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I'm not feeling that great,
I'm not catching on fire today,
Love has started to fade,
I'm not going to smile today,
I'm not gonna laugh,
You're out living it up today,
I've got dues to pay,
When the grave digger puts on the foreceps,
The stonemason does all the work,
The barber can give you a haircut,
The carpenter can take you out to lunch,
Now, I just want to play on my panpipes,
I just want to drink me some wine,
As soon as you're born, you start dying,
So you might as well have a good time,
Sheep go to Heaven,
Goats go to Hell,
Sheep go to Heaven,
Goats go to Hell,
I don't wanna go to Sunset Strip,
I don't wanna feel the emptiness,
Old marquees with stupid band names,
I don't wanna go to Sunset Strip,
I don't wanna go to Sunset Strip,
I don't wanna feel the emptiness,
Old marquees with stupid band names,
I don't wanna go to Sunset Strip,
The grave digger puts on the forceps,
The stonemason does all the work,
The barber can give you a haircut,
The carpenter can take you out to lunch,
Now, I just want to play on my panpipes,
I just want to drink me some wine,
As soon as you're born, you start dying,
So you might as well have a good time,
Sheep go to Heaven,
Goats go to Hell,
Sheep go to Heaven,
Goats go to Hell,
Sheep go to Heaven,
Goats go to Hell...
If you don't like it, hit the SKIP BUTTON, Skippy! ...and shut up !!!
Same could be said for those who like it. If you love this song listen to it and shut the hell up! There are a lot of differing opinions on everything out there. Who the hell says you are right??
it's pretty obvious, actually. all biblical references throughout. and read the comment about how they were not too subtly telling their record company (capricorn) to go to hell.
Thank You for the info. ...works for me!
Someone should ask the band about these lyrics …. What the F are they singing about?!!
it's pretty obvious, actually. all biblical references throughout. and read the comment about how they were not too subtly telling their record company (capricorn) to go to hell.
Put a smile on my face on an otherwise glum day.
Thanks William & Co.
They are musical artists! Watch them play their instruments and enjoy the show! It's like having your cake and eating it too!
Forceps are used to deliver babies, so a grave digger delivering a baby means you're born to die? That's what I'm thinking that line means.
And that thought goes along perfectly with the lyric "As soon as you're born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time"
Also this song has a biblical theme, and I've always assumed "The carpenter can take you out to lunch" was a Jesus reference. I'll save everyone from what I think all that means, other than to say it's what I LOVE about CAKE's songs; the lyrics just drip with sarcasm and meaning.
To me, this song is a 9, the album is a 9 and the band is a 9.
Long Live RP and having a good time!!
i had all these same thoughts!
all 9s here, too. i just love these guys. i know lots dislike the delivery of the lead vocalist, but that's what makes it for me.
I swear i made this cartoon double-take sound when i heard it... still nothing quite like it.
agreed - 3 9's. Goats go to hell
or is that 666
But Goats are Hilarious!
Forceps are used to deliver babies, so a grave digger delivering a baby means you're born to die? That's what I'm thinking that line means.
And that thought goes along perfectly with the lyric "As soon as you're born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time"
Also this song has a biblical theme, and I've always assumed "The carpenter can take you out to lunch" was a Jesus reference. I'll save everyone from what I think all that means, other than to say it's what I LOVE about CAKE's songs; the lyrics just drip with sarcasm and meaning.
To me, this song is a 9, the album is a 9 and the band is a 9.
Long Live RP and having a good time!!
agreed - 3 9's. Goats go to hell
The grave digger puts on the forceps WTF?
Forceps are used to deliver babies, so a grave digger delivering a baby means you're born to die? That's what I'm thinking that line means.
And that thought goes along perfectly with the lyric "As soon as you're born you start dying, so you might as well have a good time"
Also this song has a biblical theme, and I've always assumed "The carpenter can take you out to lunch" was a Jesus reference. I'll save everyone from what I think all that means, other than to say it's what I LOVE about CAKE's songs; the lyrics just drip with sarcasm and meaning.
To me, this song is a 9, the album is a 9 and the band is a 9.
Long Live RP and having a good time!!
Someone should ask the band about these lyrics …. What the F are they singing about?!!
Who cares? it's still a catchy tune! ...I like it!
