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Lloyd Cole — Cutting Out
Album: Music In A Foreign Language
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:17
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Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement
Beside the coffee stained torn envelope
We took your facsimile and we pinned it to the wall
Here on the other side of the world

You call here when it's 3 AM and we hear music playing
You call here and you don't have time to talk
You call in on your cell phone but you're cutting out
Here on the other side of the world

You send in electronic mail transmissions
Dispatches from your colonies - your Commonwealth
But your syntax is distracted and your sideways happy face
Is not on the other side of the world

from the girl
with the starry eyes
and the easy smile
she's just sitting there
Could I stay a while?

Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement
Beside the coffee stained torn envelope
We took your facsimile and we pinned it to the wall
Here on the other side of the world
Comments (76)add comment
 lily34 wrote:

i'm with you.


Lost Weekend is a stormer. Would love to hear that on RP.
 veegez wrote:
I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. 
 
Much as I’d like to claim him for Scotland, Lloyd Cole is English. Don’t be angry at him, it's not his fault he was born on the wrong side of the border and being English is punishment enough anyway.

 lattalo wrote:
More Lloyd Cole Bill!!!!!!!!
 
i'm with you.
 govna wrote:

same person, two accounts.

 
nope. i know aligator in person. it's two different people. plus, billg doesn't allow 2 different accounts. if you have 2, you've slipped through the system, naughty.
 govna wrote:

amen brother.

 
{#High-five}
 JHZ wrote:

Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.

 
same person, two accounts.
 JIan wrote:
Headphones off....{#Headache}

Hey, Lloyd....{#Ass}

 
amen brother.
like this...
Headphones off....{#Headache}

Hey, Lloyd....{#Ass}
 JHZ wrote:

Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.
 
Well young Ben was a talent wasn't he?

Better than a has Ben.
 crockydile wrote:This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.
 
AliGator wrote:

You mean Death Cab has been trying to write lyrics like Lloyd Cole.

 
Anyone else thinks its funny that AliGator is correcting Crockydile?
By the way AliGator has a point. When the first Lloyd Cole and the Commotions album rattlesnakes came out in 1984 Ben Gibbard was 8 years old.
Someone's been listening to Bill Nelson.
 ScottishWillie wrote:

Perhaps its because I’m a lifetime member of the “Awkward Squad” that I get a perverse pleasure from being the only person who likes this song.


 
No, you are not. Lloyd Cole is awesome. He has his very own style.

Dull
 veegez wrote:
I vote this my favorite post of the bunch so far. I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. More useless info: I like his stuff composed with the Commotions in the 80's even better. 'Rattlesnakes' is a short but totally hip/smart collection of songs-if you're into that kind of thing....
 
Thought this might be of interest—and to give they naysayers a sense of perspective.

https://ind.pn/a27LvA
 crockydile wrote:
This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.

 
You mean Death Cab has been trying to write lyrics like Lloyd Cole.

from the lyrics, I thought this was some sort of parody on song writing...please tell me this is a parody

Perhaps its because I’m a lifetime member of the “Awkward Squad” that I get a perverse pleasure from being the only person who likes this song.


"Lying here between your progeny and your Visa card statement" - hardly the most inspiring start to a song, is it? Even less inspiring is the delivery. Mute after 10 secs, sadly.
Lame.
Yawn!!!!

This song sounds like something from Flight of the Concords, except that it's unfortunately not a parody...  {#Eek}


This guy has been listening to Death Cab and trying to write lyrics like them. I dislike Death Cab partially for their hyper intellectual lyrics, but at least they have some in that area. This guy's lyrics just suck.

annoying...
 birdland wrote:

Ditto - Rattlesnakes - there's also a compilation - 1984-1989, which is a great starting point.

I agree that this song doesn't represent well at all the depth of this mans genius.

But the genius is there. Go back to those early pieces - Mr. Malcontent, Perfect Skin, Rattlesnakes, etal.
 
mmmmm. . . Perfect Skin. . .

{#Meditate}


 Pazzat wrote:
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
 
Ditto - Rattlesnakes - there's also a compilation - 1984-1989, which is a great starting point.

I agree that this song doesn't represent well at all the depth of this mans genius.

But the genius is there. Go back to those early pieces - Mr. Malcontent, Perfect Skin, Rattlesnakes, etal.


I just realized that a ping was an incoming email,not a part of the song ! {#Doh} # 4


 Leslie wrote:
The lyrics don't bother me that much, but the music is just plain forgettable.
 
"your electronic mail transmission"? {#Lol} "between your progeny and your visa card statement"? {#Lol} This is awful. {#Roflol} Strong 1.


