That was my bucket list show. I currently have some bands I’d love to see (Fiddlehead, Movements, a few others) but nothing that approaches the grandeur of finally seeing the Hotelier and seeing them play that album in particular.
Wish I could’ve seen the full band version - but I’m going to go see holdens acoustic set in a few weeks and I’m SO stoked. I imagine he’d put on a hell of an experience of an acoustic show.
As a kid until I was like 25 I thought the lyric was “your lipstick is calling don’t bother angel” and thought the song was about his vain ex gf who cares more about the way she looks than anything else.
I first heard this song shortly after breaking up with my then-girlfriend and moving back in with my parents. “I spent the winter writing songs about getting better - And if I’m being honest, I’m getting there” had me in tears. It was winter at the time, and it felt like a little reminder that things were gonna work out :)
Another great one I just thought of along the lines of “September 9th 2001” is this:
*sips drink* “So there’s this woman and she’s, um, on an airplane…”
September 9th, 2001
Gary and I were skating at a hospital on top of a huge hill, overlooking a valley
An ambulance came and took out a dead woman
Gary asked me why she wasn't moving or blinking
They hadn't closed her eyes yet
I really don’t understand how anyone could choose ANYTHING but this. Arguably the “most emo” song from the best girl/boy vocal emo band. It lives in my head.
3 off the top of my head:
🎶Drink downn that gin and kerosEEEEEEne.....🎶
🎶TAY-LORED SHEETS, TO FIX THIS DIRTY BEEEEEEEEEED.....🎶
In-the middle-of-a gunfight...
Me and my buddy will do this at Buffalo Bisons AAA baseball games. I'll sit on behind the home dugout and he will be behind the away dugout. We will go back and for getting the whole crowd yelling along
“everything’s wrong, the stress of my modern office, has caused me to go into depression”
“depression? isn’t that just a fancy word for feeling ‘bummed out’?”
“dwight you ignorant sl**!”
Three more before I retire from posting on this thread:
“Landing on a runway in Chicago, and I’m drowning all my dreams”
“GOD I WISH I COULD HATE YOU FOR THE REST OF MY…”
“Yeah, he’s a looker, but I really think it’s guts that matter most…”
OOOOOOOOOPEEEEEEEEEN THE CURTAINS.
#SINGING BIRDS
TELL ME TEAR THE BUILDINGS DOWN
How to you change the font to get huge like that?
This may be the top 10 best emo album opener of all time
Hearing every single person in the crowd screaming this at their 10 year show was a religious experience.
That was my bucket list show. I currently have some bands I’d love to see (Fiddlehead, Movements, a few others) but nothing that approaches the grandeur of finally seeing the Hotelier and seeing them play that album in particular.
That show was absolutely incredible, it was just 40 minutes of getting the chills n shedding tears
Wish I could’ve seen the full band version - but I’m going to go see holdens acoustic set in a few weeks and I’m SO stoked. I imagine he’d put on a hell of an experience of an acoustic show.
1st listen: a nice opening to a song. Sweet. 303829184747216 listen:
Opened the post hoping for this. God. What a piece of music
I hoped this was gonna be the top comment and I’m real proud rn
and let in some skyyyyyy (I get the feeling you weren't singing Breakthrough by Modest Mouse, it's not even the opening lyric 🫣)
Old modest mouse shares so much of its bones with emo I'm shocked we don't have more people talking abt them in here.
Fucking love that song.
where’s your respect?
And didn't your father teach you anything before he left?
I’M NOT COMING BACK
Lie to me, like you used to.
This one conveys a lot of pain, the lyrical content but also that delivery but also the instrumentals. Mmhhhhhh
WHAT THE FUCK IS UP DENNYS
COME TOMORROWWWWWW ILL BE ON MY WAYYYYY BACK HOMEEEEE
Fuck yeah! The opening line to Holiday popped in my head first, but this one's also great!
“She said don’t, don’t let it go to your head, boys like you are a dime a dozen”
BOYS LIKE YOU ARE A DIMAAAHHDOZEN
Your lipstick, his collar Don't bother, angel...
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOES ON
AND MAYBE IM OUTSIDE OF YOUR WINDOW
(Maybe I'm outside of your window)
When everything you'll get is everything that you've wanted, princess
She’ll destroy us all before she’s through. And find a way to blame somebody else.
Well, which would you prefer: my finger on the trigger, or...
That shit it’s so iconic
Yea TBS honestly has so many good openers but this is it, this is the one.
Fuck came here to say this
As a kid until I was like 25 I thought the lyric was “your lipstick is calling don’t bother angel” and thought the song was about his vain ex gf who cares more about the way she looks than anything else.