This lot suck😡
If you don't like it, hit the SKIP BUTTON, Skippy! ...and shut up !!!
Great tune! Weird, but great!
Well Stated !!!
Better question, why can't you just skip the song and let us enjoy come Cake without your negativity?
Loves Mumford and Sons
Hates Cake.
Some vanilla ice cream for you dear?
Matthew 25. Jesus separates the sheep from the goats on the day of judgement and the sheep go to Heaven and the goats go to Hell.
Also, the story is that they were not so subtly telling off their production company, Capricorn Records, on the last album they did with them. (Capricorn being a goat)
My opinion? AND IT"S JUST AN OPINION, Y'ALL ...... well, my opinion is that this song has no meaning. To which I will add, does it really matter? Not to me; I like their offbeat, unconventional music and lyrics.
A bit of fun, lightens the mood and always end up playing the desk bongos.
Catchy is not necessarily bad. It is just is what it is, a bit of froth.
All this %#$&! Cake is killing Tom Hanks in a cloakroom.
Killing him.
Poor Tom. Well, as they say, you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. Or Toms.
All this %#$&! Cake is killing Tom Hanks in a cloakroom.
Killing him.
Repent, you heathen you.
The chorus is from the bible. And it's peppered with literary references. The wiki page is interesting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheep_Go_to_Heaven
There's this one song (maybe another album) about being on a cruise ship with all these Europeans. They have us Americans spot on — what with our velour track suit splendor and gym shoes. Love that whole imagery (so true too).
You talking bout Wheels? From Pressure Chief?
There's this one song (maybe another album) about being on a cruise ship with all these Europeans. They have us Americans spot on — what with our velour track suit splendor and gym shoes. Love that whole imagery (so true too).
It is something about the guy's voice that pretty much annoys me to no end.
You haven't spent a lot of time around goats, have you.
not sure i can trust the advice but then again makes about as much sense as the story line you get from religion
That BIG word up there. First one that came to mind for me.
Me, too. Not enough downright silliness in rock'n'roll. Whee!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X1tUkdc_6A
Other people liking music that you don't like is certainly nothing to be scared about. Sure, John McCrea's "vocal" style certainly annoys a lot of people, but a whole lot of people like it too. Yes, there's better stuff out there, but there's a lot of worse stuff too. I really don't want to live in a society where all of the music has to sound like five or six different bands.
Interesting to me that you use the phrase "crappiness of lyrics" because "Cowboy Mambo" has one of my favorite verses lyrically:
Green grass grows 'round the backyard shit house
That is where the sweetest flowers bloom
We are flowers growing in God's garden
And that is why he spreads the shit around
I think it works musically (i.e., sounds better than it reads), and I love how his simple, evocative imagery speaks to something much deeper.
Thanks for your positive response. I'll give DB a little more slack when I hear "Cowboy Mambo" again. It's easy to be snarky and grouchy, esp. when you're listening to someone with limited singing abilities.
As for Cake...I'll just use the PsD button.
More Cake for me then.
(You think I got this cuddly turning down extra Cake?)
goto hell
Yah... the last words say it all to all the haters... "Go to hell!" lmao!
Jesus.
Stop taking yourself so damn seriously.
Grab a beer out of the fridge, put your feet up, and listen to how sublimely silly and fun these guys are.
Do I want this song played at my funeral? No. But I think Cake is entertaining as Hell.
The world is turning into such an unforgivable, reprehensible, cold, hateful place that I really appreciate people that have the brass cajones to just be goofy and fun.
Sue me
Shit...I thought it was just me getting old. I find this sentiment to be so true and unfortunately it's beginning to permeate everything. It makes me think of the river of sludge running beneath Manhattan in Ghostbuster's 2 (?)
Yeah, I know...wah.
Anyway Peace, y'all.
Today's edit: I love Cake.
Stupid songs
Took the words right out of my mouth.
even the lyrics are funky
(RJD version)
I agree here too.
Couldn't agree more!
Interesting to me that you use the phrase "crappiness of lyrics" because "Cowboy Mambo" has one of my favorite verses lyrically:
Green grass grows 'round the backyard shit house
That is where the sweetest flowers bloom
We are flowers growing in God's garden
And that is why he spreads the shit around
I think it works musically (i.e., sounds better than it reads), and I love how his simple, evocative imagery speaks to something much deeper.
