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Cake — Comfort Eagle
Album: Comfort Eagle
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Released: 2002
Length: 3:32
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We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are widening the corridors and adding more lanes
We are building a religion, a limited edition
We are now accepting callers for these pendant key chains

To resist it is useless
It is useless to resist it
His cigarette is burning but he never seems to ash
He is grooming his poodle
He is living comfort eagle
You can meet at his location but you'd better come with cash
Now his hat is on backwards
He can show you his tattoos
He is in the music business
He is calling you "dude!"

Now today is tomorrow, and tomorrow today
And yesterday is weaving in and out
And the fluffy white lines
That the airplane leaves behind
Are drifting right in front of the waning of the moon

He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He knows about your party
He is calling you "Dude"

Now, do you believe in the one big sign?
The double wide shine
On the boot heels of your prime?
Doesn't matter if you're skinny, it doesn't matter if you're fat
You can dress up like a sultan in your onion head hat

We are building a religion
We are making a brand
We're the only ones to turn to when your castles turn to sand
Take a bite of this apple Mr. Corporate Events
Take a walk to the jungle of cardboard shanties and tents
Some people drink Pepsi, some people drink Coke
The wacky morning DJ says democracy's a joke
He says, "Now do you believe in the one big song?"
He's now accepting callers who would like to sing along
He says, "Do you believe in the one true edge,
by fastening your safety belts and stepping towards the ledge?"

He is handling the money
He is serving the food
He is now accepting callers
He is calling me "Dude"

Do you believe in the one big sign?
The double wide shine on the boot heels of your prime?
There's no need to ask directions if you ever lose your mind
We're behind you, we're behind you
and let us please remind you
We can send a car to find you if you ever lose your way

We are building a religion
We are building it bigger
We are building a religion
A limited edition

We are now accepting callers
For these beautiful
Pendant key chains
Comments (252)add comment
Best Cake song ever.  Absolutely love this, and I have no idea why.  Give it a 10 for the DUDE!!!
Posted 1 week ago by stretcher    [ Reply ]
Best Cake Yet!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRFN2L...
Posted 1 week ago by Rockit9    [ Reply ]
 Typesbad wrote:
I have no explanation for why I like this.
 

Neither do I but I really love it.
Posted 2 weeks ago by garyalex    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:
I have fun yelling that out when listening alone! DUDE!

Lots of fun to yell out when they're playing this live.
 

Posted 1 month ago by BlkBeard    [ Reply ]
Irritating and tiresome😣😣😣😣
Posted 2 months ago by Easyrider    [ Reply ]
Tiresome.
Posted 5 months ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
"What do your guts tell you, Chowder?"

"...Cake..."
Posted 5 months ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
I like Cake a lot, but sometimes they sound like Harry Connick Jr. being fed lines by David Byrne.
Posted 6 months ago by danmc    [ Reply ]
We are building a religion.

That's a damn fact.
Posted 6 months ago by jelgator    [ Reply ]
Why, oh why?, does RP play so much Cake? This band isn't an acquired taste -- it's a taste of the stuff that looks like chocolate cake...but isn't.
Posted 9 months ago by yobyot    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a modernized twist of Lou Reed style music... definitely likes this!!!
Posted 9 months ago by ipokkel    [ Reply ]
Well, Marie Antoinette [probably] said it best: Let them have CAKE! 
Posted 9 months ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Did they have a chat with Beck when they came up with this wonderful composition?
Posted 10 months ago by t0m5k1    [ Reply ]
Diverse melody in the slightest way. 
Posted 1 year ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
The right ingredients in a recipe for a good cake, - groove, chops and a bit'O'camp!
Posted 1 year ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
This is a cool band
Posted 1 year ago by stephen.king12101    [ Reply ]
Going very much against every single fibre of my body on what I will write next:


...I don't enjoy cake.
Posted 1 year ago by alain.brault    [ Reply ]
Great lyrics!
Posted 1 year ago by philbertr    [ Reply ]
 thundrpants wrote:
Not their best work.
 
Beg to differ.  Theme song for modern religion, which is as much about media organizations as much as religion.

We are now accepting callers
For these beautiful
Pendant key chains ...

Posted 1 year ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
 Derecho wrote:


Lots of fun to yell out when they're playing this live.
 
You're the guy!
Posted 1 year ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
Not their best work.
Posted 1 year ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
I don't hear any yelling.  This is not typically my type of music but I like this one. 
Posted 1 year ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 galestro wrote:
maybe it's me, but I prefer singing to yelling.
 