The lyrics don't bother me that much, but the music is just plain forgettable.
Now I know what The Verve Pipe was listening to when they wrote Freshmen :-)
More Lloyd Cole Bill!!!!!!!!
"On the other side of the world" One for me Bill.
hcaudill wrote:
Yeah, this gets the Dorkiest Lyrics Award from me. Progeny? Facsimile? Eh.
Damn, everyone agrees with this view. Now it's ruined for me! Too bad, cuz' the music is beautiful. If he just wouldn't have said "progeny" I think you all would have left it alone. One danged misplaced "fascimile" and everyone freaks out. Geez. ;) Lloyd Cole is alright.
old_shep wrote:
I finish listening to this but I gotta wash my socks.
I will be fun sorting them when they are dry, too.
Dave_Mack wrote:
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
The The - Matt Johnson
Contrived, forced lyrics.
I finish listening to this but I gotta wash my socks.
The first line made me grimace and say "1."
UltraNurd wrote:
I'm waiting for the day when "cell phone" and "electronic mail" are going to make this song sound really, really dated.
This guy gives me chills...of horror.
MatClarke wrote:
'See my tailor, he's called Simon. I think it's going to fit'
I could be a writer with a growing reputation I could be the ticket man at Fulham Broadway Station
Pazzat wrote:
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
'See my tailor, he's called Simon. I think it's going to fit'
I'm waiting for the day when "cell phone" and "electronic mail" are going to make this song sound really, really dated.
Dave_Mack wrote:
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
Nope, Lloyd Cole was having his hits as the front man of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions round about the same time as The The were making their first impact: The The's breakthrough album Soul Mining came out in 1983, the year before The Commotions' debut Rattlesnakes. Cole's voice isn't a million miles away from Matt Johnson's, so I can see where you are coming from, but it's not the same man. Go and buy Rattlesnakes and Soul Mining NOW - it's an order. "Read Norman Mailer, or get a new tailor".
bob789 wrote:
As melodic as my printer manual. Truly a broccoli chop!
As melodic as my printer manual. Truly a broccoli chop!
Yea, I don't get what's up with the lyrics. The song was released in 2003...my keen observations note that 2003 was only three years ago...
cayenne wrote:
Yuck. It's like someone told him that his music wasn't relevent anymore and he said "I'll show you!" but missed the point. Too bad it's so clunky - I like his other work.
Yeah, this gets the Dorkiest Lyrics Award from me. Progeny? Facsimile? Eh.
Yuck. It's like someone told him that his music wasn't relevent anymore and he said "I'll show you!" but missed the point. Too bad it's so clunky - I like his other work.
crockydile wrote:
? "between your progeny and your visa card statement"
With you there....he's trying too hard. "your syntax is distracted"??
jennybean42 wrote:
I actually like this song, but it sounds like he was given a list of random terms and challenged to fit them all in a song.
What a nice observation! Although I can't honestly say I agree with you about the song. If he was forced to write this song with a word bank ... he did a hell of a job.
I actually kinda like the lyrics. Makes me smile. not bad
Maybe if I was drunk or something
I actually like this song, but it sounds like he was given a list of random terms and challenged to fit them all in a song.
? "between your progeny and your visa card statement"
Hehe... "electronic mail transmission." I don't think I've ever heard an e-mail called all that before! Not too shabby song, though the lyrics seem kinda awkward to me. I give it a 6.
lloyd is awesome.
Was he in The The? Sound's like 'em.
Lloyd Cole is one of those strange artists that I like 98% yet I can't keep from dwelling on that 2% that I can't put my finger on but somehow keeps me from liking him. Odd. I wish I could figure it out.
~mute~ :(
masterhead wrote:
A mature and talented composer...
I vote this my favorite post of the bunch so far. I also vote Lloyd Cole one of my favorite Scots. More useless info: I like his stuff composed with the Commotions in the 80's even better. 'Rattlesnakes' is a short but totally hip/smart collection of songs-if you're into that kind of thing....
thought it was a u2 song. The style of singing where he emphasizes certain words to make them sound more deep and meaningful (d&m you know?) reminds me of bono. I'm not really fond of that style, if the lyrics carry meaning you don't need to emphasize them. Bono's singing gets on my nerves that way sometimes.
For those turned off by this tune. Give it some time to sink in. I followed Cole since his "Don't Get Wierd on Me Babe" song and find him to be a fascinating songwriter. Also saw him solo in Chicago, and even with a bad cold, he put on a great show.
If this is the best song off the album, the album must be absolutely terrible.
Please stopp! :P
counter wrote:
I had the same response :) But beware: I picked up the album and this is by far the best song on it... The rest are ho-hum at best.
I could not disagree more strongly. I bought this disc, and found it a little dry at first, but after about three listenings it really grew on me. There is a wonderfully understated subtlety to both the lyrics and the musical arrangement. Before I knew it, I was listening to the disc almost every day for more than a month.
henrico wrote:
thanks for playing this song! very nice and I'm interested in the whole album...
I had the same response :) But beware: I picked up the album and this is by far the best song on it... The rest are ho-hum at best.
thanks for playing this song! very nice and I'm interested in the whole album...
i just bought my first album via the iTMS Affiliate Program. this might get dangerous. enjoy my nickels, guys!
Lloyd Cole gives me a woody
mtruk wrote:
Saw Lloyd Cole live at St Albans Arena in the UK in March 2004 ; Didn't know what to expect after all these years- what we got was one of the most charming, intelligent live acoustic sets I've seen. OK - you have to be of the right generation - but if you are, Lloyd Cole still sings it like it is.
Absolutely, I saw him around the same time at the Royal Festival Hall, he held the audience spellbound for two hours - just him and a guitar. An amazing performance. He is playing again, with the Commotions, in London in October. It should be great.
Very nice! The guitars are so melty and simple. I only heard a few songs from him back in the 80's and liked him. I guess I still do.
Now this is wonderful, RP - Thank You!!!!
Saw Lloyd Cole live at St Albans Arena in the UK in March 2004 ; Didn't know what to expect after all these years- what we got was one of the most charming, intelligent live acoustic sets I've seen. OK - you have to be of the right generation - but if you are, Lloyd Cole still sings it like it is.
A mature and talented composer...
Lloyd Cole is, without a doubt, my favorite song writer. I'm very happy to hear him on RP.