Dude, No... Cake is not Pink Floyd, nor are they Radiohead. I would say they are better than Porcupine Tree and I know that will bring out the haters, but they are a good band. The band has a trumpet for crying out loud. They're an acquired taste.
vit wrote:
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Businessgypsy wrote:
Orson Welles, William Shatner and John McCrea walk into a bar...
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McCrea = The priest
Shat = The rabbi
Orson = The random fat lush
(Could some genius make it possible to have threaded conversations on these Comment boards? I'm beggin 'heah...)
Cake possesses an absolute unique quality of being beyond the norm and challenging, while still being melodic, catchy and poppy.
I think Cake is aptly named... it's good whether you make it from the box or whether you pay a baker a bunch of bucks to make it for you... It just depends on whether you can accept that. Nowhere is it said that interesting worthy music needs to be difficult to listen to or high concept.
Cake. Is. Awesome. No matter the flavor.
pretty bad
2
So you might as well have a good time
I dunno, this might be kinda COOL at a funeral...
A very prestigious cardiologist died, and was given a very elaborate funeral
by the hospital he worked for most of his life. A huge heart, covered in
flowers, stood behind the casket during the service as all the doctors from
the hospital sat in awe. Following the eulogy, the heart opened, and the
casket rolled inside. The heart then closed, sealing the doctor in the
beautiful heart forever.
At that point, one of the mourners just burst into laughter. When all eyes
stared at him, he said, 'I am so sorry, I was just thinking of my own
funeral... I'm a gynecologist.'
Cake possesses an absolute unique quality of being beyond the norm and challenging, while still being melodic, catchy and poppy.
I think Cake is aptly named... it's good whether you make it from the box or whether you pay a baker a bunch of bucks to make it for you... It just depends on whether you can accept that. Nowhere is it said that interesting worthy music needs to be difficult to listen to or high concept.
Cake. Is. Awesome. No matter the flavor.
Jesus.
Stop taking yourself so damn seriously.
Grab a beer out of the fridge, put your feet up, and listen to how sublimely silly and fun these guys are.
Do I want this song played at my funeral? No. But I think Cake is entertaining as Hell.
The world is turning into such an unforgivable, reprehensible, cold, hateful place that I really appreciate people that have the brass cajones to just be goofy and fun.
Sue me
Personally, I DO want this song played at my funeral. Unless I get cremated, in which case I want my ashes scattered over Disneyland by a low-flying crop-duster with a sheep painted on the underside of one wing and a goat on the other.
Vivé la CAKE!
kcar wrote:
Yer not alone.
The lead singer's detached, bored style is probably due to his limited vocal ability, but this too-cool schtick permeates almost everything the band does. And if the song isn't that strong...then the schtick becomes insufferable.
Jesus.
Stop taking yourself so damn seriously.
Grab a beer out of the fridge, put your feet up, and listen to how sublimely silly and fun these guys are.
Do I want this song played at my funeral? No. But I think Cake is entertaining as Hell.
The world is turning into such an unforgivable, reprehensible, cold, hateful place that I really appreciate people that have the brass cajones to just be goofy and fun.
Sue me
I dunno, this might be kinda COOL at a funeral...
Jesus.
Stop taking yourself so damn seriously.
Grab a beer out of the fridge, put your feet up, and listen to how sublimely silly and fun these guys are.
Do I want this song played at my funeral? No. But I think Cake is entertaining as Hell.
The world is turning into such an unforgivable, reprehensible, cold, hateful place that I really appreciate people that have the brass cajones to just be goofy and fun.
Sue me
Couldn't agree more.
Have just started to appreciate Cake.
For all the aforementioned reasons.
Jesus.
Stop taking yourself so damn seriously.
Grab a beer out of the fridge, put your feet up, and listen to how sublimely silly and fun these guys are.
Do I want this song played at my funeral? No. But I think Cake is entertaining as Hell.
The world is turning into such an unforgivable, reprehensible, cold, hateful place that I really appreciate people that have the brass cajones to just be goofy and fun.
Sue me
After reading this, I think I figured out why I like this song so much.
Yeah, that's interesting. I already knew why I liked this song so much... because it's fun, catchy, and original.
Jeez, I couldn't wait to exit Radio Paradise after hearing that.