You prefer singing to yelling....so it's not just you...I on the other hand find CAKE to be one of my favorite bands w/ their tongue-in-cheek lyrics and sly humor.  So this one's an 8 for me, DUDE!!!  Long Live RP!!
Posted 1 year ago by lizardking    [ Reply ]
One of the only CDs I ever owned was Comfort Eagle. I started using MP3s for everything about when I started high school, making this one of the few full albums I  listened to every track on over and over again. 
Posted 1 year ago by dextrousm    [ Reply ]
Raw, ballsy, groovy, unusual, whimsical and musical. What's not to like about Cake?
Posted 1 year ago by MrStatenIsle    [ Reply ]
maybe it's me, but I prefer singing to yelling.
Posted 1 year ago by galestro    [ Reply ]
everyone loves cake
Posted 1 year ago by spinoza15    [ Reply ]
*puts on his onion-head-hat* *builds a religion* Thanks for the great track, Bill- I mean- DUDE!! =3
Posted 1 year ago by CrispyDruid    [ Reply ]
PSD. I rarely do that, but I must with this group.
Posted 1 year ago by choiceimage    [ Reply ]
Naze
Posted 1 year ago by olive101    [ Reply ]
Cr.p music. Awful. Next please.
Posted 1 year ago by ortega1    [ Reply ]
 Tippster wrote:
DUDE!
 

Lots of fun to yell out when they're playing this live.
Posted 2 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
I've always thought John McCrea is one of the more interesting guys in the music biz. 
Posted 2 years ago by Steelydan1969    [ Reply ]
awfully stupid
Posted 2 years ago by markthecarp    [ Reply ]
 1wolfy wrote:
Rage against the Machine want to be
 
Dude... have you listened to Cake? 
Posted 2 years ago by stromdal    [ Reply ]
 zerosomething wrote:

OH you just don't understand. It's OK we'll carry on with out you. ;)

 
Maybe you did ,,, but I have been here all along,,, listening,,,, thinking,,,,all this time,,,,Plotting against the world of Cake 
Posted 2 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
Very Maynard James Keenan - fun, wacky, acerbic!
Posted 2 years ago by Stephen_Phillips    [ Reply ]
I agree, chyk5.  At least someone else sees the humor, sarcasm and fun besides me {#Laughing}
Posted 2 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
This is hilarious. Love it. 
Posted 2 years ago by chyk5    [ Reply ]
Just can't work when this is on. Too disruptive. Sigh. 
Posted 2 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 NeuroJoe wrote:
Because a rating scale of 0-10 provides substantial resolution for valid data collection and the calculation of statistical significance
 
Well, the scale range is 1-10, but the rest of your answer is excellent, thanks.
Posted 2 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
I have no explanation for why I like this.
Posted 2 years ago by Typesbad    [ Reply ]
 Jeff_Guinn wrote:
Why, oh why, do not ratings go into negative numbers?

 
Because a rating scale of 0-10 provides substantial resolution for valid data collection and the calculation of statistical significance
Posted 2 years ago by NeuroJoe    [ Reply ]
Why, oh why, do not ratings go into negative numbers?
Posted 3 years ago by Jeff_Guinn    [ Reply ]
Cake Rules!!!!!!!!!!!! 
 
 ...nuff said!
Posted 3 years ago by VV    [ Reply ]
Most excellent!
Posted 3 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
The preceding post brought to you by The Department of Redundancy Department. :-)
Posted 3 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite band but have to give them credit for being very original and unique.  They definitely have a distinct style and sound.
Posted 3 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
 user4176 wrote:
 ... weird stuff. I don't really understand what the lyrics are about …
 
That's Cake for ya! I can't believe I rated anything from them a 7. Gin, probably. Must downgrade to something more appropriate now.
Posted 3 years ago by Carl    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

Beastie Boys made it to RP
I'll give it a 2

 
I wish Beastie Boys were on here.

Love me some Cake, too.
Posted 3 years ago by flyboy    [ Reply ]
Rated this a 4 a while ago, but listening to it again ... weird stuff. I don't really understand what the lyrics are about (not my mother tongue, but would that make a difference?), but somehow they make sense?
Posted 3 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]

Beastie Boys made it to RP
I'll give it a 2
Posted 3 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
From the Fred Schneider school of singing.
Posted 3 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]

Gotta love Cake: "The wacky morning DJ says democracy's a joke"

- Seems legit. 


Posted 3 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
There are times when you'd like to go make a cup of coffee but are listening to RP. Cake is made for those times.
Posted 3 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]
Fingernails on a blackboard comes to mind.
Posted 4 years ago by scadawizard    [ Reply ]
 Kaisersosay wrote:
PSD.....What is it? Bill,,,,,? Why Why,,,,Why Cake?

 
OH you just don't understand. It's OK we'll carry on with out you. ;)
Posted 4 years ago by zerosomething    [ Reply ]
DUDE!
Posted 4 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
They have made better songs than this. Not my piece of Cake.

