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Our Princess is in Another Castle
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Minty fresh psychedelic avant-pop! Eliot Smith backed by The Flaming Lips, playing The Beatles backwards. Fuzz bass, triple-tracked vocals, reverbed piano, ho
once upon a time jesse was stuck in a 4-track recorder with words and melodies in his head. ben and stephan rescued him with a drumkit and piano, and all three fended off rabid dustbunnies with guitars, glockenspiels, kids toys and air organs. their great escape sounded like the sonic bliss demo. the townspeople loved the sound of their triumph and cheered for their homecoming. then the king charged them with a new quest... to slay the purple dragon of effazima. stephan retired from the band of travelers to become a lightbulb farmer with his two wives and twelve children. eric the barbarian replaced him wielding drums of power, and the three were joined by the red magician scott. the party of four fought the dragon for 2 years... jesse was lost in the dungeons for 3 more years... finially the weary band of travelers emerge victorious with the dragon's treasure for all the townspeople to listen to... the endless fields of poppy lp. jesse, ben, scott and eric... the curiously strong peppermints... proudly show you their treasure. come, let your ears celebrate the victory...
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Genre
Alternative • Avant Rock
Charts
Peak #120
Peak in subgenre #5
Author
Jesse Miller
Rights
2005 Soniclovenoize Music Publishing
Uploaded
November 03, 2009
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MP3 2.8 MB • 128 kbps • 3:00
Story behind the song
with "princess," i actually tried to write a tool song... i was annoyed by this constant praise of their bassist, so i attempted to prove that tool basslines are no big whoop. the song was originally titled "all fall down" from a set of mediocre lyrics. those were canned and the song remained as an instrumental until i found a child-like poem i wrote years ago and it seemed to fit perfectly into the song. i think we all know who the king is. the seemingly related title is a reference from the popular super mario video game and identified the instrumental long before i found those lyrics. that phrase, to me, reprisents the sheer dissapointment after what one thought was a huge success: the realization that this win was an illusion, that the distance traveled was only half the battle and we still got a long way to go. pick your metaphor. note the second part of the song--the outro in the key of a--features the entire first part of the song sped up. contrary to general belief, stephan is not f*** ing up the tempo; the drum track is being pitch-shifted randomly as the snare and crash spins around your head stereophonicly. jesse miller - vocals, bass, fuzz bass, air organ, jingle bells; stephan ahonen - drums; ben swanson - keyboards, xylophone; evan reidell - lap guitar noodles and solos
Lyrics
Once upon a time in castle under the sun Ruled a King who only half his subjects he had won Through a wizard's magic wave He knew his poeple could be saved And thus his evil fight to muse the masses had begun It was known the King and Queen were quite a silly pair The King had spoke moronic words, the Queen had pretty hair The alligations were ludicrous The King threw down an iron fist He called his knights and told the other kingdoms to beware Other kingdoms heard the warning but they didn't heed The King knew this and thought a battle's what the people need "I'll let them torch two tower walls And shed the tear when castle falls Then the peasants will not mock me when they bleed" So our story ends with the conclusion of his rule The battles fought I hope have taught they simply were a tool Though faceless kings will come and go I doubt the peasants will ever know The lessons lost of wars and costs from the King who was a Fool
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