Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse - Revenge (feat. The Flaming Lips)
Can anyone really hate on producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley fame? I can’t sit her and sling bullshit, I was skeptical at first. Danger Mouse hit the scene producing for a rapper named Jemini - nothing special. Then he sneaks the The Grey Album through (a cappellas from Jay-Z’s Black Album over beats sampling songs from The Beatles’ White Album) and everyone hops on his walnuts. I felt the The Grey Album received unwarranted praise because people hear The Beatles and get boners. It’s good, not great, and it certainly didn’t deserve best album of the year rankings. I blame that more on the foolishness of homo sapiens. However, his work with Cee-Lo as Gnarls Barkley, the Gorillaz, and MF Doom as DangerDoom (he also produced an album for Beck but you’ll have to get someone else’s opinion on that one) proves he has the ear and ability to utilize the talents of those around him to create quality music - exactly what a great producer is supposed to do.
That brings us to Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse present: Dark Night of The Soul, an album that’s unlikely to be released because Sparklehorse’s record label is the same one DM probably owes a shit load of money to for using the Beatles’ music without consent. You can hear it here if you haven’t already found a way to download it. When you order the album from DM he sends you a blank CD. The album exerts the creative effort that I respect and enjoy - great songs from a variety of artists and photography from David Lynch, if the special edition were still available I would advise its purchase. The song above is track numero uno and features the Flaming Lips. It’s a toss up between this song and the Jason Lytle feature Everytime I’m With You for best song in my opinion. Enjoy.
Lyrics:
Pain
I guess it’s a matter of sensation
But somehow
You have ways of avoiding it all
In my mind
I have shot you and stabbed you through your heart
I just didn’t understand
The ricochet is the second part
Cause you can’t hide
What you intend
It glows in the dark
Once you’ve sought
The path of revenge
There’s no way to stop
And the more I try to hurt you
The more that it hurts me
Strange
It seems like a character mutation
Though I have all the means
of bringing you fuckers down
I can’t make myself
To destroy upon command
Somehow forgiveness
lets the evil make a loss
No you can’t hide
What you intend
It glows in the dark
Once we become
The thing we dread
There’s no way to stop
And the more I try to hurt you
The more it backfires
The more it backfires
The more that it backfires
