Has started in me as - I am finding faith Until it's silence burns you - This again reminds me of the Rumi poem where "the silence IS the answer" Wrap me up and reverse this - take me into your light, and reverse the curse - love me Even though he's just a lonely little loyal "nobody" - a love dog, drowned in anonymity.Ĭurse me out in free verse - I agree with a previous poster: reference to the bible? The speaker is asking to feel god's love. You howl you hallelujahs at the full moon. Bella Luna actually literally means: Beautiful moon, also: Full moon. Love dog - someone who longs for the connection with and to feel god's love: I know why you yearn so, why you remain so devout.Įther = heavens, you look up at the heavens, and howl hallelujah, I think the moon reference is imagery that plays into the dog metaphor. Ok, now, that being said - Here's what I hear with I listen to this beautiful song: Listen to the moan of a dog for it's master. Here is a piece of Rumi's poem Love Dogs: "The Sufis feel that dogs are our teachers with their faithfulness." There is an entire chapter entitled Love Dogs in a book of Rumi poetry by Coleman Barks: Rumi often uses the word Love instead of God, and refers to God as "The Lover". This intrigued me, so I began researching Rumi, and two things happened: I discovered his wonderful poetry, and learned that someone in TVOTR is definitely a fan. Someone on this site brought up many lyric similarities between the TVOTR song Staring at the Sun, and the Rumi poem No Room for Form (as it was translated by Coleman Barks). With this kind of sound, it's telling that TV on the Radio finish by covering one of the most idolized bands in independent music it's a bold calling card for their upcoming full-length.I think this song is about searching and longing for God. As the song spins out its last few seconds, Young Liars ends just as it starts, with such an immediately affecting resonance for which words seem almost unfair, if only because the time needed to consciously process them seems a frustrating juxtaposition to the spontaneity of the connection to something so unique. Like a streetcorner serenade, it's got all the oooh's, aaah's, handclaps and snaps of classic doo-wop, and yet it somehow remains brilliantly, unwaveringly faithful to the original. On this disc, in which every song bears the weighty finality to close, TV on the Radio provide a surreal bonus track: an a cappella cover of the Pixies' "Mr. Adebimpe is plaintive and almost impossibly haunting here, but the jagged tears of Hemphill's guitar, distant enough to sound two studios away, sends the song blissfully over the edge. Zinner's trademark, tremulant surf-waves are the vital undercurrent of "Staring at the Sun", while his low-register distortions lay the foundation of "Blind" in drugged-out slow motion- atop Chase's loping mechanics, he creates a grim, plodding backdrop in stark contrast to the chorus' heavenly reprises, compellingly tarnishing the optimism of the gorgeous vocals with just a hint of uncertainty. The guests make their presence known in subtle but unmistakable ways. Without hyperbole, the effect is electrifyingly direct, nearly mesmerizing, and nothing quite like anything else I can recall.Īdebimpe and the Siteks are currently only playing AAA ball in the New York PR farm system, but in preparation for their call-up to the Big Show, it doesn't hurt that they've befriended the three-, four- and five-hitters in the Brooklyn All-Stars line-up: Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), and Brian Chase (also Yeahs). It's the spirituality and soul of the blues filtered through barbershop harmonies, but accompanied in counterpoint by dehumanized pulses and drones. Bands have played up singers in the past, but here, the single-minded focus of every musical element seems designed purely to elevate the vocal melodies out of the realm of the merely "real" and into the hyper-real. A massive confluence of factors- masterful levels, nearly too-crisp production, and David Andrew and Jason Sitek's beautifully translucent arrangements- conspire to allow Adebimpe's vocals to shine, diffuse and radiant, as the stunning centerpiece of every track on Young Liars.
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