar by learning to
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play songs by Nirvana and then he grew from there.
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And then he also plays piano, which is why you hear piano on
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the track during production of this album as well.
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They wanted to make it sound a lot more personal and close.
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And so the drums was just their touring drum kit.
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Nothing special, legitimately, just the tour kit and I think
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this this you'll find impressive.
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The drummer I think recorded all of the drums in one day because
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he got it right first time every single time.
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So it took like a day for that. Matt Tyson writes all his songs
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lyrics by himself in a little cabin and he played the piano.
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There's a way to play the piano where you can play the keys
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individually and then on your computer you can make them sound
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right. He says that he does not like it
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when we don't do that, so he did not do that.
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But what he does when he writes the piano music is he always
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tries to make it to where he can't play it.
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So he has to practice piano. So he always makes it slightly
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harder than what he can do. So he has to practice it to be
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able to do it. But it's just a piano.
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Everything is just in this really small studio in Franklin,
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TN, and there's more than I'm going to remember.
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But they did like a little video series of how they recorded this
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album, which is really cool. It's on their YouTube.
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It's called The Making of Forget Not Slow Down.
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They streamed on Myspace to give a context for when this album
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came out. But yeah, they're just, there's
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such a fun band and I think portrayed their emotions really
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well in their songs while also still just being a good band.
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And I think that's the most apparent in this album.
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Yeah, I agree. So all that being said, what was
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your favorite or your best bar from the album?
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That is such a good question, but I know it.
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So my favorite lyric is from a song called Part of It, which we
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haven't spent that much time working on it.
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But my favorite lyric is it's not the end of the world, just
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you and me, but we're part of it, everyone.
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We're part of it, everything. And if a nightmare ever does
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unfold, perspective is a lovely hand to hold.
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And they repeat that last little part of the line in more than
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just this song. But I love that lyric.
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I like quote that lyric. I keep that lyric like so close.
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I, you know, it's just such a beautiful reminder if a
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nightmare ever does unfold. Perspective is a lovely hand to
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hold. I I love that lyric.
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True, that's a good one. So my favorite beat from the
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album is actually the last 20 or so seconds of my favorite song.
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So Horror Era. So about 3:20 or so, 3 minutes,
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20 seconds or so, the last course kicks in and it gets to
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this don't ever turn me loose line and still with the driving
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guitar, drums, voice, and then goes silent as he sings.
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So I'll ask one thing and then it comes back with the band
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emphasizing, you know, just one thing and like they're all
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hidden at the same time. On those 4 words, just one thing
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of you. And then on you, everything
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picks right back up. Keeps going for about 12 more
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seconds to the end of the song. But then song is nice as well
35:25
because the last line of the of the song was, you know, remember
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the lyrics are just one thing of you don't ever turn me loose.
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And they repeat that three times.
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And then the last line is even when I turn my back.
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And so the on that line, all the music stops and the the snare
35:52
dramas going. Even when I turn my and then the
35:56
last word of the song everything quits and it's just his voice
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saying back and then it kicks into the next song.
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The song ends so abruptly it has no outro time.
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Do you wanna turn back? And then the next one?
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Yeah, yeah, the the next one which?
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Which? Yeah, the next one is Oasis,
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which was, if you remember, was my least favorite of it.
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And so and and that that that break of going from that drum to
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this very slow Savannah is jarring and, and and but that's
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that was the last 20 seconds of that song are really neat.
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And so that that that was my favorite music part of the song,
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just to hear that going and there's so many ups and downs
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and differences in what they do with the music in there.
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So that that was my my favorite part.
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I will also say, Speaking of Savannah, I do have another
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favorite lyric. I just think it sums up the
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album really well as well. And like the grief.
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But what is it comfort? It's from Savannah.
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It's yeah, I know you'll be there cuz you'll know I want you
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to be there. And we'll say hello as you're
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smiling in love and we'll sigh so relieved.
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I just, I mean, I think that's kind of a beautiful part of
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like, no matter what, you'll still be there.
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I know you will be like, we still have this bond of sorts
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that's important. And so that's a really pretty
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song. And then I have a favorite beat
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and it's the beat to candlelight.
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I don't know, it makes you so happy.
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It like it sets you in the right little mood and you can't help
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but kind of like shake your head to it a little bit and you just
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have to like enjoy it. I don't know.
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Yeah, I like, I like candlelight.
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It was. It was.
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Yeah. And then there's another part in
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there that I thought you would when I thought of it or when I
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heard it. I thought of you whenever the
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beat it goes like the when you consider everyone and the the
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drums are kind of like the only things going and it switches
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from ear to ear when you're listening to it like and it just
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kind of lines up perfectly. I just love it.
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All right, so Next up, Riley, what's your what's your song of
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the week? I'll be honest, I genuinely
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probably haven't listened to any other song but for Lion K.
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But this album, I love this album so much.
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So I would say my cheat song of the week is Analyte 'cause I
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just, I listen to it on repeat. But I will also give another
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Reliant K song of the week and it's chapstick and chap lips and
38:59
things like chemistry. I've posted that on our story
39:02
before, 'cause I got to go to the Batman ride and that's
39:05
perfect references, but it's also off of 2.
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Left don't make a right, but three do their first one.
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And it's just a good old anthem song.
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It just makes you feel so good. It's just happy.