 
I should hope so.......
Posted 5 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
They have made better songs than this. Not my piece of Cake.
Posted 5 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
she is touring the facility and picking up slack.. {#Rolleyes}
Posted 5 years ago by moodfood    [ Reply ]
PSD.....What is it? Bill,,,,,? Why Why,,,,Why Cake?
Posted 5 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]

Cake!  Either love em or hate em.  They go well with Spoon!{#Clap}{#Cheers}  I'm jumping in line to the automaton dance!


Posted 5 years ago by AhhtheMusic    [ Reply ]
not for me thanks. another one for the very handy PSD button, thanks for that feature!
Posted 5 years ago by torino390    [ Reply ]
 jkhandy wrote:
Religion sucks
 
You should try the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster!  {#Hungry}
Posted 5 years ago by skooba    [ Reply ]
 a2sibiu wrote:
Is this music?

 
If ya have to ask........
Posted 5 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
I'm a "singer" in a rock & roll band !!!!!   I mean I'm a "talker" in a rock & roll band. Heheheheheheh...hahahahah
Posted 5 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Divine
Posted 5 years ago by Lodomojo    [ Reply ]
Dude!
Posted 5 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Witness the sound from the central valley of the Radio Paradise universe… 
Posted 5 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
 jkhandy wrote:
Religion sucks
 
Especially Evangelical Atheism and Anthropogenic Global whatever it's calling itself these days, Marxism of all flavors (progressivism, socialism etc).
And islam. Can't forget that.
Posted 5 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
How can so many people rate this song with "1". The rhythm itself is already 7 ! The voice singer easily gives an extra point and I'm not even sure that 8 is enough. I can picture myself raising the rating later. This is excellent ! 
 
Posted 5 years ago by ChrisVIII    [ Reply ]
Religion sucks
Posted 5 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
This was clearly influenced by "I am the slime" by Frank Zappa.  
Posted 6 years ago by silby    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Cake lyrics: dogma I can get behind
Posted 6 years ago by JanzieNL    [ Reply ]
It sounds like the B52's with more edge and overt lyrics.  I like it.
Posted 6 years ago by NeilBlanchard    [ Reply ]
for whatever reason, love this song.
Posted 6 years ago by ceicilbee    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the great song "Don't Call Me Dude" by Scatterbrain.
Posted 6 years ago by jnhashmi    [ Reply ]
Nice biting satire. Brutal and merciless, as the sharpest hardest-hitting satire always is.
Posted 6 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
Awful, Awful, Awful {#Frustrated}{#Wall} {#Beat}{#Stop}
Posted 6 years ago by siskinbob    [ Reply ]
 a2sibiu wrote:
Is this music?

 
Yup, liking it more and more.  8.
Posted 6 years ago by Huey    [ Reply ]
Is this music?
Posted 6 years ago by a2sibiu    [ Reply ]
Wow, William Shatner has found a really good backup band. Too bad his voice doesn't do justice to the lyrics.
Posted 7 years ago by nmcvaugh    [ Reply ]

 

So far ahead of our collective minds from Facebook, Twitter and social media of all stripes...

What they put out in 2001 is a religion now... We meditate before the glowing glass encased in plastic.

We are verified, certified, re-enforced as valid by the glowing glass...

But we are surrendering our individual capacity for judgment, taste, and native skepticism of "facts" presented to sway, convince, politicize any mundane and mediocre whim that our glowing glass gods generate...These have the same deep meaning as a baby's smile... After a while you learn that the smile was just bodily gasses moving inside the child... It has nothing to do with you or your relationship.

"We are building a religion"...


Posted 7 years ago by AndyJ    [ Reply ]
Now, do you believe in the one big sign?
The double wide shine
On the boot heels of your prime?

Love it!
Posted 7 years ago by musikluvr    [ Reply ]
ECCCCHHH!!
Posted 7 years ago by Ubaldo    [ Reply ]
I've always loved this tune since the first time I heard it.
Posted 7 years ago by Catalytic    [ Reply ]
NO NADA, , LESS , WOULD WORK.
Posted 7 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Awesome! Love it. Play more often PLEASE!!
Posted 7 years ago by daniel_rusk    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:


 
Fucking PERFECT. 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Resistence is useless. He is calling you Dude. Love the Cake. Most excellent. 8 with icing.
Posted 7 years ago by Wizzo_oz    [ Reply ]
So unfortunate. Musical variety Cake...not for me. Food variety...now THAT'S  a different story. I'm sorry, but this really sucks. Unplug this song.
Posted 7 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
{#Stop} SAD CRAP/RAP....SEE YA...gotta be the worst piece I have ever heard on RP....{#Stop}
Posted 7 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Someone should play this back to Tim Armstrong over at AOL.