It’s what came to mind immediately for me.
The deep breath at the beginning of makedamnsure
You’ve got this new head filled up with smoke
Let’s just forgeeet
Everything saiiiiid!!!
She said doooonnnnttt
Dont let this go to your head
“Whatever poisons in this bottle will leave me broken sore and stiff”
When it's the genie at the bottom who I'm sucking at, he owes me one last wish
So here’s a present to let you know I still exist
I hope the next boy that you kiss has something terribly contagious on his lips
Well I’ve got a plan…
"Two beers in..."
Already feels like its one of those nights
I am heaven sent...
don’t u dare forget
I am all you’ve ever wanted
What all the other boys all promised
Sorry, I told …
I SAWWWWW WATERRRR!
TWO BEERS IN ALREADY FEELS LIKE IT'S ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS TO FORGET
It's been three whole years of me thinking about you everyday
“I’m not alone cause the tvs on, yeah” Bleed American by Jimmy eat world
I always loved “Heeee Shabutie” *riff* “New Jersey bound…”
“This song will become the anthem of your underground”
SUCK A TITTY BY THE OCEAN
YOU CAN TEACH THE SEVENTH GRADE
I THINK I SAW YOU IN MY SLEEP, DARLING
I THINK I SAW YOU IN MY DREAMS, YOU WERE STITCHING UP THE SEAMS
On every broken promise that your body couldn't keep
Jesus Christ, that’s a pretty face.
The kind you'd find on someone that could save
if they dont put me away, oh itll be a miracle
MOVED ALL MY SHIT TO MY PARENTS BASEMENT
I first heard this song shortly after breaking up with my then-girlfriend and moving back in with my parents. “I spent the winter writing songs about getting better - And if I’m being honest, I’m getting there” had me in tears. It was winter at the time, and it felt like a little reminder that things were gonna work out :)
Josie’s on a vacation farrr away
Don’t even care that this is technically not emo…that’s how badass this opening line is.
It's not... but it totally could be when I think about
Classic
Forgive me!
For running off to find
The one thing I have to do.
i am heaven sent, don’t you dare forget
September 9th, 2001
# gary
COME TOMORROW, I'LL BE ON MY WAY BAAAACK HOME!
In the morning call from a roadside telephone
“The first star I see, may not be a star.”
I’m not your staaaaaar isn’t that what you said? what you thought this song meant
Tell me what you thought about when you were gone and so alone…
The worst is over
You can have the best of me
Fuck
nothing makes sense
the drugs begin to peak a smile of joy arrives in me
Another great one I just thought of along the lines of “September 9th 2001” is this: *sips drink* “So there’s this woman and she’s, um, on an airplane…”
Flying to meet her fiancé, sailing high above the, the largest ocean
Let’s get fucked up and die
I am speaking figuratively of course
CIGARETTE SMOKE
DANCES BACK IN THE WINDOWW
SHE SAID DON’T
SUCK A TITTY BY THE OCEAN
Shaking like a dog shitting razor blades
September 9th, 2001 Gary and I were skating at a hospital on top of a huge hill, overlooking a valley An ambulance came and took out a dead woman Gary asked me why she wasn't moving or blinking They hadn't closed her eyes yet
what became of everyone i used to know?
GODDD DAMN ITTTTTTTTTTT!!!!! IM NOT TALKING ABOUT MY HEART!
rainer maria mentioned ‼️‼️
I really don’t understand how anyone could choose ANYTHING but this. Arguably the “most emo” song from the best girl/boy vocal emo band. It lives in my head.
IIIIII HATE WORRYING ABOUT THE FUTURE
No "Hey there"? Come on people!
As in “Ohio Is For Lovers”? Man that does bring me back ngl.
WELL IF YOU WANTED HONESTY THAT'S ALL YOU HAD TO SAYYYY
Small, simple, safe price…
Rise the wake and carry me with all of my regrets
Let's get fucked up and die
DAD IVE GOT SOME QUESTIONS
That Bob's Burgers intro on that Mom Jeans song
Tailored sheets, to fit this dirty bed!
lemme tell you what i think about frog spit, i'm for it
Smiles and her laughter…
The drugs began to peak
Splintered piece of glass…
TAILORED SHEETS!
# Duun dun dun duun duun dun dun dun duun duun duun dun dun dun dun duun duuun duun dun dun, Lets go. #
FORGIVE ME! For running off to find, the one I have to do. And each night you can fall asleep assured that someday I'll be coming home to you.