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And yeah, I just love it. So chapstick, chapped lips and
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things like chemistry I rely. OK, very good.
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So my song of the week, you will know, but heard it a couple
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times while in Knoxville is Lightning crashes.
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Yeah, by live throwing Copper album 1995.
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Such a good song. You know, it starts slow,
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builds. Really known for the opening
39:52
lyrics. Lightning crashes.
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A new mother cries. Her placenta falls to the floor.
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The Angel opens her eyes. The confusion sets in before the
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doctor can even close the door. You know, and and you.
40:05
You. You instantly know what's
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happening in that moment. Lead singer has has talked about
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the the song being about the the cycle of life, death and
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reincarnation for him and he envisioned the song being in an
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ER where people died, babies are being born.
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The video, though, was shot in a home.
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And just because of the way the video was put together, many
40:35
viewers got the misinterpretation that it was
40:37
about a baby dying in childbirth.
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And he has come out and said that's not at all what it was
40:41
about. And, and you can really see that
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in the last line of the, I think the second verse where the
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confusion that was hers talking about an old lady that had just
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died, the confusion that was hers belongs now to the baby
40:56
down the hall. And it's just that that
40:59
reference of a go back to that first verse of a baby that's
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just now coming in to the world now has this innate confusion
41:09
from the world. And the the song was written in
41:14
in memory of a friend of the band that that actually died in
41:18
a car accident involving a drunk driver that was running from the
41:22
cops after a robbery. And so that that's they
41:27
dedicated it to her. And so it starts off slowly,
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like I said, really kicks in about midway in the song when he
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goes high, when he sings, the Angel opens her eyes and then
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the guitar and band and everything comes in that since
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again, mid 90s. So part of that grungy era of of
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music. And so I really like that song.
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Lightning crashes by live. Well, thank you.
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Glad you approve. Which brings us to our next
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album. What about ratings?
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Oh yeah, our ratings. We skipped over those at some
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point. Come on.
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I'm, I'm just kind of assuming that everybody knows what your
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ratings are probably going to be.
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Well, OK, my personal rating is a 10.
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Yeah, I don't think I need to explain that one anymore.
42:20
I've explained it a lot. I would say my objective rating
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I after watching the production video, I would still say like 8
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and a half, 8 to 8 1/2. I think they put a lot of care
42:34
and thought into their production and I think they do
42:38
very well at paying attention to things so and I think their
42:44
lyrics are fun and good and fit. So I think even objectively I
42:51
can still rate it that high. Yeah, so my, my personal rating
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and objective rating were both sevens and you know.
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That's higher than I thought it would be.
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Give me that. Yeah, it's, it's not 100% my
43:09
type of music, but I can't even even the songs that I label as
43:15
least favorites. You know, I, I don't, I, I
43:19
didn't hate them and I can listen to it because there are
43:25
in, in a lot of these songs, even in the like Savannah and
43:30
baby, how it goes from one right into the next one.
43:33
And you can almost tell there's been a song shift, but you're
43:37
not 100% sure. So you have to go look at it and
43:40
go, oh, there was a song shift. And then there were a couple of
43:44
times that I completely missed a song shift if I wasn't watching
43:47
it. And that's just, that's neat to
43:50
me. So I, I can, I, I like that.
43:52
And then somewhere in there, I don't know whether it's whether
43:58
it belongs in personal or whether it belongs in objective
44:02
or where. But it it going back to what I
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was saying of why you should listen to it, because for me,
44:09
it's the album that that kick started your, your personal love
44:15
for music. And you moved away from my love
44:19
of music and made it your own. And not to say you don't still
44:23
love some of my music, but you really found your own lane and
44:29
your own voice. And again, you've said it's
44:31
evolved, it shifts, you know, so I don't know whether that
44:36
affects a personal rating or objective rating or a little bit
44:40
of both. But, you know, because of you,
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this album will always hold a special place in my heart as
44:47
well. So it's it's neat, yeah.
44:50
Now we can do next week. Yeah.
44:52
I mean, we're out of order. We're not very good at this
44:56
podcasting thing because like we've we've gone like 3 weeks
45:00
now where we hadn't talked. Like we, we have Instagram, we
45:03
got Facebook, we got these things, Barber cuts pod.
45:09
You can even e-mail us too. We got e-mail address.
45:13
If you want to go old school and e-mail us, you can do that too.
45:15
You can leave a comment at Spotify.
45:17
All those things. You get the gist.
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Yeah. But like, we're not very good
45:23
promoters because we always forget those.
45:28
We're too into the music, man. Yeah, I know.
45:30
So let's go next album. And the next album is London
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Calling by The Clash. Oh, the Clash, London calling by
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the Clash. So listen along there.
45:44
When is that 1/19/79? What?
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That's old. That's old.
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Yeah. Thank you, people.
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See what I have to deal with So so London calling.
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So go listen to London Calling and tune back in a week from now
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and hear our reviews. In the meantime, go give, forget
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not slow down another listen if you want to give us some chaps,
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Chapstick song by Reliant Ki Listen to probably type in
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Chapstick and it'll come up as super long.
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What was it again around? Chap lip chapstick, chap lips
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and things like chemistry. Perfect and Lightning crashes as
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well. So until next time, I'm Todd.
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And I'm Riley, and this is for another episode of Barbara Katz.