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Badly Drawn Boy — Logic Of A Friend
Album: One Plus One Is One
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Released: 2004
Length: 4:35
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There's a feast, well prepared, at the table,
And a beast, licking holes, in your door,
Make a break just as soon as your able,
To run, get out of this hole, before it takes your soul

I don't know how to hide,
Keep my shadow alive,
It's easy to defend,
The logic of a friend
And i don't know how to tell, is it heaven or hell
That i'll be going to
Just as long as i'm there with you.

Theres a clock
Ticking slow, on the table
As the light, finds the cracks in your door
Make a break just as soon as your able
To run, hold on to your soul, before it take you whole

I don't know how to hide,
Keep my shadow alive,
It's easy to defend,
The logic of a friend
And i don't know how to tell, if it's heaven or hell
That i'll be going to
Just as long as i'm there with you.
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 twilightskyys wrote:
I worked on a concert for Badly Drawn Boy in NYC—I have to say he was the most rude, nasty, and belligerent performer I have ever worked with...He basically told the entire audience that they were stupid for listening to his music. Not a fan.

 
Thanks for the heads-up. Based on that it's PSD time.
Posted 7 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
 oaktreem wrote:
wow, this song is bad!.  The lyrics are poor and the rhyming annoying.  So bad.

 
Way bad
shit bad 
Posted 7 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Playing on the ting-ting-ting-dink-dink piana.
Posted 8 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
 twoplain2sea wrote:
One's not half two. It's two are halves of one.

 
Your random math generator is broken.
Posted 8 years ago by dwhayslett    [ Reply ]
Its 2/4 time:-)
Posted 8 years ago by molson    [ Reply ]
One's not half two. It's two are halves of one.
Posted 8 years ago by twoplain2sea    [ Reply ]
nicely recorded track
Posted 8 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Pretty good at absolute worst.
Posted 8 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
God, I thought it had finished and then it started again... Hhhhhh.

And then RP rescues me again with the godlike "The Butterfly Collector".  Bravo.
Posted 8 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
 rockpommel16 wrote:
....smileypush the PSD............sry.,must.....

 
man grimacing and straining

Should it really be this hard? Reach for Dulcolax next time! 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
A nice number, and well worth a 7. What's always intrigued me is: does BDB ever take off his woolly hat? He must sweat buckets at gigs.
 
Don't know if he ever takes it off, but here are two reasons he may leave it on most of the time:

1) It is cold wherever he is from.  Snow is forecast here for tomorrow morning, as an example, and lots of folks have been wearing knit caps for about a week.  (There are green plants on the album cover, though.)

2) He is bald and chooses to hide it.
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
wow, this song is bad!.  The lyrics are poor and the rhyming annoying.  So bad.
Posted 11 years ago by oaktreem    [ Reply ]
....smileypush the PSD............sry.,must.....
Posted 11 years ago by rockpommel16    [ Reply ]
I worked on a concert for Badly Drawn Boy in NYC—I have to say he was the most rude, nasty, and belligerent performer I have ever worked with...He basically told the entire audience that they were stupid for listening to his music. Not a fan.
Posted 11 years ago by twilightskyys    [ Reply ]

I was busy... Thinking of something else and this crept into my ears and hijacked my attention.... Thanks RP... This is why I tell, recommend RP to everyone I know... I am not drinking my own bathwater...and no songs that "People who liked what you liked also like THIS"... just a loose collection of people and music that flows... some I like, some not, some inbetween...and some I Really like and buy the whole CD...


Posted 11 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
I thought it was over but it just keeps going... {#Doh}
Posted 12 years ago by lexica    [ Reply ]
He has so many other better songs.....
Posted 12 years ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
A nice number, and well worth a 7. What's always intrigued me is: does BDB ever take off his woolly hat? He must sweat buckets at gigs.
 
I've never understood why that wool-cap "look" is still popular - even in hot weather.  It was bad enough with The Spin Doctors and their ilk.  This guy, I believe, has a little more talent than that band.  Well, to each his own - pretty good song.


Posted 13 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
Almost Eels-ish? My fav BDB song Bill plays. 8
Posted 13 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Gosh this is good.  I do love well played piano.
Posted 14 years ago by shayde    [ Reply ]
If you were always as high as John was, you too would need a hat just to keep your head on.{#Propeller}

 cosmiclint wrote:

I used to wonder the same thing about Papa John Philips

 


Posted 15 years ago by Dahnyul    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
A nice number, and well worth a 7. What's always intrigued me is: does BDB ever take off his woolly hat? He must sweat buckets at gigs.
 
