It's been around a decade (give or take) since I discovered 'In An Aeroplane Over The Sea' through a friend of mine. I kind of missed the boat though; the band were pretty much defunct after 1998.
I must have listened to this track, along with the others on the album, about a million times, yet it still gives me a buzz. I've been looking for other music like it for a long time and have never found anything that really comes close.
"The only girl I ever loved
was born with roses in her eyes.
But then they buried her alive,
one evening, nineteen forty-five,
with just her sister at her side,
and only weeks before the guns
all came and rained on everyone..."
was born with roses in her eyes.
But then they buried her alive,
one evening, nineteen forty-five,
with just her sister at her side,
and only weeks before the guns
all came and rained on everyone..."
There's a lot of pretty strange, surreal, wonderful imagery in the lyrics of that record. That particular song takes its inspiration from the horrors visited upon Europe during WWII. It's powerful, haunting stuff but also quite lively and upbeat. An odd mix. Songwriters like Jeff Magnum are few and far between.
I found this recently on Amazon, a "surrealist text" by Kim Cooper inspired by the album. It's on my "To Read' list - but then that's perpetually backlogged in any case.
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