The guy sounded like an EST-hole.
Posted 7 years ago by MinMan    [ Reply ]
KING MISSILE meets TALKING HEADS?
Posted 7 years ago by ralphf    [ Reply ]
Hey, this is the one CAKE song I have ever liked - great, Dude (the guy grooming his poodle got me :-)) 
Posted 7 years ago by suesblues    [ Reply ]
Local heros... A tip of the hat, every once in a while...
Posted 7 years ago by robertomiller    [ Reply ]
I've never really liked Cake...not the band, they're fine...just cake in general...never liked it.
Posted 7 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
sucks just sucks,
Posted 7 years ago by Kaisersosay    [ Reply ]
I have this album...every song is classic. Pure CAKE.
Posted 7 years ago by Jared    [ Reply ]
I wish the rating mechanism was more rich.

I hate this song when working on my computer — grates my concentration to parmesan.  But it's great when I'm riding my bike, or doing jobs around the house.

I was all set to give it 2 and PSD, but I realized it has a lot to like.

Maybe the PSD switch could have a complementary GSMW switch : "Great Song, Mood Wrong"


Posted 7 years ago by Hasan    [ Reply ]
Love the deadpan yet cheerful irony.
Posted 7 years ago by ottojschlosser    [ Reply ]
 smackiepipe wrote:
 
Jeff Bridges - the ultimate Dude. Cake rocks. I think the Dude would agree.


Posted 7 years ago by BigIslandBlues    [ Reply ]
Wonderfully creepy.
Posted 7 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
Rage against the Machine want to be
Posted 7 years ago by 1wolfy    [ Reply ]
Eclectic, oriental over rap hip-hop, that's nice!
Posted 8 years ago by kdarwish    [ Reply ]
 Cynaera wrote:
I have TRIED to hate this band, with their deceptively-juvenile spoken lyrics, etc., but every time I hear one of their songs, I just shake my head and mutter, "Dammit, they ambushed me again."  {#Bounce}
 
Yup.
Posted 8 years ago by jimys    [ Reply ]
Enough Cake already.
Posted 8 years ago by Cyclehawk    [ Reply ]
groom your poodle with  c a s h
Posted 8 years ago by oldviolin    [ Reply ]

Brown shoes don't make it.
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]

Posted 8 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 BikeCoachDave wrote:
Despite several attempts, have never met a Cake song I liked.
 
So why attempt it.  They are not for you.

Posted 9 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
I have TRIED to hate this band, with their deceptively-juvenile spoken lyrics, etc., but every time I hear one of their songs, I just shake my head and mutter, "Dammit, they ambushed me again."  {#Bounce}
Posted 9 years ago by Cynaera    [ Reply ]
Hey Sue...are you listening?
Posted 9 years ago by Groogrux69    [ Reply ]
 GT66 wrote:
"Take a bite of this apple
Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle
Of cardboard shanties and tents"
 
Kinda timely in these days of Occupation, eh?
Posted 9 years ago by mrtuba9    [ Reply ]
CAKE right the bestest lyrics evah,
Posted 9 years ago by NoEnzLefttoSplit    [ Reply ]
 jhorton wrote:
" He is grooming his poodle, he is comfort eagle?"

Take THAT all you people who rated this a 7! 
Living Comfort Eagle. 'Comfort Eagle' being a fictitious trendy brand. Living a lifestyle according to a well scripted marketing strategy and thinking it genuine. You've seen people covered in Ed Hardy gear, right? I can't speak for the folks who rated it a seven, but my eight is based on not only enjoying what John McCrea was after with his fun and meaningful lyric, but loving the groove that supports the words. Uber geeky goodness.

This band is tight as a gnat's ass, playing with time signatures and syncopation to paint pictures, laying down funk and structure and having a ball in the process. This complaint is similar to the oft-heard grumping about McCrea's superbly timed phrasing. No, he's not forgetting to come in on the downbeat. You can take CAKE, leave it, or not care at all - but investing energy in slamming something as nonsense when you don't care to comprehend the communication is hardly the fault of the artist, is it?

Give us this day our daily CAKE!

Posted 9 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Damn this is a cool song! May have to check this album out.
Posted 9 years ago by Relayer    [ Reply ]
"Take a bite of this apple
Mr. corporate events
Take a walk through the jungle
Of cardboard shanties and tents"


Posted 9 years ago by GT66    [ Reply ]
 mandolin wrote:

...that's what i thought for the first ten years since i heard them, but now i think they're just great fun...

 

I was pretty much the same way. Today I can take them in small doses. This is a dose I really like, however.
Posted 9 years ago by Darlington    [ Reply ]