![]() ![]() F A I know she drains me slowly Dm C Bb She wears me down to bones in bed. C You're born of a jackal! You're beautiful! F A She moves through moonbeams slowly Dm C She knows just how to hold me Bb and when her edges soften, G G# her body is my coffin. G must be the sign on my head, it says, G# Dm A "Oh love me dead!" Dm A Love me dead GUITAR SOLO (sorry not tabbed here) play the chord progression from the verse here if you want -Dm-A-Dm-A-Gm-A-Dm-Dm-Dm-A-Dm-A-Gm-A-Dm-Dm- Dm A Dm A Love me cancerously Dm A Dm A Brrrot-dot-da-d-da-da! Brrrot-dot-da-d-da-da! Gm A How's your new boy? Does he know about me? Dm You've got the mark of the beast. A Dm You call me up drunk, does the fun ever start? C You're hideous.and sexy! F A She moves through moonbeams slowly Dm C She knows just how to hold me Bb and when her edges soften, G G# her body is my coffin. Dm A You suck so passionately Dm A You're a parasitic, psycho, filthy creature Gm finger-bangin' my heart. G must be the sign on my head, it says, G# Dm A "Oh love me dead!" Dm A Love me dead Dm A You're a faith-healer on tv Dm A You're an office park without any trees Gm A Dm corporate and cold, gushing for gold-leave me alone. F A She moves through moonbeams slowly Dm C She knows just how to hold me Bb and when her edges soften, G G# her body is my coffin. A Dm Bitter and dumb, you're my sugarplum Dm C you're awful, I love you. Dm A Dm Kill me romantically, fill my soul with vomit A Gm then ask me for a piece of gum. Gm A "High maintenance" means your a gluttonous queen, Dm narcissistic and mean. ![]() “Love It All” / The KooksYou have to love a band t.Intro Dm Dm A Dm A Love me cancerously, like a salt-sore soaked in the sea.“One On One” /Daryl Hall & John Oates I h."Can't Stop Thinking About Her" / The Red ButtonI."Love Me Dead" / LudoThe first couple of times I h."Travelling Alone" / Ron SexsmithSuddenly I'm inun."Something To Talk About" / Bonnie RaittMeg Griffi.At any rate, it makes a nice change from the endless round of Coldplay. I perk up when it comes on the radio now. This is fun, folks, a goofy way to express the sick ambivalence of an unhealthy love affair, taking the "Cruel to Be Kind" concept down some dark side alley. You almost expect a wheezy ocarina and maniacal giggling - more than a little Rocky Horror Picture Show. The arrangement is funhouse loony, too, with jabbing minor-key organ chords, ominous backup harmonies, and a lockstep marching rhythm that just hints at delirium. ![]() In the chorus, he almost sounds as if he's seguing into something a little more tender: "She moves through moonbeams slowly / She knows just how to hold me / And when her edges soften.," only to flip it around suddenly with a rhyme: "her body is my coffin." And off he goes on another paranoid tangent. You're awful, I love you!" Even as he lambasts her, he's making an ironic spectacle of himself. "Kill me romantically," he pleads, as if writhing in exquisite torment "Fill my soul with vomit / Then ask me for a piece of gum. He throws plenty of nasty adjectives at his, um, love interest - "gluttonous," "narcissistic," "parasite, psycho, filthy" - but he delivers it in such a drama-queen manner, you just know he's hung up on her anyway. From that very first alliterative line - "Love me cancerously / Like a salt-sore soaked in the sea" - you know you're dealing with a snarky sensibility. The lyrics are still subversively clever. Louis), which sails right past some critics. Maybe it's that Midwestern sense of humor I love (most of the band is from St. Since when was being accessible a bad thing? They're tuneful, rhythmic pop, smartly packaged. But I don't know I like several tracks from this album, even more than the earlier ones on iTunes. I've read a few disparaging reviews of Ludo's current album, You're Awful, I Love You, that claim that Volpe has sold out, gone commercial, lost his quirky indie integrity. I have a long history of falling for singers in glasses. And.well, what can I say? He wears glasses. ![]() It's not exactly a novelty number, but it's tongue-in-cheek all right. Dressed in a sort of PeeWee Herman gray suit, he's sitting anxiously on a sofa, emoting extravagantly as he sings. Then I saw the video, and realized that Ludo's front man/songwriter Andrew Volpe is completely digging the comedy. "I love you, you're awful," he's yelping to his girlfriend "You're hideous, and sexy." Well, make up your mind! I wanted to tell him. The first couple of times I heard this song on the radio, I wasn't sure I liked it - the lead singer's voice was whiny and neurotic, a little like John Linnell of They Might Be Giants crossed with Freddie from Freddie and the Dreamers. ![]()
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