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I totally missed the Pedro The Lion boat and it’s only now, three years since they sang their last and went their separate ways, that I find myself eagerly sampling every track that I can get my hands on.
It was ‘Bad Diary Days’ that especially caught my interest, from the 1995 release It’s Hard To Find A Friend. The first few times I heard it I didn’t pay too much attention to the lyrics and just enjoyed the melody, but I think the lines that finally made me sit up and take notice were these ones:
a pair of ticket stubs in her desk
a movie I’ve never seen
I probably shouldn’t ask, it sounds so accusing
and on further listens
she just has a funny way of loving me
Insecurity, infedelity, a relationship unravelling at the seams… the best songs are always about pain and heartache and suffering, are they not?
Bad Diary Days – Pedro The Lion
The Longer I Lay Here – Pedro The Lion
i just ordered david bazan’s solo album. he certainly has a way with words. and yes, all the best songs are sad . . .
There’s certainly a lot of buzz about the solo album isn’t there? Maybe I should jump on that bandwagon too.
it’s winging its way to me as we speak, so when i get to listen to it properly, i’ll tell you all about it. in the meantime, you can hear the whole thing stream over at spin magazine. i’d give you the link but i can’t get into my email at the moment.