New Of Montreal Song: Like Flight of the Conchords, But On Acid
“Smoke hood! M’lion! Female erection! You fetishize the archetype!”
Of Montreal’s new song, charmingly called “Teenage Unicorn Fisting,” is ripe with shrill non sequiturs. With its catchy bass-driven acoustic riff, talking breaks, two-part harmonies, and abrupt leaps into almost-parodic falsetto, it sounds like the sort of song Flight of the Conchords might compose if they went suddenly insane. “I want someone to frisk me / I want this night to distort me / I didn’t come here just to see you dancing, I came to see you ride my bike / Oh, that’s the you I think I really like / Anyways, I’m crippled inside.” It is possible that there is deep meaning beneath these impenetrable metaphors, but it reminds me of the nonsense I used to get when trying to translate my Latin homework using Babel Fish.
Kevin Barnes’s glib introduction and unforgivably hip ensemble at the band’s live performance of the song for Rolling Stone’s Smoking Section seemed to say, “We’re artists, trust us.” But it sure feels like they’re putting us on.
Watch and listen here. Feel free to offer your interpretation in the comments section.
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Linked From: May 21st, 2009Breaking News: of Montreal = weird « Music for Misanthropes
11:24 am[...] Black Plastic Bag, of Montreal recently performed a new song for Rolling Stone. The song title? “Teenage [...]
8:31 am
I saw your movie tonight
I thought you were pretty good
I’m so happy that you’re doing what you want to
You go to your favorite dark place
Think about the order de fay
Unicorns eating baby meat
There’s a dragon leg if you want one
Ones the loneliest number
Smoke hood
My lion
Female erection
You fetishize the archetype
Don’t treat me like a tourist
Lets stay high on a negative wave
And paint it black just like the good times
Don’t treat me like a tourist
Lets stay high
They break our hearts like its our birthdays
Soak us in animal blood
Doop a dooop
I want somebody to frisk me
I want this night to distort me
but I didn’t come here just to see you dancing
I came to see you ride my bike
That’s the you I think I really like
Anyways I’m crippled inside
Don’t treat me like a tourist
Lets stay high on a negative wave
And paint it black just like the good times
Don’t treat me like a tourist
Lets stay high on a negative wave
And paint it black just like the good times
When we were passing jugs
Doop a doop
Don’t treat me like a tourist
Lets stay high
They break our hearts like its our birthdays
Soak us in animal blood
Doop a doop
10:42 pm
He was very high when he wrote this…