BOOTLEG SERIES: Titus Andronicus @ Glasslands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can download a zip of the boot here:

MEDIAFIRE

I probably had the best birthday of my adult life at this show. Also picked up this wicked T.A. T-shirt & got a high five from my man Patrick. Great night.

(special thanks to Keith G. For helping me identify the two new songs)

Titus andronicus live at glasslands gallery

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Nelsonvillains – Occupant

Nelsonvillains – Occupant

In the house with crooked floorboards, on Main St., Nelsonville,
I sweated into the carpet, hovered over my father and became violent.
Now as I wake up every morning and try to control my breath next to hers,
I sleepwalk Cleveland Avenue to work, and I smile at the women who walk back into me
 – I am trying to save face.
From the shot in my lung and the poems you stole –
they were all about you anyway,
so just take ‘em to save face. 

In the house with crooked floorboards on Main Street, Nelsonville,
 we mixed our cool-aid with gin and met eachother trading punches
– “This is nothing special,” I said.
You laughed and we agreed, and we became inseparable friends
but our intelligence got the best of us, yeah we tried to save face.

The Replacements – Androgynous

 

The Replacements – Androgynous

Here come Dick, he’s wearing a skirt
Here comes Jane, y’know she’s sporting a chain
Same hair, revolution
Same build, evolution
Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss

And they love each other so
Androgynous
Closer than you know, love each other so
Androgynous

Don’t get him wrong and don’t get him mad
He might be a father, but he sure ain’t a dad
And she don’t need advice that’ll center her
She’s happy with the way she looks
She’s happy with her gender

Mirror image, see no damage
See no evil at all
Kewpie dolls and urine stalls
Will be laughed at
The way you’re laughed at now

Now, something meets Boy, and something meets Girl
They both look the same
They’re overjoyed in this world
Same hair, revolution
Unisex, evolution
Tomorrow who’s gonna fuss
And tomorrow Dick is wearing pants
And tomorrow Janie’s wearing a dress
Future outcasts and they don’t last
And today, the people dress the way that they please
The way they tried to do in the last centuries

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Titus Andronocus @ Glasslands gallery 10/18/11

I’m working on getting this boot up asap. In the meantime, if youre the guy who got the setlist (who I talked to) can you email me the names of the two new songs. (or just email me the whole setlist).

thanks!

EDIT: I’m hopefully going to see titus at LRP in a few weeks. I’m going to record the show and post whichever set is better. hold tight!

Song of the week: Fucked up – The other shoe

I never thought I could appreciate a “hardcore” band. Then I found out about fucked up, which is, fittingly, the only lyrics-driven hardcore band I’ve discovered to date. Enjoy.
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Act One: Love, then tragedy strikes the town.
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We’re dying on the inside
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Right on time here’s the other shoe.
Clouds overhead start to loom.
Some born to win others fated to lose.
From the options we must choose.
My friend dread is right on time,
Can’t start to think that it is fine.
Watch the tower as it starts to teeter.
The new lyrics follow the same old meter.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
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Butterflies, my stomach starts to heave.
What joyous blunder waits for me?
Finished first but I missed the start.
Hitched the mule behind the cart.
Take the rose by the thorns.
Hope for sun, but here’s the storm.
So head outside and wait for rain.
Watch it all go down the drain.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
We settle in but it’s time to go,
Taken to sea by the undertow.
Love the smell but I hate the taste.
Feeling good is such a waste.
Loved the book but I hate the end,
Gained a lover but I lost a friend.
Straight to worst, from the best.
Nothing can fill that hole in my chest.
It can’t be comfortable when the whole thing’s about to fall.
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To make things worse, it all goes so fast
And we try to hold on as they go past.
We need a Peter, we get a Paul;
At least Judas had some balls.
To make a move on these building doubts
About how this messiah thing would shake out,
I feel the nail against my skin,
Wait for the hammer to drive it in.
It can’t be comfortable when you know the whole thing’s about to fall.
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We’re dying on the inside
—
The Other Shoe

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