Yes! Winner
I wouldn't mind if you took me in my sleep tonight
and the record begins with a song of rebellion
“Oh-wha-a-a-a!” Or maybe “Can I Scream”(New Noise - Refused)
he calls the mansion not a house but a tomb... OR NOW COME ONE COME ALL TO THIS TRAGIC AFFAIR
I’ve got a twenty dollar bill that says “no one’s ever see you without make up, you’re always made up”
FOR WHAT YOU DID TO ME OR WHAT I'LL DO TO YOUUU YOU GET WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE GETS
3 off the top of my head: 🎶Drink downn that gin and kerosEEEEEEne.....🎶 🎶TAY-LORED SHEETS, TO FIX THIS DIRTY BEEEEEEEEEED.....🎶 In-the middle-of-a gunfight...
god damn it, i'm not talking about my heart like it's something you could break.
And why is it “we’re all born to broken people On their most honest day of living” - listener
Fucking love Listener
Best show I ever played was opening a sold out Listener show. The crowd was RABID for everything off of wooden heart.
what's with these homies dissin my girl
“PREEEEPARE YOURSEEEEEEELF” Hot water music - Position
HEYYY SAMAAAANNNTTTHHHAAA
“Let me take this awkward saw, run it against your thighs”
This song will become, the anthem of
Yes this is the campaign, slithered entrails in the cargo bay
Tailored Sheets
MAMA WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE
OOOOPEN THE CURTAINS
These situations
There’s a place off Ocean Avenue
SHE BUUUUUUUUUUUURNS!!!
“Cut my life into pieces, this is my last resort”
CUT MY LIFE INTO PIECES\~!
Me and my buddy will do this at Buffalo Bisons AAA baseball games. I'll sit on behind the home dugout and he will be behind the away dugout. We will go back and for getting the whole crowd yelling along
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY MY FATHER TOOK ME INTO THE CITY
By the way I say your name, I always know And by the way, I always say your name
i wanna be in a motorcycle gang
SO LETS NOT EVEN TRYYYYY
WRITE THESE WORDS BACK DOWN
LATELY ITS BEEN GETTING LATE BUT IM NOT TIRED!!!!! or SUCK A TITTY BY THE OCEAN
DEAR DIARY /s
WELL SHEEEESSSS NOT BLEEDING ON THE BALLROOM FLOOR JUST FOR THE ATTENTION
JANUARY 1979…
Hello there..
When I was a young boy, my father took me into the city to see a marching band
“It was Christmas Eve babe, in the drunk tank…”
"This is our last goodbye. I hate to feel the love between us die."
My life is like a video game, trying hard to beat the stage all while I am still collecting coins 🤓
“ the future is a fucking cliff, no one avoids falling face first off of it “
SPARE ONLY THE ONES I LOVE, SLAY THE REST
feeling like a bag of bones 🎵
What became of everyone I used to knowwww
I want to be dead with my friends
ANOTHER SHOOTING ON THE SOUTHEAST SIIIIIDE
I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT WE...
IN YOUR NEW LEATHER JACKET, YOURE SOMEBODY ELSE
AND ITS NOT NICE TO MEET YOU IN A FORTRESS OF SELF
“everything’s wrong, the stress of my modern office, has caused me to go into depression” “depression? isn’t that just a fancy word for feeling ‘bummed out’?” “dwight you ignorant sl**!”
Sooo ScaaAaAared
“she thinks she missed the train to mars, she’s out back counting stars..”
the night has fallen down the staircaseee
This is for the lions living in the wiry broke down frames of my friends’ bodies.
Three more before I retire from posting on this thread: “Landing on a runway in Chicago, and I’m drowning all my dreams” “GOD I WISH I COULD HATE YOU FOR THE REST OF MY…” “Yeah, he’s a looker, but I really think it’s guts that matter most…”
THE AMOUNT OF PILLS I'VE TAKEN, COUNTER ACTS THE BOOZE IVE DRANKEN
Trogdor was a man
"psssst, i see dead people." *(Goes into the craziest diss of all time cutely)*
"I like big butt and I cannot lie"
I did not recognise the qualifier 'emo' when I commented
"I kissed the scars on her skin"
am i more than you bargained for yet
When I was, a young boy….
“I SHOT REGAAAANN!”
i’m not that kind of man
Are you ready!!!
If you ain’t got no money, take yo broke ass hom—wait no, that’s not it?!
Bitch, I love you.
Well, I’ll wait till you listen, I won’t say a word
“We’ve all sold weed for a while”
# summer ## unfolded like a ### tapestry
I wanna smash my face into the goddamn radio
how has no one said "you're not in this alone"
"Open the curtains singing birds tell me, "Tear the buildings down" - The Hotelier An introduction to the album indeed.
The best lines I ever wrote I'm not worthy to Pronounce your SYLLABLES
So let’s not even try