Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted and Enchanted (as well as their drummer, Gary Young). During the tour for Slanted, the band added percussionist Bob Nastanovich and bassist Mark Ibold; partway through this album's recording sessions, Gary Young was replaced by Steve West. The album featured the band at its most easily accessible, and the single "Cut Your Hair" was the band's closest brush with mainstream success. As of 2007, the album has sold almost 500,000 copies and was a UK Top Read Full BioCrooked Rain, Crooked Rain is an album released by Pavement in 1994. With this album, the band abandoned the lo-fi sound displayed on Slanted and Enchanted (as well as their drummer, Gary Young). During the tour for Slanted, the band added percussionist Bob Nastanovich and bassist Mark Ibold; partway through this album's recording sessions, Gary Young was replaced by Steve West. The album featured the band at its most easily accessible, and the single "Cut Your Hair" was the band's closest brush with mainstream success. As of 2007, the album has sold almost 500,000 copies and was a UK Top 20 hit upon release. Although it was not so successful in the US charts, it has since been critically acclaimed across the US music press as a classic alternative rock album. The album was reissued on October 26, 2004 by Matador Records under the name Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins.
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Silence Kit
Pavement Lyrics
You said things I wouldn't say
Straight to my face, boy
You tossed the egg up
And I found my hands in place, boy
After backing up as far as you could get
Don't you know nobody parts two rivers met?
Don't you know I'm very happy?
You know me well
I'm even happier
I like it
I like it
With all of the time in the world to spend it
Wild and unwise, I want to be mesmerizing too
Mesmerizing too
Mesmerizing to you
With all of the time in the world to spend it
Wild and unwise, I want to be mesmerizing too
Mesmerizing too
Mesmerizing to you
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Written by: STEPHEN MALKMUS
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jeff Chavarria
Silent kid, no one to remind you
You got no here, no reals to remind you
Silent kid, don't take your pawn shop home
On the road, god damn you,
Silent kid, don't lose your graceful tongue
This is the city life, this is the city I come from
Let's talk about leaving
C'mon now, talk about your family
Your sister's cursed, your father's old and damned, yeah
Silent kid, don't listen to your grandmother's advice about us, you're
Solid kid don't listen to the rain...
Hand me the drum stick, snare...KICK
Blues calls upon thy...myself
Into the spotlight, ecstasy feels so warm, inside
'till five hours later I'm...chewin'...screwin' myself with my hands
Tim Tim
You only get the full effect of this song when you listen to it followed by "Elevate Me Later" and then "Stop Breathin.'" Together these tracks are about feeling lonely and isolated because your family is screwed up and your city sucks and you can't relate to society in general, and the only way you can find solace is in music, but even that doesn't make it better all of the time. It was the mid-90s, and that was how it was for you and your 1 or 2 best friends as well. But then "Cut You Hair" would come on and its all-out zaniness would make you feel a little better.
Regina Braidotti
This is word-for-word exactly the scenario I was in when this album came out. Funny how listening to it now just fills me with cheerful nostalgia for a simpler time.
Sam Provost
@Piccoli Carini so right
Piccoli Carini
Explains why I had to hear this again...daddy issues. 😂
Rickradical Brown
I love everything about this album
Weldon Mix
You mean, if you were high?
jeff Chavarria
Silent kid, no one to remind you
You got no here, no reals to remind you
Silent kid, don't take your pawn shop home
On the road, god damn you,
Silent kid, don't lose your graceful tongue
This is the city life, this is the city I come from
Let's talk about leaving
C'mon now, talk about your family
Your sister's cursed, your father's old and damned, yeah
Silent kid, don't listen to your grandmother's advice about us, you're
Solid kid don't listen to the rain...
Hand me the drum stick, snare...KICK
Blues calls upon thy...myself
Into the spotlight, ecstasy feels so warm, inside
'till five hours later I'm...chewin'...screwin' myself with my hands
RdSoxFan618
It's pretty crazy how you know this is gonna be a brilliant album just 1:08 into it when Malkmus sings that note.
Tomas Castro
a masterpiece from pavement, don't matter how many times I've listen this song, i can't never be bored.
Lauren Cosentino
Such an underrated Pavement song