I used to wonder the same thing about Papa John Philips

Posted 15 years ago by cosmiclint    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
A nice number, and well worth a 7. What's always intrigued me is: does BDB ever take off his woolly hat? He must sweat buckets at gigs.
 

Maybe it's really cotton.
Posted 15 years ago by holborne    [ Reply ]
 rajulkabir wrote:
Wait, isn't this Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd?
 
Mwahahahaha!

If this isn't "ho hum" what is?

Posted 15 years ago by sans    [ Reply ]
Wait, isn't this Johnny Depp in Sweeney Todd?
Posted 15 years ago by rajulkabir    [ Reply ]
A nice number, and well worth a 7. What's always intrigued me is: does BDB ever take off his woolly hat? He must sweat buckets at gigs.
Posted 15 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
rtrudeau wrote:
Musicians, help me out here. Is this 3/4 time? Da da dum. Da da dum. It's so repetitive ... it's driving me maaaaadddd ....
Much of it sounds like a bar of 4/4 followed by a bar of 2/4. It's an interesting and subtle combination of rhythms. Gives it an unusual feel without calling too much attention to itself.
Posted 15 years ago by Vicey    [ Reply ]
I should remember to buy one of his albums at some point.
Posted 16 years ago by shape5    [ Reply ]
I can see he's clever and it should be great...but I also find it really dull.
Posted 16 years ago by EssexTex    [ Reply ]
rtrudeau wrote:
Musicians, help me out here. Is this 3/4 time? Da da dum. Da da dum. It's so repetitive ... it's driving me maaaaadddd ....
Sounds like straight up 4 or 2 to me.
Posted 16 years ago by Zweiblumen    [ Reply ]
Musicians, help me out here. Is this 3/4 time? Da da dum. Da da dum. It's so repetitive ... it's driving me maaaaadddd ....
Posted 16 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Michael Penn and Jellyfish together at last under the name Badly Drawn Boy. Excellent!
Posted 16 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
there's something to the melody that keeps reminding me of The Road to Moscow (am I thinking of the right song? Al Stewart I think...?)...
Yeah, I'm hearin' it too.
Posted 16 years ago by Dianyla    [ Reply ]
Practically transparent transfer from Gabriel Rios. Sounds like the kids fled and he turned to a darker mood.
Posted 17 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Posted 17 years ago by cathenley    [ Reply ]
On tour now...
Posted 17 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Like Benicio Del Toro in "Snatch"? noelbarnes wrote:
he, of the tea cozy hat
Posted 17 years ago by MojoJojo    [ Reply ]
there's something to the melody that keeps reminding me of The Road to Moscow (am I thinking of the right song? Al Stewart I think...?)...
Posted 17 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Very interesting, atmospheric tune. Great for zoning out late in the evening.
Posted 17 years ago by wmstadler    [ Reply ]
Wow is right... I really liked it. So moody and obsessive or something. With a pretty piano in the background.
Posted 17 years ago by TKTuttle    [ Reply ]
Sorta Spoon-ish (Spooney?) c. Gimme Fiction.
Posted 17 years ago by AphidA    [ Reply ]
wow, hadn't heard this one - and now I'm gonna go get it.
Posted 17 years ago by zakfoy    [ Reply ]
this is insanely good. i thought it was fried chicken It was - dang... caviar and still on....
Posted 17 years ago by PrincessRue    [ Reply ]
stampclumpclomp....just dirges along, donit? with a bit of Beatles-like background vocals thrown in
Posted 18 years ago by yclept    [ Reply ]
Damn, Badly Wrote Music, Sorry !
Posted 18 years ago by ManchesterUK    [ Reply ]
princeofpeoria wrote:
Damon Gough is a freakin BADASS!!!
oh so true ...
Posted 18 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Mmmm it's growing on me - in a good way ... not a 'like-fungus' way
Posted 18 years ago by LadyLovelyLocks    [ Reply ]
Love his voice...
Posted 18 years ago by SeldomSeen    [ Reply ]
Damon Gough is a freakin BADASS!!!
Posted 18 years ago by princeofpeoria    [ Reply ]
Did he just say "if I'm going to Hell, I'd like to take you with me"?
Posted 18 years ago by lester    [ Reply ]
he, of the tea cozy hat
Posted 18 years ago by noelbarnes    [ Reply ]