So I went down to First Choice to grab two slabs of Carlton Dry (I owed Dad one) and a slab of coke (which I also owed). I had the full intention of listening to Lonerism in my backyard, on my swingy chair, with a few brews. But due to the funeral I had been listening to Mr Carter by Lil Wayne and Jay-Z all day, because the bloke who passed away loved that song. So I wasn't sure if I was in the mood for Lonerism. Luckily, halfway through Enders Toi and a beer (I've deleted Be Above It from my iTunes) I realised I was definitely in the mood. I sipped on a few beers and read the lyrics along with listening, and as much as I liked the album before, this time I loved it even more. A lot of the lyrics resonate with me (probably not a good thing, but eh) and it is just song after song after song of rolling psychedelic rock goodness. One of the biggest compliments I can pay this album is that I don't really enjoy Elephant when it comes on as much as it should - it's an outstanding song but it's kind of at odds with the rest of the album. The flow is just impeccable. The biggest problem I have with this album, literally, is that She Just Won't Believe Me only goes for 57 seconds. And the entire time my young dog Jack, who is usually spastic, sat next to me on the swingy chair chewing on a bone.
Anyway, I got to the end of the album, and I went back to Music To Walk Home By, and played it through to Feels Like We Only Go Backwards. And then I skipped ahead to She Just Won't Believe Me and Nothing That Has Happened So Far Has Been Anything We Could Control. Then I went back to the beginning again. Of course on this run through the album I wasn't reading the lyrics. I was walking around the backyard, playing with the dog, sitting on top of our caravan, looking out over the vast, uninhabited paddock behind our house. My younger sister joined me for a while.
Eventually I got really hungry and went inside and stopped listening. I'm just posting this because I cannot remember the last time I have finished a 50+ minute album and then immediately felt like listening to it all over again. Right now I am thinking I have my AOTY, and it's no longer Frank Ocean.
All in all, this is a long-winded way of asking what do you guys think of the lyrics? I know they kind of don't matter with this album and you can't understand what he's saying anyway, but for anyone else who has read along I'd be interested to know your thoughts.
